ICR2 at Talladega

You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. Try it it is really cool. CHuck Barnett

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>You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run >the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on >bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you >can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. >Try it it is really cool. >CHuck Barnett

So what were your lap times at Talladega?? :) John -- John C. McCanless Department of Electrical Engineering University of ***ia

I just discovered this fact last night and thought I'd give it a try. I want to know how you kept the car on the track at Bristol. I used the Laguna default file and it was like driving on greased goose shit. The car appeared to have maximum front wing and negative rear. Later... ______________________________________________________________________________ ................................http://www.dma.org/~wrinkled ................698 Timberwood Drive Dayton, OH 45430-1438 ..............................................(513) 427-3265 "Mulder!, Toads just fell from the sky." "I guess their parachutes didn't open." Agents Scully and Mulder... from the X-Files.

>You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run >the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on >bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you >can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. >Try it it is really cool. >CHuck Barnett I tried this and had a blast....who'da thunk it? the CART/PPG Talladega 250? For the rest of you out there with ICR2demo and Nascar, just do as he said..copy each nascar track directory into the \icr2\tracks directory. I found that sometimes, certain tracks would get an 'unable to open track' error, but if you just hit enter or click a button again on the same track, it will load. Sometimes After qualifiying, if I tried to actually race, the game would crash and put me back to the dos prompt (in 40 column mode no less!). Unfortunately, the ICR1 tracks do not work :( (I REALLY want to run Road America and Long Beach with the new AI and driving model) One of the funniest things to watch is the opponents AI cars trying to 'learn' the new track...they think the turns are on the straights and keep banging into the walls..it's a riot! Also...be prepared to start in the middle of nowhere. Your car often starts on the infield, where you can't see a thing except green (or brown if you go to phoenix). Drive toward the wall..when you go thru the wall, you car will act as if God decided to spin it around....replays are quite humorous at this point :). Unfortunately, the cars end up having strange gearings that are sometimes not at all suited to the track (Talladega gives you ~190 MPH top speed in *3rd* gear at about 10.2K RPMS. Higher gears are too tall to get into the powerband. I do not have the editing program downloaded yet, so I do not know if that can be tweaked. I also found out that Indycars are not very condusive to high speed banking :)...they tend to kick the back end out rather suddenly when they reach their limits. Really an eye-opener. One final bonus...on the nascar tracks, the AI cars have their damage set to 'realistic' and yours is off :)..I think I sent Scott Pruett's nosecone and Front wheel about 75 feet straight up in the air :) -Bill

: You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run : the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on : bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you : can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. : Try it it is really cool. : CHuck Barnett I don't have ICR, but I am curious to hear what your fastest laps on Taladega are! Matt

Can ICR2 work at Watkins Glen? -- Simon Fox

> >You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run > >the indycars there. what about doing the opposite? ie running NASCAR cars on indycar tracks. can you tell me how to do this?

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> : You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run > : the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on > : bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you > : can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. > : Try it it is really cool. > : CHuck Barnett

I guess this means that ICR2 will have indy after-all! Do the tracks look any better in SVGA? SG

I think you will find that NASCAR tracks work in ICR2...NOT r NOT ICR1 tracks. Cheers, Craig.

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>> : You can copy the tracks from nascar to the icr2 tracks directory and run >> : the indycars there. I've done Talladega and Bristol. Cant race on >> : bristol, but you can practice . You cant practice at Talladega, but you >> : can race there. Go figure. You cant trade carsets though. >> : Try it it is really cool. >> : CHuck Barnett >I guess this means that ICR2 will have indy after-all! Do the tracks >look any better in SVGA? >SG

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