User:Lioshenka/Grand Theft Auto: Criminal Russia

Brief information

GTA: CR is a modification for GTA San Andreas, which was started in 2004 by a group of people, located mainly in Russian Federation. This ambitious modifications aimed at replacing thw whole GTA world with a custom map, new vehicles and a new storyline. The development process is frozen at the moment although a demo-version is available.

History and the effect

It all has started in 2004 when a person known as Labukh, Ukraine, set up a small team whos aim was to create a small Russian town for GTA Vice City. In notime the project became popular and many other people, considered as the best modellers on RuNet, joined the team. Unexpected success gave the developers faith, and the next important stage of the project was the decision to replace the whole map.

Summer 2006, GTA San Andreas came out for PC and that was another important stage. The team has decided to change the platform from VC to SA due to the large amount of new features, endless possibilities regarding the map and the weather condtions as well as many other things. Since then and until October 2007 the team worked hard to achive its ambitious targets.

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One of many lost maps

During 3 years of development there were enough models produced to replace at least half of San Andreas map. However, the main problems that the team encountered was that many developers were too busy with their private life; did not find the project successfull or were in deep conflict with the manager of the project, who, on a number of occasions, has expressed his concerns regarding Ukraine and Russia's today's and past relationship. Every time the developer left, the team lost its models, which sometime made up over the half of the map. One of the most discussed moments was when Predator, Lioshenka and GexoDiver left, nearly at the same time, leaving the team with no map at all. Another problem was that at that stage there was no person in the team left who knew how to convert models into SA. The team had only couple of months to finish off the promised demo-version and they have successfully managed to do it, although not without some troubles.

It would be unwise not to mention that the team hasn't influenced the GTA modding community. For its 3-year old history the team had almost all well-known Russian modellers working for them, who, despite the fact they left, brought even more public attention to the project. The countires, where the modellers came from, include, but are not limited to: Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belorussia, Kazahstan, Moldavia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, UK, USA, Germany and Austria. The team has build the confidence and faith in itself and the project is considered as one of the most successfull of all time like GTA: Myriad Islands, GTA: United and GTA: Gostown. It is the only global Russian mod that reached the successfull demo-version stage.

Location and storyline

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Busy street of Ehdovo

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Private houses in the rural part of Ehdovo

According to the project's brief the game was planned to be located in Russia and Ukraine with slight variations depending on the amount of team members willing to participate. Timewise it was year 1991-1993 - the time, when CIS countires were at their worst stage ever regarding crime and corruption.

The map includes 3 large cities (a capital in Russia, a small city in Russia and yet smaller city in Ukraine); over 100 new missions, Russian vehicles (including aviation, r/w transport and boats), new pedestrians and characters, new and improved Russian wireless stations.

The beta-version was due to be released in Autumn, 2006, however it was released on the last day of 2006 as a new Year present for all its fans across the globe. As planned it included some map and vehicles changes. Seoncd beta was due to be released in Spring 2007, but a number of patches were released for the original version which was proved to be very unstable and glitchy. Final version was expected to hit the Web at the end of 2007, which did not happen.

Demo-version

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Popular landmark of the town - bus station

The demo-version which reveived warmest greetings by CR fans included:

• Palomino Creek replaced with the town of Ehdovo (pronounced as Eh-doh-voh with the emphasis on the first syllable)
• Many cars replaced by Russian ones
• Russian militia
• A Russian radio station
• New weapons
• New user interface, menu, loading screens, intro videos
• Auto-installation using a custom made installation wizard

Although the demo was a very successfull start with over 90 000 downloads from the official site within a year, many users have expressed their concerns about the games performance; one of the issues was the usage of memory (around 120 Mb when launched and over 800 Mb 10 minutes later). The team has released few patches and a final demo-version which, unlike the original one, had radio, cars and town all in one package rather then three different archives.

