The Evolution of NASCAR Games (1985-2020)

[@DixietheGoat9]

Jesus Nascar released alot of games in 99

[@isaacgaming2176]

There are actually 6 games in the 99

[@JC-jj1xm]

NASCAR was on top of the world at that time, so much merchandise was being pumped out, you couldn’t go a day without encountering something NASCAR related.

[@HawksFan.]

Tyeee was a lot in 2002 as well

[@goober2102]

best nascar arcade game will still be daytona usa

[@sislepink97RS]

Oh yeah they did

[@Germanskill205]

_Nascar exist_ Game Developers in 1999: *Business is boomin'*

[@buschfan0818]

I see ur a real racing 3 fan. So am i

[@kr6productions]

😂😂

[@VybeZ314]

I miss the nascar 14 and 15 graphics it just looks so realistic, nascar heat just looks like a cartoon

[@coltsforsuperbowllvii6827]

Not to mention 14 and 15 is on PS3 and 360 while the heat series is on PS4 and XBOX 1

[@neonX2004]

Even the mobile look so good

[@troydahy7166]

Gonna have to disagree with you there bud'

[@vladmaier2531]

No it doesn't lmao

[@TrippaMazing87]

@@troydahy7166 how? The newer games are just worse in most ways

[@SeaGLGaming]

The early 2000s was the best era of NASCAR games. You had Monster Game's Heat and Dirt to Daytona, EA's NASCAR Thunder series and 2005 Chase for the Cup, and Papyrus's NASCAR Racing series. Nr2003 is still relevant to this day thanks to the modding community. You can basically turn it into a free version of iRacing. Game looks great too with the MENCup19 mod and graphics update. People have event modded in VR. It's insane. But Nr2003, Dirt to Daytona, and Thunder 2004 all released within a one year span. Couldn't have asked for a better year for any genre in general. Three games that still stand the test of time.

[@devynlich00]

You're goddamn right

[@BuccsNBolts]

Nr2003 will always be the best NASCAR game of all time.

[@seb99342]

Sad NASCAR Heat Noises

[@Mjdecker1234]

@KennyTheBacon because its a proper sim lol

[@BuccsNBolts]

Let’s not forgot the mod community for making the game like brand new. I am thankful for those guys for the creativity and passion they have.They are the hero’s when it comes to Nr2003 I mean between the series updates , tracks both old and new and of course the cars some of these painters should design cars for NASCAR teams there absolutely amazing and thats just the tip of the iceberg of the mod community.

[@Thegod_of_memes]

nt2003 is the best console nascar game

[@nurabsal0x018c]

Yep. The mod selection out there is awesome and incredibly active to this day.

[@lynlewis8606]

NASCAR thunder 2003 will always hold a special place in my heart

[@Seaz333]

2004 for me

[@nascargamer9544]

NASCAR ‘15 for me

[@tylerblade3020]

Ez Daytona 2001

[@DanielSuarezFan]

@@Seaz333 same

[@XxMrManxX9451]

NT 2004 is literally a copy-paste of 2003 with updated challenge events, menus, and paint schemes

[@mbbarnes80]

I owned the papyrus nascar games and they were pretty fun to play. Doing a full length Busch race on nascar racing 3 at south Boston was always cool, the furthest I went in a race to make my only stop was lap 195 of 300

[@dxhbk71]

South Boston was my favorite track on that game

[@mbbarnes80]

@@dxhbk71 mine to. I remember doing the 195 lap stint and having virtually no fuel left

[@boredstudent]

I remember playing Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge on the NES. I used to like NASCAR as a kid until I moved on to other motorsports like F1. I also played NASCAR Chase for the Cup 2004 and NASCAR 99. It's also pretty cool that Gran Turismo 5 and 6 had the NASCAR license. Forza 7 also has NASCAR.

[@sennacorps]

Don't forget with Real Racing 3 (yet another EA game), it got NASCAR license too (complete with 2013 & 2021 season)

[@LoTheWhoWhereWhen]

Is it just me, or do the old nascar games look better than today's nascar games?

[@aliks_777]

its nr2003 that looks the best for me

[@shawnfahey7243]

Thank you! For this great! Video. Video games sure have come a long way since the 90s

[@XBlakeFreemanX]

Only the real gamers remember shooting tires out the front of their car with cheat codes on ps2...

