V6 Supercar's Season 1 (Dead)

[UMGaming]

Wait - I'm rereading the rules, and it looks like the family capacity has to be over 5000cc and the variant capacity has to be under 5000cc. Is that correct?

I understand that the family engine can be bigger than 5000 cc but the variant must be 5000 or lower.

yes that is correct, i did that as in v8 supercars irl there is one engine that is bigger than 5L but has 5L internals =)
sorry for any of the confution about that

[Packbat]

No worries! I asked because it seemed like a really clever idea - another way to encourage people to design the engines as close to 5000cc as possible. But that might be because I am silly, and didn't think it through.

(That said, I'm pretty sure my engine is either at or close to the maximum family bore/stroke ratio anyway.)

[KLinardo]

I just submitted my engine entry. I had such a hard time deciding what motor to send in. I finally settled on the final prototype I built. Before I followed the naming convention it was Prototype 4 in my game, so I went through a few iterations of the motor before making my decision. I dropped both motors that were on my short list into the same car and sent them for testing on the automation and airfield tracks and they were both within hundredths of a second of each other on the clock. I'm still second guessing myself, but I think y'all will be happy with what Boss Motorsports put together.

Here's Prototype 3, which was the last competitor to the Boss Motorsports 385 V6, which was my final submission.

[MadamVastra]

I am thinking of submitting an engine that is capable of detecting when it is being scrutinised in an official test and thence putting itself in "cheat" mode that restricts the output to 700 horses and maintains an efficiency of over 20%. In normal conditions it produces 760 HP with a 15% efficiency. I don't think it's dishonest per se, just a liberal interpretation of the regulations. In any case, who's going to know? (laughs maniacly).

[Packbat]

@MadamVastra: That VW story is just getting bigger and bigger, isn't it?

[koolkei]

soooo i tried building one.

here it is with it's potential pulled out (see even then it's efficiency is still 20%+ )




so i pulled back a little to meet the limits of the competition. some castrating is done, the result is this


better efficiency, higher reliability, slightly lower weight, barely any drop in torque



but then i remember, high production Unit will add up to the end total cost of the car. so i tried to make the LPU-Low Production Unit Version
with almost only a third PU of the original version


it's less efficient, heavier, have quite a bit of torque drop, less reliable.
BUT.
i figured all of those negative could be offset by the money you could put in the body/trim design




BUT there's also a catch. i still haven't updated from version v150707.

i tend to skip a couple version just because my internet speed.
updating=redownloading the entire game. and redownloading the entire game means about 5-6 hours of download time, when my the connection isn't being used for something else. more when it is
im waiting for the open beta to be somewhat more stable(less bugs), before i download.

also, i'm still new. i don't even know how to export the engines/cars

is it allowed for someone to represent me in this competition? just so the engine i built could be ported to open beta version, and be submitted?

[Microwave]

The calculations are often changed between builds, so your engines may not put out the same numbers in the open beta.
How bad is your Internet? Is it still dial-up or something?

[strop]

The reason I haven't made anything yet is precisely because I'm waiting for open beta to become public release. Currently it's wave after wave of bug fixing, and while I'm familiar with the changes in the mechanics, some of the tech year changes may (though a little unlikely) affect performance.

At least this is naturally aspirated, so there won't be a big change as there is with turbos (so hard to build 2000hp hypercars now ;_;)

[Microwave]

R.I.P Strop
I've made my engine and sent it in, and I can easily change it if need be. The changes with calculations and stuff won't be that drastic.

[strop]

The worst part is, Microwave, that I can no longer use witchcraft to have a car go 500km/h yet also make it around Nordschleife in under 7 minutes xD (400km/h and under 7 minutes while being a class leading hypercar, however, is easily done.)

This said, that part of the track simulation needs a bit of work anyway, and I look forward to seeing what Der Bayer's modelling will bring.

[Oskiinus]

Can I do also a street version(s) of my entry? Because my 2014 sedan needs redesign, and I guess the entry car would be pretty nice convertion base to street model for my personal uses (not interrupting entry car and engine, however.)

[UMGaming]

Can I do also a street version(s) of my entry? Because my 2014 sedan needs redesign, and I guess the entry car would be pretty nice convertion base to street model for my personal uses (not interrupting entry car and engine, however.)

sure, no problem

if there are calculation changes over the beta i will accept all the resubs in the world

[Oskiinus]

Can I do also a street version(s) of my entry? Because my 2014 sedan needs redesign, and I guess the entry car would be pretty nice convertion base to street model for my personal uses (not interrupting entry car and engine, however.)

sure, no problem

if there are calculation changes over the beta i will accept all the resubs in the world

The only problem are fuel mileage calculations at some point, lol.

[Oskiinus]

Hey, UM, what's the maximum engine capacity I can use on the entry? 5100cc or there are no limits?

[nialloftara]

As I read it, so long as the variant displacement is 5000cc or less you can go as big as you want for the family.