Il prestigioso quotidiano americano Boston Globe ha pubblicato sul proprio sito ufficiale un interessante articolo dedicato alla simulazione di guida ed in particolare alla serie Nascar, con una intervista ai responsabili del Nascar Thunder targato EA Sports: sicuramente da leggere.
Games such as the popular NASCAR Racing 2003 by Vivendi Universal offer the same level of detail. Players spend hours before a virtual race "setting up" their rides. "I have to set up the tire pressures," said Al Beasley, 48, an Orlando, Fla., computer technician and administrator of the Cyber Thunder Racing League. "I have to set up the compression of the shocks; I have to set up the rebound of the shocks." In all, there are 50 settings that modify the performance of the cars, and as with real racing, it's car setup, rather than brute speed, that determines victory.
