| EA Sports NASCAR | |
|---|---|
 Retired EA Sports NASCAR logo used from 2005 to 2009 | |
| Genre(s) | NASCAR,Auto racing,Sim racing |
| Developer(s) | EA Sports,EA Tiburon,EA Mobile |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts,EA Sports |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation,Saturn,Nintendo 64,Game Boy Color,PlayStation 2,Xbox,GameCube,PlayStation 3,Xbox 360,Wii,Windows,J2ME |
| First release | NASCAR 98 1997 |
| Latest release | NASCAR Kart Racing 2009 |
EA Sports NASCAR, alternately known asNASCAR Thunder, is a series ofNASCAR video games published byEA Sports. The series began withNASCAR 98 andNASCAR 99 in 1997 and 1998. EA Sports releasedNASCAR Thunder 2002 in 2001, and ever since then,Jeff Gordon (2002),Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003), andTony Stewart (2004) were on the cover. In 2004, they changed the name of the game toNASCAR 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 toNASCAR 06: Total Team Control. Jeff Gordon andHendrick Motorsports teammateJimmie Johnson were on the cover. The new features were swapping cars with teammates and voice-recognition support for use with thecrew chief. The following year, the game was titledNASCAR 07 and featuresElliott 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.
AfterNASCAR Kart Racing was released in 2009, EA discontinued the series due to budget cuts and the expiration of EA Sports' contract withNASCAR.Polyphony Digital has since bought the rights to develop official NASCAR cars and tracks in their simulation video gameGran Turismo 5, marking the end of the series under the EA Sports label.
Eutechnyx later acquired the license, starting theNASCAR The Game series withNASCAR The Game: 2011.[1][2][3][4]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)| Employees |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studios |
| ||||||
| Franchises | |||||||
| Technology |
| ||||||
Thisstock carracing video game article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
