Pictured Examples: Toyota RAV4, Nissan Murano, Buick Encore, Ford Escape, Honda CR-V
Build a 2016 two-row crossover for a buyer focused on the compact crossover segment but willing to consider subcompact or smaller midsize crossovers.
Rules
Suggested wheelbase about 100-110 inches or 2.5-2.8 meters
Soft price cap of $30,000
Default techpool (+5 everywhere)
WES 11 emissions
Regular unleaded fuel (87 AKI/91 RON)
SUV bodies only
Must have exactly two front row seats and full rear bench seat without any additional seats
No parts with “race” in the name
Radial tires only, with tire width ending in “5”
Trim and variant year set to 2016 (no restrictions on car model year or engine family year)
Reserve the right to penalize any apparent attempts to “game the system,” which could include extreme variations in quality of 10 or more points from highest to lowest quality and using advanced trim settings to make the car look like something it isn’t.
Submissions
Must DM me the .car file and post an ad on this thread with at least one photo of your car
Car model and engine family name must be “QFC77 -” followed by your user name (e.g. I would put "QFC77 - oldmanbuick ") with the actual car and engine names put in the “Trim” and “Variant” fields
To seem like abg7 here, what are the rules about fuel type? Also I presume 5 door SUV bodies only? Plus one final question (), what does “Reserve the right to penalize any apparent attempts to ‘game the system’” mean? Like +15 tire quality and similar stuff like that?
I might suggest 91 RON/87 AKI regular unleaded as the sole eligible fuel type (to cut costs), and a 5-door SUV body style requirement for practicality’s sake.
Good questions, and exactly what the rules deliberation period is for. I have clarified regular unleaded fuel and SUV bodies. I have also added some guidelines on what might constitute “gaming the system.” I tend not to frown on using a lot of quality points, since “min-maxing” seems to be what a lot of real manufacturers do: cutting quality where it’s unlikely to be noticed and adding it where it’s going to make a positive impression on the customer. But don’t make the quality variations too extreme. Also, I only bin for rules violations in rare cases. I know this is a bit vague, but I feel like it’s a case of “I’ll know it when I see it.”
Where is this set? I feel like the same suv would have a larger engine and more likely be automatic if it was set in America as opposed to europes, which is what I assume since we are using 91ron fuel
I wasn’t really thinking of this being “set” anywhere in particular, although all the example vehicles are pulled from US-market names just because that’s what I’m familiar with and could pull quickly. It looks like there’s not quite as much difference between US-market and Euro-market engines in this segment and time period as there might be at other times, with, for example, the US-market Ford Escape using sub 2-liter turbocharged engines for most trims. I don’t intend to add any particular penalty or bonus for manual vs automatic transmissions, and “realism” isn’t a scoring criterion for engineering. I also tend to think of realism more from the perspective of whether a build is internally consistent. For example, pair a 1-liter turbo with a manual transmission, and you have a fuel-sipping model. Pair a manual transmission with a 2.5L naturally aspirated engine with a manual transmission, and I might be scratching my head wondering who exactly that build is for–unless maybe the model has some other engineering decisions that add up to making it some kind of sport trim. Anyway, I think engineering “realism” only comes into play here with the possibility of assessing penalties for “gaming the system.”
That’s a bit of a non-answer, but hopefully that addresses your concern. That said, I’m going to park a poll here to see if there’s a strong sentiment that this should be set in a particular market.
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), what does “Reserve the right to penalize any apparent attempts to ‘game the system’” mean? Like +15 tire quality and similar stuff like that?
