Is EA's NASCAR Sim Franchise In Trouble?

[hbk_wess]

I think it would be awsome if EA stopped making NASCAR games. I agree, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season was and still is the best NASCAR game ever made. They addressed not only the sim side of the game but the arcade side as well. Both were great racing engines. So, where is Sierra & Papyrus when we need them the most?

[av7]

Quote: Originally Posted by mniner2003

Yes, sir. Here are the tracks that I've been running lately! www.revampedreloaded.com/

Its amazing what a community can do.

I play a motocross racing game that no longer gets support (MX vs ATV, 4 years old) but a small number of guys are now making a new, mod version from the original game.

[br329]

Quote: Originally Posted by Solidice

too bad EA already drove Papyrus out of business. Nascar racing: 2003 season is still the best Nascar sim there is.

Without a question NR2003 kicks the crap out of any EA game released since they got the exclusive licence. However I do love Nascar Thunder 2004.

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by br329

Without a question NR2003 kicks the crap out of any EA game released since they got the exclusive licence. However I do love Nascar Thunder 2004.

yea, Thunder 2004 was the only EA nascar game I really enjoyed playing. it wasn't sim, but it was fun to play.

[Solidice]

I think SimBin(guys that made Race Pro, GTR, etc..) would be a good dev team to make a Nascar game.

[bravesfan1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by avrbas

Pretty much, sad that an exlclusive contract had to kill off any new titles for sim racing when EA now admits defeat. Luckily there's a nice community for NR2003 that build mods, updated paint schemes, etc

well with the news of no new nascar game this year and all the talk about how great nascar 2003 on PC is, i need to find a way to get this game haha...where do you think i would be able to get the game today? probably ebay or something? also do you have the website of the community stuff for the game so if/when i get it i'll be able to update to 2009 stuff?

[Mo]

Quote: Originally Posted by bravesfan1984

well with the news of no new nascar game this year and all the talk about how great nascar 2003 on PC is, i need to find a way to get this game haha...where do you think i would be able to get the game today? probably ebay or something? also do you have the website of the community stuff for the game so if/when i get it i'll be able to update to 2009 stuff?

Yup and be prepared to way too much for it. While the game is good, and the mods do keep the game alive and kicking, I don't know if paying upwards of $80 or more is worth it.

but if you do sites,
masgrafx.com
bhmotorsports.com

[Solidice]

Quote: Originally Posted by miget33

but if you do sites, masgrafx.com bhmotorsports.com

to add to that:

rainbowpaintdesigns.net (a lot of cars/pit crews for download)
setup-guru.com (for track setups)
setupswap.com (another site for setups)
revampedreloaded.com (updated tracks)
saferbarrierproject.com (another site for track updates)
superspeedway.net (a lot of mods, including the COT mod, need to register to download the mods, it's free)