Street Rod 2 is a sequel to Street Rod

Street Rod

Street Rod is a racing video game developed by P.Z.Karen Co. Development Group and Logical Design Works, based on an original concept by Magic Partners and published by California Dreams for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS...

developed by P.Z.Karen Co. Development Group and Logical Design Works

Logical Design Works

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, based on an original concept by Magic Partners and published by California Dreams

California Dreams (company)

California Dreams is a defunct Polish computer video game developer that published games between 1987 and 1991. It contributed to the development of computer games in the late 1980s with titles such as Blockout, Street Rod, and Street Rod 2....

 for Amiga

Amiga

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 and DOS

DOS

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. Street Rod 2 exclusively featured American Muscle Cars

Muscle car

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, specifically those from GM, Ford

Ford Motor Company

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, and Chrysler.

Changes

• The game is set in the summer of 1969, beginning on June 14th, the first day of summer vacation. (Street Rod was set in 1963).
• A largely different set of cars is available, most of them dating from the 1960s.
• The differential, muffler
  Muffler
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   and exhaust manifold
  Exhaust manifold
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   can be replaced.
• The engine is shown in the engine bay and tuning takes place on the same screen.
• Car stickers are unavailable.
• Races are arranged outside of "Burgers Bungalow" instead of "Bob's Drive-In".
• There are two road tracks: Mulholland Drive
  Mulholland Drive
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  , largely based on the Road race of Street Rod, and a completely new track, the Aqueduct
  Aqueduct
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  , which resembles the aqueduct in the movie Grease
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• A car crash can result from hitting rocks, drains, barriers and bridge supports at any speed, or from passing through roadworks on the Mulholland Drive track at speeds greater than 4 mph. Travelling too far up a sloped wall on the aqueduct track at high speed results in the car flipping over.
• The King drives a 1969 Shelby GT500, with a supercharger that for Ford cars is unavailable as an upgrade within the game.

Cars

From newspaper can be purchased:

* 1951 Ford Victoria
* 1963 Ford Falcon
* 1966 Ford Galaxie
* 1965 Ford Mustang
* 1964 Ford Fairlane
* 1968 Ford Torino
* 1969 Shelby GT500
* 1960 Mercury Monterey
* 1967 Mercury Cougar
* 1961 Ford T-Bird
* 1963 Corvette V8
* 1967 Chevrolet Camaro
* 1968 Corvette
* 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle
* 1969 Pontiac Firebird
* 1966 Pontiac G.T.O.
* 1966 Oldsmobile 4-4-2.EB
* 1958 Plymouth Belvedere
* 1962 Plymouth Fury
* 1961 Chrysler Imperial
* 1966 Dodge Charger

Sequels

• Street Rod 3 is an unfinished , unofficial sequel to the series. It is being developed for Windows
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   and Linux
  Linux
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   with the aim of recreating a game similar to Street Rod 2. It aims to add more cars and parts and also to transition the series from 2D
  2D computer graphics
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   to 3D
  3D computer graphics
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   graphics. The latest alpha release, version 0.4.4.1, is available under the GNU General Public License
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