i've been trying to level up my car and get the challenge achievements but it seems that its immpossible to win some of the challenges. On the one at talladega where u have to use pitting strategy and win the race to get the challenge complete, i've found it immposible. This is because it makes u pit around lap 2 or 3 but when ever i get to 2nd place and i'm waiting for the leader to pit, he never does so i cant achieve the challenge. Tell me if anyone else has noticed this on this challenge or any other ones. I'm sure EA would love to hear this and how they screwed up again!

Some of them are a bit difficult....but doable.

some people have mentioned this challenge being glitched before....dont know how true it to be.

Finished all of mine

I've had trouble with the drafting sessions. it takes time off even if im in the zone. And on the newman challenge, the car slows down to about 150 as soon as i start the challenge. i think my game is glitched.

 happy is i wrote:

I've had trouble with the drafting sessions. it takes time off even if im in the zone. And on the newman challenge, the car slows down to about 150 as soon as i start the challenge. i think my game is glitched.

ya on that one ur car slows down for some reason b4 u get to the corner and then the rest is fine. try messing with your braking assist and steering assist. might take that away

well now its not glitching. i did it on my first try today so mayb u hav to turn off ur xbox then try it again for the glitch to go away

I had this problem on one of the tracks. I would try hard and get to the front and drive as fast as i could and one of the AI cars wouldn't pit. So i pitted and when i came out i was a lap down behind everbody, instead of passing the cars i decided to stay behind them until they went into the pits and all the AI cars finally pitted. I was getting a little mad and was going to crash whoever wasn't going to pit but it worked.

 Concealed Racer wrote:

 happy is i wrote:

I've had trouble with the drafting sessions. it takes time off even if im in the zone. And on the newman challenge, the car slows down to about 150 as soon as i start the challenge. i think my game is glitched.

ya on that one ur car slows down for some reason b4 u get to the corner and then the rest is fine. try messing with your braking assist and steering assist. might take that away

 

My only real problem has been with Newman at the moment, I have tried with no assists on and it still slows down at that the beginning and then i am unable to catch up and pass by the end. A couple of times i have reached his rear bumper, but not even close to trying a pass. The only other one i am having anything close to a problem with is the challenge were you have to draft for 4 laps and you only have like 10 seconds on the timer, the back end of my car starts getting out of shape and then i end up out of the draft trying to correct the wiggle.

I also think the avoiding the wreck challenges are a waste of time.

The Newman Challenge? At Lowe's? That one annoyed me for a while at first. But once I 100'd everything for my Speedway. It made it easier. Although I beat it without doing the 100 performance points for Speedways before my profile had to get deleted due to the freeze glitch. Just try driving your car into the car as hard as you can. And lift dont brake as much. Stay within his draft, you'll catch him. Just keep trying.

I need some help on this challenge at Infineon, I think its impossible. You have to follow the racing line, given 25.00 seconds and 3 laps to pass 7 cars. I get to 2nd on the last lap, but the first place car Tony Stewart is 7 seconds ahead of me. I usually spin out every attempt at this challenge for driving it too hard or I cant catch him. I need help!!!!!! Who beat this challenge??? All I need to do is complete this and one other challenge.

I finally got past Newman, only to be held up by Newman on the one where you have to draft him for 4 laps. just have that one and then it will unlock my last driver challenge matt kenseth, which should go pretty easy to pass him. I switched to my wheel and found that the drafting challenges are way easier than with the regular controller, I just need to figure out how to limit my corner speed without pressing the gas and sliding out wider than Newman and losing the draft.

 

Any idea where you are loosing time on the track? I did the road course items better than some of the ovals, I can normally catch stewart by the end of the lap or at the latest the right hander turn 2. one thing is turns 1- 6 and the next to last by the pit entrance I usually make all my time on those turns and you can pretty much dive to the inside of each of those and it will still count as being online and you will not lose too much time off the countdown timer. Just make sure you are slowed down before turning in on the off camber turns or you could easily slide off at the apex or spin when getting on the gas.

