[swaggstar30]

i have paint.net and winrar. i save the downloaded file to desktop. open the file, and it shows one file, which is a car file, i click it, but paint.net won't regonize it. what is the problem??

[jvcrewchief]

Originally Posted by swaggstar30

i have paint.net and winrar. i save the downloaded file to desktop. open the file, and it shows one file, which is a car file, i click it, but paint.net won't regonize it. what is the problem??

I don't know anything about paint.net but I would guess you need winmip2 to open the car file. Then you can export either as .tga or .bmp file. I would assume paint.net would recognize either of these file types.

Do a google search for winmip 2, and download. You may need to download other files to make it work. read the info on winmip2 download page.

[Alex Kessler]

any file that ends in .car weather it is .cup.car of .gns.car is an in-game car file. You will to open the texture file within the car you need to first extract it either in the game which will save it to you imports_exports folder or by using a win mip 2. both meathods save the texture file as a .tga.

By the way, if you modify a car someone has already done, don't post it as your own work. Contact the painter, ask them if it is okay to post it and then give them credit for the work they did. Nothing will make people madder faster than someone ripping their work.

[swaggstar30]

these files are from nr2003, i downloaded a kyle busch car just fine. ill try that program

[jvcrewchief]

Originally Posted by Alex Kessler

any file that ends in .car weather it is .cup.car of .gns.car is an in-game car file. You will to open the texture file within the car you need to first extract it either in the game which will save it to you imports_exports folder or by using a win mip 2. both meathods save the texture file as a .tga. By the way, if you modify a car someone has already done, don't post it as your own work. Contact the painter, ask them if it is okay to post it and then give them credit for the work they did. Nothing will make people madder faster than someone ripping their work.

Good point Alex. Only reason I export cars is to put them in my export_import folder so I don't have say 14 .car files for Robby Gordon. I only use 1. and change paint schemes for the correct one for my offline season. Also helps keep points correct in my championship.

[swaggstar30]

ok, so i downloaded a miccossukee car from keselowski, and in winrar, it showed the one car file, and it said file car under file type, so if i wanted to open it, would i have to use winmip2?

[Alex Kessler]

Correct, or the paint kit built into the nr2003 game.

[jvcrewchief]

If you need help using winmip 2. Check out my tutorial for uploading cars using winmip 2 in the fourms under nr2003 general discussion.

[swaggstar30]

thanks, very helpful