{
  "discovery": "wheel-variant",
  "ledger_ids": [
    "AUDIT-002",
    "ASP-003",
    "ASP-004",
    "ASP-015"
  ],
  "confidence": "Strong",
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "AUDIT-002",
      "claim": "timee.asp is a different-sized, differently anchored version of the used stunt-score wheel animation.",
      "tier": "Strong",
      "limit": "Different whole-frame hashes do not mean zero matching pixels, and artist/session identity is not established.",
      "type": "Static artifact relationships; RadeonChan recognition record.",
      "method": "Decode timee.asp and tricke.asp from the retail disc. Compare dimensions, authored anchors and pixels; check all wheel frames against the game’s own drawing routine."
    },
    {
      "id": "ASP-003",
      "claim": "Each sprite record stores flags, authored hot spots, dimensions and row offsets.",
      "tier": "Confirmed",
      "limit": "",
      "type": "Static evidence.",
      "method": "Decode timee.asp and tricke.asp from the retail disc. Compare dimensions, authored anchors and pixels; check all wheel frames against the game’s own drawing routine."
    },
    {
      "id": "ASP-004",
      "claim": "One sprite codec writes indexed runs and leaves skipped destination pixels untouched.",
      "tier": "Confirmed",
      "limit": "Transparency here means preserving the existing destination.",
      "type": "Static evidence.",
      "method": "Decode timee.asp and tricke.asp from the retail disc. Compare dimensions, authored anchors and pixels; check all wheel frames against the game’s own drawing routine."
    },
    {
      "id": "ASP-015",
      "claim": "Sprite hot spots are authored fields read by the blitter rather than calculated from image size.",
      "tier": "Confirmed",
      "limit": "Single-sprite previews do not apply these anchors; this is a code claim.",
      "type": "Static evidence.",
      "method": "Decode timee.asp and tricke.asp from the retail disc. Compare dimensions, authored anchors and pixels; check all wheel frames against the game’s own drawing routine."
    }
  ],
  "examined_inputs": [
    {
      "name": "Hot Wheels - Stunt Track Driver.iso",
      "sha256": "82707d3f37ed08c4ce2c39bc28b29942cf7ee746ce67d8d957efea024cd56b80"
    },
    {
      "name": "stunt.exe",
      "sha256": "a938949d705e2e06af80c22bdd76b10b52df811342e5a5b28bc23ba716903850"
    }
  ],
  "method": "Decode timee.asp and tricke.asp from the retail disc. Compare dimensions, authored anchors and pixels; check all wheel frames against the game’s own drawing routine.",
  "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."
}