NASCAR 98

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NASCAR 98

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	Code
US	1997-11-13	T-5028H
EU	1997	T-5028H-50
DE	1997	T-5028H-18
FR	1997	T-5028H-09
BR	199x	191476

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NASCAR 98 is a NASCAR game published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Saturn. It is pseudo-sequel to Andretti Racing (itself a follow-up to Mario Andretti Racing), being developed by a similar team at High Score Entertainment. It stands as the only officially licensed NASCAR game for a Sega system (bar Daytona USA and its sequels, which have the Daytona International Speedway branding, not NASCAR as a whole).

History

Versions

NASCAR 98 continues the tradition of Western-produced 3D games of its generation, performing noticeably worse on the Sega Saturn than in its PlayStation iteration. Frame rates, texture quality, draw distance and in many cases polygon counts are all lower on the Saturn, and alpha transparency is either estimated though "checkerboarding" or removed altogether (or in the case of opponent car shadows, not rendered until close to the camera).

Similar to the original Saturn release of Daytona USA, the draw distance limitations manifest themselves as scenery pop-in, however unlike Sega's older efforts which saw entire chunks of the track pop-in at once, the road in NASCAR 98 is rendered to a further distance than walls, lights and stands, which partially masks the problem. On the whole, however, there is far less scenery to draw than in Daytona, and on the PlayStation much of the pop-in happens off-camera.

The cockpit view sees the Saturn render the wheel as a sprite, while the PlayStation uses a (crude) 3D model. The PlayStation also attempts to simulate lens flare while in this view mode - an effect the Saturn version scraps completely.

Despite the Saturn usually having an edge in 2D graphics, in NASCAR 98 2D menu transitions are noticeably more jerky and sometimes distorted than on the PlayStation.

Magazine articles

Main article: NASCAR 98/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #99: "October 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

40

^[3]

Consoles + (FR)

55

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

25

^[1]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[5]

Gambler (PL)

66

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[7]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

90

^[8]

Level (TR)

63

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[10]

Mega Console (IT)

PAL

68

^[11]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

74

^[12]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

55

^[13]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

82

^[14]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

69

^[15]

Strana Igr (RU)

80

^[16]

	66
Based on 15 reviews

NASCAR 98

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, FR
Cover

Saturn, DE

Disc

Saturn, BR
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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:CVG UK 195.pdf, page 95 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 195.pdf_p95" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SSM_UK_27.pdf, page 72
↑ CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 132
↑ Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 146
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 160
↑ Gambler, "3/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GamePro, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "7/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Level, "5/98" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 65
↑ Mega Console, "Febbraio 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 75
↑ Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 80
↑ Saturn Power, "February 1998" (UK; 1997-12-31), page 80
↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 28
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1998" (UK; 1997-12-17), page 72
↑ Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90

Electronic Arts sports games for Sega systems
American Football
John Madden Football (1990) \| John Madden Football '92 (1991) \| John Madden Football '93 (1992) \| John Madden Football: Championship Edition (1992) \| Mutant League Football (1993) \| Madden NFL '94 (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL 96 (1995) \| College Football USA 96 (1995) \| Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| Madden NFL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| College Football USA 97 (1996) \| Madden NFL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| Madden NFL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Baseball
Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) \| MLBPA Baseball (1994) \| La Russa Baseball 95 (1994) \| Triple Play 96 (1995) \| Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
Basketball
Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs (1990) \| Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs (1991) \| Jordan vs Bird (1992) \| Team USA Basketball (1992) \| Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (1993) \| NBA Showdown '94 (1994) \| NBA Live 95 (1994) \| NBA Live 96 (1995) \| Coach K College Basketball (1995) \| NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NBA Live 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NBA Live 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NBA Live 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Golf
Zany Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1992) \| PGA Tour Golf III (1994) \| PGA European Tour (1994) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1995) \| PGA Tour 96 (1995) \| PGA Tour 97 (1996)
Ice Hockey
NHL Hockey (Mega Drive) (1991) \| NHLPA Hockey '93 (1992) \| NHL Hockey '94 (1993) \| Elitserien 95 (1994) \| Mutant League Hockey (1994) \| NHL 95 (1994) \| NHLPA Hockey (1994) \| Elitserien 96 (1995) \| NHL 96 (1995) \| NHL Hockey (Game Gear) (1995) \| NHL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NHL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NHL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NHL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Racing
Mario Andretti Racing (1994) \| Andretti Racing (1996) \| NASCAR 98 (1997)
Rugby
Rugby World Cup 1995 (1994) \| Australian Rugby League (1995)
Soccer
FIFA International Soccer (8-bit) (1993) \| FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 95 (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive) (32X \| Saturn \| Game Gear) (1995) \| FIFA Soccer 97 (Gold Edition) (1996) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Saturn) (1997)
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[:File:CVG_UK_195.pdf_p95-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:CVG UK 195.pdf, page 95 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 195.pdf_p95" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SSM_UK_27.pdf_p72-2] File:SSM_UK_27.pdf, page 72

[3] CD Consoles, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-xx-0x), page 132

[4] Consoles +, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 146

[:File:EGM_US_102.pdf_p160-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 160

[6] Gambler, "3/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_112.pdf_p118-7] GamePro, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[8] Gry Komputerowe, "7/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[9] Level, "5/98" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-03.pdf_p65-10] MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 65

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_45.pdf_p75-11] Mega Console, "Febbraio 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-03.pdf_p80-12] Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 80

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_10.pdf_p80-13] Saturn Power, "February 1998" (UK; 1997-12-31), page 80

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_52.pdf_p28-14] Sega Magazin, "März 1998" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 28

[:File:SSM_UK_27.pdf_p72-15] Sega Saturn Magazine, "January 1998" (UK; 1997-12-17), page 72

[16] Strana Igr, "Dekabr 1997" (RU; 1997-xx-xx), page 90

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NASCAR 98

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Contents

History

Versions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References