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NOTE: Older utilities and ICR1 and N1 programs located in the archives. Each program should have a text file on how to install it included in the zip. Refer to that for installation. Please do not email us about technical problems/installation questions on programs not written by us. In that file should be the original author's email...please contact them for any other problems. NEW USERS: You will need to get a zip utility to use these programs.

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PITS STUFF

*NEW* The Pits Title Screen for N2 - Chris Shearburn
Follow the instructions, and you will see "The Pits" when you first get into N2! Great utility...

*NEW* The Pits Win95 Theme!! - Jan Kohl
The Pits Win95 Theme is here! Complete with backgrounds, startup and shutdown screens, pointers, desktop icons, and an easy one-click installation!

*UPDATED* The Pits GP2, NASCAR I & II race cars - Neil Jedrzejewski, Jan Kohl, Brian Simpson, Roberto Reboucas, and Jeff Copperthite
Add The Pits cars to your car sets...Look out, they're liable to be the fastest ones there...

*NEW* Track records for N1/N2/ICR2 - David Noonan
Great program, will extract your best track laps from the records.txt, and also the AI's. Creates an output file viewable in any spreadsheet program.

*NEW* LP editor for N2/ICR2 - Robert Szikszo
Robert's done an excellent job creating an LP file editor, takes a little practice, but can edit .lp files quickly after reading the directions.

*NEW* N2/ICR2 Calendar Editor - Juergen Hiller
Automated Calendar Editor takes all the guesswork out of changing those races...will do ANY track that is in the track directory. Win 3.1 version here.

*NEW* 1995 F1 Car Set - Martin Ursua
May be a little late by the year, but definitely one of the best looking '95 sets.

*NEW* Split time utility - Martin Granberg
Shows you the time difference between you and the fastest car on the track.

*NEW* Point editor - Martin Granberg
Allows you to realistically set the finishing points after the race.

*NEW* Grand Prix Editor - Steve Young
Excellent Grand Prix Editor...Windows version. Very good program.

*NEW* 3D Car viewer - Lars Birkemose
See your car drawn and viewed in 3 dimensional lighting.

*NEW* ICR2 97 car templates - Chris Woloshansky
.pcx files that make up the 97 car templates for ICR2, ready for painting. Included are the Lola, Reynard, Swift, and Penske

*NEW* ICR2 Crewchief - Douglas Reichley
Great program allows you to easily edit various aspects of each track, such as pit windows, 100% race length, speed of the CCs, etc. It also allows you to easily edit/choose the track records, race schedule, point standings, car sets, and also back up all your setups. It will extract telemetry data from replays and display as a graph.

*NEW* Indy Charlotte nightrace- Sean Staples and Marcelo Bassino
Run Charlotte at night with the converted track.

*NEW* 1997 Reynard 3D PPG carset- John Welkener
1997 Reynard chassis carset...3d shape change to resemble the cars.

*UPDATED* US 500 colors 3D Indycar carset change- Junae Ludvig
New 3d Indycar set...has adjustable rear wings!! Junae has excelled with this car set...

*NEW* 3D Indycar model changes- Ivan Basso
Ivan has done a great job reshaping the 3D models for ICR2.

*NEW* Indycar Racing II Setups- Shane Pitkin
The wait is over! For all you who wanted setups for ICR II, here they are!

INDYCAR RACING II CAR SETS

*NEW* CART 97 Car set- Earl Ma
Earl has done it again! His 97 CART set is excellent...

*NEW* How to convert DOS to Mac - Jim Getzen
Explains how to take DOS car sets and replays and convert them to Macintosh! Now you can use ANY carset! Advanced Version for Mac only.

*NEW* New Smoke for N2 - Evan Widdap
Files to change the smoke from the old "comic book" smoke to a more realistic smoke on the track...looks good.

*NEW* Logos for the Busch Grand National track pack - Michael Peterson
Big logos and event logos.

*NEW* Logos for the Busch Grand National track pack - Jody Huggins
Big logos and event logos.

*NEW* Logos for the Bud Shootout - Tim Norek
Big logo and event logo.

*NEW* LP editor for N2/ICR2 - Robert Szikszo
Robert's done an excellent job creating an LP file editor, takes a little practice, but can edit .lp files quickly after reading the directions.

