Twisted Metal: Lost is an extra feature in Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition. This game is based on the beta version of the unfinished and cancelled sequel to Twisted Metal: Black. The game has no ending movies, but has two additional vehicles which did not appear in Black, 12-Pak and a special enhanced version of Sweet Tooth, Gold Tooth. It also includes 4 new stages, those stages are Suburban Terror, Stadium Slaughter, Death Port and Carnival of Darkness. The story given as to why the game had never been released in full was because most of the development team had died in a plane crash, but this is often cited as merely urban legend created to give the game a more "mysterious air" to it. Aside from the usual driving levels, there was also to be a 3D platformer element to it where you could control Needles (or revealed through notes, Preacher) that was also available to play where you could pick up information about the cancelled title, including concept artwork.
The vehicles originally planned for Harbor City included:
- Sweet Tooth
- Yellow Jacket
- Outlaw
- Another police car, possibly Outlaw 2
- Thumper
- Warthog (with a new design)
- Mr. Grimm (taking the design soon used for TM:HO)
- Spectre
- Hammerhead
- Roadkill
- Twister
- Mr. Slam
- Grasshopper
- Brimstone
- Crazy 8
- Axel
- Gold Tooth (New Vehicle)
- 12-Pak (New Vehicle)
The drivers planned for Harbor City included:
- Needles Kane
- Mr. Grimm
- No-Face
- Preacher
- Billy Ray Stillwell
- Agent Stone
- John Doe
- Bloody Mary
- Dollface
- Raven
- Charlie Kane & Son
- Cage
- Axel
- Black
- Severed Sam (New Character)
Trivia
- The original name for Twisted Metal: Lost was Twisted Metal: Harbor City.
- The soundtrack to Twisted Metal: Lost is actually the Twisted Metal Black soundtrack slightly sped up.
- Because the atmosphere remained unchanged from Black, it seemed that the story was also to be set within Sweet Tooth's imagination.
- Defeated combatants no longer scream and run ablaze when eliminated.
- The locations are similar to a few levels in Black, but they may be the same area.