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Finally! Time For Some Fun at The Park...RIVERSIDE PARK!
After over 4 years of tinkering, tweaking and fussing over, at long last here is Historic Riverside Park Speedway for NR2003!
Located on the banks of the Connecticut River inside of the Riverside Amusement Park in western Massachusetts, Riverside Park Speedway was perhaps one of the most wildly popular and successful speedways in the entire country. Every Saturday night up to 6000 fans would jam into the stadium of this tight little 1/4 mile oval to cheer on their heroes of the Northeast's premier racing division, the Modifieds. All of the top-named drivers including Wild Bill Greco, Richie Evans, Reggie Ruggiero and a host of others raced there. The track also featured thrilling T-Bone action of Figure 8 racing, Demolition Derbys, Late Models, Prostocks and other support divisions.
Riverside Park Speedway packed 'em in for 50 years until in 1999 when the amusement park was sold and re-branded "Six Flags: New England. The track was closed down to make way for more amusement rides and it was indeed a sad day for New England racing fans that absolutely cherished this speedway.
This project has been a labor of love for me and was done with a nod towards all of the loyal fans who frequented "The Park". We poured as much detail into this track as was absolutely possible within the limits of NR2003. Former patrons of Riverside Park will see many of their old favorite rides in full animated glory... The "Colossus" Giant Ferris Wheel... The terrifying Tower Drop Ride... The dizzying "Centrifuge" ride... and of course the classic wooden "Thunderbolt Rollercoaster"!
This recreation of Riverside Park features infield pitting for 23 cars just like it was set up when the major touring series like the Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Busch Grandnational North Series visited The Park. It is an attempt to closely resemble the track as it appeared at times during it's 1990's "heydays".
Making 1/4 mile ovals for NR2003 with working A.I. can be a very challenging undertaking. Especially for a sim that was originally only designed for tracks of 1/2 mile and up. There are several who helped me bring this dream to fruition: Bowtie Anderson, Ian Smythe, Carl "Riviera71" Sundberg and others. Please be sure to read about all of their contributions in the CREDITS README file provided with the track. There are also some very important notes in there about how to get the best results when racing on the track in NR2003.
GET THE TRACK BY CLICKING: HERE
So enjoy the tight short track racing. I sure hope you have as much fun racing on it as all of us have in working to bring it to you.
J.R. Franklin
www.NR2k3Tracks.com
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One word......AWESOME ! ! ! ! !
Talk about a SUPERB race with the AI. This is the place to do it at. One of the absolute best offline races I have ever had.
GREAT work by all 
Thanks a ton, Wayne. You are an essential part our team here with the awesome setups you toil over for our track projects. Not only are your setups a key ingredient to enabling me to make the A.I. racing fun and competitive, but your setups also allow the end user the ability to climb into a car and drive the tracks fast and hard right out of the box. What more could you ask for?! Thanks for your hard work, bud! 
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WOW! Great Job! EZD
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WOW! Great Job! EZD
EZD, Great to hear from you! I was wondering where you had gone after Stunod's old site closed down. I'm sure you recognized many of your fantastic classic old 1970's modifieds in some of my screen shots for Riverside Park above. If you ever need a place to host your vintage modifieds, our doors will always be open to you to host them here.
Please keep in touch, bud.
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OUTSTANDING JOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good job to all involved. And ya know, after I blew an engine, they would let me walk over to the park and get on any rides 
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Keep Honking...........
I'm Still Reloading.....
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Thanks for all the great comments, guys. I really appreciate 'em. Makes this track work all worthwhile. 
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Thanks very much, great job
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GREAT JOB GUYS!!!
Lots of fun to be had at this track!!
All i need is to get the vintage Mods and all will be well with the world!
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