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Need for Speed High Stakes Downloads

1988 Pontiac Banshee Concept

AuthorF-body Faction

Added On October 17, 2022

Version High Stakes

Brand Pontiac

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NFS:HS Features

Class	A	Serial #	40
Damage	No	Dashboard	Incorrect
Convertible	Yes	Vidwall	No
Windows	Clear	Licence Plate
Top Speed	145 mph 232 kmh	Polycount	5111
Driver	Animated

Description

back in the old days when we sparred with the community often, and Azrael got dared into speedmodeling a variety of cars. none of them were released, until now. I came across the Banshee mesh when I was hunting for parts for other faction projects and decided it was something deserving of being finished. it had no driver or seats, so I implemented those. I also retooled the texture to make the body color change. I don't know where the performance data came from, but I like how it's very rugged and imperfect. it was a concept car from 1988 after all.

credits:

Base Mesh: Azrael
Modeling: Azrael, mecha
Textures & Mapping: Azrael
Wheels: Azrael
Performance: custom
Engine Sound: Electronic Arts

Special thanks to all of the following:
NFSAddons: Mike Henderson, Remko, CEOs
NFSCars: Mike Geise, Elena Geise
and all F-body Faction

Comments 13

EvoX4 years ago(edited)

Wowzee... I had to dig some info. Didn't know it was a Pontiac. "The two-door, four-seater Banshee IV had a sleek and sensuous futuristic design. Its fiberglass body was painted bright red, while its triangular hood was matte black. A 230 horsepower fuel-injected, single overhead cam V8 engine powered the rear wheels. A heads-up display system (HUD) projected information about speed, engine RPM, and fuel level on the windshield in the driver's field of vision. The dashboard featured video displays and numerous buttons; the steering wheel alone contained about twenty. The dual rearwings were also adjustable". Taken from Wikipedia

noise4 years ago

A '88 concept by GM, nice. Easy to see the shape came back in later Firebirds.

mechaAddon author4 years ago

little bit of its nose appeared in the '91-'92 Firebirds. the prototype 4th gen F cars were supposed to be 4 cylinder if I recall, they wound up getting repurposed in the Saturn brand I think. they had a lot of the design cues from this car in them.

RemkoAdmin4 years ago

Oh, great to see those two releases here, thanks for sharing.

mechaAddon author4 years ago

there will be more. new stuff I never released before. I messaged you last night, haven't talked in a long time. I'm still banished from discord.

Spectre4 years ago

I'm looking forward to see more of your stuff.

mechaAddon author4 years ago

it's nice seeing proper antialiasing again. I used a stock install on my old laptop (no Veg patch needed for XP) specifically to get screenshots.

Whatscheiser4 years ago(edited)

I'm using nGlide for my installation so I'm going to say yes. The screenshots come out as a 1:1 like for what I see in game play.

For AA in my game though I should also probably mention I'm enhancing or even overwriting game settings using the GeForce control panel (driver software). Not sure that its a difference worth noting, but I don't know if its something everyone uses.

pete95164 years ago

Just for your information, Bandicam does not capture ingame gamma settings. I don't know any software to this day that can capture the ingame gamma settings from NFS High Stakes..

dandresden4 years ago

Damn, this Knight Rider 4000 ???

Finally the Pontiac's fancy Futurepunk concept car, the Banshee!

Whatscheiser4 years ago

Just as an FYI for anyone who is a little anal like I am. The car is identified in the viv file as "Bans" if you want to install it into a folder in line with the vehicle identity, that's the name.