Vehicles

The full list of changes included:

Light vehicles

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LANDSTAL - LUAZ 969M

BRAVURA - ZAZ 968M

BUFFALO - Saab 9000 CD

PEREN - VAZ 2102

SENTINEL - GAZ 31029-051

STRETCH - GAZ 14

MANANA - ZAZ 968

VOODOO - GAZ М20

CHEETAH - Opel Record

ESPERANT - GAZ 22

BFINJECT - SMZ S-3A

PREMIER - ZIL 41041

BANSHEE - Ford Sierra

PREVION - Izh 2125

STALLION - VAZ 1111

ADMIRAL - VAZ 2101

TURISMO - Ford Scorpio

SOLAIR - GAZ 24-12

GLENDALE - Izh 412

OCEANIC - Moskvitch 407

HERMES - GAZ 21

ZR350 - Volvo 440

REGINA - Wartburg 353

COMET - VAZ 2108 Cabrio

GREENWOO - Moskvitch 408

HOTRING - Volvo 740

HOTRINA - Mercedes 600SEL

HOTRINB - Mercedes 500SEL

BLISTAC - ZAZ 1102

SUPERGT - Audi 100

NEBULA - GAZ 24-02

ELEGANT - GAZ 24

CADRONA - Moskvitch 2137

WILLARD - GAZ 31022

FELTZER - Merceres 250D

BULLET - BMW 535i

HUSTLER - Moskvitch 401

PRIMO - Moskvitch 2140SL

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SUNRISE - Moskvitch 427

MERIT - GAZ 3102

WINDSOR - Trabant 601

TAHOMA - VAZ 2104

BANDITO - SMZ S-ЗD

KART - ZAZ 965

STAFFORD - GAZ 13

EMPEROR - Moskvitch 2141

ALPHA - VAZ 2103

GLENSHIT - Moskvitch 412

STRATUM - Izh 2126

MTRUCK_A - Jeep Grand Cherokee

MTRUCK_B - Nissan Patrol

HUNTLEY - Mitsubishi Pajero

Racing

HOTKNIFE - Estonia 18

BLOODRA - Lada "EVA"

