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SAFER Barrier Project for NASCAR Racing 2003
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Darlington Raceway (Night) Update


10/27/07


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[1] IMPORTANT -- BEFORE YOU INSTALL!!!
[2] HOW TO INSTALL THE TRACK
[3] FEATURES
[4] KNOWN ISSUES
[5] TROUBLE REPORTING 
[6] CREDITS

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NOTE: All of the tracks done under the SAFER Barrier Project are distinguished by having a "_nextel" extension on the end of the track name. This way you will know that all the tracks with this extentsion are multiplayer compatible. If for some reason, you have compatibility issues, either the track you downloaded, or the track located on the server you're trying to connect to is not a genuine SAFER Barrier Project track. 

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[1] IMPORTANT -- BEFORE YOU INSTALL!!!
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Because this track is more than a cosmetic update, and Sandbox was used in order to add new textures and 3d shapes, this track is not multiplayer compatible with the original Papyrus tracks.
This track is, however multiplayer compatible with exact copies of itself. YOUR SERVER MUST BE HOSTING THIS EXACT TRACK <darlington_night_nextel> IN ORDER FOR YOU TO USE IT IN ONLINE PLAY.




[2] HOW TO INSTALL THE TRACK
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After downloading the Darlington-Night.exe file from the website, simply run the installer and follow the prompts.  The installer will automatically place the track into the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\tracks directory by default.




[3] FEATURES
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This track update was based on information from the 2006 Dodge Charger 500 event. The track is also based on the default Darlington Raceway track for the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season simulation. With that in mind, here is a list of the things that have been updated to the Darlington Raceway track for NR2003 :


1) SAFER Barriers have been installed on the walls of the turns with appropriate signage on them. (The way the cars react when hitting the walls have been adjusted) 

2) The weather variances (i.e. temperature) along with time of year has been adjusted according to actual readings for the track during the time of the event.

3) A Gatorade Victory Lane has been installed in the appropriate area as well as pit road access to it.  

4) Many new additional or updated objects have been applied throughout the track to enhance realism, such as all new lighting.

5) Appropriate logos have been applied to the frontstretch.

6) Pit lines have been added to the pitboxes appropriately.

7) Union 76 logos and signage have been changed over to Sunoco.

8) Cones have been added to entrance & exit of pit road.

9) Pit wall openings have been applied to allow access to the garage area.

10) ALL NEW cameras have been applied.

11) The way the aircraft (i.e. blimp, helicopters) fly in the air have been editted. 



THIS VERSION IS A WORK-IN-PROCESS. OTHER UPDATES WILL BE MADE WHEN APPROPRIATE.



[4] KNOWN ISSUES
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Along with the other issues listed, there is a noticeable frame-rate drop in the frontstretch of the track when running with other cars (especially Hi-rez ones) and all Graphics Options on or enabled.

Users on lower-end video cards or processors may experience a hit in frame rates due to the large amount of textures included in this track.

Multiplayer compatible ONLY with other unmodified copies of "darlington_night_nextel" (See topic # 1 in this ReadMe).




[5] TROUBLE REPORTING 
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As well as posting in the SAFERBarrierProject.com forums, you may also use the forums at www.rubbins-racins.com or theuspits.com  Please include the subject line SAFER Barrier Project inquiry.

Direct links:  

http://www.saferbarrierproject.com/modules.php?name=Forums

http://www.rubbins-racin.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27&sid=6fa936612596ba8567fe526c875e4731

http://www.thepits.us/board/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=8a222062c834b7b2f5749d29ca9bd081




[6] CREDITS
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First off we would like give a HUGE THANKS to Papyrus for creating the most kick@#$ racing simulation out there!!

Also would like to give special thanks to the developers of Project Wildfire for the Sandbox utility, without it the updates to the tracks could not be possible.

Also a special thanks to the creator of the WinMip2 utility, again, without it the updates could not be possible.

***Thanks to Lastlap for the NEW SAFER Barrier wall texture layers !!!

***Thanks to Chris (gordonfan2007) for excellent reference pics and information !!!


And to all of those who submitted information towards the updates that are just to HUGE to mention, THANKS

