The Automation Gamer Challenge [NEW THREAD]

Following the success of the 2001 movie ‘The Agile and the Angry’ studio executives have teamed up with a major game studio to develop a game set within the same world to launch for 2003. A big point to avoid the issues of many film to game adaptions was to have the players playing a new character and not one of the movie characters, and so this requires a roster of cars for people to customise to their liking.

So here is the hunt for some stock cars that can be modified to fit in with any number of A&A cars. Of course the executives would like to see what the stock cars look like before reaching their wild levels of modifications.

What they’re looking for in terms of modified cars are both wild interior and exterior upgrades along with performance upgrades to match. The best submission will be featured on the game’s cover alongside some of the movie’s hero cars.

Generally, the inspiration here is the Need for Speed Underground games.


Rules

  • Base car/engine no older than 1965

  • 2003 trim and engine variant year

  • All engine and mechanical parts are changeable from the base car except for the chassis tab. So no changing the chassis, engine position, panel material, or suspension. I will bin cars that have clearly unrealistic choices here to minmax.

  • No more than 8 cylinders

  • 160 engine ET limit, 130 trim ET limit

  • Maximum 13s 1/4 mile time (game magic and nitro power ups will drop it down to 10s or less)

  • 98 RON Super unleaded

  • Interior design required and should match up with interior tab choices (for reference, stripped out is basic, sport still has some quality parts to it)

  • Back seats and safety features optional

  • Screenshots required in the thread, at least one of the unmodified car and one of the modified car

  • Only the modified car file is being sent to me.

  • Standard naming applies (AG18 - YourName, Make/Model/Trim, AG18 - YourName, EngineName)

Judging

  • High importance: Styling, clear visual upgrades from the stock car

  • Medium importance: Drivability, sportiness, prestige

  • Low importance: Comfort, cost


Here’s the original A&A movie challenge for reference/inspiration: The Search for a Sportscar - The Agile and the Angry - #46 by thecarlover

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Submissions will open at 12 PM EDT Sunday June 13th 2021 (rules subject to change until then)

Entries will close at 8 PM EDT Sunday June 27th 2021 (deadline has been extended)

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