Nascar Racing 2003 Setups

I just purchased Nascar 2003. Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. TIA

"f13dfx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just purchased Nascar 2003. > > Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the > field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. LOL! If you expect to be good "out of the gate" so to speak, you have another thing coming. It takes PRACTICE to get good. It takes PRACTICE to develop setups. How do you think the fastest guys did it? Certainly not right "out of the box"... There are no "shortcuts" in this game, I hate to tell you.

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:27:41 GMT, f13dfx <[email hidden]> wrote: >I just purchased Nascar 2003. > >Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the >field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. > >TIA Outdated setups, but are still fast enough to easily get good times. http://www.sim-replays.de

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> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:27:41 GMT, f13dfx <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just purchased Nascar 2003. > > > >Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the > >field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. > > > >TIA > Outdated setups, but are still fast enough to easily get good times. > http://www.sim-replays.de

In article <[email hidden]>, f13dfx <[email hidden]> writes: >Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the >field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. If you find a place, let me know. I can't even keep up with the AI, let alone real drivers on MP... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I'm not the full time hardcore racer like you seem to be. I just want to have some fun. Like the other guys who have posted setup links, I can't even keep up with ai players. Sure lots of PRACTICE helps in anything, but I do have a day job and I don't spend all day on the PC. So next time you post, try not to be so critical. It's people like you, who discourage other people from having fun with this game. On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:15:26 GMT, "Bamboozled" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"f13dfx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> I just purchased Nascar 2003. >> >> Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the >> field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. > >LOL! If you expect to be good "out of the gate" so to speak, you have >another thing coming. > >It takes PRACTICE to get good. It takes PRACTICE to develop setups. > >How do you think the fastest guys did it? Certainly not right "out of the >box"... > >There are no "shortcuts" in this game, I hate to tell you. >

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> I'm not the full time hardcore racer like you seem to be. I just > want to have some fun. Like the other guys who have posted setup > links, I can't even keep up with ai players. > > Sure lots of PRACTICE helps in anything, but I do have a day job > and I don't spend all day on the PC. > > So next time you post, try not to be so critical. It's people > like you, who discourage other people from having fun with this > game. > >

Since I didn't write the original reply, I can't comment on how much serious criticism was intended. I'd like to think that everyone had only the best intentions... That said, most of the tracks have an <easy>, <fast> and <expert> setup available. Whether or not any of these will allow _you_ to keep up with the field in multiplayer really depends on the skill of the other drivers and, of course, your skill. I have raced against people who just disappear into the distance at the drop of the green flag. Using the same setup, I have run against people who I have managed to lap in the course of a 30 lap race at Michigan. Obviously, it's not the setup. It has to the skill of the other drivers. I run same laptimes in both events, so I know I'm not faster in one race than the other. It would be nice if drivers with higher skill levels would run only in higher scored events. That way, if you joined a race with a skill level of 0-10, you know you'd only have people with a zero score competing against you. However, all you can set, AFAIK, is the lowest threshhold. You can't stop people with higher scores entering. (And I'm not sure I'd want to. It helps to be given a driving lesson from time to time -- lets you know how high the bar really is.) Don't get discouraged. There's a lot more to it than driving fast laps. Handling traffic is a huge thing to learn. Gas and tire management, making pitstops, drafting... And practice. Lots and lots of practice. Did you notice the question from Uwe about lap times at Melbourne in F1C? He says he's got something like 200 laps in and he's still five seconds off the laptimes of the fast lappers. And Uwe is no slowpoke! I've been up against him once or twice and he makes me look turtle slow. (Of course, lots of people make me look slow. <sigh>) All the best, -- Darryl

However, all you can set, AFAIK, is the lowest threshhold No Exp: 3-7 under 3 ng over 7 ng

"f13dfx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I just purchased Nascar 2003. > > Where can I download starter setups so I can at least keep up with the > field in Sierra's Multiplayer server. > > TIA Start with the easy setups and get some consistent lap times. One track at a time. It does take practice. The Expert setups, which you can download are good. Check out the link below. I'd get them and tweak them to your liking. I race N4 and I run up front. When I started racing N2003 I was a lapper and still am at times. This is not a jump in the car and drive game. I've never raced Arcade in N2003 but you might want to try that avenue. http://www.onlineracin.com/pwf/ Mark