As the much-awaited sequel to Papyrus NASCAR Racing, Sierra's NASCAR Racing 2 ups the ante even further, making the player car noticably easier to drive, improving AI behavior of the computer cars, and generating richly detailed car graphics surpassing even those of Grand Prix 2. Players can pick and choose competitors from different driver lists, and instead of the traditional car sets, starting fields now consist of individual car files, which also contain driver portraits and detailed statisical and biographical information.
Players can compete on all 1996 Winston Cup tracks except Daytona and Indianapolis (though there are conversion programs which permit the latter), and a Track Pack due later this summer may add new facilities such as Texas, California, and Homestead.
Of course, the program would not be "complete" without Rover Jackson and his famous #76 Unocal Pontiac Grand Prix. The .car file for Rover's 1996 car is available here as a zipped file. Thanks to Al Gordon for his assistance in assembling this file.
Other Winston Cup cars, including those shown below, can be found at the IWCCCARS Project site.
Enjoy these SVGA screen captures of Rover's efforts in the Winston Cup series.
Rover at full speed on the backstretch at Michigan International Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt gets an early lead on Rover at MIS, chased by Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, Ernie Irvan, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace, and Ward Burton.
Rover prepares to pass Jimmy Spencer on the MIS backstretch, with Dave Marcis trailing.
Rover leads Jeff Gordon out of the MIS pits.
Rover and Jarrett lead the field for the Winston, NASCAR's all-star invitational night race at Charlotte.
Rover ahead of Johnny Benson and Jeremy Mayfield through Turn 1 at Dover.
The same view at Dover from Rover's roof camera.
