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NASCAR Racing 3 | |
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Cover art featuring the cars of Bobby Labonte and Dale Jarrett | |
Developer(s) | Papyrus Design Group |
Publisher(s) | Sierra Sports |
Director(s) | David Matson |
Producer(s) | Matt Marsala |
Designer(s) | Richard Yasi |
Programmer(s) | Charlie Heath |
Artist(s) | David D. Flamburis |
Series | NASCAR Racing |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Sim racing |
Mode(s) | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
NASCAR Racing 3 is a racing simulator produced by Papyrus Design Group and published by Sierra Sports for Microsoft Windows in 1999.
Gameplay[edit]
Players can compete in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 1999 NASCAR Busch Series. The game's multiplayer was powered by the World Opponent Network(WON), but is now inaccessible by this method after the end of WON servers in 2000. The game had an expansion called Craftsman Truck Series Expansion. Patches are available for updates for both the main and expansion games on the Sierra Entertainment website.
Reviews[edit]
NASCAR Racing 3 was released to largely positive reviews: IGN gave it a 9.2,[1] GameSpot a 9.4,[2] amongst other high ratings.[3]
According to Edge, NASCAR Racing 3 sold at least 100,000 copies in the United States, but was beaten by NASCAR Racing 4's 260,000 sales in the region. Total US sales of NASCAR Racing computer games released in the 2000s reached 900,000 copies by August 2006.[4]
NASCAR Racing 3 won GameSpot's 1999 'Driving Game of the Year' award. The editors called it 'as ambitious as driving games get.'[5] It was also a nominee for CNET Gamecenter's 'Best Racing Game' award, which went to Need for Speed: High Stakes.[6]
References[edit]
- ^NASCAR Racing 3 - IGN
- ^NASCAR Racing 3 Review - GameSpot.com
- ^Nascar Racing 3 Reviews and Previews (PC)
- ^Edge Staff (August 25, 2006). 'The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century'. Edge. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012.
- ^Staff. 'The Best & Worst of 1999'. GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.
- ^The Gamecenter Staff (January 21, 2000). 'The Gamecenter Awards for 1999!'. CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on June 6, 2000.
External links[edit]
- NASCAR Racing 3 at MobyGames
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Description of NASCAR Racing 3 Windows
NASCAR Racing 3 is a video game published in 1999 on Windows by Sierra On-Line, Inc.. It's a racing / driving and simulation game, set in a licensed title, vehicle simulator and track racing themes.
NASCAR Racing 3 has an addon available: NASCAR Racing 3 Craftsman Truck Series Expansion Pack, don't miss it!
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Comments and reviews
Dave333332019-08-210 point
NASCAR Racing 3 is an odd game when you look between it's brothers and sisters that came before and after it. More or less, this was a transitional era for the Papyrus series. Compared to what NASCAR Racing 1 and 2 put out, 3 looked like a DOS game that ran like a windows application, however, it showed a much improved driving model and you wouldn't have trouble keeping the pace against the field. This is also the first (and debatably only) game to fully integrate the Busch Grand National and Craftsman Truck Series, barring a few missing drivers, which could take some digging to find their custom files.
Now, to install this and get it working on modern systems is amazingly simple compared to what NR2003 has put out.
Download the ISO file, ignore the rip, it's better to have the ISO anyway. Use WinCDEmu or whatever virtual drive software you got on hand, and mount the iso. Run the installer as normal, you don't even need a serial number to continue installation, at least, until you confront the Truck Series Expansion, where the key is required to run.
Once you got the game installed, ignore the stuff from AT&T and WON, both are obviously outdated offers and a dead gaming network, in fact, WON became what we know as Steam, little fun fact there. Now, don't start the game yet, there's one more thing you gotta do. Go to compatibility settings and set the program to Windows 98/Me, otherwise the program runs excruciatingly slow.
20 years old, and a solid game and a welcome part to any NASCAR game collection. You can even port forward and do online racing with it, amazingly.
Now, to install this and get it working on modern systems is amazingly simple compared to what NR2003 has put out.
Download the ISO file, ignore the rip, it's better to have the ISO anyway. Use WinCDEmu or whatever virtual drive software you got on hand, and mount the iso. Run the installer as normal, you don't even need a serial number to continue installation, at least, until you confront the Truck Series Expansion, where the key is required to run.
Once you got the game installed, ignore the stuff from AT&T and WON, both are obviously outdated offers and a dead gaming network, in fact, WON became what we know as Steam, little fun fact there. Now, don't start the game yet, there's one more thing you gotta do. Go to compatibility settings and set the program to Windows 98/Me, otherwise the program runs excruciatingly slow.
20 years old, and a solid game and a welcome part to any NASCAR game collection. You can even port forward and do online racing with it, amazingly.
Tiercon2019-08-172 points
File is corrupt. Please fix
zain ul abdeen2019-07-310 point
is the game compatible of windows vista
ahmad992019-03-072 points
the RIP file is not working. Pls repair, thanks
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