Previous round: TMCC17- The Courier (submissions closed)
Premise: TV and Movie Car Challenge
TMCC18: Taksi Online
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Taksi Online is an upcoming series being produced by Houshou Studio’s Indonesian division for their new streaming platform. The show centres around an online taxi driver, known only as “the Driver”, and his night-time online taxi job. The story focuses on his interactions with his passengers, as well as bits of the Driver’s daily life. The studio isn’t looking for anything special. They just want a car that a typical online taxi driver would use, such as the Driver. Because these cars are both their daily drivers and work vehicles, the car has to be reliable, practical, and economical. The car doesn’t have to be fancy, but should be comfortable enough for the Driver to do his job in. In other words, the studio wants a no-nonsense basic car for both personal and passenger-ferrying duties.
Rules:
Trim
- Model year ≤2019
- Trim year 2019
- Max price: $19,000
- Max trim ET: 95
- Min. wheelbase: 2.40m (hard lower limit)
- Max. wheelbase: 2.70m (hard upper limit)
- Min. safety: Basic 10s
- No semi slick tyres
- Must have at least 5 seats
- Must have at least five doors
- Must be a hatchback/wagon/MPV. Liftbacks are not allowed.
Engine
- Family year ≤2019
- Variant year 2019
- Max engine ET: 110
- Maximum loudness: 35
- At least one muffler required
- Catalytic converter required
- Unleaded fuel only
- 92 RON maximum. You can achieve this by adjusting the “Tuned Fuel Type”. You can obviously run on lower octane but it gives you no competitive advantage.
- No V16s
Naming Convention
- Model/engine family name: TMCC18-(your forum username)
- Trim name: name of your car
- Variant name: name of your engine
Priorities
Price
The lower the better, but make sure that you don’t compromise too much and still provide a good package overall.
Value
These cars are supposed to offer good bang for buck. The studio rather buy a slightly more expensive car with better value than a cheaper car that offers next to nothing, and vice versa.
Running costs
The car must be fuel-efficient, have low service costs, and be reliable. What else is there to say?
Drivability
The Driver is just your average Joe, driving his little car to put food on the table. He doesn’t want his shitbox to spin out while taking a corner at 20km/h.
Design
The car isn’t going to win hearts but nobody would want to be seen driving something repulsive. The car shouldn’t be too flashy and should reflect the Driver’s humble personality. As such, the colours should not be flashy either. Typical colours include white, grey, silver, and black. But anything can work as long as it doesn’t stand out too much. The car shouldn’t look too fancy either, as this round involves rather shitspec cars.
Comfort
Nobody really expects much from a car in this segment but don’t make it an absolute nightmare to ride in for both the driver and passengers.
Practicality
These cars may be small but being able to carry passengers and a decent amount of cargo is always a plus.
Safety
Little cars like these aren’t exactly the safest but do try to at least make the driver feel safe in their own car.
Sportiness/Performance
The city is too gridlocked for any kind of spirited driving, so there is no point in making a sporty car.
Notes (Please Read)
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Interior designs are not mandatory and will not be judged. Still, I encourage all of you to at least give it a shot as it essentially unlocks a new dimension in making Automation cars. I will comment on interiors when judging but again, it won’t affect the results.
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CSR realism is expected. If anything is too min-maxxed or out of the scope, it will be binned.
But what exactly counts as realistic? Being in Southeast Asia, cars in Indonesia can get away with a lot of things that are normally unacceptable in more developed nations. Traction control? None. Safety? As long as you drive carefully, you’ll be fine. LEDs? No need! Infotainment? As long as it has radio and bluetooth, it’s good!
In other words, you can lower your standards a little here. But still, look at the cars in the inspirations section and do some research, see what’s realistic for the segment and what isn’t. Meme cars that go “haha third world country mean no safety and everything cheap and deliberately bad!!!” will be binned.
That said, most taxis (online or not) are manuals. In addition, the smaller hatchbacks normally have engines between 1.0L and 1.2L to comply with LCGC regulations which reduced the car’s tax obligations. The larger MPVs, meanwhile, tend to have engines between 1.0 and 1.5L. So yeah do what you want with that information.
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Value is important. If a $17,000 car is as good as a $19,000 car, the production team will obviously go for the cheaper car.
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This round will be run on the LCV4.2 open alpha
Inspirations
Gallery
Daihatsu Ayla/Toyota Agya/Perodua Axia
Honda Brio
Suzuki Karimun Wagon R
Datsun Go
Datsun Go+
Toyota Cayla/Daihatsu Sigra
Toyota Avanza/Daihatsu Xenia
Honda Mobilio
Wuling Confero
Suzuki Ertiga
Dacia Sandero
Volkswagen Gol
Fiat Argo
Some music to get you in the mood:
Edits
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Added Dacia Sandero, Volkswagen Gol, and Fiat Argo to Inspirations
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Clarified that liftbacks are not allowed
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Added more information about design and engineering
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Budget decreased to $19,000
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Labelled cars in Inspirations
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New deadline
Submissions
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Submissions will open on Sunday, 8th May at 23.00 SGT (UTC+8). The rules will be open to deliberation and subject to change until then.
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Submissions will close on Sunday, 29th May at 23.59 SGT (UTC+8).
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Due to the unstable state of 4.2, resubmissions will be allowed should there be an update that tampers with the cars’ stats and/or design. If no such updates happen, however, there will be no resubmissions.
Good luck, have fun, and may the best car win.
