
The remaining has to be unlocked by collecting Speed Points, which is ridiculously easy to get.
Not all tracks in the NASCAR calendar are playable from start (only six are unlocked at start), an oddity for an annual motorsport game. Ironically, rival energy drink brand Monster Energy (who, coincidentally, became NASCAR Cup Series' title sponsor in 2017) is not censored at all in Kurt Busch's car in the 2017 season DLC. Clint Bowyer's 5 Hour Energy sponsor is censored for some reason. Various bugs and glitches exist, including one glitch that allows the player to gain speed by pausing and un-pausing repeatedly. Coupled with the spotter issue above, this can lead to confusing gameplay/racing. There is no way to look around your car. There is no track map or current lap time information during races. For instance, the spotter can clear you to overtake even if the player is not in situation to do so. Many sounds, including engine, tire effects, and the spotter, are exactly recycled from NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona. No lower series content (except for NASCAR Next drivers, which are only available in quick race and treated like Cup Series drivers), an issue that plagued the Eutechnyx era of NASCAR games this was rectified in the sequel.
Additionally, frame rate drops are prevalent during large crashes.
The graphics are bad by the generation's standards. NASCAR Heat Evolution features content from the 2016 NASCAR Cup Series season (then named Sprint Cup Series), with a DLC featuring content from the succeeding season, renamed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series that year. The game was released in North America on Septemfor the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. NASCAR Heat Evolution is a racing video game developed by Monster Games (who developed the original NASCAR Heat and NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona game) and published by Dusenberry Martin Racing (later renamed 704Games). Cover athlete Carl Edwards actually retired at the end of 2016 NASCAR Cup Series season after losing the championship spectacularly in the final race, by the way.ĭusenberry Martin Racing (later 704Games)