But the budget was increased, not decreased (it used to be 40,000$)
Ok, quick question. Is there a turbo size limiter or something in automation, cause I’m stuck with teeny units that I can’t get to go any bigger. Which is strange, cause I clearly remember boosting a 2 liter i4 well into 700+hp regions, and can’t do anything on a 1.6 v8
Yeah, I think there’s one based on bore/stroke size (hence two engines of identical displacement, yet differing cylinder counts, can’t match one another when turbo’d).
I figure that’s my good deed for the day to offset the awful that’s currently being built.
This is a very cool challenge, I must say. It’s either “get out of your comfy 10+ l/100km zone” or “well, 450+hp is enough, isn’t it?”. Got carried away, got just about 600hp and then noticed the 35l/100km consumption 
Got my C50 NA submission in.
Not much of a contender but at least I’m racing. Wroom wroom!
As I wrote, calculate ~1 second extra lap time per pit stop. N/As will usually finish with 1-2 stops, Turbo 3-5 stops.
0 stops may also be possible, but it would mean <10L/100km fuel consumptuion and >1000kg car weight. Watch the lap times, such a car will most likely be crap 
I only say so much. Even the most insane fuel guzzler does not lose more than 2 to 4 seconds per lap. So if anyone wants to win with low fuel consumption it must be a fast laptime. I hope it’s possible.
A remark to the entries so far. Make sure wether you really want to use aero setttings like on a “normal” track. Grip is only good for the two turns, most of the track is driven flat out. This is not a normal track but the crazy Avus, where Bernd Rosemeyer drove 400 km/h in 1938.
Have a look at last year’s top speeds (with smaller engines), to see how much your entry is competitive. Anything below 300 km/h is only good for a low mid field finish.
Small Fuel Tank is not gonna be in my favour for this series. Do have over 8km/L fuel economy for my C60.
The Matte Menace is ready.
Also, is it this one:
Or This one:
for the calculation of cost?
This one (Tiny Run) Your screenshots, the second one. but dont forget “Tiny”
http://www.automationgame.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=18905
8L was not gonna cut it anyways, unless you can do magic. Lap time is first priority, then fuel consumption.
Also tank size is not dependant on fuel consumption, but car weight (weight/10). So heavier cars get a small advantage, though it’s probably payed for in more consumption.
Small cars with high fuel consumption get the most pit stops, but are faster.
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8L was not gonna cut it anyways, unless you can do magic. Lap time is first priority, then fuel consumption.
Also tank size is not dependant on fuel consumption, but car weight (weight/10). So heavier cars get a small advantage, though it’s probably payed for in more consumption.
Small cars with high fuel consumption get the most pit stops, but are faster.[/quote]
I’m saying that the small tank will kill me as my car is under 1000kg in weight, so has a very, very small tank.
No your fuel consumption to weight is great actually, you are close to 0 stops (though still in low 1.-ish range). Unfortunately there is a huge problem with total expense per car 
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding, 1000kg is not that great (better look at 700-800)
But if you can fix the budget that car is a great leap forward, and the matte finish makes you a few tenths faster still.
I’m topping out at 360, but there’s quite a bit of road left to possibly take the car to 380, and it’s an aerodynamic problem. I am beating last years’ lap times, sure, but I am fairly certain that this year everybody will be faster, so I got a ways to go.
My car has become EVEN LIGHTER (Around 130kg loss of weight.) as I made a mistake with my vehicle. It has about the same HP. Around a 0.5 kg/hp ratio
Well done, 80,000$ less and laptime is not much affected. You still need to increase cooling though.
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I’m topping out at 360, but there’s quite a bit of road left to possibly take the car to 380, and it’s an aerodynamic problem. I am beating last years’ lap times, sure, but I am fairly certain that this year everybody will be faster, so I got a ways to go.[/quote]
Yes, cars will definitely be faster than last year, just scale up the performance of the increased displacements
Exactly what I thought of. I am guessing fuel consumption will also go up comparing to last year, but it’s not my main problem. I’ve just hit that wall of not being able to push past 360. Going to re-work the turbochargers, I’m not happy with my torque curve past 9k rpm.
Also now that I’ve done the visuals in vanilla, I realize how limited the stock game is in terms of car design.
Minimalism is what you have to do for Vanilla. No Stupid flappy bits and what not, just vent, light done.
Through which I am supposed to go with more power, I know. I am reworking the forced induction on my engine at this moment.