I could have sworn I made mention that quality should be set to +15. Also, the deadline is May 6th.
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You have pushrodsā¦ not allowed pushrods sadlyā¦and alsi engineā¦
Thanks for pointing that out. I will adjust his entry.
May 6th!? Too soon! Will I have time to put something together??
Iām uploading a new verision with fixes right now.
Smooth Motors present:
Smooth Goblin-RRR
249HP, 0-100kmh in 3 sec, top speed limited to 273.
Because life is overrated.
Well now, Iām late to this party but some quick testing shows me that the specific dimensions of this engine actually restricts certain positions and formats for the bodies used. Thatās a bit of a shame, as it could have opened up the competition slightly, but hey, thereās no knowing these things unless you extensively playtest the rules first.
Of those available, one combination in particular reigns supreme. I think a couple of you have found parts of it, one of you has found most of it, but none of you have squeezed out as much as you can get out of it. This may be where I come in hohoho 
p.s. due to the incomplete way the simulation processes handling characteristics i.e. no dynamic acceleration in cornering, the best combination is also a slightly unrealistic one, but hey, work in progress.
so FF?
First Order Automotive would like to present the Imp.
Itās smallā¦itās green (in colour only)ā¦and itās got massively wide rear rimsā¦
What on earth could possibly go wrong?
Nope, while FF is currently overpowered due to lack of power understeer character, itās not that. FF cars just wonāt get from 0-100 in under 3s. Mine does 2.8.
How does it fell knowing that every time you show up to one of my challenges, you smear the floor with the other entriesā¦
Thatās patently not true 
if I recall correctly niall beat me overall in your FF challenge.
That said Iām fairly confident Iāve found the maximum performance that can be wrung out of your engine. Itās not much more than the others Iāve seen. Just curious, why aluminium block and head though? In 2016 everybodyās already moving to AlSi.
hmmm and here I thought I may be in with a chance, saying that this engine is now my WRC engine and she performs quite well
This is Basilisk. Itās small, but mighty.
It is also full of sharp pointy bits and the singularly most uncomfortable ride in the history of the automobile. I feel that it will take a lot more than bribes with sexy hypercars and sessions in poorly lit massage parlours to get our driver to agree to race itā¦
Pretty much letting the cat out of the bag early with this one. Itās got all the tricks I care to use from my old arsenal. The question is, will it be enough? I mean, the game is still changing and Iām pretty sure there are things I missed, or habits that are outdatedā¦
ā¦but if you do want to beat it around the track, youāll want to be doing well under 1:09 on Airfield.
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The restrictions are in place so I could get a feel for the interest in this challenge. Since its been well received, Iāll open it up further.
Okay, Iām more than just a little worried here.
I thought I had a strong contender, but apparently youāve managed to cut the weight out of that thing better than Iāve done.
Iāll admit, tuning with VVL is not my strong-suit.
So, things I can tell about both cars hereā¦ Youāve got 4 horsepower over mine, weāre both RWD, though Iām concerned by the number of vents youāve got on the tail of that poor thing that weāre running different versions of RWD. Same materials for construction (not surprising, really). You went for basic seats, I went for sport seats. By the weight of that thing, Iām suspecting some things went down to -15, notably seats and safety.
What I do know is that mine is going to probably be the slowest car here. VVL kills me every time, I can never manage a decent tune with it. That, and I feel I made a big mistake by not staying true to my usual strategy for some things, and being picky on others. I knew I shouldāve stayed away from sport seats and standard safety.
eh. if it comforts you. i just started my car around 10 min ago, and im getting low 1:13 right now.
doubt i will get any lower than 1:10
I wonāt lie, I like big bu-
letās try that again
I wonāt lie, since Vos wanted us to go all out with the tech, I went the whole hog and took everything out of the car there was to take out. You could say that of every choice we had free to us, I went for minimal weight, and nearly maximal drivability.
There are a few things about RR formats (see @AirJordanās car, the frame peeking through the bodywork is a dead giveaway) that make them good for this kind of challenge. Theyāre lighter. Most of the weight goes over the driving wheels. The rear wheels are being driven. The lighter you make the front end, the faster you can make the front end pivot.
By the same token, theyāre horrendously difficult to tune because theyāre prone to ridiculous amounts of oversteer. You simply canāt tune them the same way as you tune FR or MR cars. Itās kind of almost the opposite of turning an FF car except it makes even less sense.
When it comes to VVT + VVL, the trick isā¦ for racing purposes only the VVL profile matters. Who cares how much low end you have unless youāre concerned about economy? (On that note Iām working on hypercars that will do 400km/h, 6:40 around Green Hell and all on 9L/100km or less lol). Iāll wager thatās why @squidhead said the VVL bit was really weird: it adds a lot of weight to the car and for our purposes here all it does is kind of get in the way. I just set the cam profile to as low as it would let me without knocking when Iād maxxed out everything else, because when the cam profile is nearly as high as the VVL and the VVL is maxxed out for performance, thatāll infinitesimally broaden your powerband. Thatās not how anybody in their right mind would tune a VVT-L engine at all in the real world, mind you.
Besides, with an NA engine, the lovely race exhaust and super expensive injection system and throttle bodies, the powerband and response is already lovely so all that remains is to find out the maximum performance index, and the method for that is pretty simple because itās NA (much more difficult with turbos). Then after that, once youāve optimised everything else, you just need to fiddle with the gear ratios because they donāt always follow reason. Thatās the part I kind of skimped on because I couldnāt be bothered testing 30 ratios for probably 0.02s gain. And Iām not sure that my choice of aero tuning is the fastest possible either given weāre playing with a mere 250hp (or, to give it some perspective, 350-450hp:ton). But one of my weaknesses is insisting on cars with zero lift, so thatās what I did. That probably cost me a bit more time too.
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