Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars

Dirt Track Racing:Sprint Cars (DTRSC)
Developer(s)	Ratbag Games
Designer(s)	David Hewitt
Engine	Difference Engine II
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	NA October 19, 2000
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone

Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars is a sprint car racing video game by the now defunct Ratbag Games. It is the second game of the dirt track racing series by Ratbag, which includes Dirt Track Racing (DTR), Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars, and Dirt Track Racing 2 (DTR2).

Background

Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars, or DTRSC for short, was one of the first authentic sprint car, dirt track racing simulations in the video game market.

Game modes

Single-player

Career

In the Career Mode, players race through their careers, earning money to upgrade their cars. Success brings more money, and sponsors, which help pay the bills. Unlike in most other racing games a player can enter any division of racing he or she chooses. Obviously the higher the series the stronger the competition so a player in the first or second season won't usually advance beyond the B-Main in the top flight of Sprint Car Racing. the only restrictions being only one race can be entered per weekend and the track selected being within an unlocked distance from a racer's garage.

Quick Action

In the Quick Action Mode, players race against computer artificial intelligence (AI) players in regular races consisting of heats and features in short mode, or full racing programs consisting of hot laps, qualifying, heats, semi-features (B-, C-, D-Mains), and features (A-Mains).

Multiplayer

In Multiplayer Mode, players can race other players from all over the world via GameSpy Client-Servers.

Race vehicles

Players can choose from 4 different "410" Sprint cars, or one of 16 real World of Outlaws sprint car drivers.

410 sprint cars

410 Sprint Car		410 Sprint Car
Ferkel		Green
Hubgarner		Merrill

World of Outlaws drivers

Name	Number		Name	Number
Dale Blaney	93		Jac Haudenschild	22
Mark Kinser	5M		Danny Lasoski	83
Steve Kinser	11		Steve Smith	19
Sammy Swindell	1		Jeff Swindell	104+
Johnny Herrera	20		Donny Schatz	15
Tim Shaffer	11H		Andy Hillenburg	2
Dean Jacobs	8H		Tyler Walker	10
Bill Wilburn	0		Brooke Tatnell	6

Tracks

• Note: All of the tracks depicted in the game are real-life tracks.

Track Name	Track Length	Track "Location"		Track Name	Track Length	Track "Location"
Dodge County Speedway	1/2 Mile	Dodge County Fairgrounds, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin		Eagle Raceway	3/4 Mile	Lincoln, Nebraska
Eldora Speedway	1/2 Mile	Rossburg, Ohio		Gas City I-69 Speedway	1/2 Mile	Gas City, Indiana
Hagerstown Speedway	1/2 Mile	Hagerstown, Maryland		Huset's Speedway	3/4 Mile	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Knoxville Raceway	1/2 Mile	Knoxville, Iowa		Kokomo Speedway	1/4 Mile	Kokomo, Indiana
Lernerville Speedway	1/2 Mile	Sarver, Pennsylvania		Lincoln Speedway	1/2 Mile	Abbotstown, Pennsylvania
Manzanita Speedway	1/4 Mile	Phoenix, Arizona		Muskogee Speedway	1/2 Mile	Muskogee, Oklahoma
Pike County Speedway	3/4 Mile	Magnolia, Mississippi		Santa Maria Speedway	1/2 Mile	Santa Maria, California
Silver Dollar Speedway	1/4 Mile	Chico, California		Southern Oregon Speedway	4/9 Mile	Medford, Oregon
Talladega Short Track	3/8 Mile	Talladega, Alabama		Terre Haute Action Track	1/2 Mile	Terre Haute, Indiana
Wayne County Speedway	3/8 Mile	Orrville, Ohio		Williams Grove Speedway	1/2 Mile	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Movie maker

Software included in Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars allows for the exporting of video clips of game action in AVI format. This is the first game in the Ratbag DTR franchise that allows movies to be exported from the game.

Unsupported features

One of the most used unsupported features is the ability for users to create skins, cars, and tracks easily with outside software. Some players have even found software that allows them to change the .DE2 files to create entirely new cars and tracks, instead of just re-naming existing cars.

See also

Ratbag Games

External links

• Ratbag Games: Last version of Ratbag Games official website reproduced by Australian video game website Sumea for archives purposes.

References

• [1] GameFAQ's website (Release date)
• The booklet that comes with the game.