QFC 72: Silver Spoon to Silver Crib
StarlightKnightAlwaysNo1 says:
Atlantic City, NJ, 2004. Lil’ Dial-Up (Real Name “Dialyn Zhao”) has a problem. She’s spent the majority of her childhood acting career in underperforming roles ,going from side character in a children’s TV sitcom, to commercial, to commercial, to box-office bomb. After 4 years of acting school (paid for by her wealthy family) she’s finally ready to break out on her own. Watching MTV Cribs on her family’s Plasma Screen TV has convinced her of 2 things. One, she needs a McMansion of her own, and Two, she needs a large, showboating SUV to let the world and her friends know she’s made it and is ready to be taken seriously.
Rules
StarlightKnightAlwaysNo1 says:
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Trim/Variant year: 2004. You can set the body/family year to earlier but there is no real reason to do this unless you want to purposefully put yourself at a disadvantage.
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Only entries made on the Stable / Al-Rilma version of the game will be accepted
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Ad required with entry, one photo of the car minimum.
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No V16s, no billet components, no race components.
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No Positive Downforce
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Minimum Emissions WES9. Nothing under.
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Radial tires are required, and must end in 5 (I.e., 215 instead of 210). All Radial Race Tire types and the Radial Semi-Slick Compound are not allowed. - Max +5 tire quality.
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Interiors not required, will not be judged.
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Advanced trim settings allowed, but I reserve the right to tell you you’ve used too much. Keep it in the spirit of the car.
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Legacy Car bodies not allowed
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Allowed Body Styles: SUV, Pickup, MPV, Convertible. While all of these body styles are allowed, please keep in mind the type of vehicle Dialyn is looking for.
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Transmission types: No manuals, No Sequential. Dialyn is hardly paying attention to the road, let alone what gear she’s in. CVTs are allowed with a -3 Reliability Penalty.
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Minimum, 5 full seats. Preferably more. 2 front, 3 rear. Should you opt for a 3 row you can do 2+2+2. No Minimum/Maximum door count.
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95 RON/91 AKI (Premium Unleaded) fuel maximum. A lower-grade fuel may be used, but it will not be of benefit to scoring/judging
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Superchargers will yield a $300 service cost penalty.
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- Maximum price of 43,000 Automation dollars in the “approximate cost” cell of the statistics tab.
- Tech Pool
For simplicity’s sake, ease of judging, and to lower the barrier of entry, the tech pool is to remain on Automation defaults (5 on every value).
Priorities
StarlightKnightAlwaysNo1 says:
5-STAR 
STYLE
This car is jewelry to be seen in. Above all else this car should let people know the driver is wealthy. Whether that be from attention grabbing aggression or understated elegance, I will leave this up to you.
REALISM
This should hopefully be pretty self explanatory. While Dialyn really does not care about your engineering decisions, I do. Please rethink those carbon ceramic brakes and pushrod suspension and assess if your choices have any real-life equivalents. I will value realistic choices over the weird edge cases.
PRESTIGE
This ties into style, this is a car to be seen in, a car to brag about, a car to let people know she’s ‘made it. Consider the raw automation stat more of a vibes meter than a hard stat.
4-STAR
Comfort
Dialyn is expecting a large, luxury vehicle to be comforting. Shocker.
Drivability
Dialyn does not entirely understand that a large SUV means a hard-to-control vehicle, inspiring confidence is key, and minimizing curbed wheels, clipped mirrors and dinged bumpers is going to be important.
Safety
These are less vehicles and more ‘isolation chambers from the poor.’ If Dialyn sees the crash test video on your car and it “Looks Scary” she’s not even going to consider it. This shouldn’t be too much of an issue given the nature of these vehicles but respond accordingly.
3-STAR
Fuel Economy
The war in Iraq has just started, and while Dialyn could probably not point out Iraq on a map, fuel is only going to get more expensive in the coming years. This is on the back of her mind.
Reliability
Dialyn has bad memories of her Davalos Rapid leaving her stranded and would prefer to not have it happen again. She is going to be buying all the extended warranty she can get but if the car has a reputation for leaving drivers stranded she will go elsewhere.
Total Cost
Dialyn isn’t terribly bothered spending the entire budget, so I would advise you use it all, however if there is a car that does the same thing for less money she will prefer that.
Service Costs
This is probably the lowest priority as she has no problem buying all the dealer add-ons but she’s not going to let herself get raked over the coals if the car isn’t worth the squeeze.
Sportiness
While not at all an immediate priority, the feel of a large, powerful engine beneath her right foot to cut people off on the New Jersey Turnpike contributes to a sense of power and prestige. Too slow = too cheap and she is not about that.
Inspirations
Changelog
StarlightKnightAlwaysNo1 says:
- Forgot to add total cost and tech pool.
- Added fuel type, body types, max tire quality , seat regs
- fixed naming
- Last second revision to allow CVTs. I advise against this but I will be impressed if you pull it off.
Discuss with @expiredpancake for any questions/concerns.
Submissions:
Model and Family: QFC72 - [Your Forum Username] | Trim and Variant: Free. Submit Via Forums Only.
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Unless otherwise stated, no entry revisions allowed.
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CLOSED: SUNDAY, MAY 3rd, 12:00AM. EST
