NASCAR: Unleashed
About the Game
NASCAR: Unleashed is a racing game based on the US stock car racing sports event. Rather than a true simulation, it espouses realistic control, driving, and physics for much more hectic and over-the-top arcade racing, complete with many typical arcade racing features such as boosting and drifting, and the like. It has several features from both simulator-style racing games (e.g. NASCAR 09 ) and from arcade racing games (such as Burnout ).
Gameplay & Core Systems
A 15-driver "All-Stars" list of NASCAR drivers and their cars is present in the game, though all control identically. Drafting (lowering air resistance, and increasing speed by driving behind other cars) is also present. Cars can be wrecked and players will routinely create Rivals, who become much more aggressive opponent racers. Should players be wrecked, he has the ability to perform a Payback wreck on the Rival. The boost meter is filled through extremely aggressive driving, slamming other cars, wrecking other cars, drifting, and drafting.
Standout Features
- Besides drifting and boosting, the game features wild arcade-infused physics which often see cars barrel-rolling through the air, and collisions are rampant.
- Filling the boost meter gives players the ability to use a Slingshot boost to race quickly around opponents, and the time limit on a boost tends to depend on the skill of a player to maintain the car around obstacles, walls, and other cars.
- Completing challenges adds to the boost meter, and are occasionally part of secondary race challenges.
- Rivals: Each track features two secondary challenges such as creating a set number of Rivals or performing a set number of Drifts.
- Can be played by one or two players.
- Quick Race - Simple races that can be performed on any track, or in small, player-created career-style modes.
- Only tracks unlocked in Championship mode can be used, and this mode can be played by one or two players.
- Slingshots: players only races against the clock, but there are several checkpoints available where boosts (Slingshots) can be obtained.
Modes & Ways to Play
The included game modes are: Championship* - The standard career mode with three tiers of difficulty where players progress through several races with the goal of finishing within a specific place such as placing in the top 12 or top 5. Time Trials - The standard, basic Time Trial mode of a typical racing game.
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for NASCAR: Unleashed | Nintendo Wii.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | Activision Publishing, Inc. | United States | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Firebrand Games and Entertainment Ltd. | United States | MobyGames |
| Media Type | Wii Optical Disc | Wii | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1-2 Players | Wii | MobyGames |
| Genre | Racing | North America | PriceCharting |
| Also compatible on | Wii U | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Everyone | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Activision | North America | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-01 | United States | MobyGames |
| 2011-11-01 | North America | PriceCharting |
| November 1, 2011 | North America | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Media PN | RVL-SNRE-USA-B0 | United States | MobyGames |
| UPC-A | 047875766365 | United States | MobyGames |
| eBay Product ID | 111071988 | United States | MobyGames |
| asin | B005GM3RI4 | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 111071988 | North America | PriceCharting |
| upc | 047875766365 | North America | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
