<s>
NASCAR	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
2003	I-Application
Season	I-Application
,	O
or	O
NR2003	B-Application
for	O
short	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
racing	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
released	O
in	O
February	O
2003	O
by	O
Papyrus	O
Design	O
Group	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
included	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
2003	O
NASCAR	O
season	O
tracks	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
drivers	O
,	O
including	O
Dave	O
Blaney	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
absent	O
in	O
NASCAR	B-Application
Thunder	I-Application
2004	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NASCAR	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
2003	I-Application
Season	I-Application
contains	O
40	O
Winston	O
Cup	O
teams	O
that	O
were	O
anticipated	O
to	O
run	O
throughout	O
the	O
season	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
cars	O
from	O
Chip	O
Ganassi	O
Racing	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
23	O
Winston	O
Cup	O
series	O
tracks	O
,	O
putting	O
the	O
player	O
behind	O
the	O
wheel	O
of	O
a	O
NASCAR	O
stock	O
car	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2004	O
,	O
NR2003	B-Application
was	O
pulled	O
from	O
shelves	O
when	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
acquired	O
the	O
exclusive	O
NASCAR	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2004	O
,	O
Papyrus	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
David	O
Kaemmer	O
bought	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
assets	O
a	O
couple	O
months	O
later	O
for	O
his	O
company	O
FIRST	O
,	O
LLC	O
where	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
base	O
code	O
for	O
iRacing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Edge	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
at	O
least	O
100,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
beaten	O
by	O
NASCAR	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
4s	I-Application
260,000	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
Andy	O
Mahood	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
established	O
a	O
daunting	O
new	O
standard	O
for	O
PC	O
racing	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
that	O
may	O
take	O
years	O
to	O
eclipse	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
