r/Nr2003 Oct 02 '23

READ THIS FIRST READ THIS FIRST! The r/NR2003 Getting Started Guide

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Welcome! This subreddit is your best place for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season news, updates and resources. We're dedicated to keeping this nearly 21-year-old sim alive and well, and our community is our best way to do this. We ask that you read this thread upon your first visit and reference it in the future if you have any questions.

NOTE: There is a short waiting period for new users to make posts and comment due to an ongoing issue of banned users attempting to circumvent their bans. If you are a new member and your post is automatically removed, please be patient and try again once the waiting period is over.

  1. Read the Rules! There aren't many, but we like to keep things NR2003-focused and civil above all else. Please also pay attention to rule #4 if you're looking for a specific paint scheme or carset. The Paint Scheme Search Thread is a dedicated place for all of those requests so we don't flood the subreddit with posts.
  2. Read the below commonly asked questions before starting a help thread. This post will be continuously updated to provide help with the most common NR2003 problems. If anyone has anything they think should be added, whether it's a recurring question or a good answer, please let us know in the comments.

1. Where can I download the game and how do I install it?

The current best places to find the game are here:

https://drnoisepaints.com/index.php/how-tos/installing-nr2003-in-2022

https://nr2003racingextremes.weebly.com/misc.html

Here is a good video on how to install downloaded mods and tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecm55kzcwmg&t=

2. Where can I download the latest mods?

There are a wealth of mods for lots of different racing series including up to date Cup and Xfinity cars and 2020 paint schemes and rosters. There are plenty of active websites, but as a starting point you're best to start here:

https://nr2k3.weebly.com/mods.html

With that said, Splash n Go, who created the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Cup mods as well as some excellent early 2000s mods, have now shuttered their website. Currently the links on the above site still point to their site, but you can now find all of their work at Stunod Racing:

http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/categories/splash-n-go-mods.297/

3. Where can I download up-to-date tracks?

Again there are lots of websites putting out updated real and fictional tracks, the best starting place would be here:

https://nr2k3.weebly.com/tracks.html

4. Where can I download paint schemes or find a particular paint scheme?

Most of the content being created for the game are paint schemes. It's something a lot of community members are into and the one area you'll see the most productivity in. Once again there are countless websites to find schemes and complete carsets going all the way back to the 1950s. Stunod Racing is one of the most popular places to find paint schemes.

http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/

5. Why do I need to create an account on some websites? All I want to do is download some cars/mods!

There have been some instances in the past of spammers and trolls attacking websites withing the NR2003 community, so for that and other reasons, some sites will require you to create an account before you download anything. It's free to do and if you're concerned about privacy I'd suggest using a burner email address and not using any of your contact information on a site you don't trust. Like Reddit, it's possible to be completely anonymous and still abide by the straightforward rules set out by these sites. On that topic, we've had a few users stating they tried to create a new account on places like Stunod and were banned because they already had an account and had forgotten their username or password. Rather than forcing a site to ban you, I'd encourage you to contact their admin team and see if you can update your password or obtain your previous username.

6. The graphics look fuzzy and with the new mods my FPS is laggy, what can I do?

This is something did an excellent job of addressing in the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrqsT4wgqAI&t=

I'd actually encourage everyone to go through these steps, even if you aren't yet having any issues with lag or FPS

7. What do I use to paint or render my own schemes?

There are lots of different ways to go about painting your own schemes, the simplest way is to download some templates, base schemes, sponsor logos and numbers and use free software like GIMP to put it all together in your own creation. You can download GIMP here:

https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

The learning curve with GIMP isnt too steep, but here's a good video guide to getting started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPDKQro7O4&t=

Most creators will create a special high-quality scene, known as a render, to display their schemes when uploading them or just to show them off online. For rendering your own schemes there are a number of good paid softwares, but Blender is an excellent free tool:

https://www.blender.org/

George Austria has put together an excellent tutorial video taking you through the basics for rendering schemes on Blender:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xe3VMiADVY&t=121s

