• Race the Real Car of Tomorrow—Experience the true physics and handling of NASCAR’s newest race car, and unleash new racing strategies to capture the NEXTEL Cup championship.
• All-New Career Mode—Earn your stripes by completing dynamic challenges that earn you new contracts in all four racing series, including the NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Whelen Modified Series, and NEXTEL Cup Series.
• Instant Rewind—Relive countless scenarios at any point of the race by rewinding the last few seconds of action on the track.
• Test and Tune—Record your best lap at all 22 NASCAR-sanctioned tracks, then race again against your phantom car and see if you can beat your best time.
• Mid-Race Saves—Save your game progress at any point during a race, then come back later and make your run for the checkered flag.

In NASCAR 08, you'll take the wheel and drive your way to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series championship in the most realistic NASCAR racing game yet. 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. Share your setups with NASCAR's gaming community, then challenge the field in live races with up to 16 players online. Experience tomorrow's racing today in NASCAR 08.

I'm 39 and haven't really liked any video games since I was 29. I've owned everything from a Wii/PS2/Sega/C64/Intellivision. This was the first game that I played more than a handful of times since Half-Life. The big problem with the game is that it is extremely difficult for newbs and too easy for video game lifers. I hope 09 is more challenging for me and yet less challenging for my kids.

I am going to start this off by saying I am a total video game novice. The reason I bought this game was because I am a NASCAR fan and I saw the commercials on TV and decided it looked REALLY fun.

I am sure this game is fun if you already have the other NASCAR games and are good at them. I admit at first I found the game extremely frustrating to play because I just wanted to jump in a car and drive around the track. Doesn't quite work that way. I know more experienced gamers will probably laugh at me but I couldn't make it one lap around the track without crashing. This is not to be blamed on the game...this is complete user error here. Once I invested more time into the game I found myself really enjoying running the whelan series cars but have yet to run the series well enough to move up to the next level (remember this is from a NOVICE).

While not jump right into the game friendly like I enjoy, I found the graphics fairly realistic and once I got my groove on I was able to figure out how to play.

I bought this product because I have liked all the nascar games, but this would be the first nascar game that i have purchased for the playstation 2. all my other games were for the xbox. well i realy liked the graphics and choice of the car of tommorow, but the ps2 controler for the game sucks. I gues i will have to purchase a game wheel and try it out, but to everyone who is thinking about purchasing this for the ps2 and using the regular controler, purchase a wheel first. see on my xbox controler you have rt triger finger controlls the gas and you can press down on it half way and get half throtle, on the ps2 its either throtle or nothing.

I was sadly disappointed with the previous version and took it to a reseller. I love driving games and after reading some reviews decided to give NASCAR one more try. I'm glad. I have played throug a season and moved on to "earn my stripes". Starting as a rookie is easy to work through and gives needed experience for handling higher levels of expertise.

Only problem...it won't support my game wheel and my hands develop fatigue so I have to keep races short. I may try the pause option to rest my hands but haven't done so yet.

ATTENTION EA SPORTS NASCAR SEASON BEGINS IN FEBRUARY NOT AUGUST!!!!!!! Why does Ea sports keep putting its nascar games out when the season is practically over? By then many driver changes have been made making the game outdated as soon as they release it. Visually the game is very good and crisp but play wise is another story. A race car traveling at 200 Mph will not bounce of the wall and flip over 10 times and then miraculosly get back on the track and win the race. Who ever designs these games knows absolutely nothing about Nascar racing.