With 22 official racetracks and 60 drivers to choose from, you'll swear you're really in the cockpit of a stock car with NASCAR 06. Tons of new features include voice recognition commands via headset between teammates and crew chiefs, dynamic car swapping during races, and Top Mode, in which you start your own racing legacy as a superstar or owner. Four live racers can play online against the CPU controlled pack. Over 30 new Lightning Challenges recreate NASCAR driving scenarios, and an enhanced Create-a-Driver Mode lets you fully customize your appearance. With even more new features like AI opponents that hold grudges, you'll be in total control of all the NASCAR action you can handle.
NASCAR 07 locks down the pole position in console racing with an all-out experience where great risk brings greater rewards! The most intense in-race scenarios will push your driving skills to the limit. As you circle the track at speeds topping 190 mph, you'll have to contend with flying debris, multi-car wrecks, cunning veteran drivers, and out-of-control rookies. New speed blurring, smoke, and spark effects ratchet up the intensity way beyond legal limits. Race one-on-one with driver Kenny Wallace in Fight to the Top Mode; make a dash for cash as you wager your prize money in high-stakes races against real-life drivers; experience improved, more user-friendly car handling, and more.
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, introduces a new in-depth Story Mode. Create-A-Driver and start with humble beginnings, earning Modified, Truck and Busch rides and then racing through the NEXTEL Cup series to the final contest for the championship. On the track you will intimidate your opponents and rivals. Off the track you will force them into confrontations, culminating in illegal racing in the city streets. Earn the adoration of fans and win key sponsorships, then take your skills online. NASCAR 2005 is the baddest, fastest Ego-trip in the nation.
Take on NASCAR legends like Rusty Wallace, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in this racer from Monster Games. Play modes include race-the-pro, head-to-head, championship, and single-race. Beat-the-heat mode drops your car mid-race and at a severe disadvantage, with only laps to fight your way to a win. You can also practice in training mode to get your skills up to par. Each track is based on an authentic Winston Cup course, and changeable camera angles capture the racing action from four viewpoints. Two difficulty levels are available in any mode to keep the action competetive.
NASCAR Thunder 2003 puts you behind the wheel in the world's most exhilarating races. You'll compete for top sponsors, the best crew, and the best cars over 20 seasons. You'll race at 200 mph against 25 star drivers on six new infield Road Courses, one new Super Speedway, the Daytona Beach course, and 23 NASCAR Winston Cup tracks. Gameplay is smoother and more realistic with factors like tire grip, tire wear and tear, engine breakdown, and handling and suspension coming into play. A powerful physics engine creates intense races with spectacular pileups, crashes, and collisions.
Can you hold it together on that last lap? Can you keep that pesky competitor off your tail? NASCAR Thunder 2004 injects its race cars with unparalleled custom Garage Options. Choose from 70 real NASCAR drivers and more than 175 authentic car skins, while Vertex Damage Effects and spectacular visuals create the realism of bumps, grinds and crashes. Improved AI amps up the competition and rivalry, as your competitors remember every bump and cut-off, developing grudges and pushing the envelope. Connect with your friends with Online Play and race with 16 cars simultaneously!
NASCAR Heat 2 builds on its predecessor with a new Career Mode, new tracks, new crash physics, finer handling, and improved graphics and sound. In Career Mode you'll start out as a rookie racing on dirt tracks, then graduate to tougher leagues and eventually compete in the NASCAR Winston Cup series. Upgrade and customize cars with up to 100 different parts, testing your car on a total of 31 tracks. Manage an entire race team, or race for several cups and championships within a single season. Game modes include Career, Season, Single Race, Beat the Heat, Pro Trainer, and Head-to-Head.
Conquering the city is just the beginning in this street racer that challenges you to survive not just the streets, but the perilous curves of a treacherous canyon! First, take down rival crews as you race for control of the city streets. When the police get too close, the showdown moves to Carbon Canyon, where you'll put your turf and reputation on the line against rival crew leaders in life-or-death races. Choose your car class: Exotic, Tuner, or American Muscle. A new physics engine creates a distinct ride for each. You'll be able to fine-tune your ride with more precision than ever using the revolutionary new Autosculpt car customizer.
If you've got the need for speed, you've found your joy ride with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2. Get behind the wheel of your favorite sports car, choosing from Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Porsches. Race at up to 170 mph on open highways or through crowded streets. But you won't just have to avoid crashing and burning, you'll also have to outrace cops hot in pursuit, from lone highway patrol officers to whole squads. Intense graphics, augmented by reflection and lighting effects, along with roaring and screeching sound effects and environmental conditions like downpouring rain, all create a seat-of-your-pants ride you won't forget.
Hit the streets with Need for Speed: Most Wanted, EA's latest fix for road demons. Take cops on a wild chase through adrenaline-pumping courses as you race to become the baddest and the fastest. Add to the fever by racing head-to-head with friends as the police try to hang onto your tails. As you move up in reputation to the Black List, you'll tune your cars with new parts and looks, building the ultimate muscle cars, sports cars, and pavement peelers. Most Wanted features open-ended gameplay, with slick graphics, expansive locations, and road mayhem that will keep your head spinning faster than your wheels!
Electronic Art's awesome Need For Speed returns with more insane high-octane kicks in Need For Speed: Underground. The look and ride is sleeker and faster this time around, with the major theme being night-time afterhours racing in urban cityscapes. New modes include Drag Racing and Street Racing, both pushing the speed of your tuner cars to the limit. Customize your ride as you earn cash, picking from parts manufactured by AEM Inc., Audiobahn, Holley, Injen, Enkei, StreetGlow, Turbonetics Inc. and more! Race in over 100 unique events and courses! Immerse yourself in Need For Speed's award-winning game design and graphics! Satisfy your Need For Speed!
Need for Speed Underground 2 dares you to go faster and deeper into racing culture! Immerse yourself in the tuner culture, exploring an expansive, free-roaming city divided into five distinct neighborhoods. Encounter rival racers who will initiate events and tip players off to the hottest racing spots. Race through a host of new game modes, supported by deep new performance customization and tuning, and more than 30 licensed cars. Need for Speed Underground 2 also delivers twice the visual customization upgrades as the original game, providing a staggering 70 billion possible car combinations for total automotive self-expression!