1979 Pontiac Trans Am WS6

Jason G Trusty
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Need For Speed 4 - New Car
copyright Š 1999 J. Trusty

Title: "1979 Pontiac Trans Am WS6"
Release Date: July 30, 1999
Type: New Car
Editor(s) used: CarCad 1.41 - copyright Š Chris Barnard
                       NFS FCE converter - copyright Š Addict
                       EA Cartool - copyright Š Electronic Arts
                       Viv/NFS Wizard - copyright Š Jesper Juul-Mortensen
                       Photoshop 5.0 - copyright Š Adobe Systems
Filename: 79ta_nfs4_v2.zip
Serial #: 43
Included files: car.viv - entire car file (mesh, texture etc...)
                       readme.html - this readme document
Author: Jason G Trusty - co-owner World Track Studio
Email Address: jtrusty@indiana.edu
Home Page: NFS Pontiac
Description: The 1979 Trans Am had a rare optional WS6 package that included 1" anti-sway bars, 13:1 close ratio steering box, 3.73 posi rear end, 4 wheel disc brakes, and could house 8.5" deep dish rims at all four spindles. I was lucky enough to purchase one in 1986. I rebuilt the car from the ground up. Enhancements included 8.5"x11.00" deep dish rims, 4.10 posi rear end, high performance 400 Pontiac engine balanced and blueprinted, ž" race cam, 10.5:1 compression semi-dome pistons, 30cc shaved heads and intake manifold, headers, 2 1/4" dual exhaust, 700R4 transmission w/ manual valve body and shift kit plus many more…

In 1995 the car was destroyed by a drunk driver while I was out of town. This project is an attempt to ressurrect my 70’s muscle machine so she may live again…

Therefore, attention to detail was a critical factor while designing this car…

I hope you enjoy driving her as much as I did when she was the real thing…

Installation: Simply unzip this file to a temp directory such as c:/unzipped. Now, go to your c:/programfiles/need for speed high stakes/savedata/car directory and create a new folder called 79ta. Now copy all the files to the savedata/car/79ta folder you made a minute ago. Load up NFS 4 and enjoy. Note: for this car to work it MUST be installed in the SAVEDATA/CARS directory NOT the DATA/CARS directory.

Credits to: Eletronic Arts - without which none of this would be possible, Agamemnon for all the tips on adding an animated driver and his great tutorials, and to all the developers who make the fine utilities necessary to create all the addons.

Revision info:

Version v2.0: In this revision I have completely overhauled the performance of the vehicle using mathematical formulas to simulate the most accurate performance that NFS 4 is capable of delivering. I have based all calculations on actual documented staticstics retrieved from my REAL car. I hope you enjoy the added realism.

Version v1.0: Completed first draft of entire car including new performance, mesh, texture, animated driver, breaking glass, transparent windows, interior, and vidwall.

Future versions: I plan on developing a showcase, 3D dash, and new audio for the car in future releases.

Disclaimer:

This design cannot be distributed at any site, or on any media without contacting me first.
Jason G Trusty

Quesitons, comments, general praise or critisism of any kind:
e-mail: jtrusty@indiana.edu or jtrusty@mcni.net

This file comes as-is and by using this file you will not hold me responsible for any damage that may occur to you computer, software and or hardware as a result of using this file. This file has been virus scanned and verified as clean but as always you should scan everything you download from the internet.

This file MUST accompany the file included in this zip file.

These files cannot be altered in any way. If you are planning to alter them you must first contact me, detailing the manner in which you plan to alter the enclosed files.

Need for Speed 4 is copyright Š 1998 Electronic Arts.

Enjoy!