NASCAR 98

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NASCAR 98
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: High Score Entertainment
Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer, Saturn Backup Memory
Genre: Racing
Number of players: 1-2
Official in-game languages: English Deutsch Français
Release Date RRP Code US 1997-11-13 T-5028H EU 1997 T-5028H-50 EAE02501331I DE 1997 T-5028H-18 EAG0250315I ES 1997-12-26 T-5028H-50 FR 1997 T-5028H-09 EAF02501331I UK 1997 £39.9939.99 T-5028H-50 EAE02501331I PL 1998 209zł209 BR 199x 191476
Non-Sega versions PlayStation

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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).

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

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score CD Consoles (FR) 40 Consoles + (FR) 55 Computer & Video Games (UK) 25 Digitiser (UK) PAL 51 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 70 Gambler (PL) 66 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 78 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 89 Gry Komputerowe (PL) 90 Level (TR) 63 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 77 Mega Console (IT) PAL 68 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 74 Saturn Power (UK) PAL 55 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 82 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 69 Strana Igr (RU) 80

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NASCAR 98

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, FR
Cover
Disc

Saturn, DE
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	393,115,632		CD-ROM (DE)	T-5028H-18 V1.000
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	392,278,320		CD-ROM (EU)	T-5028H-50 V1.000
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	391,229,328		CD-ROM (US)	T-5028H V1.000