[UPDATE] Roster Studio: Painters Rejoice!
▲ 63 r/Nr2003

[UPDATE] Roster Studio: Painters Rejoice!

Hello again, JacobVersus here. I have some exciting news about my upcoming release Roster Studio: you will now be able to load .psd's onto the respective bodies in Roster Studio. Additionally, the edits you make in Photoshop will update live in Roster Studio upon every File>Save in Photoshop.

This is going to be a massive utility for casual players that want to see what carset they downloaded easily, to the visual creative that wants to control lighting, shadows, reflections, focal lengths, aperture and depth of field & more, and to painters working on .psd files building cars or full sets.

The first public release for Roster Studio is on the horizon, I will post the release here when ready. You can follow along with my updates on my discord here: https://discord.gg/ktGhpK9CJ

Thanks for stopping by!

u/Trogzard — 6 days ago
▲ 62 r/Nr2003

Roster Studio update -- We now have advanced studio lighting and camera controls with depth of field/bokeh

This is an update for the camera nerds. Roster Viewer will have full studio lighting and camera control. You can change focal length, exposure modes, change aperture, turn on/off depth of field. Studio lighting includes deep shadow control, one key light and one fill light. Lots of highlight an reflection control.

I am constantly working on these projects. NR season Generator and Track Manager, and now Roster viewer. i made a discord you can keep up with changes and updates to all my utilities. I update it frequently: https://discord.gg/ktGhpK9CJ

I put a video of the above changes on my discord. Nice to have a place so im not always flooding reddit.

u/Trogzard — 8 days ago
▲ 28 r/Nr2003

[PREVIEW] NRSG Roster Viewer

Hey everyone, so here is what my post yesterday was about. I wanted to show some progress on my Roster Viewer. Think of it as a next generation of the beloved CarViewer. It still needs polishing before release, but im very excited to share this. All kinds of view options, camera controls, export png options. Load massive libraries, ive loaded 2000+ cars at one time. Sort by .lst to see specific rosters.

Included Models are as follows:

- Aero88

- BR10

- BRCup 2011

- BRCup 2012

- CTS / PWF Trucks

- Cup10s

- Cup11s / Cup11ss

- Cup12 Mod

- Cup2000

- Cup90

- CWS2013

- CWS2014

- CWS2015

- DMR ASA90

- DMR Dirt55

- DMR Late90

- DMR Modifieds2023

- DMR Outlaws

- DMRNXS16

- Gen6BR

- Gen6BR15

- GN63

- GN69st

- GN70ss

- Go-Kart

- ICR

- IROC75

- IROC76

- IROC87

- LMPv2

- MENCS2017

- MENCup2018

- MENCup2019

- NCS22 / FCRD

- NCTS09

- NNC07

- Original Cup

- SimoCOT

- SNG03–05

- COT

- VTS65

- Winston Cup 98

This covers quite a large group of car files for many mods. If you have a suggestion, let me know! This is 100% for the community. Its a tool for everyone to use. It will always and forever remain free. Anyone will be able to share it. I will continue maintaining all of my releases. In the release the readme will have detailed info of what sites i used, who i reached out to, ill list all creators, all credit goes to original creators. If any creator wants their car viewer x files removed, then i am happy to remove them immediately. This app does not include any mods, car files, paint kits, scenes, or anything else. It ONLY shares the CarViewer X files that are publicly available online.

Excited to hear your guys' thoughts! Release date is pending as there is still a lot of work to be done.

u/Trogzard — 9 days ago
▲ 6 r/Nr2003

Trying to get ahold of certain creators

Hey everyone, I am working on a new program, it requires getting permission to use/redistribute Car Viewer X files from certain creators. Im not redistributing any mods or anything else. just Car Viewer files.

It will be a new part of my existing NR Season Generator app. Im new to NR2003 as of this year, i dont have 20 years of community knowledge unfortunately. I have done a ton of research already, and now feel like im at a dead end.

I dont know who is still around or contactable. The List of creators i need to get ahold of are as follows:

  • The Pits (website doesnt have contact info i can find)
  • BullRing (im pretty sure they are not around anymore?)
  • Team Om3ga (no contact on their website)
  • Splash N' Go (i messaged garrett1127 on stunod, but i dont actually know if thats the creator)
  • Project Wildfire (is it possible?)
  • LMPv2.1 Short Track Sim Racing Group
  • superspeedway.net COT mod
  • SIModified (SimoCOT) Dan Nisbet

I have already reached out to DMR, FCRD and Mystical for the other files I need permission for.

