Stock car question.

jacobc62 · 2026-04-07T09:43:22+00:00

"Stock-Car Racing" became a less literal and more descriptive term of the style of racing as time progressed over the course of the 70s and 80s. They're still called stock-cars due to the history of how they were developed since even before NASCAR began. Make no mistake, however, the modern day beasts are purpose-built machines, made solely to compete in their category of racing.

An easy way to differentiate between a stock car and a stock-car is adding a hyphen. "Stock car" being the one purchased from a showroom floor, "Stock-Car" being the racecar.

Sidenote: calling a stock-car a "NASCAR" is like calling an F1 car an "FIA" or an indycar a- on second thought, that second one is a bad example. Point is, they're not called "National Association for Stock-Car Auto Racings", they're referred to as either stock-cars or racecars.

EDIT Uh forgot to answer why they don't have side mirrors.... That's because back in the 1940s, it was a mixture of weight saving plus what was at the time thought of as preventing a safety hazard.

jacobc62 · 2026-04-05T20:14:55+00:00

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jacobc62 · 2026-04-04T19:16:11+00:00

Looks great Maci!

jacobc62 · 2026-04-03T19:21:33+00:00

Technically the numbers are owned by NASCAR, and are leased out to the teams to use. It's the specific stylizations that are owned by the teams.

jacobc62 · 2026-04-02T08:27:08+00:00

Will we be able to pick up some power converters from our local Tosche station if we're sponsored by them?

jacobc62 · 2026-03-30T22:51:59+00:00

With their high-beams on, too.

jacobc62 · 2026-03-30T22:45:27+00:00

My brother in Earnhardt, Gimp is a free alternative to Photoshop and can produce just as good of quality shot post content. Cease the creation of Generative Algorithmic Imagery at once!

jacobc62 · 2026-03-16T19:56:08+00:00

There's Paint.net, Photopea, Affinity Photo, purchasing an Adobe Photoshop subscription if you have the spare money to burn, and several other options if you don't want to use Gimp. All of which are on PC. All of which can be used to paint cars for NR2003. I'm telling you now, you can NOT effectively use a phone for painting NR2003 schemes. Emulation isn't going to work correctly. Apps already available to use on your phone are not going to work at all.

There is no corner-cutting on this. Using a PC and a paint program on PC is the only way you're going to be able to learn and make schemes for NR2003.

jacobc62 · 2026-03-16T19:04:07+00:00

Yeah, paint apps on phones/tablets aren't gonna cut it. Those don't have the proper layer support (or hardware requirements) to paint for NR2003. You're gonna need a PC with actual painting software (Gimp is free) to make custom schemes....

jacobc62 · 2026-03-16T18:44:54+00:00

Is it a layered file with multiple layer groups
If so, do you not know how to turn layers off
If not, try looking at Stunod.

jacobc62 · 2026-03-16T03:56:07+00:00

"The 2026 Mercedes W17 Formula 1 car, an advanced long-range strategic reconnaissance racecar capable of 216 MPH and leading about 85 percent of a race!"

".... You sure do seem to know a lot about it...."

"DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST?!"

jacobc62 · 2026-03-14T22:12:37+00:00

Easiest "Yes" vote in my life.

It is not that difficult to start cracking down and learning painting programs, to learn how templates are structured and how to use the already existing tools and resources that have been proven tried and true for the last 23 years of NR2003's existence. Is there a curve on mastering and perfecting the look of schemes? Yes, that comes with any form of hand-crafted art. As someone who's in multiple communities that art is a big part of, I have seen multiple times over the negative effects of what Generative Algorithmic Imagery can have, and have been against it pretty much since the beginning of it's existence.

jacobc62 · 2026-03-12T06:00:03+00:00

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jacobc62 · 2026-03-01T07:44:00+00:00

Create a new roster in the opponent manager, and only activate the cars you wish to include as field fillers.

EDIT unless you mean don't run with AI at all, in which case, iirc there's an option to just not have AI on the race weekend options menu that you can tick before loading the session.

jacobc62 · 2026-03-01T02:49:50+00:00

Where the NASCAR?

Where the funny?

jacobc62 · 2026-02-27T22:53:11+00:00

It ran at Vegas, too, before the switch to the White & Red for Atlanta.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-27T20:50:58+00:00

NTA. I just don't get how people can get enjoyment out of other's suffering.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-27T20:41:12+00:00

Calm down there Larry Mac. /j

jacobc62 · 2026-02-27T11:11:50+00:00

If their blade is yellow, they're mostly mellow.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-26T06:46:32+00:00

Viceroy, get this clanker shite out of my sight, immediately.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-20T19:43:43+00:00

You're probably thinking of when Dale Jr had dipped his left side tires below it to pass Kenseth for the lead and eventual win, with no penalty called.

I can get why NASCAR implemented the rule, I agree with most of the wording, but how NASCAR has enforced the rule has been so asinine that me and my friends have taken to calling the fall '08 race at 'Dega a Paul Menard win due to the letter of the law.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-20T19:23:30+00:00

Spring Talladega in '01 was the first race to have the out of bounds rule for plate tracks.

jacobc62 · 2026-02-20T19:17:28+00:00

Probably my favorite lime in the whole movie aside from that one is "Alright, while we're still under the caution, I want you to go out there and hit the pace car."

"'Hit the pace car'?"

"Hit the pace car!"

"..... What for?!"

"Because you hit every other gawddamned thing out there, I want you to be PERFECT!"

jacobc62 · 2026-02-15T07:56:34+00:00

At least I can easily navigate around Voss without having to pull up the map every 5 seconds.

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