You can download pre-made render scenes for Blender at Stunod:

http://stunodracing.net/index.php?resources/categories/3d-scenes.1/

8. Where do I find random miscellaneous utilities, updates, templates, base schemes, tweaks, etc.

Here's a big list of sites with NR2003 resources, listing them here is not an endorsement or recommendation, but they pretty much have everything you could ever be seeking for the game:

adracingdesigns.com

apt2k3.weebly.com

bb-mc.co

bigdonlinemotorsports.com

bigevilracing.com

drnoisepaints.com

fsbracing.com with thanks to

hoboracing.com/simracing

kirbyfighter12.wixsite.com/talleydesigns

murraysimdesigns.com

nr2003.jhodgedesign.com The best place to download the NXS20 (NASCAR Xfinity Series 2020) mod + official updates and templates.

n2003replayanalyzer.martingranberg.se/

rollingthundergaming.com

stunodracing.net

tapatalk.com/groups/nascarfunfacts/

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I'd encourage users to suggest additional sites where good NR2003 content can be found.

9. I want to race with actual human beings online. Where can I do this?

Here's a list of currently active online racing leagues that we support.

Independent Sim Racing League Discord

FUEL Racing League Discord

Mondays of Thunder Discord

FAST Renegade Pro Cup Series Facebook

10. I downloaded some cars and they aren't showing up in my game, what am I missing?

You'll need the physics swapper for this. Carfiles will be assigned a physics type (Cup, GNS, CTS or PTA) by their creator and if that doesn't match the one of the mod you've added them to you need to change the carfile. Keep in mind if the carfile wasn't designed for the mod you're using the car will not look right in game anyway. But if you run the MENCS19 mod with CTS physics, you'll need to spend some time swapping your carfiles from Cup each time you download any. As that is by far the most common physics used for the MENCS19 mod. You can download the physics swapper here:

http://rollingthundergaming.com/downloads/nascar/mods_and_addons.htm

The file you want is the second link from the bottom.

11. When I try to use the FCRD NCS22 mod, my game crashes when I click "Drive."

In your in-game graphics options, turn off Shadows: On cars, from structures.

12. I can't figure out setups, or my car is undrivable. What can I do?

This is a sim, so the cars are not easy to drive, nor are they straightforward to setup. All the original tracks have some default setups built in, but even these may not suit your driving style or your input device. As a starting point here's a good tutorial video from that should help you figure things out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOfwZXPldLg

There will absolutely be things I've overlooked or missed here, but this will be a WIP sticky post and again we encourage any users with suggestions to let us know.

Thank you all for being a part of this sub and the wider NR2003 community, you are what keep this 20+ year old racing sim alive!


r/Nr2003 Jun 10 '22

Help or Question The NR2003 Paint Scheme Search Thread

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Trying to find out if a certain paint scheme for a particular mod has been made and where to find it? Post your question here with a link to a photo and another member may have the answer.


r/Nr2003 6h ago

Utilities PROJECT STEEL FIRE FOX 2026 TICKER PREVIEW

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i am working with steel horse to make tickers for the program. i made the fox 22 ticker that was released in the previous version, and i'm currently working on fox 26, which will be released soon, along with prime, tnt, and nbc 2018.

Higher quality version available in the Steel Horse Discord server, in the #ticker-preview channel.

Didn't realize Reddit absolutely nukes image quality 😭


r/Nr2003 2h ago

Utilities PROJECT STEEL FIRE INDYCAR ON FOX TICKER PREVIEW

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2nd post about my development for Project Steel fire Ticker Overlays. I've now recreated the INDYCAR on FOX ticker, and you'll be able to use it in the program soon.

It took me about 2 hours to make, so I hope you guys enjoy it when it releases!

Higher quality version available in the Steel Horse Discord server, in the #ticker-preview channel: https://discord.gg/vtQcnEYE9b


r/Nr2003 4h ago

Discussion (Semi-OT) iRacing has a security scare too?!

