Vehicle naming/Burnout Paradise

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Vehicle IDs in Burnout Paradise inconsistently follow a standard pattern that allows them to fit within the 12-character limit of the CgsID encoding.

ID pattern

The following is an overall description of the ID pattern used in Burnout Paradise.

Overall pattern with the Hunter Cavalry Finish 3 as an example

	Type	Subtype	Name	Livery	Livery ID
Description	Vehicle type	Region or DLC pack	Vehicle name	Livery type	Livery ID
Example	P	US	MC1	A	3

Vehicle types

Vehicle types are a typically single-character ID used for general separation of player vehicles from non-player vehicles. This was initially only P and T, like in previous games, but Paradise broke with tradition late in development by using this part to denote vehicle unlock types.

ID	Name	Description	Comments
P	Player?	Called "race car" by Criterion. Used by player and AI vehicles	Distinction used since Burnout's PLAYCARS folder
T	Traffic	Called "traffic car" by Criterion. Traffic vehicle	Distinction used since Burnout's TRAFCARS folder
X	XS	Called "trophy race car" by Criterion. Used by upgraded vehicle variants	Originally denoted by livery type. Only in Burnout Paradise
CARB	Carbon	Carbon fiber vehicle	Originally a subtype. Only in Burnout Paradise

Vehicle subtypes

The primary type is followed by a typically two-character subtype which either denotes the vehicle region or the particular DLC pack it is associated with.

ID	Name	Description	Comments
US	United States	Called "US" by Criterion. Used with US designs
EU	Europe	Called "Euro" by Criterion. Used with European designs
AS	Asia	Called "Asian" by Criterion. Used with Japanese designs
SP	Special	Called "Special" by Criterion. Used with sponsor and test vehicles
CA	Carbon	Used with carbon fiber vehicles	Replaced by the primary type CARB but still seen in the Vehicle List.
BT	Beat the Team	Used with vehicles made for the cut Beat the Team DLC	Introduced in v1.3 with community liveries Many vehicles repurposed for other DLC packs
D DLC	Downloadable Content	Example	Introduced in v1.7 with PDLC
SD	Scaled Down?	Toy vehicle	Introduced in v1.7 with PDLC
CC	Cop Car	Cop vehicle	Introduced in v1.8 with the Cops and Robbers DLC

Vehicle names

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As one would expect, this field is simply an abbreviation of the name of each vehicle, typically limited to three characters. However, all names were changed relatively late in development, manufacturers were given, and even the Vehicle List got updated with the new names, leaving the IDs as the only leftover. Only some DLC cars use the new names.

