AGC37 - WR Spirit [SUBMISSIONS OPEN]

[VaporRossa]

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@VaporRossa
@Fantic2000

Brief

WR Spirit is an upcoming online arcade racing game currently in development by VF Entertainments. The game’s primary selling point is its unique legal street racing theme set in the near future. It features an online career mode where players manage their own racing team and serve as the sole driver.

We are currently seeking a variety of cars to fill out the game’s roster, as well as a Hero Car to be prominently featured on the cover art. Please refer to the criteria below for more information.

Career Mode Story

In the role of an aspiring racer and team manager, you embark on a journey to compete in the WSR, a prestigious motorsport championship held on closed public roads across Japan. With self-driving vehicles dominating the roads, this league stands as one of the few remaining bastions of human skill and passion for racing. To succeed in this competition, you must carefully select a car that suits your driving style. Once chosen, you will be committed to competing with the same car throughout the year’s championship, which encompasses seven unique courses.

Rules

• Trim/Variant Year : 2020
• Model/Variant Year : 2000 or newer
• Car Model & Engine Family Name: AGC37 - [Your Forum Username]
• Car Trim & Engine Variant Name: Free
• Body Style: Anything is allowed as long as it is not a meme entry.
• Wheelbase: Atleast 2.2 m, no more than 2.8 m

• Car Livery: Must display 2 digits racing number on both front doors clearly in white or black. Sponsor decals are allowed, but keep it subtle.
• Aero Fixtures: All aero fixtures must be visible on the exterior and not stacked.
• Exterior: Must feature light indicators, side mirrors, and a license plate.
  Note: Interior won’t be judged, you may use placeholder interior.
• Fuel Type: Unleaded 95 RON.
• Engine Emissions: WES 11.
• Max Loudness: 60
• Tyre Type: Sports Radial ending in 5.
• Tyre Quality: 0
• Downforce: Less than 75 kg @ 200 km/h (combined front and rear).
• Seats: Minimum 2 full front seats.
• Suspension: Toe value is limited between -0.5 to 0.5 on both axles.

• Max Budget: $65,000
• Total TP Budget: $75 Million
• All Minimum Quality: 0

Balance Of Performance

In the game you will have the choice to drive anything from sportscars to supercars. To make sure the performance is balanced, we have introduced the following regulations:

Tyre to Weight ratio

• Under 950 kg: 225 mm or less
• 950-1200 kg: 235 mm or less
• 1200-1450 kg: 245 mm or less
• 1450-1600 kg: 255 mm or less
• Over 1600 kg: 265 mm or less

Power to Weight ratio

The required power to weight ratio falls within 0.203-0.207 kW/kg.

Target Laptime

We want to ensure fair competition in WR Spirit, so your car must achieve a lap time as close to 7 minutes 45 seconds as possible. This means a lap time closer to this target will be rewarded with higher points.
(Example: a 7:40 laptime will have less points than a 7:46 laptime, as the latter is closer to the target.)

Track

One of the tracks players will be able to drive on is Odakuru Ridge. This track combines both speed and agility. We will provide you with the track.
(We will provide you with the Nordschleife, because thats the closest to the track.)

amogus.zip (3.4 MB)
Use the non-BG Norschleife file and put the folder in

C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\AutomationGame\Saved\UserData\Tracks

Priorities

Aesthetic

Your car should be a production car from bygone era of 2000's-2020's. ANYTHING GOES! From entry level hot hatches to advanced supercars. *Note: An entry level car should have "aftermarket modifications" applied to match its peers.

Drivability

A car that can become one with its driver will allow the driver to push themselves to their best performance.

Sportiness

Every car that's designed to perform usually comes with a high degree of sportiness.

Reliability

"To finish first, you must first finish." a quote that can be applied to every form of sport.

Safety

Cars with higher in-game safety ratings will experience reduced damage from collisions, extending their lifespan throughout the championship.

Fuel Economy

The better your car's fuel efficiency, the more strategic you can be about reducing fuel load at the start of each race to minimize weight.

Service Costs

This will allow more budget headroom for the racing team with lower car maintenance costs.

Submissions

• Model and Family names: AGC37 - [Your Forum Username]
• Trim and Variant Names: Free
• Submissions open on 4 November, 2024
• Submissions close on 2024-12-01T22:59:00Z (GMT)
• A forum post ad on this thread is required, showing at least one picture of your entry.
• All submissions must be sent in via DM to @VaporRossa .
• No re-submissions!

