Racing
NASCAR '15 Victory Edition
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 1,456
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Only 59% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 1,463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 13.3h for positive, 6.1h 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 (59.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (36)
- Custom Ride Create a custom paint scheme 100%
- Big Mover Pass a total of 250 cars 70%
- Chevy Fan Win a race while driving a Chevy 63%
- Perfect Weekend Win a race after Qualifying first and leading the most laps 54%
- Heading to the Garage DNF from a race by critically damaging your car 51%
- Second Hand Champion In Career, win a race using only refurbished parts 49%
- Lucky Dog Be the Lucky Dog driver in a race 43%
- Ford Fan Win a race while driving a Ford 39%
- Poser Take a picture using Photo Mode 37%
- Toyota Fan Win a race while driving a Toyota 33%
- Brave New World Take part in an Online Race 29%
- Engineer Run a custom tuning setup in a race 28%
- Running Flat Make it to pit road with a flat tire 28%
- The Big One Be involved in a wreak at Talladega 22%
- Investor Invest in all areas of the Race Shop 20%
- Expert Racer Start and finish a race without any driving assists 18%
- Small Steps Win your first Online Race 17%
- Laying Down the Laps Run 10 laps in a single Track Testing session 17%
- Spice of Life Drive as 10 different drivers 17%
- Paint Booth Pro Make a custom brush in the Paint Booth 15%
- Bye Bye Rookie Stripe Finish your first Sprint Cup Season in Career 14%
- Fully Sponsored Sign 10 Sponsors to your car 13%
- Star Driver Win the All-Star Race 13%
- Front Row Qualify on Pole 20 times 9.3%
- Sprint Cup Champion Win the Sprint Cup in Career 9.1%
- Saving Memories Save an Online Replay 6.2%
- Egg Head Research everything in the R&D department 5.1%
- Getting into the Swing Win 10 Online Races 4.0%
- Race for the Chase Win the Sprint Cup in Chase Mode 3.9%
- Use the Force Win a race with the HUD turned off 3.4%
- Seasoned Champ Win the Sprint Cup in Single Season Mode 3.0%
- Dominating Win 20 Online Races 2.7%
- Online Veteran Participate in 50 Online Races 2.7%
- Champion Driver Win the Sprint Cup in Career on 100% difficulty 2.2%
- Online Master Participate in 100 Online Races 2.0%
- Legend of Leagues Win a League Season 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.