All 23 tracks from the 2012 NASCAR season are in the game and I like the fact that you can dig as deep as you want. You begin your career as an up and coming driver and through races and seasons you build up credibility and sponsorship until you are number one.

It is pretty typical sports game stuff in this mode. Hard core fans are likely to spend the bulk of their time in Career mode. It is a pretty standard set of choices compared to other yearly sports game releases but it is always nice to have a choice. You can jump into a race, play a single season, play just the Chase for the Sprint Cup (essentially NASCAR’s playoffs), various challenges including head-to-head races, time trials and the core career experience. Inside Line has the typical range of game modes you would expect from a sports game. While I did find the game challenging, NASCAR The Game: Inside Line is certainly a fun little racing experience. Over the past week, I had a chance to sit down with the latest NASCAR game to hit the Xbox 360. That’s not to say that I’m an expert at all of the techniques employed in NASCAR but I’m fan enough to appreciate what the sport has to offer. I love the character that many of the drivers bring to the series and I appreciate the nuances of running a not-so-stock car around a track at over 180 MPH. That said, I do follow the Sprint Cup series but I just don’t sit down to watch full races like I might do with Ind圜ar and F1. Despite being a racing fan, NASCAR is the series that I follow the least.

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