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(note: no, you don’t have to do the math yourself, NASCAR Heat 2 does it all for you – no calculators needed).

I did a lot of 13% races for this review, making my Indy race a more manageable 21 laps, to fit into my time frame. You can battle on any track from between 2% (just a little taste) to 100% (the complete race experience). This where is the race length adjuster comes into play. Say you want to run at Indianapolis, a two and a half mile oval, but you don’t have the time (or inclination) to put in all 160 laps for a 400-mile race. This custom range is between 85% and 105%, allowing you the most control over how the AI drivers race and treat you. But wait, there’s more! There is also a fourth option as well: Custom. The AI difficulty choices are: Auto (Easy) Auto and Auto (Hard). I will describe them all here as they are all relatively the same as with the other types of possible ways to partake in NASCAR Heat 2 (which I will definitely get to later). (These will save and carry over from race to race if you wish or you can change them each and every time). Additionally, on the track selection screen is where you then have complete control over all of your preferred parameters. You can run the Coca-Cola 600 at night or the Bank of America 500 during the day.

Pick a Series, pick a driver, pick a track – Go! Some tracks will even have an Event Cycle – an example being Charlotte. The fastest way to get rolling is by choosing a Quick Race. There are Quick Races, Championships, Challenges, and a Career option, to name a few. You can race at any track you wish in each series, as any driver you want, and/or create a custom driver with your own set of custom vehicles.

Night racing at Bristol!Īll three of the national NASCAR series are represented in NASCAR Heat 2: the NASCAR Monster Energy Series the NASCAR XFINITY Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Back when kids actually played with toys (what a novel idea!) I would sand off my Hot Wheels cars and paint them like NASCAR vehicles. Some of my earliest drawings were of NASCAR races, knowing all of the drivers, their numbers, and colors by heart.

Originating in the Deep South and consisting mostly of moonshiners and bootleggers, the drivers would drive to the track, run the race, hope the car wasn’t too damaged, then drive it back home. Even at that early age, I knew a lot of the history of the sport. My love for NASCAR started when I was just a tiny lug nut with a small, five-piece toolbox. It was a privilege to get to take real NASCAR vehicles out onto sanctioned NASCAR tracks. The opportunity to review NASCAR Heat 2 absolutely delighted me to no end.