Hi again,
Yeah you definitely cannot have a missing Core.ini and have it work...
Wow a 2070 in a laptop! I can only afford a 1660Ti in my desktop I built using every deal and refurbished part I could find LOL. Cool.
Hmm, I wonder if a new Graphics system like that might not support DX8/DX9 correctly? Would have to check.
OK, it sounds like maybe
on your first install you let it put the NASCAR Folder under a Program Files folder?
In that case Windows does some foolishness with putting files that will be modified under a USER directory with your permissions.
Under USERS\Your Login Name\AppData\ uh somewhere... To verify you will need to go to folder options and show hidden files and I forget if you need to select Show operating system files or not also. Then go to your user\name\AppData folder and do a search for core.ini.
If so, you will need to do a proper uninstall(did you uninstall in between?). You may need to Re-install to same very place you did the first time and do a proper uninstall. OR, if up to it, manually search for any references to NR2003, NASCAR 2003 Season, and maybe Sierra and manually remove those after first doing a restore point. I forget where it is. Then manually(may have to reboot to let Windows release the files after removing entries from the registry?) Manually remove the files from under your user/name/AppData/ etc folder.
One way or another you need to get any old references for NR2003 out of the registry if it is stuck in a permissions problem.
Then make sure you install in a directory somewhat like I specified earlier.
Try the file from here for NR2003:
NR2003 w no cd-patch
Some No-CD patches do not work with Win 10. not sure if this is a new one.
Here is newest I know of:
HERE.
I never disabled DEP to install NR2003 on Win 10, even just recently on another fresh and updated Win10 system.
A lot to chew on, be careful if you mess in the registry. if you ONLY delete the game entries you should be fine. :0)
Hoping for the best,
Blitz