RacingSports
NASCAR Heat 5
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 3,945
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 78% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,988 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14.3h for positive, 9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (78.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (67)
story milestone ending side
- Who Am I? Create custom driver 100%
- Checkered Flag Win a race 78%
- Pimp My Ride Create a custom vehicle 67%
- So It Begins Be on a team in the Xtreme Dirt Tour 54%
- Established Competitor Win a race in career 47%
- Moving On Up Be on a team in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series 37%
- Why Can't We Be Friends Make an ally 33%
- Just Getting Started Complete one career season 33%
- Welcome To The Team Hire your first employee 32%
- Back To School Train your first employee 32%
- Millionaire Earn 1 million dollars in career 31%
- Ridin' Dirty Complete a full Xtreme Dirt Tour season 29%
- Online Racer Complete a Multiplayer race 27%
- Perfect 10 Win 10 races 26%
- Getting Noticed Earn a spot in the Xtreme Dirt Tour playoffs in career 26%
- We Can Be Friends Make 3 allies 26%
- Almost There Be on a team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series 24%
- Head Of The Class Max out a single stat on an employee 24%
- A Seat At The Table Be on a team in the NASCAR Cup Series 23%
- Dirty Winner Win an Xtreme Dirt Tour championship 22%
- First Of Many Win the Xtreme Dirt Tour playoffs 22%
- Truck'n Complete a full NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season 17%
- Stretching The Legs Win a race with 25% length 17%
- Rubbing Is Racing Make a rival 17%
- Super Speedster Win a race at every super speedway track 16%
- Getting Somewhere Earn a spot in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series playoffs in career 16%
- Online Victory Win a Multiplayer Race 15%
- V Is For Victory Win a NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship 12%
- Big Step Up Win the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series playoffs 12%
- New Fan Favorite Win 26 races 12%
- Multi-Millionaire Earn 5 million dollars in career 12%
- Employee Of The Year Max out all stats on 1 employee in any single series 10%
- Journeyman Complete a full NASCAR Xfinity Series season 9.5%
- Wonderful Toys Max out a single department 9.1%
- Don't Get In My Way Make 3 rivals 8.8%
- Online Veteran Complete 10 Multiplayer races 8.7%
- No More Yellow Stripes Complete a full NASCAR Cup Series season 8.3%
- Time To Shine Earn a spot in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs in career 8.0%
- State Of The Art Facilities Max out all departments in any single series 7.5%
- Dirt King Win a race at every dirt track 7.0%
- Challenge Accomplished Complete a challenge 6.6%
- Unstoppable Win a NASCAR Xfinity Series championship 6.4%
- Who's Next Win the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs 6.4%
- Playing With The Big Boys Earn a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in career 6.1%
- Ready To Go Win a race with 50% length 6.1%
- Get Smoked Win 49 races 5.9%
- Test Of Endurance Complete a race with 100% length 5.7%
- The Peak Won a NASCAR Cup Series championship 5.4%
- Best Of The Best Won the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs 5.1%
- Short And Sweet Win a race at every short track 4.6%
- Car Collector Own 6 cars in any single series 4.2%
- Endurance Champion Win a race with 100% length 4.1%
- Seasoned Driver Complete 5 career seasons 3.8%
- Full Team Hire 12 employees in any single series 3.8%
- Rolling In The Dough Earn 50 million dollars in career 3.3%
- Not Intimidated Win 77 races 3.3%
- Head To Head Winner Win a split screen race 3.2%
- Over The Rainbow Win 94 races 2.6%
- Online Domination Win 10 Multiplayer races 2.2%
- Best At All The Rest Win a race at every speedway track 1.9%
- Force To Be Reckoned With Complete half of the challenges 1.7%
- Tour The Tracks Raced on every track 1.1%
- Road Warrior Win a race at every road course 1.1%
- Long Live The King Win 200 races 1.1%
- Grizzled Veteran Complete 10 career seasons 1.0%
- King Of The Hill Complete all of the challenges 0.9%
- Couch Champion Be the Split screen champion after 4 races 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.