Homologation 1984 Group Automation [Final 5 Review]

Community Challenges & Competitions
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25th to 6th place results.
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Pint Sized review for Fastest up Pikes Peak: The Armada EVO RC
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Pint Sized review for Highest top speed: The SMC Outland
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Pint Sized review for Most fun to drive: The Daiki Acceleration
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Pint Sized review for Best Offroad/Highest Power/“I didn’t like those tires anyways”: The Lightstar Charon
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Pint Sized review for Best Onroad: The GSI Invader
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Pint Sized review for Most Expensive and Highest Cost to Maintain: The Bogliq Bastion
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Top 5 Announcements
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The Community Mod Pack is allowed for this event
I am using the Steam Version of Automation

(Based on Group A)

Presenting Group Automation (Homologation), your company has decided to enter and must have a suitable production car with which to base the race car on. The rules are very strict for Group Automation, so your entry car must closely resemble the production car it is based on.

These are Homologation cars, not race cars. These are built under the guise of making the race cars legal for the production class.

RULES
Body Type Requirements:
Body within the last 10 years.
Must be a 4 Door, or Hatchback (Any 3 or 5 door)
Must seat max available.

Engine Displacement rules:
Max Displacement NA: 2800cc
Max Displacement Turbo 2000cc*

Turbo Regulations:
Max compressor size equal to engine bore0.4 (Rounded to nearest half MM) Ex: Engine Bore of 88mm would yield a max compressor size of 35.0mm, while a Bore of 76mm would yield a compressor size of 30.5mm
Max Boost 1.0 Bar
No Limits on Turbine, AR, bearing type, or intercooler.

Weight Requirements:
Minimum Weight 1100kg

Tire Requirements:
Maximum Tire width of 205 /w 0-Quality slider (No Semi-Slick)

Aero Options: Edit for Clarification 5/27/15 7:53 PM PST
You are free to equip up to 1 lip per side.
OR you may equip 1 wing in the rear of the vehicle

Examples:
No lip front / no lip rear.
1 lip front / none rear.
None front / 1 lip rear.
1 lip front / 1 lip rear.
No lip front / 1 wing anywhere on the back half of the car.

Fuel Requirements:
Fuel type Unleaded 91 Octane Only

Minimum Requirements:
Greater then US 18 MPG (13.07L/100km)
Minimum Engine Reliability 35.
Minimum Vehicle Reliability 50.
Minimum of 10 Offroad.
Minimum of 40 Safety
Catalytic Converter must be equipped.
Any muffler combination may be used, but at least one must be equipped.

Quality Sliders:
You may spend a maximum of 15 quality points (up or down) combined across all tabs
Example: +3 in one, and -2 in another is a total of 5 points
End Rules

Stat Weighting.

High: Off Road, Sportiness, Drivability
Average: Reliability, Safety, Prestige
Below Average: Comfort, Practicality, Utility

While there is no cost limit for the vehicle, vehicle cost/service cost will effect your final score.

Naming convention should be as follows.
HOM84-Yourname-Car-Model
HOM84-Yourname-Car-Trim
HOM84-Yourname-Engine-Family
HOM84-Yourname-Engine-Variant

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Before you submit, check your files they should look like this. (Thanks Vic for doing it perfect the first time, I now know, and feel you on this!)

Please include a brief description of your car which includes the manufacture, model, and country of origin. If your company has a dedicated thread, please include that as well.

Submissions will be open up to 6/30 or 25 entries.

LUA Errors will be returned and allow for revision.
Improper naming will be returned and allow for revision.

I plan to borrow from Vics presentation and will write reviews for the Top 5, and should anyone other than the top 5 win awards, they will get a pint sized review as well.

Awards:
Fastest up Pikes Peak.
Top Speed.
Most Fun to Drive.
Best Off-Road.
Best On-Road.
Easiest to Drive.
Most Renown.
Safest.
Most Powerful.
Most Efficient.
Most Expensive.
Worst Car.
Least Expensive to maintain.
Most Expensive to maintain
I didn’t Like those tires anyways Award.

Entries: Slots Open / Occupied: 24/25
Lordred: LHE - Orbital X4Re. USA (Benchmark Only)
Shade: SMC - Outland. USA
VicVictory: Suzume - Kyoto GS-RX. Japan
Corvette6317: NMC - Eagle Group A. Australia
BeforeLifer: Canuck - CAH84. Canada
Richard117: VPNL - MB Group A. Netherlands
HellBoyBG: Dragon Motorsports - Roadrunner. Bulgaria (BG)
HighOctaneLove: Bogliq Automotive - Bastion Group A. Moldova
JasonPoland: Polmot - Melon. Poland
titelguy1: Rennen - Angelus GAR. USA
z2bbgr: SBA - 420i Turbo, Thailand
Carmain: Avalon - Silica, UK
Elauda: Lightstar Industries - Charon 828RX, UK
SeriousSimon: Romanov - Avstrada RS, Russia
Packbat: Packbat Auto Works - Murina RE, USA
NiuYorqCiti: Ponni - Olympus MkII HS, USA
Chipskate: Decker - Vivo II SW A-spec, USA
Rollarider10: Mercusa - Xenon GX, Aus
Rossriders: Weiler Motor Company - Varro GT-GAR, USA
oppositelock: GSI - Invader, USA
Tycondero: Astana - Defiant Deluxe, Netherlands
Razyx: ManHell - Zarzal R84, Spain
07CobaltGirl: SME - XR28-RS, USA
Strop: Armada - EVO RC, England
Urbanliner: Daiki - Acceleration GT, Japan
nialloftara: Centauri - Saber, USA?

