NASCAR Heat 3

Nelson Ullinskey · Oct 4, 2018

Proper FFB has kept me away from the nascar games, but this plus all the expansive content in this title I might have to get it!

NicuTapa · Oct 4, 2018

For me on PS4 Pro it's the most augly game ever...like a nightmare...shame for that quality graphics in 2018

roadyroad · Oct 4, 2018

I saw complains about the speed sensitivity default setting with a wheel and the lack of adjustment for it (there should be 0 speed sensitivity with a ffb wheel). Is it still there?

nezeiges · Oct 5, 2018

I don't even consider buying this game since we have 3 excellent Nasar mods for Automobilista

BorisK · Oct 11, 2018

please option to turn off wheel in cockpit! And make possible to adjust seat position and fov.

Paul Jeffrey · Oct 20, 2018

NASCAR Heat 3 players have received a new update today with the introduction of the October DLC for the officially licenced NASCAR racing title.

The latest DLC drop for NASCAR Heat 3 has arrived, and with it players now have the opportunity to try out an impressive array of new liveries across the three real world NASCAR sanctioned categories within the game.

Adding no less than 43 new pain schemes to the title, many of which are heavily weighted towards iconic historic designs from throughout the history of the sport, the latest DLC certainly has plenty of content to keep players entertained.

In addition to new liveries the October DLC also contains a new spotter audio to select, with MRN announcer Alex Hayden the latest person employed to provide audio guidance to the driver out on track. Check the DLC content details out for yourself below:

Paint Schemes

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Jamie McMurray, McDonald’s 50th Anniversary Throwback
Brad Keselowski, Alliance Truck Parts (Kid Friendly)
Austin Dillon, American Ethanol Throwback
Austin Dillon, Realtree
Aric Almirola, Smithfield Throwback
Denny Hamlin, FedEx Throwback
Denny Hamlin, FedEx Office
Ryan Blaney, Menards Throwback
Ryan Blaney, DeVilbiss / Carlisle
Ty Dillon, Geico Throwback (Kid Friendly)
Clint Bowyer, Carolina Ford Dealers Throwback
Clint Bowyer, One Cure
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Fastenal Stars Chicagoland
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford EcoBoost (Black)
Kyle Busch, Skittles Throwback
Kyle Busch, M&M’S Flavor Vote
Kyle Busch, M&M’S Flavor Vote Winner
Daniel Suarez, Peak Antifreeze
Erik Jones, Sport Clips Throwback
Erik Jones, Buyatoyota.com
Paul Menard, Motorcraft Throwback
Paul Menard, Richmond / Menards (Red Number)
Joey Logano, Pennzoil Throwback
Ryan Newman, Caterpillar Throwback
Matt DiBenedetto, Keen Parts Throwback
Matt DiBenedetto, Plan B Sales
Matt DiBenedetto, Anest Iwata
Michael McDowell, Love’s Travel Stops Throwback
Chris Buescher, Bush’s Best Throwback
David Ragan, Cit Gard Throwback
David Ragan, Performance Plus
Kurt Busch, Haas Automation Throwback
Kurt Busch, State Water Heaters
Kyle Larson, DC Solar Throwback
Kyle Larson, Credit One Stripes
Kyle Larson, Credit One Stars
Bubba Wallace, STP Throwback
Bubba Wallace, STP
Bubba Wallace, Air Force
AJ Allmendinger, Kroger Click List Throwback
Corey LaJoie, BCT Throwback
Kasey Kahne, Dumont Jets Throwback
Kasey Kahne, ProCore Safety

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Ty Dillon, Daniel Defense Throwback
Ross Chastain, Gerber
Christopher Bell, Rheem Throwback
Daniel Hemric, South Point Casino Throwback (Kid Friendly)
Spencer Gallagher, GMS Fabrication Throwback
Jeremy Clements, RepairableVehicles.com Throwback
Joey Gase, Darlington Throwback
Joey Gase, Sparks Energy Patriotic
Ty Majeski, SunnyD
Kevin Harvick, Hunt Brothers Pizza Throwback

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Jordan Anderson, Bomarrito / Lucas Oil – Yellow Number
Myatt Snider, Louisiana Hot Sauce
Brett Moffitt, Don Valley North
Johnny Sauter, ISM Connect (Patriotic)
Ben Rhodes, Carolina Nut Co
Joe Nemechek, Fleeting / DAB Constructors
Grant Enfinger , CURB Records
Matt Crafton, Rip It / Menards
Matt Crafton, Jack Links / Menards

Challenges & Spotter Audio
Also included within the October Pack are 3 new Challenges featuring Brad Keselowski, Justin Allgaier, and Johnny Sauter as well as new Spotter Audio from MRN announcer Alex Hayden!

