@Aruna 6th, so yes, it was good (like many others ) and you’re next in the line of succession.
Postscript stuff
I think our dude Ben would be happy with most of the cars, even the non-top 5 did good and it was very close in the end, with the restricted budget.
Beware of spreadsheets, they can spread out into a monstrosity. About 69% of judging time was simply wasted confusing myself in Spreadsheet Simulator 3000.
Yes, Stigtime is Airfield lap time, as in if Top Gear had reached its most famous form in 1992.
Rules rant
Y’all (about half the field) need to check yo’self on naming rules. I decided to be consistently lenient on this because it didn’t actually impact my workload or the actual product. You won’t know if your future host cares about the subtle details of spelling and spacing around the "-"s until it’s too late…
Some of you had had octane requierement below 95. I decided that, since they would still need 95 at the pump, it’s not a binnable offense, but again YMMW.
About half the cars had +5 “trim fixture tech pool” which is odd and technically against the rules, but it doesn’t actually do anything. (maybe an indication the model was created/cloned after the update)
Unprovoked terminal oversteer may not be against the rules, but not something I’d want in a road car.
I somewhat regret making a big show about the bins with a separate post, but the rules are there and need to be pointed out for a degree of consistency with other challenges. My baseline was to give a review like everyone else gets and just keep them out of the rankings. I’ll consider having a 1 resubmission grace period if I host a QFC again. I’m not above rule-breaking, as will be seen in JOC. I even saw it, but simply forgot to fix it
Could I get some feedback on the Trident? Designing small hot hatches to a budget is not my strong point and it certainly showed with the Sapphire in my opinion as to get the performance i did for the ET and budget i had to use an odd engine capacity and valvetrain (1.8 SOHC 3V) Compared to my usual 2L DOHC 4V, Long stroke affairs.
OK I’ll start some sampling on the trucks and what bodies that gives us, hopefully more than a couple. I’m thinking it will be a pretty flexible body range, to just let us be creative. And, just to be unique, what do we think about Mini trucks like “Truckin’ show trucks”, with big wheels, air ride, etc.? Not the nutso stuff of the 2010’s but more like that "cool, Air Ride! time of the late 90’s early 2000’s.
@DrPepper2002 My first thought was something like “whoa dude I didn’t expect something this fast (and small) as the first entry”. Enginewise, setting the family year to 1992 instead of 1975 gives a considerable boost to reliabiltity and, switching to twin-scroll turbo and boost control gives much more low/midrange power for free.
Slightly larger tires (diameter and width) would help acceleration, braking and cornering (when I moved the front flare slider from 0.99 to 1 on a clone, it unlocked up to 195 width). The rear lights could be larger, perhaps a different design as well (this is one of those bodies where putting lights at the corners is a pain, so having them more “inboard” makes sense) Some sort of rear spoiler would be appropiate for such a high speed racer (just turn down the slider to keep the top speed).
I think having some sort of detail on the C-pillar, like a vent or 3-stripe decal, would further help it stand out as the ultimate (unless there are even more extreme trims) Sapphire. I would suggest lenghtening the bumper strip around the corners (with a shorter, mirrorer piece), doing the same in the rear, and maybe even add one more on the side at the same height. And add some fog lights and a hood vent, perhaps some more angular mirrors as well. Maybe a more angular side indicator, and side vent as well. The rims are a good choice for the body.
@Texaslav In general yes I riked eet. It’s good you stick to company canon, and turbo air-cooled RR is cool (even) with the widowmaker reputation. It’s chonky in a good way with the wide fenders. The rich green with a pinch of blue is nice and very 90s. The Audi comment was based on the comfort-tune suspension and clean/bit too clean look.
Definitely wouldn’t say it’s low effort though, with the intricate custom front/rear lights. I think the rear lights are a few cm too tall, and the mirror indicators need to go. With the engine being air cooled, the large side vents (1 degree of rotation would bring it more in line with the fender crease) and no front grill make sense. But since it actually has decent brake cooling, some lower front vents would be appropiate and and some more character. Maybe splitting the side vent in two and adding a bump strip on the door, both in line with the top of the front/rear bumpers, could be something to explore, but IDK if it would actually be an improvement (the idea being a more or less continuous line connecting front/rear and emphasizing length over height).
I presumed from the tall hood it had a frunk as well, so you can cram in enough luggage for a longer trip in two smaller compartments like with the Cayman. The trunk would be nice for keeping takeout food warm
Take any “unsolicited advice” with a mouthful of salt, I’m no design expert - I get into this sort of analysis every time I revisit something I made more than like a month ago. On second thought please skip the salt
Thanks for the advice!! I was originally planning and had, infact built, a Car More Akin to the R8-Gen Rover 200 With a long wheelbase but i couldnt get the Length under the limit so a Lot of the Engine work was originally done for That car . (The original car was infact supposed to use Longitudinal FWD and a 102 inch wheelbase.)
Truth is i hadnt even considered using a Twin-Scroll Turbo as this was my first Competition Entry in a Good While and i Was and still am trying to get to grips with the new engine designer.
I appreciate the feedback and Something akin to this car will appear in the Trident Range (Though under a different model Name) as the 80s develop. Hopefully i give it a Prettier Body though…
) and you’re next in the line of succession.
