Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now - Movie and Real Life Influences

Movie and Real Life Influences

Themes, cars, and ideas from many popular movies are present in the game:

• The title "Carpocalypse Now" is a reference to the movie Apocalypse Now.
• Death Race 2000 is the source of much of the ideology of the game. A game character "Silvester Stallion" was named for Sylvester Stallone, and a powerup in the game, "Oil slicks from your arse" is one that Sly's character can be seen using in the movie.
• Back to the Future is the inspiration for the inclusion of the otherwise rare DeLorean "DeGory'un" car.
• The Blues Brothers is the source for the cop car, and features a quote from the movie to describe the car: "It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant. It has cop tires. Cop suspension. Cop shocks..." Additionally, a level requiring the destruction of 12 cop cars - the number of Bluesmobiles used in the making of the movie - exists, with the level description "Trashing that donut shop was a big mistake...". One of the pickup items in the game causes all your car's panels to fall off, in much the same way as the Bluesmobile toward the end of the movie.
• Herbie the Love Bug is undoubtedly the source of the VW with the curly-lettered "Hate" emblem on its side.
• The purple TVR Cerbera in the game was based on the car driven at the time of development by Stainless MD, Patrick Buckland and was used without the permission of TVR, much to their irritation.
• Two cars featured on the game are based on real life racecars: the Porker 2 is based on the Konrad Motorsport Porsche 993 GT2 from the BPR Global GT Series, and the Tashita2 is based on the Hasemi Sport Unisia JECS Nissan Skyline GT-R from the Group A era JTCC series. The latter competed between 1991 to 1993 and was driven by Masahiro Hasemi.
• Twin Peaks is the inspiration for a game map depicting a mountain town called Twin Shrieks. All the major elements are there: the cafe, the inn, the mill, the bridge, the pines, and the mountains. There is also a hidden "Red Room" Easter egg located by jumping into a seemingly solid mountain wall. The room, has minimal furniture, red curtains on all walls, a black and white zigzagged floor and driving physics comparable to driving underwater. Most references only slightly resemble elements of the show, but the sign identifying the town is clearly inspired by it.