Hi guys n00b to the forum.. ive found alot of help here so far so said i ask something myself

I'm working on a car game and i want the user be able to choose car,colour and in future other custom parts, i no how to display and cycle through the different parts.

What im stuck with is how to make the game know what parts i choose, say i have a green type 2 car, how do i send them choices to a race etc without duplicating things over and over is there is a way...

if somebody can point me towards a tutorial or anything rather then trying to explain it to me if its complicated.. help is greatly appreciated

thanks
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