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N2003 League Tools
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Information on how to setup, administor, and run servers in N2003
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For generating Standings, Results and Driver stats.
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Great work by Robert Rathbone in creating this Points Calculator.
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Allows you to talk to other racers through voice communication
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Use buttons on your wheel for TeamSpeak Communication
4.2mb
A program that automatically launches you to their racing servers
N2003 Setup Tools
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Offers a ton of information for setting up your Car/Truck
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A great program for helping you tweak or setup your Car/Truck
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A very helpful Quick reference guide to help out the Novice and Advanced
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My own personal in game and wheel settings as well as tips and tricks
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Many helpful tips to increase your speeds while driving.
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Converts Speed to Time or Time to Speed on many tracks.
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Helps you fix your line by comparing your line to preffered and faster line.
N2003 Misc.
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Tests your internet connection
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A step by step conection guide that will help stabilize your ping.
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Make pitstop adjustments with buttons on wheel
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Makes the background transparent on the F1 thru F9 Keys .
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A complete list of information for the N2003 Sim.
N2003 ini. Tweaks
Core.ini Tweak

Note: When you install a patch or update to the game sometimes it will take these settings back to its original configuration. Add this site to your favorites so you can make changes again after patch or update is installed.
There are a few things you can modify in the .INI files that reside in the NASCAR 2003 folder. I recommend you back up each of these files before you make any changes just in case. If you installed the game normally, they're in this folder:
C:\Papyrus\NASCAR Racing 2003 Season Open up the core.ini file (in notepad if prompted). Be very careful not to change anything by mistake as this may cause the game to crash or not even load. Look for this line:[FileLRUCache] CacheSize=4194304 ; Bytes of DAT file LRU Cache size to allocate. Change this setting by just adding 1 the new line should look like this. [FileLRUCache]CacheSize=14194304 ; Bytes of DAT file LRU Cache size toallocate. Close and save changes.

Next, look for the [Memory] Maxblocksize=131072 You'll have to calculate the amount of RAM you have. Just multiply your ram by 1024 Example: 256x1024=262144 Then insert that number so it reads, [Memory] Maxblocksize=262144 IMPORTANT ----> The max. value for this parameter is apparently 52428 ,users w/system RAM greater than 512MB should enter in 524288 Save the core.ini file and close it.
Player.ini Tweak
Next open the Players folder and open (Your Name) Folder then open the player.ini file. Scroll down to where you see [Graphics Options] below that there should be a line that says texture_quality=1 Change this to 100 the new line should look like this texture_quality=100. Close and save changes. Note: This tweak is for Picture Quality not for fps boost. If you are limited by cpu or video card and are looking for fps boost I would suggest setting the number lower at 20 or so, it will increase your quality without taking that much from your CPU.
RendOGL.ini or RendDirect3d.ini Tweak
Now open up the rend_ogl.ini or direct3d.ini file in Notepad. Look for TextureSetSize The "number" is what you want to replace. There is a formula for this( Mb of video ram) x (1048576) - ( 4 x Screen Width) x ( Screen Height) x (BPP) Bits Per Pixel, use (2) for 16bit or (4) for 32bit color. NOTE: 16bit color will be less of a performance hog then 32bit color. Listed are the proper settings, Just look and match up your resolution with your color depth and you'll find the answer to the formula for your TextureSetSize. [ 32-bit 1280x1024 128MB = 113246208 ] 32mb video card running in 16bit "Don't even try 32bit, it'll be a waste of your time"
640x480= 31096832
800x600= 29714432
1024x768= 27262974
1152x864= 25591801
1280x960= 23724032
1600x1200= 18194432 64mb video card running in 16bit
1024x768= 60817408
1152x864= 59146240
1280x960= 57278464
1600x1200= 51748864 64mb video card running in 32bit
1024x768= 54525952
1152x864= 51183616
1280x960= 47448064
1600x1200= 56388864 128mb video card running in 16bit "Crank it up"
1024x768= 127926272
1152x864= 126255104
1280x960= 1246387328
1600x1200= 118857728 128mb video card running in 32bit "Crank it up"
1024x768= 121634816
1152x864= 118292480
1280x960= 114556928
1600x1200= 103497728 256mb video card running in 16bit "It'll happen"
1024x768= 262144000
1152x864= 260472832
1280x960= 258605056
1600x1200= 253075456 256mb video card running in 32bit "It'll happen"
1024x768= 255852544
1152x864= 252510208
1280x960= 248774656
1600x1200= 237715456
Then Look for this line. AnisotropicLevel=8 Change this to a 0. (AnisotropicLevel=0)
Close and save Changes.
Auto Center in Window
If you are sick of centering the window everytime you start up the game Open up the "app.ini" (Located in the NR2003 Season Directory).
Look for the 2 lines that are listed below and change to the following. windowTopLeftX=-3
windowTopLeftY=-20 (this is the settings for 1024x768 you may have to increase the numbers with larger pixel views)
Close and save changes.
After making these changes. Everytime you start the game. It will be centered and ready to go
Close and save Changes.
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