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A phenomenal choice. by pinback 06/18/2026, 5:46am PDT
I went back to watch a video of this, and I instantly realized...

Whoa, I played this for ten BILLION hours at one point. And I know what point that was. You see, there was a time I was as big a NASCAR fan as your dad. I don't admit that to anyone now, so forget you read this.

The races were more exciting, the personalities were more entertaining, and look at this video of the game. NASCAR gets made fun of because it's just a "bunch of rednecks turning left", which is true, but it's a bunch of rednecks turning left at the exact same time, two feet from one another, going 230 miles per hour.

That is an experience no other form of racing provides, and so the experience of NASCAR 4 is similarly one that no other form of racing game could provide. I've played plenty of racing games since then, but they all feel quite tame in comparison to bolting down the backstretch of Pocono going three-wide around a high-banked corner.

The only thing I ever knew about cars I learned from watching NASCAR on TV, and playing this game. And it appealed to experts and neophytes alike. You could play it like an arcade game, or you could fiddle with the numbers and "put another round of wedge in."

That's about the limit of what I knew/know about cars. If it's too loose, put another round of wedge in.

They probably don't do that anymore.
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    Re: The 100 Greatest Video Games of All-Time by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/16/2026, 11:27pm PDT NEW
        Finally the definitive, objectively true, list NT by E. L. Koba 06/18/2026, 2:56pm PDT NEW
            My middle name was going to be "Objective" before by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/18/2026, 5:30pm PDT NEW
                In an alternate universe with a different phonetic alphabet... by Entropy Stew Yesterday, 12:29am PDT NEW
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            Re: I loved this one as a kid. There was a Mac version which was pretty good. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/22/2026, 10:06am PDT NEW
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    99. Mine Storm (1982, Vectrex) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/17/2026, 10:26am PDT NEW
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    98. NASCAR Racing 4 (2001, Windows 98) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/17/2026, 11:20pm PDT NEW
        A phenomenal choice. by pinback 06/18/2026, 5:46am PDT NEW
            Puppygames made a version of that: by Mischief Maker 06/18/2026, 5:59pm PDT NEW
                Dammit! That was supposed to be a reply to the paradroid post. NT by Mischief Maker 06/18/2026, 6:00pm PDT NEW
    97. Paradroid (1985, Commodore 64) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/18/2026, 5:29pm PDT NEW
    96. The Legend of Zelda (1986, NES) by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/19/2026, 9:07pm PDT NEW
        Did any other games get the gold cartridge treatment? NT by Mischief Maker 06/20/2026, 1:06pm PDT NEW
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                Action 52? NT by hehehe 06/20/2026, 9:29pm PDT NEW
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