Changelog

• TP Budget changed from separated to combined $75 Million.
• BoP Clarification

• We’re proud to host our first challenge! We hope you have as much fun creating as we do hosting! :]

Inspirations

[Kitami]

Let me guess, the inspiration comes from MF Ghost.

[donutsnail]

So to confirm, are we aiming for a 7:45 at the Nurburgring, or are we aiming for a 7:45 at Odakuru Ridge but we are only allowed to test at the Nurburgring?

[abg7]

@VaporRossa

Engine Emissions: WES 11.

It is possible to reach this target with a naturally aspirated engine, but getting there with an OHV engine (which some of the inspirations have) will be a challenge.

[the-chowi]

@VaporRossa

not stacked.

a similar question was asked for the Cestalis challenge, but just to be clear for your particular judging criteria:

would this be considered stacking? where they are technically stacked on top of each other but evidently different fixtures.

@VaporRossa

Downforce: Less than 75 kg @ 200 km/h (combined front and rear)

Also, it´s pretty much impossible to get the mouse exactly at 200 in the graph, but the values in the performance page seem to be around there, do we use those?

[VaporRossa]

7:45 on Nurburgring, since it’s the closest course we have available to Odakuru Ridge.

[VaporRossa]

The inspirations are meant for exterior aesthetic we’re aiming for. We think it’d be more lore accurate to have tighter emission standard in a near-future setting, even though it’s a videogame.

[VaporRossa]

Stacked in our context means the fixtures are inside each other. If the fixtures are on top of each other like in the example, it’s allowed.

For downforce, refer to the values in the performance page, as it’s measuring at 200 km/h.

[vero94773]

can we just have 75m total techpool instead of having it split across both parts? because i won’t spend all 30m on the engine and i feel as if what isn’t spent there would be better spent on car techpool because that has a larger impact, and 45m is pretty low for that imo

also had a tire question- do the tire size rules apply to the front and rear together, or does it just apply to the largest tire on the car?

[VaporRossa]

Tyre rules apply to both front and rear. Though, the tyres can be different sizes.

[FATE]

Just want to make sure on something here. Does no re submissions mean you can only submit a single car? Or does it mean you cant submit the same car multiple times?

[VaporRossa]

As in no resubmission, and one submission per one user like most challenges

[azkaalfafa]

A question, would a power/weight ratio under 0.203 or above 0.207 affect scores or is that range just a recommendation?

[thatoneparrot]

You mentioned that a placeholder interior is okay. Is it fine if I don’t put one in, since neither my brain nor my computer can handle placing 3D objects too well. Or will I have to somehow slap one in there?

[LennoxV10]

@VaporRossa

Aero Fixtures: All aero fixtures must be visible on the exterior and not stacked.

I understand, but I want to put one active spoiler on front bumper. This technology exist but that usually hide inside front bumper. Is that fine to put inside bumper or put spoiler upside and looking as lip. I not want to get banned for this.

[LennoxV10]

@VaporRossa

We want to ensure fair competition in WR Spirit, so your car must achieve a lap time as close to 7 minutes 45 seconds as possible. This means a lap time closer to this target will be rewarded with higher points.

So, faster than 7 min 45 second in Nordschleife is not allow?

[VaporRossa]

That’s okay as well! As interior won’t be taken into point scoring

[VaporRossa]

AGC37 - WR Spirit [RULE DELIBERATION]

I understand, but I want to put one active spoiler on front bumper. This technology exist but that usually hide inside front bumper. Is that fine to put inside bumper or put spoiler upside and looking as lip. I not want to get banned for this.

This is also allowed, as long as the aero fixture isn’t hidden from the body surface (You wouldn’t find a spoiler in the engine bay, be sensible lol)

AGC37 - WR Spirit [RULE DELIBERATION]

So, faster than 7 min 45 second in Nordschleife is not allow?

It’s allowed, but you’ll be deducted points the further the time is from 7 mins 45 seconds. I’ll write clarification in the Balance of Performance.

[VaporRossa]

AGC37 - WR Spirit [RULE DELIBERATION]

A question, would a power/weight ratio under 0.203 or above 0.207 affect scores or is that range just a recommendation?

It is the requirement. Any entry out of this range will be binned

[thatoneparrot]

I’m debating between creating a race minivan, a muscle car or a knockoff Miata now haha.