NASCAR 07
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| Developer(s) | EA Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox |
| Release date | USA September 6, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Racing, Sports, Arcade |
| Mode(s) | Single Player, Online, Split Screen Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E |
NASCAR 07 is the tenth installment of the EA Sports' NASCAR video game series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released on September 6, 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PlayStation Portable.
The NTSC game cover features Elliott Sadler, driver of the #38 M&M's Ford Fusion. The PAL region game cover features Matt Kenseth's #17 DeWalt Power Tools Ford Fusion. This game is the first since NASCAR 2001 not to include a subtitle in the name. The game retains the teammate features introduced in NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, but does not add any major gameplay changes. However, the graphics include a blurring effect to attempt to give a better sense of high speed, and the pace of the gameplay has been sped up considerably. This is also the second EA Sports NASCAR video game to appear on a handheld system (first NASCAR 2000 for Game Boy Color). On the PlayStation Portable, the game is simply called NASCAR.
The NEXTEL Cup Series and National Series (Busch Series) driver roster is the same as the roster at the beginning of the 2006 Season. This creates a few major differences. Kevin Harvick drove the #29 Hershey's Kissables Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS at the Busch Series opener in Daytona while Jeff Burton drove the #21 United States Coast Guard Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. Harvick drove the #21 car for the remainder of the season (aside from a few select races) and went on to win the 2006 Busch Series Championship. Also, in mid-August, Elliott Sadler left the #38 and replaced Jeremy Mayfield in the #19 Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Charger. One major difference is that there are not as many paint schemes as in years before. In fact, there are only thirteen special paint schemes available for NEXTEL Cup drivers, and other than Greg Biffle's National Guard / Jackson Hewitt scheme, all paint schemes consisted of being driven more than a couple of times in the actual 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season.
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[edit] Features
- Race in NASCAR's top 3 series: Craftsman Truck, National (Busch), and NEXTEL Cup.
[edit] PlayStation 2 & Xbox
- The game now includes a "Adrenaline Meter" which, when full, helps to improve handling and increase speed.
- The drivers are rated with ranks ranging from rookie to veteran, and each class has different attributes and tendencies on the track.
- The player has the option to go "double or nothing" by wagering Skill Points against "real-world" drivers.
- The player can earn better contracts in Fight to the Top mode by completing Allstate Qualifiers. For an average rating of less than bronze, the player will receive a contract offer in the Whelen Modified Tour. For an average rating of bronze, the player will receive a contract offer in the Craftsman Truck Series. For an average rating of silver, the player will receive a contract offer in the Busch Series. For an average rating of gold, the player will receive a contract offer in the NEXTEL Cup Series. The cars in the top three series are all owned by Kenny Wallace, #126 (a play on the #36 that Wallace uses in dirt racing), and sponsored by the Richard Petty Driving Experience (the sponsor of the car used in Allstate Qualifiers).
[edit] PlayStation Portable
- Instant Rewind
- Fight to the Top Mode
- Season Mode
- Dodge Challengers
- NASCAR SpeedZone
- Driver Ratings
- Wireless Play
[edit] Drivers
While a large number of real drivers are present in the NEXTEL Cup Series, National Series (Busch Series), and Craftsman Truck Series in NASCAR 07, fantasy drivers are still present, sponsored by fictional or unused sponsors. However, the Whelen Modified Tour is entirely made up of fantasy drivers.
