Instead, I had to scroll through these options (while also attempting to race) and look at the upper-left corner of the screen to see anything. Ideally, I would want all of this information on-screen at the same time so I could make smart choices and know when to take my car into the pit lane. By pressing the circle button I could alternate between seeing what lap I was on, my car’s damage, or my tire status. Sadly, the terrible presentation is the least of Heat Evolution‘s issues. I also have my first name on the hood of my car. This would be a horrendous menu design in 1999, let alone 2016. If I wanted to look at the controls or change game settings, I had to go all the way back to the main menu. Instead the pause menu gave me three options: resume, restart or exit race.
Instead, gamers have received an incredibly bare bones racing title that isn’t much fun to play, and one that seems like a huge step backwards. I first started to have doubts about the game’s quality as soon as I paused the game for the first time to look at the controls. Considering there hasn’t been a good NASCAR-only game since Electronic Arts stopped developing them in 2009, this looked to be a return to form. It wasn’t their first crack at a racing simulation title either, as they had previously developed NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona and 2000’s NASCAR Heat.
That’s why I was excited to see that Monster Games, the studio behind Excite Truck and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was working on a new NASCAR game.
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