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I was originally considering something like that. Problem is the cost was too much. That and everyone I’d overtake would pass me again while I’m at the gas station.
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Absolutely zero points for guessing what car I’m bringing into this.
Name: Natasha “Glasses” Kuznetsova / Andrei “Molotok” Kuznetsov
Age: 24 / 31
Background: USSR fell and Russia emerged, chaotic, run by sellout politicians pretending to have the power, while mafia organizations battled each other for actual control of the country. Natasha and Andrei are children of a “Pahan”, a high ranking general in one of the mafia organizations. They both continued in their father’s footsteps, with Nat becoming an accountant, proficient in laundering large sums of money, and Andrei becoming an high level enforcer. Finding themselves on the losing side of a turf war, with the whole organization all but destroyed and the competitors gunning for every last person tied to their father’s crime organization, they fled the country in 1994.
Why are they taking part in the GAR?: The 5 million dollars is Nat’s’ shot at getting back her status and lifestyle, and she will stop at nothing to score the first place. Andrei is here to lend support to his little sister, co-pilot, pick up the slack when she’s tired and drive in her stead, and dispose of the bodies if need be.
Car
Not much is known of this car apart that it’s one of the first R models. The car seems to have a few modifications used by the KHT time attack team for 1995, while lacking the turbo whistles that usually come with one of those. Apart from that, full white paintscheme and a bodykit the car seems to not be set up for peak power outputs.
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Building one too, got the cost down enough, speed is definitely up there, it will pass anything but a gas station. And yes it will light up the rears now for the whole quarter mile.
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I’m not one for RPing so do excuse my boring story
Names: MS-1 and NL-2
Age: Unknown/Unknown
A Conad lorry arrives at the supposed start of the Great Run in the dead of the night. An uninteresting sight, leaving even the most curious people just wondering what business does an Italian Supermarket chain lorry have all the way out in Spain? If they bothered to stay longer, they would see a red sports car being unloaded from where food and other commodities ought to be, and a team of men dressed in red scuffling about.
To prove its endurance, the Fatalita Corsa (and it’s two pilots, test drivers who were promised an F1 gig and a Crinale respectively for finishing) will be subject to the grueling race, with many dangers and unsavory figures in tuned up econoboxes threatening to ding its expensive aluminum body and chances at winning the race. Oh this effort is totally done without the knowledge of Assoluto Spa. and done by a completely unaffiliated party.
After performing background checks on some of the other entrants, Assoluto wonders if they might have gotten themselves into something they really really shouldn’t have.
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Theodora Justinian.
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Personality: Manipulative, cunning and clever, Theodora is willing to put down anybody that stands between her and victory. She is arrogant, seeing herself as more clever than any of her competitors, and looks down her nose at those around her, particularly male race drivers.
Background: Born in Greece, Theodora found quick success selling Erin automobiles in West Germany, where she gained a passion for fast and fun cars.
Why are the entering the GAR?: Cash, excitement. Enough said.
The Car:
Those of you with sharp memories may recall this car from Automation D. As Nicholas’ Mother, She later passes this car onto him. But now, in 1995, it is a brand new car, with the same 5.4L Pushrod V8 rear mounted. The original car made roughly 240 Horsepower. With Theodora’s very legal modifications, the car is loud, fast, and ready for illegal racing.
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You did a great job making the Comet look like an FD RX-7… Although obviously it’s not rotary-powered.
As for my Guardsman, its engine was already in a high state of tune, so I concentrated on reducing weight instead.
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Why did we have to know? we didn’t ask.
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Otis
Age 24
A 5 foot 10 inch tall cowboy from the southwestern United States.
He always wears a dusty black felt sweat stained cowboy hat, blue jeans, scuffed cowboy boots,
a long sleeve button down shirt tucked into his pants, and a belt with a large rodeo belt buckle
Jake
Age 5
A blue healer dog, missing part of his left ear to an onerey horse, stays in the truck unless Otis tells him its ok to get out.
Friendly but very defensive of Otis and the truck, unless Otis tells him that they are ok, and if Jake agrees.
