AUTOMATION RESTOMOD CHAPTER 35: OCTANE & OVERDRIVE, SEASON TWO
FIRST ARM
ARM 35 (Needed for context in case you didn’t follow or enter that one)
LATEST ARM
WHAT IS ARM?
OCTANE AND OVERDRIVE, S2E01.
”Hello everyone, and welcome to the second season of the show Octane and Overdrive. I am your host miss Octane, and here we have our second host….”
”…Mister Overdrive, thanks!”
”And probably, some of you viewers thought that we went nuts last season when we did let Sparky T’s customs (OOC: @Maverick74 cameo) restomod, out of all vehicles, a Skoda Felicia pickup, to give away as the grand prize in that season’s big challenge…”
”Yes, but that is nothing compared to what we have now! May I present….the 1993 Lada Niva!”
”And if there ever was a Niva your mother warned you about, it is this one. 1993 model, when Lada quality control did hit rock bottom and the cars combined catalytic converters with carbed engines.”
”Yes. And what we are looking for is a restomodding company willing to change that. This means that we also will follow the work done on the car during the season, and have it as a grand prize in the challenge at the end of the season.”
”But euwh. When I think Lada Niva being modded, I think offroader on a budget, that has been done to death.”
”Yes. We’re not looking for camo wraps and cheap LED lightbars this time, thank you. That does not mean that the car has to be a lowrider, even if we’re absolutely fine with that. We want someone to go a bit bonkers, just like with the Skoda, and do something you usually don’t see being done to a Niva. Of course it could as well keep the ground clearance or even raise it, just as long as the idea is a bit different. We just don’t want an offroader in the traditional sense.”
”So this is a big shoutout to all the restomodding companies out there. Are you the one that can make our Niva into something over the top?”
”Coming up next, will TEMU car acessories transform your vehicle into a rocket ship…or a deathtrap? We’re taking a look at some of the most popular ones…
OOC SUMMARY:
Yes. We’re back at the Octane and overdrive TV show, and to not have to explain everything again, read ARM35 in case you didn’t remember it. We’re just doing the same thing once again.
But yes, the car is a Lada Niva, and I had to compromise a bit since I could not fit the Niva’s original 175/80R16 tires on this body. So, I have made a compromise, went down to 14 inch in size and used ATS to bump up the profile, and it now looks somewhat right, most stats feel OK except for maybe the offroad one. My guess is that most people will change the wheels anyway, and ATS will be allowed, so.
And as I said, this will be another open round. The only thing I beg you is to please not just throw a bull bar, lift kit, LED lightbar and camo wrap to it, because my idea with the round is, what could one make out of the cult classic Soviet offroader without actually going the offroad route? Then if the result is a street racer, minitruck, lowrider, ratlooker, heck maybe even some postapo build still going the offroad route, just not concentrating on it in the traditional way…
PRIORITIES:
CREATIVITY
Go as wild as you want with it. I kind of want to see a re-run of ARM 35 with ideas as wide spread as possible. That doesn’t necessarily mean that a build that are totally bonkers automatically will have an advantage over a “milder” one, a well working concept that is still standing out from the crowd in a good way is what we are looking for.
APPEAL
Make something that as many people as possible will have an interest in winning. Creativity is good, but if it is used to make something that is just laughable, it won’t take you far. So it may be a good idea to think things over. Will a shed on wheels or a My Little Pony themed car appeal to the general public?
COHESIVENESS
The stats and engineering should match the type of build you are doing, well, at least as good as it can be represented within the limits of the game. If you build an offroad themed build you better bump up the offroad stats, if it’s a racing inspired build you should maybe not keep the engine stock, and so on…
PRICE
No hard limit on price to allow for creativity, but having a high priority means that you should still watch your costs…if it is an expensive build it better has to be worth it!
RELIABILITY (trim and engine), DRIVEABILITY, FUEL ECONOMY, SERVICE COSTS
It will maybe matter a bit what kind of car it is how heavy this will be weighted, but winning a prize should be a reward, not a punishment that will ruin you or try to kill you, no matter what kind of build it is.
COMFORT, SAFETY
Once again it might matter what kind of build it is how heavy this will be weighted, but since the goal is to make a car that is actually useable and not expensive garden art, don’t sacrifice too much of it.
INTERIOR DESIGN
It will be judged separately from the exterior design, and not weighted as heavy. All improvements on it are welcome, but most important here will be cohesiveness. Setting the interior type to “luxury” while putting in racing seats and roll cage, or putting a racing inspired interior in a lowrider is not really good for getting bonus points, but you won’t lose any score no matter how “wrong” or “ugly” your interior will be, compared to an untouched original.
PLEASE REMEMBER - OTHER STATS WILL BE WEIGHTED IN, BUT DEPENDING HEAVILY ON THE TYPE OF BUILD YOU DECIDE TO MAKE!
RULES:
- Clone both the imported model and engine family before you start modding. Nowadays this can all be done with one button of the Car Designer tab in Automation - the one circled red in the photo below.
- Set all dates (model year, trim year, engine family/variant year) to 2020. It is highly recommended to exit the game and reopen it after cloning it and before updating the dates.
- No race parts (race intake, race tubular exhaust, racing tyres). Semi slicks allowed. V16s allowed.
- Default +5 TP everywhere, as the car was originally made with.
- A reasonable use of quality. I don’t want to see, for example, +15 on turbos and then -15 on safety. I am not sure that I want to set any hard limits here, but overly cheesy use of it WILL have its consequences in judging.
- The general rule of ARM is to not make a car worse. Now, a very marginal drop in one single stat if it really bumps up the others will not instabin the car, so this is a very soft rule indeed, but still, try to avoid it if you can. However, there will be a more stretchable limit than in an usual ARM.
- Unleaded premium or super fuel. Super will give a slight disadvantage. The exception is faux diesels, which we will come to later.
- The car should appear “street legal” and useable without too much struggle. Once again, I won’t be too harsh here, but at least it should appear driveable and have the required equipment like wipers, lights, mirrors etc. - even if I expect to see some wildcards that maybe would drive the police crazy IRL.
- The car should be able to pass WES9.
- ATS is allowed for more or less anything that can’t be done via engineering.
COST PENALTIES
- Chassis type can be changed for a $6000 cost penalty.
- Chassis material can be changed for a $2000 cost penalty (included within a chassis type change).
- Panel material can be changed for a $2000 cost penalty.
- Changing engine orientation will give a $4000 cost penalty.
- Changing suspension type will give a $1000 penalty per axle.
- A complete engine swap will give a $2000 penalty.
- Only a cylinder head change will give a $800 penalty. The exception is if valvetrain type and head material still is at SOHC 2V alu and the head is only changed from eco to standard or performance, which is only a $500 penalty.
- A swap of body type, or using morphs/3d/patchwork that radically alters the look of the car will give a $2000 penalty.
- Changing drive type will give a $4000 penalty.
- Changing type of gearbox to anything else than another manual will give a $500 penalty.
SUBMISSIONS START
4th of march, 6 PM CET. Until then, everything is preliminary during the rules delib.
SUBMISSIONS END
28th of march, 6 PM CET.
NAMING
Car model/trim: ARM42 - Username / The name of your car
Engine family/variant: ARM42 - Username / The name of your engine.
FILE:
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