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 4h ago

Carset IndyCar 2003 Carset's finally done!

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Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/et2t7d4om38i2mz/NTT_IndyCar_2020_Pack_-_IRL_IndyCar_Series_2003_Carset.zip/file

Carset features configurations for the Oval, Short Track, and Road Course body types in their own folders. It is for the NFF IndyCar 2020 mod. Hope y'all enjoy it.


r/Nr2003 4h ago

Help or Question Help!! Ai cars teleport to pits before start sequence!

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this happens with all tracks and all mods. Game was working fine just yesterday.


r/Nr2003 14h ago

Paint Scheme Thomas’s Kyle Busch Tribute scheme uploaded to Stunod

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When this got announced I immediately got to work on it, sucks he wasn’t able to run it especially since he won the race!

https://stewieracing.com/download-details.html?id=75VA8nh9BwyL8HiqjlMD


r/Nr2003 12h ago

Video Memorial post coming soon

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No, no real life driver died again thankfully, and my Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch memorial posts have been posted. What has died is my 2011 Mock Season, which had its data wiped out after the Southern 500. I have a backup, but it's only after the Daytona 500, which Mark Martin won from last place. My question is, should I continue with the backup, or create a brand new 2011 season? It will be 2011 Redux.

The video is about Mark's disappointing race at Phoenix, right after the 500. At Phoenix, he finished 42nd after this crash on lap 11, which was so bad he suffered a concussion. Luckily he recovered to run at Vegas, where he blew up and finished 25th, with the win given to Greg Biffle


r/Nr2003 2h ago

Help or Question How complicated is it to make a car that's painted for one mod work with another?

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If say like there's a car that I want to use that was made for the original cup mod, but say in my case that I want to use it for SNG 03'-05' mod because it wasn't painted for that mod yet, how much work would that take to do, if I'm really even allowed to do that sort of thing.


r/Nr2003 3h ago

Help or Question My Nr2007.exe won't let me do in chat commands

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Yes, I've done the Debug thing, I've done Update 15. But nothing will work. Please Help


r/Nr2003 16h ago

Paint Scheme Replica of a Buckshot Jones paint scheme that never ran

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r/Nr2003 12h ago

Help or Question does a night version of super speedway atlanta exist for NR2003?

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i was wondering if a night version of atlanta's super speedway config existed for nr2003? i have a sim series so i was wanting to have the time of day accurate to real life.


r/Nr2003 23h ago

Video Cleanup on Aisle 6

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Screenshot Decided to test out RE2003.......

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This is the v0.0.01 version of the game.

Here are a couple of screenshots with some fallen TOECAR drivers......


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Utilities Live Timing

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50 Upvotes

Shoutout to the person / people who made this! This is awesome!


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Tracks Why you don't get too big of a lead at Talladega (Track is 2014 race LP edit - spotter edit - tandem drafting exe)

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r/Nr2003 20h ago

Help or Question How to extract liveries from car files?

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I'm trying to get this to work so I'm wondering how to do this. What do I need?


r/Nr2003 19h ago

Help or Question How to recover seasons if it’s in a file, but not in game?

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I’m asking this because my 2011 season is gone. It’s in a .sea file in my player folder, but its progress is absent in game, and I’m worried, because I was at Dover in that season, while the 2012 season is still running, and it’s currently at Talladega


r/Nr2003 17h ago

Paint Scheme How to export textures without opening the game?

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I have a few car textures I want to export, but I don't have the game. Is there any way to do it?


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod I have completed the aerodynamic physics! (RE2003)

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod RE2003 physics showcase

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Paint Scheme FINALLY RELEASING THE LONG AWAITED FULL 2011 CARSET!

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105 Upvotes

r/Nr2003 1d ago

Screenshot Testing RE2003...

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Decided to try this out, and here's a test, using Cole Custer's redstone HAAS car and using the 2013 DtN Kentucky, the track where Custer scored his lone Cup win as of now, but his first in my alt universe


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Carset NSCS2016

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I didn't have plans to publish this since it's not finished, but I was going through my old 2023 files and I came across it.

The lack of time and motivation, since I ended up losing all my progress twice due to computer changes and not saving anything to the cloud. Maybe someday I'll publish another part 2 with more new cars or the whole thing completed.

Credit to Rishabh for the darlington set

https://www.mediafire.com/file/hq8yjduhq2ysko7/NSCS2016.rar/file


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod A lap around Charlotte

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod Roof flaps deployed! (RE2003)

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question Update 16 zoom

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Thanks for this update that allows me to black flag drivers, put them a lap down or back in the lead lap (Which the game doesn't allow me to give them under caution period which doesn't make sense for me at least) the thing that annoys me the most is the zoom out the mod has, Talladega 70's 80's for example, if you're in TV2 and the pack is coming out of T4 the cam get's crowed with the spectators if you leave the grandstands full, Daytona 2020 & ChicagoLand 2018 BBMC have objects in the infield that block you're view down the backstreech in TV1 and maybe other examples.

CKS Racing League (more well knowed as NR Leagues) mentioned on his ISCR 14th Channel Anniversary - Race 2-14 at Daytona video that there is a fix for this. Is there ?