OK, I’ll allow mods then, as long as I’m told which ones are used when the car is sent to me so I can get them, are you all satisfied with that?
I’m quite new to playing so I don’t know everything about the game yet. Thank you for telling me about V16 engines, didn’t know about them even though I guess they won’t be actual here.
Just easier to install all the mods.
Will help with advancing designs, too.
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I can’t say that I disagree with you there, though I wonder if there is any easy way to get “all the mods” then, without having to search through this place for ages to download them? Sorry for stupid questions, newbie compared to most of you.
Will flying laps be used?
By the way, you should be able to find all mods in the steam workshop.
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Thanks for the info.
Flying laps, I guess that means that you are passing the line with speed every lap and don’t have to lose time by starting from 0 on every lap, which would be more realistic. Is there any good and easy way to calculate times for that then?
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Der Bayer made this flying lap version of the ATT, he’s got your back!
Also, count on the Shitbox Brothers maybe making an appearance here 
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Thanks a lot.
I wonder about another thing too, does anyone mind if I enter this race with a team of my own? After all, there is no subjective thinking or opinons involved in this competition, it’s just a matter of having the sh*tbox that holds together the best and enough luck, and the rules does limit me as much as anyone else. But if anyone is against that I want to know…
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I’d personally be not against it. DeusExMackia entered the ATCC with Erin, VicVictory entered most of his roadtrip challenges with a team and I entered the ASCAR with Coleman-TacoKnight, so I don’t think anyone’s against it
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All the mods are available on Steam through the Workshop so just select all the mods that are for UE4 and you’re golden. 
I don’t mind. Some other hosts enter their own teams/cars but they disallow themselves from being able to win. That way no-one can complain about cheating!
But, I personally think you’d be crazy to cheat over a forum game and I’d be happy for you to enter a car that’s in the running to win!
Maybe start a thread survey to gauge everyone’s position then go from there?
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Nah, since the two of you have been OK with it this far, I guess it’s no big deal so I’ll enter. 
Also, changed the rules a bit since I realized there would be a lot of crashes and breakdowns otherwise, I lowered the risk a bit since I guess there will be excitement anyway…
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I like the sound of that but I do believe time penalties are to big. If I skid gives you 30 sec, loosing control 2 minutes etc. + refuelling 5, making fast car is actually not that important. I would suggest making these penalties smaller so there is a finer balance between fast driveable and frugal. Other thing maybe worth considering when someone else crashes into you, your penalty is 50% smaller…just so not everyone race is ruined if some people make rockets…
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OK, a backstory behind my team (everything is fictive of course, magazine too):
This challenge is arranged by the swedish car magazine “Trafikjournalen” so of course they need to participete themselves. This year they chose their writer Mats Hansen as the driver. 32 years old, and not born as a competitor, he was choosen as a way of teasing him since everyone knew he hated competitions. Also, they knew of his love for IP cars, so they knew that would be his choice for the race, having even more to make fun of him over if it would breakdown during the race.
Thinking he is tough when he is burning rubber with his hot rodded 1953 Lily, cruising down the boulevard in his 1984 Vagant Starglider coupé or his favourite hobby, going offroading in his 1986 Brigadeer Uti-Lite, the truth is that he is most often begging on his bare knees to borrow the wife’s 2000 Lifestyler AWD turbo since it’s the only car in the household that’s not constantly broken down or needing repairs. But driving anything else than an IP in his free time? Not a chance.
Needing two other drivers, he made a family affair out of this, the second driver being his 65 year old father Larry Hansen. Recently being retired, he now can spend his time in restoring the 1963 Royalist that has been on jackstands for at least 10 years. He’s not getting lame with age though, but likes active and spirited driving as much as ever, may it be when driving the daily 1989 Icarus or the 1997 Flaire that’s used as an enthusiast car in the summertime.
Last but not least he involved the wife, Jenny Hansen, 35 years old and as loyal to the IP brand as her husband (which she of course came in contact with on an IP internet forum in 2010), and father in law, she loves her 2000 Lifestyler AWD turbo, the engine is well suited to her leadfoot, there is lots of room in the back of the station wagon for her huge German Sheperd (which according to some people is the only living being she goes together with except for her husband, a bit mean but still there is some truth in it), and the AWD is practical for the bad roads often involved in her hobbies like fishing, hiking and mountain biking. Grumpy enough otherwise, she gets even worse if she is losing a competition. In her world, second place really is the first loser, and one could say that she was born with the instinct to win that her husband never got.
