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Max Damage.

Max Damage is the most famous racer in the Carmageddon series. He is one of two drivers that the player can choose from at the start of many of the games (the other being Die Anna), and he is the only driver to appear in every single game and port.


Carmageddon[]

Carmageddon driver
Max Damage
Red Eagle
Eagle1
Info
Internal opponent number 0
Strength (1 - 5) -1
Network availability eagle

Short name (?) Max
Race number ♂ (100)
Top speed 200 mph
Kerb weight 1.1 tons
0 - 60 mph in 4.01 seconds
Stealworthy Yes
Description
"Mad maximum impact fruitcake with a hydraulic neck and no crumple zones in his brain. Drives the Eagle, a car designed for rammin’ and slammin’."

The Red Eagle is one of two cars that the player can select to drive at the start of the game. When the game is beaten, Eagles in various different colors are unlocked.


Carmageddon Splat Pack[]

Carmageddon driver
Max Damage
Eagle II
Eagle2
Info
Internal opponent number 0
Strength (1 - 5) -1
Network availability eagle

Short name (?) Max
Race number ♂ (100)
Top speed Unknown
Kerb weight Unknown
0 - 60 mph in Unknown
Stealworthy Yes
Description
None

The Eagle II is one of two cars that the player can select to drive at the start of the game. When the game is beaten, Eagle IIs in various different colors are unlocked.


Carmageddon II[]

Carmageddon II driver
Max Damage
Mug-Max-C2
Eagle 3
Eagle3
Info
Internal opponent number 0
Strength (1 - 5) -1
Network availability eagle

Short name Max
Gender
Race number 1
Status icon C2 Max status
Top speed 200 mph
Kerb weight 1.5 tons
0 - 60 mph in 3.4 seconds
Cost 50000 credits
Description
"The Eagle is back, and it's badder and better than ever."

The Eagle 3 is the only car the player can select to drive at the start of the game. When the game is beaten, Eagles in various different colors are unlocked: Black, Dark Blue, Blue, Cyan, Gold (Orange), Green, Lime Green, Pink, Purple, White and Yellow.


Carmageddon: TDR 2000[]

Carmageddon TDR 2000 driver
Max Damage
Eagle MK4
Eagle4
Info
Internal opponent number 8
First appearance Starting car
Network availability eagle

Short name Max
Gender
Race number Unknown
Top speed 186 mph
Kerb weight 1.5 tons
0 - 60 mph in 3.4 seconds
Cost 50000 credits
Description
"The Eagle's back and it rocks."

The Eagle MK4 is the car that the player is given to drive at the start of the game.



Carmageddon (PlayStation)[]

Carmageddon (PlayStation) driver
Max Damage
Mug-Max-PSX
Max-car-psx
Info
Top speed 322 km/h (200 mph)
Kerb weight 2.0 tonnes
0-100 km/h in 3.4 seconds
Cost Unlocked from the start

This is the car that the player is given to drive at the start of the game.


Carmageddon 64[]

Carmageddon 64 driver
MAX DAMAGE
Carma64-MaxDamage
Info
Stealworthy No
Repair cost Can't repair
Scrap cost Can't scrap
Sell cost Can't sell

This is one of two cars that the player can select to drive at the start of the game. Max will appear as an opponent if the player does not select him.


Carmageddon (Game Boy Color)[]

Carmageddon (Game Boy Color) driver
Eagle
Eagle-gbc
Info
Top speed 200 mph
Kerb weight 1.0 tons
Cost n/a
Description
"The Eagle is back, and it's badder and better than ever."

The Eagle is the car that the player is given to drive at the start of the game.


Carmageddon (Mobile)[]

Max is one of the four drivers in the game. For his choice of vehicles, see the game's page.


Carmageddon: Reincarnation / Carmageddon: Max Damage[]

Carmageddon: Reincarnation driver
Max Damage
Cmd-max-damage
Eagle R
Cmd-eagle-r-small
Info
Strength 1.1
Short name (?) Eagle R
Race number Unknown
Top speed 155 mph
Kerb weight 1.3 tons
0 - 60 mph in 3.1 seconds
Description
"Maximum velocity madman Max Damage is back and still on a mission to mangle. He might be part bionic these days but he’s 100% intent on taking apart all opposition."

