CART Fury Championship Racing

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CART Fury Championship Racing
CARTFuryPS2EuropeanVersionBoxArt.jpg
European PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Midway
Publisher(s) Midway
Composer(s) Dan Forden
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
2000
PlayStation 2
  • NA: May 25, 2001
  • EU: September 7, 2001
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

CART Fury Championship Racing, also known as simply CART Fury, is a 2000 open wheel-themed racing video game developed by Midway Games based on Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). Originally released to arcades, a version was also released for the PlayStation 2.

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Some of its famous drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi are included in the game. The game features the voice of Danny Sullivan. While the arcade version has original soundtrack composed by Dan Forden, the PlayStation 2 version has licensed music by Disturbed and Outkast are used as the official soundtrack of this game. [1]

Gameplay

Rather than a being a true simulation, CART Fury Championship Racing is an arcade racer, [2] with traits like spectacular crashes, spinouts, speed-draining slides, and tailgating. It includes road courses, street courses and oval tracks. Three skill levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard) allow players of all ability levels to compete on equal terms against the AI-controlled opponents. [2]

Drivers and teams

DriverTeam
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing
Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi
Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández Patrick Racing
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing
Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Juliana Chiovitti Midway Team
Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Sheehy
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Lester
Flag of the United States.svg Willy T. Ribbs
Flag of the United States.svg Danny Sullivan

Tracks

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]

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