Jeff Gordon mentors the player in the new "Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup" career mode that has a completely revamped 3D menu interface.

This allows the player to compete against friends or other gamers and own all 22 tracks in the Sprint Cup Series.

For only the second time in the franchise's history (first appearing in EA's NASCAR Sim Racing for PC), a car customization template was available online which created endless possibilities for personalization.

The online connectivity of Paint Booth allowed players to download a car template from the EA Sports website and import it into editing programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, giving users a multitude of design options.

[1] Due to the development team using certain resources to work on key features in the game, no car manufacturers were present in this year's title.

[23] The reviewer noted that the overall presentation was lacking excluding Jeff Gordon's green screen mentoring in the game.

He was also generally disappointed with the gameplay, saying, "The controls are decent, and the Sprint Driver Challenges are quite fun.

X-Play gave the game a positive review, giving it a 4/5, praising the graphics, racing, and career mode, but noted that it has a clumsy interface and that EA's online policies needed a lot of work.

Electronic Arts has stated they would not make another title due to slumping sales, lack of popularity, and the difficulty of installing any new features.

EA's exclusive license as NASCAR's official video game producer expired in 2010.