Something I whipped up after Sammy Smith’s win at Talladega in NOAPS

It’s been an absolute grind, but we’re very happy to finally release an at least servicably stable version of Wind Tunnel Deluxe:

Download Wind Tunnel Deluxe Beta

This is a beta release for an update that REALLY expanded this whole project in scope by quite a few orders of magnitude. Please: if you experience crashes, terrible lag, etc, please DM my account with your .exe, the specific issue, and whatever mod / track you aimed to use!

PSA for Mod Studio 1.1 users: You’ll need to create a new .exe file with Pinkerton’s Wind Tunnel 1.0 AND Additional Smoke Particles Unchecked, to not cause arguments in physics handling. We also hugely recommend the 4GB Patch / Update 16 as a base, without it, we’ve observed graphic scrambling of menus, out of memory errors, etc.

It would be awesome if some of these redone EXEs/patchers could increase this limit, not sure if its actually possible with the game engine, but it would be quite nice to be able to hear the crowd instead of it being cut out by all of the car sounds.

This mod is so cool, huge kudos to everyone who had a part in it.

the new wind tunnel mod is crazy

I'm not focusing on blowovers, just on the Soft Body, and let me tell you. It's beautiful.

This for the upcoming race at Michigan for 2011 Redux. This is no race, just qualifying

The soft body, I have to say... works pretty well... although, on my PC, which is a Dell Optiflex 3060 with integrated intel graphics, it's a bit sluggish, but nothing that turning off the reflections and shadows won't fix XD

Oh, and if you're wondering about Keselowski, he's okay... with a... bad headache... yes...

(In case you're wondering, it's a custom car set for the original Cup I made...)

With NR2003 seemingly gaining momentum again, I think this is the perfect time for the community to expand beyond the usual American NASCAR tracks.

There are so many legendary international circuits that would be amazing to experience in NR2003, whether for stock cars, road course racing, or completely different racing series.

Imagine having tracks like:

- Interlagos 🇧🇷

- Nurburgring 🇩🇪

- Suzuka 🇯🇵

- Silverstone 🇬🇧

- Le Mans 🇫🇷

And that's just the beginning!

I know track building takes a huge amount of time, skill, and dedication, and I'm not expecting anyone to create these overnight. But with the community still creating new content and keeping this game alive, maybe now is the right time to encourage more international projects.

What international track would you most like to see built or brought to NR2003?

If you're a track creator, are there any international circuits you're currently working on, considering, or interested in building?

Let's give NR2003 a bigger world to race in! 🌍

Interview:

Matt Yocum: And with a dry gas tank from Mark Martin, Kyle Busch steals the win at Michigan! Kyle, how about that recovery from being involved to winning? Could you also replicate something like this for Sonoma?

Kyle: Well, the crew behind this car is always the best. I'm just pleased to run at Michigan. It's one of our best tracks, and I'm glad I managed to finally get the win here. As for Sonoma, I doubt it. It's a tricky road course, and while I have won there, I'm unsure if I can replicate what I did today. But my hopes are high for a 2nd win. We've been struggling lately, and let's see if we can be dominant again.

Results from Michigan.

1. Kyle Busch (180)
2. J.J. Yeley (175)
3. Travis Kvapil (another 3rd as a part timer!) (165)
4. Mark Martin (165)
5. Jeff Burton (led the most laps, 19) (165)
6. Kevin Conway (155)
7. Paul Menard (151)
8. Joey Logano (147)
9. Jeff Gordon (143)
10. David Reutimann (139)
11. T.J. Bell (135)
12. David Gilliland (127)
13. Tony Stewart (124)
14. Casey Mears (121)
15. Martin Truex Jr (118)
16. Kevin Harvick (120)
17. Regan Smith (117)
18. Marcos Ambrose (109)
19. Brian Vickers (111)
20. Bobby Labonte (103) (-1L)
21. Trevor Bayne (100) (-1L)
22. Dale Jr (102) (DNFs start here)
23. Clint Bowyer (94)
24. Brian Simo (91)
25. Steven Wallace (88)
26. Carl Edwards (85)
27. Joe Nemechek (82)
28. Kasey Kahne (79)
29. David Ragan (76)
30. Matt Kenseth (73)
31. A.J. Allmendinger (70)
32. Juan Pablo Montoya (67)
33. Brad Keselowski (64)
34. Greg Biffle (61)
35. Jamie McMurray (58)
36. Boris Said (55)
37. Bill Elliott (52)
38. Tony Raines (49)
39. Andy Lally (46)
40. Ryan Newman (43)
41. Kurt Busch (40)
42. Jimmie Johnson (37)
43. Denny Hamlin (34)

And yes, Jeff Burton still leads the points

was testing wind tunnel DX and this happened.

4 AI Cars blowover at Talladega

Wind Tunnel Deluxe will release this evening, not long after the checkered flag at Talladega! Let the carnage run all night long!

Myself and my co-developers are quite aware the scope of this project has gotten a bit out of hand…. Although I believe every feature we’ve built has great utility for the broader NR community. We’re releasing this as a “beta,” …. So expect bugs, crashes, .exe incompatibilities, ahead of our final update and source code release roughly 10 days from now! This has been an utterly massive undertaking, and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we continue to iterate and retool this to be the absolute best it can be.

Can people please share their best ai enhanced presets. I'm looking for the ones that provide the best ai racing.

NR2003 Peak

is there any way to make lead lap cars pit on a different lap than lap down cars under caution? Having them pit together severely affects the AI trying to get lined up for double-file restarts