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Create your own car Sticky

A topic by Sk1ds created Jul 03, 2023 Views: 694 Replies: 6
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Developer (2 edits) (+1)

If you're up for a challenge, you can now create your own car!
What do you need? Drawing skills and a good car specs source. I recommend https://www.automobile-catalog.com/#gsc.tab=0 

Under downloads you'll find an ods tool where you can fill in the values. You'll notice that they are already filled in. These are the values for the DX40, so you have a reference. In the ods file you'll find 4 tabs: global, engine, drivetrain and tires. The most important ones are the first 3.

For the sprites: I've added some examples below. Make sure that you have at least 2 sprites: one pointing forward and one at an angle. The more, the better of course. As you can see, the Porsche also has sprites pointing slightly downwards.
I also recommend some crash animation sprites, like the spinning animation of the Porsche. Otherwise crashes will look silly, unless I disable them, like I did with the Countach.
You can put all sprites into a single file, but you can also put one sprite in one file. Just make sure that every file has the same size and that every sprite has the same scale. Don't go for less pixels than the Porsche below.
For the color of the car: if you want the possibility to change the color in the game (in the future), the car can have up to 7 shades. (Black, white and other non-panel colors like brake lights, glass, ... are not included.)

All done? Send the files to yves_dorny@telenet.be and if I approve your car, I'll put it in the game!
If something isn't clear, please ask.




How about making NPC cars drivable?

Like Porsche with even more difficult handling and astonishing turbo boost or not so fast but very forgiving handling Corvette.

Developer(+1)

I would like to. But they are missing 2 sprites: the car facing forwards on a flat road and one going down. If someone could draw them for me, I can make them drivable.

I'm putting this here because I couldn't really find a proper link to this email...and also because even if it DOESN'T get put in the game, I just thought it could work as a suggestion...maybe? (this isn't mine)

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Cars that would fit this mod well are the crazy tuner turbo special editions of the 80s and 90s, like Koenig and Gemballa etc.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/autos/crazy-cocaine%E2%80%93fuelled-80s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAqc0wDUGeU
https://www.facebook.com/groups/231360833584824/media/albums
https://www.facebook.com/groups/80stuners/

which software will allow me to open the Turbo Outrun clone car creation tool.ods please?

Did you think about implementing any outruners cars?  I played a lot with mad power (1993 Lamborghini Diablo allways my favorite sport car) and bad boy (1965 AC Cobra lovely machine) at the time...But I remember most of the cars with great affection.

I tried to open the Excel that you left on the page but it says that it is damaged. so I can't create something...however... they won't be the ones from the original arcade but I guess I have this to contribute:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/genesis_32x_scd/outrunners/