Designed in a similar idea to the Photo Showcase and Beamng Exporter threads, this is a place to showcase or link to your Lore race cars from any era. There are a few rules, however, to kerb the spam of the thread by the same person over and over again.
Rules
No More than ONE Car per post (Evolutions and Updates of the same chassis/model are accepted)
No more then ONE post every 24 HOURS
Cars may be from any form of Motorsport, and from any era. However, Lore about the cars is encouraged to make people interested in your cars, don’t just drop the name and a few pictures, Tell us about it, what’s underneath, where it raced, and even who raced it!.
Developed in 1982, the Atlas Racing Team #002 LM056 was entered into the 24 hours of Le mans. The LM056 was the successor to the LM038 and saw 2 wins in its season. The 3.0L Flat 12 was replaced by a 3.2L twin turbocharged Flat 8 for the 1982 season.The signature magnesium wheels were carried over, because they worked so well and were still extremely light, so it was easier to keep them instead of investing additional budget on developing new rims. The new Aluminum monocoque and Fiber glass tub were extremely light, bringing the weight to 1850lbs, which was 47 pounds lighter than the preceding LM038.
the engine, the LM32 DE TT motor was an entirely new development using the underpinnings of the LM30 DE Flat 12 that preceded it. Using a new Aluminum casting technique, a lighter block and heads were made. The Turbochargers were made out of a combination of alumium and light weight steel(mostly used on the surface, with the core being made from aluminum). They made 15 psi of boost, which helped the engine to produce 610 horsepower and 436 lb-ft of torque.
The LM056’s career had 2 1st place wins, 3rd, 7th, and 9th place finishes in various races. Th LM056 was eventually replaced with the LM064 for the 1984 season.
(Note: stats won’t match in automation in regards to weight and 0-60 because it doesn’t allow for racing modifications in terms of race tires, straight cut gearing, and weight saving techniques(and its odd weight values)).
The Hades Automobile company, known for their use of V16 power plants had an idea. Their Engine development, whilst working on the Lethe Hypercar, began drafting up engine plans for something strange. This strange idea was a 3.5L Twin Turbocharged V16 designed for use in Formula One. The designs for this engine first surfaced in 1980 and were taken to the Governing Body for Formula One at the time. The Governing body declined the engine for classification, stating the engine capacity, cylinder count, and more as unsafe for the sport. The company, disappointed at the governing body, began looking toward other racing series to make use of the Strange engine they had created.
Eventually, in 1986, the team found their target. Group C.
They began their preparation by loosely basing their looks upon the other cars racing at the time. After this, they moved to designing it to their own desires, and eventually, in 1988, the first test car began work. The engine, despite it’s lack of displacement compared to the competition was able to crank out over 500hp.
The Rear view of the GC3500, showing the rear venting and exposed engine
1989 saw the GC3500, nicknamed “Cerberus”, line-up for the 1989 AMWEC Season. It was a solid mid-field car in it’s class, unable to compete with the Conte’s, Erins, and the like, but still able to beat the under-performing Sakuras. Two GC3500s were made, Chassis 001 and 002 a piece. Both were made in 1989, with Chassis 001 running the entire 1989 Season, and 002 only running at Le Mans and Spa that year.
Chassis 001 was retired after the 1989 Season, and 002 would race in the 1990 LeMans event, but it’s run was ended prematurely after it’s almost deadly crash in Hour 13. The crash involved speeds of above 300km/h, seriously injuring the driver, Jean Allard, and almost entirely destroying the car. This ended Hades’ forays into motorsport since.
The Carbon Fibre Chassis and V16 Engine of the GC3500
Only one GC3500 remains in existence of the two made. It resides in the Hades Automotive Collection, having been cleaned up and restored after the completion of the 1989 season. That is the car photographed here.
If it was le mans it probably would’ve been okay. Though to be fair a 3.5L V16 would’ve been a engineering and maintenance nightmare, probably would’ve been a publicity stunt at best.
I’d honestly do a race if there were enough people and cars.
maybe we could also create a fictional automation racing series, some sets a year and the regs and people create the cars and enter. race results can be made apart of the company histories.
It does take a long time and a lot of work to organize. My competitions generally take 2 to 3 months and take up about - I’m sadly enough not kidding here - a good 100-150 hours of free time.
Thats quite significant, but if your trying to network with a dozen or so people(guessing for a race like this), setting a time and regs can definitely chew up a lot of time.
thanks for showing me, I’ll have to check it out. Is there any youtube videos of the races that have been played?
Well, it’s simulated competition, based on Automation data and sometimes BeamNG drive times. BeamNG multiplayer ones would be nice. But I don’t think that is a real possibility now.
