NASCAR 15: NASCAR Gaming’s Middle Child

[@TheIceberg]

What are your thoughts on NASCAR ‘15?

[@UnskilledScoutTF2]

I've never played it.

[@JBCAmerica]

It was a serviceable enough of a decent game to keep the NASCAR gaming sphere alive

[@JNT101]

It’s crazy in a good way. You have glitches but you also have really good racing. It’s a mix of weird wacky and awesome moments.

[@chasebriscoefan19]

I liked it

[@TiberiumMedia]

This is an amazing game. I was bought it in 2020 in Steam and still playing in this game.

[@DennyDeliversYT]

fr tho realradman bringing back his nascar ‘14 underfunded dream is the most entertaining nascar gameplay rn imo

[@speed4brainz]

Michael Moobs and running as Danika Patrick in nascar 2011 the game dlc career mode?

[@VaticalliX]

Michael Mrucz: "Well yes, but actually no."

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Too bad he sucks MSG off

[@TactShooter]

The problem with nascar creators are is by and large they are not entertaining. Radman is terrible at actual series content and Mcruz is just a bumbling fool, who deletes comments even remotely criticizing his commentary. Gowen is amazing but his series dramatizes everything. "He ran into me" you purposely forced yourself into him... The only decent creator was Windvow but he releases a video every 2-3 months

[@xxicomeyxx4682]

​@@TactShooterwindvow was the main reason I started back buying nascar Games

[@MurphTurn2]

I absolutely love NASCAR ‘15. It is far from perfect, but its gameplay (and particularly that paint booth) always has me coming back for more.

[@Dominion69420]

I would kill to get a modern nascar game with a paintbooth that good I want my southwest scheme on a next gen so bad

[@Simracingisgoated]

@@Dominion69420NASCAR 21 had a good paint booth. But the game itself 💀

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The last ever NASCAR game with Jeff Gordon and Michael Waltrip as playable drivers

[@NotMattyDYT]

and Sam Hornish Jr. too if you count him tho he doesn't have an AI

[@TylerTinsley75]

Heat 4 had jeff Gordon

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@TylerTinsley75 As well as Heat 5

[@EelooYT]

This game got me into NASCAR with videos of people playing it I think even while 2016's game was out so I have a lot of nostalgia for this game, I still consider this game better than any games that came after it

[@flynnzone70]

Speaking as someone who bought NASCAR 15 on the 360 for their own birthday, it was fun, I loved recreating random paint schemes from the current season or the past as my Career Mode paints. It started my road into becoming a NR2003 painter. The only downsides of the paint booth is how crispy logos would look compared to the official models, and the Toyota template didn't have the black grill, which was a pain to setup back in the day.

[@crazybut6641]

The biggest problem with NASCAR 2011-2015 for me was how all the AI cars where the same speed. It’s baffles my mind how they could never figure out how to make any speed difference from the the front runners to the back markers for 5 years.

[@speed4brainz]

I love the eutechnyx nascar games. Not only that, but we got one of the greatest series in the history of KZbin from Michael Moobs with these games.

[@chasebriscoefan19]

This was my second NASCAR game I ever played after Inside The Line, and I liked it

[@elijahussery8727]

To me this is the best NASCAR game ever made. From the physics to the racing is absolutely incredible. There are some bugs such as wall glitches, AI randomly checking up, etc. But once you get into a rhythm and understand when and where the AI check up, you’ll have a much better racing experience.

[@yungsagegaming8577]

The EA golden age games never had bugs or random checkups

[@Jobie_jor33]

I remember getting this game on my 360 before I got an Xbox one and it was a huge step for me getting into nascar fast forward now I have a racing wheel and a bunch of racing games.

[@BlueJimmie48Fan]

I actually got this game on Steam discount for less than $2. Honestly, not a bad investment. 😅

[@Maverick33]

For me, NASCAR Inside Line, 14 and 15 had the best paint booths out of all NASCAR games. You had so much freedom and creativity. You could put decals anywhere you wanted on the cars body. You could even create your own logos/decals. The paint booth is where I put so much effort. Another thing I loved about the 2012, 2014 and 2015 games was the ability to have daytime races at Charlotte, Darlington, Kentucky, and Richmond in quick race mode. And NASCAR 15 even kept the Atlanta night race as an option in quick race mode. NASCAR games need a paint booth similar to Inside Line/14/15. Where it's just so free and open. Where a player's creativity can really flourish. Granted I did some of the most basic throwbacks. But some other players really had some creative designs.

