Introductions

[Daffyflyer]

Greetings, new guys!

[VicVega]

Name: Erwan

Occupation: Airline Gate Agent/Flight Manager

Location: Paris, France

Interests: Cars, Sports, History, Aircrafts, Music...

Vehicles Currently Owned: BMW E46 320D '01

Dream Garage Vehicles: Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Mercedes CL63 AMG, Mercedes ML63 AMG, BMW E90 M3, Ford Mustang GT, Nissan Skyline R34 GTR, Nissan Skyline R35 GTR

Previous Vehicles I owned: Ford Fiesta MK3 '92, Golf IV TDI 110 '99

How did you find us? I was looking for a game similar to Detroit, and I found a link to this forum on the Detroit's wikipedia page

About: 23 years old, a car lover since day 1... My dad told me one day that at the age of 5, when we were on road to vacation, my favourite game was to say the name of all the brands and models of the cars we met...
I have lot of expectations in Automation, the game has great potential, as there is lot of car lovers all around the world. I told about your game to some friends, and everybody seems to be very interested. It's the dream of lot of people to have the possibility to create his own car, with his own design, his own engine...

[zeussy]

Welcome to the forums VicVega.

[AdyDurn]

Name: Ady Durn

Age: 26

Occupation: Software Quality Assurance

Location: Dublin (Originally from the UK)

Interests: Cars (especially small engined european sports cars), Computers (fully owned up geek here ), physics, travelling, history.. the usual stuff.

Cars owned (in the past): My instructors car was a Nissan Micra, but the car I was driving most regularly was a '88 Nissan Bluebird 1.8, which I then drove after my test. MY first car, however, was a Honda CR-X 1.6i16 (very similar spec as the Si, but had anti-lock brakes instead of aircon). After that went chest-skyward (previous owner hadn't looked after it and the bottom end disintegrated doing 90mph), I got a Rover 214 convertible (I know, but it was damned cheap) and a Civic 1.4i. We've always been a car family, I helped my Dad rebuilt the engine in his 1500 Spitfire several times. Am without a car currently, i sold it to move to Dublin and cars here are so expensive I actually have nightmares of handing over several years worth of savings to get a beaten up old minicab.

Dream Garage: First off, the DMC De'Lorean, then the usual suspects, AC 427 Cobra, Triumph Stag V8, Jaguar XJ220, TVR Cerbera Speed 12 and finally, Land Rover Defender 90 (similar to Lara Crofts one from Tomb Raider)

How did I find you? I've been watching for a month or so, for rather evil reasons... I too was disappointed that there have been only 3 proper car biz-sims ever made, Detroit, Car Tycoon and Motor City(Oldtimer). So I was working on doing exactly what you guys are doing now... fortunately I hadn't got far when I saw how well you guys were doing, and how much of a better job than me...!

[TURNER_042]

Name: James Turner

Age: 18

Occupation: Hopefully a student next year studying Motorsports management and logistics.

Location: Warrington, England. ( Originally London! )

Interests: All motorsport, Especially F1, NASCAR, Indycar and BTCC. Sim Racing, physics, space, cars, that sort of stuff :p

Cars Owned: None, Because insurance is ridiculous. £9000 for a 1993 VW Polo? I dont think so.

Dream garage: I'm a huge honda fan, so it'll have to be the S2000. I love the 4 cylinder scream of vtec at 9000RPM! I also
like the R33 skyline, type R civic (EP), and the veyron :p

How did you find us? : Through Race Sim Central.

About: Not much really, i'm Admin on a mainly ps3 racing clan called TheRacingElite. I also love sim racing, but at the moment, I dont have a
wheel stand, or enough money to keep iRacing. Hopefully i'll be going to study Motorsports management and logistics foundation degree, if
my college sorts my results out in time!

[archi]

Name: Can't say. It's classified.

Occupation: Architecture Student

Location: The sunshine state! SE QLD

Interests: Games, Classic Cars, Design, Listening/Playing/Making Music, Thinking of ways to make money without having to do any real work... No luck no that front

Vehicles Currently Owned: Red 1999 Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 TwinSpark (manual, not Sillyspeed!). It's for sale. I think.

Dream Garage Vehicles: 1967.5 Datsun 2000 (I'm looking for one at the moment! Not common cars ), 1966/7/8 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33, Lamborghini Miura P400SV (well, any Miura would be nice!), Jaguar D-Type, MkI Mini Cooper S, Aston Martin DB4 Zagato, Mercedes-Benz 500K/540K, Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, Triumph TR3/TR4, Toyota 2000 GT, Maserati 3500 GT, Maserati 250F, Alfa Romeo 8C, Jaguar XJ220 (and that van with the jags running gear would be awesome too!), BMW 507, Alfa Romeo Montreal, Jaguar SS100, Porsche 356 Speedster, Porsche 912, Lancia Delta Integrale, Mercedes-Benz SSK, Austin Healey 3000, Lancia Stratos, Porsche 550 Spyder, Fort GT40, Ferrari 275 GTB, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, Jensen Interceptor, Ferrari 330 P4, Ferrari 288 GTO, Bugatti Type 57, AC Cobra, Ferrari 250 GTO, Jaguar E-Type.... Wow. I'm going to need a big garage! And a few dollars too...

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? My brother told me about it

About: Well, I'm 19 years young, currently studying Architecture at university. It's not tiring, not at all.... *sleepy face* I've long had an interest in cars (as has my entire family). Not sure what else. I'm waiting in anticipation for this game! I can't wait!

