Enter 2020 and Tony Stewart’s Sprint Car Racing, developed by the team behind the modern NASCAR Heat games. Sure, you can run a dirt series in the latest NASCAR Heat games, and Wreckfest has some fun dirt-track racing, but it’s not quite the same. In video games, that smalltown dirt-track feeling has been missing for a while. The motors are a constant drone, leaving your ears ringing while the dirt and dust gets in your eyes leaving a gritty feeling in your teeth. The dirt is flying as 20 sprint cars slide around the track in a perpetual left-hand turn, jockeying for position in front of local fans and family members. It’s a warm Saturday night in the summer.
