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NASCAR: Driving at night

Safai

NASCAR: Driving at night

by Safai » Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:00:00

Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search through all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would be appreciated

Safai

carte

NASCAR: Driving at night

by carte » Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:00:00


night too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had
search through all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any
help would be appreciated

On the options menu, go to I think REALISM, or something, and choose
RANDOM weather.  Once in a while it will be dark.
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mdonn..

NASCAR: Driving at night

by mdonn.. » Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:00:00


> Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night
> too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search
> through all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would
> be appreciated

Yes, you can do this.  You have to run in a championship season.  The
easiest way is to modify calendar file.  MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE you attempt
this!  Then look for races (at Bristol and C***te and one other
track), with a 1 in the second set of single digits.  This indicates a
night race.  Keep those races and dump the rest, BUT make sure you made a
backup.  THis is necessary and can't be emphasised enough.
GlenRKen

NASCAR: Driving at night

by GlenRKen » Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:00:00


> Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at
night
> too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search
> through all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would
> be appreciated

 Here's what I did. I found a file called nasnight.zip or somthing witch
gives you the
following and the NIGHT.PCX  
**************************************************************************
*
     Nighttime for NASCAR
          ====================
Wana do a little night time NASCAR drivin'?

You will need a hex editor such as Diskedit
from the Norton Utilities.

First COPY the file NASCAR.EXE to NASNIGHT.EXE.

Then with your hex editor search for and change
the two text strings that both say sunny.pcx to
night.pcx in the newly created file (NAS-NITE.EXE).

Lastly copy the enclosed file NIGHT.PCX to all of
your TRACKS subdirectories except for BRISTOL (the
BRISTOL.DAT file already has the data in it).

Fire up NASCAR by typing NASNIGHT <enter> and
prepare for those cool nighttime breezes!

*************************************************************************
 So there's another route. I haven't tried it with the track pack.

                            Glen Kendall      Wayne , Michigan

jdmar..

NASCAR: Driving at night

by jdmar.. » Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:00:00



>Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search through all the options in NASCAR but can find a%>
>Safai

the nascar game has 3 tracks that during the championship season that will
appear as night races...c***te, richmond, and bristol...you'll have to
change the calendar file in your nascar directory..its the cal file..just
change the name of the c***te track in the calendar..it needs to be the same
spelling as the directory for c***te...you can also add rockingham and north
wilkesboro the same way...that way you can have a 28 race season with the
championship season and 3 of them are night races...

             Jay Martin

David G. Marti

NASCAR: Driving at night

by David G. Marti » Tue, 15 Aug 1995 04:00:00

This is not true.  The only way to get night racing is through the
championship season.  Random weather is just that, random weather:
temperature and wind speed and direction.  There is probably a way to
modify a track.txt file and race at night, but I believe it would still
have to be during a championship season.



> Ma) writes:

> On the options menu, go to I think REALISM, or something, and choose
> RANDOM weather.  Once in a while it will be dark.
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LARRY RO

NASCAR: Driving at night

by LARRY RO » Thu, 17 Aug 1995 04:00:00

-> On the options menu, go to I think REALISM, or something, and choose
-> RANDOM weather.  Once in a while it will be dark.

     Hmmm, have you ever had this happen?
     There is a file that has to be added to each track that you want
to *night race* at. Then you load NASNITE instead of NASCAR.

 * 1st 2.00 #4593 * A little revolution every now and then is a good thing.

Ervins Reinvert

NASCAR: Driving at night

by Ervins Reinvert » Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:00:00



 t> Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night
 t> too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search through
 t> all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would be
 t> appreciated

Some time ago I put Bristol track in TRACKS directory of Nascar Demo and I got
this track and it was night race :-O . I didn't change anything, simply gave
this track to Nasdemo. JFYI. :)

Best regards,
Ervins Reinverts
[Team OS/2]

--- GoldED/2 2.50.A0715+

Patrick L. Dotso

NASCAR: Driving at night

by Patrick L. Dotso » Sat, 19 Aug 1995 04:00:00




> t> Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night
> t> too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search through
> t> all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would be
> t> appreciated

>Some time ago I put Bristol track in TRACKS directory of Nascar Demo and I got
>this track and it was night race :-O . I didn't change anything, simply gave
>this track to Nasdemo. JFYI. :)

>Best regards,
>Ervins Reinverts
>[Team OS/2]

If you race a full season then the second event a Bristol will always be a
night race.  I believe there is a way to control this by editing the
[track].txt file but I am not sure exactly what you have to change.  Maybe
someone can clue us in?

BTW, has anyone noticed that the car handles differently at the night race
compared to the day race at Bristol?  I've never compared the weather
conditions but I guess that could account for the difference.

TODD C. SWI

NASCAR: Driving at night

by TODD C. SWI » Sun, 20 Aug 1995 04:00:00

The only way I know how to race at night is to select a Season
Championship from the main menu and only certain tracks have this
option.  In other words... to get to a night race accelerate through
each race by pressing "a" during racing until you get to the right
track during the season.....  
Hope this helps...



> t> Hi, I heard that it is possible that NASCAR can simulate driving at night
> t> too.  Is this true??  If it is, how can it be done??  I had search through
> t> all the options in NASCAR but can find anything.  Any help would be
> t> appreciated
>Some time ago I put Bristol track in TRACKS directory of Nascar Demo and I got
>this track and it was night race :-O . I didn't change anything, simply gave
>this track to Nasdemo. JFYI. :)
>Best regards,
>Ervins Reinverts
>[Team OS/2]
>--- GoldED/2 2.50.A0715+


Mark P. Warbe

NASCAR: Driving at night

by Mark P. Warbe » Fri, 25 Aug 1995 04:00:00


You can race at night at any time on any track. Copy "nascar.exe" to
something like "niterace.exe". Then load it into a hex editor and
search for "sunny.pcx". Replace this with "night.pcx". Then copy the
file "night.pcx" that is in your "nascar\tracks\bristol" directory to
each other track directory. You just run "niterace.exe" instead of
"nascar.exe". Even the opening scene is at night.

Mark


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