NASCAR Heat 3 continued to build from NASCAR Heat 2 with the addition of a fictional dirt series similar to NASCAR Dirt to Daytona. In addition, the career mode also allowed players to begin owning their own team in addition to just being a driver. Again, the driving model and physics were criticized along with the online mode, but it was beginning to regain some of the depth that many felt was lost following the “Golden Age” of NASCAR gaming.
