Another audio clip compilation. This time it's all of the driver-specific spotter calls from NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup.

This is an interesting one, to say the least. We have calls not just for drivers from NASCAR Thunder 2003 and 2004, but nearly the entire full-time field from the 2004 Busch and Truck seasons is represented here. I don't know if EA actually planned on implementing the entire field, or if they just decided to record some lines just in case, but it's interesting how many obscure drivers have calls here (like, who's ever heard of Brian Conz or Roland Isaacs before this?). But, yeah, if a driver has an audio clip in NT2003 or NT2004 (whether it was actually used or not), that driver is also represented here.

As you might have guessed, a lot of these calls go unused in the final game. In fact, it would be much easier to list the ones that are actually used than the ones that aren't. In CftC, only the real Cup drivers use their calls (and even then, only most of them - Jeff Green and Travis Kvapil don't use theirs for whatever reason). Interestingly, a lot more of these calls were used in NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, which uses the same spotter as this game. It's not quite perfect, since EA didn't record any new lines for any new drivers in that game (so you won't be hearing calls for Michel Jourdain Jr. or Erin Crocker, for instance), but it's a lot more comprehensive than in this game.

A couple of miscellaneous notes:
- Steve Grissom has two clips for some reason: 064 and 069. Of these, 064 is out of place, as every other clip is in alphabetical order. I'm thinking this could have been meant for Travis Geisler (which still wouldn't resolve the alphabetical order issue, though since Giesler is another way to spell that surname, it's possible that was just a mistake), who shared the No. 36 DCT Motorsports Chevrolet with Grissom during the 2004 Busch season.
- "Parker" also has two calls: 151 and 152. 151 was probably meant for Ray Parker (fantasy driver of the No. 141 EA.com car in NT2004 and CftC) and Billy Parker. 152 is probably an artifact of how this game handles driver names with a "Jr." suffix. Any time a driver's name ends in "Jr.", there's another audio file immediately before that one without the suffix. Sometimes, the surname without the suffix is also used by another driver (Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr. are perfect examples of this), but sometimes there is no other driver without the suffix (like Truex / Truex Jr. - at least, not for another several years or so). The latter case is probably why there are two Parkers used here.
- Dick Trickle (196) did not appear in NT2003 or NT2004 (not even as a cut Legend driver or anything like that), so this addition is completely new to this game.
- Bill Weber (208) has a voice clip. Interestingly, he's not the only NBC Sports broadcaster with an entry here - Allen Bestwick (016) also has one, with Bestwick's entry going back to Thunder 2003. It's possible EA was thinking of making a special NBC-themed car for all of the broadcasters at some point (like Benny Parsons' car in NT2003 and NT2004), and added Weber to the mix when he became the play-by-play announcer in 2004.
- J.J. Yeley doesn't have a voice clip, which is strange considering he actually appears in the final game.

This video is mostly a "me" resource. The number beneath each name represents the DNAM value in the CARS bank of the NASCAR.DB file. If you change a car's DNAM value to a number between 0 and 217, it will play the corresponding audio clip when that car is near you. I made this video mostly so I can have something to look up if I ever forget which DNAM value goes to which driver, but I figure some of my viewers will like it, too.

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