Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:59 pm
Re: J.E.C.B (Junior Executive Car Brawl) 3 SPACES LEFT!!!
Agreed, good call on expanding the slots and the scoring. I still think 3 reviews is fair, as a benchmark the other contests only tend to review 20% of validated entries, or in most cases less!
The point system is an interesting move, but I also agree with Leo: the big difference between 1st and 2nd will cause unpredictable scoring, but that's not something that necessarily has to change, if, say, the reviewers like rewarding cars for being 'the best in the field' for a particular stat.
While I do not normally go within ten feet of "premium" branding style challenges (partially because I'm not very good at them), I've been trying my hand at everything, since upcoming rounds of testing will require some greater familiarity with how all the stats behave, not just my usual preferred of sportiness, acceleration, and track times
Thus I'm announcing a new car from a new mock company from Norway, the Indera Premier, from Sei:
You're probably wondering to yourself- a petrol driven car company from Norway? Really? And you'd be right: it doesn't make much sense. Cars in Norway are taxed heavily from purchase and on road. Even as an oil rich country, Norway is also extremely environmentally strict, and has the largest fleet of electric cars in the world. And a rather robust public transportation system. Furthermore, most of the culture surrounding cars doesn't run the same way as it does in much of the OECD world, given the Scandanavian aversion to individuality and self-aggrandising in general. And while Norwegians do buy cars, it's generally for much more practical considerations like needing to get somewhere that the public transport/your bike can't take you, and goddamn, this road is tricky and icy.
Which means that the Indera, an all-aluminium 350hp RWD family saloon in the style of the sports family saloon somewhat similar to the new BMW 4 series, (except priced for a lot less), kind of makes even less sense in a market dominated by the pragmatic crossovers and SUVs. Or at least confined to the southern half of the country where it can actually drive on the freeways and roads. But hey, the founders of Sei are the kind of people who swim against the tide anyway! And with impressive acceleration where it counts, you can give the Law of Jante the finger as you merrily smoke your compatriots off the lights and on the motorway.
The point system is an interesting move, but I also agree with Leo: the big difference between 1st and 2nd will cause unpredictable scoring, but that's not something that necessarily has to change, if, say, the reviewers like rewarding cars for being 'the best in the field' for a particular stat.
While I do not normally go within ten feet of "premium" branding style challenges (partially because I'm not very good at them), I've been trying my hand at everything, since upcoming rounds of testing will require some greater familiarity with how all the stats behave, not just my usual preferred of sportiness, acceleration, and track times
Thus I'm announcing a new car from a new mock company from Norway, the Indera Premier, from Sei:- JECB-strop-Indera - Premier-2.png (238.82 KiB) Viewed 4882 times
You're probably wondering to yourself- a petrol driven car company from Norway? Really? And you'd be right: it doesn't make much sense. Cars in Norway are taxed heavily from purchase and on road. Even as an oil rich country, Norway is also extremely environmentally strict, and has the largest fleet of electric cars in the world. And a rather robust public transportation system. Furthermore, most of the culture surrounding cars doesn't run the same way as it does in much of the OECD world, given the Scandanavian aversion to individuality and self-aggrandising in general. And while Norwegians do buy cars, it's generally for much more practical considerations like needing to get somewhere that the public transport/your bike can't take you, and goddamn, this road is tricky and icy.
Which means that the Indera, an all-aluminium 350hp RWD family saloon in the style of the sports family saloon somewhat similar to the new BMW 4 series, (except priced for a lot less), kind of makes even less sense in a market dominated by the pragmatic crossovers and SUVs. Or at least confined to the southern half of the country where it can actually drive on the freeways and roads. But hey, the founders of Sei are the kind of people who swim against the tide anyway! And with impressive acceleration where it counts, you can give the Law of Jante the finger as you merrily smoke your compatriots off the lights and on the motorway.
(probably because it's a bigger engine)
Desert Motors tries to use push rods whenever they can because we can 
to 6k.