Making this a family affair involving a family being brainwashed by the golden shield, there was no doubt that when looking for a car to enter the race with, there was only one choice of brand. If choosing anything else, Mats knew that the colleagues would make even more fun of him for not trusting in an IP, than they would do if he managed to break an IP during the race.
An ad on the Swedish website “Blocket” caught his eye. Very close to his area, no pictures but with what seemed to be a decent price.
“1978 IP Pandora
Some rust but nothing structural, passed safety inspection, has been running well but now it won’t start, call for info.”
A phone call later when it was obvious that the seller didn’t have much of a clue about the car, he decided that it was worth looking at. Hooking up the trailer behind the Brigadeer, he was wondering if he could expect a 1700 or even a 2200, despite the rumour of not being a real sports car, it could probably be good enough to be quick around the track.
Arriving at the place he saw what he least expected. The rare 1300S model, the red-headed stepchild of the Pandora series. It wasn’t even “All show no go”, it wasn’t much of a show with its unpainted plastic bumpers, rusty 13 inch steel wheels, no front spoiler and no air ducts for the front brakes. Being finished in a sort of apricot toned white didn’t help much either. The hipster girl selling it had inherited it from her late grandmother but was now afraid that the repair bills would kill her. Thinking about it, the car being a 1300 probably wasn’t much of a pity, performance would probably be good enough anyway and it would not be as heavy over the front end as a 1700 or 2200, helping the cars handling on the track.
Making it race ready was not much of a deal either. After a change of the carburetor to another one lying on the shelf in the garage and a tune up where the plugs, cap, rotor and air filter was changed for the first time in probably 15 years, it went like a dream. The rare half-vinyl checkered brown interior was quickly sold to a Pandora enthusiast in the Swedish IP owners club and instead a single racing seat went in. Springs and shocks were replaced by IP Motorsport versions that was bought 10 years ago “just in case” and 15" Mk2 Flaire alloys with sticky low profile rubber replaced the stock 13" steelies.
Now it was probably ready for the hard weekend it was facing…
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Yeah, there probably will be room for adjustments still, but the main rules at least remains so I hope that a change of the time penalties and such during the week won’t upset anyone. However, this was more of a race where managing to keep a clunker running was more important than speed, cars like 1,2 litre Opel Kadetts and such were winning some years on reliability rather than performance. But I will take your opinions into consideration, I made a test run with just one car with typical configuration and with the rules from the beginning I realized that everyone would have smashed their cars to smithereens in only some hours, so I made them a bit less stringent, and may make them even less too, a lot can happen in 24 hours and it would be bad if nobody could finish…
But the rules for the cars still remains, at least, so just stick to them and don’t worry, is my words to the participants.
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Although unleaded fuel is mandatory, exactly which grades can we use for this endurance race?
You can get 98 octane at the pump in Sweden so don’t go over that.
Also, I made the time penalties somewhat less stringent now and made the crash damage penalty with somewhat better odds for the innocent driver now. I realized they were way too harsh.
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2008 Ferrain UtiPick in Hand of Factory Team
The Team :Ferrain PL Team (PL=Polish , Poland)
-It’s a new Factory (of brand Ferrain Created in 1998) team created in 1998 ,when was created a prototype of Hypercar with 13.1liter rotary engine with power almost 5,000Bhp.They don’t have experience in races but they can make almost good engines.
The DriverS:
Shin Ztami
-He is a founder of Ferrain.He loves driving cars.He raced in city and other etc.His style of race is almost that same as “Shinigami” from Initial D.He hates AWD but in this car have 4WD but he can use stock version with 4x4 (It’s almost faster that AWD)
Krzesimir Baran
-He is also a founder of Ferrain.He loves all muscle cars from america and he hates cars from Germany Cars (He likes only Opel).He hates AWD because he don’t like weak brakes and understeer.He’s also dirty racer but also Designer of All Cars from that brand.
Igor Onreadio
-He is the best friend of creators.He is only driving american cars or cars with fast acceleration.His cars are cars from Ford , Chevrolet and Dodge.He never raced in endurances.
The Car:
Ferrain UtiPick 3generation
-The legend of sports and offroad cars is here in 3rd Generation.It’s first generation with V8’s.