 Stemp629 wrote:

The Newman Challenge? At Lowe's? That one annoyed me for a while at first. But once I 100'd everything for my Speedway. It made it easier. Although I beat it without doing the 100 performance points for Speedways before my profile had to get deleted due to the freeze glitch. Just try driving your car into the car as hard as you can. And lift dont brake as much. Stay within his draft, you'll catch him. Just keep trying.

I need some help on this challenge at Infineon, I think its impossible. You have to follow the racing line, given 25.00 seconds and 3 laps to pass 7 cars. I get to 2nd on the last lap, but the first place car Tony Stewart is 7 seconds ahead of me. I usually spin out every attempt at this challenge for driving it too hard or I cant catch him. I need help!!!!!! Who beat this challenge??? All I need to do is complete this and one other challenge.

It took me hours to get that one ..... then I lost it when my profile locked :(

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for the daytona pit challenge - it starts somewhere off of turn 2 - i think there are 10 laps total - pit immediately - do not change any tires - take 1 or 1.5 cans of fuel - during the 10 laps you will pass most of the cars as they are exiting the pits - the leader i think pits on the 2nd to last lap - if you holding your lap times you will pass him as he is exiting his pit - i think there are 1 maybe 2 laps to finish. 

I wish!!  These races are a bit different every time you run them but there is DEFINITELY a glitch involved in all of the Pit Strategy challenges where at least one AI driver will not pit.  I have only been able to get by 1 of these challenges successfully - the one at Dega.  All of the other ones that I have tried (Watkins Glen, Phoenix, and Dega the first 5 times I tried it) all have at least one car that DOES NOT PIT.

Come On EA.  At least give us a chance!  Bad enough that you completely monopolize the Nascar market, but to let the AI essentially cheat is ridiculous.

I haven't had those problems with the challenges, I didn't run into any problems until I had to do two of Ryan Newman's challenges and Matt Kenseth's driver challenge.

In respect to Newman, his challenge up in the top right corner of the map, where you have to tail his draft wake for four laps around Atlanta without running out the ten second wake timer.

Again with Newman, his personal driver challenge at Lowe's where you have three laps to beat him.

And with Matt, where you have a certain number of laps to chase him down through a pack and win at Lowe's.

I solved all of these by just turning off the brake assist, and in Newman's case at Atlanta, driving with EXTREME CAUTION!

As for the pit challenges you all are having such trouble with, all I can recommend is running out your gas as much as you can, keep all the driving assists on, as they are a great lifesaver in most cases, and make sure you have the AI difficulty turned right down.

And if you don't believe me on ANY of this, just go check out my achievement list. I only need the eight cups, 5000 miles, and 200 win achievements as of early this morning.

Meaning, I have finished the Sprint Driver Challenges.

Hopefully some of this helped, because if you guys haven't gotten past the pitting challenges, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

 CJG Racing wrote:

for the daytona pit challenge - it starts somewhere off of turn 2 - i think there are 10 laps total - pit immediately - do not change any tires - take 1 or 1.5 cans of fuel - during the 10 laps you will pass most of the cars as they are exiting the pits - the leader i think pits on the 2nd to last lap - if you holding your lap times you will pass him as he is exiting his pit - i think there are 1 maybe 2 laps to finish. 

I almost completely forgot to comment on this, but yeah, take right side tires only, and try to pull a Cat In The Hat (Jack Roush) and play the fuel game. In other words, try to calculate exactly how much you need just to get to the finish line with just a little extra left over just in case, and then punch it off pit road and drive like mad with a bit of sanity to catch and pass the leader and win the challenge in question.

I cant complete the newman chalange. His car always speeds ahead of me and the timer still goes when im in the draft.

 darth irule wrote:

I cant complete the newman chalange. His car always speeds ahead of me and the timer still goes when im in the draft.

k, as I mentioned previously, on the Sprint Driver Challenge map, hit RB (Right Bumper) to go into Gameplay Settings, switch from Rookie to Pro, then go down to Brake Assist and turn it ALL the way off.

Then when you get into the challenge with Newman at Atlanta, stay on his *** in the tri-oval and on the backstretch, but as you approach the turns behind him, back off just a touch, about one car length, and as your going through the turn, stay half in the throttle, or the trigger about halfway pressed, adjusting as you go through the turn so as not to break wide up the hill, or slide down the track, and as you're exiting the turn, floor it right up to Flyin' Ryan's ***, and stay on him 'til you get to the next turn and back off again.

