CART Fury Championship Racing

CART Fury Championship Racing, also known as simply CART Fury, is a 2000 open wheel-themed racing video game developed by Midway Games based on Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). Originally released to arcades, a version was also released for the PlayStation 2.

CART Fury Championship Racing
European PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)Midway
Publisher(s)Midway
Composer(s)Dan Forden
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
2000
PlayStation 2
  • NA: May 25, 2001
  • EU: September 7, 2001
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Some of its famous drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya, Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi are included in the game. The game features the voice of Danny Sullivan. While the arcade version has original soundtrack composed by Dan Forden, the PlayStation 2 version has licensed music by Disturbed and Outkast are used as the official soundtrack of this game.[1]

Gameplay

Rather than a being a true simulation, CART Fury Championship Racing is an arcade racer,[2] with traits like spectacular crashes, spinouts, speed-draining slides, and tailgating. It includes road courses, street courses and oval tracks. Three skill levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard) allow players of all ability levels to compete on equal terms against the AI-controlled opponents.[2]

Drivers and teams

DriverTeam
Jimmy VasserChip Ganassi Racing
Juan Pablo Montoya
Bryan HertaTeam Rahal
Max Papis
Michael AndrettiNewman/Haas Racing
Christian Fittipaldi
Adrian FernándezPatrick Racing
Tony KanaanForsythe Racing
Gil de FerranWalker Racing
Mark BlundellPacWest Racing
Juliana ChiovittiMidway Team
Jenny Sheehy
Bill Lester
Willy T. Ribbs
Danny Sullivan

Tracks

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]

References