Dodge Aries Rice Rocket
April 20, 2002

*** This car is only compatable with Microsoft Midtown Madness Chicago Edition ***

You may not use this car to build new additional cars.
You may not modify this car (this includes any tweaking of performance).
No part of this car may be used without written permission from me (Qwerty_86).
You may distribute this car only free of charge, only without modifications to this package and only with permission from me.
When distributing you must leave this file intact together with the car.

*** I am not responsible for damages this file causes to your computer. ***

Software Used     : 3D Studio Max 2.5
		    Paint Shop Pro 7
                    Midtown Madness Vehicle Creation Kit
                    WinZip v8.0
                    Notepad
	            GoldWave

Author            : Qwerty_86
Author's E-mail   : qwerty_986@hotmail.com (please do not contact me to request more ricers)
Author's Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/qwerty_1980_alt/garage.html

Thanks to         : Thanks to RF_Speedy for making me a beautiful dash texture

Installation      : Copy vpkrice.ar file to your Midtown Madness directory. Usually under "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Midtown Madness\"

MM Car information:
Custom Car Model  : Yes
Custom Textures   : Yes 
Custom Sounds     : No
Custom Tuning     : Yes
Dashboard         : Yes
Damaged textures  : Yes
Colors            : Limon
Rendering modes   : Hardware AND Software Render!

Car Specs         : 
Year              : 1987
Name              : Dodge Aries
Engine            : 2.2L I4
Horsepower        : 120
Transmission      : 3-Speed Auto; 5-Speed manual
Body              : 4-Door Sedan

CarLoader         : CarLoader is a program that keeps track of cars and tracks for Midtown Madness. I suggest getting this program (http://drive.to/carloader). The Aries is not compatible with CarLoader. It will read the file as "(error) vpkrice.ar". To fix it, let it finish loading, then right click "(error) vpkrice.ar" and select "Change Name" and change it to "K-Car Rice Rocket". Move the picture that's included in the zip to your CarLoader images folder. To view the picture, right click "K-Car Rice Rocket" and select "View".

Recommended       : 80-100% Physics, anything lower and the car's steering gets too sensitive and it may tip on two wheels. If you do use it under 80%, then be prepared to fall out of your seat laughing at the way it handles. Reflections kinda suck, so it's best if reflections are off.

Notes             : It's a K-Car! Chrysler Corporations' famous compact. Almost all front wheel drive cars from Chrysler in the '80s were based on this car including the famous Caravan/Voyager. It's base engine is a 2.2L I4 and it works well, but is underpowered. 

The model is the same as the other Aries. This version has NOS! It means that a faster acceleration, but since it's a budget rice rocket, I left the stock 4-banger in. This means a 0-60 of about 5-6 seconds and a top speed of about 95 MPH. The drive and idle sounds are from the VW New Beetle. The horn is from the '68 Mustang in-game and it works well. The only color available is Limon. It's based on the Reliant Ricer (Pg 48) on Beaterz.com. There are stickers on the front doors, but they don't have much detail. The roof doesn't have a stripe because the way it's textured, it will not allow it. Same with the spoiler. Beatmagnum suggested the license plate number. It can be interpreted as "Rice for life" or "Race for Life". The license plate courtesy of ACME License Plate Maker - http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/.  BeatMagnum also suggested the "K" stickers on there rear window. The dash almost looks like a ricer. It's yellow with a NOS button and a NOS label on the gas guage. Adn it's got an awesome stereo ripped from a Dodge 600! ;)

Known issues      : The bottom is just black, no details. The front wheels will show thru the fender on turns. There are some cracks in the dash. Just ignore them. The guages are not perfect half circles so the needles will go out of the white markings at certain times.