The most REALISTIC racing game series EVER!
NASCAR Racing has EVERYTHING I love in a racing game...
From the Vehicle physics, surface and environment conditions, right down to damage physics!
I loved playing the Need For Speed series especially when EA introduced performance affecting damage (in NFS4 - NFS6) which made it all part of the challenge. When NFS7 came out I was very disappointed because they took a massive step backwards from the direction NFS was taking (and that was awesome btw).
I remember playing the original game of NASCAR Racing before NFS ever came out and MAN was that COOL! Being a kid... Yeah! Love the mayhem you could cause in this game! As I got older it was that challenge of staying in one piece and winning the race!
Haven't place any of the installments between the original and 2003 but when I first played it... IMO I found it to be ten times better than the original!
Oh yeah that's the other thing I love about NASCAR Racing... PAINTSHOP!
And that got a whole lot better with just easy and flexible you could whip up a seriously cool paint job for your cars!
Papyrus' NASCAR Racing series is THE BOMB!