Storyline.
Louisiana, 1992.
Back Road Hustling is a series following the main character, Dustin Shelby, using his beloved rally inspired ride to do his various (somewhat illegal, mostly illegal) deeds, like doing courier runs for weapons, drugs, etc. and to outrun the police on any surface he finds himself on when he eventually does get involved in a chase. He is a petrol head at heart and loves his cars to death as they are his main way to earn the money he does. He grew up watching rallying and so then fell in love with the road cars that was spawned through rally and always dreamt of having one himself one day.
Fast forward to the present day, he is a well known asset around these parts and due to him making a name for himself through getting a lot of jobs done and earning tons of money he was able to get himself one of his dream rally inspired rides and absolutely loves outrunning the police all the time.
Priorities.
Design.
Dustin loves cars, and knows a lot about them, so he would love a good looking ride. He does not care to stand out to police.
(You can handle the design as if you are designing a Rally Homologation model)
Realism.
The car must look like it can exist in real life, just make sure to add headlights, taillights, indicators, wipers, etc. Also era correct please.
(Also please make a ROAD car NOT A RACE CAR.)
Drive.
Dustin needs a car that can handle, his frequent run-ins with the police require a car that he can really throw around with confidence.
Sport.
A quick & sporty car will obviously help a lot in said police chases.
(I will just use the sportiness stat here, don’t worry about top speed & cornering, etc.)
Prestige.
As Dustin knows what’s Hot & what’s not in the car industry, he wants a car with some weight behind the name, a future classic if you will. He also does not care to stand out to the police either, a cool car is way more important than being incognito.
Offroad.
Dustin frequents Louisiana which has a lot of dirt & gravel roads, and having a car with some rally pedigree would help A LOT.
(I’m not looking or expecting a 90 score here, any offroad score would help, even a 10 or 15 for example)
Reliability.
Dustin would not want the car to break down while being chased by police now would he.
Safety.
Pretty self explanatory, IF it would happen that Dustin gets a few bumps from police cars he would want to know that he & the car would be okay. (relatively)
Fuel Eco.
Same as reliability, but running out of fuel during a chase would just be embarrassing really.
Price.
Dustin is a big baller and does not care about spending his cash on a prestigious ride.
Service Costs.
Again, big baller and knows a lot about cars so he should be able to fix things himself.
Rules.
– MAX techpool: 55M
– MAX car cost: $35K
– Car Model & Engine Family year: 1988 - 1992
– Car Trim & Engine Variant year: 1992 ONLY
– Wheelbase Limits: 2.4m - 2.7m. (In body selection menu)
– 2/3 or 4/5 doors.
– Sedans, Coupe’s & Hatchbacks ONLY.
– No race parts allowed. (Engine & Car Related)
– 95 RON Fuel ONLY.
– At least ONE muffler.
– WES 8 Required.
– Tires width MUST end in xx-5.
– No Positive downforce, graph must point downwards.
– 5 full seats or 2+3 / 2+2.
– Minimum equipment: Basic Cassette.
– No TC or ESC allowed.
– Minimum Standard 90s safety required.
– Advanced Trim Settings are allowed within reason.
– Interiors are not required and won’t be judged.
Naming Schemes & Deadline.
– Model & Family Name: TMCC37 - Forum Username
– Trim & Variant Name: Free
Like Below:
– Submissions Open: TBD
– Submissions Closed: December 8th @ 23:59 in your own timezone.
– Submissions require an AD posted in this thread.
– .car Files to be sent on forum DM’s to me @iivansmith
CHANGELOG.
– Changed downforce metric to be negative downforce ONLY.
– Changed from CD to Cassette player minimum.
– Added 2+2 seating option.
Looking forward to see what you guys come up with!
