I’m gonna try to scrounge something together for this.
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Oh i got a question about the quality control Limit ik were supposed to spend 10 points however would that also apply into spending point that go into the Negative quality?
Yes, negative points count towards the compute as well. You can leave unused points for reasons too.
I’m thinking a lifted version of M-Series (midsize) sedan by CMV. Stock 4.8L V8 but ITB’s, maybe direct injection, and add a 5-speed manual.
Will add a pic when I have my laptop back on Tuesday
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XD welp im gonna attempt to recreate the 1990s vandura from GMC with a 5L v8
Dispite the fact that the body for the bloody thing is in the 2000’s in game
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Team Valhalla
Three friends who… uh… like Mad Max a little bit too much.
One Limo with a Junkyard V6
And a High Chance of Death.
What could go wrong?
The Boys
#1
“The Immortal”
(Real Name; Nathan Denver)
The Most Diehard of the Team, The Immortal knows the ins and outs of their car, and what needs to be fixed when it all breaks.
#2
“The Challenger”
(Real Name; Joshua Matius)
The Most adept at driving, having won a few Karting races when he was younger, and raced a Trophy Truck a few times
#3
“The Buzzard”
(Real Name; Wilson North)
The Lookout and Toolmonkey, He’ll be there to watch where everyone else, and do the major legwork.
The Car
The Car that will be driven is a “restored” 1981 Frankhorn VanBuren XL, nicknamed either “The Coffin” or the “One Way Ticket to Valhalla”
Featuring a rather ineffective 3.5L V6 rescued out of a Normal VanBuren, and refreshed to be workable.
The First Musical Accompaniment for Team Valhalla
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Wow, a Mad Max limo. You might have a huge chance of fireballs with a chance of immolation, but that’ll be metal as frick.
And I’m really entertaining the idea of being in this. Let’s say I have a hypothetical Nash with hypothetical off-road capabilities (gasp shock!), armed with a hypothetical '90s engine. Would a hypothetical reliability rating of 70 be decent for this Death Race?
never hurts to ask, maybe all the hypothetical hypothesis can lend me an answer 
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I have a rather boring idea, i’ll be back in a bit
Nice imitation of a supercharger in automation there
Team Bozo-Cross
A heavily modified Euro '87 sport sedan? Check
3 Midwestern bozos with big aspirations of being pro rally drivers? Check
Professionalism? Erm, no.
Meet the Bozos
Dave “I’m not running from anything” Yale. The smartest of the group, he’s suspiciously good at avoiding getting caught and knows his ways around sketchy areas, probably from his southern Chicago background.
Nate “GO FASTER” Flanders. Not the smartest tool in the shed, or the town, or the county or the- anyways, Nate is good at one thing and one thing only: instinct. He’s able to bob and weave cars like nobody’s business. During crunch time, Nate is the one you want driving.
Adam “Guys I think we’re going too fast” Taylor. A damn good mechanic, he’s the one who modified the hell out of the car to get it ready. He knows how it runs, but he doesn’t really know how to drive it. He’s an inexperienced driver who’s more used to working on cars then driving them, oddly enough. If this car ever gets in a real pickle mechanically (which it may very well do), Adam will probably fix it.
The Steel Steed
A long time ago, back in 1987, this was just a regular road car. 30 years and 150k miles later, it’s now barely recognizable. With a complete suspension and drivetrain overhaul (Solid rear axle coil suspension replaces the rear wishbone suspension, now 4x4 drive), this Guirere TF3 is now ready for off-roading ahead. It may not be the most economical car at 15 mpg combined (The TF3 was NOT meant to be on suspension like this), but it sure is good at tearing up dirt roads in safety and ease.
All in all, the car now costs $13,431 (Material costs, $10,744 with the 20% '80s discount), leaving a good amount of surplus money for the crew.
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OLD BUT GOLD
Richard Smith:
Aged 56, he fills the role as the head of team „Old But Gold“, while also being the primary driver. As the CEO of a major steel company in the UK, he knows how to fix almost everything. Technically a millionaire and only here because he has taken some time off.
Susan Miller:
At 21 years old, she is much younger than Richard. Susan is Richards personal assistant. Richard convinced her to go on the trip for… “business reasons”, although she cannot stand the environment she will likely encounter on the way to the finish line.
The Car
A heavily modified 1981 Tobotar Outlander 4x4. Initially engineered in Japan, this example was sold in most RHD markets. Powered by the successor´s three litre V6 creating 136hp. This power is sent to all four wheels through modified permanent AWD system, based on the earlier 4x4 system of the pre-1981 models, and a four-speed computer-controlled automatic gearbox.
Locker differentials, suitable wheels and tyres and a protective skidplate provide more than enough offroad capabilities to make the trip.
