EVHUD
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EVHUD, expanded to show the EVHUD Store. | |
| Creator | Nelson Jenkins |
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| Launch year | 2010 |
| Company | Gentek Technologies |
| Availability | Packaged free with most NTBI vehicles |
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The EVHUD is an emergency vehicle controller HUD that is packaged with most NTBI vehicles. It is the main controller used for lights & sirens, as well as headlights, turn signals, and other various features. It is the successor to the Evolution HUD. EVHUD stands for Emergency Vehicle HUD, not EVolution HUD.
Exclusive to the EVHUD, the EVHUD Store is an access-anywhere store where users can purchase different siren sound sets to simulate their favorite vehicles. The GT6500 Siren is included with the unit for free, and there are 10+ more sirens available for purchase. They can be bought and used instantly. Purchases are recorded so they are retained between updates and can be used on any vehicle. Two sirens can be used at the same time.
EVHUD is extremely popular with first responders due to its simple, time-tested design and small profile. It was released to great fanfare in 2010 at Mascouten II, where it was quickly adopted by a majority of police and fire units there. Users loved the unique reverb attachment, which simulated reverb the further away the listener was to the source. It was the only emergency vehicle siren to do so in the game, perhaps the only object entirely. Additionally, the EVHUD had only two bugs while in Version 1, making it one of the most bug-free releases in Gentek's history.
Version 2 & NTBI Agreement
The EVHUD v2 was the first big agreement between NTBI and Gentek, which cemented Gentek's position as an NTBI affiliate. It was designed in conjunction with Will Szymborska and ac14 Hutson, who helped fully integrate it with NTBI vehicles. It retained the dual sirens, but modified the light controller to allow for 6 customizable buttons which would hide/show depending on how the vehicle being used was equipped. (For example, in a vehicle with no lightbar, the LBAR button would be hidden.) A later version added momentary buttons that would only activate when held, along with an updated siren driver, Gift Credits, turn signal controls, a speedometer and gear indicator, and gestures to control the siren, lights, and turn signals.
EVHUD Pro Extreme
In March 2012, a competing vehicle creator issued an update to one of their vehicles with a limited HUD, then started to sell another version of the same HUD with more features for about half of the price of the original vehicle. As the EVHUD is included free with NTBI vehicles and still contains more features than the competitor's paid HUD, a satirical advertisement was created depicting what would happen if a stripped-down EVHUD was included for free, and users were required to purchase the full HUD.
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