Touch of Class [1978] [REVIEW POSTED]

[BlastersPewPew]

So kinda like how Der Bayer would give himself weight penalties in the original BRC? I wouldn't mind competing against someone who had a handicap to overcome and if they manage to "win" or place pretty high well good for them!!

On a second note I am getting worried we may all piss Vic off enough he just cancels this This discussion has already poisoned a few people I think and that is quite a shame

[VicVictory]

You should be worried about exactly what Blasters has said. If one of you two mods wants to discuss this PRIVATELY with me over the course of the day, I will be amenable to that. However, to my knowledge I have not broken any forum rules, and YOU YOURSELVES are intruding unnecessarily and jacking my thread, which I'm fairly certain is a pretty big internet faux pas.

Move on, please.

[UltimateBMWfan]

I feel like you're taking all of this the wrong way.

I'm trying to justify the naming change and specifying a reason as to why a name change was suggested. I also stated that I don't think that just because someone hasn't hosted a competition yet doesn't mean that you should disregard his opinions.

[conan]

Well, well. This is not the way I thought the thread would become. Anyway.




Here is my submission for this time. Making a sensible car clearly hadn't work. So I gotta try some other way of making car. This thing is SHIP By Bob Wyatt (With H982FKL Optional Package). Made in USA!

[UltimateBMWfan]

Looks like a massive ship.

I guess you hit the naming on the head.

[BlastersPewPew]

Here is mine, the 1978 Desert Motors Escalante. It is a sad day for Desert Motors when they have to downsize their normally gargantuan land barges to the slightly more practical land yachts.

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Also to everyone, what size do you normally upload the photos at, I would love to not need to scroll through mine.

[VicVictory]

This thing is SHIP By Bob Wyatt (With H982FKL Optional Package). Made in USA!

And we already have the winner for the least Marketing-friendly car/trim name!

Now to see how big of a heart attack you gave the bean counters...

[strop]

seriously, what's with all the Falkslands references xD First, Jack's numberplate in LFS, now, Conan's, er, SHIP...

[VicVictory]

Of course!

(just remember that wanton use of quality sliders will make your production costs go up pretty darn quick... and total cost is factored into cost to own...)

[EnryGT5]

The Seishido Rigel: Mostly known for it's ill-fated touring racing career, it's been dubbed "The Aero Brick" by the EGT engineers themselves when interviewed on the subject in 1987, the name then stuck in the racing community, alongside several internet memes about it's questionable performance, now, i'm going to submit it's street car brethren, in a decadent USDM version, with an... *cough*automatic*cough* ... I guess it was necessary. And a REAL cushy interior, that makes the Achernar look like a Cossack 1000 (Hint: not really.) It's been widely appreciated by consumers, mostly.. wait. Why am i telling you such useless details? You'll see what's it's all about in the competition.

[TrackpadUser]

This thing is SHIP By Bob Wyatt (With H982FKL Optional Package). Made in USA!

And we already have the winner for the least Marketing-friendly car/trim name!

Now to see how big of a heart attack you gave the bean counters...

From the conversations we had on IRC it is probably not going to be that bad.

In terms of fuel mileage though...

[victorgarcia]

angentine is broke and won't buy many luxobarges anyway!

[EnryGT5]

It took 5 minutes of building to make me ditch the hideous auto 'box. Nope. All of my nope.

[SeriousSimon]

Feels a bit like...



Anyway, I just wanted to add that I feel that Vic's competitions are easy to compete in and thus attract a lot of people who just bought the game recently, or may enter such a competition for the first time.
Contrary to DerBayer's competition where everyone participates, even the best in the world (gasps).
For me, personally, adding extra weights or other obstacles to make "winning" harder is not a thing. Vic's way of doing it does not make me feel excluded at all, I will still make a car and see how it pans out, just because it is fun.
As for the naming of cars, while I feel that criticism should always be considered, the real problem is in the current version of the game. (Yes, there, I said it!) I feel the current way of naming your trims and families etc is... tiring, exhausting, not helpful. THAT's the real issue, to me. And, last but not least, one can always make a copy, add a letter outside of the game and then rework it for another competition, no?
No? I don't see the problem in that, really...

That being said, Romanov will come up with a car soon.. very soon..

And BlastersPewPew, that car sure is pretty.. it looks so neat.. so Murica.

[VicVictory]

And BlastersPewPew, that car sure is pretty.. it looks so neat.. so Murica.

It has a very 3rd Gen Chevy Monte Carlo feel to it.

Except without the horribly cheap GM interior.

And now for my...



... File naming convetion: I MAY change it ON THE NEXT competition, but not this one. Critics, remember: the user has to manage 4 files. I have to manage 124 (or more) for this ONE competition. I already stated in the OTHER conversation on this matter (1955 BRC topic) that I use archive folders to manage my personal designs so they don't get in the way. There are lots of ways a user can take care of the issue themselves. Just FYI. I will also take the time to note here that I have in the past been extremely lenient on file naming when it is submitted improperly. I have not actually disqualified someone for improper naming, despite some people being repeat offenders. I have simply re-explained it to them and, when coupled with other issues like LUA file errors, requested resubmission in the correct format.