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Team Juice House
Jim and Kyle are the owners of the “Juice House” a shop for Vapes and vape accessories. With the money they want to start their own juice brand and kickstart an underground vaping competition.
Jim “Juicy J”: He is the owner of the Juice house and will be also driving the car .
Kyle “Killa Kyle” : He is Jims right hand. In the shop and the garage.
The Car is a modified Neko SX-2. The B6 got drilled from 2L to 2.6L and got a new exhaust. Also the diff was changed to a lockable with lockable wheelhubs. Also of course new Bullbars and a roofbox to store things
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Just copying from the meatball thread since they are back directly after the meatball run…
Our favourites TEAM HILLBILLY ROLLERS
And the three team members are:
ANDREAS KERO
Age: 28
Interests: Drinking moonshine, motorsports
Personal vehicles: 1990 Ardent Sentinel wagon, 1967 Everette Ellston folkrace car
Personal motto: “Just floor it, you can always check what you managed to hit in the rear view mirror!”
The skilled driver of the bunch. At least according to himself. And that’s probably not a lie. Sometimes he actually has managed to complete a race at the folkrace track with his Everette Ellston without the whole car breaking apart.
JANNE MÄKITALO
Age: 40
Interests: Drinking moonshine, making inventions that is completely useless out of scrap he finds in his backyard.
Personal vehicles: 1960 IP Royalist hearse, 1982 Datsun Bluebird diesel, 1985 Deer and hunt Fallow, and too many tractors, dirtbikes, mopeds, snowmobiles, lawnmowers and forklifts to even count.
Personal motto: “If it can’t be fixed with duct tape, it’s broken for real”.
The skilled mechanic of the bunch. He can repair anything you put in his hands. Just don’t be so sure about when you will get it back.
MARIE PESULA
Age: 33
Interests: Drinking moonshine, drinking beer, drinking cheap wine, drinking aftershave, drinking washer fluid, drinking lots of other suspect stuff, tattoos, obscure erotic roleplays.
Personal vehicles: 1962 Dodge Dart, incredibly rusty 1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel
Personal motto: “Look at my boobs or I’ll kill you!”
The one with the eye for aesthetics. She can make anything look better with a brush in her hand. At least until she tries to eat the paint. And don’t disagree on that point, she will get a little bit…violent, then.
And since they didn’t learn anything last time, they let Janne choose their weapon of choice once again, so now he is heading home with a terrible 1996 IP REXETTA V6 SPORT.
The IP Rexetta was introduced for the 1994 model year to complement the larger Terrex and Brigadeer series of SUVs. Based on a shortened Terrex chassis, with the rear leaf springs replaced with coils, it still was aimed at a growing market that was longing for nimbler, more passenger car like SUVs.
This is a 1996 model, the short 2 door version called the “Sport”. Originally equipped with the 2.4 litre V6, when it threw a rod it was replaced with a 2.7 litre from a Kingston Vagant. Manual transmission and painted in the amazingly ugly shade called “rose dream”. Cool outside the disco 22 years ago, but how will it cope with the jungle today? Of course, it will need some adjustments before…
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Not sure about who I’ll be sending to their doom/triumphant victory yet, but I know the car.
A 1989 Rockway Crusader Chromium V8 4WD, as stock as possible except for some All-Terrain tyres, a few hundred pounds of useful stuff in the bed and some ratchet straps to secure the couple hundred pounds of useful stuff in the bed. Freshly bought off Bolivian Craigslist, where it was advertised as a green 3.3 Turbo Diesel, instead of the blue 330 V8 it turned out to be. Tough as nails leaf spring axles front and rear, locking diffs, low range, terrible fuel economy and 1990s Minitruck style.
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Team Run N Gun
Name: Sam Smith
Age: 61
Background: Formerly a director of budget “B” grade movies, Sam has been on the run since 1999 when the FSB put a kill order out on Sam and his brother, Ben. After a decade or so of constant moving, doing deals were and when they could for cash, Sam finds himself settling down in Guayaramerin, Bolivia as an airfield security guard and low level gun smuggler.
Why is he in the GAR?: The FSB has tracked Sam down again and has already sent agents out to kill him. Sam needs to use the race as a smokescreen so that he and his brother can disappear again, this time in the USA, via a DEA contact at the Panamerica Hotel in Arica. The 3 million dollars will make this vanishing act much more permanent…
Sam’s escape vehicle of choice? A low Km MY2000 Proletariat Alpaca!
Name: Ben Smith
Age: 53
Background: Ben has been the hardest hit of the duo. He lost his wife, house and kids when they fled Australia in '99 and he’s been spending the rest of the time honing his firearms skills as Ben and Sam went from short term mercenary gig to security gig and back again… Ben has calmed down somewhat now that they’ve settled in Bolivia but the FSB threat has re-ignited the fear, anger and pain of his lost past.
