>INDYCAR fans,
>Does anyone know how to edit names and car numbers in IndyCar?? I
>would like my car to something else besides #0.
>-Paul Sanders (paul...@microsoft.com)
but it has worked pretty well for me...
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If you are tired of driving the same IndyCar #0 car around the tracks,
you can change the looks of the car to one of the other 32 cars in the
simulation. I personally like the Mobil 6 car. Go to the
indycar\cars\cars93 directory and make a backup copy of the file
CARS93.DAT. Save it to something like cars93.bak. This is in case you
mess something up in the file. If the game won't load, you've probably just
mistyped a number or letter, so just rename the CARS93.BAK to CARS93.DAT
and you're ready to go again. With a hex editor look in the cars93.dat file
for the consecutive hex values: 8E 53 03. They only appear once in the file
and are near the top. They are part of bigger chain of hex values, namely:
8E 53 03 00 05 00 D8 31 00 00 D8 31. Once you've found the string of hex
values, change them to one of the string of hex values listed below to
make your car look like the one in the simulation that you desire.
I've purposely put in a few extra spaces so you can see the pattern of
the repeating values 00 05 00 and 00 00 which are the same for all cars.
Only the values with ** above them need to be changed. If you change the
values of the car and forget what you've changed them and can't find the
section, look for TEXT values indy0r.3do which is 69 6E 64 79 30 72 2E 33
64 6F hex. This four bytes before the start of the section that you
change.
** ROADCAR:
** ** ** ** ** ** **
to make your CAR # CHANGE 8E 53 03 00 05 00 D8 31 00 00 D8 31 to:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndyCar 99 35 8F 0A 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Penske 12 EE B3 05 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Kinko's 92 72 49 04 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Penske 4 8B 82 05 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Craftsman 25 8E EC 01 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Andretti 5 D5 7A 04 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
JC Penney 90 6C E7 03 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Hogan (Rahal) 1 4B 48 06 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Hogan 26 AE 79 06 00 05 00 34 00 00 00 34 00
Valvoline 3 B5 F5 07 00 05 00 15 2D 00 00 15 2D
Mackenzie 2 E8 51 05 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
???? can't read 17 C8 89 01 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Sullivan 51 9C 63 02 00 05 00 E8 05 00 00 E8 05
Duracell 9 F1 1D 02 00 05 00 34 00 00 00 34 00
Amax 16 E0 71 00 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Interstate 21 C9 B6 03 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Amway 22 83 A2 00 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Menards 59 51 E5 05 00 05 00 34 00 00 00 34 00
3M Scotch-Target 10 99 B4 07 00 05 00 46 04 00 00 46 04
Kodalux 18 DB DC 04 00 05 00 60 02 00 00 60 02
King Racing 40 0F 18 04 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
King Racing 80 A8 DC 06 00 05 00 30 32 00 00 30 32
Mobil 6 38 AC 04 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Monroe 23 45 AB 06 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Kendall 75 8E 83 07 00 05 00 34 00 00 00 34 00
Auto Nation ?? 50 3D 41 00 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Bosch 19 3B 40 07 00 05 00 58 0B 00 00 58 0B
Sulaco 36 85 20 05 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Kenwood 14 2B BB 01 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Firestone 87 E8 16 06 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
STP 11 65 58 01 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Rational 77 E6 D3 00 00 05 00 98 10 00 00 98 10
** SPEEDWAY CAR:
look for the hex values 8C 6A 02, they only appear once, near the top. They
are part of a larger string of hex values, namely:
8C 6A 02 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F.
** ** ** ** ** ** **
to make your CAR # CHANGE 8C 6A 02 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F to:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
IndyCar 99 2D 8E 0A 00 05 00 08 01 00 00 08 01
Penske 12 93 83 05 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Kinko's 92 17 19 04 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Penske 4 F0 52 05 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
Craftsman 25 33 BC 01 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Andretti 5 7A 4A 04 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
JC Penney 90 D1 B7 03 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
Hogan (Rahal) 1 F0 17 06 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Hogan 26 53 49 06 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Valvoline 3 5A C5 07 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Mackenzie 2 8D 21 05 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
???? can't read 17 6D 59 01 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Sullivan 51 41 33 02 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Duracell 9 96 ED 01 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Amax 16 45 42 00 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
Interstate 21 6E 86 03 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Amway 22 E8 72 00 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
Menards 59 F6 B4 05 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
3M Scotch-Target 10 FE 84 07 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
Kodalux 18 40 AD 04 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
King Racing 40 74 E8 03 00 05 00 93 2E 00 00 93 2E
King Racing 80 4D AC 06 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Mobil 6 DD 7B 04 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Monroe 23 EA 7A 06 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Kendall 75 33 53 07 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Auto Nation ?? 50 E2 10 00 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Bosch 19 E0 0F 07 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Sulaco 36 2A F0 04 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Kenwood 14 D0 8A 01 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Firestone 87 8D E6 05 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
STP 11 0A 28 01 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
Rational 77 8B A3 00 00 05 00 53 2F 00 00 53 2F
I'm not sure about two of the car names, I'm not a racing buff. I
believe the values are completely correct. I haven't tried each and every
one but I've done enough random checks to feel they're right. As far as I
can tell the performance doesn't change when you change the looks of the
car. However, I'm not a very good driver and therefore not a very good
gauge of the performance of the car.
Be careful with the hex editor, make sure you know how to use it. If
you mess up the file you'll know it, IndyCar racing won't load. Copy your
saved backup file to get it going again. Once Papyrus or someone comes
out with a car editor this all for nothing so enjoy it while it last.
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Well there you go, my thanks to the author and I hope no one flames
me for the length of this :)
Good Racing,
Joao "Leadfoot" Silva
jsi...@u.washington.edu