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If you're a true NASCAR fan, this is for you!
This game is great! I've read reviews on several sites and was surprised at the mixed response. I've read several complaints about the game that can be avoided. One complaint had to do with only having only three car settings...That is only in arcade. Try simulation. Wedge, tire pressure, gear ratios, downforce, etc. can be manipulated here. You can customize your car and save your settings for each track. Graphic are good, driving is realistic. Although, I have probably had the most fun racing my friends in two player mode, one player mode alows you to really study the fine points in the tracks. Boring ovals? I disagree. Try keeping your car down on the huge banks at Bristol, or draft your way to the front at Talladega. How about 195 mph through turn 2 at Daytona? There are enough options to increase or decrease the difficulty for any skill level, and races can be as short as 3% race. as far as the season being too long, there are even options to race a short 4 race season. Some people may disagree, but I think this game has what it takes. I definitly can appreciate the GT style racing games. Upgrading your cars is a lot of fun, but NASCAR is a different type of racing. You have to appreciate NASCAR for what it is. If you do, you'll have fun with this game.
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EA Sports should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this
This reviewer is a die hard Nascar fan and has been for over a decade now. When I first heard that Nascar 2001 was coming out for the PS2, I was quite excited. Unfortuntately, although this game is pure eye candy, its rather disappointing when playing its previous version Nascar 98, 99, 2000, and 2001 on the Playstation.EA had to rush this game and must have cut a whole lot out of it in order to ship it in time. What is missing is several tracks on the Winston Cup Circuit, Including Homestead, Michigan, Phoenix, Las Vegas, New Hampshire, Pocono and Dover.A second problem is the inability to set your car the way you like it as you were able to in the previous games. You have the ability to set your car up one of three ways, Loose, Tight, or Neutral. No tweaking the tire pressure, spoiler angles or Wedge in this game.Players can choose a quick race, no track or car selections, A single race, in which you can choose driver and track, or Championship, where you can try to win the Winston Cup Championship in a series of races on the 14 tracks in the game.Nascar 2001 for the PS2 isn't all bad. The tracks and cars look better than they ever have in any other home console version of this game. Cars seem to wreck in front of you more often than ever before, and its not uncommon to see a car start to smoke up ahead leaving your visability on the track to a virtual nil. These features have to be seen to be appreciated.I tested the collison detection by running a polish victory lap, a.k.a Alan Kulwicki, during the race I was running at Talladega. The end result was a pretty cool collision with cars turned upside down on the track, and tires and debris all over the infield.The cars in this game seemingly have a more arcade style feel, are easier to drive, and look great. The problem with the graphics lies in the two player mode, where it breaks down badly, and when you turn on the real view mirror in single player mode. This really breaks up the frame rate and it is very noticable.The bottomline on this game is this, if you have to have an Nascar style racer on your PS2, then this is your only choice. If you have previous versions of this game on your Playstation, save your money until EA Sports releases a respectable version of this game.Not recommended by this Nascar fan!
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Better the Heat
This game is not the Best NASCAR game on the market any more (NASCAR Thunder 2002 and the soon to be released 2003 are better versoins of this game), but it is better then NASCAR Heat 2002... . If you like NASCAR or racing games and don't want to spead a lot of money - this is a perfect pick up right now to get started on you PS2.
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