Why is he in the GAR?: Ben is loyal and will always stick by his brother, no matter what, even if it kills him. The DEA deal is the only escape either of them has from the FSB so Ben will back Sam’s play to the hilt. Half of 3 million dollars would also make for a nice nest egg!
Proletariat Motors is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bogliq USA and builds cars in local 3rd world countries for 3rd world markets needs and desires.
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Oh, man… this might require re-creating my Not-911 off-roader and seeing if anyone walks away with all (or most) of their limbs…
Edit: Dammit, my old backup .car file is too old to import, and I can’t properly recreate the car with the not-911 body. Time to think outside the box and start from scratch…
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THE BEASTLY CMV
The car: Modified 1982 CMV M48
Base Car:
Double Wishbone suspension all around
Aluminum Panels
Corrosion Resistant Steel Monocoque chassis
4.8L 90* SOHC 32v V8
Original car can be found in my CMV thread
MODIFICATIONS:
Visual
Aftermarket plastic bumpers/front fascia
Bull bar
Carbon fiber mirrors
Carbon fiber hood
Aftermarket door handles
13 inch steel wheels
Painted brake calipers
8 Hood-exit exhaust pipes
Drivetrain
Lightweight forged pistons
Billet steel crankshaft
VVT
Performance intake
Race headers
Removed mufflers/catalytic converter
RWD to 4x4
4-speed auto to 5-speed manual
Open diff to manual locking diff
Suspension/Wheels
275 width/650 height mm tires
2/1 piston 250mm f/r brakes
16.9in ride height
Other
Basic Interior/no entertainment
Offroad skidtray
Results:
347 → 398 HP
287 → 315 lb-ft of torque
14.4 → 55.5 offroad score
9.7 → 14.0 MPG
3002 → 2986 lbs.
THE TEAM
Ricky: 34, mechanic, redneck
Bobby: 31, construction worker, also redneck
They’ve been best friends since childhood, and have been working on cars since they were 16
They’re at Ricky’s house enjoy a home-made microwaved fried chicken meal in front of a cheap 90’s TV showing the highlights of a NASCAR race
Ricky: *Cracking open a Budweiser “Hey, did ya’ hear 'bout that illegal race down in South Amurica?”
Bobby: “What race?”
Ricky: “Rumor has it some idiots are planning on doing a crazy offroad race down in Chili’s an’ the winner gets 3 million dallahs!”
Bobby: “You’re shitting me, right?”
Ricky: “Nah, but the catch is the car gotta be older than 2000 and less than 18 grand.”
Bobby: “18 grand? You could get an old F150 for 2!”
Ricky: “This isn’t somethin’ ol’ Betsy could handle. We’ve gotta make somethin’ faster.”
Bobby: “We’ve? 2 seconds ago you said some idiots are doin’ it!”
Ricky: “Well we’re idiots!”
Bobby: “Oh yeah… I’ll see what ol’ man Johnny got down at the junkyard, we can fix that up. Maybe an F150!”
Ricky: “Heh, sure.”
2 days later…
Bobby’s pulling up to Ricky’s house in an old M48 with a squeaky timing belt and thumping sound almost that’s as obnoxious.
Ricky: “What the hell is that? I thought you were lookin’ for a pickup, but you bring me this German piece of shit?”
Bobby: “Hey, it’s got a big V8 and slush-o-matic tranny, so don’t be so sure it’s not completely Amurican. And it would be pretty comfy if it weren’t for that rear left, Jesus Christ!”
Ricky: “And that timing belt squeals like a pig!”
Bobby:“Well, I can fix all of that, and a lot more.”
Ricky: “Whaddaya mean?”
Bobby: “I mean what if we have 400 hundred horses 4 wheel drive and a stick-shift?”
Ricky: “Sounds like a done deal.”
Bobby: “Now all we need is hundreds of hours of manual labor!”
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Team GGEz
Driver: Miles Ezzell
Age: 27
Bio: Mechanic and a thrillseeker that’s always looking for a quick get rich scheme. Miles is one of those people you could call a tryhard, and is easy to become hotheaded if Julie isn’t there to keep him under control. He had a pretty damn good streak going for him in his street racing days, though it was for chump change. These days he keeps his driving to more legal routes for the most part, though some poor monetary decisions keeps him from racing too much. Lead driver because he’s the best of the three at it.
Co-driver/ co-navigator: Julie Gallo
Age: 26
Bio: Nurse by day and by her own words “too easily pressured into doing stupid shit”. Julie is typically under control and thinks logically, but too often gets roped into doing dumb things by her brother and fiancee and therefore has to find a way out. She’s definitely the smartest of the three, and can do effectively everything the boys can… aside from the big heavy lifting.
