Spring Forum Event - Showoff an image of your slickest ride here!
From March 8 to March 22, we will have two threads up on the forums: one for you to provide tips and tricks, and the other to show off your car customizations.
Don't be a back-seat driver! Get in on the action and challenge the competition by posting your favorite tip/trick and your hottest tricked out ride.
Showoff an image of your slickest ride here!
Note: Anyone that participates gets put in a drawing, but just once - so you can show off one car or share many of them - still results in one entry for the drawing.
Rewards each week:
Anyone that makes a relevant post in these threads will be put into a random draw. That means no spam, no drama—just tips, tricks, and sweet rides.
One random winner each week will get three Premium Shipments
Two random runners-up will get one Premium Shipment
We're excited to see how you hit the pavement in Payback!
I already posted this story in a similar thread at GTPlanet.net, but for those of you who haven't seen it, I hope you enjoy!:
Scott McFarland approached Twisted Mettle to help him resurrect a 1970 Volvo Amazon that had belonged originally to his grandfather, and his father after that. Scott is the third generation owner of Scotty's Courier Service. His grandfather started the business in 1970 with a new Amazon. Times got tough after his father took over, as modern technology greatly reduced the need for couriers. Recently however, things have picked up again with the onset of ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft. Now in addition to carrying supplies and packages, Scott hauls people around Fortune Valley as well. And after landing a fat contract with Silver Rock Medical Group, Scott wanted to use some of his new-found financial success to spruce up his brand image. Thus, the old Volvo got a facelift.
Twisted Mettle kept the original beige color, but added a tartan-patterned wrap to the upper part of the car. Some people have commented that it looks like a picnic basket. But getting people talking is exactly what Scott was aiming for. He now has an unmistakable image traveling around Silver Rock.
Rather than take the easy route with the wrap, which would be to simply follow the chrome body side molding from front to back, Twisted Mettle curved the wrap to flow with the upper style line and meet up with the head lamps and tail lamps in an interesting way. It gives the car the illusion of gripping the road, not unlike a person's hand claw-gripping a computer mouse.
Other touches were to shave the bumper and grille guards off and remove the round auxiliary lamps off the rear to give the car a sleeker look. Of course, Scotty's needs to reach clients and deliver those goods in a hurry, so upgrades were also made to the drive train. Rav of Twisted Mettle added a throttle body fuel injection system to increase fuel mileage, responsiveness and reliability. Output was increased to 201 Hp, not a lot by most standards, but plenty to get the job done efficiently. Disc brakes, new suspension and exhaust completed the overhaul, mechanically speaking.
The last pictures here are vintage retro shots that were taken for a recent magazine article. Like father, like grandfather, Scotty is having the time of his life with the Volvo and loves driving around his home town for a living. With no signs of business slowing down, look for the Amazon buzzing by a location near you, on a mission and on a roll.
Some really cool styles here. See this is why I say having the ability in payback to do this is great. It allows us to share our diverse styles through a common car interest.
@Jabberwocky79, thx for appreciating, i forgot to post a pic of my fifth fairlaidy wich is one of my favourite (i just uploaded it ) and i'm upgrading a M4 these days , hope to meet you in the game. or maybe did we already?
Thanks for the compliment! Do you have a logo for 2gPerformance? - I created an in-game logo for Twisted Mettle Designs... In fact, it has evolved several times. I'll have to upload better pictures of it soon.
Guys, its a good idea to open these images in a new tab (in case you wanna see a car more clearly). You can see them in its original size. Some of you may know that already.
You know I never really thought about making one. Now you have me thinking I need to dust off my Photo Shop mediocre skills.
I think the same as you do. I always like to have a little bit of imagination to go with my immersion. Over on another post i started a thing where i was writing a story about the 2gPerformance shop looking for a rare Hemi Cuda and finding one in New Haven. Had an imaginative write up like you did. but it wasn't as cool or in detail like you just did but of the same mind set . Origin story - In the real world I used to be a automotive tech and I helped my friend who raced his Maita with all the mechanical stuff and we always joked about trying to get the car to pull 2 G s on the skid pad at the track . Hence the nick name for my garage here at my house. Always used it as my fictional performance shop name ever since . When ever friends need work done to their car it was the going joke to say Id check the shops schedule lol. Never hurts to dream a little with payback right . Here is the car I did the work on in action. Pretty much swapped all suspension with race items. Car was a magnet and won its class. This car and others started the 2g Performance nick name . 🙂 Anyways back to the car show and please do share your logo. Cheers !
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