Colby Rat Wagon

Incoherent Rambling

"[...] He'd klep the preemest wheels for rich buyers - you know, Rayfields, Herreras - but for years his own personal ride of choice was this Colby. I could tell you why, but I'd rather you got behind the wheel and experienced it for yourself." - Muamar "El Capitan" Reyes about the Colby C125 offer on AutoFixer

Ok, so V got behind the wheel and experienced nothing special whatsoever. Thanks Mu! Way to reinforce the preconceptions people have about used car salesmen. This won't do at all. Enter the Colby "Rat Wagon"! It's a rat car station wagon! But why? Does it smell? Is it ugly? Is it pulled by horses (huh)? Does it attract vermin? Is it because we should use it to transport rugrats? The answers to these questions are of course because I can, yes, yes, only if you supply your own horses, yes and depends on how much you like your children and how you feel about them being taken away by child protection.

You're not convinced yet? How do you feel about donuts? Free junk in the trunk? It's like actual junk, though, not butt-related junk, sorry. Driving fast? The suspense of whether you contracted tetanus from the fuel cap? Burnouts? A free booster seat to strap in a keg? Seriously, don't use that thing for children. Yeah, that's all I got. So you buying or what?

What This Is

This is an overhaul of the pointless Colby C125 to make it actually fun. Sleeper car may be a bit of an understatement.

VISUALS

I was going for dirty, rusty and messy and I think I achieved it. ;) It's also lower, has different wheels, overhauled front bumper and headlights (it actually feels kinda naughty to make anything symmetrical in CB2077). Also it has an engine from a Quadra Type-66. That also kinda set the tone for the tuning.

HANDLING/TUNING

It has a Type-66 engine, so I started with its engine setup and tweaked from there. This car is pretty fast. Not quite Type-66 Avenger fast, but almost. It also has rear wheel drive now. The handling is improved as well, but it still feels like a Colby. With that much power it only felt right to make the tires slip a lot when setting off. I think it's lots of fun now.

IMPORTANT! I'm using Gripped Up (Vanilla Plus) and Dynamic Downforce (Version 2. 12), so all the handling changes are dialed in with those two installed.

Known Issues

The autofixer picture just refused to be overwritten. Dunno what's up with that.

Compatibility

This is incompatible with any mod that makes any changes to the Thorton Colby C125, but really who's whacked enough to get th