Indy Racing 2000

Indy Racing 2000 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 that was released in 2000. The game is based on the 1999 Indy Racing League and races a 20-car field. The game's modes of play include single race, Championship, Two player and Gold Cup. There are 9 tracks and 11 races. The Gold Cup mode lets the player race Midget cars, sprint cars, Formula cars, and Indy cars on fictional tracks (All but 1 are road courses).

Indy Racing 2000
Cover art
Developer(s)Paradigm Entertainment
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Features
  • Car customization including transmission, tire pressure and gear ratio adjustment.
  • Day and night races.
  • Every official IRL venue.
  • Full Indy Racing League license.
  • 20 drivers and their vehicles based on 1999 season.
  • Single Race, Practice, Competition and Championship modes.
  • Full stat tracking.
  • Automated pit stops in arcade mode vs. full control in simulation mode.
  • Two-player split screen races.
  • Sprint, midget and F2000 cars available within game.
  • Eight Oval courses.
  • Multiple camera angles during race and replays.
  • Animated pit crews.
  • Heads up display includes draft meter.

List of drivers and teams
Driver Team
United States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing
United States Johnny Unser
United States Robby Unser Team Pelfrey
United States Davey Hamilton Barnhart Motorsports
United States Sam Schmidt Treadway Racing
United States Scott Sharp Kelley Racing
United States Mark Dismore
United States Buzz Calkins Bradley Motorsports
Sweden Kenny Bräck A. J. Foyt Enterprises
United States Robbie Buhl
United States Billy Boat
United States Tyce Carlson Blueprint-Immke Racing
Colombia Roberto Guerrero Cobb Racing
United States Jeff Ward Pagan Racing
France Stéphan Grégoire Dick Simon Racing
United States Robby McGehee Conti Racing
United States John Hollansworth Jr. Team Xtreme
Canada Scott Goodyear Panther Racing
United States Greg Ray Team Menard
United States Eddie Cheever Team Cheever

Tracks

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2]

References
  1. "N64 Games of June". IGN. 2000-06-03. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. "Indy Racing 2000 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. "Indy Racing 2000". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 2000.
  4. "Indy Racing 2000". Game Informer. No. 89. FuncoLand. September 2000.
  5. "REVIEW for Indy Racing 2000". GameFan. Shinno Media. June 23, 2000.
  6. Brown, Greene (July 26, 2000). "Indy Racing 2000 Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 24, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  7. Boulding, Aaron (June 26, 2000). "Indie Racing 2000". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  8. "Indy Racing 2000". Nintendo Power. Vol. 133. Nintendo of America. June 2000. p. 117. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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