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NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is a racing simulator developed by Monster Games, Inc. and published by Infogrames in November 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It is the latest in the NASCAR Heat series [1] and one of the last NASCAR-licensed games to be published before EA won exclusive rights to the license.
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- The game featured 27 real NASCAR Winston (Now NEXTEL) Cup drivers and 16 real NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Drivers.
- Drivers Dave Blaney and Hermie Sadler are present in this game even though rival title NASCAR Thunder did not feature them.
- The following real life drivers are absent in the game, in order of car #:
- Cup Series
9-Bill Elliot
10-Johnny Benson
15-Michael Waltrip
19-Jeremy Mayfield
25-Jerry Nadeau
26-Todd Bodine
32-Ricky Craven
41-Jimmy Spencer
45-Kyle Petty
48-Jimmie Johnson
49-Shawna Robinson
66-Joe Nemechek
1-Ted Musgrave
2-Jason Leffler
16-Mike Bliss
29-Terry Cook
- The seasons in the Truck and Cup series are significantly shorter than the real schedule. Many tracks such as Pocono Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, The Milwaukee Mile, and Chicagoland Speedway could not be licensed by Infogrames.
- Richard Petty is the only unlockable driver.
- Kansas Speedway is not on the Cup Series schedule in Season Mode.
- There is a glitch in the game that allows you to drive the #181 car in Season Mode. Another glitch with the Create-A-Car allows you to have a custom pit box, provided that your car number is 151.
- Hermie Sadler and Rich Bickle run unsponsored on this game. Sadler just has his name on the car.
- If you look closely at Rich Bickle's pit box, the sponsor will be Dickies. Screenshots of the game confirm that Bickle's sponsor was to be Dickie's
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