NASCAR Dirt to Daytona

by Atari

Product Features

• career mode including all 4 nascar series.
• 31 total tracks including exciting dirt tracks.
• realistic car damage from scratches and scrapes to dents and multi-car destruction.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006ZCCV
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,537 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #24 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Racing

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

compete in your choice of 4 different nascar racing series

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dirt to Daytona Review, November 21, 2002

By 

Gene (Saugus, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NASCAR Dirt to Daytona (Video Game)

I've been playing video games all of my life, racing games the most. I must tell you that Dirt to Daytona is one of THE BEST racing games I have ever played. This game is a solid 10!! I give two thumbs up to Infogrames. Nascar Heat was a great game that needed just a little bit more to make it a ten. The guys at Infogrames made all the right corrections and have what I feel is a must have for any body who loves racing and racing games as much as I do. The game packs in so much information with the 4 different divisinos of NASCAR that I thought the speed of play would be lacking or that details would be left out; giving us a poorly developed game. I'm very happy to see that this did not happen and that game play, especially with the 43 car Winston Cup field, did not suffer one bit. I would recommend this game to anyone. Thanks Infogrames for taking the time to make such an awesome product! Great job!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Nascar Title Ever Period, April 13, 2003

By 

Baker Geist (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NASCAR Dirt to Daytona (Video Game)

Now I'll admit I am only a casual Nascar fan but I've played a lot of Nascar racing games from both the EA series and the Heat series and Dirt to Daytona has set the standard for the future of racing games. It has 4 racing circuts built into one, a competive AI, and gives the player the ability to create his car and choose his or her sponsors. There are a lot of other great things about this title so I will explain them to you. The real great thing about this title is the awesome career mode. This game really focuses on how you get to Winston cup status instead of just placing you there. You start with little money to build your car while you race on dirt tracks in small towns in the south going through heats for small sums of money. As you earn respect, you will be presented with sponser choices to place on your car. The more sponsors you have, the more money you will make per race. As soon as you conquer the dirt track series you will move up through the Nascar ranks through the truck series and eventually to the Nascar Winston Cup series. I find this to be a great career mode because it actually gives you the feel you are a real race car driver trying to break into the big time unlike EA's Thunder series where they just place you in the Winston Cup series no questions asked.
Secondly, the chalenging aspects of the gameplay really keep this game fresh. The AI actually tries to keep you from winning and if you hit the wall, the aspects of your car get damaged unlike in other titles where you can smash into the wall and still have your car drive like new. If you hit the wall in this game, your car's performance will be damaged greatly. Also, afer every race depending on the amount of damage your car went through money will be taken from your total winnings in order to repair the damages to your car. This really forces you to drive in a Nascar like fashion because if you don't you will pay for it later.
This game also has many great drivers from the truck and Winston Cup circuts but not all of them to to certain licensing agreements to EA which accounts for me giving it 4 stars. The ones in the lower circuts are made up because they are just
unknown locals trying to make it in the Nascar circut.
In conclusion, this title is the best racing game ever period. Any company can make a racing game and just put you in the Winston circut but it takes a great game to capture the whole essense of Nascar from the small unknown tracks to Daytona this game in first place leaving competitors... IN THE DUST.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good but lost some of the enjoyment of heat 1, November 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: NASCAR Dirt to Daytona (Video Game)

Nascar Heat 2 is a great game. Just having the 4 series alone is awsome but the game play is quite impressive with the full field of cars. I enjoy the first Heat game more just because it seemed more realistic but either one of these games out shines the annoyances of Thunder a game which lacks realism. Until EA can get their sports games back on track Ill stick with Infogrames.
The games misfortunes are with the full field of cars. Only 25 or so are real Winston racers. The rest are just fill-ins which is understandable since some Nascar teams have a licensing deal with EA probably. And like I said, the game just isnt as realistic or fun as the first game.
(why would Harvick be in the truck series? He ran two or three races this year. Theres quite a list of more impressive drivers who they could have put into the truck series.)

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