Max Damage

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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
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
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
Eagle 3
Info
Internal opponent number	0
Strength (1 - 5)	-1
Network availability	eagle
Short name	Max
Gender	♂
Race number	1
Status icon
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
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
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
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
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
Eagle R
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
Tez Eagle
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

Alligator car (gallery)

All the Eagle3 colours

Max before he was disfigured by the nuke blast

Tony as Max on the Prat cam, original Carmageddon

Eagle MK4 from the alpha version of TDR 2000

2012 Max artwork for Carmageddon: Reincarnation

Red Eagle running down the Tim Schafer ped (early Reincarnation engine)

Early in-game shot, with Tez Lane's 2012 Eagle concept.

Tez Lane's Kickstarter Eagle (second version)

Eagle concept art featuring full-length Max

Still from the Damage Tech video

The Eagle R (Pre-Alpha)

The Eagle R concept art featuring Max (partial)

In-game model of Max Damage, notice the bionic hand.

Ditto, notice Max's bionic eye

A side profile of Max Damage in a transparent Eagle

The Eagle R as it appears on the Xbox One

The Tez Eagle as it appears on the Xbox One

The Eagle R from Carmageddon Max Damage.

The Tez Eagle from Carmageddon Max Damage.

The Eagle R as it appears in Carmageddon Crashers.

The Iron Eagle (renamed from Tez Eagle) as it appears in Carmageddon Crashers.

The Eagle R's appearance in Wreckfest

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).