Welcome to the the place for live multiplayer racing in BeamNG! This will be a competition to determine the best combination of car and driver.
To play, you will need BeamNG, The BeamMP Multiplayer Mod as well as Automation. Details on how to install mods, and links to our discord and dropbox, are in the ORIGINAL POST.
EVENT RULES
Theme
It is 1985, and manufacturers have recently been tapping a new market: pickup trucks which are not only utilitarian and rugged, but fast and exciting. Promoting these new vehicles, Automagazine has planned an offroad stadium racing event. Unlike actual stadium trucks, these are variants of production vehicles, with some extra capability for offroad and only a little extra power. The track has jumps and moguls, so these will need to be lifted trucks with durable suspension. These vehicles are often used as prerunners, as racing teams use them to observe overland routes before driving on them with the extremely fast trophy trucks.
The Race
Track: 3 Laps around the LucasOil Tropy Truck Track, counterclockwise. Start/finish is at at the map’s default spawn, I’ll place a marker during the race.
Contact: No deliberately pitting, brake checking, or ramming drivers off the road.
Heats: Maximum 6 cars per heat. Number of heats depends on number of participants. Most drivers should race in two heats; one qualifying heat and one heat to determine final position.
Appearance Poll: Qualifying will be based on appearance poll! Top qualifiers will place into new heats first- EG the 2nd best voted car will be 1st on the grid in Heat 2, then 3rd would be either 1st in Heat 3 or 2nd in Heat 1 depending on the number of heats.
Schedule: Race is tentatively scheduled for 1:00PM US-CST on Friday, June 18th. Cars must be submitted by noon the prior Wednesday!
Pre-Qualifier: To prevent issues with users connecting on race day, EVERYONE MUST CONNECT TO THE SERVER BEFOREHAND. The server will be up after cars are submitted. Just join any time and say hello if I’m in Discord, or take a screenshot showing you’ve connected successfully. Most race days we spend 80% of the time dealing with getting people into the server so this should save a lot of time.
Submissions
Teams: One driver per team, drivers may not double-book teams. NEW: A car may be used by multiple teams, or a designer may submit multiple cars. When submitting your car, include your Driver’s name and control type (EG Steering Wheel, Gamepad, Keyboard).
Naming: Name your Model and Engine Family “ALR10-Username” and submit the .car file to me on the forums (not discord).
Picture: (NEW) Post a picture of your car in the thread when submitting. I will use your picture (or first picture if there are multiple) for the poll!
Schedule: To be included in the poll, and to give time for pre-downloads, cars must be submitted by 12:00 Noon US-CST on Wednesday, June 16th. The race will be in the afternoon the following Friday!
Pre-Download: When the poll goes up, all the car files will be in the dropbox, linked in the OP. It is strongly recommended that you download them ahead of time instead of when trying to join the server. See the OP link for mod installation instructions in order to make them work with BeamMP or KissMP. Remember to download this and PRE QUALIFY BEFORE THE RACE by connecting to the server!
CAR RULES
Car Requirements
Year: Trim year 1985
LADDER FRAME ONLY
Total Estimated Cost: $21,000 or Less
Service cost: $2000 or less
Maximum Engineering Time: 75
RWD
Seats: Minimum 2 Full Seats
Minimum Quality: -4 on any part
NO “Reduces Production Efficiency” Flags EG, Space Frame, Aluminum Body, Luxury Interior
Minimum Safety: 35
Minimum Comfort: 30 (25 if MANUAL)
Minimum Market Score: 120 in Utility, or Offroad Utility, Gasmea Only
Minimum Gas Mileage: 15MPG, minus 1MPG for every 100KG above 1000KG, EG 1700KG = 8MPG minimum
Tires: Max Width: 165mm, plus 10mm for every 100KG above 1000KG, EG 1500KG = Max 215mm Tire Width
NO Wing Fixtures
Engine Requirements
Year: Variant 1985
Maximum Engineering TIme: 100
Max Displacement: 2cc/kg
NO Turbo
NO Race Parts
Fuel: Regular Unleaded
Minimum Quality: -4 on any part
Maximum Loudness: 50
Catalytic Converter Required
Maximum Stress: 5% in any category.
Tips
-Keeping control over the jumps is crucial! You will want a high ride height, relatively soft springs, and stiff dampers.
-There is very little traction on this course. I’m not sure if Hard Long Life or Chunky Offroad tires fare better, even after trying both. You may want to gear a little long.
-A manual locking diff gives a huge utility boost, and can help with traction a little.
-It is NOT RECOMMENDED to model the interior of cars for BeamNG racing as this tends to add weight in beam and makes the model more complicated.
-DO NOT FORGET TO PRE-QUALIFY!!! I will bring the server up all day thursday!
-Do not forget to post a picture of your car. You can post multiple if you want.
-We will be using BeamMP. You may need to set your user folder for BeamMP manually with the option in the launcher.
-Go to the original post and click the Discord link if you need help!
COUNTDOWN TO SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DON’T BE LATE
Schedule US-CST Time:
Submit cars: WEDNESDAY, 12:00
Race: FRIDAY, 13:00