First Paint Scheme Test: Bill Elliott Budweiser #11

It's become a tradition for me to test out the paint booth with a basic variant of this scheme. ETX has removed the need to "earn" basic shape decals how you needed to in NTG: Inside Line, reverting things to how they were in NTG2011, while keeping IL's interface. Otherwise, there seem to be few changes to the paint booth. They have changed up the pre-made sponsor decal list somewhat, and added a new "mirror" option for decals, which can somewhat help match up decals on the left and right hand sides of the car, but it doesn't work perfectly. Still, it's a welcome addition. One problem is you can't zoom out as far on the top down view or others, making placement of certain decals a tricky proposition.

Here's how the test went:

Budsweiser 11 NASCAR '14 PS3 Paint booth

NASCAR #11 Budweiser Ford Fusion NASCAR 2014

NASCAR '14 Budweiser Ford Fusion

Another new feature of the paint booth in NASCAR '14 is the ability to write phrases in the text box with spaces. Previous games did not allow that. The "KING OF BEERS" phrase on the hood would have had to be three separate decals put down individually or into a custom "brush." Allowing spaces eases some of the old burdens of making a custom paint job in the game.

On the other hand, the new unique shapes to the cars makes it difficult, if not impossible, to simulate older car designs for these retro paint schemes. That's why I kept this as a Fusion, rather than trying to simulate a Thunderbird how I did in NTGIL:

NTG Inside Line, NASCAR The Game - Bill Elliott #11 Budweiser Ford Thunderbird

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