NASCAR 2001 (PS2 Gameplay)

NASCAR 2001 (PS2) - Driver: Dale Jarrett - Track: Daytona 500
NASCAR 2001 was the final game that featured Dale Earnhardt as a regular full-time driver, prior to his death in the 2001 Daytona 500 (which would reappear in NASCAR Sim Racing with his 1999 car, then in NASCAR 07 as an unlockable Chase Plate and Earnhardt appears in NASCAR Thunder 2003 as result of a cheat code). Johnny Benson is also absent in this game, while it was the first NASCAR game to include Jimmy Spencer. The drivers Michael Waltrip, Kenny Irwin Jr., Richard Petty and Adam Petty do not participate in any of the races as a computer opponent, instead the player must be the driver.

[@CEO100able]

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]

This game is horrible I swear they took the assets from the ps1 version an just touched them up a bit

[@PSAAVIATION]

@@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

[@BWest6]

Not gonna lie, the graphics actually weren't that bad for a game in 2000.

[@diegof8853]

agree

[@SpeedsMcRonalds]

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]

Nah they're shit. Look at other ps2 games from around that time like tekken tag tournament etc

[@SpeedsMcRonalds]

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.

[@mikefromburn]

Yeah right looks like they couldn't be arsed to me, they didn't push the hardware at all.

[@ororinator5596]

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

[@polycube868]

I think most EA NASCAR games have that, so races are closer and more fun if the other player isn't very good.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

R.I.P. Bob Jenkins

[@purwantiallan5089]

NASCAR 2001 is a CLASSIC.

[@diethersantos6404]

Lovelive and Aikatsu is TRASH!!!

[@TheriusO94]

6:44 Jeff Gordon actually born in Vallejo, California

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

"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.

[@CaffeinatedPixels_]

He's on Nascar Thunder 2004, too.

[@ASkinnyWhiteGuy]

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.

[@YogoSoh1]

Yes..!

[@brandenfusaro6777]

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

[@spykes2015]

PS2 version was half-assed compared to the PS1 version in so many ways.

[@spykes2015]

@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.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

NASCAR 98 & 99 Had 24 Drivers

[@taktikal24]

Mike Joy is so lifelike in this... Says "Mike Skinner is coming into the pits" when Dale Jarrett comes down pit road.

[@GH32143]

That was Bob Jenkins voice!

[@NASCARFAN160]

Love this game. And nice capture device you got there, amazing quality.

[@Jhihmoac]

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...

[@Jordan4Ibanez]

i had the ps1 version :3

[@TheriusO94]

and also last NASCAR game to feature Bob Jenkins as Bob Jenkins voicing IndyCar Codemasters games

[@osurocks24]

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.

[@jacobrichardson1952]

I always wanted to play nascar 2001 when I was young including 2002 and 2003

[@tamezzodiac2862]

I’ve played this a lot.

[@7DragonMilo]

Actual gameplay: 10:59

[@SergioSergio12345]

Thanks

[@hyper_6546]

Had to find out the hard way lol.

[@oscarjimenezsr.560]

Last game for Dale Earnhardt before his death, forever the greatest

[@JoeBChill]

First NASCAR game i ever played💜

[@scottylewis8124]

Adam... So much potential.. All gone..

[@TheSilkyjohnson14]

this makes me wanna get my ps2 out god i havnt touvhed that thing since 05

[@TheMrtgamer]

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.)

[@coldshield21musicworld59]

Fantasy tracks would’ve been amazing in ps2 version of nascar 2001

[@AlanWiltsie]

Does anybody know how to get the cheat codes to work?

[@NigarT]

I remember this game having some serious FPS issues once you got into traffic.

[@TonyC2328]

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

[@johnny2956]

The only nascar game on ps2 to have Adam Petty

[@BlueSnowShadowEscortMania]

And those of Kenny Irwin Jr who operated the Bellsouth 42 car

[@coca-colatrackhousewarrior9925]

@@BlueSnowShadowEscortMania He was #28 in 99 2000 and Rumble

[@Lightningillustrated]

This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

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.

[@cody_swanson]

I feel old...

[@ObamaTookMyCat]

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?

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

AutoRockinRacing94 too bad Kenseth and JR are both retired now.

[@oscarjimenezsr.560]

​@@SUPRAMIKE18Matt came back in 2020 as Larson's replacement

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

@@oscarjimenezsr.560 no shit, my comment is from before that happened 😂

[@leadlefthand]

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.

[@ThreeRiversRC]

Yeah he was a really great race driver!

[@ryandyc]

Oh dat nostalgia.

[@Lightningillustrated]

This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver on ps2

[@Lightningillustrated]

This was the first NASCAR Game to have a create Driver on ps

[@Roushfan5]

He was also in the 2005 Version as a plate.

[@raptz0r632]

What's the soundtrack at the beginning of the NASCAR 2001 Intro?

[@KronesianLTD]

/watch?v=PUKisv-lhZ4

[@partanlimiter3253]

+raptz0r hairpin turn

[@RedSoxNation92]

isnt this the last ps2 game that dale earnhardt was still active

[@ringuitius]

hi i have a question What is the name the song that appears in the minute 4:47?

