Player Comments on Be a NASCAR Driver

The premise that's here isn’t bad at all. You begin as an upstart rookie that has to choose a team, and then you go through the professional/personal issues of having a boss that you don't exactly start on the best of standings with.

All of that is not dull, but rather interesting on paper. However, I would say that the execution of these ideas aren't the best. The writing isn't the worst I've seen, but there aren't much words that are placed in each page for things to truly feel fleshed out as I've played. That was my opinion, but I did enjoy the races themselves. I don't know much about racing, but the actual competition part was fun, although a bit linear to say the least.

What I feel holds this story back is that some of the choices can end the game rather abruptly, and while that's not something that I personally have issues with, these abrupt endings are rather unsatisfying. It's unsatisfying in the sense that it follows a common aspect of this story in that things aren't ever really expanded on. The whole goal is to be an adventure in the sense that you're making a go at becoming a NASCAR driver, but it feels a bit half-baked.

I won't say that there isn't any potential in this story-game, as it does certain things right in the sense that the story definitely improves when the practice runs, interviews, or parties are over, depending on which the reader may choose. When I was actually racing, that was when the story felt at its most exciting for me. If that aspect was the one that had more emphasis placed on it, and if the other parts still remained but were more fleshed out, this would be a stronger story I feel.

However, I would say the absence of me not having much more to gripe about when it comes to this story, is reason enough that I can at least say it's not bad.

This isn't bad for someone to fill their time with both playing and reading it.

Interesting idea for a story, I’m curious to see where this will go…

Whew, no pressure at the start, starting out as a rookie in Daytona! I was intrigued by the choices on the very first page, but disappointed when those choices led to, well, nothing. I had a choice, but the choices forced me quite quacking in the single, same path. The same thing happens on the next page, except when I choose the wrong choices, the game ends. So this is really looking like a single story with no options except death. Sometimes the choose-or-die paths can work, but they really should be limited, and if you’re going to include a lot of death endings, it is helpful (and more reasonable) to include some kind of clue in the story to let the reader know what’s going to happen and which choices are going to be instant death.

In the next section, I was hoping that the choices were starting to have an effect. There was certainly a good deal of potential there with the different events potentially affecting my starting position in the big race. In fact in one spot one of my choices actually told me that I was going to be starting in second, but when I got to the race, it said I was starting in fourth. Then, as the story continued again, it gave me more options that were the right option or death. The only place that appeared to be different was at the very end when one choice gave me second and the other gave me first.

Overall, this was a neat game with lots and lots of potential. I think this really could be developed quite a bit more by any author who needs some ideas. There could be a number of different options that could help determine not just your starting place in the big race, but also how well you do and how your choices work. For example, a fight with the other driver might lead to him cutting you off in the main race, while being nice to him might make that not happen.

It was a nice short adventure with some good details in it, thank you for sharing it with the site.

I've always wanted to be a NASCAR driver

i like cars

A nice, short, and fun game for what it is that I found entertaining for the brief moments I played it. I would have liked to see more exploration with different branches rather than a straightforward story with abrupt endings for incorrect choices.

I feel like you could’ve at least had a little more fun with the choices that were wrong ones though I found it amusing that each variation I ended up either breaking my back or breaking my back and ending up in a wheelchair.

Overall I enjoyed it and would like to see more.

Linear at the beginning and not very well written, but pretty funny. 3/8.

Short but nice

Overall, it's ok

it was decent it seemed repetitive tough

Definetly worth playing and I always love to play a good sports story so nice contribution to the website.

you need to be more specific about the player and the car race and some background details

Not exactly something that puts you in the place of the driver, it's sort of like playing a video game. You know you're racing but you don't feel the adrenaline rush of an actual race.

ummmm... good... i guess...

So much potential but such a let down one logic thinking so many ways to make it better more length in the story , win prize money upgrades and stuff there's a lot of ways to fast to enjoy it I thought

Boom one shot win

I was good I liked the last racing part

I guess it was interesting to play as this driver, since I've never seen that type of concept before. However this story could have been a lot better if it was fleshed out more, to introduce more pathways the reader could have took and thus eliminate the linearity in this story and introduce some build-up between events.

Fun, I think that you should have made it a little longer though.

It was okay, but it seemed a bit simple.

The story was very simple and bland, plus, the ending seemed abrupt. It needed to be a lot more detailed.

Great game! I loved it.

Needs more content.

This was awesome!

I like racing. Realistic.

Wasn't that interesting

Actually, I don't watch NASCAR on TV and I've never been to the races. That said, I thought this game was pretty good :)

I got fired!!!

ok

kinda simple

The best part was when I turned left! Seriously, that was the best part -_-

Okay.

It's cool cause I love nascar. My favorite driver is dale earnhart jr.

This was mildly thrilling...that's all I can think of

You've influenced me! It was totally awesome "and totally sweet" NOTE: Words in quotes are from 70 year old ladies

ive always wanted to be a race car driver!! VROOOOOOM!!! alittle short but ok i guess

i like nascar alot

Not bad. It would be so easy to add pictures though, and it would add a bit of depth. Alright though.

Like Nate said. Alright concept, but needs to have more detail.

Not too bad. Sort of anticlimactic. I thought my coach said high gear was broken, but I didn't explode or anything when I chose it.

Weird.

i like it i really like it i like racing so it was just right for me ignore what the others said it's brillllllll
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Uhh, bad?!

great concept. just wish there was more depth to it. more involvement. like i would like to know what lap i am having to pit on so that i know how many tires i might need. etc.
but pretty good.

Pretty cool, 5.5/10

This game was awesome, dude!

hi ya buco play this game it is ok

the game's cool, i love it

Good Job Kevi!!!! Your game was actually realistic, which I liked. Also I liked that you said that you can't beat the Earnhardts at Daytona..I totally agree..lol. Well overall you did a really good job!!!!!!!

This was a great story. I can't what for The Sims game.

good attempt at a racing storyline. chevy fan are we? lol i like it but it seems 1 dimensional. try and add multiple links that actually can take you in another direction rather than taking you to a specified link.

Short, but fun! I didn't run into any broken links, and it was an entertaining read. Thanks!