The Car Shopping Round (Round 64): Tears in Heaven

Well, the body you used is one of the most aerodynamically efficient in the game, so…

######Off-topic BTW - but I still got better results in terms of the track time with a beefed up Niddhogg :D. (despite about 500hp less) But that’s not so strange, as this body can’t achieve the same levels of downforce and grip as the Aero one.

believe me, it took a LOT of work to get 200hp per litre and not have it undrivable. and now it’s 45, so thats about as good as i can hope for lol

V8… MOHV… 455ci… Naturally Aspirated… rated at 620hp…

soon…

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Looking at what I see, I think my car has been blown away by every conceivable measure.

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With an F1-designed 3 Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 producing over 600 HP, specific output is an insane 200 HP/L. And with the engine redlining at a stratospheric 10,500 RPM, the sky truly is the limit for Kimura’s new halo car.

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Well yeah, the truth is that body, while surprisingly capable, is really capable because of big engine capacity and despite its dimensions. Even altering the bones to allow 395 rears, its maximum track potential is still somewhat less than the smaller bodies, that is, if the track is anything more than minimally technical and has tight bends.

It does have an abnormally strong downforce level for the body, though. I barely need one wing and one lip to have downforce.

Lots of amazing marketing work being done here :smiley:

HOW?!?!?!

@titleguy1 “Marketing has just hit DEFCON 2, I repeat, marketing just went to DEFCON 2”
Also that F1 livery is amazing.

@JohnWaldock Just want to echo @strop’s comments, the TwoFourtyFive really is a modern day XJ220. Cannot wait to see how that does in the final reviews.

@nialloftara How the heck did you get 78 comfort?! Are you using a luxury interior or something? Styling of the Buffalo is also properly good. Not sure it’s what I’d call GT car (or suped-up GT car) styling but it’s bedroom wallpaper material :thumbsup:

@BobLoblaw Join the club :blush:

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Look at all this cars , SWEET JESUS.

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I’ll go a different approach. mid engine. 4 cylinder turbo car, basically successor to the mr2
the only thing that separate us is the price tag. its 98000 $

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78 sport, only 70 comfort.
I wanted this version to have a automatic rather than a dual clutch, that version had a 76 comfort but the sport took too big a hit for this contest down to 68, I played around with smaller turbo engines and a larger 10 liter v8 with more power but I wanted a balanced car with all scores above 70, which is why I’m calling it a GT, it’s gearing, torque split, and suspension setups are more for ease of use than flat out performance. With a close ratio stick shift and a hotter cam setting I could have shaved several seconds off the lap time and pushed the sport score into the mid 80’s but it would not have been the kind of car I’d wanted to build for this. Honestly I started throwing money at it, it was only a $75k car before I added the carbon fiber panels and spruced up interior and a lot of quality sliders.

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@abg7 same question like strop probably but do you mind weird size tyres?

Having tires on either or both axles which are the wrong size for the car’s drivetrain layout and/or power output worries me. That’s what comes to mind first when I think of tires in weird sizes.

imgur is being slow today, I will try to get my presentation up after classes.

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standard tyres are 185, 195

I put some nice sized tires on the Taipan because I’ve got lots of power and it’s a bit heavy. Just made sense to do so.

Kimura has re-tuned the exhaust of our upcoming halo car to be more aurally stimulating and ever more ferocious. Please take a look again if you’d like to.

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A picture leaked of the Concorde. Better shredder!

Still in the process of re-tuning. Though, it’s pretty much done by now :wink:

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