NASCAR 2000

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NASCAR 2000
NASCAR 2000 PlayStation Coverart.jpg
North American PlayStation cover art featuring the cars of Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte, and Mark Martin
Developer(s) Stormfront Studios
Software Creations (GBC)
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Series NASCAR
Platform(s) Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color
ReleaseNintendo 64
  • NA: September 13, 1999 [1]
PlayStation
  • EU: September 24, 1999
  • NA: September 27, 1999 [2]
Windows
Game Boy Color
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NASCAR 2000 is a racing simulator video game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by EA Sports.

Contents

Publication history

The game was released in 1999 for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation and in 2000 for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color. The game is based on the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, with Adam Petty's 1999 Busch Series car and several legends such as Richard Petty and Alan Kulwicki also included. The game, along with NASCAR 98 , is regarded as one of the best of EA Sports NASCAR series of video games. It was the last game for PC until NASCAR Thunder 2003 . This game was the fourth title of the series.

The Windows version of the game includes manufacturer branding on the cars.

The soundtrack to the game features an instrumental version of the songs from a Blues Traveler album Save His Soul.

Reception

The PlayStation and PC versions received above-average reviews, while the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color versions received below-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [6] [7] [8] [9] However, Doug Trueman of NextGen said that the PlayStation version "would have been a terrific title several years ago, but now it looks and sounds incredibly dated." [32]

Michael Lafferty of GameZone gave the PC version nine out of ten, calling it "an adrenaline rush." [37] However, Ash of GamePro said that the Nintendo 64 version "has a lot going for it, but it just couldn't close out the race." [38] [lower-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. In GameFan 's viewpoint of the PlayStation version, one critic gave it a score of 68, and the other 87.
  2. GamePro gave the Nintendo 64 version three 3/5 scores for graphics, sound, and overall fun factor, and 3.5/5 for control.

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