I feel like using someone else’s work would be cheating (then again, I used your engine in the previous contest. I am a bad person). I give up on the contest, I cannot get even remotely close to the 110% time. I feel like the worst Automation player ever, and the only thing left to do for me is deleting the account.
Yeah, I really wanted to submit a different car, but I didn’t have time to get back on the computer. The timezones didn’t do me any favors either.
Oh well. We’ll see how far I drop, I suppose.
im guessing for now getting under 2:15 is competitive enough for now. breaking 2:14 barrier without terrible fuel millage is rather hard for me 
I’ve managed to build quite a few cars under the 2:16 time of my first practice car but it’s the minimum weight that gets me every time. Even using steel chassis, cast iron engine, hand made seats, advanced safety, and lux 8-track I still can’t get to the minimum weight with most of these cars. Anyone have any tips?
Try using a bigger engine to compensate. Also, I wouldn’t recommend using any stereo options or interiors beyond standard for this build, as they add lots of needless costs and production units which can hinder your ability to upgrade your powertrain. Try upping chassis quality a bit. That increases weight and safety.
Thanks, I didn’t think about using the quality sliders. I thought I remembered seeing that the BRC tool had a 0 quality requirement, but now I see that it actually says “Tyre Quality”.
Grip to wear: 1% wear results in 0.5% grip reduction. Simple 
of course it’s less than a day left and automation decided to delete my engine. why not?
i have a feeling this is gonna end up like brc66 for me. ended up submitting an untested car.
now we’re at the era where race intake seems feasible for me. but is it worth it though…
edit: yup. this is brc66 all over again, i think i’m gonna dominate in the rain again
edit: below 2:10 like… HOW!!!
pure drivablity and sportiness doesnt matter that much right? it’s more of the driv:sport ratio that are more important?
Make a smaller engine 
Curse you! The rest of us is getting slower to not have to stop every five laps!
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I’m sorry, would you care to tell us the witchcraft you’re using to do that time on sport tires???
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I guess it’s called turbo gas guzzler 
I’m giving him 6laps/tank
Ah, I’m doing my best to stay above 10% effincirncy. Just so I can at least claim I’m more eco than others
AirJordan hit the mark on the head I think:
Just hope it isn’t that bad, crossing my fingers for 15 laps/tank which is the goal. Needed over 200hp/1000cc to make it. I still believe that only 3 of the available bodies are able to do such low times, but I hope I am proven wrong for diversitys sake. And once again, if anyone is stuck I will gladly help if I can, it is a friendly competition after all 
edit: and @one85db, smaller engine is your friend yeah. As a general experience I’ve had, if your car crosses 1300kg the lap times really start to suffer as it overmatches the max size/grip of the tires
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IIRC Der Bayer use track/sport drivability which is complete different than in game one, you could check them in car trim .lua file
Just take a look at the Difficulty state displayed in the BRCTool. That already the calculated ratio. Not only I use them, the track simulation in Automation does the same.
I’ve been experimenting with my V12’s and 370hp is my best in a 980kg car, when I sorted out the budgeting I’ve still found it easy to get a 980kg car and have at least 340hp on tap to produce 2:18’s with no suspension tuning. Meanwhile, 1850cc V6 turbos produce sad amounts of power in comparison.
And just to double check, that difficulty value also affects how our drivers react under pressure amongst other things?
No, not the behaviour under pressure. But the driver error chance in general and how fast he is getting tired.
What’s the difficulty with such setup?
The difficulty is around 1,7 and the safety is at 0 so compromises have been made to obtain the low lap times.
Chassis tuning is a big part in gaining good times. My current car started out at 2.15 on slicks with preset race suspension and I’ve made no changes to the engine to get it down where it is now 
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