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A Nice Racer With Interesting Kinks
posted by Shazbot (BROOKLYN, NY) Feb 25, 2009
Member since Aug 2007
13 out of 13 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
NASCAR Kart is an overall good racing game with tight steering, nice slides and a team mate mode for obtaining boosts that simulates the co-operation needed in the real thing.
The Wiimote is held sideways as in most racing games and tilted to steer left or right. It is responsive and very well graduated to the level of tilt - the essential for any race game.
Co-operation comes in by staying close to your team mate - when a little lightning bolt connects the two cars you will see your boost meter fill up, to a max of three boosts which are used with A.
You can also fill this meter at the start of a race by pressing the 2 button repeatedly just before the flag goes down - if you are fast enough you can get 2 boosts before the race starts this way.
The real key to doing well is to slingshot when your team mate is in front of you. Do this repeatedly and you start a sort of yo-yo effect that results in faster boosts each time.
Pickups for destroying and wrecking the oppositon are fairly standard stuff - rockets, oil, dynamite - and work just like you would think. A Free Pass will usually boost you to the guy in front and needs to be used with more care than the others.
Comparisons with Mario Kart are inevitable. Any good racer on the Wii is probably going to share something with Mario just by nature of the hardware limitations and the fact that it was implemented so well - and so is this game. In the end though NASCAR Kart is different enough to carve out it's own personality with the co-op boost.
The worst thing about the game is what most racing games suffer from - even Mario Kart - and that is the limited amount of tracks. I've come to expect this on any racer so I don't really think that alone should mark the game down too far.
To sum up - rent it, try it and you may keep it. I'm sitting on it for a while to see whether it may be a keeper as multi-player is definitely fun.
The Wiimote is held sideways as in most racing games and tilted to steer left or right. It is responsive and very well graduated to the level of tilt - the essential for any race game.
Co-operation comes in by staying close to your team mate - when a little lightning bolt connects the two cars you will see your boost meter fill up, to a max of three boosts which are used with A.
You can also fill this meter at the start of a race by pressing the 2 button repeatedly just before the flag goes down - if you are fast enough you can get 2 boosts before the race starts this way.
The real key to doing well is to slingshot when your team mate is in front of you. Do this repeatedly and you start a sort of yo-yo effect that results in faster boosts each time.
Pickups for destroying and wrecking the oppositon are fairly standard stuff - rockets, oil, dynamite - and work just like you would think. A Free Pass will usually boost you to the guy in front and needs to be used with more care than the others.
Comparisons with Mario Kart are inevitable. Any good racer on the Wii is probably going to share something with Mario just by nature of the hardware limitations and the fact that it was implemented so well - and so is this game. In the end though NASCAR Kart is different enough to carve out it's own personality with the co-op boost.
The worst thing about the game is what most racing games suffer from - even Mario Kart - and that is the limited amount of tracks. I've come to expect this on any racer so I don't really think that alone should mark the game down too far.
To sum up - rent it, try it and you may keep it. I'm sitting on it for a while to see whether it may be a keeper as multi-player is definitely fun.
A Solid 8
posted by hobieone (SAN ANTONIO, TX) Apr 13, 2009
Member since Oct 2008
2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
The game is over all fun but at first one can think its to easy due to the default skill level is rookie but increasing that take care of that minor issue:)
there are really two things that i can say that this game can compare to mario kart. one is go karts the other the power ups which face it is typical that you'd find in these types of games. but the tracks are definitely unique and have their own challenges. and playing as team with the ai or another player with the sling shot boost makes it unique.
Graphics on this game were pretty good but not the best I've seen on the wii. and having you choice for controls to use is a definite plus for any racing game i think. only thing holding this game back from being a 9 or 10 is lack of online multiplayer.
if you like racing games or a racing fan this game is definitely worth buying!
like others i hope ea releases an officially licensed nascar game for the wii. wouldn't mind seeing an updated version of dirt to daytona with online multiplayer!
there are really two things that i can say that this game can compare to mario kart. one is go karts the other the power ups which face it is typical that you'd find in these types of games. but the tracks are definitely unique and have their own challenges. and playing as team with the ai or another player with the sling shot boost makes it unique.
