This is one of the best PlayStation 2 launch titles, despite being exclusive to North America! I'll have to purchase it sometime. This is also a great gameplay video. Nice job!
@@emobassist its cool how its actually they have dale sr and barrel rolls the PS1 Sucks the ps2 was actually good than the PS3 the ps3 has alot of bugs its like the PS1 but even more worse
This seems like one of those "transition" games, they're in every generation. Things have moved past the previous generation, but developers are playing it safe and being conservative with things so they don't push the new hardware.
mikefromburn Like I said, it's a generation transition game, between the PS1 and PS2, so the developers played it very safe with the graphics and such to make sure they didn't push the new hardware too far and cause performance issues.
Man, this brings back some memories! My friend and I found out that if you go on 2 player at a place like Dega and have a big gap between players (like 1 lap), the AI will compensate the trailing player's speed (we both got to 250 mph). You should try it! Thanks for the post
The only real way to play this game is with a friend, and not race at all. At the start of the race (I usually played on Talladega because of its smooth turns), you turn around and proceed to drive the wrong way while your friend tries to actually race. Because you're driving the course backwards, you get the speed comp, making you go up to like 240mph (about 40mph faster than everyone else). Then, while your friend is trying to race, you try to hunt him down and smash into him to completely fuck him over.
"Hometown" is where they live. What you mentioned is usually referred as "birthtown". I fucking hate how, in the USA, it's more common to mention hometown than birthtown.
@Michael Tucker Not to mention there's absolutely no fantasy tracks vs the plethera included in the PS1 version. As well as the Nascar 2000 style """create""" a car.
I played the '98 version of this on the first PS system, but when I got into the Sierra/Papyrus NASCAR racing sims for PC (Specifically NR 4 and NR 2003), I never went back to any game console based NASCAR sim/game...
the real akward moment is when you were absent from the sport for 12 years, started to get back into it and i see the drivers and i was like.... who the hell are all these people?
Think this was the first Nascar game to properly feature Daytona, but it look slike they had to sacrifice certain tracks to get it. I don't see Texas, Rockingham, Las Vegas, Pocono, and Michigan, and they were featured in previous Nascar games before this. Dover, Homestead and New Hampshire wouldn't be featured at all until Nascar Thunder 2002.
this game is so awesome i need to tell my daughter to get it for my son so he can play when she get the paystation 2 she said she was gonna get fo christmas!!!!!! amazing!!!!
This is one of the best PlayStation 2 launch titles, despite being exclusive to North America! I'll have to purchase it sometime. This is also a great gameplay video. Nice job!
This game is horrible I swear they took the assets from the ps1 version an just touched them up a bit
@@emobassist its cool how its actually they have dale sr and barrel rolls the PS1 Sucks the ps2 was actually good than the PS3 the ps3 has alot of bugs its like the PS1 but even more worse
Not gonna lie, the graphics actually weren't that bad for a game in 2000.
agree
This seems like one of those "transition" games, they're in every generation. Things have moved past the previous generation, but developers are playing it safe and being conservative with things so they don't push the new hardware.
Nah they're shit. Look at other ps2 games from around that time like tekken tag tournament etc
mikefromburn
Like I said, it's a generation transition game, between the PS1 and PS2, so the developers played it very safe with the graphics and such to make sure they didn't push the new hardware too far and cause performance issues.
Yeah right looks like they couldn't be arsed to me, they didn't push the hardware at all.
Man, this brings back some memories! My friend and I found out that if you go on 2 player at a place like Dega and have a big gap between players (like 1 lap), the AI will compensate the trailing player's speed (we both got to 250 mph). You should try it! Thanks for the post
I think most EA NASCAR games have that, so races are closer and more fun if the other player isn't very good.
The only real way to play this game is with a friend, and not race at all. At the start of the race (I usually played on Talladega because of its smooth turns), you turn around and proceed to drive the wrong way while your friend tries to actually race. Because you're driving the course backwards, you get the speed comp, making you go up to like 240mph (about 40mph faster than everyone else). Then, while your friend is trying to race, you try to hunt him down and smash into him to completely fuck him over.
Yes..!
R.I.P. Bob Jenkins
6:44 Jeff Gordon actually born in Vallejo, California
"Hometown" is where they live. What you mentioned is usually referred as "birthtown". I fucking hate how, in the USA, it's more common to mention hometown than birthtown.
Mike Joy is so lifelike in this... Says "Mike Skinner is coming into the pits" when Dale Jarrett comes down pit road.
That was Bob Jenkins voice!
NASCAR 2001 is a CLASSIC.
Lovelive and Aikatsu is TRASH!!!
He's on Nascar Thunder 2004, too.
still have this game i love it my favorite season was 2000 just always hated how there were only 20 cars in races and didnt have all the tracks
PS2 version was half-assed compared to the PS1 version in so many ways.
@Michael Tucker Not to mention there's absolutely no fantasy tracks vs the plethera included in the PS1 version.
As well as the Nascar 2000 style """create""" a car.
NASCAR 98 & 99 Had 24 Drivers
The fact that this was EA's only NASCAR game with the colored rims is kinda dissapointment
and also last NASCAR game to feature Bob Jenkins as Bob Jenkins voicing IndyCar Codemasters games
ESPN stopped NASCAR coverage in 2000 so he wasn't even part of the sport in real life anymore is probably why they got rid of him the next year.
I played the '98 version of this on the first PS system, but when I got into the Sierra/Papyrus NASCAR racing sims for PC (Specifically NR 4 and NR 2003), I never went back to any game console based NASCAR sim/game...
i had the ps1 version :3
Last game for Dale Earnhardt before his death, forever the greatest
You can also unlock Dale Earnhardt as a Thunder plate and race with him in Nascar 2005: Chase for the Cup. I race with him ALL the time! =D
GT3 opened gamers' eyes to what a PS2 racing game should look like. Nascar 2001 for the PS2 was like a PS 1.5 game.
