INDYCAR/CART



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Carsets I Utilities I Convertors I Setups I Links I Contact

Welcome to the CART Racing section of The Pits. Originally released in 1995 under the name of Indy Car Racing II, CART Racing has remained the premier open wheeled racing sim on the market. As you'll see from this page, the game has developed far beyond it's original features. Enjoy!

Carsets

Cart Racing Carsets by Jeff McKeand
Jeff provides the latest and most accurate Champcar carsets for ICR2. Also featured are the Indy Lights carsets of Jared Thompson.

IWCCCARS
IWCCCARS expands it's coverage to include ICR2! Included are CART, Indy Lights and IRL carsets.

The Sim Project
Home of the CART2K carset, great new carshape for ICR2! Also featured are the GTP cars and addons.


NOTE: Each program should have installation instructions included in the zip. Please do not email us with technical problems or 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.

Utilities

Laguna Seca Reverse by David Noonan
The patch changes things around so you run Laguna Seca the other way around!

Firestone Wheel Changer by Tom Smith
This wheel changer will change the standard black wheel used with Firestone tires to the same wheel used with Goodyear tires.

New Sounds for ICR2by Dave Turman
Race with a Detroit V8 engine or even a F1 engine sound. Program also saves the original ICR2 sound to allow it to be restored.

ChampCar Engine Sound by Greg Fedoruk
Greg's come up with another great sound for the engine.

Champcar Engine Sound by Graham Fuller
Graham's created a great new engine sound for ICR2.

New Dash by Graham Fuller
New colour cockpit displays for ICR2 with three versions to choose from. Another great job by Graham!

Cart Racing Headquarters by Dane Johnson
CART Racing HQ uses a Windows interface to allow you to edit just about anything you want in the game. Visit Dane's page for updates and a Win 3.1 version.

Indycar 2 Lap Analyser by Zdenek Seidl
Beta version of a program that lets you extract laps from a replay and view on a graph. For more info visit Zdened's page.

Horizons by David Noonan
Utility for transfering graphics from the Rendition enhanced tracks to the non-enhanced tracks.

Track records for ICR2/N1/N2 by David Noonan
Will extract your best laps from each track, and also the AI's best laps. Creates an output file viewable in any spreadsheet program.

LP editor for ICR2/N2by Robert Szikszo
Robert's done an excellent job creating an LP file editor, takes a little practice, but can edit .lp i2filez quickly after reading the directions.

Calendar Editor for ICR2/N2 by Juergen Hiller
Automated Calendar Editor takes all the guesswork out of changing those races...will do ANY track that is in the track directory.

Crew Chief by Douglas Reichley
Allows you to 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.

Replay Data Extractor by Michael Corrigan
This program will extract data logging info from replay i2filez and provide data that can be analysed in a spreadsheet or graph. Works with ICR 1, ICR 2 and N1.

Setopt11 by Marcelo Bassino
Utility that lets you race against a field of 40 cars in ICR2


Convertors

Note: N1 to ICR2 convertors have been moved to The Archives.

N2 to ICR2 Convertor (Free Version) by David Noonan
David has done it again with his N2 to ICR2 Convertor! If you own N2 you can now convert those tracks for use in ICR2. The free convertor includes Atlanta, Pocono, Night Bristol & Charlotte, Watkins Glen, South Boston, and the two Fantasy tracks. For information on obtaining the complete convertor contact Jan Kohl.

Indy to ICR2 by Gerhard Lingenberg
Converts the ICR 1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway track to ICR2.

Indy to ICR2 AI Update by Gehard Lingenberg
After using the above convertor this patch will improve the AI at Indy.

Indy AI Pit Lane Fix by Joachim Boeddeker
This patch will make the AI cars use the pitlane instead of abruptly jumping onto the track at Indy.


Setups

Qualifying and Race Setups by Jake Myers
The Snake's setups are here! Jake has been very successful in many offline leagues and he's been good enough to let us post his setups here. Included are setups for all the original ICR2 tracks as well as many Nascar converted tracks.

Qualifying Setups by Shane Pitkin
Shane shares his qualifying setups for most of the original ICR2 tracks.


Links

Sierra Online - makers of CART/ICR2
Velocity Motorsports - Shane Pitkin's great page with info on just about everything for ICR2
The Sim Project - Incredible Rendition kits to update ALL of your tracks. Other great stuff too!
HQ Software - Dane Johnson's great ICR2 utility page
The Unions: ICR2 Page - CART carsets for ICR2
Snake Racing - Jake Myers' team site includes probably the best setups you'll find
Broady's Indycar Racing 2 Homepage - Track guides and a little bit of everything

ICR2/CART Leagues

Indy Extended Circuit
Internet Pro Racing
MacRacingCART League


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