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Just shortly after the Stunod scare, we get one with iRacing.. what's with hackers and racing games this week?


r/Nr2003 2h ago

Help or Question Where am I losing time

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Im not sure how or where to get time back


r/Nr2003 20h ago

Help or Question We are in jeopardy.......

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r/Nr2003 18h ago

Discussion 🫡 Stunod

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The negative reaction to the new site was both unexpected and disheartening, especially considering our community has never had a platform quite like this before. A tremendous amount of time, energy, and money went into building it, so seeing such a lack of patience and gratitude from some members was tough to swallow. And to see it go out like that was so painful to do. We knew there were issues that needed to be ironed out, but few were willing to give us the time to fix it before speaking out negatively and aggressively.

Stewie hosts over 18,000+ downloads many with exclusive permissions you can't find anywhere else. The recent attack was financially draining and was still actively ongoing when I made the call to shut things down. The co-owners and I will come together to discuss our next steps and evaluate how we move forward.

Before we make any moves, my immediate priority is settling our outstanding balance with Google. While building something new is the eventual goal, it will carry a cost as it always does.


r/Nr2003 24m ago

Discussion Something for the realism loving NR2003 players in the subreddit, and a question.

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Got a couple fun tweaks that I want to share with you guys that improved the quality of life of this sim for me to the extent of what I've found capable so far.

First, if you convert the PWF CTS (or the highly underrated CTS07) mod to GNS physics, then convert your truck sets to GNS as well, and raise all track grip levels for testing by a tenth, it will drive so much more like pre-2008 trucks with them being really fast in the corners and faster on the straightaways before they put the tapered spacers on to slow them down. I've found that the 670 HP of GNS physics simulates this era of truck better for me because as I said, they were faster in this era. And I find it absolutely perfect for the mid-2000's style of racing.

Second, it may be the ratings I use which is an older version of ai_line_modifier's formula, but I find that for intermediates and big non-plate tracks like Michigan, if you use a combination of that, and then go into track ini, change track grip for a slightly stronger high line by about 3-5 tenths, change the drafting distance to 1.7 and set the dlat_pad to 0.65, you will get much more field spread and breakaways after a few laps and multi-groove racing in a long run while still having lots of fun on track battles. I've had many races where the AI actually passes on the high line on their own merit or even sometimes gets loose, and seeing both lines work is really cool. Everyone may have different experiences, so if you try any of this out yourself, please let me know your results or if you added or changed anything to improve upon it.

Now I have a question. What realism tweaks in terms of the racing itself did you guys make to further immerse yourself into the game? I'm very interested and I would love to try your ideas out!


r/Nr2003 16h ago

Carset Archive of some of the LarryFoyt50 sets until Stunod comes back up.

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I have the 2001,2002 and 2007 sets archived, I do also have 2006 but it is on my desktop so if Stunod is not still back up by August 5th I will add that one to this as well!


r/Nr2003 8h ago

Carset Cars 1 set

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Does anyone happen to have the Pixar cars 1 set? I would just get it off Stunod but they’re down


r/Nr2003 20h ago

Utilities Replacementwise6878 Number Set Archive

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ADRD Forum Thread
Back in February of last year on the NR2003 subreddit; there was a user by the name of ReplacementWise6878, and he posted a couple of number sets that he had made and they were pretty good quality. I later found them and then myself and couple others in the comments to that post made some suggestions on what he should do next which, for the next couple months he went on to do. Posting them in bunches on the subreddit and providing them through email to those who asked.
Personally, in my correspondence with him, he detailed how he did his process with making the sets and how he got to where he did with them with his references and such. This kept going until April where he decided to stop uploading them; until I noticed one day that he had removed all of his posts from the subreddit, essentially removing access to them for anybody who did not get them or did not know they existed. He then went onto delete his account and it has stayed that way from then on after. But earlier this year, I decided when I had the time I was going to compile all of the sets that I was given from him and give the files a little bit of a facelift so they can be presentable numbersets, and then share them with the rest of the community. So here they are, The ReplacementWise6878 Number Set Archive.


r/Nr2003 19h ago

Help or Question Multiplayer Draft

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So me and my friends are trying to run at places like daytona and atlanta for our races together with quite a few AI's but we've noticed a problem is that there's like 0 player-to-player draft and we only receive any when it comes to drafting behind AI. Would anyone know what could be causing this or how to fix it? We're all on the same track files (ini), same core.ini, and same carsets and exe file.

