Since it's now the story year of Drome Racers, 2015, I decided to play the game again. (It works great on my Windows 8.1 x64 PC with an Xbox One Controller for Windows!) Then I wondered whether anyone ever made the in-game-only vehicles. >Someone else on here asked that question, and I gladly registered in order to see the answers. Unfortunately, I didn't see any rendition of the Torq Racer, so I made one in LDD. As time allows, I plan to re-create these models from Drome Racers in LDD, in this order:
Pulse Concept (finished--see >this post; reference screenshots; old MLCAD model)
Cow (finished--see >this post and >this post; built per MaelstromIslander's request)
Dune Striker (finished--see >this post; reference screenshots)
Stealth Roadster (finished--see >this post and >this post; reference screenshots)
Tremor (finished--see >this post; reference screenshots)
Hornet (finished--see> this post by MvdL95 and >this post by me; reference screenshots)
Tsunami Street (finished--see >this post; reference screenshots)
If the model you're looking for isn't listed above, chances are it was released as an official model or official alternate model in the summer of 2002. Feel free to use my reference screenshots to make your own renderings and/or real-life models of the in-game-only Drome Racers models.
I plan to build one (and only one) of those models in real life. As for which model and which color... that's up to you! You may select the model in the poll above. After I have posted all the renderings, I'll announce the winner from the poll. (In the event of a tie, I'll either add a tiebreaker poll question, or if that's not possible, I'll decide the winner myself.) Next, I'll see which colors I can make the winning model in, based on available parts (I won't paint elements if they're not available in a certain color). Then I'll either add a poll question for the color or decide on the color myself. Finally, I'll post a link to a separate topic for the real-life model.
EDIT: I thought I made a poll, but it seems to have disappeared. Please post or PM me your votes, or I can just count the thanks/likes per model. Thank you.
EDIT 3/8/2015: In accordance with >this post, I have decided to build the Hornet in Metallic Green. Here it is.
Without further ado, here is the Torq Racer! I wanted to use flexible axles (like the model in the game) rather than flexible cables, but due to limitations in LDD, I had to choose the latter. Rest assured that if this model gets built in real life, I'll use flexible axles. I'm not too sure about how the steering mechanism is supposed to be built, so I would appreciate any suggestions.
Click any image for a larger one, click here to download the LXF File, or click here for my reference screenshots.
Color Variations: All of these, including the white one above (but not the green one) are possible to build in real life according to Peeron.