Scenario Description:
*It’s 1975 and FIAT is moving into the heavy truck sector with the IVECO brand. fiat power train is tasked to develop an engine for the first of the new truck lineup *
Technical Limitations:
Technical Specifications:
*a) torque more than x (40%)
b) economy less than y (20%)
c) MREV higher than z (30%)
d) costs lower than q (10%)
e) emission lower than w (00%)
*
Scenario Suggestion ID: 16
Scenario Description:
Australia 2005. Every old Grandma and Grandad out there are buying themselves a caravan and doing the big lap. And your company is going to cash in while it is clogging up the roads with cars doing 20 below the speed limit. Power doesn’t matter, in fact less power might be a good thing, given the eyesight of some. Three things are needed : torque, economy and longevity. Maybe a lazy v8, or a turbo 4 or 6. Whatever you do, make it sound like a car, not a vacuum cleaner.
Technical Limitations:
Uses regular unleaded fuel
Tech year x
Cost less than y
Technical Specifications:
a) Torque greater than a (50%)
b) Economy less than b (30%)
c) longevity more than c (20%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 17
Let me tell you something.
We’ve tested a lots of “requires torque > x” scenarios without power requirement. It simply didn’t work. The problem with them is, that they are extremely one-dimensional. We’ve quickly noticed that the only way of scoring high is going for the torque just meeting the spec at 2000 rpm, and having very, very large MTTF numbers. When there is only one way of completing the scenario, then the fun factor of it is severely decreased (Actually, it’s only happening in tutorial scenarios, when there are limited options, so the player does not get lost).
interesting stuff! so that’s why the current scenario doesn’t have torque
what about turbos? those should give huge torque at higher ranges, maybe increasing variations?
Scenario Description: The year is 2001 and your company is doing men everywhere a public service. Because more and more of them are forced to buy family people carriers, your company has decided to make a van for a man… a man van! It most be loud and powerful, however it most also get decent economy. It must also have ridiculous longevity so that they can sell it to teenagers in 10 years with far too many miles on it.
Technical Limitations:
Uses regular unleaded fuel
Tech year 2001
Cost less than x
Loudness greater than y
Technical Specifications:
a) Power greater than a (40%)
b) Economy less than b (20%)
ca) Longevity more than c (20%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 18
Germany 1986 - The turbohype is ongoing, and even your boss got infected with the turbo-virus, he wants to release a new series of executive cars, price isn’t really a issue, but they should have some power and because the emission regulations are getting stricter, it needs to have a bit lower emissions and economy then usual. He forces you, to take a small V12 and put loads of turbos on it, all the warnigs of other engineers are futile.Only you can convince him, that other engine concepts could work better.
Technical Limitations:
Techyear 1984 - 1988
Regular Unleaded
Technical Specifications:
a) power above Y (20%)
b) fuel economy lower than Z (20%)
c) smoothness above A (20%)
d) lifespan above B (30%)
e) Service Costs less than X (10%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 19
Scenario Description:
*The year is 1970, and practical turbo-charged vehicles have just been introduced to the world in the last decade. Your company has realised its potential, and has invested quite some money into research in this area. The executives have come to you to try to build a practical example of their theoretical engine that they can market to manufacturers. As this is a new technology, you realise that people are a bit wary, and so reliability is still important. *
Technical Limitations:
*Tech Year: 1970
Aspiration: Turbocharged *
Technical Specifications:
*a) Power above x (30%)
b) MTTF above y (30%)
c) Costs lower than z (30%)
d) Smoothness higher than q (10%)
*
Scenario Suggestion ID: 20
Scenario Description:
The year is 1978, and a new type of racing has taken over the imagination of people around the world. People are attempting to race from the southern tip of Africa, up to the Mediterranean, in purpose built off-road vehicles, with no real rules on their configuration or design. You have been given the contract to build an engine for this event by a wealthy individual, who is using his own customised light-truck. He is smart enough to realise that reliability is more important that power output, and also wishes for the engine to be as light as possible. Fortunate for you, cost is not an issue!
