# Need recommendation for NASCAR game for our PC
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [May 10, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355 "2011-05-10T01:22:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/1 "2011-05-10T01:22:23Z")
Our son is a NASCAR nut. He will soon be turning 8 years old, and I’d love to get him a NASCAR video game (for a PC) and a steering wheel that can plug into the computer.
What would you recommend? I know nothing about NASCAR games, nor steering wheels.
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### Author:  [@abel29a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abel29a)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/2 "2011-05-10T10:00:20Z")
I know nothing about NASCAR games myself, but Logitech makes some steering wheels which might work well with them. [http://www.logitech.com/en-us/gaming/wheels/devices/5184](http://www.logitech.com/en-us/gaming/wheels/devices/5184)
What are the specs and OS of your PC? This information might come in handy for those wishing to recommend a game.
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### Author:  [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/3 "2011-05-10T15:35:48Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Our son is a NASCAR nut. He will soon be turning 8 years old, and I’d love to get him a NASCAR video game (for a PC) and a steering wheel that can plug into the computer.
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> What would you recommend? I know nothing about NASCAR games, nor steering wheels.
I’m a a racing fan myself, and unfortunately there’s not a lot out there. EA has had the license and they stopped making PC NASCAR games in 2005 (and even that game was suck). It looks like the only one I can find that’s currently maintained is [Iracing.com](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRacing.com), which is an online-play subscription service that runs around $7.50 a month plus additional fees for access to more cars and tracks. They supposedly started adding NASCAR-specific content in 2010.
If you can live with “Not NASCAR specifically” for a while, at least until someone else picks up the NASCAR license that EA lost in 2010, here’s a listing of reviews of PC racing games in general: [simracingworld.com - simracingworld Resources and Information.](http://www.simracingworld.com/games/?Platform=PC)
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/4 "2011-05-10T16:52:47Z")
> [@Zeriel](#):
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> It looks like the only one I can find that’s currently maintained is [Iracing.com](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRacing.com), which is an online-play subscription service that runs around $7.50 a month plus additional fees for access to more cars and tracks. They supposedly started adding NASCAR-specific content in 2010.
And according to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=607511), it’s really hard, maybe not for an 8-year-old. Never played it, just passing the info along.
Joe
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/5 "2011-05-10T17:29:23Z")
No way I would put a kid newbie into an iRacing ride. There’s plenty of mods/series for such modern sims like rFactor and GTR2, some of which do include stock cars (tho I stick with sports cars on non-ovals mostly).
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### Author:  [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/6 "2011-05-10T20:16:22Z")
The latest Nascar racing game is [“Nascar 2011, The Game”](http://nascarthegame.com/), however, it is only available for Xbox and PS3.
Apparently, the current release is very buggy and the publisher is working on a patch.
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### Author:  [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-for-nascar-game-for-our-pc/581355/7 "2011-05-12T16:25:52Z")
If you look around, you can find a port of Daytona USA (the multi-player sitdown arcade game) which was a lot of fun. I think there is a patch you need to download for it IIRC. Here’s a link to a demo download:
> **[Daytona USA Deluxe demo](https://download.cnet.com/Daytona-USA-Deluxe-demo/3000-2115_4-10013962.html)**
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> Download Daytona USA Deluxe demo for Windows to download a visually stunning racing simulation.
Papyrus made some excellent NASCAR sims in the early years of the century.
There’s a Dirt Track Racing game for the PC that is barrels of big slidey fun and opposite lock.
iRacing would not be recommended as a game. Too many rules, man…