If this is not possible then I will have to figure out another way to build my app. Thank you in advance.

u/Trogzard — 10 days ago
▲ 25 r/Nr2003

[BIG OVERHAUL] NR Season Generator v1.5 - Now includes a Track Manager

Hello again!

I would like to start by saying thank you to everyone who has downloaded the most recent version. We are at over 120+ downloads. Very exciting!

Im excited to release NRSG v1.5!

Take a look at some new features and instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bbD-13iQcU

Whats new:

- Season Generator is WAY smarter now

- brand new track manager

- activate/deactivate tracks without manually moving folders

- physical file index for managing every track folder, duplicate, version, and backup

- completely reworked season generator with more control over how schedules are built

- smarter track matching that cross-checks folder names, track.ini data, venue names, track type, location, and other metadata instead of relying on one field

- major performance, UI, and quality of life improvements

The video above covers pretty much all of it, the readme is also up to date with lots of instructions. Ultimately Season Generator and Track Manager should work in tandem with eachother. Track Manager does have some nice features to it for just general track managing as well.

Download v1.5: https://www.mediafire.com/file/fdasht625sk51xe/NRSG+v1.5.7z/file

Feel free to leave feedback here. I've also included a diagnostics package functionality with Track Manager. Export the package and email it to me which is displayed in the window. I only have my one machine and only have my files to test with this so if you run into any issues please let me know so i can address them.

Enjoy!

u/Trogzard — 12 days ago
▲ 27 r/Nr2003

[UPDATE] NR Season Generator V1.1.8

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for taking the time to download NRSG. I know it wasn't perfect out of the box but we are ironing out the bugs, I appreciate it! We have hit almost 100 downloads between the first two versions. I figured since this was a fairly important update, I would make a new post.

Changes to V1.1.8

- Track classification now uses the track.ini track_type value as the primary source instead of relying on track names. This was probably the biggest issue to address. It was causing issues with incorrectly designating track types.

- Along with the previous fix I also improved historical track matching with support for venue name changes (such as Lowes/Charlotte, Sears Point/Infineon/Sonoma, Phoenix/ISM Raceway, and California/Auto Club Speedway etc.)

- More track name matching improvements. Historical Seasons now use more flexible name matching, so tracks are correctly organized even if the folder name doesnt exactly match the expected format.

- Searchable track folder dropdowns now support typing and autocomplete. No more scrolling for replacements.

- Historical replacement tracks now highlight only the track folder cell instead of the entire row.

- Added the ability to deselect the current row by clicking anywhere that is not an interactive control.

Download NRSG V1.1.8 here: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/b77p8xxo39ljeie/NRSG_V1.1.8.7z/file

Thank you everyone again for using NR Series Generator. It has already made my life a lot easier, and I hope it will continue to do so for others!

(my old post has the update link as well, i just wanted everyone to see the critical bug fix)

Please comment here if you are running into any more issues, or find any new bugs. I will continue supporting this app. Thanks!

u/Trogzard — 20 days ago
▲ 69 r/Nr2003

[RELEASE] NR Season Generator V1.0!

Welcome to the NR Season Generator! Your one stop for all season creation needs. Easily create seasons based on historical templates. 1998 Trucks? Easy! Just select the series and year you want to load and generate your season! If you dont have the correct track for the season, that will be highlighted in red automatically indicating its missing from your tracks folder, you can have the app autofill a best match track from your library, or you can download the track yourself and replace it.

Want to make a custom season? No problem! You can emulate a Nascar season or do something completely custom. All tools built in lets you modify everything you need to build your season.

When youre finished creating your season, click "...Boogity, lets go racing!" and it will generate a season.ini file for you. You can drop this file in the \series of your choice and off to the races you go.

I originally made this for myself, but I knew if I needed it, someone else did too. I am a graphic designer, not a software developer, this is my first project --Go easy on me! I have only been able to test it on my windows 10 machine but it should work on 7-11 if it doesnt, please let me know! If there are any other issues you run into please share them with me.

If you have any ideas to help make the app better for you, let me know!

