NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup
NASCAR 2005 revolutionizes NASCAR video games by adding the National, Craftsman Truck, and Featherlite Modified Series to the game, plus the all new Chase points format in an all new Chase for the Cup Mode.
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup is a racing developed by EA Orlando, released 31 August 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup is
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup is a racing game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2004. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup is the eighth installment of the EA Sports' NASCAR video game series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released on August 31, 2004, for PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. NASCAR 2005 is the first game in the series to drop the word Thunder from the title since NASCAR 2001. Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevy Monte Carlo, appeared on the cover replacing Jeremy Mayfield who was originally to have been on the cover and removed completely from the game. It also marks the first time the original PlayStation has been excluded from the NASCAR lineup. This was the first NASCAR edition to be released exclusively on sixth generation home consoles.
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NASCAR series
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup is the 28th of 52 entries we hold in the NASCAR series. It arrived 11 months after NASCAR Thunder 2004. The next entry was NASCAR SimRacing in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 8 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is NASCAR Racing 2003 Season at 100.
How it was received
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup launched on 31 August 2004, within three weeks of Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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