>>One file I came across was close to 700 megs worth of something called "NASCAR Racing 2005".
> There are two NR2005 mods, the one you have is a self installing complete
> package that doesn't require NR2003 to be installed. I've tried it and it
> installs and runs just fine. Not being an NR2003 expert, I'm not sure it
> was that much different than NR2003.
> The main issue is that NR2003 isn't required to be installed to install
> and run this version of the NR2005 mod. However, I would assume that 99.9%
> of all players using NR2005 mod are NR2003 owners. Note that other mods,
> like GTP 1.0, require NR2003 to be installed, but don't require the cd-rom
> in order to run the game. There also no-cd patches for NR2003 (I use this
> to avoid using my cd-rom, since the game is going for $70 and more at
> Ebay). There's also a no-cd patch for GTP 1.1.
> The NR2005 mod used to be available at many racing sim sites, but now
> you mostly find it at bittorrent sites (a free program that speeds up
> downloads). Just do a web search for NR_2005_MOD.ZIP, or NR_2005_MOD.RAR.
> The other NR2005 mod is a collection of tracks and cars. I don't know if
> there are any physics changes. It looked like a complicated install proces.
> I haven't tried this one yet.
> Several racing sim sites claim to have online racing for the NR2005 mod,
> I don't know which version of the mod they are referring to.
Delete it-I didn't
yes there is online racing via ip addy
it's a real enjoyable sim,physics changed to 2005 parameters,an
excellent mod.