Taking a guess based on what is written as the drivability on the spreadsheet, my car had a 56 drivability, so on the spreadsheet he wrote it as 0.558. I’m guessing he made it a factor of 0-100 and then compressed it down to 0-1 for purposes of math, so by 0.5 he means 50 drivability. just a guess tho
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Yeah I agree. I thought this might be the case but it’s always worth clarifying!
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Cindy gradually started to shiver more and more as the roads gained in altitude. “Shit, I wish I had time to stop and grab my jacket.” Her shorts and tank top weren’t suited for this altitude at all. But luckily, the Thunderbolt’s heater was more than strong enough to preserve the feeling in her extremities.
She decided to limit herself to 4,000 RPM until the ice cleared. The 3.3’s high revving nature meant it could easily be kept in line if she didn’t give it the chance to hit peak torque. She went about scuttling through the mountains, occasionally allowing the tail to kick out, but reeling it back in before it turned into a tankslapper. “I just had to go through my coffee on the highway,” she barked at herself.
Luckily, the road did straighten out soon enough, allowing the pack, and by extension, the 3.3, to rev out once more. However, there was still a problem occasionally rearing it’s ugly face over the horizon. That mystery helicopter. “I still don’t know who’s in there, but I have a feeling something’s gonna happen soon. That thing has to be monitoring us. Maybe we should scatter.”
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The weather was getting worse, Otis was familiar with driving in snow… deep snow… on a dirt road… in the mountains… with a 4x4… but trying to maintain 100+ mph on a paved icy mountian road… not so much.
Jake had been watching the car approaching for some time, barking left… right… right behind depending on which side of the seat he was standing on while looking out the back. This left Otis not really needing to look back too often and focus on the now tretcherous road ahead.
Otis knew the kiito was gaining even without looking, Jake was telling him in his own way what side they were coming up on. With the two being so closly matched it took several miles pass with the Kiito flitting back and fourth trying to find a gap past the truck before one finally opened up that was almost big enough as Otis had over committed to a turn sliding wide. The Kiito had also over committed to the turn, but on purpose using the side of the truck to help them make the turn and get by.
“Rubbing is Racing” Otis commented as the Kiito made it by proudly wearing black streaks down its side. Of couse there are surely blue streaks up the side of the truck. Watching the Road cat slid off the road into a snow bank, Otis was reminded to take it a bit cautiously followed by seeing the cannonerro burried deep in the snow with its hood up.
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Team Angus - Chapter Six
Team Angus - Chapter Five
GAR - Chapter 6
8Th of October, 2:20PM, The Pyrenees, South France
As we rocketed across the border it became clear that the snow was here to stay. Visibility was poor and the road was very slippery, ice was everywhere and large snowbanks had formed at the sides of the tight, twisty roads. I couldn’t believe just how sketchy the Bushrangers handling had become, every prod of the throttle elicited bulk oversteer and braking started massive understeer which was almost terminal at times!
Then it clicked. I had to find the rhythym just like on Dirt Rally… I replicated the easy slide, catch, slide of the ice racer and found myself able to increase my speed substantially. This meant that we caught up to the Chevallier a number of times through the pass but I was unable to translate my new found driving skills into a successful passing manoeuvre. We sliced and diced through the tight, technical roads with the Chev an ever present, yet tantalisingly out of reach, target to keep me focussed. My only regret was that we were unable to stop at that little village near the border, I bet they made delicious croissants and coffee…
Both Valeria and Ben woke up near the end of the stage. Ben was initially startled to have a grey cat in his lap but Sooty licked his nose, purred loudly then settled on his shoulder. Ben decided that, since Sooty was such a nice cat, Valeria could stay as well. Ben and I discussed how well the Bushranger was handling and Ben began to prep himself for taking over driving duties somewhere near the Riviera towns and villages. At this point Valeria pointed out that she had friends in the area and therefore we’d have somewhere we could lay low if required. Having agreed to a plan of action, I mentally steeled myself for action then planted the hammer down, determined to beat that damn Chev, once and for all…
TO BE CONTINUED
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cough 1995 cough, Team Angus are time travellers confirmed 
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It’s indeed 50 drivability! I divide the drivabilites by 100 to be able to keep the data in an easier to control format.
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Ah, Dirt Rally - didn’t even notice that one.
Anyone else thinks that @HighOctaneLove should place one timeline mess-up in every Chapter post as an easter egg of sorts?
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I think Angus meant Sega Rally Championship 1995, to give it its full title (one of my favorite arcade games) - Dirt Rally would not be released for two more decades.
Something I’m curious about, will high altitude affect power output? Thinner atmosphere in reality would cause issues. Something that would be mitigated with turbocharged cars and to a lesser extent, computer controlled fuel injection. But I would think the older carbureted cars would run into issues requiring manual adjustments.
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Well, that could be represented with an special rule in a high altitude segment. I’ll have to see if I can come up with something though.
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yay my guess was right then
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Wouldn’t the cold, more dense air help make up for the altitude change to some degree?
No because the higher up you go, the less oxygen there is, meaning the air is actually less dense as it is less oxygen rich. And thats why forced induction is a thing. It was developed for aeroplanes with the logic; Force more air in, therefore more oxygen, thus reducing the loss of power at altitude.
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Yep, and I’m running NA. Though I’m not running radical tires, medium compound I think so the cold won’t affect them as much as semi-slicks though it depends on how much the host wants to throw at this.
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The ambient temperature changing with altitude does in fact increase (or decrease if you are descending) air density, but that effect offsets only about seven or so percent of the change in ambient pressure, assuming a standard atmosphere (which almost never exists) and being at or near sea level.
If you want to find out more, come play my Aero Challenge once we can export engines in UE4! 
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I also opted for normal aspiration, and fitted sports tires instead of semi-slicks, with my reasoning being that such specialized tires would be much less effective on slippery tarmac.
Not that I am in this, but I want to ask, will you be doing another of these. This seems very fun and I missed out on the chance to do it.
Probably not for a while. This thing will be going on for another month or so