Thunder 2004 was also enjoyed for the fact that it gave drivers so many options to change throughout the game play. Grudges and Alliances allowed you to make enemies or friends as the race was going on depending on how you thought it would benefit you. The Thunder set of NASCAR games always had some interesting features and the 2004 version was no exception. After such a success it was a strange decision by EA to scrap the ability to swap cars just a year later. NASCAR 06: Total Team Control really came through on the ‘total control’ feature, even down to being able to use a headset to relay instructions to other members of your team. These kinds of extra features are always well received by the real NASCAR fans. You could radio your teammate for assistance – or even switch users to drive their car.
We’ve included this title because the gameplay was so enjoyable, but mainly because this was the first NASCAR sim that introduced the concept of team play. The growth of sim racing and eSports in NASCAR The story mode was particularly enjoyable and we’re sure that there are still some NASCAR fans playing this today. The graphics were pretty good for its time and the whole premise of Dirt to Daytona gave thousands of NASCAR fans a chance to live out their dreams and test themselves. You will need to keep hold of fans and sponsors as well, in what seemed like a realistic sim. You started off in the small-town dirt tracks and had to prove your worth to go all the way to the big time. The appeal of this game was that it faithfully recreated the experience of working your way up through the ranks as a driver.
But we have taken a look at the full range of sims and video games with a NASCAR tie-in and decided that these five are the best of the lot. You may even have your old favorites from back in the day. There have been plenty of games to choose from for NASCAR fans down through the years. So it is not surprising that the video games and sims it has inspired have been just as well played. The increase in NASCAR betting since the laws and regulations were changed shows how well loved the sport is. When it comes to motor racing games, NASCAR has always enjoyed a popular following thanks to the sheer excitement of the real thing. Here we see a list of the best NASCAR racing games of all time, as we all know, sim racing has had a massive impact on people playing NASCAR games across the globe. Read on to discover some of the best NASCAR sim racing games ever. Now go out there and enjoy these cars, and maybe, relive some fond memories.The excitement of NASCAR is perfect for sim racing Driving games have always been popular and NASCAR themed sims have fans of their own. Reverted the MIP files back to default.Īll credit goes to Papyrus for such an amazing set of cars, and their hard work, as well as nascarfan13 for converting the NR4 bodies way back when in 2011. (And pit crews, but they don't fit the NR pit boxes) In total it took about 5 straight hours and I'm happy I finally got around to doing this, as it might help others who want to relive the NR4 days. I used WinMip to export all TGAs for the cars and pit crew files one by one, I also did the same method and carried over the ratings to compatible cars one by one as well. So my first action was to try and import the car files straight from the disc, but I soon realized car files from NR4 aren't the same as NR2002 or NR2003, and wouldn't just carry straight over. I found myself only being able to find one available carset/mod for NASCAR Racing 4, and it was cluttered and filled with MIP changes, fictional/personal cars, greatly compressed schemes on the default cars, a few default cars flat out missing, as well as incorrect ratings on those default cars.
As I was having fun messing around with older Papyrus tracks, I wanted the respective cars to drive on them as well.