While the events leading up to Death Race 2000 didn't quite go according to the initial prediction, that didn't stop Paul W.S. Anderson from taking the IP and revamping it for the 2000s! This gives us Death Race! Not 2000, nor the release year 2008, nor the year it's set in.. which it's not very clear about, but would have to be at least 2013 if not later. Except it's a prequel to Death Race 2000. Fuck it, blame Paul, he said it.