The Boss

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The Boss is a vehicle appearing in Carmageddon: TDR 2000, and the Tozzer online comic based on TDR.

Carmageddon: TDR 2000

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
The Boss
Info
Car Descriptor order	25
Network availability	normal
Driver	Mustang Smelly
Driver's short name	Spankme
Race number	no number
Top speed	250 mph
Kerb weight	1.7 tons
0 - 60 mph in	2.1 seconds
Cost	665000 credits
Description
"If its on the road, Eat it."

The Boss is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in the Docks, being part of the third batch of vehicles the player encounters in the game.

Design

File:Design boss.png

The Boss is a first generation Ford Mustang, built from 1964 through 1973. The vehicle has a black paintjob with a flaming livery and a supercharger.

Performance

The Boss is a great racer for technical circuits and certain missions. It has a decent top speed, reaching 258mph fully upgraded. Its wasting potential is average at best, being able to take on lighter vehicles, but won't be able to dent heavier ones.

Driver

The driver, named "Mustang Smelly" in the files, has medium-length blonde hair, with an open black jacket, and dark blue jeans.

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Trivia

• The Boss' file name is "Mustang".
• The inspiration of this vehicle is a car belonging to the "Boss", or "King" of Burnouts, Gary Myers. The car in question is a 1964 Ford Mustang with a "black with flames" paintjob. It can be seen on his site.
• The earlier version of this vehicle had a wider grill, with it also lacking the Mustang logo on it, and had smaller headlights.
• The classic blues song Mustang Sally was a hit for Wilson Pickett in 1966, known for its choral refrain of "All you want to do is ride around, Sally / Ride, Sally, ride."
• Mustang Smelly can also mean "My Stang Smelly". "Stang" is a less-used slang for 'vagina'. Considering the old description below, and the usual jokes found within this game, it is likely that this was the idea behind her name.
• Early version of this vehicle, without interior can be found at TdrBackupC folder DronesCollision, suggesting it was originally meant to be drone.
• Inside the files for the Boss there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle:
  • NAME "Mustang"
  • DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 260mph\nKerb weight: 1600kgs\n0-60mph: 3.4 seconds. Something is very fishy about this girl"
  • DESCRIPTOR "MustangDescriptor.txt"
  • DRIVER_NAME "Smelly Sally"
  • DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "Sardine"
  • STRENGTH 5
  • COST 50 // in thousands!
  • TYPE 1 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty

Gallery

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  Render of the Boss' rear.

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  The Boss in the garage.

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  Official render of the Boss (31/07/2000).

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  Very early screenshot of the Boss in the distance (10/09/1999).

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  Another early glimpse of the Boss (10/09/1999).

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  Early image featuring the Boss in the distance (10/09/1999).

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  Another early screenshot from four days later (14/09/1999).

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  Another angle (14/09/1999).

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  Early screenshot of the Boss with the old Eagle MK4 (14/09/1999).

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  Early screenshot featuring the Boss (11/11/1999).

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  Early shot of the Boss in the line up (11/11/1999).

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  Early screenshot of the Boss with the Gorvette (07/12/1999).

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  Early screenshot of the Boss clashing with a limousine drone (07/02/2000).

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  Early screenshot of the Boss further along in the game's development (04/05/2000).

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  Early screenshot of the Boss from the May 2000 issue of Micromania Tercera Epoca magazine.

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  Texture of the Boss.

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  Damaged texture of the Boss.

Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (comic)

Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (comic) vehicle
Mustang
Driver	Mechanic (former) Max Damage
Race number	no number

The Boss appears in the Tozzer Carmageddon comic, under the name "Mustang", being the second car driven by Max Damage after his Eagle MK4 is torn to shreds by an army of the undead. He blames his Eagle's destruction on the mechanic hired to repair it earlier, but later spotting the Mustang, decides to use it as a substitute.

Design

This version of the vehicle is more detailed than the game one, having less of a blocky look and resembling a Mustang much more. The Mustang logo is missing from this iteration, and its headlights are smaller.

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References

Vehicles in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (comic) (cat)
Introduced in Episode 1	Blue car · Pink Pulveriser · Suppressor
Introduced in Episode 2	Eagle MK4 · Fraud Broko · Rig O'Mortis
Introduced in Episode 3	Bumble Bee
Introduced in Episode 4	Dragula · The Fortress
Introduced in Episode 5	Cop Car · Tomahawk
Introduced in Episode 6	Street Eater
Introduced in Episode 9	The Boss · Tina
Introduced in Episode 10	Alien Limousine · Electric Blue