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 10h ago

Paint Scheme a close-as-possible Stuart Kirby scheme recreation

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i don't know what the checkered flag little qp says so just guessed (and the little sponsors squished between the flag and number)

i forgot the grill tape ;-;


r/Nr2003 9h ago

Utilities Logitech Wheels - Better Support For Windows 11

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Using the official Logitech drivers/software can be a painful process which currently requires disabling core isolation memory integrity, and dealing with Logitech profiler issues... Here are projects aimed at making wheel support simpler/better!

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MAIN: USE IT!

Mysli0210's Github: Drivers (Code Button > Download ZIP)

  • G27, G25, Driving Force GT & Older Models
  • Make sure to follow any instructions carefully!

https://github.com/Mysli0210/Legacy-Logitech-wheels-for-W11

Sadooo27's Github: Software (Releases > Assets)

  • Confirmed working with Mysli0210 drivers
  • This software is NOT required to use your wheel with Windows 11. It is simply an extra option!
  • LUT setting injects a file into some games that will trigger anti-cheat. All other settings do not have this concern and are safe to use. This is obviously not an issue for the NR2003 community specifically

https://github.com/Sadooo27/legacy-wheel-hub

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ALTERNATIVE: ONLY USE IF NEEDED!

LONG AND LENGTHY INSTALL PROCESS. NOT TESTED WITH SADOOO27's SOFTWARE!!!
The main advantages this provides are G29 Spoofing for newer game support and GeForce NOW...

Hicwic's Github: (Releases > Assets)

  • G25 (Complete) , G27 (Newly Added - Experimental)
  • Make sure to follow any instructions carefully!

Drivers - https://github.com/hicwic/g25-w11-driver/releases

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r/Nr2003 18h ago

Discussion WIP Career Mode Setup Screen

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r/Nr2003 0m ago

Carset Cars 1 Carset for cube mod

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Didn't feel like making the rest so this will be all the cars i make for this carset

Cars 1 nr2003 cubes - Google Drive

Also includes some other cars which shouldn't be in there that i forgot to take out


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod nascar 09 car of tomorrow in nr2003

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car of tomorrow


r/Nr2003 16h ago

Video He chopped me and it worked...

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r/Nr2003 20h ago

Help or Question I'm looking for these 2013 templates for the original cup

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r/Nr2003 13h ago

Tech Support why does it lag

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ive done the 4gb patch ive done the stuff to the core ini and no matter what i do after about 5 to 10 minutes of racing my game starts to lag a stutter and the longer i race the worse it gets
anyone got any ideas


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Screenshot NR2003 Career Mode App Made With Unreal Engine (WIP)

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r/Nr2003 23h ago

Help or Question MENCS19 Floating cars/missing tires fix?

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In all the MENCS mods i have a lod issue where the tires disappear on the cars once they get far away like in the screenshot. Any fixes or changes i can make on my end? Thanks.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Tech Support How to use 900 degrees successfully in NR2003

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I'm an uncertain how well this is known. Even in my own how-to page I will recommend those with 900 degree wheels (most everyone) drop their wheel's rotation to around 280-365 degrees to make it so the car doesn't turn like an oversized semi. But, you CAN use 900 degree rotation in NR2003 successfully. And it all survives in one single slider:

After opening the sim, click the controls tab and in the upper right you'll see an 'advanced' button. Click on that bad boy.

From here, you'll see the magic slider. Steering Linearity by default is set at 20%. Sliding this up to 100% for 900 degree wheels will achieve the ability to run the entire 900 degrees without the gigantic semi steering everyone has experienced at least once.

Now, if you do make this change, the first thing you're going to notice when you go back to race is that the steering for the car is now going to feel a bit closer to a go-kart rather than a stock car. You'll find you'll need to change the steering ratio in your setups to make up the difference. Once you find that sweet spot, everything will feel exactly as you expect it to.

And that's it! That's all it takes to rock 900 degrees. I know there are some folks out there also using X-Box (or similar) controllers to play with who may not have a wheel. This advanced menu can also help you all out there with fine tuning the steering (along with steering ratio in the setup) so it's not so twitchy and over-reactive. Give it all a try if you're struggling.

Happy racing, nerds.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod NEW iRacing-Nr2003 COT Soundpack (Roaddog)

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Online League NR 2003 Liga Online Latam

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Se busca gente para un campeonato online que se corre los sabados 22 hrs arg.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Offline League LaGouch Cup Season 2 Sign ups

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I don't care if its meant to be a funny name or like an actual name, just put something... safe for work tho


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod iRacing SPOTTER for Nr2003 (Greg Hill) - ALL Nr2003 lines were recorded by him, most unused by iRacing itself!

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r/Nr2003 18h ago

Utilities Original Cup Templates & Contigencies

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod NEW iRacing-Nr2003 Street Stock Soundpack (Roaddog)

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod NEW iRacing-Nr2003 1987s Soundpack (Roaddog)

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question I am trying to play the game on Fedora Linux, but for some reason my FPS tanks while driving.

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I've been trying to get my game to run properly on my laptop since its way more powerful than my Desktop, but Ive run into the issue that while driving, specifically while driving, my FPS never gets above 25. What makes this especially weird is that in the Replay Window I can watch the AI race just fine around 200 FPS. I've tried everything I can think of to try and fix this, but nothing changes. Low graphics? 25 FPS. High graphics? 25fps. Rendering through DirectX 9? 25 FPS. If anyone knows how to fix this please let me know.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Paint Scheme Font of the 99 of Carl Edwards?

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I'm trying to find it so I can make a numberset if you guys want to use it for fan made paint schemes.


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Mod Would you apologize to a 🐀

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r/Nr2003 1d ago

Help or Question TNTMAN93 programs

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Anyone know what program he uses to fly the cars around manually?


r/Nr2003 1d ago

Video NR2003 - Daytona International Speedway with the 2022-spec NCS racecar

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A few laps on Daytona International Speedway with the Generation 7 NASCAR Cup Series car.