firstly as NASCAR Edition for PlayStation 3 in June and later an Arcade version for Xbox 360 in October. In an interview with producer Jeff Dickson, the history behind the game was revealed. The game was created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Days of Thunder film. The NASCAR Edition is intended to be a union of NASCAR and the film, and features drivers from the movie as well as NASCAR drivers from the past and present (Hendrick Motorsports was actively involved in the film during 1989 and 1990 filmings, providing cars and technical support; also the film's storyline was based on a former Hendrick driver). Both versions of the game were designed with arcade-based gameplay. During development trailers fictional drivers had liveries coinciding with Paramount Pictures and Days of Thunder, as well as other Paramount Pictures films such as Top Gun, Transformers and Iron Man 2. At release only the Days of Thunder, Paramount Pictures, and other fictional racing liveries/sponsors remained. Michael Rooker returned to voice the character Rowdy Burns in the game. When asked why the game would not be a simulation, Dickson replied: "Well, we wanted to stay away from that because the games that are out there that do that do it well". Developer Piranha Games wanted to ensure that players spent most of their time on the track, so aside from visual modifications, the ability to customize cars is limited, as Dickson said: "We don't want you to spend lots of time outside the game, we want you on the race track". The AI drivers in the game were designed to adapt to the player's typical racing style in which Dickson remarked: "If you're kind of an aggressive driver, they're gonna drive aggressive against you". A retail version of the PlayStation 3 version was bundled with the Blu-ray of the namesake movie, released on June 7, 2011. Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions were planned, but eventually cancelled. Reception Days of Thunder received very little critical reception, with only one review published for the PlayStation 3 NASCAR Edition and very few published for the Xbox 360 Arcade version. Of the reviews published critics gave generally negative reviews. The PlayStation 3 version single GameRankings score comes from the reviewer from PSNStores, who gave the game a 3/5. The critic gave high marks for the PlayStation 3 version's inclusion of real-world NASCAR drivers, but was