NASCAR '15 Victory Edition - Davey Allison #28 Texaco Havoline Throwback Paint Scheme

After starting with the simple black paint scheme the #28 Havoline team ran in the 90s, I decided to try my hand at the more slick livery from the late 80s. This is in the style of what Davey Allison he ran when he battled it out with father Bobby for the 1988 Daytona 500.

I tried to use the gradients to provide a bit of sense of the golden numbers and sponsorship decals they used back then. I might create a variant with blacked out headlights as well. Since he ran a Ford Thunderbird for most of that run, I decided to go with the Ford Fusion body. I think it could still work in modern times.

NASCAR '15 - Texaco Havoline #28 - Paint Scheme 01

Running default paint schemes is boring, so before I hit the online races for NASCAR '15: Victory Edition, I whipped up a quick Davey Allison throwback, with a bit of variation. This time around I'm going to try to remix classic schemes a bit more - try to come up with new versions that are a bit different from the classics.
For this one, I decided the Texaco logo on the side would have eventually become more prominent, and been displayed on the tail a bit more how the old STP logos used to be. I used the lame un-resizable default numbers, though, so this probably won't be the last version of this car I make. The key is to create a paint scheme that's good enough for the short term, then slowly tweak it over time until you have a great one.

With that in mind, here is my quick-and-dirty mockup:

NASCAR 2015: Victory Edition

After taking a break, I finally relented and bought a copy of NASCAR '15. Luckily, when you shell out the money for the basic copy, the "Victory Edition" update can be accessed as a free DLC.

It's essentially the same game we've been playing and paying for the past few years, so I decided there's no sense in making a new site to talk about it as if it were anything new. I'll be posting my paint schemes, stories, setups, and glitch images here.