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Background

SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies was an American video game developer, mostly for the PlayStation platform. The management team and much of the original development team came from Evans & Sutherland, bringing their 3D graphics and software engineering skills into the video game industry. Its most famous titles were the Twisted Metal and Jet Moto video game series.

The company's first two games, WarHawk and Twisted Metal, were major critical and commercial successes, leading publisher Sony Computer Entertainment to contract two further games from SingleTrac. After producing the two contracted games for Sony Computer Entertainment, SingleTrac was bought by the video game publisher GT Interactive, and was later closed in 2000. Several employees later formed other companies, including Eat Sleep Play and Incognito Entertainment.

1st Logo (1995-1997)

Logo: On a marble background, we see the text "SINGLETRAC" wipes in. The plate pans down, and then shooting stars appear, and then a lighting flashes, to make the SingleTrac text rotating and to turn part of the stars red gradient.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Lighting sounds and whooshes, which was accompanied by a choir theme.

Availability: Was seen on WarHawk, the first two Twisted Metal games and Jet Moto for the PlayStation.

2nd Logo (1997-2000)

Logo: On a black background, we pan out to see red lights to form spiral-like objects, which blurs out and then the logo flashes. The text "SINGLETRAC" rotates in letter by letter.

Variants:

An early still version exists, where the text is smaller. This was seen on Jet Moto 2.
On Jet Moto 2: Championship Edition, the logo is on a metal sheet background. The word "STUDIO" is also added below.
On Animorphs: Shattered Reality, a 2D still version of the logo exists, and the word "STUDIO" is also added below the logo.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A majestic triumphant theme, with some whooshing sounds. On Jet Moto 2, the opening theme is heard, while on Animorphs: Shattered Reality, the logo is silent.

Availability: The normal version iss seen on Critical Depth, Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012, Streak: Hoverboard Racing and Outwars. The still versions are seen on the games above.

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 ===Background===
-SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies was an American video game developer, mostly for the PlayStation platform. The management team and much of the original development team came from Evans & Sutherland, bringing their 3D graphics and software engineering skills into the video game industry.[3] Its most famous titles were the Twisted Metal and Jet Moto video game series.
+SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies was an American video game developer, mostly for the PlayStation platform. The management team and much of the original development team came from Evans & Sutherland, bringing their 3D graphics and software engineering skills into the video game industry. Its most famous titles were the Twisted Metal and Jet Moto video game series.
 The company's first two games, WarHawk and Twisted Metal, were major critical and commercial successes, leading publisher Sony Computer Entertainment to contract two further games from SingleTrac.  After producing the two contracted games for Sony Computer Entertainment, SingleTrac was bought by the video game publisher GT Interactive, and was later closed in 2000. Several employees later formed other companies, including Eat Sleep Play and Incognito Entertainment.
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+'''Logo:''' On a {{color|marble}} background, we see the text "{{color|yellow|{{font|Times New Roman|{{Big|S}}INGLE{{Big|T}}RAC}}}}" wipes in. The plate pans down, and then shooting stars appear, and then a lighting flashes, to make the SingleTrac text rotating and to turn part of the stars {{color|red}} gradient.
-TBA.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Lighting sounds and whooshes, which was accompanied by a choir theme.
+'''Availability:''' Was seen on ''WarHawk'', the first two ''Twisted Metal'' games and ''Jet Moto'' for the PlayStation.
 ===2nd Logo (1997-2000)===
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+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we pan out to see {{color|red}} lights to form spiral-like objects, which blurs out and then the logo flashes. The text "{{color|grey|'''SINGLETRAC'''}}" rotates in letter by letter.
-TBA.
+'''Variants:'''
+* An early still version exists, where the text is smaller. This was seen on ''Jet Moto 2''.
+* On ''Jet Moto 2: Championship Edition'', the logo is on a metal sheet background. The word "STUDIO" is also added below.
+* On ''Animorphs: Shattered Reality'', a 2D still version of the logo exists, and the word "STUDIO" is also added below the logo.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A majestic triumphant theme, with some whooshing sounds. On ''Jet Moto 2'', the opening theme is heard, while on ''Animorphs: Shattered Reality'', the logo is silent.
+'''Availability:''' The normal version iss seen on ''Critical Depth'', ''Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012'', ''Streak: Hoverboard Racing'' and ''Outwars''. The still versions are seen on the games above.
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