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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 former #48 spotter Chris Osborne. 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, now 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 cost effective places to host it.
After 3 years and 21 updated versions, which eventually replaced 100% of the default spotter for NR03,
and now reinventing it from square 1 for iRacing, the JJ pack is still alive and kicking, getting a second life.
I hope that my efforts for 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
04/28/09
JJ Spotter Pack v2.00 Released
New in this version; pretty much race control instructions, with a sprinkling of some other stuff that iRacing
has thrown in there with this build.
A minor note: I haven't downloaded the new iRacing build yet, so I haven't been able to test the new spotter version in the sim.
But the files are good, it won't crash the sim or anything. It's just a matter of things sounding like they should. In
other words, I want to hear, "Line up behind the 2 car," not, "2 line up behind the car." However, I've been doing this thing for a while,
I've looked at and listened to the new defaults, so I'm 99% sure how the files are going to be pieced together in the sim. It should sound
fine.
If I screwed up somewhere, I'll tweak it pretty quick so it sounds right. And as always, I'm going to keep fiddling with it, so look for
updates once in a while. I already know there are a few things I want to replace.
Enjoy 
04/25/09
With the iRacing spotter getting expanded with the next build due out next week... coming soon, JJ Spotter Pack v2.0.
I've been working on it the past couple days, so it should be finished when the new iRacing build is up for download.
I want to point out that I'm not just porting the NR03 version over, I want it to sound different, so it IS different.
The goal, naturally, is to make it better than what came before, so that's the direction I'm trying to head.
So look for it next week.
02/14/09
I've made my first of many updates to the spotter pack in the new 1.01 build. This one is mostly cosmetic. I've made some
slight volume adjustments, cleaned up some of the files, and added some much needed silence buffers to a number of others. I'm shocked
those hack jobs were in there all along. End result... it sounds the same, except to the trained ear. But frankly, it was bugging me, so I
wanted to fix what I thought needed fixed, even though nobody probably noticed, or will notice. At least I'll be able to sleep at night.
I've also added a "Keep me updated" link at the top of the right column. It's provided by followsite.com, and all it does is send you
an Email whenever this site gets updated. Like right now, if anyone had the site plugged in there, they would have gotten an Email
that I updated the page. You can even add its widget to your Google homepage (if you use it), and it would show you there as well, foregoing
an Email notification. Note: I have nothing to do with followsite.com. It looked cool, I tested it, it works, but if they decide to sell
your Email address to hundreds of pharmaceutical and member enlargement spammers, don't shoot me.
01/28/09
The day has arrived! Over in the iRacing forums, Steve posted the current default spotter files that will be included in the next build, so I went to work porting over the NR03 JJ pack to fit the iRacing spotter file template. It was very exhaustive work! Ok, actually it involved no work at all. Files names... same. Sound formats... same. In essence, just tossing the old NR03 JJ pack in there should work just fine... theoretically.
But I want to keep these separate, so I'm opening a new book for iRacing and will just post what is used at the moment in the sim. It'll probably be easier that way to develop it. Currently, these are straight port jobs. But I do plan to re-do it in the near future... possibly from the ground up, but this is a start :)
Spotter Pack Files
JJ Spotter Pack v2.00
(134 files, 651k)
Installation instructions (Win XP)
Extract this zip file into your \\iRacing\sound\spcc folder. If you're replacing an earlier JJ version, overwrite all
It will create a "JJ" 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.
When all is well, the following folders will have been created;
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\jj
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\jj\fuel
\\iRacing\sound\spcc\jj\paceorder
After that, open your app.ini file, located in \\My Documents\iRacing. Under
the [SPCC] tag, change the "voicepack=" line to read, "voicepack=JJ"
Last Updated: 5/26/09
Current Spotter: v2.00