Background:
Otis began racing go-carts at the age of 5, and started modifying the engines on them when he was 8. In his spare time after the chores he would read everything he could about engines and engine modification. At first it was hit and miss… like when he was 12 the riding mower threw a rod doing 60mph while mowing the yard with the engine reving at 7500rpm. Needless to say after the whipping Otises dad made him promise to only do safe modifications to the big equipment, and only when they already needed fixin. They still had the fastest tractors in the county. At 16 Otis began to realize that the engine was only part of the equation and started reading up on aerodynamics and suspension tuning, despite his understanding the benefits in a race Otis still prefered trucks as they were always in use and were basically his livelyhood.
Motivation for entering:
Well it started him and his friends with some beer… then some more beer… then one of them mentioned hearing about a race across Europe and how it would be so much fun. More beer was consumed, with his friends trying to coax him into entering his new truck… After a few more beers, and his friends promising to help set up the truck, and take care of things around the ranch he agreed. So while the boys worked on the truck, Otis’s wife made a harness and helmet for Jake, and taught him how to put on the helmet himself. Jake took to the helmet idea right away, especially around that ornery horse.
The Truck: Redneck Express
A single cab DMA T25-L 4X4 with the special ordered aluminum 10.5L V-12. Of course the truck has been converted to a rear wheel drive as part of its diet. It lost well over a ton of weight in the process, largely due to the amount of accessories that were on it.
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Booooooo!!! 
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Ya, i know… but it would make sense in IRL 
Weightsavings and such…
Driver: Cindy Lau
Age: 18
Background: Cindy was a born gearhead and adrenaline junkie. She first learned to work on cars by fixing her mom’s car when she was 12, but her dad had been giving her behind the wheel time for 2 years at this point. But being addicted to speed, she wasn’t gonna settle for driving in circles around a parking lot for 4 more years. She and her friends frequently disturbed a nearby golf course by “borrowing” golf karts and turning the course into a makeshift rally stage.
This happened on and off until she finally got her learner’s permit. Having already long since mastered basic car control on the real deal, she wanted to really test her mettle.A few times a month, she would sneak off at night in her dad’s 1992 Ford Crown Victoria and take to the streets to do highway pulls and master the back roads. Since she hails from central Virginia, she always had to take great care to either outpace or outsmart the local cops, since getting caught would destroy any hope of getting her license, and those cops are absolutely hell-bent on speed enforcement. But despite this, she never got caught.
She took it further the next year after she got her license. She put her first car, a battered 1988 Mazda RX-7 GTU with the upgraded suspension and brakes off of a junkyard Turbo model through the wringer by egging the local Mustang and Camaro drivers into impromptu competitions. But she also learned very quickly that although her car would blow them away on the back roads, the wankel’s torque disparity relative to the V8s left her with a speed difference that on the straights, skill simply wasn’t enough to overcome. So she stuck to the back roads since she didn’t have the money for another car, or the knowledge of where to get tuner parts beyond scavenging bits off of a sportier version of the same car.
Since she always found back roads more fun anyway, she was fine with this until she heard the news from a friend of her’s who just got back from a trip to Europe. That a major race was going down. So she convinced her parents to let her “study abroad,” using the money from her college fund to pay for the trip, and the car. After all, even if she loses, she can still sell the car to recuperate most of the cost. And there’s always student loans…
Motivation for entering: She’s a street racer. Does she need extra motivation to join a street race? Although that potential 5 million is certainly a welcome prospect.
The car:
A 1990 DMV Thunderbolt
The Thunderbolt was built for someone like Cindy who loves corners, with it being able to hold nearly 1.2 Gs of cornering force in its stock form. However, although no slouch, the stock 2 liter 4 banger just wasn’t fast enough to compete. So she took to the junkyards once more and picked the engine and transaxle out of a newer model, a 3.3 liter V8 making a mighty (for its size) 321 horsepower coupled to a 6 speed manual, to give better gear spacing and fuel economy than the stock 5 speed. And although the extra weight means sacrificing some cornering ability, it gives the old Thunderbolt a 0-60 of 3.8 seconds, eons ahead of its stock 6.2 second sprint. And the fuel economy isn’t (that) bad either.
