A map showing Nördliches Königreich Ernst (NKE) and Süddemokratischer Staat Deutschland (SSE) following the 1931 split and subsequent civil war.
Background: 1931 German Civil War
In 1931 revolutions erupted throughout the north of Germany, lead by the former Kronprinz Wilhelm and supported by monarchistic military commanders and civilian militias, which caused a split within the country. Within a year of fighting the nation had been split into two, the NKE, ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm III, and the SSE, ruled by remaining members of the former German government. The civil war was grueling, especially for a country recovering from the repercussions of global war just a decade prior. All NKE factories were shifted to a wartime production, with train factories constructing tanks, automobile factories hurriedly developing aircraft capable of equipping what surplus was left over, and civilian factories producing firearms. In 1938 the 1st, 3rd and 6th Fleets of the SSE, having been stationed in the democratically-sympathetic Norway set sail to attack major ports along Nord-Erstland’s coastlines. Having successfully captured or destroyed the majority of Erstland’s ports and dockyards, what remained of the monarchist military was corned. All hope seemed lost.
Then, in 1939, a little-known painter decided to invade Poland. The civil war drew to an anticlimactic end as Erstland and Demokratisches Deutschland entered an uneasy alliance. Seeing an opportunity, Erstland steadily built up their production once again, though small skirmishes from loyalists on both sides delayed this. Following the war’s end, Demokratisches Deutschland seized a lot of production lines and manufacturing plants close to the border, and Erstland once again found itself with not enough domestic production to satisfy the needs of the military, or the common people.
Background: How the challenge will work
This is obviously very heavily inspired by challenges like CoP, SCCR, LHC and ALC, as I love seeing the evolution of both a country and a car brand’s identity. Whilst I’m working on other things (the next post on Comp. Guide, my CSR166 entry, my IRL car and college diploma etc.) I thought it’d be fun to run one of these in the background. Whilst I know I’m not exactly good at ending challenges I start, I’m a lot more mature and sensible now and this is much more my thing, I have a set idea for how the history of Erstland will play out and I enjoy writing lore and such.
As much as I love LHC’s world-building elements I frankly don’t have the ability to pull it off quite as well as cakeape did. I will try, but don’t expect a masterpiece of RNG-controlled worldbuilding- the majority of it will be from me (subject to change, maybe.)
Basic Rules (Round 1 - Onwards)
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All entries must be submitted to me through DM’s on Discourse. DM’s through Discord are banned and likely won’t work anyway.
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Mods are allowed, provided they’re not hugely game-breaking. Meme mods are subject to my discretion, if you submit a “meme build” I will allow you to resubmit with a more grounded car.
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Entries must be made on the latest STABLE version of the game, no open alphas, my pc doesn’t like it.
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Collabs are allowed, but within reason. If you and 6 other people enter a single car I will likely ask you very nicely to resubmit, if at all possible.
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Each round will span around a decade and be open for around 2 weeks. Outliers to this rule will be highlighted in a specific round’s ruleset.
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Cars will be judged based on the market they’re aimed at, competitors in said market and the general state of the country at the time. No car shall be binned unless it’s very silly or completely broken.
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Cars can only be based on what’s possible in-game, so no motorcycles, aircraft or such things. Fully 3d builds such as heavy-duty trucks (if you want to enter one) will be judged on my discretion and the realism in their design.
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All advanced trim options which have the same visual effect as an existing option in engineering should be avoided. All other advanced trim settings are allowed. The banned settings are:
Wheel offset
Wheel width
Wheel diameter
Camber
Tyre diameter
Tread width
Chassis track width
Worldbuilding in-between Rounds
Worldbuilding will be influenced by what I have planned for Ernstland, RNG elements, what you the players want and the results of the previous round. This will be explored later in the challenge.
Company Rules
Pretty simple, make sure you make cars. Subsidaries are allowed but a maximum of 3 to avoid confusion.
Conclusion and Challenge start
That should be everything, I’ll allow for a 3 day grace period before Round 1 goes live to allow for questions, rules deliberation and the like. Hopefully this all makes sense to everyone, I’m quite tired but would be more than happy to answer any questions you might have.
Good luck!
