CART Fury Championship Racing

CART Fury Championship Racing, also known as simply CART Fury, is a 2000 open wheel-themed racing video game developed by Midway Games based on Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). Originally released to arcades, a version was also released for the PlayStation 2.

CART Fury Championship Racing
European PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	Midway
Publisher(s)	Midway
Composer(s)	Dan Forden
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release	Arcade 2000 PlayStation 2 NA: May 25, 2001 EU: September 7, 2001
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Some of its famous drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi are included in the game. The game features the voice of Danny Sullivan. While the arcade version has original soundtrack composed by Dan Forden, the PlayStation 2 version has licensed music by Disturbed and Outkast as the official soundtrack of this game.^[1]

Gameplay

Rather than a being a true simulation, CART Fury Championship Racing is an arcade racer,^[2] with traits like spectacular crashes, spinouts, speed-draining slides, and tailgating. It includes road courses, street courses and oval tracks. Three skill levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard) allow players of all ability levels to compete on equal terms against the AI-controlled opponents.^[2]

Drivers and teams

Driver	Team
Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing
Juan Pablo Montoya
Bryan Herta	Team Rahal
Max Papis
Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing
Christian Fittipaldi
Adrian Fernández	Patrick Racing
Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing
Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing
Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing
Juliana Chiovitti	Midway Team
Jenny Sheehy
Bill Lester
Willy T. Ribbs
Danny Sullivan

Tracks

• Chicago Motor Speedway
• Rio de Janeiro
• Airport Raceway
• Frankfurt
• Houston
• Long Beach, California
• Toronto
• Surfers Paradise
• A fictionalized version of Laguna Seca Raceway, branded as "California"
• The Skyway
• Road America
• Alpine Raceway
• The Big Dig
• Miami
• The Moon
• New York City

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	58/100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6.17/10[5]
Game Informer	8/10[6]
GamePro	[7]
GameRevolution	C−[8]
GameSpot	5.7/10[9]
GameSpy	55%[10]
GameZone	8/10[11]
IGN	5.5/10[12]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[13]

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[3]