'91 Ford Taurus
March 9, 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
		    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 Racer X and other members of the Taurus Car Club of America ( http://www.tauruscarclub.com ) for all their helpful knowledge on the Taurus and Sable. And thanks to anyone I forgot.

Installation      : Copy vp91taurus.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            : Red, White, and Blue (how patriotic!)
Rendering modes   : Hardware AND Software Render!

Car Specs         : 
Year              : 1991
Name              : Ford Taurus GL
Engine            : 3.0L (182 CID) V6
Horsepower        : 140
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 Mercury is not compatible with CarLoader. It will read the file as "(error) vp91taurus.ar". To fix it, let it finish loading, then right click "(error) vp91taurus.ar" and select "Change Name" and change it to "'91 Ford Taurus". Move the picture that's included in the zip to your CarLoader images folder. To view the picture, right click "'91 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             : The Taurus was a revolutionary car back init's day. It set the standard for aerodynamic design. It was also one the first FWD police cars. The taurus is virtually everywhere. They're used as fleet vehicles as well as basic tranportation. The engines available on the first generation Taurii were a 2.5L I4, 3.0L V6, or a 3.8L V6. I choose the 3.0L V6 (Vulcan) for this car because it was the most popular engine.

This MM re-creation has 3D mirrors. The sounds are from my Sable. The drive sounds were mixed with the Mustang sound. I know it might seem annoying, 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 "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsmen. If you have a problem with the sounds, turn off your speakers. The tuning is perfect. It has slight bodyroll, but still controlable. Just tap the handbrakes (after getting to above 50 MPH and starting a turn) to get it sliding. If you start to oversteer, give lots of counter steer to correct it. It's really easy to drive since it's FWD. It takes some getting used to the tuning. It can do 0-60 in about 10 seconds (official time is around 10.2 seconds) and a top speed of about 105-120 MPH (official top speed is the same). The only Taurii that came with a manual transaxle was the MT5 and SHO. The MT5 was coupled to the 2.5L inline four. It was discontinued in the late '80s. 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). The colors are a good selection. They are the most popular colors. The light blue was made to resemble the Taurus that got blown up in the movie "Road Trip" (except that one was more cyan, had hubcaps instead of Basketweaves, and had a West Virginia licence plate). The dash is of a '91 Taurus sedan with an '89 SHO cluster. I know it looks a bit cartoony, but when the pictures are shrunk, they get unreadable. Plus it has a tach and the real car didn't. I know the cluster isn't the right one. I figured that most people hated the 85 MPH speedo and would perfer the SHO cluster instead.

Known issues      : There are some weird shading and reflection problems around the car. It might look better with reflections off. The rear wheel shows up thru the fender at a distance using the V-cam. Try and take your screenshots closer to the car.