The list of NEXTEL Cup Series, National Series (Busch Series), and Craftsman Truck Series drivers with their paint schemes and make in NASCAR 07 are:
[edit] NEXTEL Cup
[edit] Busch (National)
[edit] Craftsman Truck
| Car No. | Driver | Primary Paint Scheme | Alternate Paint Scheme |
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| 04 | Scott Lagasse Jr. | Dodge / HEMI | |
| 4 | Timothy Peters | Dodge Motorsports | |
| 6 | David Ragan | Scotts / Miracle-Gro | |
| 9 | Ted Musgrave | Team ASE / GERMAIN | |
| 18 | Bobby Hamilton Sr. | Fastenal | |
| 22 | Bill Lester | Checkers | |
| 30 | Todd Bodine | Germain Motorsports | |
| 33 | Ron Hornaday | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | |
| 47 | Kraig Kinser | Centrix | U.S. ARMY |
| 98 | Erin Crocker | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | |
| 99 | Erik Darnell | Woolrich |
[edit] Alcohol Sponsors
Like previous games, alcohol related sponsors are removed from the game. The most notable example of this is the Busch Series, which is referred to as both NBS and the NASCAR National Series (in reference to Busch Grand National Series, a previous name of the series), along with a changed series logo. When an alcohol sponsor would normally appear on a car, it is replaced by the team, driver's name, or an alternate primary sponsor; examples are Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s (Dale Earnhardt, Inc., not Budweiser, Kurt Busch's (Kurt Busch rather than Miller Lite) and David Stremme's (David Stremme instead of Coors Light when there was a second sponsor, Lone Star Steakhouse) vehicles. A different case is in the #7 car of Robby Gordon, who had alternating sponsors, and instead of the Jim Beam/Harrah's car, an alternating sponsor, Menards, was used instead. The #07 car of Clint Bowyer is not seen on the game, because the #07 logo is a sponsorship for Jack Daniels, despite associate sponsorship from DirecTV and Sylvania.
[edit] Tracks
[edit] NEXTEL Cup
- Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Bristol Motor Speedway
- California Speedway
- Chicagoland Speedway
- Darlington Raceway
- Daytona International Speedway
- Dover International Speedway
- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Infineon Raceway
- Kansas Speedway
- Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Lowe's Motor Speedway
- Martinsville Speedway
- Michigan International Speedway
- New Hampshire International Speedway
- Pocono Raceway
- Phoenix International Raceway
- Richmond International Raceway
- Talladega Superspeedway
- Texas Motor Speedway
- Watkins Glen International
[edit] National (Busch) / Craftsman Truck
- Indianapolis Raceway Park
- Milwaukee Mile
- Nazareth Speedway
- Note: Nazareth Speedway is still in the game despite the fact that the track ceased operations in 2004.
[edit] Fantasy Tracks
- Allstate Speedway (based on North Carolina Speedway)
- Daytona Infield Road Course
- Devil's Canyon Speedway
- Dockside International Raceway
- Dodge Raceway
- Meadow Creek Speedway (based on Concord Motorsport Park 1/2 mile track)
- New York Metro Speedway
- Old Spice High Endurance Speedway (based on Riverside International Raceway)
- Phoenix Infield Road Course
- Red Ball Raceway
- Speedway Blvd.
- Talladega Infield Road Course
- Texas Infield Road Course
- Wal-Mart Raceway
[edit] Dodge Challenges
The Dodge Challenges return once again with a new set of challenges of various NASCAR NEXTEL Cup moments that happened during the 2005 season. This is the first time that the challenges are based on the previous season. Kenny Wallace, driver of the #22 AutoZone Ford Fusion in the Busch Series, is the commentator for all of the challenges. The challenges are played on all difficulty levels.
[edit] Soundtrack
| Song | Artist | Album |
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| The Diary of Jane | Breaking Benjamin | Phobia |
| Going Fast | Gary Nichols | Gary Nichols |
| Ain't Gonna Stop | James Otto | |
| Frustration, Tragedy and Lies | Lazy Cowgirls | Ragged Soul |
| Electric Rodeo | Shooter Jennings | Electric Rodeo |
| Steady At The Wheel | Shooter Jennings | Put the "O" Back in Country |
| 40 Miles To Vegas | Southern Culture on the Skids | Plastic Seat Sweat |
| Blood Red | The Hangmen | Loteria |
| Soft Smoke | The Pink Spiders | Teenage Graffiti |
| Southern Hallelujah | Trace Adkins | Dangerous Man |
| Country Is My Rock | Trent Tomlinson | Country Is My Rock |
| I'm Doin' Alright | Van Zant | Get Right With The Man |
[edit] Trivia
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- The UPS Big Brown Truck is not available in NASCAR 07, but was in NASCAR 06: Total Team Control.
- UPS Speedway is once again called Redball Speedway, as it was in NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup.
- At Old Spice High Endurance Speedway, billboards for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby can be seen. In the film, Old Spice is the sponsor of Ricky Bobby's teammate Cal Naughton Jr.
- Terry Labonte was slated to be in the #44 car, but was removed from the game, with no explanation given to why. Rumors had it that he was supposed to be in the #96 car instead, but that was also dropped. His 44 car was seen in one of the earlier videos for the Xbox.
