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[Lost Account #3377]

Today I'm found the demo disc contained the first demo of Driver with Yellow-Black buick GSX.
Just googled for SCED_011.53 and found (PSM) Euro Demo 43:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YPL8HB2S

There is only shown replay as on screenshots. I disabled the replay mode, but any controls doesn't work (even in pause mode that enables by some code) , need try to find the activation code or button codes or it's not compiled in.

Also I found in the MIAMI.LEV file old model names (PLAYERCAR1, this still in PC version, but removed in second PSX demo).
There is a two PLAYERCARs: first is Yellow Buick and second is SuperFly (???) without textures
The pause menu contains debug entries (Repair car, Reset car, NoWeather, etc) and debug film director

I downloaded the file, is this meant to be a demo because there is no iso file in there? How do I get it to work.

[Lost Account #3366]

there is a bin.ecm, not ISO
You need to download ecm tools and drag-n-drop your ***.bin.ecm on the unecm.exe

And you will get a valid .bin disk image

[Lost Account #3377]

there is a bin.ecm, not ISO
You need to download ecm tools and drag-n-drop your ***.bin.ecm on the unecm.exe

And you will get a valid .bin disk image

So can this work in psx emulator, what is unecm.exe

[Lost Account #3366]

This is a ecm tools

ecm tools.rar

[Lost Account #3393]

Woohoo the beta demo is ours!!! Thanks SOAP!

[Lost Account #3377]

EDIT: Got it to work thru magic iso

[Fireboyd78]

Gotta love it!

[Lost Account #3423]

ok.so? this project is dead? i whas 3 or 4 years old when i played Driver 1(good times,having fun and driving like a dog ),and after some time i had this demo and i see aaaaa lot of different things.(different audio,Cars,ecc)and 9 years ago i see the car for the first time and i still want Play it!but how do i install it? lol i dont know
PS:why dont start a new project "Driver Beta mod" and try to add more beta stuff like the beta police,and ps1 cars,and beta engine sound
sorry my english im italian.

[Fireboyd78]

Hey Alex, your dreams of an all beta game could become a reality this year, I myself don't know much, and neither does the creator, but this year should be the year of models modding, so yeah.

[Lost Account #3423]

Holly Crap Yeah! i really want make a Beta Mod For Driver 1! ok you made the Buick MK II. i need that,.to use for los angeles can you send me that car? and do you have the beta police textures?
PS:there is a way for change the car of the take a ride modes. i want make los angeles uses the same model of miami,so i cange the LS textures and the result is: miami use Buick MK1 and los angeles MK 2.

[Fireboyd78]

Hmm, is this for PC or PS1? PC has every car except for the Jaguar in every city. For PS1, I can't really say, because we don't know how to mod it.

[Lost Account #3423]

pc.i know that every Console game cant be moddedd.i want change the texture of the maiami car for los angeles whit the MK II so if you use the buick for los angeles you will use the Buick MK II

[Lost Account #3408]

pc.i know that every Console game cant be moddedd.i want change the texture of the maiami car for los angeles whit the MK II so if you use the buick for los angeles you will use the Buick MK II

A Console game can be modded, you just need to know how .

[Lost Account #3423]

ehy i have installed the beta buick but're bugged only on los angeles and new york. why?

[Highster11]

ehy i have installed the beta buick but're bugged only on los angeles and new york. why?

What exactly is the bug? And what you mean under 'installed'? You are just replacing the textures with DTE, because for now we don`t have a tool which exports/imports models, just like Zanoza Modeler, TXD Workshop, DeAr, VIVEdit, etc. (these tools aren`t for Driver )

[Lost Account #3423]

they're black in some parts of the car,and when i crash the char it doesnt damage (the texture) in miami and frisco it doesnt happen.yes whe have a program for import/export texture for driver pc

[Highster11]

they're black in some parts of the car,and when i crash the char it doesnt damage (the texture) in miami and frisco it doesnt happen.yes whe have a program for import/export texture for driver pc

OMG! It`s because you didn`t replaced the textures properly!

[Fireboyd78]

Actually, Los Angeles and New York use different texture placements. San Francisco and Miami are the same way. This is how it is for EVERY level. It's hard to explain.

[Lost Account #3423]

ok.so i cant use it on NW And LC? ok,but now how where i get the original textures? :O

[Lost Account #3431]

I get this with all beta Buick textures...

I need help...

[MikuMikuCookie]

This is a comparison of SOAP's Beta Buick vs. Reflections Beta Buick:


Reflections Beta Buick


SOAP's Beta Buick


I have to say, that sh*t is almost DEAD ON.

EDIT: Original textures put together from VRAM, no resizing was done.

SOAP just needs to reduce his/her GS X texture quality and make it pixel-ier to match the professional

[PostalDude]

Nice bump, dee-dee-dee.

[RacingFreak]

Bump !

I`d know, the textures have been successful extracted a while ago, but.. I don`t like that you didn`t find the missing texture (only Dr.DOOM did, but that .jpg extension did it worse). So here`s mine version of it:

BetaGSX.png

At last! You can see the missing texture below the windows

Thanks goes to Maverick for the co-ordinates he posted here, and for the nice game savestate

[someone972]

I should take those damage textures and finish up my beta-buick for the vertex fix patch. I was using it to test damage, which worked rather well, but I never finished it up since I didn't have the damage textures.

[Clutch]

hm... ok, YELLOW BUICK... I like it, but...
Before YELLOW Buick was black/blue one.
Why before? Look at second and third screenshot: on the second one we can see blank sprites, where should be lenses (on traffic lights and on indicator of the Buick), so it wasn't done yet.
On the third we can see hole in pavement. Miami map wasn't complete!
What can we say? That yellow Buick is BETA BUICK, and black Buick is ALPHA BUICK. What you think?








Next version, known and hidden in our lev files



and, BTW... what is the damaged car on the second one here?:



And one more:
compare grill



to this



Ow, and WTF? Strange map, textures... Beta Buick bonnet (hidden in our lev files)

[Fireboyd78]

I love you, Clutch. NO HOMO!

So you mean to tell me there is a Beta Buick MK I, MK II, MK III, AND MK IV? Holy!

Also, look at the last two screenshots. The weird ass dots on the map represent the height map, they simply took those height map co-ordinates and then made a map out of them. How do I know that? Oh, I don't know, SOMEONE972 IS A GENIUS! Anyways, I strongly believe that the Driver 2 secret car WAS in fact the ACTUAL beta buick, but god damnit they changed it to look more like the Oldsmobile 442 look a like. That's what I always thought!

And regarding your damaged car question, that is the beta "soft top old model" (described as that in a chase mission).



Also note how there was a Camaro look a like...

[Sedans]

i think youre digging way into this sh*t.

Alpha buick beta buick charlie buick.. does anyone still care?

bottom line: its a beta car that is not and never will be playable on the psx version. boom end of story.

[Fireboyd78]

This is the sh*t that makes people want to dig deeper into things. This has been one of THE longest unsolved mysteries when it comes to a video game. It's fun to find out beta information and then be able to BACK IT UP. You know?

[Sedans]

what im saying is i understand that its intersting because it is a mystery but why not just let it stay that way.. some people are looking wayy to much into this when all it is is just a beta car that wasnt used in the final game.

whats next? trying to find the exact date & time the car was axed from the game? give it a rest yall.

[Submaniac]

Hey y'all check that: http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewto ... 14&t=11474
I came across this page while looking for a beta picture of D2, it's got links to playable versions of the different betas of Driver (4 versions but 2 downloadable)