Guys let's be smart about this.

A set of rules that make it more akin to a realistic racing game's time trial mode is probably the way forward.

None of the EA NASCAR games have a time trial mode where you're the only car on the track. The closest equivalent is Qualifying, where it's two laps by yourself.

For all of the NASCAR games by EA (Thunder 2002, Thunder 2003, Thunder 2004, Chase 2005, 06 TTC, & 07), this would be a reasonable set of rules:

• Quick Race ONLY
• Qualifying Mode ONLY
• Damage set to ON in options.
• NO driving assists.
• Manual Transmission.
• Any camera view
• Any type of controller.
• User must record the entire qualifying session, from pressing the "Qualify" button, to the post-run screen where it displays your time (the camera pans around the car)
• Laps where you bounce off the wall, or wall-ride entirely, should not count. This is now a rule in real NASCAR as of October 2022.