[@michaeljenkins746]

The restrictor plate racing was awesome

[@PoweroftheP00f]

I picked this game up for the 360 a few years ago when I couldn't afford a more modern game. I bought a wireless wheel controller from eBay, and honestly, I had so much fun playing it. The driving wasn't perfect, but it was actually pretty damn good with the wireless wheel. The AI was pretty solid, and could give you some good competition. The whack qualifying rules from the time kind of suck, but that's not their fault. For what it was, I give it a solid 6/10, monumental for a NASCAR game of that era

[@matthewakers2659]

Me and my dad used to race at Homestead against each other a lot cause that track was a lot of fun.

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

Nascar 15 autoclub is god tier

[@Jimbo_Adkins]

No joke. I was in a n15VE league until 2019. Finally went to iPacing.

[@randallellison6421]

I watched Murph's stream with him and Michael finding all the weird glitches in this game! The part where Michael went into the void of outer space and was going 6000mph (which Michael showed on his channel) was something!

[@chrisguardiano6143]

Another aspect of NASCAR gaming that many people overlook is NASCAR's presence in both Gran Turismo 5 & 6 which both came out around the same time of the Eutechnyx games. Even though both games only had a small number of drivers/cars & only had Daytona & Indy when it came to tracks, they should be considered important in introducing NASCAR to a much broader audience especially outside of North America. Heck in GT5, Jeff Gordon has a role in the license tests where he introduces the sport to the player & one of the requirements to get the International B license is to then pass 3 cars at Daytona in one lap using the techniques he taught you. When it comes to GT6 ,there is an entire championship in the International A category called the Gran Turismo NASCAR Cup which had 5 races (Daytona, Indy, Motegi Oval, High Speed Ring & Willow Springs). The only bad things about NASCAR's presence in Gran Turismo is the limited number of drivers/cars, a unrealistic damage model (which applied to the entire game in both GT5 & GT6) & the fact that in order to participate in the Gran Turismo NASCAR Cup in GT6, you have to use restrictor plates at every track even at Indy where they weren't used in real life.

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

GT5 sucked too

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

NASCAR ‘15 was loads of fun. From the challenges, to creating paint schemes, to dropping in a quick race, everything was fun. One of my favorite NASCAR Games.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Kamikaze Games still predicted that NASCAR 15 would be the exact same Game as the 14 Game which ruins any creditiblity of it.

[@MidTennPews]

Thunder 04 is the best NASCAR game for me. The career mode alone was better than any other NASCAR game I've played.

[@sharkk127]

This and 14 were my childhood, god i loved them, I tried getting 15 on steam but it hates both the wheels I have

[@KnockdownNico]

I liked the fact that you could have the CPU & yourself DNF. I hope the next NASCAR game will have this feature but I highly doubt it

[@cito1101]

Pretty much the last copy and paste version of NASCAR inside line, and the Eutechnyx Saga

[@TheeVector751]

NASCAR 15 is probably my most played NASCAR game after 07. I love the racing at Auto Club and Chicagoland. Setups for restrictor plates if you did them were always weird because you’d have this really weird looking car and if you hit the dip on the turns the car would just crash. I also just miss being able to see what caused the caution compared to the new games. I feel like the newer games through phantom cautions unless you’re willing to sit through an hour replay to see what exactly caused certain cautions.

[@Lady_Aleera]

One thing that makes me return to nascar 15 is the paint booth, I've spent a good amount of time making schemes, I adore it

[@elaknessery]

I bought it, was excited, played it for a little while, then it became the first game I ever traded in to GameStop. It was alright but I literally went "I can just play Thundere 2003 or 2005 CFTC again." One thing I remember from it was how I made a few custom paint schemes and then when I tried to use them online, I'd get kicked from the lobbies. When I finally joined in a normal car, I asked and the dudes in the lobby said custom liveries made lobbies lag

[@TheWorldsAverageGamer]

What never made sense to me is how the heat series took such a step back, because monster games had all the assets from DMR. Imagine if this game had Xfinity and Trucks in it.

[@rarewhiteape]

You know how crazy it is that if iRacing put their interns onto it, they could compile a modern NASCAR game for all platforms and release it, like, this afternoon? iRacing already has the cars, the tracks, the physics, the multiplayer and the AI. All it needs to do is make sure every track has signage that matches current-day tracks, and trawl Trading Paints for the schemes. So think about the already built high quality content it has available right now, and then think about how iRacing is giving all of these assets to Monster Games, who has a track record of making good quality games, and giving it the time and budget it needs to make a NASCAR game for 2025 that will be absolutely stellar. The future is in good hands.

[@Yew-Tyewbe]

Still playing it to this day! I leave it for a bit but always come back. It’s probably my favourite console NASCAR game.

