Group GTA, technically known as the Cup Grand Turismo Automation, is a racing series created in 2022, to allow players to show off their abilities and their cars, and to compete for a spot on the podium.
I invite you all to submit your cars on this thread, for there will be a poll on (tbd when) to vote on the best cars in multliple categories:
Best looking car
Best performing car (time on the Automation test track)
Best power/weight ratio
Best major stats
Most reliable car
Be sure to comment some other categories if you have suggestions !
As for any racing group, there are rules and guidelines that need to be followed in order to be able to submit your car:
Must be powered by a turbo engine, limited to 4L.
Turbo boost limited to 1.3bar
Fuel should be 130RON Ethanol
Weight should be between 1000-1300kg
Top speed needs to be limited to 350km/h
Tyres should be semi-slicks
Transmission has to be RWD
Car should have ESC+TC driver assists
Car needs to have a center rain light, headlights / taillights / brakelights / reversing lights
Car needs front/rear tow hooks
Car needs side mirrors
Car sould cost 100.000$ or less in material costs
Some things to consider, if possible
use center lock wheels
use (at least) 1 air-jack connector
install a rollcage
There are no limits to suspension/materials used on car
Try and use a somewhat recent body
No need for mufflers, only a catalytic converter
any engine type is allowed
Please submit your cars as follows:
3-8 photos of the car
Spec list (copy paste it)
your car file to verify your specs
CopyPaste spec list
Specs: Suspension: (ex: Double wishbone F/R) Chassis: (ex: Carbon monocoque w/ partial carbon body) Engine: (ex: 3L TTV6 > XXXhp) Transmission: (ex: 7 speed dual clutch) Brakes: (ex: 5F/3R 360/290mm carbon ceramic) 0-100: 1/4 mile: Weight: Time on the Automation test track: Sportiness stat: Driveability stat: Material cost: Reliability:
I would assume you’d want to have the cars submitted to you as well, to stop people from just saying that they have certain numbers? Since I don’t see a naming convention or the like.
Looking at the GT3’s rules, some manufacturers do go for low weight low power / high weight high power, so idrk what to put in the rules to prevent overpowered cars
My bad, every engine is permitted apart from inlines.
If you wanna keep the power/weight competition the simplest way would be to set displacement limits for N/A and turbo (maybe a boost limit.for the latter too).
edit: actually, just limited the engines to Turbo ones
edit2: the reason as to why inlines are banned is just that I don’t really feel like grand tourers would have inlines, looking at the GT3 category f.e.
In real life, there are a surprising number of naturally-aspirated GT3 cars that are still in service, such as the Mercedes-AMG GT3 (which inherited the M159 engine from the SLS that it replaced). To that end, you could allow the use of naturally aspirated engines with a maximum size of around 6.0L.
1.7 bar is a lot so maybe limit boost more or set ET limits for turbo engines. If these are somewhat inspired by GT3, those cars anyway have only around 500-600 hp which is not that much even for NA.
I would love to participate in this, do we have a concise set of rules? I’d love to build an I4 or I6 for this challenge but dont want to get into it if that’s not going to be allowed
thanks
