Please note:  I have had several people ask me where to get UMP modified skins for the UMP chassis.  The download does not come with a skin as does the IMCA modified.  Please click here to get as many as 78 UMP modified skins.
I have discovered some 30 broken links to tracks both for DTR and DTRSC.  Some tracks have been removed until a new link can be found.  Our staff is taking painstaking time and effort to remedy all these ill-linked files.  Please accept our apologies and have patience.

I have recently removed all the former IDRL tracks.  However, they can still be downloaded from www.prenticemotorpsorts.tripod.com

Other tracks removed include those created by Quentin Waynick.  Those tracks can be downloaded at www.waynickmotorsports.tripod.com/tracks.htm

Black Rock - Brockville - Canandaigua - Cornwall - Drummond  - Fonda - Granby - Merrittville - Ransomville - Selinsgrove - Volusia - 67 Raceway - Belle Clair - Brushy Creek - I-55 Raceway - Red Rock


This page was last updated on: January 11, 2004

If you have any difficulty with any of the links on this page, please contact me via the email link above.
Ratbag's official patch required for racing DTRSC online.
Ratbag's official patch necessary to race DTR online
Matt Wedgewood's patch that allows you to never put the game CD in CD-ROM tray again
Shuts down all programs running in the background.  Reduces lag and warp
Build #3916 released November 27, 2002  4.39mb
Program allowing you to speak through a microphone, even while gaming
Program that is needed to zip and unzip compressed files.
Masked Chicken's utility for importing and exporting DTR setups
Barry Clay's new engine patch that gives the late models a more realistic sound
Paul Graham's utility that allows you to compare setups side by side
Ratbag's patch designed for use with Ge Force video cards  (requires 1.02D patch)
Never miss out on an interrupted download again with this manager
Setups
DTR Tracks (87)
Attica Speedway
Aztec Speedway (night)
Barberton Speedway
Batesville Speedway
Bayou Motorplex
Beckley Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway (Living Air 100)
Brushy Creek Speedway
Buckeye Speedway
Cannonball Speedway
Challenger Raceway
Cherokee Speedway
Columbus Speedway
Crown Point Speedway
Dixie Speedway
Dust Bowl Speedway
East Bay Raceway
Florence Speedway
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Grandview Speedway
Golden Isles Raceway
Hagerstown Speedway
Hagerstown Speedway
Hagerstown (2 groove) Speedway
Hagerstown Speedway
I-77 Speedway
KC Raceway
Kankakee Motor Speedway
Kentucky Lakes Motor Speedway
Keystone Speedway
Larue Speedway
LaSalle Speedway
Lawrenceburg Speedway
Lightning Raceway Park
Lincoln Speedway
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Macon Speedway
Millstream Speedway
MOD Raceway Park
Mt. Lawn Speedway
Muskingum Speedway
Natchez Trace Speedway
New Egypt Speedway
New York State Fairgrounds Speedway
Nocks Hill Speedway (night)
North Pole Speedway
North Texas Speedway (night)
Oakshade Raceway
Oceanside Speedway (Day)
Oceanside Speedway (Night)
Ohio Valley Speedway
Old Dominion Raceway
Path Valley Speedway
Pennsboro Speedway
Pepsi Stadium
Portsmouth Raceway Park
Quincy Raceway
Raceway 7
Riverslide Speedway
Sardis Lake Speedway
Screenshot Speedway
Selinsgrove Speedway
Silver Dollar Speedway
Skagit Speedway
Skyline Speedway
Southern Speedway
Stateline Raceway Park
Sugar Creek Speedway
Tazewell Speedway
Thunder Valley Raceway
TK Raceway
Tyler County Speedway
Volunteer Speedway
Wayne County Speedway (day)
Wayne County Speedway (night)
Waycross Speedway
West Plains Motor Speedway
Warrior Raceway Park
W1tzke Motorsports Speedway
West Plains Speedway
West Virginia Motor Speedway
West Virginia Motor Speedway
Williams Grove Speedway
Winchester Speedway
Winchester Speedway (2 groove)
UPG Raceway Park
USA Speedway