Enjoy! [Updated V1.1.8 — 08/01/2026] https://www.mediafire.com/file/ru14t325z121zqz/NRSG+V1.1.7z/file

EDIT 4: a user pointed out that track type designation is incorrect for certain tracks. This issue will be fixed in update V1.1.1 later tonight. It was designating based on track folder name, not track type designation in the track.ini. Fix will reference the track.ini and designate it accordingly. I’m also fixing a couple other small things, when swapping a track, you will now be able to search the track without having to scroll through a small window. Also track name matching will be a little more relaxed and match tracks by name better.

EDIT 3: found an issue where the exported season.ini is making my personal game crash when loading the championship. I presume it’s because one of my tracks i selected has an issue. Hoping this is separate of the Season Generator. Still researching my files. UPDATE: this was an issue with my tracks in my \tracks folder, not a generator issue. It should be noted however, you must use *known good/working* tracks for your season or the season.ini can cause issues such as game crashing when loading the season save and tracks not being able to load.

EDIT 2: Added Realistic Random: Creates a new season that follows the track type flow of a real nascar schedule using your installed tracks. Repeat Venues: Only venues you select can repeat. Repeat visits are spaced throughout the season. Relaxed the track type requirements: Track type counts are now minimums instead of exact totals, allowing the generator to build more reliable schedules. If exact numbers arent met, the app will fill in the remaining missing values. Update is linked above.

EDIT 1: Update is on the way to fix a bug that would prevent season creation if all parameters aren't met perfectly. Also ill be adding a way to do a random schedule using real life track types. There is also an issue i have discovered with duplicate tracks not following certain parameters, updating this as well.

u/Trogzard — 21 days ago
▲ 64 r/Nr2003

I'm Making a Season Builder tool

This tool will allow you to easily create season ini files. You can use a real life season from any Cup, BGN/Xfinity, or Truck series and it will build the schedule using your tracks.

It looks through your tracks folder and will go through each ini file to pick the best matched track for that year/season. If it doesnt have a track it will tell you, if there are better options it will tell you. You can also swap the individual track folder live. For example, i like bristol_2003 better than the 2001 variant, so a dropdown opens up and you can select the correct bristol.

It will also let you add individual tracks if you want to build your own custom season. There are different modifers you can adjust for the final file.

Im still testing it, this is the first program or app ive ever made, but so far its working great. Just polishing it up before i release it here.

Open to any suggestions or criticism. Thank you

u/Trogzard — 22 days ago
▲ 179 r/simracing

One mediocre lap around Coronado Naval Base in the 34 Grillo’s car

A follow up to my setup post here.

Game is: NR2003, coronado track, FCRD NCS22 cars mod, 34 Gilliland paint scheme

Windows XP SP3
Pentium 4 hyperthreaded
2gb ram
Radeon 7000 (agp) (want to upgrade)
80gb hdd
Logitech Driving Force for PS2
NEC MultiSync M700 crt 1024x762

my period correct build, and it’s fun as hell!

u/Trogzard — 1 month ago

you may not like it, but this is peak sim racing

been working on my period correct Pentium 4 Windows XP machine this week and got NR2003 and my Logitech Driving Force setup. It’s not my Moza R3, but it’s still fuckin sick. also have colin mcrae rally 2.0 and Sports Car GT. NR2003 is amazing for its time lol

Pentium 4 hyperthreaded
2gb ram
Radeon 7000 agp
80gb hdd
sony cdrw
dvdrw
3.5” floppy
and the jewel of the setup the NEC MultiSync M700 crt monitor. just gorgeous

everything on this machine works and it’s ripping fast. i do need to upgrade the graphics card though. so far loving it.

u/Trogzard — 1 month ago
▲ 190 r/windowsxp

This is my XP machine

Pentium 4
2gb ram
Radeon 7000 (want to upgrade)
80gb HDD
Sony CD-RW
DVD-RW
3.5” floppy
1024 x 768 NEC Multisync M700 CRT monitor
Microsoft branded Keyboard
Vaio laser mouse

Everything works! It’s very fast and runs amazing. I have a ton of period correct programs, Winamp, Irfan Viewer, itunes 6, illustrator cs 2, photoshop 7, picasa 3, IMGburn, Nero, Exact Audio Copy, Aquarium screensaver 2…. lots more.

