Rarely is a game able to stand the test of time quite like NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. Part of it is being the final licensed NASCAR PC game released by Papyrus, but the other part of it is simply how great of a game it is.
It hits all of the points that a NASCAR simulation should, and it does incredibly well. Unsurprisingly, it is the highest rated NASCAR video game on Metacritic.
However, the game’s life has been extended not necessarily because of its value then, but because of how easily moddable it is. To this day, the modding community on NASCAR Racing 2003 is second to none. Tracks, drivers and cars from any era in NASCAR post-2003 can be found somewhere.
Lots of great NASCAR content has been derived from this game, including TNTMan93’s “Idiots of NR 2003” Series on YouTube. The game is still being played, modded and used to this very day in spite of the game being 20 years old!
