{"id":17177,"date":"2017-12-05T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17177"},"modified":"2017-11-09T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:04:41","slug":"nascar-heat-2-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/nascar-heat-2-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Heat 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>NASCAR is one of the most popular racing sports in the US, and there have been tons of video games based on the franchise.\u00a0 The newest one is NASCAR Heat 2.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t played the first one, so I don\u2019t know what improvements are in the sequel, but it\u2019s available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).<\/p>\n

Play control is about what you\u2019d expect from a racer.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy enough to get into and figure out, but not so arcade-like that it feels like Mario Kart or Ridge Racer.\u00a0 There are many ways to race, too.\u00a0 Quick Race lets you start right away and you can pick from actual racers and tracks.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if all the current NASCAR racers are in here, but I think all the tracks are, such as Talladega and Texas Motor Speedway (yay).\u00a0 There\u2019s also a Split Screen mode for two-player local races.\u00a0 Take on a series of races in Championship mode, too.<\/p>\n

In Challenge Mode, you must take on preset scenarios to win.\u00a0 The neat thing about this mode is all the scenarios are based on real-life milestones from NASCAR races, so if you enjoy the history of the sport, you\u2019ll want to check out this mode as well as it has all sorts of videos and facts about these events.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re really serious, you can try Career Mode where you must vie and wait for sponsors before you can start racing NASCAR trucks and go on from there.\u00a0 It\u2019s a little too detailed for me, but for fans who want to live the experience of being a racer, this\u2019ll probably be the closest thing they\u2019ll get to the real thing.<\/p>\n

You can also race online via Multiplayer, but you must have a PS Plus account to do so.\u00a0 You can view upcoming events with the News Feed and toggle options as well.\u00a0 You can even create your own car (I made mine all sickly green) and racer facial features as well (even though it seems kind of pointless since you hardly ever see your racer).\u00a0 And there\u2019s all sorts of DLC you can buy in the Store if you wish.<\/p>\n

Really the only problem I had with the game is the difficulty level curves a bit too high and it\u2019s hard to win races.\u00a0 Any other problems I had are just personal preferences, as I\u2019d rather play a racing game where you do more than just make left turns.\u00a0 But I think NASCAR fans will dig it.\u00a0 Casual players can enjoy the Quick Race Mode and more serious fans can dive into the Challenges and Career modes.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing too violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching NASCAR on TV, they\u2019ll be OK with the game.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful and younger gamers may find it a bit difficult, plus parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.\u00a0 NASCAR Heat 2 is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASCAR is one of the most popular racing sports in the US, and there have been tons of video games based on the franchise.\u00a0 The newest one is NASCAR Heat 2.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t played the first one, so I don\u2019t know what improvements are in the sequel, but it\u2019s available for PS4, Xbox One, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17179,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17177\/revisions\/17179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}