Just keep tryin' that, it should only take a few tries of trial and error, but you should eventually make up those four laps.

Once I turned the brake assist off and played around with the throttle, it only took a few tries to get those four laps in, but after you're done that challenge with Newman, keep the assist turned off and finish off Newman at Lowe's in his personal challenge the same way, because at Lowe's, Ryan's car is exceptionally fast, and the brake assist actually hinders you considerably in that challenge. But take the same care at Lowe's against Ryan as you did at Atlanta, flooring it out of the turns and letting off the throttle getting into the turns, and you'll get around Ryan by the end of lap two of the challenge if not in the first couple of turns in lap three.

After you've beaten Ryan in Atlanta though, you should unlock Matt Kenseth's challenge at Lowe's, which you'll need to keep the brake assist off for again, as you'll need the extra speed getting off the turns to catch Matty, since he's got a Roush Rocket at Lowe's. Stay low in the turns, gas your way off, and get as much speed down the backstraight and the tri-oval, and you should have Matt overtaken by the time you get on the backstraight on the last lap or two to take the win and the challenge.

Hope this helps, just remember, for the two Newman Challenges and Matt's personal challenge, take the brake assist right off.

Good luck.

Crater, I just used your method and after MONTHS of trying the Newman Atlanta challenge, I beat that one and the Kenseth one.  Thanks!

 ScarletKnight71 wrote:

Crater, I just used your method and after MONTHS of trying the Newman Atlanta challenge, I beat that one and the Kenseth one.  Thanks!

No prob dude, I just tinkered around with it in my third week of playing it and screamin' at Lyin' Ryan for beatin' me, and came to the conclusion that the Brake Assist was holdin' me back too. You're all quite welcome for the advice, I'm just surprised no one came up with it sooner! :P Jokes, jokes, my fellow gearheads, but pass this around to anyone you find having problems with those three particular challenges, I'm sure it will help them greatly, as it has helped Scarlet Knight here.

Laters y'all, enjoy the Bud Shootout this saturday night on FOX at 8PM EST, and the 500 a week from this sunday! DRIVE FOR FIVE JEFF!!! Or should I cheer for JJ to make history with a four-peat? :P Either way it's a win-win in my case! XD

P.S.: I haven't worked on this game in like two weeks, so I still need to take the time to get seven more cups, a hundred some odd more wins, and another 3000+ miles to finish out the achievements for 09! XD I'll get to it before the 500 next week, PROMISE! XD

I am looking for help on the Road Course Challenges (I have completed all the oval challenges).

Last night I beat the Infineon Challenge where I had three laps to pass eight cars; took me about two hours.  Then I tried Infineon "Go from 20th to first in eight laps," which may be possible but my tires go completely away by the fourth lap and I can't catch Stewart who has about a 12 second lead.

Then this other one at Infineon seems downright impossible... "Pass seven (or eight?) cars with a 40 second timer between."  I have three reliable passing zones at Infineon and one half-chance zone, but I can't string together three passes within the timer, let alone eight passes.  Also my tires will go off.

I am a top 10%-rated driver in Forza and I use a wheel, so skill (or lack thereof) is not the issue.  If others have done this and can share some strategy/tips I'd appreciate it.  Otherwise I need to stop wasting my time on this.

Okay, there's your first problem, you're coming at it too much like you would in Forza, you have to think about it from a NASCAR driver's point of view.

Try not to think too much about breaking zones, in fact, next time you do it, do it with ALL the assists on, and overdrive more than a few of the corners.

Overdrive: To go into a corner against someone and brake later than they do, thus closing distance, and in some cases, overtaking an opponent.

There's a downside to overdriving though, if you *** it up, and the other car in the corner gases sooner than you do, there's a chance they'll catch you back, but if you brake late enough and slow down just enough that you can still get back to the gas before they have a chance to get by you, you'll take off before they had a chance to read your back bumper.

Remember, this ain't Forza, this is NASCAR, it's Saturday night short track beatin' 'n' bangin' style racing, and just remember, it ain't a love tap if you leave more than a bit of paint on the other guy's fender. XD