NASCAR Racing 2002 Season explained

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season should not be confused with NASCAR Thunder 2002.

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season
Developer:	Papyrus Design Group
Publisher:	Sierra Entertainment
Released:	WindowsMac OS X
Genre:	Sim racing
Modes:	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Platforms:	Windows, Mac OS X

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is the successor to NASCAR Racing 4, released in 2002.

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews", just one point shy of "universal acclaim", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

According to Edge, the game sold at least 100,000 copies in the United States, but was beaten by NASCAR Racing 4s 260,000 sales in the region.^[1] Total US sales of NASCAR Racing computer games released in the 2000s reached 900,000 copies by August 2006.^[1]

The game won the award for "2002 Best Racing Game" at the 9th Annual PC Gamer Awards.^[2] It was placed second for GameSpots February 2002 "Game of the Month" award. The staff called it "one of the best racing experiences in any computer game to date".^[3] It was also a runner-up for GameSpots annual "Best Driving Game on PC" award, losing to Rally Trophy.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century (Page 3) . Edge staff . August 25, 2006 . Edge . Future plc . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019052748/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/3/ . October 19, 2012 . dead . April 14, 2020.
2. The Ninth Annual PC Gamer Awards . PC Gamer staff . PC Gamer . Imagine Media . 10 . 3 . March 2003 . 48–50, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70.
3. Web site: PC Game of the Month, February 2002 (Runner-Up, Second Place (Gold)) . GameSpot staff . 2002 . GameSpot . . https://web.archive.org/web/20021009000120/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/gotm/030102/p3_01.html . October 9, 2002 . dead . October 17, 2021.
4. Web site: GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Driving Game on PC, Nominees) . GameSpot staff . 2003 . GameSpot . CNET . https://web.archive.org/web/20021223075155/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/pc17.html . December 23, 2002 . dead . October 17, 2021.