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.
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
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
"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.
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.
@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!!!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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
He's on Nascar Thunder 2004, too.
NASCAR 2001 is a CLASSIC.
Lovelive and Aikatsu is TRASH!!!
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
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!
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 fact that this was EA's only NASCAR game with the colored rims is kinda dissapointment
Actual gameplay: 10:59
Thanks
Had to find out the hard way lol.
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.
Fantasy tracks would’ve been amazing in ps2 version of nascar 2001
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
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 always wanted to play nascar 2001 when I was young including 2002 and 2003
Love this game. And nice capture device you got there, amazing quality.
Last game for Dale Earnhardt before his death, forever the greatest
This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver
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.
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 😂
I remember this game having some serious FPS issues once you got into traffic.
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
2020 someone?
Yes
I’ve played this a lot.
First NASCAR game i ever played💜
You know what's sad is the A.I. on this game is better than today's NASCAR 11.
Adam... So much potential.. All gone..
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 :-)
i had the ps1 version :3
This is The First NASCAR Game on PlayStation 2.
This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver on ps
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 makes me wanna get my ps2 out god i havnt touvhed that thing since 05
I got this on PS1 and I thought that it sucked. The NASCAR Thunder 2002-03 games on PS2 were excellent though.
He was also in the 2005 Version as a plate.
i like the music placement in the PS1 version better
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
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!!!!
hi i have a question What is the name the song that appears in the minute 4:47?
isnt this the last ps2 game that dale earnhardt was still active
Does anybody know how to get the cheat codes to work?
from 11:02 to 11:28, the sound of the race cars make me wanna go to sleep.
Yeah he was a really great race driver!
@GamerXZ95 Was he active in NC 2k5?
Oh dat nostalgia.
look at the difference graphic wise between nascar 2001 and 2002
Me and my cousins would camp on the demo lol driving backwards causing accidents haha
Oh no did he just turn the wedge up to 4.0....
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?
Why is Adam Petty And Kenny Irvan Jr. In This? They Both Died In 2000
Probably as tribute to them
@18carNASCAR Same exact story...
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
I played the shit out of this game as a kid xD
Rusty's and Jr's sponsors were altered. Why?
They're not allowed to show alcoholic brands in an E rated game
12:16 what happend there?!
i have the other version how do you get that version
That's because its an EA Nascar game ;)
graphics just like other EA sports games from 2001 (Eg, NHL, NBA )
He wasn't in Nascar Thunder 2002
no, nascar 2000 also had the option.
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?
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 "
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 this exact game on ps1, the graphics look the same. lol
CrzyAsianGuy thats probably cause he's using ps2 to play ps1 game
6:16 😢
Nice
he did plagerisim see on wikipedia
"Give" by Widespread Panic
0:51 EA Sports Presents Nascar 2001
cool man
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.
Good thing i looked at the top comment before i would be taking a nap to.
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yes it is u can play ps1 games on ps2
Skip to 11:00
Não é PS2 e sim PS1.
liked this game until i broke it by accident
It Takes ten f'n mins to go through that boring stuff
its just a showcase at the start
Where us Texas?!?
The Home Depot
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I had this for playstation1
what the name of the song in 11:04?
Luiz polski
NASCAR 2001- thirty two
Thanks man, I've had this game for a long time and I did not know the name, but I loved it
Luiz polski same
06:17 Dale earnhart yaaaay
This is ps2.... -_-
but looks like PS1 lol XD
Big Kmart
Interstate Batteries
it looks like a ps1 game...
no it was this one
do INDY
cool.
@GamerXZ95 Lie Gamecube Nascar Thunder 2004 Do The Math
this aint ps2
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