Further Evaluation
(OOC: In this round, I’ll look at the other six entries. Some will be binned, some will be brought forward… Let’s go!)
DHP Mephistopheles by @Danicoptero
After rejecting the TreadKillers entry, Gia opened the next one and… “Did they send me the correct render? THis looks like something a stupid kid would make in GTA, jeez…” The Mephistopheles is many things, but tasteful is, uh… Maybe not one of them… Neither is legal. When I was checking for legality, I missed that it costs 68700 (thanks to an engine swap, all 5 body change penalties and a double suspension swap.)
It’s a caricature of itself though. It’s too far. The rims were never going to work. 15 degrees of camber were guaranteed to get you in trouble, those wheels would be immediately damaged. The interior is only barely there and the 3-seat rear row doesn’t match the engineering, which shows 2 seats in that row.
[OOC: Rip, missed a bin. Needless to say, it does not make it any further and wouldn’t if it was legal. It’s a shame, there was some legitimately good engineering besides the camber.]
AMM Sarek by Mons Customs by @cake_ape
The next one gets opened up… “Was some factory having a sale on these panels or something?” The Sarek by Mons bears more than a passing similarity to the DHP, for sure. It certainly looks like they both share a common supplier, that much is clear on a simple glance… But Mons has done a decent amount more with those common parts, adding more ornamentation atop it. The proposal says that they mixed elements of Mad Max but, well… The brutal and imposing elements don’t quite land for Gia. It looks like a fancy, artistic 30s convertible but the apocalyptic elements are largely down to the side exhausts and the fine details that need to be studied. Gia has some potential issues with the design, but they’re not enough to sink it just yet. What it does have is an impeccable attention to the interior. It’s designed to coddle its occupants, with a massive portion of the budget used on its interior, plus soft, advanced suspension… It only just squeezes into the budget, but it’d be worth it. It makes it through to the next round, where it will be scrutinised further.
Sunset Garage Sarek “Sandblaster” by @HelloHi
A third entry that completely replaces everything in the car, not even recognisable as a Sarek. Gia looks it over, rather interested at the open top, exposed engine, the beautiful hand-made interior… The car doesn’t seem as cohesive as the other two, but it does look a lot more unique. The rear looks like a modern sports car, the front looks like… Hang on… Where are the indicators? Where are the headlights? Where’s the license plate? This is a car that can only be driven on private roads. Maybe some remote beach or similar would work for it but… It’s such a shame to be unable to drive this places.
[OOC: Oops. Missed another bin. Rip! It’s a real shame, the engineering is sweet here. Luxury HUD, Hand-Made Interior, all manner of goodies… Steel wheels, I guess for off-road?]
Zephorus Racing Design by @Riley
Of all the entries, this is certainly one of the most eyecatching… And one of the more legally questionable. Is the license plate visible enough to be legal? Are the lights and indicators legal, is it even legal so have the headlights and taillights behind the front wheels? The more she looks at it, however, the more concerned she is by the level of attention to detail - and the more she starts to think that it may well not be legal. The driveshaft goes through the bumper and the license plate. The front suspension is mounted to nothing. She would either have to step on the exhaust pipes or right in front of the exhaust outflow to get in and out. The front and rear have mismatched plates… And then there’s the engineering. It looks less comfortable than the Rhania and the LMJ, thanks to racecar suspension. That’s not good. Why is it so expensive? It just fails on plenty ot different levels, runs into too many issues. It will not continue forward.
(OOC - I’m not sure that +8 body quality was really good value for money here tbh… But really, your styling probably would have caused issues already. It’d be a maintenance nightmare, and I did mention that I didn’t want to see tons of Auto jank - which this has.)
Sparky T’s Customs Super Sarek by @Maverick74
“Fuck. Yeah.” Here it is. Bold, brash, colourful and expressive. It’s a fun, bright car that is guaranteed to get attention, what’s not to love? It’s impractical, but that’s the point. It absolutely looks like her Sarek, that’s for sure… But what about the engineering then? They’ve swapped in a bored-out version of the engine and stapped a monster turbo onto it. The car somewhat falls down in the interior department, with a last-gen entertainment system. It includes a roof, allegedly, but you apparently need to put it up yourself. In fact, there’s a decent amount of potential issues but Gia doesn’t noticed them. She has already put it in the shortlist of potential cars to buy because it’s cool. Having four seats is a nice touch too, it makes for a fun car to drive in along with plenty of friends.
LG Sarek “Lowroader” by @Ch_Flash
Last one in the list… And certainly not least. As the sun starts to go down and Gia nears the end of her ability to look through cars, she opens a car that just oozes effortless cool and charisma. Can a van be cool? Yes, and this is how… “Wait a minute, they got their numbers wrong. The renders show five seats, but they only budgeted for two! What the heck? And these massive speakers don’t have a properly sophisticated system behind them, hm…” Despite everything that seems wrong… Gia just can’t tear her eyes away from it. It joins the entries from Mons and Sparky T’s in the shortlist. It looks like it belongs in a classic west coast music video. Still A.M.M?
I have a lot more comments on the Lowroader, the Mons and the Super Sarek… But that’s what the next round is for. There’s, uh… Interesting stuff going on.
ok then
