CRCC: Cheap Racing Car Championship [Finished]

[Dragawn]

"What is it that you think that makes a car go fast?"

Introducing the CRCC: Cheap Racing Car Championship.
With all the strict rules on some of the latest challenges, I wanted to bring this one in with more "open" options.

The participating racecars will have a time attack race on 5 different, non-announced/secret courses. Testing all their abilities, to find out what the ultimate bargain banger is.

The Rules:

There aren’t a lot of nasty rules, but you’ll have to deal with a very tight budget of 12000 total costs (as calculated ingame).

Every challenge does need a few rules though:

-The budget is 12000 total costs.
-All cars have to be 2014 spec.
-The cars will run on super unleaded fuel.
-The engine reliability must be above 60.
-Average reliability must be above 69.
-Safety value must be above 35.
-Gearbox quality 0.
-Max tyre width: 305 mm.
-Brakes: 4 pots all-round (quality 0).
-Super light interior (quality 0)
-Entertainment/assist quality 0.

The Scoring:

The scoring system will go as following, although it will be scaled according to how many participants there will be:

1st – 20 points
2nd – 16 points
3rd – 14 points
4th – 12 points
5th – 11 points
6th – 10 points
7th – 9 points
8th – 8 points
…

How to send in:

Send in the model file through pm, with the model named as

CRCC - <your name> - <model name (optional)>

The deadline is 14 September 10 pm CEST

[Janekk]

Are entries evaluated outside of track times?

[Dragawn]

I'll check if they comply to the rules, but for the rest I'll let the time be the judge, since this is the most objective way of doing things really

[Manche]

no additional rules applied to the engine? this enable low dollar monsters I could run battleship engine MR car with full carbon body

[Reaper392]

no additional rules applied to the engine? this enable low dollar monsters I could run battleship engine MR car with full carbon body

You could certainly run a battleship engine but I would be impressed if you can make a carbon fibre car within budget.

*edit*
Is it possible to reduce the maximum wheel width a bit? other than the modern mid engined bodies I'm struggling to find anything that can have 305s front and rear

[Manche]

no additional rules applied to the engine? this enable low dollar monsters I could run battleship engine MR car with full carbon body

You could certainly run a battleship engine but I would be impressed if you can make a carbon fibre car within budget.

*edit*
Is it possible to reduce the maximum wheel width a bit? other than the modern mid engined bodies I'm struggling to find anything that can have 305s front and rear

Try the big one

[Reaper392]

no additional rules applied to the engine? this enable low dollar monsters I could run battleship engine MR car with full carbon body

You could certainly run a battleship engine but I would be impressed if you can make a carbon fibre car within budget.

*edit*
Is it possible to reduce the maximum wheel width a bit? other than the modern mid engined bodies I'm struggling to find anything that can have 305s front and rear

Try the big one

"other than the modern mid engined cars"

I know there are one or two other front engined cars that fit the bill, but the choice is very limited

[Manche]

Which forces you to decide between lightness or the of space for a massive powerplant, or have both and have a tight budget

[Dragawn]

I put the max tyre size at 305 mm for a reason
You could say I gave the mid-engined bodies a small advantage like that to compensate for their lack of a bigger engine bay.

I know it sucks to have some bodies less competitive, but some would've fallen off anyways if you looked at it from a completely competitive angle, sorry guys.

[Reaper392]

Having quickly tried a few bodies I can see that the 305mm tyre width limit is actually quite a good one when you take everything else into account. Also, Your reliability restrictions seem to have prevented us from making engines with stupidly big turbos, which is good. While I can just about meet the 60 engine reliability mark, I really struggle to hit 69 for overall reliability with the remaining money if I use the engine from a battleship

[Manche]

Question! are the old bodies enabled?

[Dragawn]

Whatever you can get 35 safety with is allowed mate, and if you want some cheap extra average reliability, just cool the sh*t out of your engine

[8bs]

Hi!,

Do we get rewarded for making a car under 12000?

[Dragawn]

Hi!,

Do we get rewarded for making a car under 12000?

It's a requirement

EDIT: updated first post for clarification.

[Manche]

Having quickly tried a few bodies I can see that the 305mm tyre width limit is actually quite a good one when you take everything else into account. Also, Your reliability restrictions seem to have prevented us from making engines with stupidly big turbos, which is good. While I can just about meet the 60 engine reliability mark, I really struggle to hit 69 for overall reliability with the remaining money if I use the engine from a battleship

and for that I went for a approx 5 liter V8.. ironically enough my fastest car is a 1970's car body loaded with safety features to comply