Tracks tested: Atlanta 2022 Quake WKC, Daytona_2020_BBMC_Night/Day, and daytonaBR


r/Nr2003 17h ago

Help or Question Adding a new car set question.

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I've downloaded a new car set. Call it set B for clarity.

The series that they are designed for already contains a generic car set. (Set A).

Do I have to just add the new cars and then select them manually in Opponent Manager?

Or is there a way of seeing Set A and Set B in the game?

Thanks


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Carset Does anyone have the Sunday Night Lights carsets from Mediafire?

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They were all posted on Stunod Racing but now the that site's gone and the new site doesn't have any of them besides 1997 Winston Cup, the download pages as well as the Mediafire links for them are potentially lost media. Same with the download links for LarryFoyt50's full carsets from Stunod also not being archived.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question Do I have to join a league to play online or can I play online with just game download?

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Because I want to play online but don’t want to join a league


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question Does anyone have this? They're not on ADRD, and I don't trust StewieRacing to archive the five files that were in the download.

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This template pack was the most recent and so far, the best ARCA template pack for BRGen613. The download had five files, a Dodge template, Chevrolet template, Camry template, and two Ford templates (Fusion, Mustang). I don't trust StewieRacing enough to archive all five. It'd probably just download the Chevrolet template.

It's too recent to have been archived from the Wayback Machine too.


r/Nr2003 23h ago

Help or Question Windows 11 crash on ''drive'' fix exists???

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I have been trying to download nr2003 for a week now and I havent managed to find a way to fix this goddamn crash as soon as I try to create any session.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Tracks What is this version of Talladega in “NR2003 - The Big Ones #1?

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It has the Good Sam logos on the walls which means it isn’t from 2010 or 2009 since it ran in either 2011 or 2012.


r/Nr2003 2d ago

Help or Question Better Cautions Freezing The Game When I click Accelerate

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So I've been dealing with this for a couple of months now, I've tried just about everything and it seems the only thing now would be to do a clean reinstall of the game, I'll list what I've done so anyone who's read this far can help me try something new. The Game works fine when BC isn't running, but I would like to be able to have double wide restarts and GWC finishes. And I do run the game in a window.

Changed Compatibility, messed with every different in game setting, 4GB patch, all the graphics patches by TheBenCrazy, Installed new graphics drivers and changed settings there, Reinstalled BC, Changed settings in the Nvidia Panel, the d8 and d9 patches, And I've lowered everything in the game to a minimum, but still no luck in having the game not freeze, simulate the whole race, and still no luck. Any help would be appreciated!


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question Need help adding yellow lines to pitstall on the Dinoco 400.

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Hey everyone I need favor. I'm giving the Dinoco 400 one last final update adding the yellow lines where the pit stalls are like in the movie for movie accuracy. But the problem is since I can't visibly see the pitboxes in sandbox I need y'all help so I can make it the best version of the Dinoco 400 yet.


r/Nr2003 2d ago

Paint Scheme Decided to revisit the JG Pepsi One fictional I did earlier last year

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didn't like how it looked so I decided to redo it

download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5e0m3lo8y8egk96/jeffpepsione.cup.car/file


r/Nr2003 2d ago

Help or Question How does someone customize the wheels for the original cup?

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r/Nr2003 2d ago

Help or Question How to get past this

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So I saw that the website has changed for mods. Awesome, except I can't get past this survey thingy. I can't exit out of it, I can't click the stars, and I can't submit one to get rid of it, making the website completely useless. Any suggestions on what to do?


r/Nr2003 2d ago

Video Ryan Newman @ Colorado Retro (2003 to 2011 Mod) | NR2003

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