EA Sports NASCAR series
| EA Sports NASCAR | |
|---|---|
| Genres | NASCAR, Auto racing, Sim racing |
| Developers | EA Sports, EA Tiburon |
| Publishers | Electronic Arts, EA Sports |
| Platforms | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Windows |
| Year of inception | 1997 |
| First release |
NASCAR 98 1997 |
| Latest release |
NASCAR 09 2008 |
The EA Sports NASCAR series, alternately known as the NASCAR Thunder Series, was a series of NASCAR video games published by EA Sports. The series began with NASCAR 98 and NASCAR 99 in 1997 and 1998. EA Sports released NASCAR Thunder 2002 in 2001, and ever since then, Jeff Gordon (2002), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003), and Tony Stewart (2004) were on the cover. In 2004, they changed the name of the game to NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup and added the new features to make the game more up-to-date with the recent changes to NASCAR. Kevin Harvick was on the cover. The next year, they changed the name yet again to NASCAR 06: Total Team Control. Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson were on the cover. The new features were swapping cars with teammates and voice-recognition support for use with the crew chief. The following year, the game was titled NASCAR 07 and features Elliott Sadler on the cover. The new features include a new speed blur effect and an all-new momentum system, used to describe drivers' strong and weak racetrack types. In 2004, the feature was a "Grudges and Alliances" feature in which if the player hits a car, they could retaliate. The feature received a mixed reaction.
After the kart racing game was released 2009, EA announced that the series would be discontinued due to budget cuts and the expiration of EA Sport's contract with NASCAR. Polyphony Digital has since bought the rights to develop official NASCAR cars and tracks in their simulation video game Gran Turismo 5, marking the end of the series under the EA Sports label.
Eutechnyx later acquired the license, starting the NASCAR The Game series with NASCAR The Game: 2011.[1][2][3][4]
Games
References
- ↑ Martin, Ed (January 17, 2015). "An open letter to NASCAR fans from DMi". dmigames.com. DMi Games. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ HC2 Holdings, Inc. (January 15, 2015). "HC2's Subsidiary DMi, Inc. Acquires Exclusive NASCAR Gaming Rights With Multi-Year Agreement". marketwired.com. Herndon, Virginia: Marketwired. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ Davis, Ryan; Caravella, Vinny (July 19, 2012). "Nascar The Game: Inside Line Gameplay". youtube.com. Giant Bomb. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ Sharkey, Mike (September 30, 2010). "News: Activision Dates, Details NASCAR The Game 2011". gamespy.com. GameSpy. Retrieved 23 May 2015.