There are 2 variants of The Eagle; The Eagle R, first revealed in the Pre-Alpha, and the "alternate" Tez Lane version, to be unlockable for Kickstarter backers.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation driver
Max Damage
Cmd-max-damage
Tez Eagle
Cmd-tez-eagle-small
Info
Strength 1.1
Short name (?) Unknown
Race number Unknown
Top speed 155 mph
Kerb weight 1.3 tons
0 - 60 mph in 3.1 seconds
Description
"Max was gifted his alternative Eagle by a mysterious collective of backers, who persuaded him to come out of retirement and return to the Carmageddon circuit."



Trivia[]

  • In the original game, Max is portrayed on the in-game 'Prat cam' by a man (Tony) wearing a red crash helmet, despite appearing in his regular 'burnt red' form on the box. However, the red on the box and loading screen appeared to be created by the lighting, which is made clearer in Reincarnation images.
  • In the cutscenes of the original game, a person wearing a red racing suit (with the Stainless logo visible) and a full-face helmet is portrayed driving the Red Eagle.
  • The Eagle and the Hawk are the only cars to get color variants, in Carmageddon and the Splat Pack. Max gets extra colors in Carmageddon II as well.
  • The original Red Eagle is similar to the 1996 Jaguar XK8.
  • The Red Eagle's appearance is based on the character Frankenstein's car, 'The Monster', from the 1975 movie Death Race 2000.
  • The Red Eagle and the Yellow Hawk look very similar. They only have some minor differences, such as their cabins.
  • The Eagle II is based on the Batmobile: A cross between the vehicle from the first two films and Batman's ride in the 1990s animated series.
  • Like Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth, Max Damage and The Red Eagle are considered the 'mascots' for the Carmageddon series. Max appears in every game, and on all the box art; in the games where drivers aren't present (such as Carmageddon: TDR 2000) The Red Eagle is in place. The Red Eagle is absent from the mobile port of Carmageddon, but Max is there and a car named Hellfire is present which looks very similar to the Eagle.
  • Max can appear as an enemy in Carmageddon 64, Carmageddon (Game Boy Color) and Carmageddon (Mobile) when the player chooses to play as another vehicle/driver.
  • In TDR 2000, Max has a tattoo on his forearm that says Quiet Riot.
  • The Eagle II color variants are based on a prototype version of the vehicle. This quirk is shared with the Hawk II.
  • For his Reincarnation design, Max not only has more human-coloured skin, but also a robotic right arm. First seen in the box art, this can also be spotted in The Eagle thumbnail on the official site (but not in the full-sized image) and in Alpha gameplay footage.
  • In the mobile app "CSR Classics", there is a driver named "Danger" with a custom license plate that reads "MAX D". This could be a possible reference to Max Damage himself.
  • In 2021, the Eagle R from Max Damage/Reincarnation was added to Wreckfest, a destruction derby game made by Bugbear.

Gallery[]

Other Media[]

Max Damage also appears in a Tozzer.com online comic that was released at the same time as Carmageddon: TDR 2000. It shows him getting hit by an atomic blast (causing his red complexion), as well as initially driving a non-Eagle car (which resembles to OK Stimpson's Fraud Broko).