- Carl Edwards is not present in the game because he has a contract with Excalibur Electronics, who makes games featuring Carl only. In addition, full-time NEXTEL Cup drivers Clint Bowyer and Ken Schrader are also unavailable. Bowyer is absent due to his car number, 07, and sponsor Jack Daniel's being a part of alcohol promotion (even though there are two alternating sponsors with their own distinct paint schemes, Sylvania and DirecTV, the #07 font was the same as the alcohol sponsor) However, Bowyer is still available in the Busch Series (because the car was #2 with ACDelco). Schrader's absence was due to his sponsorship agreement. McKee Foods, the parent of Little Debbie, is owned and operated by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and prohibits advertising from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday. In those races in real life, other sponsors are placed on the cars, and the cars are wrapped so the Air Force or Motorcraft is placed the car at the team shop for Friday qualifying or Saturday practice, and the design is peeled off the car Sunday morning, unveiling the Little Debbie design.
- The Allstate Good Hands Driver award can now be won by the player.
- Players can no longer use numbers below 100 for their created cars, only 100-199 can be used.
- Breaking Benjamin's song "The Diary of Jane", which is featured on NASCAR 07's soundtrack, was also used in promotional videos for the game.
- In the intro video for the Allstate Qualifiers, the Busch Series logo on Kenny Wallace's uniform is covered up with a piece of white tape.
- The drivers with the lowest ratings in NASCAR 07 are Kyle Petty and Tony Raines. Every grade they have is a C-. Likewise, the one who has the highest grades in the game is Dale Earnhardt Sr., who has all A+'s. Tony Stewart has the best ratings of any living driver with 3 A+'s and 1 A, and an overall A+. Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon both have the same 3 A+'s and 1 A, but their overall ratings are just A's.
- No matter how good or bad at a particular type of track you are, your created driver will always have a 'B' grade in the Driver Attributes.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s picture in the Driver Select Screen is the only picture in the game that is not a posed photo. Everyone else's picture is posed and looking at the camera, whereas Junior is not looking at the camera, and a significant brighter light balance is in his picture, which possibly means that this picture was not taken in a studio, and somewhere out around the track.
- In most of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s Dodge Challenge videos, he will be wearing his 2006 Busch Series Oreo uniform.
- As with 2004 (Kevin Harvick not making the chase), and 2005 (Jimmie Johnson not winning the title, and Jeff Gordon not making the Chase), Elliott Sadler's appearance on the cover seems to have caused a Madden curse-like scenario, as he struggled to stay in the top 20 in points, even after switching teams.
- Bobby Hamilton Sr. drives the #18 Fastenal Truck in the game, despite being out of the truck since March 2006 (Atlanta) due to having head and neck cancer. Bobby Hamilton Jr. raced in the truck for the rest of the season. (Hamilton Sr. would later pass away due to the cancer symptoms in January 2007. Ken Schrader drives the truck now in selected races.)
- Four teams in the Busch Series use the same number while in game. They are Evernham's #9 Unilever/Ingersoll Rand Dodge (Jeremy Mayfield and Boris Said are the drivers), Penske's #39 Penske Rental/Alltel myCircle Dodge (Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman), Kevin Harvick's #33 Outdoor Channel/Old Spice Chevrolet (Ron Hornaday Jr. and Tony Stewart), and DEI's #8 Oreo/Bass Pro Shops Chevy (Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr.).
- If you look closely on the cover of the game, you will see that the track that is being raced on is Lowe's Motor Speedway at the Coca-Cola 600. The driver order is as follows: Elliott Sadler, Jeff Green, Mark Martin, Johnny Sauter(Not in the game), Reed Sorenson (Target reverse scheme not in game), Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Brian Vickers, Jeff Burton, Tony Raines (driving a special "Cars" movie scheme, although this was not present in the game), Carl Edwards (not in game), Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Jeff Gordon.
- Use the Nextel Cup Allstate Dodge and qualify or race on any track. If you look closely on the left front headlight, you will see the Evernham Motorsports logo.
- The name of the Allstate driver, Hans Goode, is an intentional pun on Allstate's motto, "You're in good hands"
- Paul Menard races full time on the Nextel Cup circuit in 2006 although in real life he only ran 7 races for a 2007 Rookie of the Year run. Menard is slated to run a full season in 2007.