Side note: I’ve done a couple roleplay challenges before, but I’ve never spent so much time developing my lore. I never knew just how much more entertaining it was this way.
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So does my engine reliability matter or is it just the trim that will be taken into consideration and during rolls?
Trim!
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Driver: Ken Holt
Age: 40
Background: Ken is a Tuuklandian ex Formula 1 driver who gambled away most of his earnings. He is not exactly poor but he thinks his 8 year old son Joni has potential to become a good racing driver, so he’s trying to find any way he can to ensure his son has the best possible future. Being the risk taker he is, Ken decides to try this race.
Car: 1986 TM Potatismos 5d 4WD
The 4th generation Potatismos was available in front wheel drive and four wheel drive but even the highest spec trims had weak engines. This one has an engine swap from a 5th gen Potatismos R Turbo making it a 228 hp sleeper that accelerates from 0 to 100km/h in 5.6 seconds.
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Well, engine reliability does factor into the trim reliability, so better engine reliability = better overall reliability…
@accent Potatismos (mashed potatoes), really
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Yes, been using that name for cheap hatchbacks since forever. Reasoning behind it being that the cars are a bit potato-y although they are also entry level hot hatches (hot potatoes!), and also for the lols.
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Name: Ellsworth Pennybottom III
Age: 22
Background: Ellsworth Pennybottom the third hates that he has his grandfather’s name but he definitely doesn’t hate the trust fund that comes with being a young Pennybottom. A trust fund Ellsworth used to contract Stryker to build a one off car specifically for this race.
Why are they taking part in the GAR?: Ellsworth doesn’t need the prize money, he’s in this purely for thrills and glory. Though, I’m sure he can find something frivolous to blow 5 million on if he wins.
The Car: '95 Stryker Chupacabra
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Name: Sam Smith
Age: 38
Background: Producer of straight to DVD movies with plot-lines revolving around street-racing. The third film is currently in the early stages of filming and so Sam decided to use the Great Automation Run to collect authentic sound data and inside/outside shots of high speed action.
Sam is car enthusiast, Socialist Libertarian and is currently single despite his many attempts to woo the starlets who feature in his films but remains positive he’ll find his soulmate soon.
Why is he in the GAR?: Simple really, $5 million dollars will lift the budget into the decent film category and see “Angry Angus” achieve box office success!
Name: Ben Smith
Age: 30
Background: Brother of Sam and the “Star” of his movies. He’s also the mechanic so he keeps the cars in the films from grenading themselves trying to keep up with Sam’s creative vision!
Ben hates cars but loves driving and he knows he is going to miss his lovely wife of 10 years and their 2 sons as he travels about Europe at breakneck speed. A dyed in the wool Social Democrat, Ben’s looking forward to seeing one of his brothers films actually sell well, which will allow him his dream of owning his own home…
Why is he in the GAR?: 50% driving holiday, 50% work requirement. Ben’s coming along for the ride!
The car: The car chosen to star in “Angry Angus: Irritation Road” is a heavily modified version of a 1977 Bogliq Bushranger Veloce.
Essentially a licence built XC Ford Falcon hardtop, the Bushranger packs a 351ci Cleveland V8, makes about 165Kw and is a handful to drive anywhere where there’s a corner.
The Bushranger has been extensively modified with aftermarket alloy heads and stroker kit being sourced to stretch the engine out to 408ci. Multi-point fuel injection was installed using a Leeroy Racing kit and the cam was replaced with a Bathurst specific grind so that there would be a wide spread of power without stifling the top end. Quality extractors were installed to a dual pipe, crossover exhaust system which exited at the rear of the car via two twin pipe cannon mufflers. Power has been massively increased to 308Kw and the gearbox, tyres, brakes and suspension has all been modified to cope with the massive increase in power.
The result? This car’ll do the 0-100 sprint in 5 seconds flat and will go on to top out at just under 250Km/h.
Best of luck to all who enter because regardless of where you end up, you’re likely to find yourself immortalised on film! 
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