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This is a sub-page of Proto:Gran Turismo 2/September 21, 1999 Demo Build/Cars.

This page covers differences and updates pertaining to the contents of .carinfo and the carlogo directory, which host data used for car badging.

Replay Name String Differences#

A total of 1071 cars is defined in this build's .carinfo file, eight more than the September 7 demo. 1000 non-blank name strings remain unchanged from the previous demo, and all of the new entries are assigned blank text strings.

Codename

August 30–
September 7 Demos

September 21 Demo–
November 28 Retail

ioeun

Lotus EUROPE

Lotus EUROPA

ioeur

[R]Lotus EUROPE

[R]Lotus EUROPA

vch2n

TVR Chimaera 4.2

TVR Chimaera 4.0

Three entries first found in the August 30 demo had their non-blank text strings updated to their final versions.

Codename

August 30–September 7 Demos

September 21 Demo

November 28 Retail

bviir

[R]Vauxhall Tigra 1.6i Shamonix '98

[R]Vauxhall Tigra 1.6i Chamonix '98

[R]Vauxhall Tigra Ice Race Car

fp2wr

[R]Peugeot 206 WRC'99

[R]Peugeot 206 '99 RALLY Edition

[R]Peugeot 206 '99 RALLY CAR

goiir

[R]Opel Tigra Shamonix Race '98

[R]Opel Tigra Chamonix Race '98

[R]Opel Tigra Ice Race Car

ia55n

AlfaRomeo 155 GTA

AlfaRomeo 155 2.0 TS 16V

Alfa 155 2.0 TS 16V

ia55r

[R]AlfaRomeo 155 GTA

[R]AlfaRomeo 155 2.0 TS 16V

[R]Alfa 155 2.0 TS 16V

ioe9n

Lotus ELAN '90

Lotus ELAN '90 SE

Lotus ELAN S2 '90

m2a5r

[R]LANCER Evo.V WRC Ralliart

[R]LANCER Evo.V RALLY Edition

[R]LANCER Evo.V RALLY CAR '98

m2agn

GALANT VR-G Touring

GALANT VR-G

MITSUBISHI GALANT VR-G

m2agr

[R]GALANT VR-G Touring

[R]GALANT VR-G

[R]MITSUBISHI GALANT VR-G

t2cxr

[R]COROLLA WRC'98

[R]COROLLA '98 RALLY Edition

[R]COROLLA RALLY CAR '98

x2son

SELVO MODE'90 SR-FOUR

CERVO MODE'90 SR-FOUR

SUZUKI CERVO MODE '90

11 more strings were updated for the first time since August, still differing from the retail builds to an extent.

Car Logo Differences#

934 TIM files are found in this build's carlogo directory, with 500 of them remaining unchanged from previous demos.

Compared to Final#

Four new graphics correspond to cars not present in the final product. Similarly to m2m4n (first found in the August 30 demo), gv3cn is not defined in .carinfo or even has placeholder model files present in carobj, with the logo being its only surviving evidence.

Filenames

September 21 Demo

gv3cnl--, gv3cnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gv3cnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gv3cnm--.png

gvp4nl--, gvp4nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gvp4nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gvp4nm--.png

64 newly introduced TIM files are preliminary iterations of logos found in the earliest retail build:

Filenames

September 21 Demo

November 28 Retail

bj22nl--, bj22nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-bj22nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-bj22nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-bj22nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-bj22nm--.png

bjjrnl--, bjjrnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-bjjrnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-bjjrnm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-bjjrnl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-bjjrnm--.png

brmcnl--, brmcnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-brmcnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-brmcnm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-brmcnl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-brmcnm--.png

brminl--, brminm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-brminl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-brminm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-brminl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-brminm--.png

buc9nl--, buc9nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vuc9nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vuc9nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-buc9nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-buc9nm--.png

bvconl--, bvconm--

Same as August 30's goconl--
Same as August 30's goconm--

Same as goconl--
Same as goconm--

bvvenl--, bvvenm--

Same as August 30's govenl--
Same as August 30's govenm--

Same as govenl--
Same as govenm--

dcc1nl--, dcc1nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-dcc1nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-dcc1nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-dcc1nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-dcc1nm--.png

fv30nl--, fv30nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-fv30nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-fv30nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-fv30nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-fv30nm--.png

fv4gnl--, fv4gnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-fv4gnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-fv4gnm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-fv4gnl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-fv4gnm--.png

gv48nl--, gv48nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gv48nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gv48nm--.png