- While Bill Davis Racing's NNC car (Dave Blaney) is in the game, only one of the team's three trucks (Bill Lester's) is present. The other two, driven by Mike Skinner and Johnny Benson, are likely absent because of their Toyota sponsorship. Toyota signage has never appeared in an EA Sports NASCAR game, but will appear next year due to their entry in 2007 with the Camry. Both Davis and Michael Waltrip's race teams will run Toyota in 2007.
- Some of the trucks, such as Erik Darnell and Bill Lester, ran unsponsored through most of 2006. Erik only had Woolrich on for a few races, mostly earlier in the season. Lester's truck usually carried primary sponsorship from Waste Management.
- In the game, there's no particular makes run in the Truck Series, but Timothy Peters' and Scott Lagasse, Jr.'s trucks both carry Dodge sponsorship since Dodge is a sponsor in the game, as well as the Speedzone and Challenge modes.
- Todd Kluever's 06 3M/Post-It Ford Fusion is the only Busch Series car that has an alternate paint scheme.
- If you unlock Dale Earnhardt Sr. (50000 skill points) you will notice that his car has the Winston Cup Series logo, not the NEXTEL Cup Series logo.
- The interactive crew chief feature is disabled in the Nextel All-Star Challenge.
- The Nextel All-Star Challenge and Bud Shootout is only available in fight to the top mode.
- If you look at the NASCAR Busch Series logo, it says "NASCAR National Series". However, the abbreviation when selecting a series is NBS.
- Kraig Kinser's #47 Centrix Financial/U.S. Army Truck is the only truck with two alternative paint schemes.
- The spring Richmond race is titled the "Richmond 400." However, the race had sponsorship from Crown Royal whiskey in real life. This name change makes sense since EA Sports doesn't include alcohol sponsorships in their games.
- This is the first game to not include Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace or Ricky Rudd.
- Though being a full-time Cup driver for 7 years, this is the first EA Sports game that Dave Blaney is in.
- Most of the infield roadcorses mean demolishing walls and some grass.
[edit] Missing Drivers
- Nextel Cup
07- Clint Bowyer
4- Scott Wimmer
21- Ken Schrader
32- Travis Kvapil
44- Terry Labonte
49- Brent Sherman
78- Kenny Wallace
99- Carl Edwards
- Busch
00- Johnny Sauter
01- Jay Sauter
1- Jason Keller
25- Ashton Lewis
27- David Green
32- Dave Blaney
35- Regan Smith
36- Tim Sauter
38- Jason Leffler
47- Jon Wood
59- Stacy Compton
60- Carl Edwards
64- Jamie McMurray
88- Mark McFarland
99- Michael Waltrip
- Craftsman Truck
5- Mike Skinner
10- Terry Cook
14- Rick Crawford
15- Kyle Krisiloff
16- Mike Bliss
17- David Reutimann
20- Marcos Ambrose
23- Johnny Benson
25- Boston Reid
60- Jack Sprague
75- Aric Almirola
77- Brendan Gaughan
85- Dennis Setzer
88- Matt Crafton
[edit] Errors/Glitches
- For the Watkins Glen International track, it says in the track selection screen "Nextel Cup 400 at the Glen" but billboards for Sirius still appear. However, the 2006 race at Watkins Glen was titled AMD @ The Glen, and didn't have the Sirius sponsor that was used in previous seasons. AMD's sponsorship was announced after the signage had been programmed. This similar situation is seen when selecting Michigan International Speedway in the Busch Series, the race is named the Michigan 250, as the sponsor in 2006 was Carfax. It is again seen in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega, as the John Deere sponsorship was announced after the game was released.
- There is an error on the number 77 Dollar General sponsored car of Burney Lamar. The number on the head lights and the rear end lights says 34, which was the number of Randy Lajoie, who drove the Dollar General car in 2005.
- If you look at the front headlight of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #8 Oreo/Ritz car in the Busch Series, you will see a Richard Childress Racing logo. The signature above the driver's door is also not correct, because it appears to be Jeff Burton's signature and not Earnhardt Jr.'s.
