Touring cars have always fascinated me since childhood (because the cars look like dad’s cars), and therefore, I am hosting a tournament based on the 1996 (first season) Swedish Touring Car Championship. 
To make it fair (i.e. prevent everyone from choosing the same compact car and thus killing all creativity), the rules are modified somewhat. I want the cars to be creative, and thus the rules are lenient:
Tournament has opened. Feel free to register a car. Registration will stop the 21. of Novermber or when we have reached 15 cars.
General rules:
- You can only use vanilla content (open beta is ok) or stuff that’s on Steam (using the now obsolete mod pack is not allowed)
- No cheating by messing with the .LUA values (this goes without saying)
- Tech year should be 1996; this goes for body, engine and running gear
- Cars have to look like 1996 middle-class cars. That means no early 1980’s FIATs, no 2010s style LED lights and so on. Cars that do not look like 1996 cars will be disqualified
- As this is my first tournament, results will be based on lap times
- If a rule is not written, it does not exist
- No restrictions on costs, as these can make the tournament very homogeneous. A mid-size sedan with full quality sliders is a little over 150,000 dollars, in other words: it’s a lot cheaper than a genuine STCC car
- No restrictions on mileage of fuel consumption
- Massive spoilers, front lips, engine scoops, vents and so on are not only allowed – they are encouraged
Engine rules:
- VVT and VVL is allowed (whether you choose this or 5 valves per cylinder is up to you)
- Minimum reliability of 45
- Max size is 2 liters
- NA engines only
- Has to be either 4 or 6 cylinders. Both I6 or V6 engines can be used
- No restrictions on horsepowers or anything else, but remember that low-end performance can be just as important as power. The 1996 Ford Mondeo STCC car had 30 more horsepowers than the Audi A4, while carrying less weight. It didn’t win nearly as much
- No muffler required
- Racing exhaust is allowed
Body rules:
- Minimum weight of 975 kg (this is again to prevent everyone from entering the same compact car)
- No restrictions on suspension or material
- AWD, RWD and FWD are all allowed. Choose wisely; FWD cars are lighter, but will be less sporty
- Four door sedans or five door estates/hatchbacks only
- Minimum length of 410 cm excluding spoilers
- The car has to look road legal (i.e. headlights, door handles, and so on)
Further rules:
- Minimum quality for interior is 0
- Sport interior only
- Driving assists are permitted, but remember that these add weight to the car
- Minimum safety is 65
If possible, there will also be a poll on who has the best looking car after the race.
Example car:
Accepted entries (more horsepowers does not necessarily equal better performance):
Note: no details about configurations will be published here
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Nickel 6 spec
2.0 I6 (326 hp)
981.5 kg
Top speed: 241 km/h
0-100: 3.4 sec -
Montes Concord
2.0 V6 (266 hp)
976.9 kg
Top speed: 255.8 km/h
0-100: 3.9 sec -
Microwave Define
2.0 I6 (327 hp)
985.8 kg
Top speed: 255.7 km/h
0-100: 3.7 sec -
Bombardier STCC spec
2.0 I6 (320 hp)
980.6 kg
Top speed: 241.4 km/h
0-100: 3.3 sec -
Garcia GTV6
2.0 V6 (317 hp)
Weight: 982.1 kg
Top Speed: 237.9 km/h
0-100: 3.3 sec -
UMGaming Anatation
2.0 V6 (328 hp)
Weight: 975.4 kg
Top Speed: 257.6 km/h
0-100: 4 sec -
KLinardo Touring Car
2.0 V6 (323 hp)
Weight: 976.9 kg
Top Speed: 224.7 km/h
0-100: 3.4 sec -
Vri 404
1.9 V6 223 hp
Weight: 975.6 kg
Top Speed: 221.6 km/h
0-100: 5.6 sec -
Mitsushita TCIGD
2.0 V6 328 hp
Weight: 977.9 kg
Top Speed: 281 km/h
0-100: 3.9 sec -
Basil RS6 Tuning
2.0 V6 328 hp
Weight: 975 kg
Top Speed: 254.5 km/h
0-100: 3.4 sec -
Torts Touring Car
2.0 I6 338 hp
Weight: 975.3 kg
Top Speed: 258.7 km/h
0-100: 4 sec -
Astonish SVO Boss
2.0 V6 323 hp
Weight: 982.4
Top Speed: 273.9 km/h
0-100: 4 sec -
Strop Hippogriff
2.0 V6 334 hp
Weight: 975 kg
Top Speed: 269.7 km/h
0-100: 3.3 sec -
MadamVastra Sven
2.0 V6 320 hp
Weight: 976.4 kg
Top Speed: 248,3 km/h
0-100: 3.9 sec -
BAM Bavaria STCC
2.0 I6 332 hp
Weight: 977.4 kg
Top Speed: 251.6 km/h
0-100: 4.4 sec
Entries are now closed for cars who have not been sent.
I feel that the engine constraints are strict enough. If I set a maximum cost of eg. 30,000 USD, everyone would make the same Peugeot 306-ish car, while the two poor souls making something else would lose the race – thus making this yet another compact car race. The only feasible alternative I could think of, is to limit the race to four door sedans and estates with a length of more than 435 cm.
