What goes on here?

[AA™| joruss]

Modified .dds files (your car part files) aren't necessarily cheats. They just alter a car's looks by adding, for example a wing, extra spoilers, etc which can be an issue if you hit someone on track while using your modified DDS files as an extended bumper for example confuses LFS into thinking "Wait, your bumper is longer, I must KILL whoever touches it!" and so it does. This isn't the story for window stickers for example, but it happens with bodykits.

Parts (3d shapes) are defined in /data/veh/*.vob (some cars are crammed into one file) .dds are compiled textures (for faster loading into graphic card) and IIRC that's short for DirectDraw Surface.

You meant that or is there's a way to manipulate LFS into loading/using texture file as displacement map?