Technical Limitations:
Tech Year: 1978
Fuel : Regular Leaded
Technical Specifications:
*a) MTTF greater than x (30%)
b) Power greater than y (30%)
c) Weight lower than z (20%)
d) Fuel Economy lower than q (20%)
*
Scenario Suggestion ID: 21
Scenario Description:
One of the things that the 1980’s are known for is the range of wild supercars. Fortunately for you, it’s 1987, and you have been asked to participate in a secret project to take on this world of multi-million dollar displays of excess. The automotive manufacturer you are working for has decided that they want to show the world what they are capable of, and has described to you their idea of building something the world has never seen before. As you sit down and start designing the central powerplant of this vehicle, you can’t help but feel a little fearful…
Technical Limitations:
Technical Specifications:
*a) Power greater than x (40%)
b) Responsiveness greater than y (20%)
c) Weight lower than z (20%)
d) MTTF greater than q (20%) *
Scenario Suggestion ID: 22
Scenario Description:
*The year is 2010, and many manufacturers are trying to “go green”. Many companies are looking at hybrid vehicles, but you think you can do better and cheaper by utilising current technology smartly. A perfect candidate vehicle has just been proposed by the concept team, and so now all you need to do is develop the perfect low-emission engine to suit. *
Technical Limitations:
Tech Year: 2000 - 2010
Power: at least 75 kW
Technical Specifications:
*a) Emissions less than x (20%)
b) Fuel economy better than y (20%)
c) Weight less than z (20%)
d) Smoothness greater than q (20%)
e) Cost lower than w (20%) *
Scenario Suggestion ID: 23
Scenario Description:
*I’ts 1995 and you have been asked to design an engine for a powerboat, the guy in charge of the project just told you: “Hey, I don’t know a s**t about engines… all I know is that I want a lot of power and forced induction is something that sounds cool.” *
Technical Limitations:
*Closed air filter (we don’t want to fill the engine with water, do we?)
Fuel : Ultimate Unleaded *
Technical Specifications:
a)Power more than x (30%)
b)MTTF more than y (30%)
c)Weight less than z (20%)
d)Total cost less than q (20%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 24
Scenario Description:
It’s 2008, in the middle of the worldwide economic crash, and your flagship luxury car needs a redesign ASAP. This once-legendary and respected sedan has become greatly outdated, and is now seen as nothing more than an ‘old man-mobile’. You need to change the image of this car quick, or else your luxury brand will go bankrupt. This motor needs to be quiet, smooth, responsive, and powerful. Keep the costs down too!
Technical Limitations:
Tech level: 2006-2010
Premium Unleaded
Standard intake and cast headers (or whatever forced induction equivalent)
Emissions less than z
Technical Specifications:
*a)Loudness less than x (10%)
b)Smoothness greater than y (25%)
c)Responsiveness z (20%)
d)Power greater than q (20%)
e)Cost less than w (25%) *
Scenario Suggestion ID: 25
Scenario Description:
The full-size pickup market is growing increasingly competitive, with consumers demanding more and more towing capacity and reliability. Your company’s aluminum block tech is not yet strong enough for heavy-duty applications, so try to keep the weight down in other areas. The ever-tightening federal regulations aren’t helping either. Can you produce the necessary torque and longevity, while keeping the weight down enough to give the people what they want, while still meeting the emissions standards?
Technical Limitations:
Regular unleaded
Tech year 2013
Emissions less than c
Iron block
RPM limit must be above 5000 (or some other number, to prevent ‘set rpm at 2000 and go for max torque and mttf’)
Technical Specifications:
*a)Torque greater than x (35%)
b)MTTF greater than y (30%)
c)Weight less than z (10%)
d)Economy less than q (25%) *
Scenario Suggestion ID: 26
Green Rocket
We have reached the point where nothing more can be researched. [size=50]In Automation.[/size]. But it does not mean that we should stop working on cars. There’s no AI that will develop an engine for us. It’s still human field, and if we want to be more accurate, it’s your field. The company you are working for wants to expand its green sportscar line. After a high-performance hot-hatch release, it’s time to make a full-fledged sports coupe. The emmision norms are even stricter, the power is even more demanded, but there are also news that will make your job easier. The eccentric founder has just demised and his grandgrandson does not care about nature, which means that you can use forced induction.
Technical Limitations:
Tech Level: 2020
Size less or equal to x x y x z
Emmisions less than e
Super Premium Unleaded - 98
Technical Specifications:
a) Power better than p (30%)
b) Weight better than w (30%)
c) Lifespan better than l (15%)
d) Cost less than c (5%)
e) Responsiveness more than r (20%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 27
Millenium Crash
USA 2000 - The Year2k Bug erased a lot of your research files, and this is your smallest problem, because you’ve lost some very important data! Your company is in need of cheap, light and also powerful engine for the new sporty Rolv hatchback. You have to develop a new engine very fast, or a lot of customers have to wait and will get very angry!
Technical Limitations:
Tech Level: 1998-2002
Economy max z
Super Premium Unleaded - 95
Technical Specifications:
a) Power better than p (30%)
b) Weight lower than w (30%)
c) Cost less than c (20%)
d) Lifespan higher than r (20%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 28
I’ve watched recently this video http://www.f1archives.com/blog/archives/turbo1
And I think an scenario could be the one cosworth tried before going for a V6 specially designed for F1. That is taking an I4 engine and fitting a turbo.
Its the cheapest aproach to their problem and quite a good scenario for us I think.
The second chance
USA 1964 - After the failure of the turbocharged V8, your boss started to think logical and gave you a second chance. You have to make a new engine that can replace that unreliable and expensive V8, and it should be as powerful as the old one. You just started to think of a new engine, when your boss said, that this car will be very futuristic, and leaves you alone with that confusing sentence.
