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|released= PlayStation
- NA: October 2, 2001
PlayStation 2
- NA: October 15, 2001
Xbox
- NA: November 15, 2001
|genre= Racing |modes=Single-player, Multiplayer |platforms= Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 }}
NASCAR 2K2' is a racing simulator video game developed by Visual concepts and published by . It is the 3rd game in the NASCAR 2K series of video games, and is the first of the series to have a new title (the other games simply read "NASCAR", followed by the year). Notably, it is the first NASCAR game to feature alternate paint schemes on the cars. It featured the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Jeff Gordon on its cover and 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Bobby Labonte on the disc.
NASCAR Thunder 2002 was the first NASCAR game released for the Xbox and the second released for the PlayStation 2. Game modes consist of Create-a-car, Quick race, Season mode, Career mode, and practice. Before every race, the player has the option to qualify for a position at the start of the race, get to know the track in practice, or 'race' other cars in Happy Hour. The game has 35 drivers from the 2001 Winston Cup season (minus Dale Earnhardt due to his death, but the game has many tributes to him including a black No. 3 screen on start-up) and several then-Busch Series and fantasy drivers that can be unlocked.
The PlayStation version was separate from the PS2 and Xbox versions, included only 36 drivers, and included an instant-replay feature, fantasy tracks, only 27 drivers per race, and all of the alternate paint schemes were removed. A system of power-up/cheat cards and challenges, similar to Chase/Thunder plates and Lightning/Dodge Challenges in later editions, was a major game mode in this version.
Reception
Reception| Aggregator | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PS | PS2 | Xbox | |
| GameRankings | 76% | 86% | 82% |
| Metacritic | 69/100 | 85/100 | 82/100 |
NASCAR 2K2 received a mostly positive response from critics upon release. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized ratings in the 0–100 range, calculated an average of 85 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on seventeen reviews for the PlayStation 2 version, 82 out of 100 for the Xbox version, based on seventeen reviews for the Xbox version, and 69 out of 100 based on eight reviews for the PlayStation version. GameRankings assigned it an average review score of 86% based on twenty-three reviews for the PlayStation 2 version, 82% based on twenty-two reviews for the Xbox version, and 76% based on nine reviews for the PlayStation version.
References
- NASCAR Thunder 2002 Profile. IGN.com. Accessed June 2, 2012.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for PlayStation Reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR Thunder 2002 for Xbox Reviews". MetaCritic. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
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