1968 Period Authenticity Dossier

Vehicles#

• Muscle cars, vans, patrol cars, higher top speeds, power steering, FM radio, and heavier freeway presence.
• Traffic identity should distinguish new paint, wider silhouettes, and late-1960s trim.

Fashion#

• Denim, clubwear, patrol uniforms, sunglasses, jackets, and looser movement in crowd silhouettes.
• NPC body language can be more open and reactive while staying grounded.

Signage And Fonts#

• Plastic backlit signs, fast-food marks, record-shop posters, broadcast grotesks, and bolder street color.
• UI flavor uses broadcast orange over charcoal-green neutrals, with restrained saturation.

Slang, Music, Food, Radio#

• Vocabulary includes scene, heat, pad, patrol, boulevard, and protest-adjacent street language.
• Music mix is soul, Motown, and psychedelic radio; FM and color-TV references are valid.
• Food references include drive-ins, fast-food counters, and convenience packaging.

Lighting#

• Fluorescent interiors, late tungsten, richer street color, and a mild broadcast-era saturation shift.