NASCAR Unleashed

Short description: 2011 video game

NASCAR Unleashed

Cover art featuring the cars of Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Developer(s)| Firebrand Games
Publisher(s)| Activision
Platform(s)| Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Release|

* NA: November 1, 2011

Genre(s)| Auto racing
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

NASCAR Unleashed is a racing video game developed by Firebrand Games and published by Activision. It was released on November 1, 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Nintendo 3DS.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 Drivers
* 3 Reception
* 4 References

## Features

NASCAR Unleashed is an arcade racing game, allowing players to play as 15 different drivers in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing series, and race around six locations, including Chicagoland Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, and a fictional track named Unleashed Speedway. Each location has multiple layouts, which accounts for 12 different track layouts.

As with the previous two Wii NASCAR games, Kart Racing and The Game: 2011, the Wii version of Unleashed leverages the Wii Remote's versatility and motion controls to offer multiple control schemes, but unlike them, it does not support the GameCube controller.

## Drivers

15 real life NASCAR drivers are featured in the game, followed by 3 fictional drivers. Each driver has one paint scheme available when one starts the game, and the more one progresses through the championships, the more bonus paint schemes one will unlock. There are 20 cars in a race for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, while the Wii and 3DS versions only had 12 cars in a race.

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
Game Informer| 7/10[2]
Nintendo Life| (3DS) [1]

The game has received mixed reviews. Operation Sports rated it 4.5/10, praising the spin on the tracks, but criticizing the repetitiveness and lack of online multiplayer.[3] PlayStation: The Official Magazine gave the game a 60/100 score: "It may not be a game for racing purists, but if you're looking to introduce stock car racing to a child, look no further".[4] Game Informer gave the game a rating of 7/10, saying that "NASCAR Unleashed may be just another kart racer, but it's also not as foreign of a concept to the sport as you may think. Its drafting, rivalries, and car contact are certainly key aspects of the sport represented here – just not enough".[5]

## References

1. ↑ Ingram, Christopher (20 January 2012). "NASCAR Unleashed Review (3DS)". https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/01/nascar_unleashed_3ds.
2. ↑ Kato, Matthew (2 November 2011). "NASCAR Unleashed Review - A New Kind Of Rivalry". Game Informer. https://www.gameinformer.com/games/nascar_unleashed/b/ps3/archive/2011/11/02/a-new-kind-of-rivalry.aspx. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
3. ↑ "NASCAR Unleashed Review (Xbox 360)". http://www.operationsports.com/reviews/633/nascar-unleashed/.
4. ↑ "NASCAR Unleashed". Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/nascar-unleashed/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3.
5. ↑ "A New Kind Of Rivalry - NASCAR Unleashed - PlayStation 3 - www.gameinformer.com". Game Informer. http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nascar_unleashed/b/ps3/archive/2010/11/02/a-new-kind-of-rivalry.aspx.

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NASCAR video games

1980s|

* Richard Petty's Talladega

1990s|

* Days of Thunder (1990)
* Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
* Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing
* Racing
* Racing 2
* 98
* 99
* Racing 1999 Edition
* Revolution
* Racing 3
* 2000
* Legends

2000s|

* Rumble
* 2001
* Heat
* Racers
* Arcade
* Racing 4
* Thunder 2002
* Heat 2002
* Racing 2002 Season
* Thunder 2003
* Dirt to Daytona
* Racing 2003 Season
* Thunder 2004
* Chase for the Cup
* SimRacing
* Total Team Control
* 07
* 08
* iRacing
* 09
* Kart Racing

2010s|

* Car Town
* Gran Turismo 5
* Days of Thunder (2011)
* 2011
* Unleashed
* Inside Line
* Gran Turismo 6
* '14
* '15
* Heat Evolution
* Forza Motorsport 6
* Heat 2
* Project Cars 2
* Forza Motorsport 7
* Heat 3
* Heat 4

2020s|

* Heat 5

Series|

* NASCAR Racing
* EA Sports NASCAR
* NASCAR The Game

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