Sun Jul 26, 2015 12:55 am
The Highway Patrol Challenge [Reviews]
This is a mod friendly challenge. However, only mods currently on the Steam Workshop may be used.
The Highway Patrol Challenge
United States of America 1978: the Californian Highway Patrol is looking to replace its older fleet of patrol cars. Your company has shown interest in building/adapting a new line of cars suited for police duties, specifically focused on highway patrol. The previous patrol cars, which are still in use, have shown to be too unreliable and too slow to keep up with more modern high performance cars. Furthermore, the US federal government has issued new environment and safety standards that all patrol cars must pass, similar to the restrictions set to the entire consumer car industry.
Therefore, the Californian Highway Patrol has issued a number of restrictions for all manufacturers’ looking to obtain the lucrative order. The cars must run no longer run on the old leaded fuels and switch to the newer regular fuel (RON 91). Also the car must be large enough to allow for no less than 5 seats and have 4 doors. In addition, the car must have a catalytic converter to meet the new environmental standards and be reasonable economy wise. Furthermore, maintenance wise the car must be relatively easy/cheap to maintain. It must have the same tire width in the front and rear and have hard compound tires to allow more mileage for every set of tires.
Performance wise the new patrol cars must have enough power and speed to keep pace and overtake cars during hot pursuit and have enough momentum to ram any fugitive off the road if required. Highway patrol officers spend a lot of time in their cars, so it should provide sufficient comfort and good drivability. As the state is willing to pay a limited amount of money for every car, your engineers estimate that you need to keep below 8000 money units in order to keep a viable profit margin for this contract.
Rules/Restrictions
- Year is 1978
- Maximum Total cost of 8000 money units
- No polymer body panels (too weak for ramming)
- No negative quality on car body or chassis
- Minimum car weight of 1300kg
- Must have at least 4 doors
- Must use “Regular Fuel” (RON 91)
- Engine exhaust must have a catalytic converter
- Engine exhaust must have 2 mufflers
- Have 5 seats, no more no less
- Safety value of at least 30
- Hard compound tires
- Same tire width in front and rear
- Must have “Basic 8-track” entertainment (Simulates Police Radio)
- Acceleration from 0-100 km/h must be equal or below 12 seconds
- Top speed must be greater than 190 km/h (118 mph)
Scoring system
Similar as in the Out of Africa challenge I will score which entry performs best by determining for various parameters (like drivability, comfort, fuel economy etc.) how much each entry stands out. This will be based on a normal (Gaussian) distribution, in other words all entries will be averaged and compared against each other. Some parameters weigh heavier in the overall score than others. Each of the parameters will get a score between 0-1 depending on how much it stands out from the crowd. The car/company that scores overall the most points wins the challenge. The top 3 will be reviewed by the highway patrol inspector.
Scoring parameters
High weight:
- Drivability
- Durability (Durability = reliability + environmental resistance)
Medium weight:
- Comfort
- Sportiness
- Maintenance costs (lower is better)
- Fuel Economy in US MPG (higher is better)
- Safety
Low weight:
- Off-road
- Utility
- Prestige
Not weighted:
- Total cost (you already get a non-negotiable fixed amount for every car)
Submitting a car
Please PM me your exported files and name your car in game as follows:
HPC78-[username]-Model
HPC78-[username]-Engine
The model trim and engine variant may be named as you like.
Within the PM, please specify company name, car model name and nationality.
Deadline
The challenge will be closed when 20 entries have been accepted or after 7th of August 22:00 CET.
No revisions are allowed after acceptance. Only 1 car may be submitted per participant. Failure to meet any of the restrictions will be allowed to undergo 1 revision.
I wish you all the best of luck and have fun!
Accepted Entries [20/20]
- Astana Senator Police Special (reference car)
- Reeve509: LMT PO97, UK
- KrispyDoughnut: Simon Buster 442, USA
- Horus: Horus Bison Mk.I, Russia
- HighOctaneLove: Bogliq California Patrol Car, Moldova
- Richard117: VPNL P112, Netherlands
- Kampfzerstorer: Battalion Gloucester Mayhem 3.8, Singapore
- NormanVauxhall: ZM Danzig Patrol, Italy
- Woarlord: Volksauto Exekutive, Germany
- Strop: Armada Feltram Cruiser, UK
- maxpayne3000: Merrick Crusader III Cop Pak, USA
- Der Bayer: BAM G3800 PRC, Germany
- Leonardo9613: Baltazar Basil Magnum Interceptor, Brazil
- KLinardo: Boss Motorsports Police Interceptor, USA
- Hubbels: Dovre Lerk Police Edition, Norway
- Dgafak87:Daven Mulholland P91 Interceptor, USA
- Lordred: LHE: Orbital Mk II P33, USA
- earincon198: Ignis Stella Contender, Colombia
- Gooles: Motasan Caribou, Canada
- nerd: Rado Ordures V8, USA
- VMO: Montes Police Interceptor, Spain
Pending revision:
Rejected (too many revisions):
Doctornarfy: Shromet Dragon, unknown (costs over 8000 MU and too light)
harizvet1: Infinity Motor E65 PE, UK (.lua errors)
Last edited by Tycondero on Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:31 am, edited 39 times in total.
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