NASCAR Heat 2002, sometimes mislabeled as NASCAR Heat,[2][3][4][5] is a NASCAR video game produced by Infogrames for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance consoles. It is the successor to the NASCAR Heat game, and the predecessor to NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona. NASCAR Heat 2002 can have 24 racers (PS2) and 43 (Xbox, including fictional cars) released on June 18, 2001 on the PS2, and has 19 official NASCAR tracks. The Xbox version was released on November 15, 2001 and the Game Boy Advance version was released on May 6, 2002.
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Developer(s) | Monster Games Crawfish Interactive (GBA) |
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Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox[1] |
Release | PlayStation 2
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Genre(s) | Racing |
The game was supported by GameSpy Arcade for online multiplayer.[6]
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GBA | PS2 | Xbox | |
Metacritic | 52/100[7] | 81/100[8] | 78/100[9] |
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Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | 7.5/10[10] | 6.67/10[11] |
Game Informer | 7.5/10[2] | 8.5/10[3] | 8.25/10[4] |
GamePro | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GameRevolution | N/A | B−[14] | N/A |
GameSpot | 4/10[15] | 7.8/10[16] | 7.6/10[17] |
GameZone | 5.5/10[18] | N/A | 8.5/10[19] |
IGN | 5/10[20] | 8.1/10[21] | 7.8/10[22] |
Next Generation | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nintendo Power | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A | N/A |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | 8.2/10[26] |
Maxim | N/A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "favorable" reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version received "mixed" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[7][8][9] Jim Preston of NextGen's September 2001 issue said that the PS2 version "lacks the complete details to be the best, but it's still an accurate and fun way to drive fast and to the left."[5] Three issues later, however, he said that the Xbox version "won't convert non-NASCAR nuts, but casual and hardcore stock fans would be wise to pick it up."[23]
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