Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you a new challenge, the Sell on Monday, Win on Sunday contest.
After the decade that taste forgot, the nineties could only yield a change for the best. Nothing could possibly be worse than fluorescent gym clothing. However, after the economic crisis on the late eighties and early nineties, the world and the people had changed dramatically. Gone were the lavish displays of wealth, in came elegance and soberness.
Thankfully, the world of cars faired a lot better, the squared and dull look of 80s cars were starting to be replaced with more rounded, aggressive and interesting designs and new tech was becoming common place, like multi-point fuel injection, anti-lock brakes and airbags. Something that pointed to new era of efficiency and safety on the roads, or, as some like to think, the end of the pure driving experience, with cars that could no longer be fixed on the shed, but would actually need a computer to be made to work. Before the invention of the world wide web, few people had the necessity of a computer.
When it came to racing, things were also looking bleak. Cutting-edge technology in racing was being dismissed, on a move that started in 1986 with the end of Group B, continuing on Formula 1’s ban on advanced technology, such as active suspensions, traction controls and so on, trying to make the cars slower. In 1993, most touring car championships changed their old and proven Group A rules for the new SuperTouring category, meaning that the cars had very little relation to the road-cars.
You, as a purist, wanted to do something about all of this non-sense, but, as the chairman of a big corporation, you had to follow the wave and embrace all these changes and, of course, make money out of it. A tall order, considering the recent economic challenges the world faced. Together with your accountants, you decided that the best way to market your cars was via racing, obviously. But, you were cash-strapped, so first you need to make money with your mass-market car, to then be able to race them. And no fancy category either, the best you could afford was to go Group N racing.
Structure
You must make a car, which can compete in 3 vastly different challenges. For that, you are allowed to use a single model, but three different trims. The first two trims are road-going versions, one designed to be a mass seller, the other as a sporty version, almost in homologation spec. The third trim is a racing car.
The road-going variants will be subjected a comparison/consumer-simulation, using an updated version of the formulae used by conan in his UCC (link). Also, the top 3-5 cars on each category will get a review. The racers, on the other hand, will go head to head on the track, using Der Bayer’s BROBOT, which gives real-time racing with a comprehensive simulation method.
To avoid unfair competition, from racers disguised as normal cars, a few of the worst road-going cars, that don’t meet the necessities of the people, will be disqualified at each step. After all, who can race without money from the sales, right? In other words, all cars will compete on the cheapest, economy minded category, then the worst cars from this group will be disqualified from the rest of the competition. Then, the homologation specials should, too, sell well, so a few of the worst cars from this group will also be removed. These numbers of drop outs will change based on the number of entries, in a way that the number of racers will stay between 20 and 30 cars.
##Rules
Also note:
[ul]All trims must be made from a single model/:m]
The road-going sports version and the racing version have to share the same engine family. Bonus points will be given to those who use only one engine family in all three trims./:m]
Steam users: only mods from this pack are allowed (link) for steam users. I only accept the mods if they are installed from the workshop, please do not add them directlyon the camso folder./:m]
Standalone users, due to the difference between the folder structure in the mods,only allow vanilla content is allowed./:m]
***No negative quality on the transmission, due to bugs.
EDIT: The aesthetic judgement will only happen for the cars that are reviewed[/ul]
Comparison criteria
Both the eco and the sporty versions will be measured and compared across all of their capabilities, with the main relevant stats and their weight listed as follows. Also, design will play a role, the criteria to judge it will be year adequacy, balance and beauty. This will have a minor role on the score, but could influence the final, more subjective, review one way or another.
The Top 3-5 cars will get a written comparison review, done by me. And the 8-10 worst economy cars will be dropped of the competition, as will the worst 4-6 sporty cars.
The races will be ran using Der Bayer’s brobot, complete with pre-season testing, qualifying and the actual race. The season have 4 races, on 4 different track that will be revealed when it’s deemed appropriate by me.
##Scoring
There will be a ranking of the cars, in each method of comparison. For the overall win, the car with the most number of points on average wins the title of best car of 1993 and gets a special long-form text. The points in each section will be awarded as follows: 1st place gets 50 points, 2nd gets 45, 3rd gets 42, 4th 40 and so on. The car with the most points in total is the overall winner.
Submission Format
Please follow this format to name your cars and engines:
[ul]]odel: Somwom-(Username)-(anything)/:m]
Eco trim: Eco-(Anything)/:m]
Hot trim: Sport-(Anything)/:m]
Racing trim: Racing-(Anything)/:m]
Engine family(ies): (username)-Engine-(Anything) – Please add a 2 in your second family, if necessary. Example: Leo9613-Engine2/:m]
Eco variant: Eco-(Anything)/:m]
Hot variant: Sport-(Anything)/:m]
Racing variant: Racing-(Anything)/:m][/ul]
Example:
On the PM, you must add your username, nationality and model and trim names (ex: Baltazar Quark BS and RS). Also, if you wish, you can write a small text, talking about your ideas for the car or something that you think is relevant and that could help me writing the review. Also, if you use the standalone version, please make that clear on the PM.
Cars that don’t comply with the rules, have some sort of mod-placement related issue will be allowed only one revision.
A few people have experienced a bug with the export function. To avoid that, please, double-check the exported files, to see if all trims are on the zip.
Important note, after the pre-season testing it will be possible to send a revision to the racing car.
TL, DR: One chassis, three trims. Be sensible and have fun!
Approved entries
Lordred - LHE Astonish
Strop - Armada Fore mk.2
Packbat - PAW Murina
VicVictory - Suzume Shizuka
Chipskate - Toyoko Sirius
Riso - Riso Motors SHX
Der Bayer - BAM 1300S
NormanVauxhall - Znopresk Zap!
8bs - FMC Ct
RoyalStig - Griffin Chwareon Bach
Trackpaduser - NMC Lynx
HighOctaneLove - Bogliq Kitten
Chiwie - TM Impressive
Absurdist - Mk6
Titleguy1 - Rennen Caelum
NiuYorqCiti - Ponni Citadel
HellBoyBG - XELiX Buzzer
conan - Mitsushita Hamamatsu Station
Razyx - ManHell Route
gooles - Motasan Starling
torts - Coco Automobili H5
WoarLord - VA Cityrunner
DoctorNarfy - Shromet N-Joy
Tycondero - Astana Robin
Pyrlix - BANhammer N!mbox
NoahC - Yinser DasCar
pHanta - CAA Nebulon
Refused cars
Wargames - SA Buttcave (too many bugs)
harizvet1 - Infinity QS20 (repeated use of unaccepted mods)
Nolli - Nolden Terpeno IV/II (mods not correctly installed)
Iouras (lua error)
earincon198 (didn’t use the file exporter)
Results
Eco Review and Results
Pre-season test
Sport Results
Final Results
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