NASCAR 08

NASCAR 08
Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21639 SLUS-21639P (Limited Edition) Release date: July 23, 2007 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-54813 Release date: August 23, 2007 (Australia) August 24, 2007 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): EA Tiburon
Publisher(s): EA Sports
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Gamespot: 6/10, Metacritic: 56/100
Game description: Take the wheel and drive your way to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship. As the new rookie driver on the circuit, develop your racing skills to gain licenses and contracts from hungry owners and unlock legendary top performing cars from NASCAR's biggest stars. Gain new experiences during every race then modify your car's handling with over 40 tuning options to truly master every track.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	28 10 2013 1.1.0 r5754	GSdx 5752 SSE41 [24 10 2013]	SPU2-X 5733 2.0.0 [24 10 2013] LilyPad 5403 0.11.0 [24 10 2013]	Runs at a decent speed., Cars have corrupt textures regardless of GS plugin used. Instantly crashes in software mode.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows	i7-6700K @ 4.5Ghz GeForce GTX 1070	v1.7.2350-x86-AVX2	SW + Vulkan(HW) + D3D11(HW)	cubeb	Corrupt texture fix: Basic blending+. Runs at a decent emulation speed (D3D11 only), but you need very high CPU IPC performance for decent emulation speed (SW + Vulkan HW and OpenGL). Craftsman Truck Series cars have texture problem •HW only (spoiler reflection?).	Ahayri

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on Linux. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• The game sets to widescreen when it is prompted by the 16:9 ratio setting in the PS2 internal menu.

Known Issues

Minor texture problem

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Some minor texture problems only with HW renderers (even with maximum blending).
• Workaround: Use software renderer

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  NASCAR 08 (SLUS 21639) minor texture problem with hw renderers (Craftsman Truck Series cars -> spoiler texture)

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  NASCAR 08 (SLUS 21639) proper texture with sw renderer (Craftsman Truck Series cars -> spoiler texture)

Fixed Issues

Crashing with SW renderer

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: with v1.7.2684 version software renderer causing game to crash.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Gallery

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  NASCAR 08 (SLUS 21639)

	NASCAR 2008 (SLUS 21639) (U)