NASCAR 08
NASCAR 08 is the eleventh installment of the EA Sports NASCAR series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is the earliest that EA has released a…
NASCAR 08 is a racing developed by EA Orlando, released 23 July 2007 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
What NASCAR 08 is
NASCAR 08 is a racing game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2007. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NASCAR 08 is the eleventh installment of the EA Sports NASCAR series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is the earliest that EA has released a NASCAR game. It also marks the first time the original Xbox has been excluded from the NASCAR lineup since NASCAR 2001. Tony Stewart is on the cover marking his third appearance on the cover of an EA Sports NASCAR game. The cover in the PAL region features Juan Pablo Montoya. NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow as well as the current car are present in the game, although the Car of Tomorrow is generic (no separate manufacturers). ESPN's NASCAR coverage is also integrated into the game. Crew chief…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NASCAR series
NASCAR 08 is the 34th of 52 entries we hold in the NASCAR series. It arrived 11 months after NASCAR 07. The next entry was EA Sports NASCAR Racing in 2007. Its critic score of 55 is 17 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is NASCAR Racing 2003 Season at 100.
How it was received
NASCAR 08 holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 18% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
NASCAR 08 launched on 23 July 2007, within three weeks of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword and FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, The World Ends with You, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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