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Game Forum / Action Games / Grand Theft Auto / December 2006The cars in GTA2
I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old Cord, or the Z-Type resembling a 1930s Mercedes). In fact, the newest vehicle in the game seems to be the Furore - and if that model doesn't predate 1975, I'll eat crow. So...why all the old vehicles? > I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all > appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > So...why all the old vehicles? It's based in the 80s, so the sports cars etc are right for the time. Then we have the old reliables, which even appear in GTA san andreas, the ones which just keep on truckin' and then we have the modded low riders, though there are far too many of the original cars too, which means people in San andreas are driving round in cars from the 50s etc instead of them being rare classics. Maybe It's all shot in Cuba? :O) It's probably just being lazy, so they don't have to bother re-designing a huge bunch of cars for each game  SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > > I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all > > appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > It's probably just being lazy, so they don't have to bother > re-designing a huge bunch of cars for each game oh, I just realised you're talking about the original 2d game! :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > It's based in the 80s, so the sports cars etc are right for the time. <snippy snip> Sorry to be a pedant, but the manual says that it's set 'Three weeks in to the future....'. Sorry :o) Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. > > It's based in the 80s, so the sports cars etc are right for the time. > <snippy snip> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Cheers, > Rob at least you're awake :O) SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ >I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all > appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > So...why all the old vehicles? Each vehicle had to be distinguishable from a top-down, low pixel-count image. It's probably just to make them recognisable rather than any age concerns. > >I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all > > appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > image. It's probably just to make them recognisable rather than any age > concerns. yeah, and it was fun trying to design your own cars so they looked good from top down. SignaturePaul (Need a lift she said much obliged) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ > I can't be the only one to notice that the vehicles in GTA2 almost all > appear to be over 50 years old (eg, the Jefferson looking like an old [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > So...why all the old vehicles? A theory of mine is that Rockstar didn't want the game to look too similar to the original GTA or GTA:London1969 for fear of buyers seeing screenshots and thinking "Ah, more of the same then". I remember seeing a wireframe picture of a car from GTA2 so Rockstar obviously went to a lot of trouble in designing them. If you notice, they take damage in at least 8/10 different places. Even the headlights go out if you smash in to something! I'm sure there's at least one car which is based on a Stingray, I distinctly remember the odd looking rear end. Even top-down it's visible (At least it is to me, then again I'm on crack). The Z-Type that the Zaibatsu drive always reminded me of the updated (circa Batman Returns) Batmobile. No idea why! Cheers, Rob Signature.__ __ |__ |__ .|__ __ | Rob White, Half Man Half Biscuit. | / \| \ | | || ||| /__\ | robthemod@googlemail.com | \__/|__/ |_|_|| |||__\___ | Wimbledon, London, England. "Do sugar cubes have dots or is that a dice I just put in my tea?" To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world. |
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