CSR 125 - Alternative Sports? Alright, Ikouzo!
Big thanks to @variationofvariables for helping me up with my first CSR!
Backstory
2004, somewhere in the peaceful and pacifist islands of Nihon.Tachibana Ryosuke is your average, middle class 30 year old Japanese salaryman. He’s an average guy. Average in his work, skill, looks, and has an average enough salary to keep him afloat in 2004 Japan.
He currently drives a boring Kei car, nothing special but is enough to keep him on the road and to get him safely to work and back to his average apartment.
He was living his average life just normally, with average satisfaction. Until, his family called him up to see how he was doing, and he eventually came to visit them in the countryside… where he would rekindle with his past…
Back when he was still a Japanese shounen, he absolutely was in love with cars. With poster cars such as the Skyline GTR, Porsche 911, NSX and other such cars being favourites of his.
However, by the time he’d got into high-school in the 90s where the economy was beginning to stagnate, all his car dreams for whatever reason had faded slowly.
Yet when he visited his old hometown countryside had given him inspiration to go beyond his average driving and rekindle an old love, an old love for cars. He was ready to sell his old kei car and go shopping for a brand new top of the line sportscar when-
He remembered why exactly he drove such an average kei car. Because in Japan, road taxes are not exactly average. He decided that day to use some of his savings to rediscover his old hobby.
And so, our salaryman is in a bit of a jiffy. Most of the current sports cars from Japanese brands to European brands, are either too expensive, or aren’t that practical for the daily life of a Japanese citizen. But maybe your company could do better? Would you show him to reconsider buying a slightly expensive sports car, or show him a normal sedan turned sport? Let’s see what you’ve got.
Minimums:
- Min Driveability: 40
- Min Sportiness: 25
- Min Safety: 35
- Min Comfort: 20
- Min Practicality: 30
- Min Prestige: 25
- Min Engine and Trim Reliability: 60
- Min 2 Full Seats
Requirements:
- Trim and Variant year: 2004
- Max Engine ET: 130
- Max Engine PU: 60
- Max Trim ET: 130
- Max Trim PU: 140
- Premium fuel only (90 AKI / 95 RON)
- Maximum Service Cost (Soft-cap): $1100
- Max loudness (Soft-cap) 40
- Must have catalytic converter
- Must have TC/ABS minimum
- Soft retail price limit of $40,000 (not the material costs) (including perceived value tax).
- No race parts i.e. Titanium parts, Semi-slicks, Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber, Space Frame or Glued-aluminum etc
- Sedans/Coupes/hatchbacks only
- No meme bodies
- No 4x4
Priorities:
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Styling | His old kei car was average, and so he wants something that hopefully looks better and less average. Something that has some flare, something exciting and is not boring.
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Displacement | Japanese Road taxes are fucking stupid, and he doesn’t want to burn a hole in his pocket with some car with a 3.6-litre 6 cylinder unless it’s really worth it, maybe even an V8… but that if it is really worth it…
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Driveability | It is his daily he got to drive it smoothly
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Realism | The car must make sense or be justified, no min-maxing.
This includes reliability, engineering choices etc
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Comfort | He isn’t breaking his back with his daily driver. He wants something bigger then his kei car…
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Price | He wants a decent car and is willing to flexible to spend, however, he is a salary man after all… cheaper the better if its worth it!
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Practicality | He still wants to haul his groceries full of Hello Panda biscuits and Comic Kairakuten/LO volumes.
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Safety | He doesn’t want a death trap, isn’t that a simple request?
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Sportiness | He is looking for a sports car… This will cover the sportiness stats and stats in general of the car however, it will be judged based on the engineering as well.
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Prestige | He just switched from a kei car… he wants to have a different experience and stand out from his previous ride.
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Fuel economy | Gas isn’t cheap, but he is willing to bear with it if it is worth it. However, he would not consider something that will eat up gas.
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Transmission | The man knows manual but he is thinking an auto would be useful however, still prefers manual over auto.
Disclaimer
At the end of the day, he is a person! The Design may sell him on the car or the engineering, so engineering will play a factor but only to an extent! I plan to judge it considering this factor.Value Tax Displacement Factor
Japan’s Road tax is an iffy thing… This will play a role in engineering while you make your car. For the x amount of cc of your engine will directly affect the estimated price of your car. For example, a 2L engine will add $4800 to your current estimated price. Be careful to not be too small or too big.
Even though there is a soft limit, the displacement tax will play a big role in his decision!
The fun part: Inspirational Cars!
Trim: Make/Model/Trim of car
Variant: Engine Model/Variant
Message me on the forum with the .car file to submit. Through discord is not recommended as I might miss it.
Deadline the 9th of August AEST
