NASCAR Racing 2002 Season

2002 video game by Papyrus Design Group

Not to be confused with NASCAR Thunder 2002.

2002 video game

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[a]
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.

## Reception

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Reception

Aggregate scoreAggregator| Score

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Metacritic| 89/100[3]
Review scoresPublication| Score

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Computer Gaming World| [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

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

## References

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1. ^ "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season ships". GameSpot. February 13, 2002. Archived from the original on April 11, 2002. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
2. ^ "Aspyr ships The Sims: Unleashed, NASCAR". Macworld. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
3. ^ a b "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
4. ^ Hermes, Wade (June 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 215\. Ziff Davis. p. 82. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
5. ^ Goble, Gord (February 15, 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
6. ^ Cauthen, John (April 4, 2002). "GameSpy: NASCAR Racing 2002 Season". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
7. ^ Lafferty, Michael (February 25, 2002). "NASCAR(r) Racing 2002 Season Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
8. ^ Sulic, Ivan (March 7, 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 Season Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
9. ^ Mahood, Andy (May 2002). "NASCAR Racing 2002 [Season]". PC Gamer. Vol. 9, no. 5\. Imagine Media. p. 76\. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
10. ^ Hill, Steve (May 29, 2002). "PC Review: NASCAR Racing 2002 Season". PC Zone. Future plc.
11. ^ a b Edge staff (August 25, 2006). "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century (Page 3)". Edge. Future plc. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
12. ^ PC Gamer staff (March 2003). "The Ninth Annual PC Gamer Awards". PC Gamer. Vol. 10, no. 3\. Imagine Media. pp. 48–50, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70.
13. ^ GameSpot staff (2002). "PC Game of the Month, February 2002 (Runner-Up, Second Place (Gold))". GameSpot. CNET. Archived from the original on October 9, 2002. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
14. ^ GameSpot staff (2003). "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Driving Game on PC, Nominees)". GameSpot. CNET. Archived from the original on December 23, 2002. Retrieved October 17, 2021.

## External links

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* NASCAR Racing 2002 Season at MobyGames

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