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Jak X: Combat Racing

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Jak X: Combat Racing is the best Crash Team Racing game Naughty Dog ever made.

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Naughty Dog Customization#

Originally called the Mongoose, it was fully usable in earlier builds, and was also a test car. For unknown reasons, it never got all its body parts made, and was rebranded into a kind of mascot car.

The game does not let you customize it, apart from antennas and helmets. The rest of the menu options are disabled. With memory editing, it is possible to edit the locked properties of this car, allowing full customization.

The Naughty Dog logo is "burned" into some body parts, and does not appear in others.

Here are all the possible body parts for this car, notes are in brackets:

  • Front Fenders:
    • Kras Standard (default)
    • Haven Laminate
  • Side Panels:
    • Kras Standard (default)
  • Hood:
    • Kras Standard (default)
    • Haven Laminate
    • Spargus Ceramic
  • Trunk:
    • Kras Standard
    • Haven Laminate (default)
    • Spargus Ceramic
    • Hybrid Array
  • Wheels:
    • Gyro-Monsters (default, but any other wheels work)

The following table shows all the body parts that this car has:

Images

Parts Used

Description

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  • Front Fenders: Kras Standard
  • Side Panels: Kras Standard
  • Hood: Kras Standard
  • Trunk: Haven Laminate
  • Wheels: Gyro-Monsters

This is how it looks like by default, without modifications.

Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_2a.png Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_2b.png

  • Front Fenders: Haven Laminate
  • Side Panels: Kras Standard
  • Hood: Haven Laminate
  • Trunk: Kras Standard
  • Wheels: Gyro-Monsters

A possible combination of body parts, including unused ones.

Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_3a.png Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_3b.png

  • Front Fenders: Haven Laminate
  • Side Panels: Kras Standard
  • Hood: Spargus Ceramic
  • Trunk: Spargus Ceramic
  • Wheels: Gyro-Monsters

A possible combination of body parts, including unused ones.

Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_4a.png Jak_X_final_Naughty_Dog_customization_4b.png

  • Front Fenders: Haven Laminate
  • Side Panels: Kras Standard
  • Hood: Spargus Ceramic
  • Trunk: Hybrid Array
  • Wheels: Vortex Dreads

A possible combination of body parts, including unused ones. Also changed the wheels and colors, to show that these are also customizable.

(Source: Luminar - Discovery/Research)

Unused Music#

Filename

Track

Comments

MENU1

A theme that was used for the title screen in at least one of the game's prototypes.

(Source: Luminar - Discovery)

Test Level Leftovers#

There are references to a test level called halfpipe, which is not present in the final game:

  • The game is aware of a level called halfpipe, but because the level file itself is missing, attempting to load it will result in the game repeatedly trying to do so without success.
  • There is also a checkpoint called halfpipe, which does not work for the same reason.

This test level is likely similar to the same one that exists in the files of Jak 2 and 3.

(Source: Luminar - Discovery)

References#


  1. GameFAQs↩︎