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Style definitions

"What do you think you look like?"

Tuner - Very showy and noisy tacky street car generally covered with sponsor stickers or a list of the parts used (or wished for) to create the vehicle.

There are plenty of styles to choose from. The only limit is your imagination.

Ricer - (Agressively used and not flattering) Modified Japanese car also known as a rice burner related to Tuner.

VIP - Luxury car in black with plenty of chrome and very very shiny wheels. Windows are usually fairly heavily tinted to obscure the occupants. Sometimes the car is stretched to create a limo.

Gangster - Large car extensively styled to reflect a lavish lifestyle. Animal skin seat covers, diamond studded interior. Massive alloys wheels. Plenty of ICE including multiple screens and massive subs. Generally a convertible model.

Rat - Souped up car or Minibus with high performance engine that looks terrible. The look is typified by rust, badly sprayed panels and general appearance suited to a car in a scrap yard. The tell tale sign is the sound of a well tuned engine and loud exhaust.

Tricked out - A car with plenty of gadgets and mainly visual upgrades including scissor, Lambo, suicide or gullwing door conversion. Motorised doors and boot/trunk. Split folding hood/bonnet. Hydraulics to electronically alter the cars height and even can cause it to jump off the ground.

Lowriders (Southern California area) very very low to the ground typically large American cars.

Old Skool - Classic car that has recieved a modern makeover

Classic - A fully restored pre 1980 car which has been put back to the condition it would have left the factory in.

Sleeper - Standard looking car which has had extensive performance upgrades or a car which is a high performance model which has been made to look like a standard, normal production non performance car.

Buggy - Car which has had most of the panels chopped away and replaced with a roll cage to create a fun beach going vehicle typically a VW Beetle although other variations on the theme are available.

Euro smoothed look - a european car which has been "smoothed". All trim and badges have been removed and seams around panels have been filled in.

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