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This page details one or more prototype versions of The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

A late PS2 prototype of the Simpsons Hit and Run was leaked on Jan 23, 2019. Almost all of the game's content is finalized, with most of the differences being relatively minor. This version contains an odd bug if emulated where the characters appear upside down when driving vehicles.

• 2Level 1
• 3Level 2
• 4Level 3
• 5Level 6
• 6Level 7
• 8Audio differences
• 9Oddities

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Map file

In the root of the game disc is SRR2.MAP, a file that maps out all of the game's backend functions. According to this file, this specific prototype of the game was a nightly build.

Level 1

Level 1 cutscene

• The level 1 cutscene still uses the earlier models. The animation is also more slapstick and comical than the final's.

S-M-R-T

• Lisa's science project is placed in front of the Family Sedan, meaning you can simply drive into it to pick it up.

Petty Theft Homer

• Barney's cooler pickup is placed further away from him in the prototype.

Flowers by Irene

• The cutscene's audio mastering is unfinished and very inconsistent. This is especially noticeable with Homer's line 'Marge, that black van is spying on us' being 9 dB louder than the rest and clearly clipping.

The Fat And The Furious

• Due to a programming mistake, Homer's initial line when talking to Mr Burns is overridden by him saying 'There he is!' (a line that goes unused in the final game) This line is likely supposed to play in the stage beforehand, when you first see Mr Burns, however one of the programmers made a mistake and put it in the wrong stage. In the final game this was never fixed, but due to some other changes to game's code, it is instead overridden by the correct line.

Simpsons Hit And Run Level 3 Vehicles 2

Stonecutters' Tunnel

• A music track (stone_cutter_spoof) unused in the final game plays around the area of the Stonecutters' Hall. It is unknown why this was changed.

Power Plant

• Unlike the final game, the power plant has a reverb effect when you are inside. Interestingly, the reverb also affects the menu sounds in the phonebooth, and this could be part of the reason it was removed.

Level 2

Better than Beef

• The location of the satellite is moved further away from the player.

Level 3

General

• The texture used on the platform near the red ramp that leads to the C-Spanker shortcut is different.

Level 6

Going To The Lu'

The circle HUD icon was changed from a kid to a bus in the final game. Interestingly, the image was the only part of the file that was replaced, and as such the bus is still named 'kids.p3d', is still located in the Objects folder (instead of the Vehicles folder) and uses a blue-purple background colour, unlike the yellow colour of any other vehicle icons.

Set To Kill

A timer was added in the final version of the mission. This was likely done to increase the difficulty of a late-game mission, as without it the mission is very easy. Maybe they overdid it a bit...

Level 7

Rigor Motors

The final objective to enter the Simpsons' house is still present. This was commented out in the final.

Text differences

Some of the text is a tad different.

Any mention of the PS2 memory card was made less verbose.

Text was made more specific.

The text that appears upon collecting all the collector cards in the game is different.

Audio differences

banjo_main

The audio mastering on this track is slightly different.

Oddities

minigamecam

A misplaced version of minigamecam.p3d is loose inside the main art folder. This model seems to use an earlier format that provides export data. With it, the following details can be found:

• Models were made in Maya.
• The game's project folder was referenced as 'Simpsons 2', the first game is likely The Simpsons:Road Rage which was Radical's previous entry.

Vehicle scripts

TT.con is missing from the prototype, despite the model assets being present.

Misc

• Handling is still called 'stability' in the Phone Booth UI as seen in some earlier screenshots.

• The sun flare effect is incomplete and can still be seen through walls.
• You do not perform a victory dance animation upon finishing a bonus race.
• Wasp AI is more aggressive to dodging attacks than in the final game.
• If your memory card is unformatted, the prototype has the option to format it for you, while the final game just displays an error.
• There are a number of differences in the startup screen videos:
  • The Fox Interactive music is different.
  • The Gracie Films video appears to be taken directly from the TV series, while in the final game it has a higher quality.
  • The Radical Entertainment video uses the same sound effects as The Simpsons: Road Rage, with the added recording of Snake's voice which is present in the final game.
• The bonus cutscene, 500 Yard Gash, has some extended sequences and certain parts were reanimated.

• Level 7 actually contains some road nodes for the area past the blocked bridge, although they are extremely limited.
• The Phone Booth Menu accessible with the Unlock All Vehicles cheat code contains entries for a set of vehicles listed as 'N/A XX' (the X's being replaced with numbers), as well another vehicle listed as 'Charred Husk'. Selecting the former will have no effect, and selecting the latter will spawn the wreck vehicle that can be driven after certain vehicles are destroyed. Driving this vehicle over a Wrench pickup does not do anything.
• If a player exits their vehicle during a stage where a 10 second time limit to re-enter the vehicle is given, and then triggers the next objective on foot, said timer disappears and the player can be out of the vehicle from then on. In the final game, the timer continues regardless of the fact the player triggers the next objective or not.

