NASCAR HEAT 2002

by Infogrames Interactive, Inc.

Product Features

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• 2-4 players can compete via split screen
• Player adjusts levels of realism
• Compete in single races or season mode
• 36 Beat the Heat Challenges

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005O62B
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 5.9 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 6, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,277 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Amazon.com Product Description

Fans of the NASCAR Winston Cup will thrill at the dynamic racing modes of NASCAR Heat. Choose from one of 25 different drivers to race on 19 real Winston Cup tracks. Five modes let you compete in single races, season championships, beat-the-heat, head-to-head, and race-the-pro. Realistic car damage, dents, scratches, sparks, and collisions heighten the race drama, as do special effects such as lens flare, waving flags, and rotating signs.

Take on all-new racing scenarios that capture the split-second decisions and timing required of NASCAR drivers. Race at normal level for fun arcade-style racing, or take on the expert simulation mode and experience the physics of driving a 750-horsepower Winston Cup car. Realistic graphics and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound capabilities heighten the pulse-pounding competition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun!, April 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: NASCAR Heat (Video Game)

I'm not really a Nascar fan but I do love racing games. This one is a hoot! Here's the deal: I bought Nascar Thunder but I also own Nascar Heat because my girlfriend bought it the same day as a surprise to me. So here I was with two Nascar games and I've kept them both. As far as true racing and competition, Nascar Thunder is the better racing game. It has a create-a-car option and most of the real Nascar drivers. The graphics aren't as good as Heat though. If you're into better graphics and bigger, fiery crashes, Nascar Heat is the way to go. Sometimes I create havoc on the track just to watch the replays of the crashes. You can create a lot more mayhem on Heat than Thunder...and that's why I love it. The only problem with Heat is they don't have all the drivers. Half the cars in a race are just fake, generic cars. I play both a lot, but if I could only pick one - I'd give a slight edge to Nascar Heat. But you really can't go wrong with either one. Both are great games that you can pick up anytime for a few minutes (or hours) of fun. If you love great wrecks, get Heat. Great racing, get Thunder.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, even if you don't know that much about NASCAR., December 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: NASCAR Heat (Video Game)

I have never been a fan or spectator of NASCAR racing, but I'm extremely glad I decided to get this game. It's easily one of the most enjoyable games I have on the XBOX (and I have quite a few great games so far, including Halo, NFL Fever, NHL Hitz, Dead or Alive 3, Amped, and others). If you're a novice at stockcar racing--and simply appreciate how cool it could be to drive 300 laps at 190 miles an hour, racing other fast cars, making pitstops, accumulating points over the course of a season to win the coveted NASCAR Championship, taking practice runs and qualifying laps, as do I--you can turn this game on and be enjoying all these things in no time. If you're more advanced, or even very advanced, don't worry: there are plenty of different things you can do to insure a very realistic, challenging and fun simulation. The graphics, the game play, and especially the realism are all great. I'm sure EA Sports' NASCAR Thunder is a great game for more advanced people, but I can't imagine it being more enjoyable or realistic than this game--for novices, experts, or anyone in between. Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good things, bad things, January 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: NASCAR Heat (Video Game)

I have Nascar Heat and Nascar Thunder. On the good side, Nascar heat is more of a simulation, meaning the driving is a bit more realistic and if you know a little about Nascar racing, you can adjust your car in about every way possible. In Thunder, you can only adjust tire pressure, spoiler angle, and gear ratios. In this game, you can adjust individual tire pressure, spring rates, wedge...the more technical stuff. The "in-car" view is better in Heat because you can look left and right, which I'm pretty sure you can't do in Thunder, which to me makes it unplayable. I think Heat sounds more like Nascar than Thunder does. The graphics are about the same.

ON the bad side, if you have the Mad Catz steering wheel, you can't up shift using the gear selector. There are only three controller configurations, and you can't customize them. Drivers are limited to 20, and there are only 19 tracks.

So basically, Heat is more of a simulation, but you can't use a steering wheel with a manual transmission, a lot of drivers/cars are omitted, and a few tracks are missing. If future versions of Heat fix these things, then I'd prefer Heat. As it is, I prefer Thunder.

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