- Most of the real drivers in NCTS are updated with the new Craftsman Truck Series logo while all of the fantasy drivers and screenshots in Victory Lane have the old logo. (NASCAR changed the NCTS logo in 2006 to standardise the design with the Nextel Cup Series logo.)
- Kraig Kinser's team is incorrectly stated as MB2 Motorsports (now Ginn Racing). At the time, Ginn Racing had only a driver development program with Kinser. The team should actually be Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, but their name as well as Dennis Setzer's name and truck are absent.
- There are many visible errors in race names. The name change for O'Reilly Raceway Park had not taken place when the game was developed, and sponsor Kroger was not mentioned, despite being the only NASCAR sponsor in the Busch Series to have been on the same race for 25 years. During the victory lane sequence, its name is the IRP 200. Another scene is in the fall Phoenix Busch race where the race is incorrectly titled the Phoenix 200 when the race was sponsored by Arizona Travel. Also for the Stonebridgeracing.com 200,it says Dover 200 in victory lane screenshots.
- There is an error in the mileage for the Martinsville 250. The race lasts 118 laps at only 25% distance, suggesting that there was an error in the number of laps being programmed, as 1/4 of the true race distance (250 laps) suggests they may have thought the race was in kilometers.
- In the Busch Series, Ryan Newman's #39 has the Alltel MyCircle scheme that was only on the car for one race.
- For some reason, the 101 Wal-Mart car(Always scheme) and Dale Earnhardt's car if you unlock them and look at the front end(on chase plates),they are the 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, not the 2006 Monte Carlo SS.
- On a pit stop under caution, if you come off of pit road first, the order of the cars on the restart is determined by the position of the stalls.
- On the console version, there is a track called Dodge Raceway Stadium. On the PSP version, it is called Tiburon Raceway Stadium. It also is behind Dockside on the track selection screen on the PSP version, suggesting that there was a last second change made.
- In Fight to the Top Mode, if you get a contract to drive the #10 for Evernham Motorsports, it says the Stanley Tools Dodge in the Race Shop but you use the Valvoline sponsorship if you sign the contract.
- Sometimes when you have front end damage and get hit from behind, the damage goes away.
- If you start out racing for Kenny Wallace in your first year in the Busch Series, you will not have an alliance with him.
- If you win at Richmond (in any series/race there) and do donuts, at a certain point in the infield smoke will form in the grass area as if you were doing burnouts, this is coding left over from past seasons of the game where there was an asphalt pad in the infield where victory lane was in real life from 1988 to 2001. A similar glitch is on Watkins Glen, where if you drive off of the track above turn 1, it appears to be asphalt but when doing burnouts, it acts as if you were driving on grass or sand.
- In the Allstate Qualifiers, if you earn seven gold medals and only one silver it says your average metal is silver.
- At the Speedway Blvd. track, the very last turn is very difficult. It is likely a car will crash there every lap.
- Like previous NASCAR games, the car looks like it sinks into the apron for a few seconds if it is spun onto the apron. This same glitch can be seen on the back of the games' cover when Elliott Sadler's car is sideways. The right front tire appears to be inside the track.
- When you start the "Long Time Comin'" Lightning Challenge with Ryan Newman, You will start out very slow (as if you were starting under caution) and 3 cars will pass you (going at a regular speed), making it very hard to pass the challenge.
- Going into the pits at New Hampshire International, if you hit the apron and asphalt are, your whole cars will either flip or go 10 ft. into the air.
- If the player simulates NASCAR races during the entire season in Fight To The Top Mode Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, or Ryan Newman will most likely win.
- Carl Edwards isn't in this game, despite being a Busch (National) Series driver in NASCAR 06.
- When in Fight to The Top Mode, if you get a contract to drive Tony Stewart's car, you will not use his car in the test session, but when Ace calls you back, he will say you will be teamates with Tony Stewart, even though you got a contract to drive Tony's car.
[edit] Backward compatibility
[edit] 20GB/60GB Playstation 3
The Playstation 2 version of this title has errors when played on the 20GB or 60GB Playstation 3. During network gameplay, with 1 Playstation 3 user hosting the game, and two others as clients, the host is randomly disconnected, and is unable to reconnect.
[edit] 80GB Playstation 3
The Playstation 2 version of this title has errors when played on the 80GB Playstation 3. At a random point during network gameplay, the title performs out of sync from other users.
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