Throb Rod

Carmageddon TDR 2000 vehicle
Throb Rod
Info
Car Descriptor order	39
Network availability	normal
Driver	Philippe A. Shio
Driver's short name	Phil
Race number	no number
Top speed	235 mph
Kerb weight	1.2 tons
0 - 60 mph in	3.1 seconds
Cost	675000 credits
Description
"I ride her hard."

Throb Rod is one of the 50 original cars from Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It first appears in Race 2 of the the Docks, being part of the third batch of vehicles the player encounters in the game.

Design

It is a T-bucketed Ford Model T. A 'T-Bucket' is a Model T which has been rebuilt into a hotrod performance spec. The vehicle has flame decals on the sides of its cabin, and the "Throb Rod" name engraved on the sides of its "arms", grill, and rear.

Performance

Throb Rod's biggest strength is its handling, making it a nice car to just drive around. Its top speed when fully upgraded however, only reaches 240mph. The hot rod is also too lightweight to waste cars, and can be destroyed really easily.

Driver

The driver, named "Phillipe A. Shio" in the files, is a man wearing Windsor glasses, a black sweater, and jeans. He also has a goatee.

Trivia

• Throb Rod's file name is "TrobRod".
• A Hot Rod is an old-timey name for a car with boosted performance. While "Throb Rod" may be referring to the male sexual organ.
• Phil A. Shio = Fellatio.
• Throb Rod has the same wheel textures as Drag-Ghoul.
• Inside the files for Throb Rod there is an info .txt file for an earlier iteration of the vehicle, with several elements taken from the early version of the Cop Car:
  • NAME "Throb Rod"
  • DESCRIPTION "Top Speed: 235mph
  • Kerb weight: 1200Kgs
  • 0-60mph: 3.4 seconds
  • I'll blow you law brakers to hell"
  • DESCRIPTOR "TrobRoddescriptor.txt"
  • DRIVER_NAME "Alex Bacon"
  • DRIVER_SHORT_NAME "Rashion"
  • STRENGTH 5
  • COST 50 // in thousands!
  • TYPE 2 // 0 = eagle, 1 = normal, 2 = novelty
  • //ARMOUR_MAP "eagle_armoured"

Gallery

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  Render of Throb Rod's rear.

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  Throb Rod in the garage.

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  Texture of Throb Rod.

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  Damaged texture of Throb Rod.

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  Another texture used by Throb Rod.