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.
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
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.
Vehicles
The full list of changes included:
Light vehicles
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 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
Tunable
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 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 cafe 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 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