Castrol Honda VTR

Castrol Honda VTR
Developers: Interactive Entertainment, Bubble Boy Limited Publishers: Midas Interactive Entertainment (EU), Success (JP) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: October 25, 2001 Released in EU: February 9, 2001 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

To do: There is a menu to input secret codes, but is there any? No cheat sites/sections lists codes for this game, if ever.

Castrol Honda VTR is the fourth iteration of Interactive Entertainment/Midas' motorcycle games based on Honda's works Superbike World Championship team that spawned two rebadged budget games.

Unused Graphics

Loading Screen

D\BFS\LOADING.TIM is the loading screen graphic from Castrol Honda Superbike Racing.

Company Logo

D\BFS\TITLE2.TIM is a logo graphic for the company Bubble Boy Limited, which goes unused in favor of a video sequence.

Unused Text

Unused Text Strings

The game's text strings, which are located in the directory D\BIKE\TEXT, contain several strings that are never seen in-game. Most of them are leftovers from Castrol Honda Superbike Racing, as well as the game it is based on, Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions.

Realism
Difficulty: &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Riders: &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Laps:   &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Steering Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Faring Damage:   &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Major Damage:    &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Radiator Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Wheelies:        &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Engine Overheat: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Tyre Wear:       &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Lose Rear Wheel: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Bike Damage:     &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $

Bike No.:   ^^^^&%d

P1: %s
Bike: %s
P2: %s
Bike: %s

Display
Screen Resolution: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
Detail Level: %s

320x200
640x480
800x600
High Colour
256 Colour
Perspective
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Level 0
Flat shaded
Low
Medium
High
Off
Some
On
Off
On
Soft
Medium
Hard
Off
On

Host
Join
Network
Internet
Serial
Modem
Name:       ^^^^&%s

Left
Right
Up
Down
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4
Mouse
Key
Joystick
Joypad
Default Controller: &\BK\BL %s
Controller Conflict:

Choose Controller

Workshop
Network Game
Gravel Traps: &^^^^^^on $^^off $

Players : &^^^^One $^^^Two (Split Screen) $

Penalties: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Single Player Game
Two Player Game

Joystick 1
Joystick 2
Mouse
Keyboard
Racing Wheel
Joypad

No Available Games Detected
No Network Games Detected
Start Hosting A Network Game
You Are Hosting A Network Game
Start The Race
Quit Network Game
Waiting For Host To Start Game
Network Game Waiting For Riders
Join Network Game
Prepare To Race
Bad Network State
Trying To Join Game
Colours: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
256
HiColour
TrueColour
Hardware Acceleration:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bikes To Render: &^^^^^\BM\BN ^^%s
Level Of Detail:&^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Low
Medium
High

Number Of Players: %d

Fog:&^^^^^^on $^^off $^^random $

Chase Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bonus Cone Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $

Network game at %s over %d laps
No network game info
Checking Network Game Status

Realism Settings

XXXXXX UNUSED

Porky

Credits

Lead Tester^^^^^^^xx
Testers^^^^^^^xx
 ^^^^^^^xx
 ^^^^^^^xx
Manual creation^^^^^^^xx
Marketing^^^^^^^xx
Technical Director^^^^^^^xx
Art Director^^^^^^^xx
Executive Producer^^^^^^^xx
Producer^^^^^^^xx
Executive in charge
of Production^^^^^^^xx

Unused Parameters

The main race configuration parameter file, PLAY\BIKEGAME.CFG, contains several unused text parameters which relate to default player names for slots 3 to 8, which is not possible since this game is up to 2 players only.

Parameter	Text
HumanPlayerName3	MR THREE
HumanPlayerName4	MR FOUR
HumanPlayerName5	MR FIVE
HumanPlayerName6	MR SIX
HumanPlayerName7	MR SEVEN
HumanPlayerName8	MR EIGHT

Regional Differences

A couple months after the game's original release in Europe, Castrol Honda VTR was localized and released in Japan as part of Success' SuperLite 1500 series. Very few changes are noticeable, mostly in the text:

• The Novice and Amateur difficulties are known as Beginner and Normal, respectively.
• The options "Abandon Session", "Abandon Game" and "Abandon Championship" in the pause menu have been changed to the much less menacing-sounding "Quit Session", "Quit Game" and "Quit Championship", respectively.