Graphics on this game were pretty good but not the best I've seen on the wii. and having you choice for controls to use is a definite plus for any racing game i think. only thing holding this game back from being a 9 or 10 is lack of online multiplayer.
if you like racing games or a racing fan this game is definitely worth buying!
like others i hope ea releases an officially licensed nascar game for the wii. wouldn't mind seeing an updated version of dirt to daytona with online multiplayer!
"NASCAR Kart Racing": Cheap Mario Kart Wii
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Feb 19, 2009
Member since Jan 2008
5 out of 8 gamers (62%) found this review helpful
The people making this game must have thought about all the money that Mario Kart Wii got and said, "Hey, let's make our own version of that game and get some of that cash."
How else can you explain the similarities between NASCAR Kart Racing and Mario Kart Wii: there's the boost pads, the power ups, the three lap race tracks and the twelve racers.
But there are differences. NASCAR has the field split into six teams of two. When team mates are close to each other, they get a boost gauge filled up. Depending on how much of the gauge is filled from his/her partner, the driver can have 1,2 or 3 boosts of speed.
This team work concept is much needed for NASCAR as everything else in the game play feels like it's been taken right out of Mario Kart Wii.
What doesn't work in NASCAR is the fact that when the game's first played, you can only play four of the twelve tracks. Why lock up so much content?
To unlock these tracks, you have to slog through a long championship mode that gets bland very quickly.
Adding to the misery is the fact you or your team mate have to win all of many, many races to unlock those tracks.
And my biggest complaint about Mario Kart Wii is repeated here: the power ups are just too powerful. You can get the best driver and still lose when you competition blows you away with rockets and zips past you with the "Free Pass" power up just as you're ready to finish the race. It's very infuriating.
Still, NASCAR is a fun driving game and people who love Mario Kart Wii should give it a try. RENT IT.
How else can you explain the similarities between NASCAR Kart Racing and Mario Kart Wii: there's the boost pads, the power ups, the three lap race tracks and the twelve racers.
But there are differences. NASCAR has the field split into six teams of two. When team mates are close to each other, they get a boost gauge filled up. Depending on how much of the gauge is filled from his/her partner, the driver can have 1,2 or 3 boosts of speed.
This team work concept is much needed for NASCAR as everything else in the game play feels like it's been taken right out of Mario Kart Wii.
What doesn't work in NASCAR is the fact that when the game's first played, you can only play four of the twelve tracks. Why lock up so much content?
To unlock these tracks, you have to slog through a long championship mode that gets bland very quickly.
Adding to the misery is the fact you or your team mate have to win all of many, many races to unlock those tracks.
And my biggest complaint about Mario Kart Wii is repeated here: the power ups are just too powerful. You can get the best driver and still lose when you competition blows you away with rockets and zips past you with the "Free Pass" power up just as you're ready to finish the race. It's very infuriating.
Still, NASCAR is a fun driving game and people who love Mario Kart Wii should give it a try. RENT IT.
too boring
posted by jlalb06 (LONG BEACH, CA) Oct 16, 2009
Member since Dec 2008
You only get 4 tracks to start off with and I wasn't able to open up any new tracks. I didn't play it very long either as I found it too boring for my taste and lost interest in it rather quickly. It's a Mario Cart wanna be and it's most definitely not this. I love Mario Cart as you change characters and play mini games too in addition to the tracks. I much prefer Mario Cart over this game. I did find it easy to control and figure how to weapons. Having to stay linked or trying to anyway with your partner to be able to do the slingshots was dumb. I was able to do this but didn't get why this was part of the game. If you want a fun racing game stick with Mario Cart and just skip this one. I guess it's worth a rental to try but I wouldn't buy it.
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