Carl Edwards Racing

Carl Edwards Racing was one of the reasons the eponymous driver was absent in EA Sports' NASCAR 07 and NASCAR 08.

This game looks and plays similarly to the Ford Racing PnP, and even has driver portraits taken from the Genesis port of Super Monaco GP

Test Menu#

Boot the game while holding Menu Select + Steer Left + Left. After a few seconds, a beep will play; during it, quickly press Up, Down, Left, and Right. The game will then transition to a test menu, which shows a version number of 00017 and a build date of September 4, 2006. Four functions are available:

Button Test#

At first, the game asks the player to press several buttons in order. If any of the buttons is pressed out of order, the test fails. Otherwise, the test succeeds. After passing, any of the buttons can be pressed without restrictions. Holding Accelerate for a few seconds exits this screen.

Sound Test#

A pretty self-explanatory sound effect test menu. Left and Right can be used to switch through sound effects. Accelerate plays the selected sound effect again, Brake plays each of the sound effects sequentially, and Menu Back exits this screen. The autoplay mode can be interrupted by pressing Accelerate again or by exiting the screen.

Memory Test#

A series of checksum tests. Pressing Accelerate restarts the test, and Brake exits this screen, though the game will not register inputs until the tests are concluded.

Video Test#

Four test screens, which can be advanced by pressing Accelerate. The two screens not shown are solid white and solid black, respectively. After the fourth screen, the game goes back to the test menu hub.

Exit Test Menu#

Instead of exiting into the title screen, the game simply goes to a black screen. As such, the console has to be reset.