(That car only used Rotary (wankel) engines because brand is almost the best in making wankels)
It have 4liter V8’s engine with VVT , More than 400hp and Acceleration and Speed better than Lancer Evo 6 and BMW i8.Versions with the V8’s are more expensive than versions with rotary engines and have worse equipment than rotaries but is more popular in Poland.
The price of Non Race version is 15920$ and Of Race is 15911$.Choose what you want.
Prices are very low because the car is produced and designed and selled in that same country and place. (Poland) It used also off-road suspension to have the best traction also in grass or dirt.
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Story
When a man named Lucas Nilsson in Sweden heard about the 24 hour Clunker challenge, he decided that he wants to join the competition. But the thing is, he’s 16. He just got his driving license and he has no cars. But, he found a perfect car. A used 3rd generation TSR Kansai. It is the most underrated of all Kansai’s. So, he can get it for cheap. He found one online. So, he called the owner and decided to meet up at a parking lot. It was a TSR Kansai G (Base model, FWD, I4 engine, open diff, steel wheels). And luckily, it is in his favorite colour, Iced Stone. When these things are brand new, it was $15762 without mark-up.
Lucas: Hi. Nice to meet you.
Owner: Nice to meet you too.
Lucas: So this is a legit 3rd generation TSR Kansai.
Owner: Yeah. These things are rare because no want buys them.
Lucas: So, just rust on the bumpers and hood.
Owner: Yup. You can have it for $2000.
Lucas: I’ll have it.
hands over $2000
Owner: Thank you.
Lucas: You’re welcome.
Then, he brought it to his garage.
He starts by removing the hood, wheels and suspension.
Then, he starts replacing the bumper and replace them with a rust-free one. Unfortunately, the colour of his bumper and his hood is gloss black. Anyways, he bought some coilovers, new anti-roll bars and wheels from a Kansai RS of the same generation. He also bought a performance intake and removed the 2nd muffler (the Kansai has 2 mufflers) which gained him 10HP and 4 lb-ft of torque. He also painted his brake caliper red to look cool.
And here’s the finished product.
Maybe it’s too nice to race here but whatever. He wants to participate in this competition. That Iced Stone will have lots of scratches and hopefully, he will be able to come back home in one piece at least.
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Team Shitbox Brothers.
This car stinks!
The car: GTurd 2005
Beginning life as a worn out 2005 Caliban Thunder Infinity, the GTurd 2005 was bought by Alejandro for just 400€…disassembled of course. Put together hastily, a few parts had to be replaced as they were not functional at all, like the gearbox (350€ to get a 5 speed from a Merciel) and the panels, which had to be replaced by wood (25€). To top it all off, they spray painted a ‘shit smear’ livery on it to truly make it the GTurd 2005 (10€). Total investment: 785€. A car in the true LeMons spirit.
The Team:
Alejandro Gutierrez, 21: Will do part of the driving as well as the fixing if the car breaks down. Has assisted his twin sister, Ana, during the Go West Deathtrap Tour and One Last Hurrah tour, without too much success.
Ana Gutierrez, 21: The heavy hitter. She will do most of the driving and hopefully take the car to victory. She has raced along her twin brother, Alejandro, during the Go West Deathtrap Tour and One Last Hurrah tour, without too much success.
Team Shitbox Brothers wishes every team good luck and good racing.
(@Knugcab is it okay if my team has only two drivers and Ana does two stints?)
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The Team: 2 young schoolkids who just passed their test, Victor Ruggla and Eskil Lukeonen
The car: 1985 Birmingham 8000 “elegance”
a popular car from the USDM came into europe as a changed model, with smaller i4 and v6 engines as compared with the USDM 2.9l V6. It was a decent premium sedan, with a 115BHP Injected 2.4l i4, with the elegance and tourer trims gaining dual sunroofs and alloy wheels. This specific model was owned by Eskil’s grandparents before they decided to give up their licences. It was in a sorry state before it was transformed, with rusty steelies and a missing mirror, as well as clogged mufflers. The rear aftermarket lights didnt help with the car’s appearance.
The new owners set to work modifying the car, starting with wider sports tires and larger alloy wheels. The interior was stripped, leaving only 1 seat and the tacho dangling by a wire from the frame. a new wing and scooped hood from the junkyard were equipped as well. The car was complete, but another driver was still needed. Victor’s brother Timo is an experieced motocross racer and was happy to participate.
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Yes, It’s Anas headache I guess…
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