This was the first NASCAR game I played. I started playing it at the age of 7. It's still one of my favorite NASCAR games, and I would still play it if I hadn't lost it. I learned a lot about pit strategy, drafting, when to make your move, etc. So many memories come from playing this game - what a game!
@@jason-zx2ju It does. The good news I got a PS2 cheap and bought a new version of this game because the old one scratched up and now having a blast. While the gameplay is outdated, this game has not aged one bit as the handling of the car on this game is good unlike the EA games and this game still as fun as was 17 years ago and the racing is top notch even though very arcade like. I recommend getting a PS2 at a pawn shop or retro gaming store and playing this again because you will have a blast like back then when you were kid. You'll surprised how good this game still is.
@@osurocks24 i have been ever since i put this comment 2 years ago lmao, the older arcadelike games are 100 times better than the shit they put out now
with less money, less driver licenced, not a full list of tracks, less advertising and yet the best damn game engine on consoles. thunder did great arcade racing, but this was the only thing that rivaled the papyrus NASCAR series. unlike the NBA nfl mlb and nhl NASCAR had the best competition of motorsports and sports genre of gaming
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I remember playing this with my lil brother back in 2005. The only thing we did was start the race then drive the opposite way to see how big a crash we could make😂
![NASCAR VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1984 - 2023]](/img/1.gif)
Props to the developers and editors to the opening to Heat 2002 for that tribute to Dale at the end of the intro
This was the first NASCAR game I played. I started playing it at the age of 7. It's still one of my favorite NASCAR games, and I would still play it if I hadn't lost it. I learned a lot about pit strategy, drafting, when to make your move, etc. So many memories come from playing this game - what a game!
Mine too
hahaha along with driving the wrong way and hitting other cars
Seeing Dale Earnhardt’s face at the end puts a smile on my face...
1:14 never forget that man!
R.I.P. Dale Earnhardt.
The best NASCAR game ever. Hands down.
second to ‘05
How bout 2003
Man do I love this game. I miss my PS2 and I love this intro and the old NASCAR.
osurocks 24 it brings back good memories.
@@jason-zx2ju It does. The good news I got a PS2 cheap and bought a new version of this game because the old one scratched up and now having a blast. While the gameplay is outdated, this game has not aged one bit as the handling of the car on this game is good unlike the EA games and this game still as fun as was 17 years ago and the racing is top notch even though very arcade like. I recommend getting a PS2 at a pawn shop or retro gaming store and playing this again because you will have a blast like back then when you were kid. You'll surprised how good this game still is.
@@osurocks24 i have been ever since i put this comment 2 years ago lmao, the older arcadelike games are 100 times better than the shit they put out now
1:07 “GORDON GOT LOOSE, IT’S HARVICK!!!”
with less money, less driver licenced, not a full list of tracks, less advertising and yet the best damn game engine on consoles.
thunder did great arcade racing, but this was the only thing that rivaled the papyrus NASCAR series.
unlike the NBA nfl mlb and nhl NASCAR had the best competition of motorsports and sports genre of gaming
Let me just say how freaking awesome this is. I remember always letting the intro roll cause it would get me pumped lol
I just heard this song in a promo for Jay Leno's garage tv show
Oh the nostalgia 🥹
Kevin Harvick is the best for doing that 3 finger wave.
The series is back everybody, NASCAR Heat Evolution has officially been announced.
Alex Knight and the bad graphics come along back in heat 2.
good god that was horrible
This comment didn’t age well lol
I hardly knew anything about nascar when I was 8, but damn, this was fun.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!
I remember playing this with my lil brother back in 2005. The only thing we did was start the race then drive the opposite way to see how big a crash we could make😂
I thought my family was the only ones who played the game like this lol
R.i.p Dale Earnhardt
I miss seeing this.
This was the only game I could play because one
My ps2 could read it
Two
My controller didn’t drift like in most games
Jeff Gordon all Day
The og heat
I love the music
Childhood
@superka70 Well you can hook up regular AV cables to the HD-PVR and it can record in standard definition as well.
#3ever
I had this game once but I emptied it out
@superka70 Lol this was just a test to see how well my HD-PVR records my PS2. I could post some gameplay in the future if you want lol.
Caterpillar 22 was the driver I used the most
@Sonny Crockett 1984 Hell Yes
Wahd Buwtton and the numbah twenty two Catapillah Dawdge
Aww... No gameplay? :C I miss these old nascar games.. lol
0:17
@Monkeyball480 Yes plz
Also, y HD on a 480p console? lol
How killer it would be to play on guitar. :)
Ah yes, the inferior port of NASCAR Heat 2002