NASCAR Racing 4 is a racing simulator produced by Papyrus and released in February 2001.
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34-412: A Sierra company. The inclusion of Sierra affiliate-sponsored cars was a trend that began as early as NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition , where a fantasy truck driver sponsored by Davidson & Associates is present. As with previous titles in the series, included are the options of testing, single race weekend, championship, and online multiplayer hosted by Sierra servers or a third-party client. In addition,
51-518: A full 43 car field. It was the first installment in the "NASCAR Racing" series to include Daytona International Speedway , and included all 21 tracks that were raced in Winston Cup in 2000 . It included 25 of the drivers and teams anticipated to run the 2001 season, including Dale Earnhardt as the game was released 12 days before his fatal crash , as well as 42 fictional drivers and teams, most of which carried fictional sponsors or are sponsored by
68-464: A more detailed paint shop can be accessed via the opponent manager menu, which allows for custom paint schemes and, for the first time, custom pit crew uniforms, to be imported and exported from the game. A replay viewer is also included so the player can view their saved session replays. NASCAR Racing 4 was followed by NASCAR Racing 2002 Season . The game received "generally favorable reviews", just one point shy of "universal acclaim", according to
85-523: A prominent role in this theatre and is the single most produced military aircraft design to date. Along with its sequels, IL-2 Sturmovik is considered one of the leading World War II flight simulators. The game features 31 flyable planes and additional 40 non-flyable planes (available as opponents). One can play as Australia , France , Finland , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Japan , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Poland , Romania , Slovakia ,
102-399: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages NASCAR Racing 4 The game was a huge step forward over its predecessor and addressed many requested features for the game. Namely was the introduction of full 24-bit color , as the previous games had only allowed 256 , vastly improved car models and environments and, for the first time,
119-488: Is the flight simulator video game longest supported by its developer with the demo released in 2001 and the latest patch including new planes, maps and other features released in December 2022. Recently patches 4.13, 4.13.1, 4.13.2, 4.13.3, 4.13.4, 4.14, 4.14.1, 4.15, and 4.15.1 were released. All the patches or versions, like Forgotten Battles (2003) or standalone games, like Pacific Fighters (2004), used and shared
136-684: The United Kingdom , the United States , and the USSR . The game includes a multi-player feature which supports up to 100 players online over the internet . Free internet services such as Xfire , Hyperlobby , and The All-Seeing Eye , are used for setting up online game sessions. The game was developed by 1C:Maddox Games and published by 1C in Russia and Ubi Soft in the rest of the world, for Windows on November 18, 2001. The game saw
153-476: The review aggregation website Metacritic . The game sold 260,000 units in the U.S. and earned $ 10.4 million by August 2006, after its release in February 2001. It was the country's 76th best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006. Combined sales of all NASCAR Racing computer games released between January 2000 and August 2006 had reached 900,000 in the U.S. by the latter date. The game
170-603: The 2009 simulator Rise of Flight ). IL-2 Sturmovik received a "Silver" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. As of 2014, the game's overall sales had surpassed 2 million copies. The review aggregator Metacritic gave IL-2 Sturmovik a score of 91 out of 100, while GameRankings , another review aggregator, gave it 90.65%. IL-2 Sturmovik
187-399: The ability of the car to rotate in three dimensions (i.e. the ability of the car to get airborne and flip). The simulator also continued the increased efforts to reflect the aspects of driving a real car. This was the first version of the game since NASCAR Racing 2 to have actual car manufacturers represented. Additionally, it was the first version of the game to feature the ability to race
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#1732794295731204-650: The award for "Best Driving Game" at GameSpot ' s Best and Worst of 2001 Awards. IL-2 Sturmovik (video game) IL-2 Sturmovik ( Russian : Ил-2 Штурмовик ) is a 2001 World War II combat flight simulator video game and is the first installment in the IL-2 Sturmovik series . The release focused on the air battles of the Eastern Front . It was named after the Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack fighter , which played
221-475: The game, the editors of Computer Games called IL-2 Sturmovik "the best World War II flight sim—the best flight sim of any kind, for that matter—to come along in years." Similarly, those of Computer Gaming World wrote, " IL-2 Sturmovik ' s election to Sim of the Year was one of the biggest shoo-in votes in the history of this magazine. [...] Know this: Sturmovik is not only the best simulation of 2001, it's
238-481: The release of a number of add-ons and sequels since its initial release, with some of the sequels including the entirety of the original release's content. The game is currently distributed as the IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 pack. The latest edition that includes all sequels and patches is version 4.14.1, which brings the number of available flyable aircraft up to 85* and the number of maps to 41*. IL-2 Sturmovik
255-403: The same game engine from 2001 until the 1946 pack (2006) and even until the console adaptation ( IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey , 2009). The first games in the series not using the original 2001 game engine were IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (2011, which runs its own game engine) and IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad (2013, which runs on a game engine derived from another game,
272-658: Was named the best computer simulation of 2001 by Computer Games Magazine , Computer Gaming World , The Electric Playground , GameSpy and GameSpot , and was a runner-up for IGN 's award in this category, losing to Independence War 2 . Similarly, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated IL-2 Sturmovik for its " PC Simulation " award, but ultimately gave the prize to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 . It also "narrowly" lost PC Gamer US ' s "Best Simulation" award to Flight Simulator 2002 , according to that magazine's editors. While awarding
289-461: Was nominated for the "Best Simulation Game" award at Computer Gaming World ' s 2001 Premier Awards, which went to IL-2 Strumovik . The staff wrote that the game "continued to make us believe in the complex strategy involved in driving around in circles at 200 mph." The staff of Computer Games Magazine named it the best racing game of 2001 at the 11th Annual Computer Games Awards, and called it "the crown King of racing games." The game won
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