Shark

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Shark is a vehicle appearing in Carmageddon: TDR 2000, and its cancelled Game Boy Color port.

Carmageddon: TDR 2000

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
Shark
Info
Car Descriptor order 29
Network availability normal

Driver Jaws Verne
Driver's short name Jaws
Race number no number
Top speed 360 mph
Kerb weight 0.6 tons
0 - 60 mph in 1.5 seconds
Cost 828000 credits
Description
"Eat you!"

Shark is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in HiRise, being encountered halfway through the game.

Design

It is a Formula 1 car, with a shark-themed livery and pointy front wings.

Performance

It has incredible acceleration and top speed (360mph fully upgraded), but horrible handling. The vehicle struggles in off-road terrain and will spin out on any bumpy surface. In terms of wasting other cars, it isn't any good at it, but Shark is surprisingly not easy to wreck as there is a possibility of cars driving over it[1].

Driver

The driver, named "Jaws Verne" in the files, has only the top part of its body modeled. They wear a blue jacket, and a helmet with shark teeth design.

Trivia

  • Jaws Verne = Jules Verne, the science-fiction author.
  • The driver should not be confused with Jaws, the metal shark-shaped vehicle added by The Nosebleed Pack, this car is named after its blue shark paintjob.
  • " Eat me " is an insult generally said by women.
  • Inside the files for Shark there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle:
    • NAME "Shark"
    • DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 300mph
    • Kerb weight: 600 Kgs
    • 0-60mph: 2.0 seconds
    • Eat you!"
    • DESCRIPTOR "Sharkdescriptor.txt"
    • DRIVER_NAME "Man eater"
    • DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "Jaws"
    • STRENGTH 5
    • COST 50 // in thousands!
    • TYPE 0 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty
    • //ARMOUR_MAP "eagle_armoured"

Gallery

Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (Game Boy Color)

Carmageddon: TDR 2000
(Game Boy Color)
vehicle
F1
Info
Speed
Acceleration
Braking
Strength
Cost 70,000 credits

F1 is one of the 20 vehicles in the cancelled Game Boy Color port of Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It appears as a normal opponent on Races 1 and 2 of Necropolis, and Race 1 of Police Compound.

Design

The sprite depicts it as a yellow and blue IndyCar, and has not much resemblance to the original except for the menu art.

Performance

F1 has astonishing handling and acceleration, but despite what the stats may imply, it has an average top speed. Its wasting potential is low, but it can take a beating.

Trivia

  • F1 is the most expensive vehicle in the game.
  • F1's menu art appears to have been traced from the screenshot glimpsed at the May 2000 issue of the Micromania Tercera Epoca magazine.

References

Vehicles in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (cat)
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 · Tow Meister
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
Vehicles in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (Game Boy Color) (cat)
Main vehicle Eagle
Slums Funk · Moke · Taxi · Truck
Back of Beyond Duke · The Yeti
Docks Beach Buggy · Dragular · Knight
Military Chevie · Humbug
Hollowood CopMK3 · Interceptor
High Rise CopVan · Flame
Necropolis CopMKIV · F1
Police Compound Future · Panther