ID	Meaning	Name	Vehicles
MC1 MC M1	Muscle Car 1	Classic Muscle P_US_Muscle_01B	Cavalry Oval Champ 69
CLT CT2 LT2	Classic Truck 2	US Classic Truck US Classic Truck Trophy	Mesquite Mesquite Custom
BSC	Burnout Sports Car	B1 Sports B1 Sports Trophy	SI-7 Racing SI-7
CC	Classic Coupe	US Classic Coupe	Vegas Vegas Carnivale
SV	SUV	Euro SUV	Pioneer
BS1 BS B1GT	Burnout 1 Saloon GT 1	B1 Saloon GT B1 Saloon GT Trophy P_CA_B1SaloonGT	Ikusa GT Ikusa Samurai Carbon Ikusa GT
BZ	B'z	B'z	B'z Ikusa GT
BCC BC B2CC	Burnout 2 Custom Coupe	B2 Custom Coupe B2 Custom Coupe Trophy P_CA_B2CustomCoupe	Hydros Custom
YODO	Yodobashi	Yodobashi	Yodobashi Custom
MICR	Micromania	Micromania	Micromania Custom
CT1 CT	Classic Truck 1	50s Classic Truck	Reliable Custom Reliable Special
TS	Tillys	Tillys	Tillys Custom
BR	Burnout Roadster	B2 Roadster B2 Roadster Trophy	R-Turbo Roadster Burnout Roadster
LM1 LM	Le Mans 1	Euro Classic LM Euro Classic LM Trophy	LM Classic LM Track Package
BC	Burnout Classic	B2 Classic B2 Classic Trophy	Manhattan Manhattan Custom
MU3 M3 M	Muscle 3	70s US Muscle 70's US Muscle Trophy	Fastback Fastback Special
GA1 GA	Gangster 1	Gangster Gangster Trophy	Grand Marais Grand Sicilian
SR	Sports Roadster	Euro Retro Racer	Hyperion Hyperion Rattler
SC3 S3 S	Super Car 3	Euro Super Saloon	616 Sport 616 Arachno Sport
ME	Muscle Estate	US Muscle Estate US Muscle Estate Trophy	Spur Hotspur
RC3 R3 RC	Race Car 3	Euro Group Racer Euro Group Racer Trophy	GT 2400 Sabotage GT 2400
SC	Super Car	US 70s Super US 70s Super Trophy	P12 P12 Track Package
CV1 CV	Classic Van 1	B-Team Van B-Team Van Trophy	Inferno Van Hippy Van Inferno BRT Van
SC2 S2 SC	Super Car 2	Euro Concept P_EU_Supercar_02B	Tempesta Tempesta GT
RT	Rossolini Tempesta	P_BTT_RossoliniTempesta_01	Tempesta Dream
LR1 LR	Low Rider	Low Rider Low Rider Trophy	Opus Opus XS
M2 MC	Muscle Car 2	Muscle Street Rod Muscle Street Rod Trophy	Annihilator Annihilator Phoenix
SC04 S4	Super Car 4	Euro Supercar Euro Supercar Trophy P_CA_Supercar_04	X12 XS12 Carbon X12
C1 C	Coupe?	Asia Street Racer Asia Street Racer Trophy	Touge Sport Touge Criterion
GAS	GameStop	GameStop	GameStop Sport
PK	Pickup	Pickup Pickup Trophy	Takedown 4X4 Takedown Dirt Racer
RC	Race Car	Detroit Racer	500 GT Racing 500 GT
RN	Race Nascar	Oval Racer Oval Racer Trophy	Racing Oval Champ BRT Oval Champ
BEST	BestBuy	BESTBUY	Best Buy Oval Champ
MOR M	Metal Oval Racer	P_DLC_RaceNascar_FA	Oval Steel Racer
MC04 M4 MC	Muscle Car 4	US Concept Muscle US Concept Muscle Trophy P_CA_Muscle_04	GT Concept GT Flame Carbon GT Concept Tiger GT
METL	Metal	Metal	"Steel Wheels" GT
CCO	Classic Cop	Cop Car P_US_Copcar_01B	Citizen Civilian
RR	Revenge Racer	Revenge Racer Revenge Racer Trophy	25 V16 Revenge Revenge Racer
S	Sports	RWD Sports RWD Sports Trophy P_CA_Sportscar	Hawker Hawker Solo Carbon Hawker
PS3	PlayStation 3	?	PS3 Hawker
RG GT EAGT	EA GT Racer	GT Racer P_EU_RaceEAGT_01B P_CA_RaceEAGT	Uberschall 8 Uberschall Clear-view Carbon Uberschall 8
T	Target	Target	Target Uberschall 8
CL1 CL	Classic 1	50s Street Rod 50s Street Rod Trophy	Thunder Custom Thunder Shadow
BH	Burnout Hot Rod	B2 Hot Rod B2 Hot Rod Trophy	Hot Rod Coupe Tribal Special
CIR	Circuit City	CircuitCity	Circuit City Hot Rod
RI	Racing Indy	World Racer	Racing WTR
CPI	Cop Indy	P_US_CopIndy_02	PCPD Special
WAL	Walmart	WALMART	Walmart WTR
CHRO	Chrome	ChromeCar	The Chrome Car

Livery types

Livery types are denoted by a single character before the livery ID at the end. This is 0 for a primary finish (or gold/platinum), A for secondary finish, and B for XS vehicles. This is inconsistent, however, with an example being how the Mesquite Custom uses A for its secondary finishes.

ID	Description	Comments
0	Primary or gold/platinum livery
A	Secondary livery
B	XS livery

Livery IDs

Unlike types, livery IDs are consistent. If the ID in question belongs to a root vehicle (that is, it has no parent), a carbon car, or a special car, it most likely has no livery ID suffix.

Only two cars break from the pattern, those being the Fastback Special (suffixed with X after finishes 2 and 3) and the PCPD Special (finishes use numbers 3-5). DLC cars are also often nonconforming.

ID	Description	Comments
1	Finish 1	Not always present
2	Finish 2
3	Finish 3
G	Gold
C S	Chrome Silver Platinum

Notable exceptions

• Finish 2 of the P12 starts with X due to an error on Criterion's part.
• All Grand Sicilian, XS12, and PCPD Special finishes start with P. They may have been separate vehicles during development.
• Some community finish IDs end with FA, likely meaning fan art.
• Chrome bike finishes use G as the livery ID.
• Some DLC cars use a 1/A/B or 1/B/C system for the livery ID. The Olympus uses 1/B/W to indicate blue and white liveries.
• The Dust Storm Superturbo's ID appends XS to the original ID instead of following a system.