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TRACK INFO

Track name:
Filename:
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Author:
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Clowning Around
Clowning.zip
1052 meters
Mike McMillan (TAZMAN)
mcmillan@cts.com

Thanks for trying out "Clowning Around. This track was built with 2 goals in mind. The first was to make the race itself challenging. I wanted to race my favorite cars on a track that would challenge me. Hopefully it will challenge you too. Second, I like to laugh, so I tried to incorporate things that made me laugh. I hope they make you laugh also.

If you have any suggestions, criticism (please be kind), tips, improvements, etc..., please e-mail me with the address above.

FOR THE BEST RESULTS

I have tweaked the track to the best of my ability and tested it using the cars: Avus, Alien, Ivan-Benz Short-Wheel, SCORCHER, PT Cruiser, BMW E7 3.5, Vauxhall VX 220, Porshe-GT1, Rage, Cat 2000 and Toyeca with the following results:

Test Results

The cars that did the best on this track where are the following: PT Cruiser, Ivan Benz Short-Wheel, BMW E7 3.5, Vauxhall VX 220, Porshe-GT1 and SCORCHER.

PT Cruiser and Ivan Benz Short-Wheel where very consistant taking 1st or 2nd 95% of the time.

For the most challenging racing, use the above cars to race against and use CAT 2000 or Toyeca.

Using Toyeca, I had a very hard time taking 1st place.

Cat 2000 in my opinion is a very good all around car, it has a nice balance in all areas. It beats the pants off any of the original Re-Volt cars. With this car, it is a challenge to get 1st place in "Clowning Around". My average was 2nd & 3rd place, with an occasional 1st place.

I HIGHLY recommend installing the following cars in order to get the most challenge / fun using this track:

Avus by RiffRaff
Alien by RiffRaff
BMW E7 3.5 by RABBIT 2000
Cat 2000 by Antimorph
Ivan-Benz Short-Wheel by Ivan Mandel
Porshe GT1 by RiffRaff
PT Cruiser by RiffRaff & Nairb
Rage by RiffRaff
SCORCHER by phantomx
Vauxhall VX 220 by RiffRaff

To get these cars visit: RHQ - Re-Volt Headquarters

NOTE:

There are hundreds of card out there. The cars I have listed above are just the cars I have tried out and liked.

INSTALL, UNINSTALL, ETC...

INSTALL

Extract the clowning.zip file into your Re-Volt root directory. It should have created a folder called "ca_install".
Now, just double click the install.bat file to install all the necessary files to play "Clowning Around".

Have Fun!

NOTE:

This install program replaces some of the original Re-Volt wav files.
DON'T PANIC ! All the original wav files are just renamed with an org_ in front of them. Just run the uninstall_wav.bat file to replace the original wav files.

UN-INSTALL (everything)

To uninstall "Clowning Around" double click on the uninstall_all.bat file.

TECHNICAL INFO

To build this track I had used the following:

The Re-Volt editor (Lego track builder)

"Extreme Editing" within Re-Volt using:

Object mode
Instance mode
AI mode
Track Zones
Triggers
Pos Nodes

From rvminis I used rvstats.exe and rvtexmap.exe

RVglue4

Photoshop 5.5

ImageReady 2.0

Re-Volt EET by Marius Millea (Doctor_Zoidberg)

BUGS & PROBLEMS

Unfortunitely, I didn't start using rvglue4 until the very end of building this track. As a result, I created "invisible barriers". I didn't have the time to start all over again from ground zero, so I patched them the best I could.

THANKs & CREDITS

The tutorials, FAQ's and Forums that I learned from the most and would like to thank are:

RV Extreme by Gibbler
The Re-Volt Workbench by Spaceman
Racers Point forum
ReeF (Revolt extreme editing FAQ) by SuperTard and ali

Textures I have used in this track come from:

Foggy Bottom by Scloink
Rocket Town by Scloink
Re-Ville by Marc Schroeder
ReVolution by Matthias Gund (ttim)
Weir-Hauss by Nairb

The wav files are from a collection I have accumulated from all over the web.

Instances I have used in this track come from:

Re-Ville by Marc Schroeder
Weir-Hauss by Nairb

If you notice something I have not given credit for, please let me know via email.
mcmillan@cts.com