NASCAR Racing 2002 Season
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season is the successor to NASCAR Racing 4, released in 2002. The game utilizes the physics engine used in NASCAR Racing 4.
Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.Macworld editor Peter Cohen gave the Mac OS X port a positive review, describing it as a "great auto-racing game for the Mac".
According to Edge, the game sold at least 100,000 copies in the United States, but was beaten by NASCAR Racing 4s 260,000 sales in the region. Total US sales of NASCAR Racing computer games released in the 2000s reached 900,000 copies by August 2006.
The game won the award for "2002 Best Racing Game" at the 9th Annual PC Gamer Awards. It was placed second for GameSpots February 2002 "Game of the Month" award. The staff called it "one of the best racing experiences in any computer game to date". It was also a runner-up for GameSpots annual "Best Driving Game on PC" award, losing to Rally Trophy.