Not much has changed in the way of content in The Workshop, however I have tried to organise things a bit better and to give credit to the people who wrote these utilities. You'll also find that the set-ups have been moved to this section as well.
All files are self extracting EXE files, so you wont need a copy of PKUNZIP.
DEMO'S
Indycar Racing II Demo -
Papyrus
This file is located in the USA and may take a while to download from Europe.Nascar Racing Demo -
Papyrus
This file is located in the USA and may take a while to download from Europe.
PATCHES & UPGRADES
Nascar Racing 1.21 Upgrade -
Papyrus
Upgrades Nascar Racing to version 1.21. Fixes modem bugs, track bugs, improved AI and more realistic damage.Indycar Racing II Paintkit Patch -
Papyrus
Fixes the paintkit bug which prevents you from painting the top of the engine shroud.Indycar Racing 1 Paintkit Patch -
Chris McGowen
Fixes the bug in the paintkit which keeps the panel behind the drivers head blue. Turns it to a neutral gray.Indycar II demo editor -
Neil Jedrzejewski
Enables some of the diabled features in the Indycar 2 demo. Enables realistic damage, yellow flags and the pace car.NASCAR Night Races Patch -
Rich Nagel
Using this patch you can drive night races at any of the Nascar tracks.*NEW* Nascar Dover Concrete Patch - Neil Jedrzejewski
Aparently Dover has been resurfaced with concrete. This patch will convert the Dover track to concrete from asphalt. NASCAR ONLY!*NEW* Indycar 2 40 Car Patch - Gerhard Lingenberg
This utility is for use in conjunction with Gerhard's 40 car carset. This patch will alter you Indycar 2 EXE file so that you can select more opponents from within the game.
EDITORS AND UTILITES
*NEW* Indycar Replay Data Extractor v3.0 - Michael Corrigan
This program will extract data logging info from replay files and provide data that can be analysed in a spreadsheet or graph. Works with Indycar 1, 2 and Nascar Racing.Nascar Driver Editor -
Chris Mahnken
Fully blown Windows driver editor for Nascar Racing. Allows you change all settings and assign abilities from a pre-defined list.Nascar Setup Viewer -
Bill Opila
Windows program that allows you to view and compare setups in Nascar Racing.Nascar Weight Calculator -
Author Unknown
Small utility to calculate cross weight, bias and wedge in Nascar Racing.ICR1 Engine & Chassis data -
Author Unknown
Information on chassis & engines in ICR1. Anyone got any for ICR2?NASCAR car set converters -
Neil Jedrzejewski
Two small utilites to convert US car sets to Euro versions and vice versa. Some problems converting UK to US.
GERHARDS TRACK CONVERTERS
Well, all thats left to do now is to write a track editor. Here are Gerhard Lingenberg's utilities.
NASCAR Track Converter -
Gerhard Lingenberg
Using this utility, you can convert tracks from Nascar racing for use in Indycar 2.INDYCAR 2 AI Patches -
Gerhard Lingenberg
Having used the above utility, this patch will make the AI cars drive more like Indycars than Nascars.INDYCAR2 Track Converter -
Gerhard Lingenberg
For those of you who know the opposite of 'left', you can now convert tracks from Indycar 2 for use in Nascar Racing.*NEW* INDY500 Convertion Program v2.0 - Gerhard Lingenberg
If you've got a copy of the Indianapolis 500 track pack from Indycar Racing 1, this utility will convert it for use in Indycar Racing 2. This version has improved AI and has had some common bugs fixed.*NEW* Brickyard 400 Convertion Program v2.0 - Gerhard Lingenberg
O.K, so you've got the Indy500 track to work with ICR2. Now you can use it with Nascar racing as well.
CAR SETUPS
If your having problems making your Nascar go in circles quickly then one of these setups should help. We've collected around 130 different car setups for Nascar racing and have put them together into collections for each track.
Atlanta
Bristol
Charlotte
Darlington
Dover Downs
Loudon
Martinsville
Michigan
North Wilkesboro
Phoenix
Pocono
Richmond
Rockingham
Sears Point
Talladega
Watkins Glen
CAR SETS
To save space, we've decided to only include car sets created by people at The Pits and other difficult to come by sets. Depending on whether you are downloading from the US or UK, you will get the carset corresponding to either the US or European version of the game.
People looking for Nascar carsets are recommended to visit the IWCC Project homepage.
INDYCAR RACING
1995 Season -
Author Unknown
This car set contains all of the cars from the 1995 Indycar Championship1995 Indy 500 -
Author Unknown
This car set contains all of the cars from the 1995 Indycar Championship Indianapolis 500 Race.1995 Formula 1 -
Steve Blackwell
Steve's car set for the 1995 Formula One World Championship.INDYCAR RACING II
*NEW* Indycar 40 car carset - Gerhard Lingenberg
Wanted 38 opponents? This carset allows 38 opponents plus the pace car.*NEW* Indycar 1996 Season - Chris Spehert
1996 PPG/CART car set for Indycar 2. Contributed by one of our visitors.Indycar 1995 Season -
Earl Ma
1995 PPG/CART car set for Indycar 2. Rated as probably the best on the net!*NEW* 1996 Formula 1 Season - Steve Blackwell
Is there no stopping this man?! Now you too can re-create that crash at Melbourne.1995 Formula 1 Season -
Steve Blackwell
Steve's latest creation, the 1995 Formula 1 Championship for ICR2. Steve says he'll do sets from other years if enough people what him to, so send him an e-mail!1993 Formula 1 Season -
Steve Blackwell
Steve's done it again! His latest creation, the 1993 Formula 1 Championship for ICR2.NASCAR RACING
1995 British Touring Car Championship -
Dave Bowers & Neil Jedrzejewski
This is the BTCC cars set for 1995. Includes the privateers.
THE NEED FOR SPEED
Well after a hard day of serious sim racing, we all need to vent our frustrations somehow. Personally I like to ramp the hell out of a Dodge Viper...
Need For Speed Patch -
Ryan Weisenberger
Patches the game to make it think you've won two tournaments. This enables the cheat codes and allows you to use the Warrior car and bonus track.Need for Speed Track Editor -
Denis Auroux
Add curves, hills and 1:1 gradients!Track Object Remover -
Herve Delmot
If when designing your tracks the existing objects get in the way, remove them!*NEW* NFS Toolkit - Herve Delmot
3 useful utilites when making tracks for NFS. A track straightener, an untwister and a track flattener.