The Early Days of Motor Racing [Race 1 CLOSED - Results Pending]

Ah hmm okay cheers, might need to tweak a bit more, otherwise will be difficult to get accurate enough figures maybe? I’ll test and update :slight_smile:

EDIT: obviously reduces power a bit, but everything still seems feasible.

I have been having issues with traction in BeamNG exports however, so i’ll keep chasing that down to see if I can figure out how to resolve before officially starting the challenge.

I may of just not noticed but are superchargers (new update) allowed

I’m going to say no, for 2 reasons:

  • in 1900, they were only really just invented and weren’t really used a huge amount until the 1920’s
  • I haven’t tested them at all yet :stuck_out_tongue:
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In actuality the roots style blower is dated back all the way to around 1860 where it was used for ventilation in mineshafts. It was just never put on an automobile engine until i believe 1921. So in effect the blower actually predates the automobile in its entirety but i completely understand the reasoning just though id thow out what i think to be a neat little fact

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:partying_face: Submissions for Race 1 are open! :partying_face:

(note the slight change to rules around tyre quality)

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, 8 February 2025 at 00:00:00 UTC Time

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Still a little bit of engeneering to do but let me introduce you

The DUFARM Série I Gamma

DUFARM was founded in 1894 by two french engineer : Gustave Armand and Louis Dufresne who meet at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. They decided to colaborate and, 5 years later, opened a car factory in Clermont-Ferrand. The same year they participated in the Paris-Rouen 1894 competition with their first prototype DUFARM Série I Alpha.

Today they decided to take part in the Gordon Benett competition with the Série I Gamma equip with a 2.0L inline 6 featured an inclined front grid to maximize cooling area.

More to come, but for now here is a recolored picture of the Série I Gamma with Louis Dufresne (driver) and Gustave Armand (passenger).

Hope you like it :blush:

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Seaforth Motor Vehicles of Liverpool, UK is an offshoot of Seaforth Shipping created after its owner, John James Seaforth, 1st Viscount Seaforth found available cars lacking and decided to make high performance vehicles for himself and other early enthusiasts.


Using a 3.6L opposed 4 producing 45hp the Seaforth Peaks was the first car the company produced, it’s poor reliability put paid to plans to reuse the engine in other applications but despite these issues the car was still entered in the 1900 Paris-Lyon race.

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Was gonna enter but my 3d modelling looks like crap compared to y’all ><

I’ll post up my own attempt - that might give you an easy bar to jump over :rofl:

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Hexe – a brand founded in the German Empire by Polish inventor Izabela Jabłonowska of the Prus III coat of arms. Izabela began designing her first car after witnessing Bertha Benz’s first ride in 1888. Inspired by the event, she decided to create her own vehicle. A decade later, she successfully turned her dream into reality.

Hexe Isabella A – the first car of this brand. It features a 2.3L flat four engine producing 41 kW, an additional fuel tank, and a toolbox with spare parts mounted at the rear of the vehicle. With these preparations, the car is ready to compete in the first motorsport events.

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Am I the only one getting a red brake failure message?

With technically no Front Brake, we’ll all get the brake failure warning.
Or maybe you can manage to get rid of it using all 10 of your bonus quality points (I didn’t tried)

Yeah, definitely ignore that warning, I think it would be impossible to get rid of it with these cars hahaha.

(Here’s my entry, noting that it’s not eligible for any points / etc)

The A.G. Alpha-44 GB-Cup:
A.G.'s first ‘proper’ race car…

Based on the chassis of the Alpha Tourer, Albere Guille replaced the road-going body with a much smaller and cut-down version for the GB-Cup. Unfortunately they didn’t have enough time to build or design a dedicated racing engine, so a modified version of the Tourer’s 2.1L inline-4 was used to power the racecar.

The engine was bored and stroked out to 3.4L, which increased its torque output to a massive 171Nm, but introduced significant issues with balance that meant its redline was much reduced, limiting its power output to just shy of 45HP.

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Race 1 Closed, thank you for everyone that entered so far.

I’ll take a look at all the entries and come up with some preliminary comments prior to the race :slight_smile:

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