New NHRA game (1 Viewer)

[Steve Wayne]

This is def interesting

RUMOR MILL - NHRA PLAYING GAMES? | Competition Plus

{loadposition banner2} We are told NHRA is in the final stages of developing a video game to compete with the other forms of motorsports with the intent of creating an I-Racing style simulation presentation. Reportedly NHRA will soon make its announcement in the coming weeks.

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[HEMI6point1]

As long as they don't have ridiculous minimum system requirements for the graphics card portion of your computer this may be one game I'll end up buying.

 

[Von Halen]

These days, there are zero video games I am interested in. This one I would make whatever upgrades necessary, to play.

 

[T.Smith]

As long as they don't have ridiculous minimum system requirements for the graphics card portion of your computer this may be one game I'll end up buying.

Well you can forget it then, any PC game is going to have a minimum requirement of what will run the game properly.

 

[4onthefl4]

Great! I'm screwed because the game will probably have an XBox version and I just sold my XBox.
Woe is me!

 

[Rudos1]

Nice about time!!

 

[HEMI6point1]

Well you can forget it then, any PC game is going to have a minimum requirement of what will run the game properly.

Clarification: I just completed a PC upgrade and had to transplant my 7 year old Geforce 760 from my old tower into it because no reputable retailer has the current-model GPUs in stock. Not one. Sure, I can go on Ebay but I refuse to pay a scalper 800 dollars for a video card that retails for 350. If the game runs fine on my 760 then OK but if it needs a newer card just to run I'm screwed for now.

 

[Polish Hammer]

Is this game planned for the PCs or console systems (Xbox/PS)?

 

[4onthefl4]

Great! I'm screwed because the game will probably have an XBox version and I just sold my XBox.
Woe is me!

I forgot to add the reason I sold my XBox. There was no drag racing game for it.

 

[HEMI6point1]

Is this game planned for the PCs or console systems (Xbox/PS)?

It doesn't matter as it turns out Scalpers are buying up all retailer stock of the PS5 and Xbox OneS and hawking the prices up twice as much or even more.

 

[sammi]

If the alleged NHRA game follows the iRacing model, you will need smokin' broadband and a GREAT computer. I bought a Dell gaming computer and upgraded to fast cable internet and iRacing is f$@@ing amazing. WAY better than online racing looks on Fox. Very humbling trying to hustle a Miata around Lime Rock or a Lotus 49 at Laguna Seca. The thing now allows you to set up a race against a field of computer controlled cars. VERY accurate and difficult. The damn things keep coming at you.

 

[HEMI6point1]

If the alleged NHRA game follows the iRacing model, you will need smokin' broadband and a GREAT computer. I bought a Dell gaming computer and upgraded to fast cable internet and iRacing is f$@@ing amazing. WAY better than online racing looks on Fox. Very humbling trying to hustle a Miata around Lime Rock or a Lotus 49 at Laguna Seca. The thing now allows you to set up a race against a field of computer controlled cars. VERY accurate and difficult. The damn things keep coming at you.

My new setup is an 8 core CPU with 32gb of memory and all sold state drivers. Too bad my video card is a 7 year old GeForce 760 from my old tower because all the bitcoin miners and scalpers keep snatching the new ones up as soon as the retailers restock them.

 

[4onthefl4]

My new setup is an 8 core CPU with 32gb of memory and all sold state drivers. Too bad my video card is a 7 year old GeForce 760 from my old tower because all the bitcoin miners and scalpers keep snatching the new ones up as soon as the retailers restock them.

I know where you're coming from. I wanted to upgrade the video card to 4K in the computer I use for video work, to go along with the 4K monitor I bought.

 

[twostep]

Clarification: I just completed a PC upgrade and had to transplant my 7 year old Geforce 760 from my old tower into it because no reputable retailer has the current-model GPUs in stock. Not one. Sure, I can go on Ebay but I refuse to pay a scalper 800 dollars for a video card that retails for 350. If the game runs fine on my 760 then OK but if it needs a newer card just to run I'm screwed for now.

That's a decent card; good enough to run any of the newer flight simulator games and those are video hogs, too. Besides, it'll likely be a while before NHRA puts the game on the market and by then, hopefully the current chip shortage will be behind us. Good God; it's raised hell with the car business....

 

[4onthefl4]

That's a decent card; good enough to run any of the newer flight simulator games and those are video hogs, too. Besides, it'll likely be a while before NHRA puts the game on the market and by then, hopefully the current chip shortage will be behind us. Good God; it's raised hell with the car business....

Why Is It So Hard to Buy a Graphics Card in 2021?

Here's why a global shortage of graphics cards is making it difficult for consumers to get their hands on a GPU at a fair price.

www.howtogeek.com

Interesting read.

 

[mikebcurve]

NHRA, GAMEMILL ENTERTAINMENT TEAM UP FOR NEW VIDEO GAME PARTNERSHIP | Competition Plus

GameMill Entertainment and NHRA have announced a new licensing partnership to create original video games inspired by the intense action and classic hot rod designs of one of the world’s top motorsports. The first project, currently untitled, is in development for a range of video game systems...

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[mikebcurve]

For what it’s worth the same developer has a Street Outlaws game with decent graphics.

 

[Luke Nieuwhof]

For what it’s worth the same developer has a Street Outlaws game with decent graphics.

The game received terrible reviews though. I hope they put a lot more effort into making this a realistic sim, not a cheesy arcade-style game.

 

[Rudos1]

While PC is the gold standard in gaming for play quality, the real money is always in console games. NHRA would be wise to keep in mind the average gamer is the target not the hardcore race simulator fanboy..

 

[Luke Nieuwhof]

While PC is the gold standard in gaming for play quality, the real money is always in console games. NHRA would be wise to keep in mind the average gamer is the target not the hardcore race simulator fanboy..

I would say the real money is actually in mobile now.
I guess I'm quietly hoping for something like iRacing. Even if it needed a monthly subscription, if they were adding lots of different cars and tracks it would be well worth it. Imagine if they could slowly add all the NHRA sanctioned tracks around the country, and bring in more and more vehicles to try. But I dream...