Keith Ackernecht's utility is required to view other skins within DTR and DTRSC,
Click to download the DTR Sprints demo!!!
Click to download the DTR demo!!!
Rick Crank
Randy Williams
Joe Lewandowski
Ronnie Miller
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Ronnie Miller
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Don Rarity
Rick Crank
Randy Williams
Ronnie Miller
Rick Crank
Mikel Knepley
Rick Crank
Don Raulerson
Rick Crank
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Jason Walls
Jason Walls
Rick Crank
Ronnie Miller
Warrior Tracks
Ronnie Miller
Ronnie Miller
Rob Sliker Jr
Jesse Quigley
Mikel Knepley
Lyonheart
Jason Walls
Rick Crank
Jesse Quigley
Mikel Knepley
Rick Crank
Mikel Knepley
Rick Crank
BST Designs
Chris Papa
Adero
Randy Williams
Randy Williams
Randy Williams
Rick Crank
BST Designs
BST Designs
Rick Crank
Ronnie Miller
Jason Walls
Rick Crank
Jeb Friedman
Rick Crank
Justin Walbring
Trevor Brady
Randy Williams
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Travis Senter
Jason Walls
Rick Crank
Rick Crank
Ronnie Miller
Rick Crank
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Rick Crank
Jesse Quigley
Flash 24
Michael Choate
Ronnie Miller
Don Raulerson
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Rick Crank
Don Raulerson
Rick Crank
Jesse Quigley
W1tzke
Rick Crank
Jerry Carnathan Jr.
Ronnie Miller
Jason Walls
Jason Walls
Jason Walls
Lyonheart
Ronnie Miller
Matt Wedgewood's patch that allows you to never put the game CD in CD-ROM tray again
DTRSC Tracks for DTR   (37)
Belleville High Banks
Black Hills Speedway
Bristol Dirt Speedway
Chico Rough Track
Chili Bowl Speedway
Crown Point Speedway for DTRSC
Crown Point Speedway 2
Dodge County Fair Speedway
Eagle Raceway
Eldora Speedway
Gas City I-69 Speedway
Great Western Raceway
Green Valley Raceway
Hagerstown Speedway
Hagerstown 2 Speedway
Huset's Speedway
Knoxville Raceway
Kokomo Speedway
Lernerville Speedway
Lernerville (Real) Speedway
Lincoln Speedway
Manzanita Speedway
Manzanita Speedway 2
Muskogee Speedway
Oceanside Speedway
Pepsi Stadium
Pike County Speedway
Placerville Speedway
River Cities Speedway
Santa Maria Speedway
Screenshot Speedway
Silver Dollar Speedway
Southern Oregon Speedway
Talladega Short Track
Terre Haute Action Track
Terre Haute Rough Track
The Equal Mile
Valley Speed Bowl
Wayne County Speedway
West Park Speedway
Williams Grove Speedway
Fire On Dirt/Chris Papa
Fire On Dirt/Chris Papa
Fire On Dirt/Chris Papa
OnlineRacing
Jeb Friedman

Mike Knepley
Mikel Knepley (DE2 only)
OnlineRacing




DTR Chassis' (9)
Terrific little program that's easy to use for importing setups into both DTR and DTRSC,
Click on box to get the demo!!!
Click on box to get the demo!!!
DTR Tips & Tricks

When racing online, you should try to reduce any lag and warp, not only for your enjoyment, but to further enhance others enjoyment as well.  Some things you can do to help reduce lag-causing issues, are to download and run the following program before gaming on the internet.
End It All - shuts down all programs currently running in the background of your computer.  The only things that should be left running are Explorer and System Tray. 

To get ready for online racing try the following tips.  First, open your internet browser (ex: IE 5.5) and select the tools tab.  From that select internet options, then click on delete files tab.  This will delete all your temporary internet files and send them to your recycle bin.  Next, clear your history folder by clicking on it.  Click OK to close the window.  Then go to your C:\Windows (show files)\Temp folder, click on the edit tab, then select all.  Click on delete, or press delete on your keyboard, then right click on your recycle bin and select empty recycle bin.
 
Also, I recommend defragging your hard drive at least once a week, especially if running a lot of sim racing games.  These games and their add-ons have a nasty way of fragmenting the hard drive real fast.  You may have to run scandisk before you can defrag.  If so, run a standard check in scandisk.  Be sure to turn off any virus software or screensavers before defragmenting.

Once you have launched the game, go into the options screen and select video, your resolution to read 640x480x16.  This is adequate for most gamers.  Next, turn down all shadows, skidmarks, lighting, and particles to mininmal levels.  These are fine to use when racing offline by yourself, but they are not to good to use when online racing, where others internet connections will go haywire.

Now go under game and decide if you are going to be racing using manual or automatic transmission.  For beginners, it is recommended to race in automatic transmission, although I myself, have recently made the switch to automatic transmission and done quite well with it.

Next, you be aware of what keystrokes to use while in the game itself.
F3 = toggles on/off the heads up display
F4 = toggles on/off the rear view mirror
F5 = toggles on/off names above cars
F12 = takes screenshots of the game. 
They can be viewed in your C:\ folder.  They will appear as snap0.tga, snap1.tga, and so on.  You must have a program associated with .tga files to view them such as Paint Shop Pro, MGI PhotoSuite, or Microsoft Picture It, just to name a few.

If you need to get back out to the desktop, say to go back to a chat room, but your games takes too long to load, you can use the Tab/Alt keys to escape out of the game from the main menu.  This will kick you back to the desktop to do other things you need to do, while your game is still running in the background.  When finished, simply close the window you're working in, or click the DTR tab down in the taskbar at the bottom of your screen.

Other things that you can do to speed up your game, is create different folders for your skins inside your data folder (C:\Program Files\Ratbag\data).  This allows you to race only with the skins you need on that particular night.  Whatever selection of skins you'd like to use, just rename that folder to skins, and rename the other to something else.  The same can be done for the different chassis and tracks that need to be loaded.