Level 3 is the third level of The Simpsons: Hit & Run. The level is set in the Springfield Squidport and nearby areas during sunset on October 27th. Lisa investigates into Bart's mysterious abduction and tries to find him.

• 1Plot
• 2Bonus Mission

Plot[edit]

Nerd Race Queen[edit]

Lisa goes into The Android's Dungeon and asks Comic Book Guy if he knows where Bart could be. Comic Book Guy is too busy to answer, as he needs a new comic book quickly. Lisa helps Comic Book Guy reach the Itchy & Scratchy store at the Springfield Squidport before a nerd does. When they get the comic book, they go back to the Android's Dungeon, but Comic Book Guy doesn't know where Bart is. He suggests she check the Noiseland Arcade.

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Lisa has to race the nerd using Comic Book Guy's car, reach the store, grab the comic book and go back to the Android's Dungeon.

Clueless[edit]

Lisa asks Milhouse if he knows where Bart is but Milhouse is more interested in spending time with her. He gives her three possible locations of Bart: Wall-E-Weasel's, Planet Hype or the Springfield sign. When Lisa arrives at each location she instead keeps finding Milhouse who repeatedly tries to flirt with her. She tells him to stop following her and realises he is just hindering her search. Lisa thinks Apu may have seen Bart.

Lisa needs to reach every destination before time runs out.

Bonfire of the Manatees[edit]

Lisa goes to a Krusty Burger where she finds Apu. He is angry that Cletus is bringing it roadkill because he wants to be the only person in town who can sell rotten meat. Lisa agrees to help Apu steal the roadkill from Cletus. They drive Apu's car and knock Cletus' roadkill out of his pickup truck. Apu doesn't know where Bart is, but thinks Professor Frink may know since he appears to know everything. Lisa goes to the observatory to talk to Frink but he only knows that Bart disappeared into a bright light.

Lisa needs to use Apu's car to knock Cletus' Pickup Truck and grab the roadkill until time runs out.

Operation Hellfish[edit]

Outside the observatory Lisa talks to Grampa in the hopes that he knows where Bart is. He saw Bart's lucky red cap fall out of a black sedan. Lisa decides to destroy the sedan and buys the school bus from Otto to help. Lisa picks up the cap and destroys the sedan. She then goes to Aztec Theater and Springfield Squidport to destroy two more sedans but there are no more clues.

Lisa has to destroy all cars before time runs out.

Slithery Sleuthing[edit]

Lisa goes to Chief Wiggum hoping he knows where Bart might be. She finds him at the Monty Burns Casino. She asks him where Bart is, but he is too busy. Wiggum is currently trying to bust Snake under the three strikes law, and Wiggum refuses to help until he finds evidence. Lisa buys her 'cool clothes' as a disguise. She then accompanies Chief Wiggum in collecting evidence. They find some jeans, evidence that Snake bought Counterfeit Designer Jeans. They later find find him running over an elderly citizen without a permit. After they collect litter that he threw out of the vehicle, they have all the evidence they needed in regards to put Snake in jail. In return, Chief Wiggum mentions seeing some shady looking Government officials with Bart by the Squidport, but in his mind they probably sent him on a cruise as deals are good currently.

Lisa has to chase Snake in Chief Wiggum's police car and collect all items he drops from his car.

Fishy Deals[edit]

Following her only clues, Lisa goes to the Captain McCallister for help. Before helping he needs Lisa to gather some lost fish for his restaurants. However she instead releases them back into the ocean and pretends to have helped. After she rescues them all she returns to McCallister for information on Bart.

The Old Pirate and the Sea[edit]

McCallister tells Lisa he saw Bart forced into a limo. Lisa destroys the limo but Bart is not there. McCallister reveals that Bart had earlier escaped the limo and jumped onto a nearby ship. Lisa drives onto the ship and discovers Bart, confused and speaking gibberish, with soiled pants. Lisa & Bart then return home.

Bonus Mission[edit]

The bonus mission of this level is for Principal Skinner.

Princi-Pal[edit]

Lisa asks Skinner about Bart, but he is too busy with his errands. Lisa helps him get a Krusty Burger, pick up his laundry, and get his fungal infection removing cream.

Gallery[edit]

• Map of the level

• Labelled map