*NEW* Fantasy Tracks for N2 - Papyrus
These are the latest versions of the fantasy tracks for N2, Red Rock and Bullrun. These are direct from Papyrus, and are not copies from other sites. (3 meg)

*NEW* N2 Logos for missing races - Chas Bornemann, Dave Foor and Tim Norek
Complete logos for the 1997 season.

*NEW* N2 radio noise - James Trapp
This utility changes the radio noise to reduce it a bit, and fixes some sampling errors with the files.

*NEW* N2 crash sounds - Leonardo Candelario
New crash sounds for NASCAR 2, with installation instructions.

*NEW* N2 cockpit Window net/stickshift - Leonardo Candelario
Leonardo's done a good job putting in the interior graphics...you can see the cars go by on the outside! Low resolution version for non-SVGA users here.

*NEW* Ford Taurus grill/lights - Mark Turner
Ready to dress up that new Ford? Here's the grill and lights with a new decal sheet. This version includes an installer to place it in the N2 paintkit.

*NEW* N2 setups - Don Merpaw
Don, who's high in the points standings of 5 racing leagues, and is in the top 5 in points on all of them, has generously submitted his best racing setups for all tracks.

*NEW* AI updates for N2 tracks - Tom Hansen
Tom has done some excellent work creating some new more realistic AI for several tracks, Pocano, Dover, Charlotte, and Talladega. Pocano fixes several problems, Charlotte fixes the dogleg, Talladega allows more side by side racing in the corners.

*NEW* ICR2 > N2 Track Converter (free version) - David Noonan
Here is the free version of the ICR2 Track Converter...works for Portland, Long Beach, and Cleveland. Oh, so you want the full version you say, for a reduced price? Well, here ya go...click here!

*NEW* Track pics replacement - Marcelo Bassino
Replace the pictures of the converted tracks in your NASCAR 1 game.

*NEW* Track updates for NASCAR II converted tracks Gary Champagne
Color/AI updates for the converted tracks for N2. Requires ICR2 and track converter.

Indy

*NEW* NASCAR II SuperPatch (3 meg)- various authors
We've gone through our files and removed all the fixes that are no longer current, and combined the ones that are. This nice superpatch includes all 3 Papyrus patches, the tirescreech patch, MS Explorer fix, the palattes, the Talladega and Dover AI changes, the race logos, the 1997 date change, and David Sparks N1>N2 setup converter. Wow...whatta bargain!

*NEW* Tire squeal change for N2 - Chas Bornemann
Fixes that annoying high pitched squeal from the tires in N2...changes it back to the good old hair-raising "this is gonna hurt" screech from NASCAR I.

*NEW* MS Explorer fix for N2 - Robert Paige
This is the .dll file that gets corrupted with the "auto-update" feature of N2. All you have to do is place it in the /windows/system directory, overwriting the old one, and you are done.

*NEW* N2 Setups - Various Authors
You asked, we did it again...130+ setups for N2, all tracks.

*NEW* N2 Track/Driver Statistics Program - Jeff Copperthite
This nifty program allows you to view, change, and rate the different drivers that you currently run with in NASCAR. You can also see how the season is going by letting it sort how you and the other drivers are faring.

*NEW* N2 Replay Telemetry program - Christopher Lund
This program allows you to import N2 replays, and then view them as a 2 dimensional graph. You can then save them as telemetry files. Excellent for checking your best lap times. Windows 3.1 version here.

*UPDATED* N2 Incar Dash Color Changer (3 meg)- Mark Turner
This is excellent...DOS program, allows you to go into the car and change the dash color and guages. Simple, works great. Plug-in pack for the same program (3 meg).

*NEW* N2 Track Logos for 97 Season - Dave "The Hammer" Upson
The logos for the tracks for the '97 Season. Good job by Dave.

*NEW* NASCAR II patch again!! - Papyrus
The patch to the patch...this released on 12 May, is an update to the previous patch. Do not install unless the previous patch has been installed.

*NEW* NASCAR II patch!! - Papyrus
Finally, the much sought after and long awaited patch is here! Version 1.00 is above, it's for NASCAR where the setup.exe on the CD is dated 11/6/96. If your setup.exe is 11/27/96, download Version 1.01 here.

*NEW* 1997 NASCAR 1 carset!! - Denny Hoffman
You asked, we delivered! Yes, it's a 1997 NASCAR 1 carset, already set up to run multiplalyer on Hawaii or Kali.

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