Montgomery Hawker Mech
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| Game | Burnout Paradise | ||||||||||||
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| Boost Type | Switch | ||||||||||||
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| Top Cruising Speed | 183 estimated MPH | ||||||||||||
| Top Boosting Speed | 200 estimated MPH | ||||||||||||
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The Montgomery Hawker Mech is available in the Boost Specials pack with the Carson Extreme Hotrod or it can be purchased by itself in the Playstation Store, Burnout Store, or XBOX LIVE Marketplace. The Mech is an equal speed version of the original Hawker, and is the vehicle in the game with a new, unique switchable boost type. By pressing L3 (LS on the 360) one can switch between Aggression, Speed, or Stunt boost types at any time while driving the Mech. The exterior is Transformer-esque, with robotic and circuit-themed graphics. The car has embedded neon light wires and a neon light 'eye' on each side, which change color according to the selected Boost type. The wheels also have embedded lights, which glow blue and orange when stopped and turn purple and green as the wheels gain rotational speed.
One of the advantages of being able to switch boost is that it enables the Hawker Mech to be able to compete in any event. It also adds some extra strategy. For instance, in a Race, you can use Stunt boost to earn boost, and when you fill it you switch to Speed. Using Stunt to earn acts as a safeguard in case you crash, as Stunt Boost can be earned at any time. When the boost is full, switching to Speed allows you to dominate your opponents. Overall, this ability to switch boost gives a strategic advantage in Online events.
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[edit] Description
The Hawker Mech is the product of the very latest alien hybrid technology. Pressing the Left Stick allows you to switch between all three boost types available to other cars.
[edit] How to Unlock
The Montgomery Hawker Mech is included with the Carson Extreme Hotrod in the Boost Specials Pack for $7.99, €7.99, £6.29, or 640 
. It can also be purchased separately for $4.99, €4.99, £3.99, or 400 .
[edit] Resemblance
Being a variation of the Montgomery Hawker, the Mech version still resembles the TVR Sagaris (albeit themed after a tuner/street racer, due to the vinyls and the wheels. It could also be said to be themed after an experimental sci-fi car).
[edit] Notes
- A good way to see the colors of a wheel when moving and when static is to smoke your tires by holding accelerate and the brake. This causes the rear tires to move while keeping the front tires still.
- There is a small technical hitch with the wheels which has to do with their color when moving. When at even a slow speed, the wheels normally turn Purple on the outside with Green on the inside. However, when going off a Super Jump, during the brief moment of the camera flash, the wheels turn Aqua on the outside and Orange on the inside, the colors they have when they are still. This is because the two wheel types are actually the static and moving textures on any other vehicle's wheels. When the camera flashes and the car slows down, the wheel texture switches to static to add realism.
- If you switch boost types during an Online Marked Man while you are the chaser, you will lose unlimited boost but you will get unlimited boost back after the current Marked Man gets away, crashes, or gets taken down.
- When viewing another Mech online, you cannot see what boost type a player is currently using. The car only glows a faint Aqua/Blue. (The same Neon glow in the car's rims)
- In Criterion's Crash TV Podcast: Episode 27, the Mech was shown to have both a Speed Boost Bar and Stunt Boost bar capable of growing as large as a x3 Aggression Boost bar. This is not possible with the live version of the car, and was most likely an early test version.
- There is a glitch that may help you when changing boosts. Switch to Stunt boost or Aggression boost & while boosting, change boost type to speed boost. (Do not let go of the boost button.) This way, you can start Speed boost without having to wait for the bar to fill.
- This vehicle can't be used in an Online Cops & Robbers game.
- The Hawker Mech is one of the two vehicles with a unique Speed boost bar, which is longer that any other Speed-type vehicle in the game. It should be known that it also has the shortest Stunt boost bar of any Stunt-type car as well. (These changes were made for reasons unknown)
- Achieving a Burnout in the Hawker Mech requires that you start your burn in Speed boost mode. Starting a burn in any other boost mode and then switching to Speed boost will NOT net a Burnout when the Speed boost meter depletes.
