'95 Ford Taurus
April 5, 2003

*** 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
		    Sound Recorder
	            GoldWave

Author            : Qwerty_86
Author's E-mail   : qwerty_986@hotmail.com
Author's Homepage : http://rracing.cjb.net/revo/members/qwerty/index.php

Thanks to         : Thanks to TaurusGuy and many other members of the Taurus Car Club of America (http://www.tauruscarclub.com) for all their help and their vast knowledge on the Ford Taurus. Thanks to Mr. Sparkle for texture advice. And thanks to anyone I forgot.

Installation      : Copy vp95taurus.ar file to your Midtown Madness directory. Usually under "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Midtown Madness\"

MM Car information:
New Car Model     : Yes
New Textures      : Yes 
Custom Sounds     : Yes
Custom Tuning     : Yes
Dashboard         : Yes
Damaged textures  : Yes
Colors            : Crystal Blue, Royal Blue, Cranberry Red, Oxford White, Mocha Frost, and Deep Jewel Green
Rendering modes   : Hardware Only!

Car Specs         : 
Year              : 1995
Name              : Ford Taurus
Engine            : 3.8L (232 CID) V6
Horsepower        : 140 (torque makes up for the little HP)
Transmission      : 4-speed Electronic Automatic Overdrive Transaxle (AXOD-E)
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 Taurus is not compatible with CarLoader. It will read the file as "(error) vp95taurus.ar". To fix it, let it finish loading, then right click "(error) vp95taurus.ar" and select "Change Name" and change it to "'95 Ford Taurus". Move the picture that's included in the zip to your CarLoader images folder. To view the picture, right click "'95 Ford Taurus" and select "View".

Recommended       : 80-100% Physics, anything lower and the car's steering gets too sensitive and it may tip on two wheels.

Notes             : This is one the most seen cars on the road. You can basically see a Taurus in almost any parking lot and it's at almost every corner you turn. They're everywhere! The motors that were available were the standard 3.0L (Vulcan) V6 and the more powerful 3.8L (Essex) V6 (which was a 5.0L V8 less two cylinders). This car has the Essex coupled to the AXOD-E (Ford's code for the 4-speed electronic overdrive transaxle). The Essex is known to blow head gaskets. But hey, at least now it can be driven in a game where mechanical problems don't exist. ;)

This MM re-creation has recessed rear license plate area, 3D exhaust system, 3D hood indent, and 3D mirrors. I blew my poly count budget on this car. Since it's so round, I used 1200 polys! The sounds are from the Sable. The drive sounds were mixed with the Mustang sound. I know it might seem annoying and throaty, but it's pretty accurate. The horn is from the '68 Mustang in-game and it works well. The selection screen sound is a clip of the intro of ZZ Top's "Gimme All Your Lovin'." If you have a problem with the sounds, turn off your speakers. The tuning is perfect. It doesn't handle like a boat like my other cars. It's suspension is pretty tight and there's not much bodyroll. Just tap the handbrakes (after getting to above 50 MPH and starting a turn) to get it sliding. SOmetimes you don't even need to hit the handbrake and it'll star sliding! If you start to oversteer, give lots of counter steer to correct it. It takes some getting used to the tuning. It can do 0-60 in about 9 seconds (official time is 9.2 seconds, but I've got 12 seconds unofficially) and a top speed of about 120-130 MPH (I read that it can get upto 132, but if you're pushing the engine really hard). The Taurus (with the exception of the MT5 and SHO models) never came with manual transaxles. So the manual portrayed in the game is just an automatic that you have to manually shift. Although on the real car, it would not be possible to manually shift the automatic since it goes from overdrive (4) to drive (3) to first (1). Each color has it's own license plate (courtesy of the License Plate shack - http://www.plateshack.com/plateshack.html ). The colors are a good selection. You get six very popular colors. Well, with the exception of Deep Jewel Green, Royal Blue, and Mocha Frost. The other colors are seen on almost every other Taurus. I had some problems finding the right pics, so it might not look right. I tried the best I could to make everything fit since the Sable and the Taurus has different dashboards. The steering wheel looks like crap. I blame the stupid alpha channels.

Known issues      : There are some weird shading and reflection problems around the car. It's not a major problem. You might not even notice it.