NASCAR Racing 2003 Season

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season (2003)

by Papyrus Design Group, Aspyr Media, Sierra Entertainment
Genres:Sport, Simulator, Racing
Themes:Non-fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:The latest release from this series since 1999. 23 real-life tracks (including the new versions of New Hampshire International Speedway and Infineon Raceway) are included. The game has been reworked with an improved graphics and physics engine, developed in partnership with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Jasper Motorsports. Tutorials will bring the player up to speed quickly, while driving aids will help them compete against NASCAR pros. An adaptive AI will keep the game challenging at all skill levels. Multiplayer supports up to 42 players online in the same race.Show more
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It's 2025 and I still play this game on my PC. The mod community that has helped keep this game alive is amazing! I've contributed countless hours to making cars for myself and others, racing in leagues, and uploading videos of gameplay to YouTube since I started playing it in 2006. This is an amazing piece of my gaming life.
still to this day the best nascar game ever made, and it's still played by thousands of people. i've ran my last race on this game i think, but others should be able to see why people like me played this game for 15+ years!
Great AI. Great physics. Great graphics. Helpful information everywhere. Easy to mod and to play any era of the sport. Should be in the Hall of Fame of games.
A game that needs to be archived. It is the quintessential nascar racing simulator with unlimited modability and a vibrant community of supporters. This game is a must archive and I will look forward to its appearance in Gog.
user avatar@dtumsuser avatar@dtums
January 30, 2025
The greatest representation of NASCAR in gaming history. Infinitely moddable, infinitely customizable. This game set the stage for what eventually became the iracing professional simulator, but it's still accessible enough for arcade play. The perfect balance of everything you want in a stock car racing game.
user avatar@darth_decaruser avatar@darth_decar
January 29, 2025
22 years and this title still holds up remarkably well. Nothing released since has measured up to the quality of this game, and when you factor in the modding scene, it makes for a title that goes from great to irreplaceable. The core driving model is excellent, and the customizable AI make for solid opponents, which leads to compelling racing. I still play this when I can, and my only real fear is not that the game will ever be forgotten, but that it one day be rendered unplayable on a modern system. There is only so much a community of players can do to keep a game alive, so having it be preserved officially would be phenomenal. This is hardly the only game I would love to preserve, but it is one on my personal favorites. It has become a comfort game, something I know so well that I do not have to think about what to do; I can just hit the track and drive. I know that I will never forget this seminal title, and I would like others to be able to officially experience this game as well.
user avatar@Nemesis44UKuser avatar@Nemesis44UK
January 31, 2025
The best racing game there is, even 22 years after release. Physics are superbly realistic and the AI is challenging too. All the cars have just the right amount of heft and everything just feels right. I don't know how many hours I've ploughed into this game over the years, but was still played up until last year, when I made a new PC. As soon as I get a new DVD drive for it, I'll be back to it. (I know there's a noCD.exe file around, but I'm old school). I wish that Codemasters/EA could make a game like this. NR 2003 is still the undefeated daddy and even after 22 years, no racing game has surpassed it. It would be great to get it on GOG so that it comes with all the support and little updates and tweaks. It would save quite a bit of faffing around. Superb game that stands the test of time immaculately. It's a stone-cold classic.
This game is so significant for what it did to help advance the genre of Sim Racing from a niche curiosity into the massive industry we know today. It is well loved by racers all over the world, and giving it a once-over to support modern racing peripherals would be massive.
Me and my best friend used to take turns playing this game on an old crappy Win7 laptop. We had so much fun with this game!! We would purposely cause wrecks just to see every vehicle fly up. It's still funny to this day. So many good memories.
It's the last great NASCAR game by Papyrus who is now iRacing. I hope people have access to this game forever because it is a classic. There are so many mods for this game it's almost unbelievable. My story began with NASCAR Racing 1994 so NR2003 was the pinnacle of the time. NR2003 is still going strong in 2025. I miss the days though, when you could buy a physical box that you could hardly wait to get home and open. We still have a great time on iRacing but the competition is intense and second to none. During the plandemic, I raced with many, many real world drivers on iRacing. Just two weeks ago we had a Podium finish on January 18, 2025, in the Daytona 24 hour race and it was a blast in the Ford Mustang GT3 with Baker Racing Team 47 and our Sponsor, Glory to God. What a great time to be alive.
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