Mechanic/ navigator: Samuel Gallo
Age: 30
Bio: Skilled mechanic and “captain” of the group. Sam, while he lacks the brains of his sister, has good instinct with a cunning mind that often makes odd plans and decisions that work out well. And when those plans don’t work out, well, his little sister is there to bail them out. While he has perfectly capable driving skills, he had decided to take a more support role in being the main mechanic (he choose the vehicle and done the modifications afterall) and navigator.
Car:
1989 Ars Marax Turbo Adventure
Essentially a hopped up, beefed up station wagon that was given trickle down tech from group b and dakar ventures. The Marax Turbo featured a 3.0L Inline-6 turbo engine paired to a four-speed slushbox (or a 5 speed manual, which this one does not have). The Adventure trim added in plenty of offroad capability, with the relatively new at the time AWD system and manually lockable differentials. Its ride height was also raised, giving it plenty of ground clearance.
This particular example had been thoroughly serviced for the Great Automation run, with some modifications made. The biggest of which stripping its interior bare of anything but its essentials, suspension tuning for a bit more offroad capability, a few extra lights up front for those dark nights and an extra vent added on the hood to let the engine breathe a bit more.
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ABOPCO Racing
Let’s say that, hypothetically, for some undisclosed situation you found yourself down in Bolivia for some “business”. Now let’s also say that, again, hypothetically, you found yourself in a ragged cantina while doing some “business” in Bolivia. Let’s also say for the sake of conversation, again, hypothetically, that while pouring yourself over your sixth shot of whiskey at this ragged old cantina you may have overhead from the gentlemen sitting across the room of an illegal offroading race with a $3,000,000 pot to the winner. Just to be wild let’s say that after overhearing of said race in said decrepit old cantina in the middle of nowhere while doing this very important business in Bolivia that you then stumbled across the oddly spinning room, which should be mentioned did not seem to be spinning when you entered, to this mans table and somehow slurred together a coherent enough sentence, in the correct language which you felt as it’s own small victory, to ask for details about this illicit race. Now just to be really wild, what if we said that after this beautiful Bolivian man told you about this race you said something rude about his wife and his mother both having slept with you and you’ve only recently woken up from a blackout next to a water trough on a strange farm of some description with a broken nose, bruised stomach, and a strange hankering for tacos. Ok, maybe that one’s not really related but you do really want some tacos. And a bottle of tequila. Well let’s say that after somehow remembering about the race from the night before that you also remember that you happen to have a friend with an old early 2000’s Dakar factory rally car and couple other guys that might want to come along.
Well, if you said all that you might find yourself in a very similar situation to Marcus Reynold. With one small difference. The car is a piece of shit.
Alright, maybe it’s not a total piece of shit, but it’s certainly not meeting your expectations. What is actually sitting in front of you is the 2000 HPC Rallye STV, the same one used as the factory support vehicle for the third team of the HPC Dakar rally outfit. Luckily it’s still just as capable as it was when it ran the race originally, and it’s still fully outfitted with the original equipment. Such important things as a steering wheel, and seats. Not to mention the full rally spec roll cage, rally computer, radio and intercom communications, GPS, hood mounted air intake, filtered roof scoop, rally auxiliary lights, and completely outfitted with spares.
Unfortunately this friend simply kept it as a collection piece and never kept it properly maintained for service, so it needs some work. So in an effort to win, Marcus allegedly formed his own racing outfit; ABOPCO Racing, or as it is known among the team members, A Bit Of Poo’s Come Out Racing. It consists of a nondescript team of four yet to be determined, because it’s late and I need sleep. Did I just break the fourth wall? I think I did just break the fourth wall. Stay tuned for more, and be on the lookout for ABOPCO Racing: Part 2: The Quest For More Money!
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TSS - Team Super Special
The Bois:
Erkki Eräjorma - The head of the team as he has the most experience with cars and team work although he has lived the past 10 years alone in a cabin as far away from civilization he could, . He has also spent the past 10 years fabricating a rollcage for the teams Nada Liva (It took him so long because he didn’t have a welder and he had to melt the metal tubing using a campfire)
Jukka-Pekka Yli-Kojola - The Nada expert. In theory he could repair any imaginable damage on car as long as the car is a Nada.
Eeli Keskimaasto - The psychopath. Even though he has some serious mental issues he can still sometimes help Jukka-Pekka, but due to him crashing his vintage motorcycle and breaking his leg he is pretty useless.
He also carries a Russian rifle that he has collected the parts from thrift shops (He doesn’t have any ammo for it though)
Teresa Garazov - The artist of the team. She could have been a very successful artist, but she is too lazy to actually make the art she just imagines it. She isn’t really useful for the team, but eh
The Not-Boi:
1990 Nada Liva
The Nada is a pretty solid vehicle, although its a bit thirsty.
Of course the Nada wasn’t left stock and it was fitted with a outer rollcage and some other offroad stuff:
(O’boy I spent a lot of time making this)
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