Draftmaster 2 4+

I really love this game. I spend more time playing it than I can explain. However it has a few issues I’d just like to bring up because they bother me. First, the highest lane on the track is always the best, and the lowest is always the worst. It makes most races as simple as “go to the top, wait a few laps to reach the front, then block for the win”. And the low line is just a death sentence I have found it’s almost always the slowest and ever trying to use it is playing with fire. Second, there seems to be an issue where when I’m behind two cars, they just won’t connect with each other and push forward. Maybe it’s intentional but it can be very frustrating when you’re stuck in line and the front cars just bounce off each other, and you plummet backwards until the damage is irreparable. Finally, the end of “championship” scoreboard is very messed up. Racing the ‘22 cars it shows things like Alex Bowman is Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Larson still drives for CGR, some drivers are just entirely blank, etc. But seriously other than these issues this is a great time killing little game I really enjoy

I currently have an issue with the current update. Whenever I race at Long Pond as Gase in the 2020 Calendar season, I am stuck. Can’t move, can’t accelerate only pause and it’s respective functions work (it could happen with other drivers too). Also I notice that higher difficulty essentially means the AI will do whatever inane crap they can to screw you over, even at their own expense. On restarts AI literally just sit there and do nothing at all while other cars in the lanes that are not occupied by you take off. One last thing I also do not understand is that the AI starting position is based off of performance in the season. Why is it though that the player can be fourth in the standings, yet always start 30th or mid-20s in higher difficulties unlike the AI? These are really the only things holding this game back. I’ve worked on NASCAR teams and have been to many of these tracks. From an insider’s view Josh, you’ve done good. Great game, and with those fixes, can only get better.

First off, this game has tons of polish compared to the original, I love the in depth features and championships, and I can see a lot of love went into this game. My one suggestion is to offer more customization for the cars, like changing traits for the drivers or changing names. But besides those suggestions this game is a great time waster for any racing fan!
Edit: This is still a great game but I have found the AI is extremely predictable and boring when your leading, like I’ve played the full season where at the start I get into the right-most lane and do nothing, and I’ll constantly get Top 10s, and when I’m at the front, the AI almost never makes a move and has a extremely predictable pattern for overtaking, making the races fun at the start, but after the first lap, I’ll hitch a ride with someone going fast and get to the front of the pack, repeat 10+ times and win championships by hundreds of points. So really only AI is holding this game back from being amazing