GT2-GolfGTI1.8JPUS.png
GT2-GolfGTI1.8LargeJPUS.png

gvbgrl--, gvbgrm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gvbgrl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-gvbgrm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-gvbgrl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-gvbgrm--.png

ia55nl--, ia55nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia55nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia55nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ia55nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ia55nm--.png

ia66nl--, ia66nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia66nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia66nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ia66nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ia66nm--.png

ios2nl--, ios2nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ios2nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ios2nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ios2nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-ios2nm--.png

k2zznl--, k2zznm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-k2zznl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-k2zznm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-k2zznl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-k2zznm--.png

m2g2nl--, m2g2nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-m2g2nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-m2g2nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-m2g2nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-m2g2nm--.png

sipxrl--, sipxrm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-sipxrl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-arc_carlogo-sipxr.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-sipxrl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-sipxrm--.png

t29nnl--, t29nnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t29nnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t29nnm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-t29nnl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-t29nnm--.png

t2isnl--, t2isnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2isnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2isnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-t2isnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-t2isnm--.png

t2lgnl--, t2lgnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2lgnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2lgnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-t2lgnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-t2lgnm--.png

t2lsnl--, t2lsnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2lsnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2lsnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-t2lsnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-t2lsnm--.png

t2xxnl--, t2xxnm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2xxnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-t2xxnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-t2xxnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-t2xxnm--.png

us35nl--, us35nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-us35nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-us35nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-us35nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-us35nm--.png

us50nl--, us50nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-us50nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-us50nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-us50nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-us50nm--.png

vc50nl--, vc50nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vc50nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vc50nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vc50nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vc50nm--.png

vce5nl--, vce5nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vce5nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vce5nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vce5nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vce5nm--.png

vch2nl--, vch2nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vch2nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vch2nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vch2nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vch2nm--.png

vch5nl--, vch5nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vch5nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vch5nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vch5nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vch5nm--.png

vcs6nl--, vcs6nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vcs6nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vcs6nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vcs6nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vcs6nm--.png

vgr5nl--, vgr5nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vgr5nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vgr5nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vgr5nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vgr5nm--.png

vst6nl--, vst6nm--

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vst6nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-vst6nm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vst6nl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-vst6nm--.png

Compared to the Previous Demos#

17 files present in the previous two demos have been updated to their November 28 specifications:

Filenames

August 30–September 7 Demos

September 21 Demo–November 28 Retail

a2gsnl--, a2gsnm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-a2gsnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-a2gsnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-a2gsnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-a2gsnm--.png

a2spnl--, a2spnm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-a2spnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-a2spnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-a2spnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-a2spnm--.png

ademnl--, ademnm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ademnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ademnm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ademnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ademnm--.png

adglnl--, adglnm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-adglnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-adglnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-adglnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-adglnm--.png

adlxnl--, adlxnm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-adlxnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-adlxnm--.png

GT2-carlogo-adlxnl--.png
GT2-carlogo-adlxnm--.png

bmmgnm--

ia54nl--, ia54nm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ia54nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ia54nm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia54nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia54nm--.png

ia65nl--, ia65nm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ia65nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-ia65nm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia65nl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ia65nm--.png

s2lgnl--

s2pmnl--

Eight logo files first found in the August 30 demo received changes here, but are not 1:1 matches to what is found in the initial release version:

Filenames

August 30–September 7 Demos

September 21 Demo

November 28 Retail

goconl--, goconm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-goconl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-goconm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-goconl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-goconm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-goconl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-goconm--.png

govenl--, govenm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-govenl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-govenm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-govenl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-govenm--.png

GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-govenl--.png
GT2-RetailJP-1128-carlogo-govenm--.png

hnsnnl--

hprenl--, hprenm--

GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-hprenl--.png
GT2-Proto-0830-carlogo-hprenm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-hprenl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-hprenm--.png

GT2-carlogo-hprenl--.png
GT2-carlogo-hprenm--.png

hprvnl--

Finally, four TIM files first seen in the September 7 demo now match the final product:

Filenames

September 7 Demo

September 21 Demo–November 28 Retail

dvpgnl--, dvpgnm--

GT2-Proto-0907-carlogo-dvpgnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0907-carlogo-dvpgnm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-dvpgnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-dvpgnm--.png

ildvnl--, ildvnm--

GT2-Proto-0907-carlogo-ildvnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0907-carlogo-ildvnm--.png

GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ildvnl--.png
GT2-Proto-0921-carlogo-ildvnm--.png