[@MONKZZ18]

I do have a PS2 but I dont use cheat codes

[@turdferguson9452]

@@MONKZZ18 Bow down to the god gamer

[@IgorFonseca244]

@@MONKZZ18 wait neither me do lmao And I'm playing both NASCAR 2001 and NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona currently.

[@pmuffin82]

The memories come flooding back when I watch EA Sports NASCAR Racing.

[@Ratt2004]

The best part of NASCAR games from the 1st Thunder up until the end of the EA-era? They have the same triple digit numbered cars & sponsors for fantasy drivers lol

[@DixietheGoat9]

They need to bring back the fantasy drivers and the Tracks too

[@stockcars8573]

Cant keep keep stopping to replay the intro ITS SO SATISFYING AAAAAAAAAA

[@bayusatya6036]

why is this guy sound's so chill

[@markschloss511]

Nascar 15 hands down the best nascar game in the past decade

[@caroljeanpelletier7653]

14 and 15 were pretty much the same, so TWO great games in a decade.

[@andrewcrandall7676]

Totally went from arcade style, then almost full blown simulator, then back to arcade

[@SamarThakurX0]

Love your videos

[@szymon6207]

Rpm limit 9900 4 speed sequental ! Mass 1565kg max 890bhp

[@ryanwinkelman1781]

I used to play days of thunder and Bill Elliott's NASCAR challenge on a tandy 386 PC when I was like 6. Hard to believe how ridiculous it looks now.

[@Zombie911killer]

Nascar 21 Ignition just came out. I remember playing nascar 06 and 07

[@JacobNascar]

I didnt get my first nascar game til 2008. So inside line is by far my favorite

[@howie3601]

I strongly suggest for you to get a PS2 and play Thunder 2004 and 2005 chase for the cup. Great Nascar games.

[@JacobNascar]

@@howie3601 I've still got my ps2 in working condition. Im gonna have to look into it. I've heard so much hype on those games. Tbh I loved 2008 cause I believe that had Trucks and dirt on it and you could customize the your ride. But I'm not sure. But as of now, Inside line is my favorite one

[@esdrathelink720]

@@JacobNascar nascar 09 2008

[@davecasey4341]

I remember racing aginst Dale Jr. in the wee hours of the mornings just before he went fulltime in the Cup Series in NASCAR Racing. Papyrus had the best game of any that were available back then.

[@Carshtime]

NASCAR Thunder 2004 and NASCAR 2005: Chase For The Cup will always be the best two games of all time.

[@aliciaharris773]

Are you a Kyle Busch an

[@Carshtime]

@@aliciaharris773 Yeah

[@labounti]

When NASCAR Legends and Craftsmen Trucks came out for the time the visuals where mind blowing. I would buy a modern retro racer with those graphics today.

[@CaptPatrick01]

Give me Heat 4's career, 99's soundtrack, NR2003's physics, and 08's graphics.

[@tony_mac24]

Why not Thunder 04's career mode and forza 7's graphics?

[@j9vlikz683]

Nah we need 03 or 07 soundtrack

[@andrewhaywood1262]

I assembled a playlist of a bunch of songs from NASCAR game soundtracks from 98 to Inside Line, I listen to them while playing NR2003 or Thunder 2004

[@j9vlikz683]

@@andrewhaywood1262 whats your favorites?

[@j9vlikz683]

@@tony_mac24 why not both have thunder 04 and heat 4 career mode together

[@pcrs1631]

Nr2003 was one of my favourite games of all time

[@RosTheHaroldClotFan]

The Nascar 2001 game is really sad because you know, Dale died that year and you can PLAY as him.

[@howie3601]

NASCAR 2004 and 2005 by EA will always be my favorites.

[@Dingy099]

Many good times were had on Nascar Rumble

[@finnoleary]

Nascar 2011 will hold a spot in my heart man. I loved that game

[@kyt1s]

Same, loved the crashes and physics

[@nurabsal0x018c]

My first was Papyrus NR1, and I spent an incredible amount of time on N2 and NR1999 especially. Nowadays NR2003 is where it’s at.

[@Mechaxthemaskedgamer]

0:18 here we see the very first victim of the cover curse with the king himself....Richard petty

[@gemmaapriliano1887]

Nascar 13-15 probably the peak of nascar game, the game feel different after nascar heat sequel. But no one can beat the almighty nascar rumble

[@fishy5878]

no nascar inside line

[@TrippaMazing87]

I’d say 2011-2015

[@JediGamingX]

Bill Elliots Challenge was my 1st NASCAR game.