[@drake6220]

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 :-)

[@mesousagaby740]

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.

[@cardelllawson9773]

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!!!!

[@dragonxdynasty]

You know what's sad is the A.I. on this game is better than today's NASCAR 11.

[@isaacgaming2176]

The fact that this was EA's only NASCAR game with the colored rims is kinda dissapointment

[@spikes3711]

i like the music placement in the PS1 version better

[@diethersantos6404]

I try this game for the first time in PS3 using a backward compatibility the gameplay looks alot fine

[@wristovah]

2020 someone?

[@YogoSoh1]

Yes

[@cortezmauricio56]

Nice

[@NeverwinterKnight77]

I got this on PS1 and I thought that it sucked. The NASCAR Thunder 2002-03 games on PS2 were excellent though.

[@TimmyLemnah3461]

This is The First NASCAR Game on PlayStation 2.

[@sessionsinparadise7357]

Me and my cousins would camp on the demo lol driving backwards causing accidents haha

[@a.j.vincent3047]

from 11:02 to 11:28, the sound of the race cars make me wanna go to sleep.

[@KyleJPie10]

I played the shit out of this game as a kid xD

[@travelbug3842]

cool man

[@DurtMcGurt]

@GamerXZ95 Was he active in NC 2k5?

[@theMstanglover]

@18carNASCAR Same exact story...

[@Nedums]

Oh no did he just turn the wedge up to 4.0....

[@legomarmadroblox]

i have the other version how do you get that version

[@reillykelecius3184]

look at the difference graphic wise between nascar 2001 and 2002

[@Xsmoke657x]

I had this for playstation1

[@splatfan64wilbur29]

Why is Adam Petty And Kenny Irvan Jr. In This? They Both Died In 2000

[@MisatoKatsuragiHD]

Probably as tribute to them

[@john681B]

06:17 Dale earnhart yaaaay

[@tigerwareagle1485]

6:16 😢

[@RedSoxNation92]

He wasn't in Nascar Thunder 2002

[@Eduardogarcia-jb1gr]

what is the song.. that begun in the minute 17:30???

[@partanlimiter3253]

Eduardo garcia the song which begun in the minute 17:30 is "trouble is "

[@RedSoxNation92]

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?

[@CrzyAsianGuy]

I had this exact game on ps1, the graphics look the same. lol

[@Bond007er]

CrzyAsianGuy thats probably cause he's using ps2 to play ps1 game

[@Montoya42Go]

"Give" by Widespread Panic

[@pipovega2434]

Big Kmart

[@ThundertheDragon]

no, nascar 2000 also had the option.

[@jlewwis1995]

Wait, the game said Earnhardt Jr started in 2000, but he was in NASCAR 99 and 2000 for the N64? What?

[@doggertdog]

+James Lewis He ran some Cup starts in 98 and 99 before going full time in 2000.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

@@doggertdog 1998-99 Busch Series Full Time

[@justinknust2395]

Is Elliott Sadler not in this game, because he is in the PS1 version.

[@justinknust2395]

Nevermind, I missed him the first time.

[@liameminizer381]

What are you thinking about?

[@spykerlaviolette2495]

Rusty's and Jr's sponsors were altered. Why?

[@xboxed7202]

They're not allowed to show alcoholic brands in an E rated game

[@pipovega2434]

The Home Depot

[@nicolakomatson1012]

0:51 EA Sports Presents Nascar 2001

[@PlaguedAlmond]

That's because its an EA Nascar game ;)

[@CrapesVHS]

You'd think that because this game is older than you.

[@joshuadean4916]

cool.

[@WJGProductions]

@Roushfan5 not active

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

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

[@liameminizer381]

What?

[@tekksavvy2242]

graphics just like other EA sports games from 2001 (Eg, NHL, NBA )

[@18carNASCAR]

liked this game until i broke it by accident

[@DABOSSPRODUCTIONS]

he did plagerisim see on wikipedia

[@skullster1000]

yes it is u can play ps1 games on ps2

[@pipovega2434]

Interstate Batteries

[@Chihuahuaman2]

no it was this one

[@benwaller3]

its just a showcase at the start

[@PetterWRCSolberg]

Skip to 11:00

[@WJGProductions]

@ROBLOXdude95 not active

[@stormchasernichtpit1493]

12:16 what happend there?!

[@educrocq5984]

OOOOOOOOOO

[@pipovega2434]

Cheerios

[@adam12orlando]

rite here

[@pipovega2434]

Power Team

[@LSpolski]

what the name of the song in 11:04?

[@Cbazz]

Luiz polski NASCAR 2001- thirty two

[@LSpolski]

Thanks man, I've had this game for a long time and I did not know the name, but I loved it

[@Cbazz]

Luiz polski same

[@pipovega2434]

DeWalt

[@RcaMan100]

Good thing i looked at the top comment before i would be taking a nap to.

[@ACEofSPADES5597]

I had the ps1 version this looks way better

[@CEO100able]

That's why I plan to buy this version of this game instead of the PlayStation 1 release.

[@pipovega2434]

Caterpillar

[@pipovega2434]

Pennzoil

[@Dale16888]

Where us Texas?!?