[@gavmillz2066]

I prefer inside line cause you can race on short tracks in that game

[@PaperBanjo64]

As for Iceberg not knowing about it, it was only available physically at GameStop, and it was basically just DLC for NASCAR '14.

[@nascarslipstream61]

Although I never played NASCAR '15. I have played a mobile game called NASCAR MANAGER '15. That was a amazing game for someone who didn't know anything about NASCAR. Back then it was my first game that I got on my iPad or iPod. That game definitely pushed me into the love of NASCAR. Sadly it has been 3 years since I last played it. And to my surprise I can't find it anywhere.

[@bostonwarrior4824]

I’ve been watching real Radman play NASCAR 14 and honestly the AI are a little bit of an issue but, other than that it’s an amazing game basically the same as 15 and NASCAR inside line. Still amazing game and I love watching him play it

[@TheSpeedracer1982]

The never fixed the bugs ‘13 ‘14 ‘15. So good luck with that.

[@SchlueterMan]

Had '15 Victory Edition since launch and it's the definition of a love hate relationship. The paint booth is awesome, the racing can be great as well. The thing is the bugs/glitches made the game literally unplayable, I've had to RESTART MY CAREER on a handful of occasions now to fix races and qualifying being soft-locked.. The racing was extremely track dependent, too, but that I can live with. It's an amazing game if you spend the sub $5 price tag you get during steam sales. Wouldn't recommend unless you do that.

[@Clabel]

What allows NASCAR 15 to remain somewhat relevant, is its online player base. There are still communities dedicated to the game to this very day on PC. I know this because I've owned the biggest Discord server dedicated to NASCAR 15 since around 2018 and we recently reached 500 members. The game is a buggy mess and broken on so many levels, but the game is simple, the graphics are solid, and the driving model is great.

[@naparacingfan9275]

This all started with NASCAR 14 when the game would crash mid race or right after the race almost all the time. Many years later Ignition did the same.

[@dcaseng]

I get why people liked this, based on physics, but i never got past the terrible AI. The AI is in my opinion the most important part of a Nascar game. Motorsport Games proved that point the hard way, because people generally liked the physics, but the atrocious AI is what killed it.

[@DeadZoneGaming]

I played nascar 13 a lot. Never really played this one cuz it seemed like more of the same. I'd say my favorite game of all time has to be Nascar 09. I played the hell out of that game. I played a stupid amount of 2011 lol. I think my favorite "recent game" has to be a tie between heat 3 and heat 5. It's a shame Ignition was a dumpster fire because the game looked great and sounded great and thats where the greatness ends lol

[@yungsagegaming8577]

So I never got to play this because it came out as everyone was making the switch from the 7th to 8th gen consoles and they decided to ignore those players, they never released a port

[@jc1424]

My premise has always been that if it's a racing game, physics and AI determine the actual playability of the game. If either are really lacking, the game just gets annoying. Eutechnyx saga at no point had AI better than like 5/10, meanwhile the physics are just 10/10. So at that point it doesn't really matter how good the car drives, why are they going 4 and 5 wide at Martinsville or crashing onto pit road?

[@ryanconley2320]

Tbh NASCAR heat 5 in my opinion is not that bad.

[@DragonStar524]

Nascar '15: The Black Sheep.

[@greendayray]

The 2015 game could have been great if they fixed the AI. The physics and sound and even the visuals were great for the time. But it’s all ruined when the ai takes you out right off the line like a bulldozer….

[@kolthaley6091]

I’ve owned every nascar game since Nascar ‘07 and Nascar ‘15 is still my favorite to this day. Very underrated game.

[@Dominion69420]

Nascar 15 multiplayer is so jank and thats what I love We’ve gone 220 down the dega backstretch in some league races But net code is an absolute bitch

[@elactionwilly2135]

U made me want to go back who’s down to race on inside line or 14’ 15?😂

[@pjizy3]

Realradman and Michael have both made me want to play these games again

[@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet]

Good to know that I’m not the only one who loves Texas Motor Speedway in this game, it was indeed the most fun track imo. You don’t need even need a controller to play properly, just a keyboard.

[@Godsbassbeat777]

Hey bud you failed to mention nascar 14 which was a eutexnix game!

[@trent7736]

Was downbad for the spicy paint schemes 💀

[@Haulinbassracing]

This would be the place to ask, has anyone ever unlocked hardcore mode on dirt 2 daytona on gamecube/dolphin? Is it similar to nascar 2003 with this mode enabled?

