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Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle | |
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Gorvette | |
Info | |
Car Descriptor order | 5 |
Network availability | normal |
Driver | Gore Usome |
Driver's short name | Gorey |
Race number | no number |
Top speed | 283 mph |
Kerb weight | 1.6 tons |
0 - 60 mph in | 1.8 seconds |
Cost | 1250000 credits |
Description | |
"Where there's a kill, there's a way." |
Gorvette is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in a mission from the Slums, but later becomes a regular opponent in HiRise.
Design
It is a modified red 1973 General Motors Chevrolet Corvette C3 with elements from the C2. It sports three spikes on its front, and a supercharger.
Performance
Gorvette is a good choice for races, having great acceleration, handling, and top speed (290mph fully upgraded). And while its offense is quite average without upgrades, it still can do decent damage to other vehicles[1].
Driver
The driver, named "Gore Usome" in the files, is a generic driver wearing a black jacket and dark blue jeans. This same man also drives Limey.
Mission Appearances
Gorvette is featured in the Slums' second mission (Traffic Jam) as a target. The player has to make a roadblock in the sewers to prevent the gang leader (driving the Gorvette) from escaping. It will arrive when the time runs out together with two Tow Meisters, and will attempt to flee while both of them try to destroy the player.
Trivia
- Gorvette's file name is "Corvette".
- Early on in development, Gorvette was named "Red Rash".
- The name is portmanteau of 'gore' and 'Corvette'.
- Gore Usome = Gore you some (Gore being defined as "to pierce or wound, as with a horn").
- It's also possibly a reference to "gruesome" and, perhaps more obliquely, "awesome."
- Gorvette is mentioned in the Tozzer comic. Two mechanics discuss whether or not a car can cleanly decapitate a pedestrian at the speed of 30 miles per hour. They decide that the Gorvette can do it, but not a regular car, which requires twice the speed.
- Limey was created with Gorvette as a base. While the body is modified enough, it still has the same overall shape. It also has the same UV Mapping, driver, hood scoop, and early description, which can be read below.
- Inside the files for Gorvette there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle:
- NAME "Red Rash"
- DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 260mph\nKerb weight: 1600kgs\n0-60mph: 3.1 seconds.
- If you can catch me, I'll give you the rash"
- DESCRIPTOR "CorvetteDescriptor.txt"
- DRIVER_NAME "Dick Sore"
- DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "Scab"
- STRENGTH 5
- COST 50 // in thousands!
- TYPE 1 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty
Gallery
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Render of Gorvette's rear.
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Gorvette in the garage.
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Another shot (07/12/1999).
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Early loop (07/12/1999).
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Early Gorvette jumping (07/12/1999).
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Early Gorvette next to the secret lair (07/12/1999).
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Early Gorvette next to a desert set (07/12/1999).
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Early Gorvette one month later (27/01/2000).
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Early Gorvette and the Cop Car (27/01/2000).
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Early Gorvette, with Tow Meister and Witch Doctor (07/02/2000).
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Early screenshot of the Gorvette, labelled "Red Rash" (21/03/2000).
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Early screenshot of Gorvette from the May 2000 issue of Micromania Tercera Epoca magazine[2].
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Official render of Gorvette (31/07/2000)[3].
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Texture of Gorvette.
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Damaged texture of Gorvette.
References
- ↑ Carmageddon One Time Wonders - Episode 12 - by LittlePuppet on YouTube
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue1/Microman%C3%ADa%20Tercera%20Epoca%20%28Spanish%29%20Issue%2064/page/n59/mode/2up
- ↑ Carmageddon TDR2000 Artwork - Driven To Destruction
Vehicles in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (cat) | |
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Main vehicle | Eagle MK4 |
Hollowood | The Beast · Bumble Bee · Drag-Ghoul · Enforcer · The Mecha · Rubber Ducky · Sparrow · SuperCharger · Tres Hombres · Viper · Tomahawk · The Wheel |
The Slums | The Green Hammer · Killa Kart · Knave · The Machine · TNT |
The Docks | The Boss · Femme Fatal · Limey · SXE Black Hatch · Throb Rod · Towmeister |
HiRise | Big Wig · Electric Blue · Gorvette · Husky · Jadead · Shark · Vlad · The Vulture · White Trash |
Military Zone | The Chef · The Cutter · King Merc · McKilem · Soul Harvester · Stormbringer · Witch Doctor |
Back of Beyond | The Fortress · HFB Terra · The Spectre · Thummper |
Unlockables | Cop Car · Da Panzer · Master Mine · New Suppressor · Suppressor · Wraith |
The Nosebleed Pack | Bigdaddy · Blood & Bones · Buggy · Jaws · Lucifer · Ped Basher · The Pigs! · Pogo · Sports Sedan · Steam Machine |