Pending first revision:

Pending second revision:

Rejected:
harizvet1: Infinity Motor - R28 RS-GT, UK [color=#FF0000]LUA Errors[/color]

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Seems like a sweet competition! Any limitations of produced cars? (like Group B had 200 street cars to let the race car race)

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I Like this competition, i’ll build a car for sure :mrgreen:
Only one question about this:

[quote]Aero Options:
You are free to equip up to 1 lip per side.
OR you may equip 1 wing in the rear of the vehicle[/quote]

Am i right that if you equip a rearwing, 0 lips at the complete car are allowed?

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Quick rules check:

[quote=“Lordred”]Aero Options:
You are free to equip up to 1 lip per side.
OR you may equip 1 wing in the rear of the vehicle[/quote]
Does that mean that we must choose one of the following options?
[ul][li]No lips or wings.[/li]
[li]Front lip only, no wings.[/li]
[li]Rear lip only, no wings.[/li]
[li]Front and rear lips, no wings.[/li]
[li]No lips, rear wing.[/li][/ul]
…or would we be allowed:
[ul][li]Front lip only, rear wing.[/li][/ul]
?

Also, do you have an explicit rule in mind for “in the rear of the vehicle”? I’m imagining that it must be behind the rear windshield on a sedan or fastback or touching the rear edge of the roof on a hatchback, but if those are not the criteria you have in mind, clarification would be good.

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Quick reply from work

Yes you may use the following setups with regard to lips/wings.

None
1 lip front/none back
None front/ 1 lip rear.
1 lip front / 1 lip rear.
None front / 1 wing anywhere on the back half of the car.

Will edit op when home

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Thanks!

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You can come up with whatever sales number you would like, but I would say aiming for a car which can produce at least 200 street sales would be a good thing to do.

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3 out of 25 positions filled.

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Sweet a contest that’s just starting, time for me to jump on board :smiley: (Hopefully I get everything right, first time)

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Just a quickie… if you’re using L/100 km you need LESS THAN 13.067 L/100km

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Good point, added L/100km so people who do not wish to do the math (or tell the game too) needn’t worry.

OP has been Edited with that, as well as adding a new image to help better showcase the file structure system.

My thanks go to Vic for supplying a perfect example.

We are at 5/25 entries received, with two pending revision.

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Did not attach a car? Rofl yay for failing my first ever PM XD, Ill send it to you when I get home from work.

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Worry not BeforeLifer! I made some ROFL worthy mistakes at first too (still do).

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Beforlifer has passed inspection!

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Introducing the new 1984 Honda CRX… err… SMC Outland! Featuring racing inspired wheels and dual fill caps with plenty of horses and a touch of comfort for an incredibly low price, it can be yours today.

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Redefining the word “lawsuit” at a dealer near you now!

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8/25 submissions, 1 pending re-submission. Looks like we are filling in quickly.

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Presenting the 1984 Bogliq Bastion Group A!!!

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Due to the egalitarian nature of Bogliq Automotive, the homologation version of Bastion is not limited by production numbers but rather the customers wallet. Unfortunately no-one was very rich in Moldova in 1984 so the required units to homologate this model were sold to the Moldovan border patrol at cost. In an entirely unrelated co-incidence, 1984 was a terrible year for law enforcement, with defection rates soaring and an increased number of officers injured in single car accidents. :laughing: :geek: :laughing: :geek: :laughing:

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[quote=“HighOctaneLove”]Presenting the 1984 Bogliq Bastion Group A!!!

[attachment=0]HOM84-HighOctaneLove-Car-Modell - HOM84-HighOctaneLove-Car-Trim-1.png[/attachment]

Due to the egalitarian nature of Bogliq Automotive, the homologation version of Bastion is not limited by production numbers but rather the customers wallet. Unfortunately no-one was very rich in Moldova in 1984 so the required units to homologate this model were sold to the Moldovan border patrol at cost. In an entirely unrelated co-incidence, 1984 was a terrible year for law enforcement, with defection rates soaring and an increased number of officers injured in single car accidents. :laughing: :geek: :laughing: :geek: :laughing:[/quote]

I like the fluff HighOctane!. Submission passed inspection.

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Rennen is entering with their newest generation of the Angelus. The specific model is a special homologation version, named the Angelus GAR, or Group A Racer.

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Rennen has been in motorsport for years; our designs reflect our engineering in racing. With a high-revving 2.8 liter straight-6 engine producing 227 HP, the Angelus does not fail in power nor fun. With the latest high-tech technology in engine design, suspension tuning, and chassis tuning, the 4-door supercar has begun to rise.

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Also competing with the Rennen Angelus in the large 4-door category is the Suzume Kyoto. The motor is the product of collaboration between Suzume and Ardents’ engineering departments, as Suzume had not yet developed a V8 by the early 80’s, having concentrated heavily on their Ishi-series sixes. The resulting special-edition motor was technically an Antares-series, as the particular line had long served as a test bed for technology for the venerable American company. But the AD8-SSDC showed more Ardent frugality than Suzume thrill. As such, the 2.8 liter V8 was outclassed by Rennen, putting out only 197 horsepower.

This motor found its way into a special trim of the Kyoto, the GS-RX. Though the intent was homologation, Suzume didn’t stop at the minimum production numbers, as they viewed this trim more as a special edition production model. As such, 8000 GS-RX’es were built for the 1984 model year alone. No automatic version was available*, but about half of the 3000 GS-RX units sent to the US were built with the “Power Preferred Group” option package, which added air conditioning, cruise control, and power lock and windows.

*Refers only to the GS-RX trim. The IA6-A powered GS trim came standard with a 3-speed auto, which was also optional on the base G trim.