In addition, you'll find minigames in the game as well. Ownership is set to be an important part of your experience in the game, because you'll be able to sell off cars at anytime. You'll find an impressive array of cars, from traditional NASCAR autos to more exotic fare, which will help add variety to the experience. Another key element to your NASCAR experience will be ownership of your vehicle. However, if your driving sucks, and you're an ogre to your fellow racers, don't plan on gaining much of a following. If you race well and play nicely with the other drivers, you'll earn loyal fans. In addition to the grudges and alliances, you'll have to manage fan loyalty, which will be tied to your performance on the track. Relationships will play a large part of your experience in the game, thanks to their ties to your racing experience. As you make your way to the top, you'll have to manage relationships, which will sometimes lead you to make a rival or two (which can, in turn, lead to altercations after races). An in-game calendar will let you map out your road to fame. The career mode will start you out racing production cars on city streets so that you can work your way up to the big leagues. In this year's game, you'll be essentially living the life of a NASCAR racer. With the popularity of the grudges-and-alliances mechanic from last year's game, the decision was made to expand it in a big way. But instead of putting them into the same type of game that NASCAR Thunder 2004 offered, the team has focused its efforts on creating a more lifestyle-focused experience. In the wake of the success of last year's entry in the series, the Tiburon Studios team reexamined last year's game and picked out the elements that appeared to resonate the most with players. While the game is still coming together, we think its safe to say NASCAR Thunder 2005 is likely to be the most ambitious entry in the series to date. Rather than offer up a variation on last year's game, NASCAR Thunder 2005 looks as though it's going to get a pretty extensive makeover from its predecessor. We had the chance to take a peek at a very early version of the PlayStation 2 game and were more than a little surprised by what we saw.

Hot on the heels of last year's NASCAR Thunder, Electronic Arts and developer Tiburon Studios are hard at work on a sequel to the game.

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