The NASCAR Heat 3 October DLC is available now for £10.29.

NASCAR Heat 3 is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

Have a look over at our NASCAR Heat 3 sub forum for the latest news and discussions about the game.

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Are you happy with the DLC content release for NH3? Do you like the game as it stands currently? What is your favourite part of the new DLC? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

Pywackett-Barchetta · Oct 20, 2018

Having DiBenedetto's Burton throwback is a major plus. Not sure it pushes the game overall into must-have territory, but hey, certainly helps.

gamer19 · Oct 22, 2018

Paintjobs, paintjobs and some more paintjobs...
There's nothing else to be fixed ?
This raise the number of sold copies ?

Lord Enforcer · Oct 29, 2018

What if my buddies and I want to race a season?

Can you setup an online season (wan or lan) with all cars cpu and just 5 to 7 humans? I did this years ago in a nascar game..

Also what is NORMAL or CHAMPIONS multiplayer?

BorisK · Dec 19, 2018

Like as previous games - nothing to fix. Parasitism on legendary tittle.

Matt19 · Dec 29, 2018

What difficulty do you guys use in career mode? Hard seems to be good for 3 star teams, but with 4 and 5 star teams Hard seems to be slightly too easy. Would you guys recommend moving up to Legend when you get with a 4 or 5 star team? How hard is Legend if you're driving for a 4/5 star team.

Paul Jeffrey · Feb 12, 2019

The all new Ford Mustang headlines the 2019 NASCAR Heat 3 season update release.

In advance of a brand new game later in the year, 704Games have continued a the recent tradition of deploying a new season update to their latest NASCAR Heat franchise videogame, releasing the 2019 Season Update to the title and adding the latest drivers, teams and cars of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - including the new for this season Ford Mustang..!

Set to retail for around $9.99, what makes this pack a little bit special in comparison to previous years is the amount of compatibility with the standard game version of the title. Unlike the 2018 update for Heat Evolution, players who purchase the new season update will be able to take their game online when using the new content, as well as playing the 2019 season in Quick Race, Championship, Split Screen and Career mode... at last!

Like previous Season Updates, players will choose between the 2018 and 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Seasons. In the 2019 Season, NASCAR Heat 3 players can race in the following modes; Quick Race, Championship, Split Screen, Career, and, for the first time in a Season Update, Online.

Online racing in the 2019 Season Update is limited to other players who also own the 2019 Season Update. As a result, 2018 and 2019 cars cannot run on a track at the same time in NASCAR Heat 3 and this is due to licensing rules. In addition, players can still race online in the 2018 portion of the game.

For Career mode in the NASCAR Heat 3 2019 Season Update, players will begin in the Xtreme Dirt Tour, then move on to the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and work their way into the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series. After that, players will head to the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Further, players can also customize the 2019 Ford Mustang in the car customization menu. Finally, 2018 Career progress mode will be kept.

The 2019 Season Update DLC is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC now.

Have a look over at our NASCAR Heat 3 sub forum for the latest news and discussions about the game.

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Deleted member 151827 · Feb 12, 2019

Is there a big difference from 2 to 3? Worth buying?

jacobc62 · Feb 12, 2019

Doug Taylor said:
Is there a big difference from 2 to 3? Worth buying?

Unlike Heat 2, you can use money earned during your career to open and fund your own team and build your legacy over the course of a seemingly unending career mode. The game also comes with a fictional dirt late model series called the Dirt Xtreme Tour, that races on several real-life dirt tracks (including two dirt variants of asphalt ovals), and a couple of fictional dirt courses. You start in the Dirt series and work your way up through Trucks, Xfinity, and eventually up to the Monster Energy Cup Series. The physics and handling are still semi-realistic at best, mostly arcade-y at worst, but have been improved over Heat 2's, and Heat Evo's.

I would say it's worth buying, preferably if it's on sale though. It's easily worth a good $30-$40 instead of the previous $15-$20 of the last two games, but still not quite at the full $50 the game started out as when it released last September.

bporion · Feb 12, 2019

no VR no buy !

x77x · May 20, 2019

prereqs... photoshop, skill and UABE program
https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?22675-Unity-Assets-Bundle-Extractor

HOW TO CHANGE DRIVERS IN GAME NAME TEXT
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(leaving the file structures alone, this is replacing a driver name but using the same file names)
always backup the files before editing!!!
i said.... always backup any file you plan to edit before editing!!

