I've said it numerous times to my friends.  There is an insanely awesome NASCAR game out there.  It can be made.  For years now we have been able to select an NFL team, fire every player, fire all 4 main coaches, relocate the team, and change the name and jerseys.  We have been able to work our way from Double A up to the Bigs, while asking our manager for a trade, or more playing time.  We have been able to send players to Triple A, the D-League or the AHL.  (Although still no Practice Squad in Madden, funny huh?)  Yet for the past few years we have been shackled to mediocre NASCAR games from the very same studio that makes Madden, NHL games, and NBA Live.  So, why haven’t we seen the NASCAR game that gives us full control?

For one year only we were able to buy a NASCAR team.  But we couldn't do anything with it.  We could only add a team to that team, and you still couldn't make your number only 2 digits to match the rest of the team.  RCR with the 29, 31, 33 and the 103.  Terrible.  With NASCAR 09 we could now customize our cars to the extreme, but we could only be a one car team, and still we had 3 digit numbers.  Even Gran Turismo 5 (the only game slated to have NASCAR in it) will most likely NOT have much of a NASCAR program to it, other than being able to select a car and race it against other nascars.  So here is how my perfect NASCAR game would go.

You would have a few different options.  Obviously you would have the normal options of a single race, or a season, or just the chase.  But I would have the Sprint Cup Series, The Nationwide Series, The Camping World Series, The Camping World East, and West Series, and the ARCA Series.  Hey, we can do it.  We have the technology.  You would have the option to take over any NASCAR team.  Let’s say Roush Fenway.  You would have all 4 Cup teams, AND all 4 Nationwide teams, and you could start up a Truck team, an ARCA team, ECT.  You would then have to find sponsorship for every race.  Existing deals would be in place.  That way you'd have to court sponsors for the Vegas Race so Colin Braun isn't all white.  Then you could design that one race sponsor, or choose one of a few premade schemes.  At the end of the year, you would have to decide if you wanted to keep David Ragan, extend Carl Edwards, or Move up Ricky Stenhouse to the UPS 6 Ford.  You'd have to sign a manufacturer agreement, sign a technological agreement with Richard Petty Motorsports (or whoever), and find sponsors for next year, or try to extend current sponsorship deals.  So for 2011 you could have Kenseth in the Crown Royal 17, Biffle in the Aflac/3M 16, Edwards in the Subway/Bass Pro Shops 99, and Kevin Harvick in the Shell/Pennzoil/UPS 6. 

If we can have all that freedom in Madden and MLB the Show, why can't we have the same freedom in NASCAR 2011?  You should also have the option to be just a driver.  You'd start off in ARCA, move your way to the East or West series, get invited to the Toyota All Star Race, begin driving in the Nationwide series while starting 7 races in cup to get ready for next year, and finally winning your first Truck Championship.  All while being a developmental driver for Michael Waltrip Racing.  You'd also have the option to be an owner/driver.  You'd start your own team, and move your way up the ranks.  Until you expanded out your team.  Outsiderz Racing team with Troy Boesen driving the 71(That's me!) and Paul Menard driving the Menards 70, and Jon Wes Townley driving the Sunoco 72.  This shouldn't be a hard game to make.  With Downloadable content, you could have up to the minute driver, crew, sponsor deals, ARCA drivers, and owner details.  You could download new sponsors, new templates for cars, anything.  What would be in your perfect NASCAR game?