Shitbox Rally 2023 - Stage 14 (FINISHED!)

happyfireballman · 28 February 2023 14:27

If its era is that of 1930s steampunk, what would happen if a part breaks down and needs to be replaced? Would it be improvised by what the locals have or is the car gone?

IDK158 · 28 February 2023 14:31

also also. can someone ping me when subs open so I dont miss it

Knugcab · 28 February 2023 14:31

Well, I presume it is like last year, your car could not break down so horrible that you were out of the race, if you didn’t ask for it yourself. Read the thread from last year and you will see some hilarious repairs, everything from cam bearings made from beer cans to steam converted cars…

Elizipeazie · 28 February 2023 15:01

@IDK158
minimal.
there is some unpaved segments

as i declared in Discord already, you will be safe if your car can reasonably clear a speed bump

@shibusu
We will provide some rough flavor for each stage and each team. That is meant to serve as a guideline for anything you want to write.
The exact happenings are up to you as part of the RP you make within your team or with other teams.

@happyfireballman; @Knugcab
DNF through breakdown is impossible, unless you explicitly state the intent of doing so.
Spare part supply is limited to basic fabrication and tooling. Actual parts for the specific vehicle have to be sourced from team supplies at event start.
Of course, you can also try and collaborate with other teams to “fudge” a solution.

donutsnail · 28 February 2023 15:58

What are the conditions of the roads? Can we expect good conditions, or are off-roaders favored? I see the weather is quite extreme, can we expect local roads to be cleared and treated in extreme wintry conditions?

Elizipeazie · 28 February 2023 16:18

Road conditions can generally be summed up as "early 30s paved roads.
Thus, you will encounter anything from reasonable asphalt to cobblestone roads in cities.
Dirt roads are rare and not exceptionally demanding.
As detailed above, if you can clear a speed bump, you’ll be fine.

The roads we are using likely are at least decently cleared (i.e. no bog-fest through loose snow. They cannot clear roads instantly upon snowfall, obviously)

@Madrias probably has more intel there.

Tyhikastija · 28 February 2023 20:08

I asked Elizipeazie about shithousery and found out that:

Police can’t be tricked, so I will not bring a fake Ambulance running Code 2 entire way.
Cannonball style countermeasures won’t have any effect, so I won’t bring any.
“Calculation-wise, teams are self-contained and have no way of interacting with others.”
“If you enable Top Gear mode (thus letting a broken car sit for itself), cars are timed as distinct entities.”
If I break down and my 2nd vehicle just happens to be a flatbed I can not carry the broken down vehicle to the finish and fix it after the stopwatch has stopped.
If I bring a food truck I can’t poison y’all.

Elizipeazie · 28 February 2023 20:11

Addendum:
You can Roleplay the act of carrying one car with the other, but it won’t affect the event times since it takes time to load up the car and the added weight slows down the other.

The Poisoning will need approval from the people being poisoned and obviously may have consequences later on.

IDK158 · 28 February 2023 20:13

Johnny: OK fine ill try some local food
Johnny a few minutes later: fucking dies

Madrias · 28 February 2023 20:40

Right, time to answer some of these questions.

@Vena.Sera423 Engine size, cylinder count, and aspiration limits are only for mid-engine cars. It’s to allow Pontiac Fieros, Toyota MR-2s, and other low-power “common” Mid-Engine cars, while avoiding discount supercars.

@Jaimz68 1970 trim with up to a 2010 engine if you’d like. So you could do a 1960’s car that had a last model in 1970, or a resto-mod of some crap-tastic late 40’s car that was done up in the 70’s, engine-swapped with some awful 1.6 liter turbo I4 if you wanted.

As for traveling to another world, we’ll be driving there through the Rift, an inter-dimensional “road” that links worlds together. If she can put up with some “night-time” driving conditions on a smooth road, Gran should be fine.

@IDK158 Teams provide their own food if they don’t want to eat what the locals are making. Some teams may have more food to share, so, if you want an interaction, that is a way to have it happen.

@Elizipeazie Local cuisine will be somewhat 1930’s US influenced, so… Basically, it’s “A mix of what the world eats, plus some things of our own creation.” It shouldn’t be too weird, but then again, they might have ingredients that we don’t have back home on Earth. That said, plenty of “safe” options for people to choose from, plus they do have stores where you can buy vegetables, fruits, meats, etc. in order to cook your own meals.

@IDK158 Cars on loose surfaces depends on what you consider “loose.” There’s one true “off-road” section, and if you can handle speedbumps or a potholed parking lot, you’ll get through it just fine. Some roads might have snow on them. Build a sensible street-legal car and you won’t have issues with off-roading.

@shibusu While the hosts will try to provide inspiration for what caused a breakdown, you can counter it by providing your own explanations. In other words, if the car has lore as to why it might be unreliable, we’re more likely to pick up on those flaws and use them to our advantage during the stage blurbs. Our writing is just inspiration for you to write, should you choose to do so.

@happyfireballman If you have a breakdown caused by a broken part, either you replace it with a spare you have, fix it yourself, or improvise a part. No one breaks down permanently, you can always fix the broken car. Sometimes some creativity in the repairs, however, can make things interesting.

@donutsnail As mentioned already, “Early-30’s paved roads.” Primitive asphalt, some cobblestone roads in cities. Gravel roads are well-maintained (for gravel at least) and dirt roads are rare. If you can handle a speedbump or a potholed parking lot, you’ll do fine there. They do have snow-plows, so, we’re not driving through too much snow, provided they’ve had time to clear the roads. Could be good inspiration fuel for a slow run, being “stuck behind the snow-plow.”

@Tyhikastija Yeah, you can’t really mess with other teams deliberately, but you can still have fun with some ideas. You can bring a food truck, for example, you just can’t deliberately poison people with it. But if some team has some food from your taco truck and then role-plays spending an hour in the outhouse with the Screaming Squirts, then it’s funny and an agreed-upon bit of amusement.

Likewise, you’re more than welcome to bring a fake Ambulance and go lights-and-sirens, it just won’t do anything. Your ambulance doesn’t look like their ambulances, so they know better. Most of our cars can outrun their cars, but if we break down after a 4 hour police chase, you’re spending a few hours in jail and then fixing up the broken car.

You can carry the broken car to the finish line if you want to write it that way. Just the stopwatch stops once that car drives into camp under its own power.

Looks like I’m all caught up.

Madrias · 1 March 2023 01:28

Team Shift Happens

Team Information

Rukari Khakrin-Veldrothan

-Race: Aetheriian Tiger Valraadi
-Age: 98 (149)
-Appearance: 7 feet, 9 inches tall (top of his head, 8 feet flat to the top of his horns), 450 pounds (204.1 kilograms) of muscle, has a tail as long as he is tall tipped with black, venomous quills, dark gray fur, black stripes, black lion’s mane, black ear-tufts, demon-like rearward-curved horns on his head, orange feline eyes, and the general appearance of a bipedal walking tiger demon. Courtesy of events between last year and now, he has a prosthetic shin and right foot after finding out that automotive springs bite.

Team Role: HD-GV “Carry All” Radio Operator