So, the promise of the return of a video game franchise for NASCAR intrigued me, having enjoyed playing past NASCAR Thunder titles and eager to see how developments in recent racing games (i.e. the tuning options in Forza) would impact NASCAR 2011. (cheatcc.com)
The tracks also look rather flat and uninspiring, and don't manage to live up to some of the environments we've seen in other recent racing games, even if they have fixed one of my complaints in last year's review and replaced the sprite - based trees with 3D models. (thesixthaxis.com)
Criterion was up against a real challenge in re-inventing what still is a favourite title for a lot of Need For Speed fans, and despite the great potential it had, the end result just doesn't compare to not only recent racing games, but certainly not to the excellence that was the original Most Wanted. (stevivor.com)