I’ve played this a lot.
Fantasy tracks would’ve been amazing in ps2 version of nascar 2001
After 2016, only Kenseth and Dale Jr. remain as full time drivers. Bobby Labonte and Michael Waltrip are part time while Elliott Sadler is in Xfinity.
I feel old...
the real akward moment is when you were absent from the sport for 12 years, started to get back into it and i see the drivers and i was like.... who the hell are all these people?
AutoRockinRacing94 too bad Kenseth and JR are both retired now.
@@SUPRAMIKE18Matt came back in 2020 as Larson's replacement
@@oscarjimenezsr.560 no shit, my comment is from before that happened 😂
This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver
The only nascar game on ps2 to have Adam Petty
And those of Kenny Irwin Jr who operated the Bellsouth 42 car
@@BraveBlueSnowTundra94GP He was #28 in 99 2000 and Rumble
I always wanted to play nascar 2001 when I was young including 2002 and 2003
Actual gameplay: 10:59
Thanks
Had to find out the hard way lol.
He is also in NASCAR Thunder 2004 as a unlockable driver (Like Michal Waltrip in this game, you have to be Dale to use him.)
I remember this game having some serious FPS issues once you got into traffic.
Adam... So much potential.. All gone..
First NASCAR game i ever played💜
this makes me wanna get my ps2 out god i havnt touvhed that thing since 05
This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver on ps
kind of...idk about the others BUT in the 2006 game you could unlock Dale Earnhardt and THEN he would be active in your game :-)
Love this game. And nice capture device you got there, amazing quality.
I got this on PS1 and I thought that it sucked. The NASCAR Thunder 2002-03 games on PS2 were excellent though.
Think this was the first Nascar game to properly feature Daytona, but it look slike they had to sacrifice certain tracks to get it. I don't see Texas, Rockingham, Las Vegas, Pocono, and Michigan, and they were featured in previous Nascar games before this. Dover, Homestead and New Hampshire wouldn't be featured at all until Nascar Thunder 2002.
this game is so awesome i need to tell my daughter to get it for my son so he can play when she get the paystation 2 she said she was gonna get fo christmas!!!!!! amazing!!!!
You know what's sad is the A.I. on this game is better than today's NASCAR 11.
He was also in the 2005 Version as a plate.
2020 someone?
Yes
Does anybody know how to get the cheat codes to work?
Me and my cousins would camp on the demo lol driving backwards causing accidents haha
hi i have a question What is the name the song that appears in the minute 4:47?
i like the music placement in the PS1 version better
@18carNASCAR Same exact story...
Yeah he was a really great race driver!
This is The First NASCAR Game on PlayStation 2.
What's the soundtrack at the beginning of the NASCAR 2001 Intro?
/watch?v=PUKisv-lhZ4
+raptz0r hairpin turn
I try this game for the first time in PS3 using a backward compatibility the gameplay looks alot fine
from 11:02 to 11:28, the sound of the race cars make me wanna go to sleep.
Oh dat nostalgia.
I played the shit out of this game as a kid xD
isnt this the last ps2 game that dale earnhardt was still active
@GamerXZ95 Was he active in NC 2k5?
look at the difference graphic wise between nascar 2001 and 2002
Oh no did he just turn the wedge up to 4.0....
0:51 EA Sports Presents Nascar 2001
i have the other version how do you get that version
That's because its an EA Nascar game ;)
yeah i didnt catch it sry wow thinking of it now it was right at the top lol,,,,did you like heat 2002 or nascar 2001?
I had this exact game on ps1, the graphics look the same. lol
CrzyAsianGuy thats probably cause he's using ps2 to play ps1 game
what is the song.. that begun in the minute 17:30???
Eduardo garcia the song which begun in the minute 17:30 is "trouble is "
6:16 😢
"Give" by Widespread Panic
12:16 what happend there?!
Nascar 98-99 Had 24 Cars
Nascar 2000 Pushes it Down To 16
Nascar 2001 Brought it Up To 20
Nascar 2002-09 Would Later Have All 43 Cars on The Grid
What?
I had this for playstation1
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he did plagerisim see on wikipedia
no, nascar 2000 also had the option.
Why is Adam Petty And Kenny Irvan Jr. In This? They Both Died In 2000
Probably as tribute to them
It Takes ten f'n mins to go through that boring stuff
yes it is u can play ps1 games on ps2
Wait, the game said Earnhardt Jr started in 2000, but he was in NASCAR 99 and 2000 for the N64? What?
+James Lewis He ran some Cup starts in 98 and 99 before going full time in 2000.
@@petoskey_stone 1998-99 Busch Series Full Time
graphics just like other EA sports games from 2001 (Eg, NHL, NBA )
The Home Depot
Rusty's and Jr's sponsors were altered. Why?
They're not allowed to show alcoholic brands in an E rated game
06:17 Dale earnhart yaaaay
Good thing i looked at the top comment before i would be taking a nap to.
liked this game until i broke it by accident
Big Kmart
You'd think that because this game is older than you.
Nice
Interstate Batteries
its just a showcase at the start
cool man
He wasn't in Nascar Thunder 2002
Is Elliott Sadler not in this game, because he is in the PS1 version.
Nevermind, I missed him the first time.
What are you thinking about?
I had the ps1 version this looks way better
That's why I plan to buy this version of this game instead of the PlayStation 1 release.
Cheerios
cool.
no it was this one
Não é PS2 e sim PS1.
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Power Team
Where us Texas?!?
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rite here
DeWalt
Exide Batteries
This is ps2.... -_-
but looks like PS1 lol XD
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