INDYCAR/CART



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News I Utilities I Convertors I Setups I Carsets 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!




News

Tuesday, March 3rd - 1999 Fedex Championship carset is here! Jeff's been hard at work and has completed his 1999 carset in plenty of time for the season opener at Homestead. Jump over to Cart Racing Carsets to download the set.

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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

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

new17.gif - 224 BytesQualifying 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.


Carsets

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Spring Training 1999 by Jeff McKeand
1999 is here and thanks to Jeff, with the new year comes the first CART carset! This is the Spring Training version, some paintschemes are left in their black trim as a few liveries haven't been revealed yet, but still worth the download!

CART 1998 by Earl Ma
Earl's back and it was worth the wait! Rover Jackson returns for 1998 with a great carset by one of the original masters of the ICR2 paintkit. To check for updates visit The Unions ICR2 page.

Fedex v1.06 by Jeff McKeand
Jeff McKeand continues to update his 1998 CART carset. It gets my pick for best of the year! Be sure to check Jeff's website (page is temporarily unavailable) for updates.

CART '98 by Jeff Speck
Jeff's early season edition of the 1998 CART season. Great work!

1998 CART by Jeff Schueler
Jeff Schueler's great carset depicting the current Champ Car season.

Hanford Device by Scott Perfetti
Carset that uses Jeff McKeand's Fedex carset to simulate the Hanford Device at Michigan and California. Includes some special track files.

1995 CART by Oliver Karaula
Oliver has done a great job creating an accurate 1995 set, instead of the sleeper the sim comes with. Very well done!

1994 CART by Scott Steiner
Scott wanted to pick an original idea and used a season that wasn't represented in carset form. Lots of great info on the 1994 season included as well.

new17.gif - 224 Bytes1992 Indy 500 by Tom Smith
Miss the CART boys at Indy? Tom has recreated the 1992 field for us.


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1998 Indy Lights by Jeff Schueler
Jeff does it again with his 1998 Indy Lights carset!

1997 Indy Lights by Jeff Schueler
Jeff's original Indy Lights carset from 1997.


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new17.gif - 224 Bytes1999 Indy Racing League by Jeff Schueler
Jeff returns for 1999 with his IRL set, based on the opening race at Orlando.

1998 Indy 500 by Steve Kilsdonk
Steve's done it again! Here's his version of this year's Indy 500 carset. This set uses the Setop11 utility to race against a full field of 40 cars. Find it above in the Utilities section.

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Steve's done a great job with his own new car shape and some great painting of this years IRL cars. This set uses the Setop11 utility to race against a full field of 40 cars. Find it above in the Utilities section. This set also includes a car update for the above Indy 500 carset.

1998 Indy Racing League by Jeff Schueler
Don't look away, while you did Jeff's done it again! IRL '98 is based on last year's set by Marcelo Bassino and friends and updates to the current season.


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


Contact

Questions or comments about this page? Contact David Noonan or Sean Staples. Send any submissions for this page to Sean Staples.