NASCARHEAT3_Data/resources.assets (open this with UABE)
c18_kurt_busch_Future.assets (not c18_kurt_busch_Future.id)
this is where the main menu text and in race text is
gettting this to show properly before "export dump" is tricky
(someday ill make a video to show how)

-click on MonoBehaviour c18_kurt_busch_Future.assets
-click "EXPORT DUMP" when it askes you about addition monotype information
click YES, then X off all the boxes or cancel each item it asks for until it finishes
(this is the most important part!)
-then save the UABE text dump
-then open it with notepad

*THE DUMP MUST LOOK LIKE THIS*
if it doesn't, you did something wrong...

--- !u!114 &1789875671339118814
MonoBehaviour:
m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
m_PrefabParentObject: {fileID: 0}
m_PrefabInternal: {fileID: 0}
m_GameObject: {fileID: 0}
m_Enabled: 1
m_EditorHideFlags: 0
m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: d8f9b4e4c31f619f429391c5bececb6f, type: 3}
m_Name: "c18_kyle_busch_Future"
m_EditorClassIdentifier:
_id_asset: {fileID: 11400000, guid: c0bf198996be467f8dce33e9599bbc2f, type: 2}
_full_name: "Kyle Busch"
_first_name: "Kyle"
_last_name: "Busch"
_home_town: "Las Vegas, NV"
_twitter_handle: "@KyleBusch"
_car_number_string: "18"
_car_number: 18
_starDriverAssetName: "KyleBusch"
_characterPreset: {fileID: 4900000, guid: 43156d56a3004941b5812bc02b83a08c, type: 3}
_ai_skill:
_super_speedway_rating: 18
_speedway_rating: 1
_roadcourse_rating: 4
_shortcourse_rating: 1
_chase_weight: 200

ONLY MODIFY these values, leave the rest alone!!!!

_full_name: "Kyle Busch"
_first_name: "Kyle"
_last_name: "Busch"
_home_town: "Las Vegas, NV"
_twitter_handle: "@KyleBusch"
_car_number_string: "18"

(you can adjust the driver skills too if you want, 1 is best 99 is crappy)

NOW SAVE THE TXT FILE

now to import it...

-click on MonoBehaviour c18_kurt_busch_Future.assets
-click IMPORT DUMP
select the text file you just edited
CLICK OK, would you like to save, click YES
now you must save it for real...
back at the main window click FILE - SAVE

now save it as

resourcesNEW.assets
or something, never save over the original file!!!

now rename and swap out the new resources.assets with the original...
load up the game to test...
(YOU ALWAYS DUMP EXPORT FIRST, THEN DUMP IMPORT!!!)

HOW TO EDIT THE MAIN MENU STUFF
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NASCARHeat3_Data/StreamingAssets/PC/AssetBundles/PersonaAssets/cupc18_kyle_busch2018.file
CARNUMBER (used in race menus, small number)
HEADSHOT(the main menu car selection number, in 2018 season it has an pic of the driver)
TEAMLOGO
typical UABE... click on the texture - click plugins - export to .png or tga, edit, then import and save.
(remember you cannot save over the original)

HOW TO EDIT IN GAME CAR PAINTS AND WHATNOT
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NASCARHeat3_Data/StreamingAssets/PC/AssetBundles/CarAppearances/default_c18_kyle_busch.rab
BOXLOGO, CARNUMBER, CREWUNIFORM, PAINTJOB, PITBOX (main game skins)
(use the templates i made to create a new paintjob)
http://escanabasucks.com/junk/NH3TEMPLATES.rar
typical UABE... click on the texture
select KYLE_BUSCH_default_PAINTJOB
plugins - edit - LOAD to import your new edited paintjob

SUMMARY
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you need to edit these files...
NASCARHEAT3_Data/resources.assets - c18_firstname_lastname_Future.assets
to change in game text

NASCARHeat3_Data/StreamingAssets/PC/AssetBundles/PersonaAssets/cupc18_firstname_lastname2018.file
CARNUMBER, HEADSHOT, TEAMLOGO
to change the main menu items

NASCARHeat3_Data/StreamingAssets/PC/AssetBundles/CarAppearances/default_c18_firstname_lastname.rab
BOXLOGO, CARNUMBER, CREWUNIFORM, PAINTJOB, PITBOX
to change the in race items