Welcome, this page is a web archive for resources and tips I've managed to find for Nascar 2003.
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Update 08/15/05. Well, I guess some people get greedy and don't appreciate the efforts of others in the sim racing community. Apparently, a group of people have bought the source code and rights to the now-discontinued Nascar Racing 2003. They are being real sticklers about distributing mods for it, the bad thing is, the mods for this game have made it what it is. Anyways, here is some more info about the whole fiasco. I think it's kind of frustrating that the hard work of groups like ProjectWildfire is supposed to go down the drain.

  • These guys have hired an attorney to send out intimidating letters, as can be found here.
  • Here is a post from USpits.com on the story between USpits.com and F1rst racing HERE
  • Just to be fair, here is a response from first-racing.net dated March 3, 2005 HERE
  • Currently, I've been racing in both the Growl (Link here) and NTRL (Link here) online racing leagues for Nascar 2003. Growl trucks run on Monday nights, NTRL runs on Tuesday nights, and Growl Cup runs on Wednesday nights.

    The current cup car that I am racing can be downloaded here.

    Al Corey (Rafter) has started a news letter for the GROWL and NTRL league. I will try to remember to save them each week, and archive them to this website. He started with the first one on June 20th, 2005. Browse to this directory to view it.

    I have managed to gather some information from the setup and driving guru, Bob Stanley, off of various internet message boards. I have copied some of the posts into Microsoft Word files for easier reference, or if those sites should go down. Please see the subjects below.

  • Bob Stanley on changes needed for a chassis setup to compensate for the weather. Added 7/30/04 Get it here.
  • Jan's Quickfix Guide from theuspits.com More detailed summary of chassis changes. Added 7/23/04 Go to website here.
  • Quick summary of chassis changes available during the race, and effect on car. Added 7/23/04 Get it here.
  • Restrictor Plate Setup Advice from Bob Stanley, on Team Lightspeed forums. Get it here.
  • Tire science information from Bob Stanley on pressures and camber, on Team Lightspeed forums. Get it here.
  • Advice on home grown setups that are similar to real life nascar, from Sierra forums. Get it here.
  • Here are some links to various Nascar 2003 sites that I visit.

  • Setup Guru.com
  • Team FLM
  • Flog.com setup and car swap
  • Simracecar.com N2003 Painting Database
  • Nascarnet.com, Nascar2003 portal
  • Nascarnet.com, Nascar2003 portal
  • Ncracer.com, Another Nascar2003 portal
  • Below are some miscellaneous files for Nascar 2003.

  • Nascar 2003 Editor from Papyrus Get it here.
  • Nascar 2003 Performance Tweaks, outlines changes you can make to game files for better frames per second. added 08/19/2004 Get it here.
  • Nascar 2003 Expert setups by Bob Stanley from Project Wildfire Website Get it here.
  • Logitech Wingman Formula Force Extreme Drivers Get it here.
  • Comments? Suggestions? Please email me at: stevebell9@hotmail.com

    Last updated: 8/15/2005 0917 EST