Indy conversion

I finally found the Indy Car track pack. I found it in a bundle called Racing's greatest thrills. It also has Indy 1 and an F1 game plus Al Unser's game and something else. I've downloaded the conversion programs, but now I need to know do I have to install all of Indy 1 and track pack, or can I just install INDY to a directory and convert it? I've read about some problems with the conversion, what are they and can someone tell me or point me to a web page that can answer any problems I might have? If anyone wants to know where I got the track pack E-mail me and I'll tell you. I bought it online at a resellers site. Thanks in advance, Richard -- Busch Carpentry Plans? We don't need no stinking plans Busch Motorsports Remember, Racecar is racecar spelled backward

On Sat, 10 May 1997 15:55:49 -0400, Richard Busch >I've downloaded the conversion programs, but now I need to know do I >have to install all of Indy 1 and track pack, or can I just install INDY >to a directory and convert it? Yeah, make a directory called 'indycar' with a 'tracks' and 'indy' directory under that. Copy the Indy.dat file into that and specify the path to the 'indycar' directory as you ICR1 path. The FAQ on The Pits explains how to do it all properly. Basically, the gripe at the moment seems to be the AI pitting. Rather than following the correct path, they are exiting the pits at the start of turn one. Other problems seem to occur with colours but in most cases, people have told me that running it again solves it. If you've got the original unconverted track, you shouldn't have any problems Go on then... Cheers Jed The Pits - http://www.thepits.demon.co.uk

All you need to do is copy the indy.dat to your HD (ie. c:\icr\tracks\indy). --

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>On Sat, 10 May 1997 15:55:49 -0400, Richard Busch >>I finally found the Indy Car track pack. I found it in a bundle called >>Racing's greatest thrills. It also has Indy 1 and an F1 game plus Al >>Unser's game and something else. >I bought this bundle just to get the official copy of the Indianapolis >track. Alas, the version they sent me doesn't. It has the ICR1 version >that has all 15 tracks in the series...except Indianapolis! Augh! >-- >Alison Hine

I also purchased this bundle base on the posting of Rbusch, but no Indy with mine, either. What gives? I could not get through to a live human to check on this, had to order by faith......

You guys are so intent on getting Indy, that you hadn't taken the time to READ what's in the original post...Of course, had I not already had Indy, I would have rushed out to buy the disc also... Marc

On Sat, 10 May 1997 15:55:49 -0400, Richard Busch >I finally found the Indy Car track pack. I found it in a bundle called >Racing's greatest thrills. It also has Indy 1 and an F1 game plus Al >Unser's game and something else. I bought this bundle just to get the official copy of the Indianapolis track. Alas, the version they sent me doesn't. It has the ICR1 version that has all 15 tracks in the series...except Indianapolis! Augh! -- Alison Hine

Licensing problems rear their ugly head (Read: Tony George is a money and power hungry moron!). I was fortunate enough to have gotten a copy with a friend back when it was for sale (back before ICR2 was out). I've since played it on N1 and ICR2 and can't say I really like it. There is no grip when enough wing is taken off to get a good amount of straight-away speed. Ends up being a giant frustration!! -Dirt-

Hi Greg, So sorry...I didn't have the source, and it seemed all that replied had snipped that part out (open mouth, insert foot...size 12 BTW). =( Best Regards, Marc

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>> >I finally found the Indy Car track pack. I found it in a bundle called >> >Racing's greatest thrills. It also has Indy 1 and an F1 game plus Al >> >Unser's game and something else. >> I bought this bundle just to get the official copy of the Indianapolis >> track. Alas, the version they sent me doesn't. It has the ICR1 version >> that has all 15 tracks in the series...except Indianapolis! Augh! >Licensing problems rear their ugly head (Read: Tony George is a money >and power hungry moron!). I was fortunate enough to have gotten a copy >with a friend back when it was for sale (back before ICR2 was out). I've >since played it on N1 and ICR2 and can't say I really like it. There is >no grip when enough wing is taken off to get a good amount of straight-away >speed. Ends up being a giant frustration!!

There were two track packs for ICR1, one with Indy and one with all the other tracks. Sounds like you got the pack you paid for. As for Tony George, yea, I'm sure he wants more power over what is refered to "Indy"car racing, but I doubt money is a motivation because the George family is already *** rich. I've never understood how he would make any money by _not_ licensing the Indy track to Papyrus either...