games include: 4x4 evo, half life, insaniquarium, rctc 2, AoE II, The Sims, Pharaoh + Cleopatra, MsFS 2004, Backyard Baseball 2001, Lego Island, EZQuake, Diablo ii…

love this thing, so much fun to use. also brings me right back to my childhood lol. Thanks for looking!

u/Trogzard — 1 month ago
▲ 49 r/NASCAR

Well done Corey!

didn’t get many photos at the race, but i did snap a photo of Corey’s car on pit road before the race began. A little rough venue for the fans but i still had an awesome time. Turn 2 was a blast to watch.

u/Trogzard — 2 months ago
▲ 114 r/WRX

I wanted a certain style shift knob, so i made one.

i always wanted to make my own shift knob, a couple months ago i started playing around with designing one. I wanted it to have a factory feel, with some styling that matched existing materials in the car. In this case i wanted the reverse lockout and shifter to look more like a more cohesive unit. It’s a multi piece design that allows me to swap the center flanges for different material to add or reduce weight of the knob. it weighs in about 500g and feels amazing while driving. the ridges from the flange in the round knob make for a great grab feel. just thought i would share.

i’m not an engineer, im a graphic designer in the golf industry lmao. i designed this in adobe illustrator lol. just a personal project that i was really happy with the outcome.

u/Trogzard — 2 months ago

Back on the road + EGR question

Question - Truck failed smog in California. Extremely high NOx. Traced it to most likely the EGR being clogged or stuck closed. With engine at idle and a vacuum pump hooked up to the EGR, when vacuum is added nothing happens. Expected behavior is disturbance to idle or even stall, however my engine didn’t react and my pump held vacuum. My plan is to clean the EGR valve. I tested the vacuum modulator and that is working normally, the VSV is also brand new toyota. All the oem emissions equipment for california is there and routed correctly. It passed smog before it sat for a year and a half. All the other emissions numbers are very low and clean. Is there anything else i should be looking for?

Got my truck back on the road after sitting for a year and a half because i couldn’t afford the repairs. I got the front axle completely rebuilt with all toyota seals gaskets and bearings. new rotors and pads up front as well. since i’ve had the truck, i completely rebuilt the motor from the bottom up with all 100% toyota parts new or from donor trucks. i’ve also refurbished the whole brake system as well with new lines, master cylinder, and like i said pads and rotors up front. truck is solid now. But i failed with high NOx. I think i’ve traced the issue to the EGR valve as stated above. Anything else to check?

other than that, the truck is running great. Registration is paid. I just need to figure out the smog situation.

u/Trogzard — 2 months ago
▲ 146 r/beatles

It's finally clicked for me, I love The Beatles.

Im approaching 35 this year, and have always been defiantly opposed to The Beatles. I was raised on hip-hop, r&b, hard rock and metal (crazy combo). However my girlfriend has always been a big fan for some time, she's 6 years younger than me and has phenomenal taste in music. Anyways she has always played The Beatles and there were times where i liked the music but i never really listened. Well recently we watched Let It Be Get Back documentary and holy smokes man what an awesome documentary.

I had no idea who they were, their personalities, or the differences between the members. They are so cool, I thoroughly enjoyed watching them. My girlfriend being the super fan that she is helped me with the context throughout which was very helpful.

Anyways, I have gone DEEP and really hearing all these songs for the first time. Dude, The Beatles rip. Just to fire off a few of my favorite songs in no order:

I'll Be Back

I Want To Hold Your Hand

This Boy

Honey Don't

What Goes on

Do You Want To Know A Secret

Im Only Sleeping

She Loves You

If I Fell

And Your Bird Can Sing

Act Naturally

Baby's In Black

When Im Sixty Four

Blue Jay Way

These are just to name some lol. I absolutely love the first three albums, very easy for me to listen to them on repeat. Im now getting into the more technical albums. Like Sgt Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour etc. I still haven't fully listened to Abbey Road yet. I love Let It Be. I know that I really love almost all of Ringo's songs. I love his folk/country style (if thats what its known as). Anyways, we have watched Anthology now as well. Im a big fan lol. My gf's brother in law made a pretty deep chronological playlist also that has been great for discovery.

I just wanted to say Beatles Mania caught up to me and wanted to geek out with some fellow fans.

Edit: It was the Get Back doc i watched, not Let It Be.

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u/Trogzard — 4 months ago