[machalel]

Name: (Brother of 'Classified' above )

Occupation: Engineer

Location: Canberra, Australia

Interests: Cars, Bikes, Computer Games, Programming (although haven't done much in ages ), Motorsports,

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1990 Toyota MR2 GT (Japanese Import)

Previous Vehicles Owned: 1979 Peugeot 504 GL (awesome car, but a bit slow), 1990 Nissan Exa Series III, 2006 Suzuki Swift

Dream Garage Vehicles: There are so many, but most of them would be old European models, with a bunch of Japanese stuff thrown in for good measure! About 75% of the would probably end up modified too... :S

How did you find us?: I was looking for indie games, and I stumbled upon this site!

About:
I've been waiting for a game like this for years and years, so I'm really excited to see it being made (and in Aus too! woo!).
I'm a Mechatronic Engineer (ie robotics), although I did half an IT degree before changing over. My job isn't car related at the moment, but I've previously worked for a automotive performance workshop (although mainly doing electronics and assembling parts etc - no Dyno tuning for me ).

I'd love to help you guys any way I can

[loady740]

Name: Joshua King


Location: Oscoda ,Michigan, US

Interests: games, cars/pickups, big rigs, anything that has to do with fixing, repairing, or tinkering

Vehicle Currently Owned: 1985 Dodge W150 custom prospector

Dream Garage Vehicles: 1967 Chevy Camaro SS, 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS 454 ,1970 Plymouth Roadrunner, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, 1969 Ford Mustang boss 302, 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429, and many others i cant think of right now

Occupation: Student (high school)

How did you find us?: googled engine design software, found this website, hooked ever since

[JeffreyCor]

All this time and never posted my intro

Name: Jeffrey Corcoran

Occupation: Computer Tech and Legal Document Assistant

Location: San Diego, California

Interests: Computer games, science, law, I'm an all around nerd.

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron

Dream Garage Vehicles: Tesla Motors Model S, Ferrari 308 GTS, Lotus Esprit

Previous Vehicles of Interest: 1977 Mercury Monarch (302ci V8 that I restored Eventually named "Mercury Valdez" due to it leaking so much oil it seems to use more oil than gas.)

How did you find us? Modbd.com. While checking out other postings came accross this. Been obsessed ever since.

About:
38yo currently a law student working on my JD to become an attorney in California. Been doing computers for 15+ years and branched out when the economy went into the toilet. Loved car games like Detroit though the bugs were annoying and Street Rod back in the old DOS days.

[Andreas]

Name: Andreas Aarup-Kristensen

Occupation: Test Manager

Location: Aalborg in Denmark

Interests: Cars (especially engines), Macs, photography and history

Vehicles Currently Owned: 2009 Smart ForTwo Passion cdi

Dream Garage Vehicles: Ford Crown Victoria among others..

Previous Vehicles of Interest: 1983 Ford Granada 2,3 L, 1992 Ford Scorpio 2,9 GLX aut., 2008 Smart ForTwo Pure cdi

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Google, facebook, wikipedia etc? Found you while looking up the Amiga game Detroit on Wikipedia.

[diegorborges]

Name: Diego Ribeiro

Occupation: Motion Graphics / Graphic Designer (and do some 3D & game modding sometimes)

Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Interests: Games, Car Industry and Design, Cars, Cars and Cars

Vehicles Currently Owned: '96 Fiat Uno, '93 Fiat Tempra, '88 VW Gol, '89 Chevrolet Chevette, '97 Fiat Palio

Dream Garage Vehicles: BMW M3 E36, BMW M5 E60, BMW M3 E30, Citroen DS, Jaguar E-Type, Nissan R32 GT-R, Audi RS-2, Alfa Giulia, Porsche 911

How did you find us? Google, searching about the old Detroit game and if it was anything like it nowadays.

[Skillet]

Name: Adam "Skillet" Smith

Occupation: Job hunting

Location: Texas

Interests: Cars, Jesus, and Beer....not necessarily in that order

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1986 Buick Park Avenue...I paid $650US for it and it still runs!

Dream Garage Vehicles: 1970 Thunderbird; 1985 AMC Eagle Wagon; 1958 Edsel; 1984 Ford Tempo diesel; 1969 Boss 429; and the list goes on....

Previous Vehicles of Interest: 1977 Lincoln Mark V; 1976 Cadillac Eldorado; 2005 Mustang GT

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Google, facebook, wikipedia etc? Google

About:

I love cars and management sims. I played the heck out of Detroit, Car Tycoon, and even Motor City. I watched your videos and I'm in awe of how y'all did that! I have no computer programming skills...just enjoy running a car company from my laptop!

[sc87]

Name: Simone "sc87" Cristantielli

Occupation: student and worker
Location: Rome, Italy

Interests: Cars, mechanic, sports, music, pubs

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1995 Fiat Cinquecento sporting and 1981 Kawasaki z650

Dream Garage Vehicles: the list should be too long...


How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Google, facebook, wikipedia etc? on a racing simulator forum

[EFFalcon]

Name: John

Occupation: Web Developer & Business Intelligence

Location: Melbourne Australia

Interests: Cars, Games, Programming

Vehicles Currently Owned: 1995 Ford Falcon, 1988 Hearse Styled Ford Falcon Wagon, 1983 Ford Thunderbird, 2003 BA Fairmont Ghai

Dream Garage Vehicles: Too many to mention

Previous Vehicles of Interest: Still own them!

How did you find us? Well, we are us, but how did u find us? Gizmodo

About:
Always tried to combine my interest in programming & cars with running an online car club, and also building a flash application allowing the customisation of the local ford falcon
http://www.boostedfalcon.net/FalconBuilder/

When automation popped up i couldn't helped but be intrigued.
Certainly a project i'll be pushing on my peers!

[Daffyflyer]

Hey, that falcon builder is a neat idea.



I had an EF GLI for a while, but I got bored of driving an auto and swapped with my parents for their lancer. (falcon is now LPG and still going at about 420,000km so far)