Towmeister

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Towmeister is reoccurring vehicle in Carmageddon -series. It's usually piloted by Psycho Pitbull.

Carmageddon & Splat Pack

Carmageddon vehicle
Towmeister
Info
Internal opponent number	20
Strength (1 - 5)	4
Network availability	all
Driver	Unknown
Race number	22
Top speed	160 mph
Kerb weight	2.0 tons
0 - 60 mph in	9.1 seconds
Stealworthy	Y
Description
"Like a rabid scrapyard dog, he’ll come baying for your blood and your engine oil. If he catches you... it’s hamburger time."

Design

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It is a yellow 1940's tow truck modified with single locomotive-style headlight and cowcatcher.

Performance

It has similar performance to Caddy Fat Cat, but is slightly slower and has better armor.

Gallery

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  Render of Towmeister.

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  Render of rear of Towmeister.

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  Render of intro Towmeister.

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  Another render of intro model.

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  Early in development screenshot showing higher resolution skin for Towmeister.

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  Another early in development screenshot.

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  Early render showing high resolution skin.

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  Early concept depicting Towmeister as regular pickup.

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  C1 textures combined.

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  Texture from Gizmondo port.

Carmageddon (PlayStation)

Towmeister is driven by Pitbull in Playstation-entry of series.

Carmageddon (PlayStation) vehicle
Info
Driver	Pitbull
Race number	22
Top speed	289 km/h (180 mph)
Kerb weight	4.7 tonnes
0-100 km/h in	9.0 seconds
Cost	$177,000

Design

Playstation-version of Towmeister is almost identical to it's C1 counterpart sans lower polycount. Main difference is that it lacks running-boards. Even though car itself is unnamed like rest of Playstation 1 roster is, it is clearly Towmeister, albeit with lower polycount.

Driver

Pitbull is man with wide mouth, messy hair and unibrow. His appearance does not match with Psycho Pitbull, usual driver of the vehicle. It is unknown if he is same person as Psycho Pitbull.

Gallery

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  Early design of Pitbull.

Carmageddon: TDR 2000

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
Tow Meister
Info
Car Descriptor order	27
Network availability	novelty
Driver	Hugh Jorgen
Driver's short name
Race number	22
Top speed	127 mph
Kerb weight	2.9 tons
0 - 60 mph in	7.5 seconds
Cost	Unknown
Description
"Watch ya toes"

Design

The car is customized 1940's style tow truck with chopped top and yellow paint job. It has number 22 on side. It has locomotive style single headlight and cowcatcher just like it's Carmageddon counterpart. This TDR 2000 version was manufactured by Kille, and the license plate reads HL BLY (Hillbilly).

Performance

TDR Towmeister is well armored and can hit hard, but is suffers from very poor accerelation and top speed, making it sub-par choice for career mode.

Gallery

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  Early in development screenshots of Towmeister demonstrating scrapped bumpmapping feature.

Trivia

• The reason Towmeister was created for TDR 2000 was because of a poll done by SCi, which was to choose the top 5 cars from both the original Carmageddon, and Carmageddon II to be made for TDR 2000. Towmeister was one of the winners on the C1 side. The others were Electric Blue, Vlad MK. 1, Suppressor and King Merc.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation

Towmeister (Pre-Alpha)

"This rabid scrapyard dog has motor oil coursing through his veins and methane seeping from his... bovine victims."

Towmeister first appeared in pre-release engine shots.

Design

Unlike earlier iterations, this incarnation of Towmeister downplays locomotive design cues and replaces them with more dog oriented decorations. The car is customized 1940's style tow truck with extremely chopped top and rusty yellow paint job. It has number 22 and picture of dog headed woman in bikini on bed side. It's front bumper is reminiscent of jaws of a dog.

Driver

The driver is once again Psycho Pitbull, this time with much closer resemblance to Neil Barnden.

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Towmeister for Carmageddon: Reincarnation

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  Work In Progress version of the Towmeister in Reincarnation

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  Tim Schafer ped being run over by Big Dump in the Reincarnation pitch video

Carmageddon: Crashers

Carmageddon: Crashers vehicle
Towmeister
Info
Driver	Psycho Pitbull
Race number	22

The Towmeister was one of the 21 released cars from Carmageddon: Crashers.

Driver

Design

Stage 2 of Crasher's Towmeister is almost identical to it's Carmageddon: Reincarnation counterpart, sans double rear lights.

Stage 0

The car is customized 1940's style tow truck with extremely chopped top and rusty yellow paint job. It has number 22 and picture of dog headed woman in bikini on side. It's front bumper is reminiscent of lower jaw of dog. Front of the vehicle is blood stained

Stage 1

Upgrade stage-1 moves front bumper forward and adds upper jaw above it. Stage-1 also adds three exhaust pipes on both sides of bonnet.

Stage 2

Stage-2 makes jaws bigger and adds slice on hood with protruding spiked wheel and extra pair of rear lights.

Stage 3

Stage-3 replaces exhaust pipes, crane, rear bumber and rear fenders with different designs. It also removes all the blood. Woman picture on side becomes partially obstructed by rear fender.

Stage 4

Stage-4 adds extra support for crane. It also adds covers for rear lights and alters jaw's mounts.

Stage 5

Final stage again makes jaws larger and adds extra set of lights on the roof and replaces grille with lighted skull-design and tow hook with double tow hook. It also adds circular saw on crane which game file's calls MurderSpikerDiskOfDeath.

Trivia

• There are a number of trailer and towing companies globally named TowMaster.
  • Looking at the name, "Meister" means "Master" in German.
• Two Tow Meisters appear in the Traffic Jam mission in Carmageddon: TDR 2000.