DUNE - KamAZ is4920 rally

INFERNUS - Moskvitch 2141KR

Modable

REMINGTN - GAZ 24-10

SLAMVAN - VAZ 2121

BLADE - VAZ 2105

SAVANNA - VAZ 21011

BROADWAY - Moskvitch 2140

TORNADO - UAZ 31512

URANUS - VAZ 2106

JESTER - VAZ 2107

SULTAN - VAZ 21099

ELEGY - VAZ 2109

FLASH - VAZ 2108

Lorries, pick-ups and trucks

RNCHLURE - Izh 27151

LINERUN - KamAZ 5410

DUMPER - ZIL MMZ-555

TRASH - KamAZ 5320

MULE - ZIL 4331

BOBCAT - UAZ 3741

RUMPO - NISA 522T

PACKER - ZIL 157

FLATBED - ZIL 133GYA

YANKEE - GAZ 3307

CADDY - Balkankar EP 001

WALTON - GAZ 52

RANCHER - Izh 2715

BOXVILLE - GAZ 53

BENSON - GAZ 51A

PETROL - KAZ 608ВB

RDTRAIN - MAZ 6422

BUCCANEE - ErAZ 762

CEMENT - KRAZ 6510 Cement mixer

TOWTRUCK - KRAZ 257 Mobile crane

CLOVER - Moskvitch 434

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UTILITY - ZIL 130

YOSEMITE - УАЗ 3303

DFT30 - MAZ 5337 Mobile crane

PICADOR - Moskvitch 2335

PHOENIX - ZUK A30B

BOXBURG - AVIA A21F

SANDKING - IFA W50

MONSTER - Skoda-LiAZ 110

BAGBOXA - KRAZ 255 Timber carrier

Buses

PONY - PAZ 672 and 3742

MOONBEAM - KAVZ 3976

MRWHOOP - KAVZ 685

BUS - LAZ 695N

COACH - LAZ 699R

TOPFUN - START

BURRITO - PAZ 3205

CAMPER - Cubane G1A1

JOURNEY - UAZ 2206

SADLER - Ikarus 255

TUG - LiAZ 677

HOTDOG - LiAZ 677 Mobile cafè

SADLSHIT - Ikarus 260

Services

AMBULAN - RAF 220381 Tampo

TAXI - GAZ 24-01 Taxi

ENFORCER - ZIL 130 OMON

SECURICA - Raf Labbe

CABBIE - RAF 2203 Еaxi

ROMERO - GAZ 24-03

BAGGAGE - MAZ 500 TZA-7,5

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FIRELA - ZIL 131 AL-30

FIRETRUK - URAL 4320 Fire engine

SWEEPER - Multicar M25

NEWSVAN - KamAZ-Ajokki Television

SWATVAN - GAZ 53 Fire engine

POLICE_LA - VAZ 2105 GAI

POLICE_SF - GAZ 24 GAI

POLICE_VG - UAZ 2206 "Militia"

POLRANGER - UAZ 3151 GAI

TUGSTAIR - UAZ TPS-22 (ladder)

Antique and collectibles

SABRE - ZIS 110

VIRGO - ZIS 101

FORTUNE - GAZ A

VINCENT - GAZ M1

TAMPA - Russo-Baltique S24\40

CLUB - GAZ AA

WASHING - GAZ 12

EUROS - GAZ 3105

MAJESTIC - ZIS 5ВV

INTRUDER - AMO FФ-15

Military

RHINO - BTR-80A

BARRACKS - URAL 4320

PATRIOT - UAZ 3151 army truck

MESA - GAZ 69A

FBITRUCK - GAZ 66

FBIRANCH - ZIL 131

Tractors

DOZER - Graider DZ 122

FORKLIFT - Lvovskiy 40814 Forklift

TRACTOR - MTZ 80

COMBINE - Don 1500

MOWER - SSH-2540

Ships, used as a car

SQUALO - TATRA 138

SPEEDER - TATRA 815S3

COASTGRD - Road roller

Motorbikes

PIZZABOY - Karpaty

FAGGIO - Vyatka

SANCHEZ - CZ125 Kross

FCR900 - Minsk 3.112.12

NRG500 - Rotor-500

HPV1000 - URAL Militia

BF400 - Izh Planets 4,5 and Yupiter 4,5, Planeta, Sport

WAYFARER - Voshod 3M

QUAD - Ural with the sidecar

FREEWAY - Dnepr the "Beast"

PCJ600 - Java 350

Pushbikes

BMX - Desna

BIKE - Sura

MTB - Turist

Articts

ARTICT1 - flour carrier

ARTICT2 - box container

ARTICT3 - car carrier

PETROTR - petrol and fuels carrier

FARM_TR1 - sower

UTIL_TR1 - generator

BAGBOXB - timber carrier

Trains

FREIGHT - CHME3

FREIFLAT - Freight box

STREAK - ER2T

CSTREAK - ER2T Carriage

TRAM - Tatra T3

FREIBOX - Freight box 2

Ships

PREDATOR - Boat "Militia"

REEFER - Launch

TROPIC - Meteor

DINGHY - Ob-3

MARQUIS - River tram

LAUNCH - Barge

VORTEX - KVP "Sobol"

Planes

SKIMMER - AN-2V

RUSTLER - La-7

BEAGLE - AN-24

CROPDUST - PO-2

STUNT - I-153

SHAMAL - YAk-40

HYDRA - Ak-38

NEVADA - Li-2

AT400 - IL-62

ANDROM - AN 124

DODO - AN-2

Helicopters

SPARROW - Mi-2

SEASPAR - Mi-14

MAVERICK - Mi-8T

VCNMAV - Mi-1

POLMAV - Mi-8MT "Militia"

HUNTER - Mi-24ЕE

LEVIATHN - Mi-26

CARGOBOB - Mi-6

RAINDANC - Ka-29