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There would definitely have to be pit strategy, more realistic AI and more realistic damage engine to make it work.

In NASCAR events, the bots are unwilling to work with you. Lets say you are in 5th and you catch up to the 4th place car that is half a lap down from 3rd. Instead of letting you tuck in behind it to get the benefit of a two car draft, it starts to leave the line to try avoid you being behind it. Try to pass the car and they refuse to keep up with you to maintain the draft.

In a real NASCAR race, teams will often make in race deals to help each other, so, they might agree to draft together for a certain number of laps to catch a lead or build on one. Or two cars from different teams that are close to each other on track may agree to come into the pit lane together so that they have a partner when the leave the pits to draft with to get back up to speed and make up some lost ground. The AI in real racing has no concept of cooperativity.

NASCAR is a lot like American Baseball. On the surface it looks watching grass grow boring, but when you start to understand the strategy that is going on, it becomes a far more interesting sport to watch.