MSF_BigFair_JRF by J.R. Franklin

For: Nascar Racing 2003

Minnesota State Fair was originally made by Fred "White Falcon" Anderson and Brian Suber for NR2002 back in days when the only short tracks available for NR2002 (other than the ones that came with the game) were made by Fred and Brian.  They made some pretty good ones too, considering the tools, or lack thereof, that were available to them.  This was back before "Sandbox" mind you.  Fred originally wanted to create all of the tracks for the ASA tour which was very big back then with all of it's races covered on TNN (then known as the Nashville Network). Fred and Brian's other short track efforts were Lacrosse and Berlin and were also wildly popular at the time. When NR2003 came out, it was found that these NR2002 tracks could also be used in NR2003.

So much for the history lesson.  Recently, the guys over at BullRing Motorsports did an update to the very popular originaL NR2002 Minnesota State Fair track.  This restoration effort was headed up by Josh "Butter" Guiher, Chris"0Modified" O'Shell and Danny Coral and featured an expanded pit area for 32 cars and several other very nice graphic and ai updates.

What was missing from both versions of Minnesota State Fair in my opinion was the "State Fair" itself.  So all I essentially did was put the "Big Fair" in turns 3 and 4 along with other subtle graphic updates.   

Here is a summary of what I added to the very nice effort by the BullRing crew mentioned above:

1. retextured the walls to look sharper and cleaner 
2. added the 3D crowd in the grandstand
3. added the ferris wheel and roller coater from Suzuka_GTP (Thanks and credits to Redline Development) 
4. added the ferris wheel from Fujita_Classic (Thanks and credits to Torn80alley and Piggzracing)
5. added new horizons and ground mips 
6. added new tree groups, buildings and 3d people milling around frontstretch concourse 
7. added the big P.A. Speakers (that were in the original track - moved them over to the infield stage area) 
8. added penants on the roof of the grandstands, etc. 
9. added miscellaneous other objects

In summary, I just tried to create a "State Fair" feel off of turns 3-4.

Installation instructions: Unzip the file into your NASCAR 2003 track folder 
That's all! 

Please be advided that this is not meant to be an exact replica of the real Minnesota State Fair track as I have never been there or seen the place.

Enjoy racing at MSF_BigFair_JRF! 
                     
Sincerely,

J.R. Franklin
 

Any feedback is welcomed.  Please post in the www.nr2ktracks.com NR2003 General forum.