[@guywhosomething]

6:33 NASCAR Heat 2000 Will Be My Favorite Game FOREVER

[@Burnout3D]

1996, there was NASCAR Racing for the Playstation. Had some of the most realistic wrecks at the time and if I remember correctly, even had a tow truck on the track to pick up the wrecked cars. Something I still dont see simulated to this day.

[@lenniusgato3270]

What is the game called

[@Burnout3D]

@@lenniusgato3270 NASCAR Racing

[@lucasribeiromcr4156]

Nice vídeo Brow ❤

[@PichuLondonSports]

13:12 is my favorite part 😉

[@PauwerFurry]

Bill Elliot’s NASCAR Challenge was also on the GameBoy and the only reason I know that is because I had the cartridge.

[@nascarfanatic2425]

NASCAR Racing 4 was the last NASCAR game where Dale Earnhardt was a playable, non-unlockable character. I need a moment to take that in.

[@waynejantosiewicz2072]

I got a question on NASCAR racing where the PlayStation one is Alan kulicki on that game also in Davey Allison

[@AnonYmouS-ul3ey]

Nascar Road Racing. i didnt see it on the list. came out in the late 90's

[@King._.Julian__]

NASCAR dirt to Daytona is my childhood

[@SwineBrothers]

4:33 I had this game, but can find nothing, nothing about it on the internet. I thought I dreamed the whole thing. Any info here?

[@DustyakaDD]

My three favorite is Nascar 2003, Dirt to Daytona, Nascar Rumble.

[@cornpop1363]

NASCAR 98 was my favorite, but boy do you ever learn to hate that one Molly Hatchet song lol.

[@Kin_Ton_Ti]

😂😂😂 so true

[@stevenc5509]

Nascar 99 had a great intro, but OML it was so hard to control

[@sooptiem]

Right now at this second, I’m downloading a nascar game.

[@buschfan0818]

5:21 Dale Sr. And Ken Schrader together 😭

[@ManuelCruz-hn9vz]

Damn my first nascar game was 07 how i loved opening the game to some Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin!

[@calinmasca2993]

Like your videos

[@haydendavis156]

Damn, forgot about the Forza Motorsport 6 NASCAR expansion

[@quinntang5614]

Put Fantasy Lightning McQueen no. 95, Fantasy Strip Weathers no. 43, Fantasy Chick Hicks no. 86, Fantasy Doc (The Fabulous Hudson Hornet no. 51) models from Cars Xbox 360 video game and Fantasy Junior Moon, Fantasy Louise Nash and Fantasy River Scott models from Cars 3: Driven To Win in a video game series of NASCAR right away please? I want to see it on a 100% longplay video.

[@pedro3115]

Daytona usa was so advanced at his time. Sega was the king of the arcades. Same for Nascar 1994 from Papyrus

[@tylercook1723]

I grew up on NASCAR ‘14

[@SwagMessiah1]

I swear for some of these games the graphics got worse as time went on lol

[@MrAzul184]

Nascar racing 2003 was so good that it’s still relevant and most mods are great for it

[@darkcrypto_yt]

@@MrAzul184 yes

[@khushikashyap6042]

Good bro

[@thenoblegerman2637]

I wish I could play NASCAR Thunder 2004 on the PS4. That game is what got me into NASCAR, same with NASCAR ‘06 TTC.

[@GonkDroid0923]

I am so glad I grew up with Nascar 07 on the PS2

[@Davidjon1946]

Enter you're local video game arcade ( remeber those ) all you hear DAYTONA!!!!!!!!! DAYYYYYYTONA

[@nicholashidekishigenagados5849]

And also i play daytona usa from 1993 man it was so much fun

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

I had NASCARs 07 and 08.

[@patrickhanlon2083]

I think you're missing the SEGA NASCAR Arcade game from around 2000 and NASCAR PSP

[@SandF3DPrinting]

NASCAR psp is just NASCAR 07

[@aliciaharris773]

He’s got a point

[@blacknightmaress]

I had Nascar 2004 from PS2. 😢😭💓

[@Dingy099]

Nascar 99 on N64, the first video game I ever played.

