'87 Mercury Grand Marquis
August 14, 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://www.geocities.com/qwerty_1980_alt/garage.html

Thanks to         : Mike_P for a Grand Marquis rear end picture. Thanks to FmmF for 5.0 engine sounds. Thanks to Ziploc for suggesting a black paint scheme.

Installation      : Copy vp87mgm.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            : White, Black, and Red
Rendering modes   : Hardware AND Software Render!

Car Specs         : 
Year              : 1987
Name              : Mercury Grand Marquis
Engine            : 302-cid (5.0L) V8
Horsepower        : 150
Transmission      : 4-speed Auto and 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 Mercury is not compatible with CarLoader. If it reads the file as "(error) vp87mgm.ar", then let it finish loading, then right click "(error) vp87mgm.ar" and select "Change Name" and change it to "'87 Mercury Grand Marquis". Move the picture that's included in the zip to your CarLoader images folder. To view the picture, right click "'87 Mercury Grand Marquis" 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             : It's a full-sized Mercury sedan. This car is very well known. This MM re-creation has recessed headlights, recessed rear license plate, 3D mirrors, hood ornament, 3D bumpers, and a raised portion of the hood. The horn is from the '68 Mustang in-game and it works well. The selection screen sound is from David Lindley's "Mercury Blues." If you have a problem with the sounds, turn off your speakers. The tuning is pretty good for a 2 ton car. The shocks are tuned to be slightly soft for the big car feeling. It powerslides really good. Just tap the handbrakes to get it 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 and a top speed of about 100 MPH. Each color has it's own license plate (courtesy of the License Plate Shack - http://www.plateshack.com/plateshack.html). The dash is a special HUD. I made this for several reasons. First, the real Ford dash has a horizontal speedometer. And second, dashes are a pain in butt to make, so this saves me time making cars. If you complain to me about the dash, I'm going to tell you to make a dash.

Known issues      :