[@TheMandalorianFanChannel]

Can you paint actual NASCAR drivers cars or only custom cars in the paint booth on this game.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Only custom cars

[@TheMandalorianFanChannel]

@@PaperBanjo64 Thanks for the info

[@PaperBanjo64]

@TheMandalorianFanChannel it's a really good paint booth, your imagination and skill level is the limits

[@TheMandalorianFanChannel]

@@PaperBanjo64 Thanks

[@Patrick_Star_-qb2tt]

My first ever nascar game that got me invested, I always wished this game had the xfinity and trucks with these physics

[@Kimogan]

I haven’t been able to get past Kansas in my first season of career mode no matter how many times I re-start or re-install the game, it always crashes after 20 laps

[@PaperBanjo64]

The only things I dont about it is lack of tracks especially Xfinity only tracks and it has a glitch where usually at the start of a race and occasionally on restarts a car will just randomly stop, often in the racing line, and the AI cars won't even crash into it and drive around it! But if you crash into it the car doesn't even get moved after the caution!

[@William77_]

League races from 2015-2020 were peak

[@ming454]

Since I had only keyboard when I started, I played it for 2 years, it's definitely the best NASCAR game for keyboard, it is really enjoyable to play (except Pocono), but with steering wheel...

[@bostonwarrior4824]

Victory edition is the better version, since it has more schemes

[@literal_hack_LEONARDO]

I've heard of nascar 14-15 because of ZoliGamesHD

[@KashDarby]

That dudes crash compilations were my childhood LMFAO

[@fnf_matt426]

NASCAR 15 was so fun I would always use the 32 or 46

[@Bryce-26]

I just got Nascar 15 for the PS3 for christmas and It's decent but I will say their paint is really good

[@ArthurCallahan389]

Eutechnyx was a mess. Everything since Thunder series has been a mess. Hopefully iRacing finally meets expectations!

[@ArthurCallahan389]

Oh yeah, Eutechnyx did have an unmatched paint booth! I made some of the best looking cars I’ve ever been able to create on their paint booth. Nothing since has held a candle to it.

[@awesomeeli8251]

I still have nascar 15 but I don't play it anymore, It's a good game but their were some bugs in the game

[@jaggerglover2178]

did league racing on 15 and it was so fun

[@sadige92]

I loved NASCAR 15.

[@uselesspaprclip5057]

I still do league racing on this game believe it or not. Games just that good

[@OwnedByBaba]

easily atlanta was the most fun track on the euthenix games, if you played at this track, tire fall of was insane and that track actually required line changing

[@JivinJoe0984]

I need to get this game on 360 so I can play it again but this time on the series x, when I had Playstation I'd make the Earnhardt wrangler, black/silver goodwrench and bass pro shops cars

[@Dogman_VRC]

How convenient that I just started playing this last week. 😂

[@JivinJoe0984]

If you have a computer then nr2003 is a good game, me personally idk

[@tacodfs]

3:30 bruh is that how you drive road courses?

[@hunterthe1]

Putting the AI at 85 makes it so much better. They don't over drive corners and are no slower than 100.

[@TanDawg58]

The gameplay was average. What sets 11-15 apart is the fantastic paint booth. I have so many different custom schemes for career mode, as well as a ton of schemes for drivers that werent included in the games, and NASCAR legends.

[@RazerHolic]

Leave it on the track doodoodoodoo Leave it on the track

[@mr.boomer8794]

'15 victory edition and '14 on PS3 are the ones I have the most fun with. The group qualifying sucks, but eh.

[@NotMattyDYT]

I think NASCAR 15 is fun at times and is a game that you can play if you aren't a fan of the Heat series and 21 but its mostly ok not good not bad just decent at best its essentially NASCAR 14 but they removed challenges and changed the schedule to the 2015 one

[@KevinHarvickisnothappy4]

Playing this game on a steering wheel is a pain

[@uselesspaprclip5057]

Why was that though

[@3DWorldMan]

@@uselesspaprclip5057 because it doesn't work

[@uselesspaprclip5057]

@@3DWorldMan dang I was gonna buy a ps3 wheel

[@trainscae1025]

why wasn't the game released on xbox one and ps4?

[@rp2819]

The reason the latee Heat games were boring to me was not the quality of the game, but the Nascar rules package at the time. It just isn't fun when there is no horsepower and you are nearly full throttle at almost every track. Tracks like Bristol/Dover were the only fun ones to me

[@Newmanfan4ever39]

imma be honest the heat games made me quit league racing cuz of the poor handling and physics i was to use to the etx one's

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

The reason it's forgotten: No Wii U release to compete with Mario Kart 8, not that either was gonna save that junk heap of a failed system

[@noahhall5211]

My opinion nascar 15 was the last great nascar game

[@RazerHolic]

Nascar 15 > Heat 5

[@Galo1908mg]

144$ forget it