NASCAR Racing 2003 Season

NASCAR Racing 2003 Season

Developers
	Papyrus Design Group
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	Papy3D
Release dates
Windows	February 13, 2003
macOS (OS X)	February 13, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	Sponsored
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	North America
Series	NASCAR Racing

NASCAR Racing
Subseries of NASCAR
NASCAR Racing	1994
NASCAR Racing 2	1996
NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition	1998
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Racing	1999
NASCAR Racing 3	1999
NASCAR Legends	1999
NASCAR Racing 4	2001
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season	2002
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season	2003

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Extensive modding community.

Has frame rate issues running in fullscreen on insufficient memory. See Issues unresolved.

Use v1.2.0.1 patch to prevent error from launching on modern systems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check. Requires a key to install the retail version.

Demo is available.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Sponsored	The game was sponsored through NASCAR season and it's various licensed real life brands and manufacturers.

Essential improvements

Patches

• The latest official 1.2.0.1 Patch is available at soggi.org.

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to game options In 'User interface' tab, disable 'Intro & Exit Sequences' Or alternatively, delete or rename Intro.bik in <path-to-game>.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players\[player name]\player.ini <path-to-game>\core.ini
macOS (OS X)

There are too many of options to edit it.

The file core.ini can be edited too.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players\[player name]\
macOS (OS X)

Championship mode can be saved.

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Main menu Pillarboxed 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		65-78°, configurable in the in-game options menu
Windowed		Can be set through Config.exe.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be edited the AnisotropicLevel=* in file rend_dxg.ini
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Key bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Certain keys with letters, numbers, arrow keys or symbols for driving cannot be bound, only binds on numeric keypads or function keys.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used outside the menu.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		All menus require a mouse.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Axis steering sensitivity is hard.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		Steering Wheels
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Player Engine, Opponent Engine, Spotter/Crew, Track Surface, Crashes & Other Effects.
Surround sound		3D Audio only
Subtitles		'Text only' or 'Voice and text' set through options. Located in upper third.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues unresolved

Game running in fullscreen on insufficient memory

Not enough memory to play this game, causing frame rate issues.

Free up the storage memory to play this game. As it overcrosses from installing.

Play this game on a windowed mode.

Issues fixed

Texture issues in game

Instructions to fix
Open rend_dxg.ini in <path-to-game>. Edit AnisotropicLevel=* to 9 Edit TextureSetSize=* to 44194304

Pure Virtual Function Call error in Visual C++ on modern systems

Use v1.2.0.1 patch.[citation needed]

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Sierra.com

Mods

NR2003 Mods and Carsets

Site contains season, tracks, maps, car liveries mods and community.

Site domain created from Weebly.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Direct3D compatible 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	OS X 10.0	OS X 10.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G4 733 Single, 500 Dual CPU	PowerPC G4 867
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon class, nVidia GeForce 2 16 MB of VRAM	ATI Radeon 8500, nVidia GeForce 3 32 MB of VRAM