| 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 | WindowsMac OS X |
| Genre(s) | Sim racing |
| Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is the successor to NASCAR Racing 4 , released in 2002.
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 89/100 [3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 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]
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