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This game originally started out as a racing game for the Wallace & Gromit series, called "Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Tour". Unused graphics and code relating to Wallace & Gromit can still be found within the game's data, such as text describing the main characters' appearance, as well as pictures of Wallace, Gromit, Preston & Wendolene.
In the 2020 Data Design Interactive leak, an early build of Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Tour dated to April 15, 1999 was discovered, revealing that the game would have featured custom vehicle building, co-op multiplayer mechanics, and that Feathers McGraw and the Techno Trousers from the short film Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers were also planned to be playable characters. One piece of included concept art features a multiplayer battle stage set in New York City, where one of the other competing racers is a taxi driver. Three years earlier in 1996, series creator Nick Park briefly lost clay models of Wallace and Gromit in the back of a yellow taxi in the city, possibly making this stage a reference to the incident. Also found within the game's data are an unfinished vehicle model named "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" based on the 1968 film of the same name, and a low-quality copy of the theme song to the 1981 animated series The Smurfs, both appearing to be remnants of earlier pitches for the game.
In the 2020 Data Design Interactive leak, an early build of Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Tour dated to April 15, 1999 was discovered, revealing that the game would have featured custom vehicle building, co-op multiplayer mechanics, and that Feathers McGraw and the Techno Trousers from the short film Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers were also planned to be playable characters. One piece of included concept art features a multiplayer battle stage set in New York City, where one of the other competing racers is a taxi driver. Three years earlier in 1996, series creator Nick Park briefly lost clay models of Wallace and Gromit in the back of a yellow taxi in the city, possibly making this stage a reference to the incident. Also found within the game's data are an unfinished vehicle model named "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" based on the 1968 film of the same name, and a low-quality copy of the theme song to the 1981 animated series The Smurfs, both appearing to be remnants of earlier pitches for the game.
The Cutting Room Floor articles:
https://tcrf.net/Gubble_Buggy_Racer
https://tcrf.net/Development:Gubble_Buggy_Racer
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Gubble_Buggy_Racer/April_15,_1999_Build
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Gubble_Buggy_Racer/Oct_25,_1999_Build
Taxi incident:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wallace-and-gromit-have-a-close-shave-in-the-wrong-taxi-1359468.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/10/22/wallace-and-gromit-survive-ny-cab-ride/
https://tcrf.net/Gubble_Buggy_Racer
https://tcrf.net/Development:Gubble_Buggy_Racer
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Gubble_Buggy_Racer/April_15,_1999_Build
https://tcrf.net/Proto:Gubble_Buggy_Racer/Oct_25,_1999_Build
Taxi incident:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wallace-and-gromit-have-a-close-shave-in-the-wrong-taxi-1359468.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/10/22/wallace-and-gromit-survive-ny-cab-ride/
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