Drivers in Carmageddon (cat)
Main drivers Max Damage · Die Anna
Cops The Cops · The Cops Special Forces
Tier 1 opponents Auto Scum · Brothers Grimm · Ed 101 · Ivan the Bastard · Kutter · Madam Scarlett · Mech Maniac · OK Stimpson · Screwie Lewie · Stig O'Sore · Val Hella · Vlad · Wanda Lust
Tier 2 opponents Agent Orange · Ed Hunter · Firestorm · Otis P Jivefunk · Psycho Pitbull · Stella Stunna
Tier 3 opponents Burly Shirley · Don Dumpster · Halfwit Harry · Hammerhead · Heinz Faust
Drivers in Carmageddon Splat Pack (cat)
Main drivers Max Damage · Die Anna
Cops The Cops · The Cops Special Forces
Tier 1 Alfonso Spaghetti · Brothers Grimm · Ed 101 · Herman Monster · Ivan the Bastard · Lady Bug · Mech Maniac · Mike O'Kane · Moonchild · Pussy LaGore · Screwie Lewie · Stig O'Sore · Su Borg · The Ashteroid · Vlad
Tier 2 Big Daddy · Metal Mikey · Otis P Jivefunk · Psycho Pitbull · Sinthea · Stella Stunna
Tier 3 Carkey & Clutch · Don Dumpster · Helga Shwein · Mother Trucker · Sawbones
Drivers in Carmageddon II (cat)
Main driver Max Damage
Tier 1 opponents Ada Nuff · Auto Scum · Batmad · Buzz Lightweight · Dan Dead · Die Anna · Ed 101 · Grace Full · Herr Kooled · Jenny Taylia · Kurt Blasthoff · Kutter · Lady Bug · Otis P Jivefunk · Russ T · Shawnee Smitt · Silvester Stallion · Sinthea · Slim Chance · Su Borg · Vlad · Wide Boy
Tier 2 opponents Ashteroid · Banjo Strummy · Heinz Faust · Herb E · Maurice Stalwart · Rod Hell · Screwie Lewie
Tier 3 opponents Don Dumpster · Farmer Fright · Halfwit Harry · Magnum Magnumsson · Mike Hunt · Mother Trucker · The Cop
Unlockables Moon Child · Pitbull · Ron Dumpster
Drivers in Carmageddon: TDR 2000 (cat)
Main driver Max Damage
Hollowood Bel LaGhostly · Billy, Bob, Billy-Bob · Bonsai Lun · Ernie Duck · Gimi Carnage · Guido Kiksass · Jake Viper · Ma Donna · Maya De'Ath · Mono Massacre · Officer Goose · Psychohontas
The Slums Han Grenade · Iron Tiger · Sir David Havahock · Tetsuo · Thor Ironhammer
The Docks Hugh Jorgen · Maxx Razor · Mustang Smelly · Philippe A. Shio · Uther Hurt · Veronica Vixen
HiRise Abe L · Cameron Carrion · Crank Zapper · Gore Usome · Jaws Verne · Jay Dead · Kenn Worst · Syn Bin · Vlad the Impaler
Military Zone Doctor Mambo · Eddie Gourmet · Hans Kristoff Havocstein · Humungassass · Lightning Larry · Samson Kaine · Wiseguy
Back of Beyond Alotta Slaughter · Major Payne · Pacey Gowst · Wayne Kerr
Unlockables Doug Ahol · Harry Killahan (The Cops) · Orlando Gassim · Rommel Warr · Sgt X. Terminator (The Cops Special Forces)
The Nosebleed Pack Bigdaddy · Blood & Bones · Buggy · Jaws · Lucifer · Ped Basher · The Pigs! · Pogo · Sports Sedan · Steam Machine
Drivers in Carmageddon 64 (cat)
Main driver Max Damage
Regular drivers Ashteroid · Batmad · Bug Meister · Buzz Lightweight · Dave Dead · Die Anna · Don Dumpster · Ed 101 · Godrod · Herr Kooled · Ice Tea · Lady B · Magnum Magnumsson · Major Minor · Moon Child · Mr Whip · Otis P Jivefunk · Shawnee Smitt · Stalker · Vlad · Wideboy
Drivers in Carmageddon (Game Boy Color) (cat)
Main driver Max Damage
Regular drivers Auto Scum · Batmad · Dan Dead · Die Anna · Don Dumpster · Farmer Fright · Heinz Faust · Herb 'E' · Jenny Taylia · Otis P Jivefunk · Shawnee Smitt · Silvester Stallion · Sinthea · Slim Chance · Su Borg
Unlockable Magnum Magnumsson
Drivers in Carmageddon (PlayStation) (cat)
Main driver Max Damage
Regular drivers Agro Man · Akilla the Hun · Billy Joe Jim Bob · Brothers Grimm · Buster Crimes · De-d 209 · Don Dumpster · Ed Hunter · Fatman Dimm · Frau Dauver · General P. Ram · Hannibal Kannibal · Herr Kooled · Honest John · Incredible Kutter · Junior · Khaki and Crutch · Maxine Sane · Michael Pain · Omar Sheriff · Otis P Jivefunk · Pete D'Ville · Psycho Pitbull · Ray Zee Fool · Reverend Limit · Screwie Louis · The Gimp · Vlad the Viking · Yoga Hurt
Drivers in Carmageddon: Reincarnation & Max Damage (cat)
Main driver Max Damage · Die Anna
Cops Agent Debbie O'Nutts · Chief Biggun · Cops · Cops Special Forces
Tier 1 opponents Ed 101 · Ed Lesgar · Kutter · Nora Virus · Nutkenz · Rusk · Stig O'Sore · Val Hella · Vlad
Tier 2 opponents Brothers Grimm · Ivan the Bastard · Madam Scarlett · Screwie Lewie · Twig N. Berries
Tier 3 opponents Ed Hunter · Hammerhead · Otis P Jivefunk · Psycho Pitbull · Roman · The Terrible Twin
Tier 4 opponents Don Dumpster · Halfwit Harry · Heinz Faust · Mother Trucker · Stella Stunna
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