Timeline (EA Never Loses NASCAR)

1997-1999

 * 1997- EA gains rights to NASCAR games and makes NASCAR 98 later that year for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
 * 1998- EA makes NASCAR 99, which debuts on the Nintendo 64 and later the PlayStation.
 * 1999- EA starts going into the new millennium with NASCAR 2000, which marks EA NASCAR's debut on PC and Game Boy Color.

2000-2004

 * 2000- EA's NASCAR 2001 marks the first NASCAR game on the PlayStation 2, and is also the last game where Dale Earnhardt appears as a driver without being unlocked.