Interstate '76

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Interstate '76

Developer(s)	Activision
Publisher(s)	Activision
License	Proprietary
Series	Interstate
Engine	MechWarrior 2
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date	1997
Genre(s)	Vehicle combat
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	Examples: ESRB: T (Teen)
Media	2 CD-ROMs
Input methods	Keyboard, mouse, wheel, gamepad, joystick

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Interstate '76 is a vehicle combat game developed and published by Activision in 1997. The most noticeable features compared to other similar games are an advanced damaged management system (damages are counted separately for every part of the car, i.e. front/right/rear/left chassis/armor, engine, brakes, suspensions, each tire, each weapon) and a parts management system in trip mode, where the player has to chose which parts to keep, fix, equip or trash.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Car equipment
- 3.1 Weapons
- 3.2 Other parts
4 Cheats
5 Most common problems
6 Screenshots
7 Videos
8 External links
9 References

Plot

The game is set in 1976 in an alternate time line, during an oil crisis. Jade Champion, Taurus and Skeeter (their mechanics) are a group of auto-vigilante fighting against auto-villains (aka "creepers"). During a mission (shown as the game prologue), Jade gets killed and asks Taurus to find her brother, Groove. Taurus mentors him during the first missions, then he gets wounded and will remain in the van with Skeeter for the rest of the T.R.I.P., leaving Groove (the player) completing various missions alone.

Characters

Groove Champion
Taurus ("Stampede")
Skeeter
Jade Champion

Car equipment

Weapons

Weapon	Turret available	Rouns/min	Range (m)	Speed (m/s)	Weight (lbs)	Ammo
Slug Throwers
30cal Machine Gun	Yes	600	150	900	32	2000
50cal Machine Gun	Yes	400	300	1200	47	4000
7.62mm Machine Gun	Yes	200	500	1500	91	4000
20mm Cannon	Yes	60	150	400	69	350
25mm Cannon	Yes	50	300	600	89	300
30mm Cannon	Yes	45	500	800	150	250
HADES Cannon	Yes	38	600	600	160	200
SPP Pods
FireRite Rocket	Yes	120	1000	300	94	60
AIM-Nein Missile (NB: heat tracker)	Yes	30	2000	900	169	15
DrRadar Missile (NB: radar-guided)	Yes	12	3000	200	208	10
Cherub Missile (NB: radar-guided)	Yes	12	4000	200	217	2
Flamethrowers
Flamethrower	Yes	N/A	40	N/A	40	800
Gas Launcher	Yes	N/A	35	N/A	60	700
Napalm Hose	Yes	N/A	30	N/A	102	600
Pyro-Tomic	Yes	N/A	30	N/A	120	500
Mortars
HE Mortar	No	60	100	20	70	80
WP Mortar	No	50	100	20	89	70
Cluster Bomb	No	40	100	20	109	30
EZKill Mortar	No	30	100	20	123	40
Droppers
Oil Slick	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	46	2000
Fire Dropper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	70	2000
Land Mines	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	60	25
Blox Dropper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	139	10
Car-E-Racer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	80	5
Hand Held
Car-E-Racer	N/A	45	70	300	0	∞

Other parts

Specials

Special	Function
Radar Jammer	Invisible to radar
Nitrous Oxide	50% increase to current acceleration and 20% increase to top speed. Lasts 15 seconds. 3 charges.
Blower	25% increase to current acceleration and 10% increase to top speed. Lasts until removed or destroyed.
X-Aust Brake	Cuts braking distance in half
Structo Bumpers	Double value of current front and rear chassis reinforcement
Curb Feelers	Prevents you from scraping your vehicle against curbs (useless?)
Mud Flaps	Useless (here for the fun)
Heated Seats	Useless (here for the fun)
Cup Holders	Useless (here for the fun)

Engines

Engine	Horse Power	Weight (lbs)	0→60 mph	Top speed (time/speed)
261ci 6 cylinder	225	398	9.5s	17.5s / 87mph
305ci V-8	300	459	7.0s	14.7s / 96mph
432ci SHO V-8	425	550	5.5s	13.5s / 111mph
595ci V-10	576	678	4.7s	11.4s / 134mph

Suspensions

Suspension	Lateral acceleration	Weight (lbs)	Off-Road Damage Resistance
Stock	0.70g	70	0%
Sway Bars	0.82g	75	10%
Coil Overs	0.93g	82	20%
EtherX Rally	0.99g	91	45%

Brakes

Brake	Braking (70→0mph)	Weight (lbs)
4-wheel Drum	250 feet	25
Disc & Drum	220 feet	29
4-wheel Disc	170 feet	34
Aircraft Brakes	120 feet	39

Wheels

Wheel	Weight (lbs)
13in Stock	84
14in Rally	89
15in Kragers	93
16in Billits	103

Cheats

During the game, hold CTRL + SHIFT and type the chosen code:

getdown: all enemies will attack you (i.e., they won't wait until the script that triggers them happens, they attack straight away), and when you die (can be from enemy fire but also by falling or by suiciding using CTRL+ALT+X) you'll pass the level (in T.R.I.P. mode only). You will have access to the normal salvage (i.e., depending on who you killed), and your vehicle part will be as damaged as when you died. So this may be a good idea to die by falling or placing the car upside-down, as this will only damage your weapons instead of the whole car parts if dieing from enemy fire. If you are quick enough, you can also activate this cheat right after your car exploded.
thirdnostril: increases radar range
freelance: hear Taurus' poems
wiggleburger: ?

Surviving extreme falls

When falling from a very high altitude, the vehicle will explode on impact. It's possible, although unreliable, to avoid this by pressing F12 on impact.

T.R.I.P. Unlocker

Gas Bandit published his saved games, there is one saved game before each mission of the T.R.I.P., with good salvaged equipment (so this is a better way to load a specific mission than skipping them using the getdown cheat)

Get it there: Interstate 76 unlocker by GasBandit.rar (more info)

Hidden vehicles

In non-T.R.I.P. mode, you can obtain special vehicles by picking a specific model and giving it a specific variant name:

Tank: make a Phaedra Rattler variant named "knat"
Helicopter: make a Phaedra Rattler variant named "retpocileh" as the variant name.

(note: in case you didn't notice and have trouble remembering the codes, the variant names are the name of the vehicle you want to obtain spelled in reverse order)

Most common problems

The manual doesn't indicate system requirements. As an old game the issue is compatibility, not power. The game doesn't work well on modern OSes. GOG.com released a version modified to work on Windows XP and Vista in February 2010^[1].