CTC - Car Tycoon Challenge #5 - 2014 [RESULTS]

[maffc]

I seem to be consistently average, but profits are profits 18th & 30th places
Some surprising sales though 10.5K off road sales for my Entry level Family saloon and 18 folk thought my 60grand sports coupe would make a good cheap compact - lol, i'd like to be a fly on that wall when they explain it to their "significant other"

[EnryGT5]

Wow, what a mess, i lost 500 million euros, i knew taking on opponents like the GT-Sprint and Warrior was a suicidal move, and i was right

[HighOctaneLove]

My 1999 Nissan pickup 2wd open rear 4cyl has been wandering down way tougher than dirt roads for the last 14+ years. Before the axle upgrades my CJ was basically stock (added roll cage, better seats, and seat belts) and was handling moderate difficulty trails. I have personally seen many stock 4X4's joining us on trails.

It seems your basing your knowledge of 4X4's off of the shows you see on TV, the thing with those shows is they have lots of money to throw at a project and they do. They wind up making a high end modified 4X4 that very few will be able to afford who actually take theirs out on their own budget.

Edit: Those shows are also 90% advertisement for the parts they are putting on.

I'm aware that the shows are essentially marketing and that my experience is largely based on them. But it isn't TOTALLY based on TV... I worked at both Nissan and Mitsubishi here in Aus and every 4WD that came in that went offroad had some type of aftermarket part on it! Your CJ isn't stock; saying it's "basically" stock just doesn't cut it. You modded your truck because you perceived that the original design was deficient in some way.

My point was that no-one uses FACTORY stock 4WD's for anything other than occasional 4WDing and those that do it for fun or work conduct modifications to their vehicle to make this safer/easier/more fun. Therefore worrying about losing out to a 4WD van in an online competition is just silly as all the offroad vehicles produced by manufacturers aren't actually that great for offroading and need extra parts, even if that's a winch, big towbar or a diff-locker....

[xwing]

X-wing: I guess not enough sports stars and sheiks came to buy your luxury car

Yes, I was too optimistic there. But first place is still first place
Too bad not enough of their wifes and lovers bought my crappy second car. Comparing the stats I though it would fare better, but even when creating it I knew it was not as strong contender as my cheap entry from previous challenge. There is still hope for humanity, they refused the car with 0-100km/h acceleration in 74s!

[Dragawn]

First place overall! Well that exceeded my expectations, matter of fact, both my cars did far beyond what I expected, really happy, my night is made.
With the Sprint and Reaper's offroad things were getting scary

Great job all! This competition is getting tougher by the round.

[Zabhawkin]

I'm aware that the shows are essentially marketing and that my experience is largely based on them. But it isn't TOTALLY based on TV... I worked at both Nissan and Mitsubishi here in Aus and every 4WD that came in that went offroad had some type of aftermarket part on it! Your CJ isn't stock; saying it's "basically" stock just doesn't cut it. You modded your truck because you perceived that the original design was deficient in some way.

My point was that no-one uses FACTORY stock 4WD's for anything other than occasional 4WDing and those that do it for fun or work conduct modifications to their vehicle to make this safer/easier/more fun. Therefore worrying about losing out to a 4WD van in an online competition is just silly as all the offroad vehicles produced by manufacturers aren't actually that great for offroading and need extra parts, even if that's a winch, big towbar or a diff-locker....

I made a new thread so we don't derail this one any more than we already have.

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5193

[PMP1337]

My sports car was a bit meh, but by god did that van do well. Top in three categories, and in the podium places in two others. I honestly thought that setting up the factory to sell 700,000 was far too ambitious, but somehow it sold out and would have still sold out even if I had priced it 25% more expensive.

The van results just prove my argument. Since when in real life do people choose a lifted 3 seat van over an estate for a family car?

AND IT SOLD OUT! If it didn't it could win at least 2 more cats. But sure. I'm wrong and a sore loser even though I said what I said even before the results came out.
Not anything personal against Reaper, I actually like his cars. Nor Pirlix even though he came out of nowhere to talk shit about my entries that I didn't even had time to fine tune.

[pyrlix]

Nor Pirlix even though he came out of nowhere to talk shit about my entries that I didn't even had time to fine tune.

Its Pyrlix
I made my single entry yesterday 3h before CTC ended - nuff said. I am actually very happy that my Canto SW sold that well this time - first time I am on the podium! For a car that I made last minute in almost a hurry... pretty good. But I expected 400k sales and not just 250k

Families do love big and stupid cars sometimes - but usually its those with 8 seats not a transporter. But hey! Many room for diapers and a child's pushchair. And MANY toys!
But as previously said - the Utility stat as we know it will change to a different one... or two. Right now its for both cargo space and city compactness, and that does not make sense. Also all stats will be rebalanced anyways... i mean... sooner or later there will be Diffs in the game!

[Reaper392]

My sports car was a bit meh, but by god did that van do well. Top in three categories, and in the podium places in two others. I honestly thought that setting up the factory to sell 700,000 was far too ambitious, but somehow it sold out and would have still sold out even if I had priced it 25% more expensive.

The van results just prove my argument. Since when in real life do people choose a lifted 3 seat van over an estate for a family car?

AND IT SOLD OUT! If it didn't it could win at least 2 more cats. But sure. I'm wrong and a sore loser even though I said what I said even before the results came out.
Not anything personal against Reaper, I actually like his cars. Nor Pirlix even though he came out of nowhere to talk shit about my entries that I didn't even had time to fine tune.

I expect the van did so well in those categories because it was so damned cheap and it had a very high utility score to make up for the areas it lacked. Hopefully we will see the utility score split into two though, with one utility stat only getting a minor boost from load space and the other getting a major boost from load space

[HighOctaneLove]

I think I broke even; my basic car sold enough units but I overpriced my sports sedan... There's always next time, I s'pose

[bullko]

Second place for the Vinter KGT 5.8!

While the Xero 3.5 lived up to it's name, it was a very exciting challenge nonetheless.

Cheers guys!

[Der Bayer]

THE MID-ENGINED SUPERCAR BODY WON IN 5 CATEGORIES!!!!!! BAN IT!!!!!!!

[PMP1337]

THE MID-ENGINED SUPERCAR BODY WON IN 5 CATEGORIES!!!!!! BAN IT!!!!!!!

In sport categories and it was 2 different cars. I see nothing wrong with a sporty looking body winning sports categories. All I see wrong is the lack of more MR bodies.

[Zabhawkin]

THE MID-ENGINED SUPERCAR BODY WON IN 5 CATEGORIES!!!!!! BAN IT!!!!!!!

In sport categories and it was 2 different cars. I see nothing wrong with a sporty looking body winning sports categories. All I see wrong is the lack of more MR bodies.

Follow the link at the top of page 15,

Kilrob said they will be working on the off-road stat soon.

[PMP1337]

THE MID-ENGINED SUPERCAR BODY WON IN 5 CATEGORIES!!!!!! BAN IT!!!!!!!

In sport categories and it was 2 different cars. I see nothing wrong with a sporty looking body winning sports categories. All I see wrong is the lack of more MR bodies.

Follow the link at the top of page 15,

Kilrob said they will be working on the off-road stat soon.

I didn't posted on your topic because besides the OFF$ the van is also OP e FY and C$.