The Farm Truck Challenge (Results, 3rd Place Announced)

[nialloftara]

My rear tire choice reflects the lack of dually rear axle, same as my engine reflects a lack of diesel, my entry was designed for aspects we just don't have in game, yet. Still I'm glad I managed to score so high.

[asdren]

Wow, very nice reviews!

Can't wait for the rest

[KLinardo]

My rear tire choice reflects the lack of dually rear axle, same as my engine reflects a lack of diesel, my entry was designed for aspects we just don't have in game, yet. Still I'm glad I managed to score so high.

I think you'll see that I caught on to the diesel theme. I also figured you intended to go with dual wheel setup, since your fronts were only 235s.

7th?!?!?! How the hell did my "truck" manage to pull that off????

I don't know. That's what scared me at first lol. I thought I completely botched the rules.

I'll admit, I enjoyed seeing the little blurb about my truck. Figured the Double Wishbone was gonna kill me in the end, but I just couldn't bring myself to use a solid axle. Still, I'm glad the V12 did the trick when coupled to that wonderful automatic transmission. 21st isn't too bad, at least in my opinion.

I hope you enjoyed it. I went a little fanboy on it for 21st place.

[Madrias]

I did enjoy it. Wasn't expecting it'd be a big hit, but I did what I did for a reason. Big V12 means I could make lots of power without revving the nuts off of the engine or blowing stuff up with turbochargers. Double wishbone front and rear for comfort, though if I'd have thought for a moment more, I'd probably have put either Multi-Link or Semi-Trailing Arm under the rear. Reasonably high-end interior because no one wants to spend that much on a truck to get crappy cloth seats and a cheap radio.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting my truck to do well. I built it with a series of compromises, some that I do regret. I forgot for just a moment that we were building trucks, so I ended up building a comfortable car with a large amount of room to carry stuff in. As for Stage Two, I'm not sure what I'm going to do to the poor thing to make it quick, because I know for sure it won't be fast.

[Puffster]

Great blurbs, really give the competition so much more life and makes you a little proud of your truck. Pretty happy with the results, aiming even higher for the next part, but really stiff competition.
Awesome challenge so far!

[Sebesseg]

Wow, competition was very tough and I didn't realize how many people had actually entered. 15th isn't bad, I was thinking 11 or 12 based on being out priced. In any case, excellent blurbs and I can't wait to read the top 6. Also two or crew cab sport variants are coming soon for the next phase. I'm really enjoying this series of events.

Also John Deere dark green is clearly the only appropriate color...unless you like International Harvester red...or Case orange (if you remember), but I made the engine orange.

[koolkei]

well then. 17th. not that i have any high hopes, but that was a bit lower than i thought.
living conditions IRL really does affect my judgements in-game. here, even pickup truck are fitted with 1.3-1.5l engine. bigger trucks use 3.5l at most.
i was SUPER hesitant to go big and make less fuel efficient. i guess that, plus the hesitation to choose better interior because reliability issues, is what killed my scores.


btw, it actually ended up exactly the way i thought it would, i would have a very close competition with someone, it's not strop this time though. (congrats for mr.HighOctaneLove )

[TheTom]

Wait... My truck is not on the list of 24th-6th place. That means I'm in the top 5?! Holy crap, I never thought I'd make that happen. I usually never build "serious" trucks. Occasionally 2000hp AWD dragstrip monsters, yes, but nothing for the masses. I'm surprised I did so well to be honest, but I did think carefully about what engine to put into it, what sort of capacity, how many cylinders, turno or NA, what head type etc. and of course also what gearbox, tyres and suspension setup I should use. It seems to have worked out just fine

[carskick]

I can deal with 10th! =D

It was ugly, wasn't it? Good all around, but ugly.

Thanks for the level of detail you put into each applicant's entry! Glad to see it, even for last place.

[KLinardo]

With a HUGE thanks to asdren, pictures will be added to the blurbs and available for further reviews.

Wait... My truck is not on the list of 24th-6th place. That means I'm in the top 5?! Holy crap, I never thought I'd make that happen. I usually never build "serious" trucks. Occasionally 2000hp AWD dragstrip monsters, yes, but nothing for the masses. I'm surprised I did so well to be honest, but I did think carefully about what engine to put into it, what sort of capacity, how many cylinders, turno or NA, what head type etc. and of course also what gearbox, tyres and suspension setup I should use. It seems to have worked out just fine

Yup, you're in the Top-5. Congrats. You should see your review in a couple of days.

I can deal with 10th! =D

It was ugly, wasn't it? Good all around, but ugly.

Thanks for the level of detail you put into each applicant's entry! Glad to see it, even for last place.

Like I said. Fire the designer.

[strop]

I almost forgot to add: GG wouldn't have designed this truck, GG didn't even exist until the end of that year, and they only really did cars. For all my other entries I have other companies that don't have their own thread. In this case, it's Hercules, the heavy and cargo vehicle maker. They tend to do 'get the job done' vehicles with maybe a dash, but not lashings, of class, and they do it relatively well (though I'm still waiting on my review from DoctorNarfy's Man With A Van challenge to find out just how well).

FYI: The other threadless 'companies' I use for tournaments that don't involve steeply priced ultra hypercar slayers (i.e. just about all of them) include:
Armada Motors- Lotus-like English out-of-a-shed company founded in the 50s with a focus on motorsport, always running into financial trouble until they decided to be smart and join a market that would become mainstream instead of trying to make cult cars out of their race models.
Matteo Miglia- Independent breakaway design outfit that tried to rekindle the spirit of the original Italian sports cars after auto industry powerhouse Officine Meccaniche was swallowed in a 5-way merger in 1975.
Phaedra- American muscle car manufacturer that wanted to top them all on a budget. Unclear what happened to them after the 70s.

...and so far that's about it.

[KLinardo]

I have replaced the one GG mention.

[strop]

Thanks. Note: Hercules didn't really know what they were getting into, they're not used to farm trucks. They're more used to making vans for cargo. But as you so rightly said, the whole farm truck sector is a damn sweet slice of pie.

[Slax]

20th! That means my engineers only get 20 whip lashes each. (This is a surefire way of improving work effectiveness, I'm sure.)

[KakarottSajyajin]

The reviews are really well written and my truck did actually better than i thought^^