NASCAR Racing 2002 Season

Short description: 2002 video game by Papyrus Design Group

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season

Cover art featuring the cars of Kevin Harvick, Terry Labonte, Dale Jarrett, Ward Burton, and Jeff Burton

Developer(s)| Papyrus Design Group
Publisher(s)| Sierra Entertainment[lower-alpha 1]
Platform(s)| Windows, Mac OS X
Release| Windows

* NA: February 13, 2002[1]
* EU: March 15, 2002

Mac OS X

* NA: January 2, 2003[2]

Genre(s)| Sim racing
Mode(s)| Singleplayer, Multiplayer

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is the successor to NASCAR Racing 4, released in 2002.

## Contents

* 1 Reception
* 2 Notes
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Reception

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| 89/100[3]
Review scores
Publication| Score
CGW| [4]
GameSpot| 8.8/10[5]
GameSpy| [6]
GameZone| 9.3/10[7]
IGN| 8.9/10[8]
PC Gamer (US)| 93%[9]
PC Zone| 70%[10]

The game received "generally favorable reviews", just one point shy of "universal acclaim", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]

According to Edge, the game sold at least 100,000 copies in the United States, but was beaten by NASCAR Racing 4's 260,000 sales in the region.[11] Total US sales of NASCAR Racing computer games released in the 2000s reached 900,000 copies by August 2006.[11]

The game won the award for "2002 Best Racing Game" at the 9th Annual PC Gamer Awards.[12] It was placed second for GameSpot's February 2002 "Game of the Month" award. The staff called it "one of the best racing experiences in any computer game to date".[13] It was also a runner-up for GameSpot's annual "Best Driving Game on PC" award, losing to Rally Trophy.[14]

## Notes

1. ↑ Mac OS X version co-published by Aspyr.

## References

1. ↑ "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season ships". February 13, 2002. http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2847664,00.html.
2. ↑ "Aspyr ships The Sims: Unleashed, NASCAR" (in en). https://www.macworld.com/article/157398/unleashed-2.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season for PC Reviews". Red Ventures. https://www.metacritic.com/game/nascar-racing-2002-season/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
4. ↑ Hermes, Wade (June 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (215): 82. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_215.pdf. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
5. ↑ Goble, Gord (February 15, 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Red Ventures. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nascar-racing-2002-season-review/1900-2848234/. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
6. ↑ Cauthen, John (April 4, 2002). "GameSpy: NASCAR Racing 2002 Season". IGN Entertainment. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/nascar-racing-2002-season/543772p1.html. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
7. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (February 25, 2002). "NASCAR(r) Racing 2002 Season Review". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080317123952/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r19611.htm. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
8. ↑ Sulic, Ivan (March 7, 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season Review". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/07/nascar-racing-2002-season-review. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
9. ↑ Mahood, Andy (May 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 [Season"]. PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 9 (5): 76. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060315141337/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/nascar_racing_2_1.html. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
10. ↑ Hill, Steve (May 29, 2002). "PC Review: NASCAR Racing 2002 Season". PC Zone (Future plc).
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Edge staff (August 25, 2006). "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century (Page 3)". Future plc. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019052748/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/3/. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
12. ↑ PC Gamer staff (March 2003). "The Ninth Annual PC Gamer Awards". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 10 (3): 48–50, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70.
13. ↑ GameSpot staff (2002). "PC Game of the Month, February 2002 (Runner-Up, Second Place (Gold))". CNET. Archived from the original on October 9, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021009000120/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/gotm/030102/p3_01.html. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
14. ↑ GameSpot staff (2003). "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Driving Game on PC, Nominees)". CNET. Archived from the original on December 23, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021223075155/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/pc17.html. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

## External links

* NASCAR Racing 2002 Season at MobyGames

* v
* t
* e

Papyrus Design Group video games

Open wheel racing|

* Indianapolis 500
* IndyCar Racing
* IndyCar Racing II
* Grand Prix Legends

NASCAR Racing series|

* NASCAR Racing
* 2
* 1999 Edition
* 3
* Legends
* 4
* 2002 Season
* 2003 Season

Other games|

* J. R. R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
* Nomad
* Road Rash
* SODA Off-Road Racing

* v
* t
* e

NASCAR video games

1980s|

* Richard Petty's Talladega

1990s|

* Days of Thunder (1990)
* Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
* Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing
* Racing
* Racing 2
* 98
* 99
* Racing 1999 Edition
* Revolution
* Racing 3
* 2000
* Legends

2000s|

* Rumble
* 2001
* Heat
* Racers
* Arcade
* Racing 4
* Thunder 2002
* Heat 2002
* Racing 2002 Season
* Thunder 2003
* Dirt to Daytona
* Racing 2003 Season
* Thunder 2004
* Chase for the Cup
* SimRacing
* Total Team Control
* 07
* 08
* iRacing
* 09
* Kart Racing

2010s|

* Car Town
* Gran Turismo 5
* Days of Thunder (2011)
* 2011
* Unleashed
* Inside Line
* Gran Turismo 6
* '14
* '15
* Heat Evolution
* Forza Motorsport 6
* Heat 2
* Project Cars 2
* Forza Motorsport 7
* Heat 3
* Heat 4

2020s|

* Heat 5

Series|

* NASCAR Racing
* EA Sports NASCAR
* NASCAR The Game

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