The latest official NASCAR game, NASCAR:21 Ignition, has received yet another major update in the form of the 1.2.5.0 patch for PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
There are several changes here, chief of which is Thrustmaster steering wheel peripheral support across several models for those playing on Xbox and PlayStation, plus T150 on PC. You can now use the Logitech MOMO Wheel Shifter and Fanatec CSW 2.5 with V3 Inverted pedals on PC once more. Rejoice too, as you can also assign steering wheel buttons for in-game actions such as the Pit Menu.
If you have a multi-monitor setup on your gaming PC – this is now supported also, by putting the game in Windowed Mode
On the track, several yellow flag-related items look to have been addressed. The yellow flag sensitivity on Speedways has been tweaked, hopefully now coming out on a more frequent basis. Sometimes, under caution, you were placed under autopilot if you entered pitroad or your car was not repaired – both are now eradicated.
AI behaviour and formation during cautions have been refined too, although there is a note that this still needs further tweaks.
One key bugbear has been the AI-controlled rival behaviour when there was a big crash. This is noted as ‘large obstacles’ and in theory, the AI should avoid these in a smarter fashion.
A small note, but pre-this patch, tire pressures ranged from 10 PSI to 99.5 PSI – an extraordinarily large scope. The starting pressures are now said to be more authentic.
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