When racing in any simulation game, you'll hear a lot of guys say "slower is faster", and this is absolutely true.  What they mean is, when going through the corners of a race track, don't keep the throttle full bore, but rather lift slightly to hug the inside line more.  What this does is keeps the car from sliding, and keeps the wheels straighter, thus lowering lap times.  Practice this often, and it's a tip you'll thank me for later.

Also, when racing online remember two people don't see things quite the same way.  When you see someone is next to you on your screen, they think they are ahead of you on their screens.  Give each other room to race, and give way when a car is up alongside of you.  When being lapped by faster cars, the cardinal rule is to just hold your line.  Don't try to get up high or low and get out of the way,  just maintain the line you are driving and the faster cars will esily find a way around you.  One thing you don't want to do is take out the leaders when you're running a lap down.

When racing at different wetnesses, I recommend changing the final drive by .10 - .15 for dry to wet tracks.  When running a longer race (over 15 laps) at a lower wetness percentage, I recommend lowering the final drive by.10, and changing the rear tires to medium soft.  This will keep your tires from spinning too much, and wearing too quickly.

Well, that's about it for now.  Until next time, happy racing!  Go fast, turn left...

Paul D. Bayne
Johnny
WOW_Skyy98
Randy Williams
Michael Choate
Dustin Dougan
Don Rarity
WOW_Skyy98




USA_Dr. X


Michael Choate









Jeff r10s
Jeb Friedman

Jeff r10s


Travis Senter




Travis Senter
Michael Choate
WOW_Skyy98
Ratbag's Newest Smash Hit for Winged Sprint Fans

 How would you rate the utilities page?
this is simply DTR heaven
more stuff here than most sites
pretty good for all levels of ability
I have most of this already
needs more info

As most of you can see, I have put a great deal of time and effort into this page to help bring you everything you could possibly need for DTR and DTRSC.  Please assist me in helping you further by rating this page.  Kind of like what you'd do when leaving a restaurant...LOL
My setups are available for download at the present time... get them while they're HOT!!!
Coming Soon!!!
DIRT Thunder Modified Heat
Save the wear and tear of  your actual game CD by running this patch
Ever wondered just how fast you went on your quick lap...well now you can!
Some tracks periodically become unavailable due to circumstances beyond my control.  If you notice any that can't be downloaded, let me know immediately so I can find a solution.
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Keep those votes coming!!!
Please report broken links so that I may fix them for you.  Also, IDRL tracks will be uploaded soon but only for a short time.  Email me for more info.  Be sure your email programs can handle files up to 5mb first however.
DIRT Modified Project v2
DIRT 358 Modified v1
DIRT Big Block Modified v1
Dirt Super Truck Chassis
IMCA Modified Chassis
UMP Modified Chassis
Three-Wheelin Chassis
Topless Late Model Chassis
USAC Sprint Chassis
USAC Midget Chassis


Click here to visit Shane Yoder's web site
Use this utility to give your skins that "showroom" look!
Use this utility to select your opponents in quick race mode
I have discovered some 30 broken links to tracks both for DTR and DTRSC.  Some tracks have been removed until a new link can be found.  Our staff is taking painstaking time and effort to remedy all these ill-linked files.  Please accept our apologies and have patience.

I have recently removed all the former IDRL tracks.  However, they can still be downloaded from www.prenticemotorpsorts.tripod.com

Other tracks removed include those created by Quentin Waynick.  Those tracks can be downloaded at www.waynickmotorsports.tripod.com/tracks.htm

Black Rock - Brockville - Canandaigua - Cornwall - Drummond  - Fonda - Granby - Merrittville - Ransomville - Selinsgrove - Volusia - 67 Raceway - Belle Clair - Brushy Creek - I-55 Raceway - Red Rock
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Bill Anderson's creation used to replace those unsightly billboards with new, great looking ones.
John Bodin's utility that allows you to progress through career mode more rapidly with larger pay increases
Created by Kevin Hodge, this decal sheet should help add some spice and realism to you own skin creations
Clean up that old registry.  Give your computernew life.  Really, really works
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Please note:  I have had several people ask me where to get UMP modified skins for the UMP chassis.  The download does not come with a skin as does the IMCA modified.  Please click here to get as many as 78 UMP modified skins.
DTR 2 Tracks (23)

Atlas Computer Speedway
Baton Rouge Raceway
Belleville High Banks
Bullard Speedway
Center City Traffic Jam
Devils Canyon Speedway
Fairbury American Legion Speedway
Fremont Raceway
Green Valley Speedway
Knoxville II Raceway
Lakeside Speedway
Lernerville (ASCRA) Speedway
Lightning Gulley
Mafia Speedway
Muskogee III Speedway
Olympic Stadium
Pike II County Speedway
Riverslide (Nitro) Speedway
Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex
Thunder Valley Speedway
Top Gun Alley (Nitro)
Salem Dirt II Speedway
USA Speedway


DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
OnlineRacing.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
Larry Bullard
Team-USA.net
DTRSC-Nitro.com
Larry Bullard
ASCRA
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
OnlineRacing.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DirtSimRacing.com
Black Knight
DTRSC-Nitro.com
DTRSC-Nitro.com
Click on box to get the demo!!!