Strange things catch my interest when I play games. When I first experienced Silent Hill, the cars and other vehicles fascinated me. I don't know why; they're just one of those incidental details that caught my attention. Sadly, I don't have a copy of the game, but I would like to go back and see if the cars were based on real models or not. Either way, they perfectly evoke the look of vehicles of the 70s/early 80s.
Anyway, I know this is an odd question, but has anyone cataloged the vehicles of the first Silent Hill?
The cars of silent hill
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The cars of silent hill
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Re: The cars of silent hill
That's an attention to detail I never thought much about. The fact that the cars weren't drivable made me not notice them much, but they've shown references to things in street and building names, so I wouldn't be surprised if the cars were at least based off reality.
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When I get a copy of Silent Hill to play again, I'll try to examine them in more detail. It would be really cool to be able to dump the models and examine them in something like Blender.Doctor Eggnog wrote:That's an attention to detail I never thought much about. The fact that the cars weren't drivable made me not notice them much, but they've shown references to things in street and building names, so I wouldn't be surprised if the cars were at least based off reality.
I really did want to drive a car in SH1. I half expected to be able to ride that motorcycle!
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^you and me both, dude.
You and me both.
This has actually got me curious now.
Here's a good one. Scroll down until you see Harry.
http://www.gamescares.com/main/index.ph ... &Itemid=40
And look at how weird and square the cop car looks @ this angle.
http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/SilentHill06.jpg
It would be quite a feat to sort through all the graphical limits and figure out what all of them are, but if I find anyone who's done anything like this I'll be sending them your way. Or sending you their way....whichever way that works.
I might actually do a little research myself on this.
It's something small, but I wonder now how accurate they were.
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This has actually got me curious now.
Here's a good one. Scroll down until you see Harry.
http://www.gamescares.com/main/index.ph ... &Itemid=40
And look at how weird and square the cop car looks @ this angle.
http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/SilentHill06.jpg
It would be quite a feat to sort through all the graphical limits and figure out what all of them are, but if I find anyone who's done anything like this I'll be sending them your way. Or sending you their way....whichever way that works.
I might actually do a little research myself on this.
It's something small, but I wonder now how accurate they were.
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Re: The cars of silent hill
I'm thinking that police car might be based on a Dodge Diplomat:SilentWren wrote:^you and me both, dude.
You and me both.
This has actually got me curious now.
Here's a good one. Scroll down until you see Harry.
http://www.gamescares.com/main/index.ph ... &Itemid=40
And look at how weird and square the cop car looks @ this angle.
http://members.aye.net/~gharris/blog/SilentHill06.jpg
It would be quite a feat to sort through all the graphical limits and figure out what all of them are, but if I find anyone who's done anything like this I'll be sending them your way. Or sending you their way....whichever way that works.
I might actually do a little research myself on this.
It's something small, but I wonder now how accurate they were.
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Re: The cars of silent hill
Slightly off topic....i looked at that vid of the mansion from the RE series(from the gamescares site)...i forgot how great of a design the mansion actually was...it was the perfect setup and sort of a cliche` and classic location for a horror game...
As far as the car goes...yeah..it's based on the diplomat...i think Douglas from SH3 is driving one in a cutscene with Heather...it's funny how you can tell what kind of car that's in games, but are slightly off design wise due to licensing and royalty issues......but clearly you can tell that harry's vehicle is a jeep wrangler,...but if there was a cause for Harry to desrcibe the jeep in the game, you better believe he would've called it something else...
As far as the car goes...yeah..it's based on the diplomat...i think Douglas from SH3 is driving one in a cutscene with Heather...it's funny how you can tell what kind of car that's in games, but are slightly off design wise due to licensing and royalty issues......but clearly you can tell that harry's vehicle is a jeep wrangler,...but if there was a cause for Harry to desrcibe the jeep in the game, you better believe he would've called it something else...
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Re: The cars of silent hill
Vehicles that I've been able to identify in SH1: Ford LTD, Dodge Diplomat, Ford Fairmont (possibly, or maybe a Mercury Zephyr), Blue Bird Schoolbus.
They are changed and 'debadged' a bit but as said above if you're familiar with such cars you can suss them out.
Edit: Oh yeah, Harry's Jeep, of course, hehe.
They are changed and 'debadged' a bit but as said above if you're familiar with such cars you can suss them out.
Edit: Oh yeah, Harry's Jeep, of course, hehe.
Re: The cars of silent hill
I was playing through today and I found a Ford Explorer and a Jeep Charokee (Woohoo! Jeeps representin' in Silent Hill!). I also found some four door hatchback car like a Ford Fiesta or maybe a Geo Metro, and a station wagon. Although I didn't get to look closer at the latter two because I had dogs and ariscreamers chasing me.
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