Technical Limitations:
Tech Level: 1962-1968
Technical Specifications:
a) Power better than p (30%)
b) Service Costs less than X (20%)
c) Cost less than c (20%)
d) Lifespan higher than r (30%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 29
I have a idea your company Has made public making a new race car for the le mans it has to last atleast longer then 5 races lets say 125 hours and this scenario also needs
a hp and torque minimum
Scenario Description:
It’s 1970 (USA), and the horsepower wars are in full swing. “BIGGER IS BETTER” seems to be the mantra across the automotive landscape. A rival luxury car manufacturer just released a new model with a massive 500 cubic inch (8.2-liter) V8 engine. Not to be outdone, the marketing department of XYZ company feels the best way to counter this is with an even larger, more powerful engine. On the other hand, the executives have been keeping a closer eye on political and economic trends and feel that an engine that large will be obsolete very soon (and prohibitively expensive). Design an engine that keeps both marketing happy (so they feel they can actually sell the car) and the executives happy (so you can keep your job!).
Technical Limitations:
Tech level: 1970-1975
Unleaded Fuel Only
Must Have Catalytic Converter
Technical Specifications:
a)Loudness less than x (20%)
b)Smoothness greater than y (10%)
d)Power greater than q (40%)
e)Cost less than w (30%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 30
Scenario Description:
It’s 1989 (Japan), and the market is experiencing an unprecedented economic boom. People are demanding larger cars, and in particular, large 2-door luxury coupes. Your company sees a demand for this type of vehicle, but the existing range of engines (designed for subcompacts) are considered inadequate for the job. Within a relatively short time frame, you must design an engine that is quickly and easily produced, powerful, and relatively inexpensive.
Technical Limitations:
Premium Unleaded (95 RON)
Tech year 1987-1993
Must have DOHC cylinder heads
Emissions less than c
Technical Specifications:
a)Power greater than x (35%)
b)Man hours less than y (30%)
c)Cost less than z (25%)
d)Economy less than q (10%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 31
Scenario Description:
It’s 2009 (Germany), and your flagship V8 has just earned the “Engine of the Year” award. Not a company to rest on its laurels, you’ve been assigned the difficult task of creating a replacement for this engine. It must be at least as powerful, more economical, have lower emissions, be more reliable, and still meet cost requirements.
Technical Limitations:
Premium Unleaded (98 RON)
Tech year 2005-2015
Emissions less than c
Must have all FORGED internals (the equivalent or better)
Technical Specifications:
a)Power greater than x (0%)
b)MTTF greater than y (35%)
c)Cost less than z (25%)
d)Economy less than q (40%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 32
iEngine
Yay! It’s 2015, and the company known for releasing expensive gadgets no better than competition but marketed as cool wants to expand onto the automotive segment! They’ve already designed the iAudio, able to play music only from their software-based online digital media store. But they also need an engine. Actually, they need the iEngine. Actually, it is just going to be an crappy ecomotor, notable for running only on the fuel sold on their iFuel stations. But, it has to meet all those emmision norms, it needs to be cheap, so more money can be put on marketing, it needs to be light, small, economic, and also reliable, so it fits into the city car. And, it would be good if people didn’t feel there’s an engine powering the car. All of these vibrations need to be reduced, you need driver listening to iAudio while he relaxes, not frustrated by taxes or the rough engine.
Technical Limitations:
Tech Level: 2013-2017
Size less or equal to x x y x z
Emmisions less than e
Loudness less than l
Power more than p
Technical Specifications:
a) Weight better than w (20%)
b) Lifespan better than l (10%)
c) Cost less than c (20%)
d) Economy less than E (20%)
e) Smoothness more than l (30%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 33
Scenario Description:
It’s 2013 (UK), and you work for a small, independent sports car manufacturer. The company has gone through several different owners over the past few months and the company is bleeding cash at an alarming rate. You’ve been asked to do the impossible: build a brand new engine to compete with the fastest sports cars on the market… on a shoestring budget.
Technical Limitations:
Ultra Unleaded (100 RON)
Tech year 2010-2016
Technical Specifications:
a)Power greater than x (35%)
b)MTTF greater than y (15%)
c)Cost less than z (50%)
d)Loudness between a and b (0%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 34
Scenario Description:
It’s 2013 (China), and crude oil prices have tripled!!! The market for fuel efficient cars has gone through the roof and several new car companies have been created, all trying to cash in on the boom. One of them has asked you to “emulate” another manufacturer’s technology – designed to squeeze the most amount of power out of the least amount of fuel. The goal is to deliver reliable, hybrid-like fuel economy and the cleanest possible emissions for the lowest price. The cheaper you can make the engine, the bigger the year-end bonus for you and your engineering team!
Technical Limitations:
Tech Year 2008-2020
Minimum Compression Ratio: 13:1
Must Use Direct Injection
Loudness less than t
Weight less than w
Technical Specifications:
a)Power greater than x (0%)
b)MTTF greater than y (15%)
c)Cost less than z (25%)
d)Fuel economy less than r (45%)
e)Emissions less than s (15%)
Scenario Suggestion ID: 35