Project Overview
The JJ Spotter Pack is an add-on for iRacing.
Its goal is to significantly heighten the immersion factor by replacing the default in-sim spotter/crew chief with
genuine race-captured audio from Lowes crew chief Chad Knaus and spotter Earl Barban. Descriptions,
and where to put each file are detailed below....
Project History
The JJ Pack was first brought to life on March 13th, 2003 for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season by Papyrus. It consisted of 36
files, replacing a poultry 6% of the default spotter. A week later, version 2 was posted on the Sierra forums, this one
consisting of 114 files, replacing 21% of the default spotter, but it was still (in my opinion) really bad. However, to
my panic-inducing surprise, it seemed popular and it managed to get my AOL website shut down for the month after traffic
limits were reached within a day. And thus began the constant scrambling to find places to host it. After 3 years and
21 updated versions, it became a "finished product" for NR03.
A couple years later when iRacing came onto the scene, the JJ pack got a second chance at life, and a chance to start
over at square one. It started as a basic port job from NR03, but has been steadily changing since then, including
a spotter change from Chris Osborne to Earl Barban in version 5.00. My ultimate hope is that the iRacing JJ Pack will live
up to the accolades of it's NR03 predecessor.
Distribution
Please do not post these file on a website, or use them in another project for this sim or any other sim. Blah, blah,
blah, the usual wishes from any artist or creator of things.
JJ Spotter Pack for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
Until I come up with a visually pleasing way to incorporate both projects on the home page here, I've moved all the NR03
stuff to its own page. Click here to go there.
Latest Site News
7/6/10
Same Spotter Version, Different Installer
I really don't like using WinZip, or WinRAR. Too much clicking, too much figuring out where to put stuff.
So tonight I started messing around with a professional-looking installer package. Much, much better and easier.
It'll do its thing and point directly to where the spotter should go... assuming you installed iRacing to the
default folder. But you can change the destination folder if need be. I like it, and I'll be using it going forward.
3/25/10
JJ Spotter Pack v5.01 Ready
After running some races with version 5.00, I heard some things that I didn't like, things that weren't queuing up where I thought
they were going to get queued up, a renegade old spotter file still in there, and various other nit-picky things that I didn't notice
while making it. I cleaned up what I didn't like, so I guess it's ready to roll... for now.
3/21/10
JJ Spotter Pack v5.00 Released
No minor update to this one, my friends. The JJSP has gone through a substantially partial overhaul that leaps it into the year 2010.
The most noticeable and major change is that for the first time since the JJSP was born, Chris Osborne is no longer the spotter. Taking
over the spotting duties will be Earl Barban, the present-day #48 spotter. That move happened more than 3 years ago, it just
took me a while to catch up and finally bring this thing up to date.
Besides the spotter being completely replaced, I threw in some new stuff for Chad as well. All in all, I'd say
that this is one of the most significant updates to the pack since its humble beginnings 7 years ago. See
below for detailed instructions on how to install it.
Note #1a: I couldn't fully test everything in a racing environment since obviously certain things only get queued up in certain situations.
I did run it in a couple races today and nothing exploded, so that's promising. Even so, there always stands a chance that certain things
might sound a little out of place. If I hear anything odd, I'll touch it up. As always, defer to any on-screen race control instructions
for black flags, pacing order, fuel remaining info. etc.
Note #1b: There was some dialog that I had to throw into some places because I don't quite have what I'm looking for yet. They still
kinda fit the situation, but they're more or less placeholders until I get something better. More updates will certainly follow.
Note #2: Q) In a nutshell, what's the difference between v4 and v5? A) Spotter Chris is gone, spotter Earl takes over, and some
amount of other changes to Chad's dialog.
Enjoy. Check back every now and then, or follow DWarehouse on Twitter,
to know whenever any updates get posted. 
11/6/09
Follow DWarehouse on Twitter
I've always thought that anyone who uses Twitter is a tool. Reality- you
have self-esteem problems if you want anyone to know what you're doing, and you have arrogance problems if you believe that
anyone actually cares what you're doing. So.... FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! I want you to know what's
going on, and I know that you want to know what's going on!
I'm only going to bother tweeting whenever there's something major
happening with the JJ spotter pack. Maybe a progress report if I think that it's news-worthy, but mainly just when there's an update
posted for the pack. That's why you come here anyway, right?
So click on the Twitter logo in the upper right, and follow along at http://twitter.com/jjspotterpack
The Latest Spotter Pack
JJ Spotter Pack v5.01
(188 files, 1230k)
Installation instructions (Win XP)
For Versions 5.01 and beyond, run the installer. For versions 5.00 and earlier, extract the zip file into your \\iRacing\sound\spcc folder.
It will create a "Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack vx.xx" folder, and everything will be extracted to the right places within.
When extracting, make sure you have the option ticked to use folder names.
Otherwise, everything will get dumped into your \\spcc root folder, which isn't what you want.
When all is well, the following folders will have been created;
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack vx.xx
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack vx.xx\fuel
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack vx.xx\paceorder
After that, launch the sim and go into the Sound options and select "Jimmie Johnson Spotter Pack vx.xx" from the voicepack dropdown list.
You'll have to restart the sim before it will be used.
For even more detailed instructions, along with pictures!, Click Here
Last Updated: 07/06/10
Current Spotter: v5.01
