NASCAR Racing 2002 Season

Not to be confused with NASCAR Thunder 2002.

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

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[a]
Platform(s)	Windows, Mac OS X
Release	Windows NA: February 13, 2002[1] EU: March 15, 2002 Mac OS X NA: January 2, 2003[2]
Genre(s)	Sim racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	89/100[3]

Review scores

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]

Notes

1. Mac OS X version co-published by Aspyr.