
Add on car for Need For Speed III


Title		: Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing 
Files included  : M300.viv, 300SL_Gull_ readme.doc, 300SL_Gull_readme.txt, 
                               300SL_Gull_install.bat 
Version	        : 1.0
Releasedate	: 30.04.1999
Author		: Thomas Egelkraut
E-mail		: thomas.egelkraut@ecs.steyr.com
Homepage	: Tomīs Garage (http://members.xoom.com/Egelkraut/)


* Installation *

Unzip the 300SL_Gull_10.zip in your main NFS3 directory (this directory includes the NFS3.exe file). 
To find the NFS3.exe simply press the START button of Windows, click FIND, then FILES OR 
FOLDER. Now search for NFS3.exe. The search result shows you the folder which includes the 
NFS3.exe file. 
Start the 300SL_Gull_install.bat batchfile which installs all necessary files.

Start NFS3, select the mode you want to play (Single Race, Hot Pursuit, Ghost, Multiplay), goto 
Car selection and scroll down until you see the Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing. Choose it, and thatīs it. 
Start Racing and have a lot of fun.

If you donīt trust my bat-File  you can easy install the car by your own:

- open the explorer
- goto your main NFS3 directory (includes the NFS3.exe) 
- goto the following subdirectory: gamedata\carmodel
- create a subdirectory for the car: M300
- extract the M300.viv which is part of the zip-files to the subdirectory , and rename it to car.viv 

If you want to play online, or give someone a replay, or a ghost file they MUST have the 300 SL Gullwing on 
their computer in the NFS3 directory. 



* Updates *

To be defined.

* Planned Updates*

  It would be possible to create also the 3D-cockpit for the showcase. So if there is somebody out 
there, who owns an real 300 SL, or which is more realistic, if there is somebody out there who 
knows somebody, who knows somebody, who knows.....,who owns an 300 SL, all I need are 5 
pictures made inside the cockpit. If you can help me please E-mail me. 


* Construction *

I build up the car from scratch using Carcad 1.35 and Cartool. Therefore the car mesh is very 
detailed.
All airinlets are in 3D and not only painted. The windshields are transparent, and a "real driver" is 
sitting inside the car.

The Build time for the version 1.0 car was about 3 weeks. 

If you have any comments about the work I did (improvements, bugs) please send me an E-mail.  


* Sites for download *

This file, coming updates and new cars can be downloaded from the following sites:

- Tomīs Garage (http://members.xoom.com/Egelkraut/)
- NFS Cheats Design (http:/www.nfscheats.com/design)
- Hacked Speed III (http://www.nfscheats.com/hs3)
- 3D Racing Mania  (http://3dracing.allgames.com/just-for-fun/nfs3cars)
- The Racing Simulation Site (http://nfs.sports-gaming.com)

* Credits *

  Thanks to EA for making the game an adding the cartool. 
  Thanks to Chris Barnard for writing Carcad.
  Thanks to Jesper Juul-Mortensen for writing Viv Wizard.
  Thanks to Alisson ībocaoīGuedes for writing the Fedata Editor. 
  Thanks to Espen Grimsgaard for writing the VIV Extractor/Builder.
  Thanks to Denis Auroux for writing the QFS Editing Suite.
  Special thanks to Felixx who sent me all those wonderfull pictures and a lot of infos about the 
  car itself. He also made the Beta testing for the car.


* Copyright / Permissions *

This program and all files within the 300SL_Gull_10.zip are copyright 1999 by the author, Egelkraut 
Thomas. You do not have permission to put it on any CD-ROM or other media (including 
magazine cover cdīs, and compilations) that is to be retailed without the authors prior written 
conscent.
The file itself,  300SL_Gull_10.zip in its ORIGINAL STATE, may be distributed at no cost to anyone!  
Please feel free to send it to your friends.
You can use it as a base for your work, but you have to credit me for this and notify me before you 
release it.
If you put this 300SL_Gull_10.zip on your homepage for download, be so kind and inform me. In this 
case I am able to send you coming updates and new files.

Mercedes and all other trademarks are Copyright of DaimlerChrysler AG.

Electronic Arts is Copyright 1998
All Need For Speed Titles are Copyright of Electronic Arts
Need For Speed 3 is Copyright of Electronic Arts 1998
