NASCAR 08
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 | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | Windows |
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28 10 2013 1.1.0 r5754 | GSdx 5752 SSE41 [24 10 2013] |
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Runs at a decent speed., Cars have corrupt textures regardless of GS plugin used. Instantly crashes in software mode. | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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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 |
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 directly.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
The gallery
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NASCAR 08 (SLUS 21639)