
Title		: 2004 ASCAR/Days of Thunder Series Mod
Author		: Matt Screaton 
Email Address	: ascarmatt@dsl.pipex.com
Web Site	: www.msmdesigns.co.uk
 

Description	:115 Hi-Rez cars with simple ratings. All major and minor livery and sponsor logo changes for all 		 race cars are documented. This includes accurate contingency layouts. (Due to the ridiculously high 		 number of race cars included, there is an Extra carset available with 44 cars including show cars, 			 cars from testing, launch cars, 2 seaters and ASA spec cars are available as a separate download.) 

		-Insane-Rez Avon tyre textures. Two versions to choose from - black rims and chrome rims. 

		-Windscreen strips.  All cars will use a generic strip. However, it is not editable by the user, as 		 	 it is not part of the template. 

		-Brand new templates. Each of the 3 templates has undergone extensive reworking, and are far 		 		 improved over ones used last year. These are available for download. 

		-Pit crews for each car. 

		-5 BMW Pace cars representing cars that have been seen at Rockingham over the 2004 season.

		-Grand National Series physics. 

		-A new for 2004 menu screen. 

		-A more accurate DoT car style cockpit

		-A red fuel cell (as per DoT car) and the exhaust pipes go to the correct side of the car. 

		-Removed the air pipes from the inside of the car, along with the rear window air scoops, as the 		 	 majority of DoT cars do not have these. 

		-DoT tech stickers in the rear windows.

Author Info	: Lives in Dronfield, near Sheffield, England

Upcoming Works	: 2000, 2001 and 2002 ASCAR mods, 2005 SCSA Mod

Other Works	: ASCAR / Days of Thunder 2003 Mod v1+2, ASCAR/DoT/SCSA templates, ASCAR/DoT contingency sheet
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* Construction and Credits *

Base		: Made in its entirity from scratch 
Editor(s) used	: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9, Winmip2, Carviewer 
Known Issues	: Cars are only as accurate as my source material allows.  I've set the mip priority too high on the 		  car mips - resulting in some blurred track and world textures. It was too much work to re-mip all 		  	  the cars (159 in all) so I've  had to leave it - sorry.  This is more noticable on some tracks 		  than others.
Build Time	: April 2004 - November 2004 (consistent work) Various problems and issuses solved throught to 		 		  release in June 2005

ALL work on the mod by Matt Screaton EXCEPT - ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF:	
					      Car 11, 17, 23, 24, 25, 66 by Mark Davison
					      Car 84 - Deuce RML Chevrolet by Tony Martin   
Cheers Guys - Your input has been invaluable.

COCKPIT

The majority of cockpit work done by Jerry Esmay including layout and initial texture work.  Remaining tidying up and ASCAR / DoT style textures by Matt Screaton.  

Cheers Jerry - you are a star.

TEMPLATES

Original template origins unknown.  Extensive work done by the author to reproduce highly accurate Days of Thunder car style templates.

Chrome layers by Brian Simpson. (Slightly modified by me).
Pace car template by Brian Simpson modified to a BMW by me.

LOGOS and NUMBERS

Many logos and numbers constructed from photos taken personally by the author.
Other logos from all over the place.

REFERENCE MATERIAL

Material from photos taken by the author and:

G Force Images - www.gforceimages.co.uk
Sportsfotos - www.sportsfotos.co.uk
Post 14 Digital Motorsport Photography - www.post14.f9.co.uk

Any photos posted by anyone on the SCSA forum.

There are too many other places to list - but my thanks to all of you.

Many thanks to all involved - couldn't have done this without your help.

OTHER CREDITS

Menu screen created by the author.
In Game Insane-Rez Avon tyre textures by the author.


* INSTALLATION *

1) Download both 'ASCAR04_PART-1' and 'ASCAR04_PART-2' from www.msmdesigns.co.uk (you MUST download both parts)
2) Unzip 'ASCAR04_PART-1' to your 'NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\series' folder.
3) Unzip 'ASCAR04_PART-2' to your 'NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\series\ascar04' folder (making sure the 'use folder names' option is ticked).

!!!YOU MUST UNZIP PART 1 BEFORE YOU UNZIP PART 2!!!

4) Launch N2003 and select 'ASCAR / Days of Thunder 2004' from the series list at the bottom of the screen.
5) Choose your car and Go Race!!

* OPTIONAL EXTRA CARSET INSTALLATION *

6) Download 'ascar04_Extra_Carset' from www.msmdesigns.co.uk
7) Unzip 'ascar04_Extra_Carset' to your 'NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\series\ascar04\cars' folder.
8) Choose your car and Go Race!! 


* Other Information *

You must have the 1.2.0.1 patch from Papyrus installed before running this carset.



  
The ASCAR / Days of Thunder Series / SCSA has run at both Rockingham (UK) and Eurospeedway during its history.
Both tracks are available for N2003. They are well worth getting and are available from:	
ROCKINGHAM UK - www.motorsportsims.com/
EUROSPEEDWAY  - www.v8thunder.com/

* Copyright / Permissions *
This zip-file MUST NOT be distributed without the permission of the author in all kind
of media. The packet must remain as it is without dropping out any files, including
this document. The author reserves all rights to ask the distributor to remove the
program from distribution.

This Mod, is not supported by or affiliated with Sierra, Papyrus Racing Games, NASCAR, Rockingham, or The SCSA.

If you did not download this mod from www.msmdesigns.co.uk can you please contact me at ascarmatt@dsl.pipex.com 
  

* Disclaimer *
 
This zip-file is provided "as is" with no warranties expressed or implied. The author
will not be held responsible for any losses incurred, either directly or indirectly
by the use of this carset.

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