[@yotsubamic5760]

Daytona USA is ahead of it’s time

[@stormrigsng]

09 was the first video game I ever played making it one of the best on this list for me

[@JnCrlsHrnndz]

Unfortunately the last Nascar Heat 5 its not at the graphic level of this generation, i hope Nascar Ingition 21 give us an incrledible Nascar game

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

I wish the new games have an actual race ticker like nascar 08 did, 11:42

[@sislepink97RS]

new NASCAR 5 is so cool

[@arlenbenksmma]

Nascar Rumble its my favorite a

[@BaronKube]

The original Heat is one of my favorite childhood games

[@commander98123]

Best NASCAR games are the series from Papyrus/Sierra, especially NASCAR Racing 2003 and NASCAR Racing 1 and 2 (nostalgic). (NASCAR Racing 1 - 2003) After that the early games from EA SPORTS NASCAR 98-2000 (especially NASCAR 99 for PlayStation 1) are also very good. Then the PlayStation 2 EA SPORTS NASCAR games 'NASCAR 06-09' are the last good NASCAR games. But the GOAT is and was NR2003.

[@deadchannel7879]

i’m still waiting for a nascar x Mario Kart collab

[@Bang-Ai146]

My favorit Nascar Rumble.

[@KingLaXavier]

Nascar thunder 2002 was the best Nascar game that ever made

[@funi_cat37]

I never really played the game 2011, but I remember having for the Xbox 360, and I played it a couple times before the disc decided to commit suicide

[@speed4brainz]

Nascar Racing 3 1999, NASCAR 2001, Nascar Heat 2002, Nascar Dirt to Daytona, and Nascar Racing 2003 Season all look incredible for the time. Nascar 07 and 08 look fantastic too, and their sense of speed is incredibe. EA Sports NASCAR Racing 2007: I knew I recognized it from somewhere. It's an arcade game literally found in arcades! I remember that being a lot of fun! Nascar 09 actually looks worse than 07 and 08 Nascar Unleashed is a masterpiece! Grew up on this piece of nostalgia! I have nascar the game inside line: I remember it being frustrating for me when I was young lol and I also like how 13, 14, and 15 pretty much copy a lot of it over. Heat 2 and Heat 5 I have and they're pretty good! We all know 21 ignition is the worst. Up there with heat evolution and 2011 the game

[@jacobdavis4689]

My first nascar game was NASCAR '14

[@dhruvnarain3948]

6:18 thats not right. Driving for dale in "2001"

[@n0dr1pryan]

i love how dale is in nascar 2001, he is a god

[@jaydenh922]

That's because the game is set in the year 2000.

[@n0dr1pryan]

@@jaydenh922 ik they assumed he was gonna be alive before that.

[@bighand1530]

@@n0dr1pryan Life is unpredictable

[@minhnguyennhat9556]

Anyone know where to download the Nascar 2012 Insideline? I’m playing NascarTG 2013 but like the car models from 2012 series. I’ve been searching many time on internet but still not found any site with links. Thanks you much first! ♥️ ❤️ 💜

[@Fluxxarr]

Nice

[@YourSetch]

tbh i never noticed that the newer heat series used the old heat series contact and spin soundd effects btw nascar thunder 2004 doesnt look that bad hes just playing the pc version which is horribly innacurate to the console version (console version is similar to thunder 2003)

[@SmutnyPat]

11:55 is there any emulator for this game?

[@brake_gamer90]

NASCAR Revolution was one of my first NASCAR Games I played! True story about doing the videos I think when I first started doing the videos I think the only thing that fully surfaced was a Commercial in French for this game!

[@Content23]

Nascar thunder was a solid game for its time and so was nascar 2003 season. What a hit!

[@Kirbybros1]

EA sports nascar Racing 07 and NASCAR the game 11 will all hold a place for me.

[@Mou3tassem]

Thanks

[@a-10warthog45]

4:53 My dad still has this

[@Content23]

I can’t stand being introduced to the heat series in 2016

[@nathanielenochs1843]

I came for the Daytona USA Series

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

why do sports games name their titles a year ahead of actual release year ?

[@A1B03]

I think no one played nS 07 it was op and to now I love to play it

[@A1B03]

Nascar 07 It was very advanced and modern FOR 2007 I think it better than all this to 2018

[@diegor3689]

I had so much fun and met friends in Nascar thunder 04 pc, it was very very good times.

[@lightningmcdunn8508]

NASCAR gaming basically ended after 15

[@stormweaverr]

i can t find nascar the game inside line for pc?

[@angkzxc3215]

1:13 And that's the legend

[@Mx64MaxyImpress]

NASCAR RUMBLE was the best Arcade NASCAR game on PS1 and probably awesome racing arcade for PS1