{
  "discovery": "car00-variant",
  "ledger_ids": [
    "AUDIT-008",
    "ROSTER-001",
    "ROSTER-003"
  ],
  "confidence": "Strong",
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "AUDIT-008",
      "claim": "CAR00 is an alternate Speed Blaster model with different geometry that never appears in normal play.",
      "tier": "Strong",
      "limit": "",
      "type": "Static artifact relationships; RadeonChan recognition record; supporting historical geometry measurement.",
      "method": "Compare CAR00.MMD with the playable Speed Blaster model. Inspect the game’s model-number dispatch and check its selection-record handling with isolated original code."
    },
    {
      "id": "ROSTER-001",
      "claim": "The 1998 model constructor handles IDs 0–12 and sends out-of-range IDs to the bare stem car.",
      "tier": "Confirmed",
      "limit": "The bare default has no shipped BMP/MMD.",
      "type": "Static evidence and saved emulated-original-code results. No runtime observation of a launched game.",
      "method": "Compare CAR00.MMD with the playable Speed Blaster model. Inspect the game’s model-number dispatch and check its selection-record handling with isolated original code."
    },
    {
      "id": "ROSTER-003",
      "claim": "A modified 1998 selection record can pass model zero through the save-driven selection path.",
      "tier": "Confirmed",
      "limit": "The demonstration uses an injected selection record.",
      "type": "Static evidence and saved emulated-original-code results. No runtime observation of a launched game.",
      "method": "Compare CAR00.MMD with the playable Speed Blaster model. Inspect the game’s model-number dispatch and check its selection-record handling with isolated original code."
    }
  ],
  "examined_inputs": [
    {
      "name": "Hot Wheels - Stunt Track Driver.iso",
      "sha256": "82707d3f37ed08c4ce2c39bc28b29942cf7ee746ce67d8d957efea024cd56b80"
    },
    {
      "name": "stunt.exe",
      "sha256": "a938949d705e2e06af80c22bdd76b10b52df811342e5a5b28bc23ba716903850"
    }
  ],
  "method": "Compare CAR00.MMD with the playable Speed Blaster model. Inspect the game’s model-number dispatch and check its selection-record handling with isolated original code.",
  "verification": "Historical research and audit records support the statements above. This assembly verifies mapping and media hashes; it does not rerun the excavation or establish a new gameplay observation.",
  "scope": "Reviewed publication summary. Private research notes, personal review records and raw game files are not included. Input hashes identify the 1998 source; they are not independent proof of each conclusion.",
  "interpretation": "It appears to be a placeholder or an earlier version."
}