NEED FOR SPEED: HIGH STAKES... EDITED CAR

 Car           : 1970 AMC Javelin SST/Trans Am
 Based on      : Toni Nappi's NFS3 1970 Duster
 Zip-file      : javelin.zip
 Filenames     : car.viv, readme.txt, jave.qfs
 Version       : v1.0
 Release Date  : August 14, 1999
 Type          : edited car  
 Author        : Nate Patrin, Toni Nappi
 E-mail        : n8rich@pioneerplanet.infi.net
 Used Editor(s): Whooboy... Adobe Photoshop 4.0; EA's Cartool; CarCad                                                    1.41; Rocket's .FCE converter; NFSWizard.


FEATURES:
-Damage
-Dash
-Breaking Windows
-Moving driver
-License plates
-Gearshift Smoke
-Special 'Trans Am' texture and altered .fce* for Level 3 upgrade
-Realistic-ish performance
-Vidwall pic
*OK, I just gave it a spoiler, but hey.

ABOUT THE CAR: Most people who are only familiar with cars on a general basis may know AMC motors primarily for two of the ugliest cars ever created- the Gremlin and the Pacer. Muscle car geeks like myself, however, know better. The Javelin, along with its badass (intended) Mustang-fighter the AMX, were the leaders of AMC's late '60s muscle car pack. They became well-known for their competetive strengths in the Trans Am racing series of the late '60s and early '70s. Unfortunately- like the GTO, 'Cuda, and many other vintage muscle cars- the models were axed in the mid '70s after the performance car bust of the gas crisis era. Some believe the Javelin was the last truly great car to come from American Motors.

ABOUT THE MODEL: I set about the task of making a Javelin for NFS:HS sometime in mid-July, and after experimenting with a few options I came to the conclusion that Toni Nappi's '70 Duster would be the best base. After getting the green light from Toni (and some help fixing the UV/texturing on the 'Trans Am' model), I yanked the interior from the BMW M5, the dash from the Jaguar XKWhateveritis and the wheel from the Ferrari Maranello, retextured the whole shebang, fiddled with the carp.txt's and stuck on some bells and whistles. Note that this is only the first version of the first car I've ever released for any NFS game, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little annoyance or two somewhere in there. But it should work, it should run true-to-life and it should be upgradable in career mode. (Adjust the pricing accordingly, if you need to- I set the original price at under fifteen thousand to reflect what a stock Javelin might fetch on the classic car market. This does mean, of course, that you could probably jump right up to a Level Two Upgrade in career mode, which might be slightly unfair. It's your call.)

 *** Installation ***
  1.  Open your data\cars folder.
  2.  Make a new folder there named "jave".
  3.  Unzip the car.viv into this folder.     
  4.  Unzip the jave.qfs file into the VidWall folder.
  5.  Choose "AMC Javelin SST (1970)" from the menu.
  6.  Heheheheh! Vroom! Whee!

LEGAL ARGLEBARGLE:
This add-on car is copyright the authors and should not be distributed without the author's permission unless this COMPLETE .zip file is posted as-is on an NFS custom cars website (like Omega Design or NFS Garage or whathaveyou) with complete credit given to the authors. I have no responsibility for any outta-left-field messed-up shit that this .viv does to your computer- but hell, if this car works on my cheesy-ass bottom-of-the-barrel-in-1997 computer, it'll work on yours.
Need For Speed: High Stakes is copyright Electronic Arts, and if you're installing this car in a warez version, shame on you ya cheapskate. <grin>

THANKS TO:
Toni Nappi for lots of advice, help and the car I based this on.
EA for making a game that, even with a couple dozen patches on the way, is still pretty damned good.
'Stuka', for testing and mad props and stuff.
AMC, for making this damn car in the first place.

NEXT PROJECTS?
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1969 AMC AMX: Might use this as my next project, since it won't require very much modeling work.
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: Might make one out of the NFS Corvette... but it'll be tricky.
1967 Oldsmobile Toronado; 1969 Ford Thunderbird; 1985 Aston-Martin V-8; 1999 Shelby Series 1: Maybe when I get really good at modelling and find enough photos...

Nate Patrin
n8rich@pioneerplanet.infi.net 