Pikes Peak Automation Hill Climb 2015 [RESULTS]

[strop]

Hello, and welcome to Pikes Peak, Colorado! Normally, the PPIHC takes place around June each year, but I just finished the map, so why wait?



Original photo taken by Thomas Galenbeck

Every year, several brave/crazy souls take their machines and pit their courage and skills against one of the toughest hillclimbs in the world. Legendary for the rally drivers that dominated it when half of it was gravel, ever since it was completely paved in 2012, the times have tumbled and contrary to expectations, registrations soared through the roof. Even after the utterly dominant and to many disconcertingly fast record set by Seb Loeb in 2013, with the purpose built Peugeot 208 T16, the other times continue to tumble as other competitors catch up.

But the mountain is a dangerous one, with no guard rails to stop you from plunging into the rocks, and, on occasion, to your death. Tune your machine wisely, lest you end up like our friend Jeremy Foley:


At least he walked away with little more than a broken arm. Others have not been so fortunate.

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With that preamble out of the way, let's get ready to race! I've drawn up rules for the four main classes (plus a couple of subclasses) that regularly run for four-wheeled vehicles. In similar style to the real PPIHC, if there are less than six entries for any particular class, that class will be disbanded. Instead, I will merge the entries from that class into the next most appropriate class with the competitor's consent.



As you can see, the rules for the Open Class and the Unlimited Class have strong parallels to the usual leaderboards, because this is how we're going to kick the leaderboard off! The TAPC and TATC classes have rules that are derived from the PPIHC manual.

WAIT, WHAT? WE HAVE A PIKES PEAK TRACK?

We do now!

NOW I KNOW THE RULES, HOW DO I ENTER?

You can't, entries are now closed wahahahahahahaha!

CERTIFIED COMPETITORS

Top Trump Cards (with many thanks to BlastersPewPew for their help! Half the comments are mine, the other half are either quoting or heavily based off Blasters' comment. I won't tell you which one is which )

Production

1. 8bs Portugal GT Vinte
2. Chipskate Japan Toyoko "Ugly Duckling"
3. Dragawn Belgium Dragotec Blitz
4. HighOctaneLove Australia S12 'Maverick'
5. leo9613 Brazil Clockwork Orange
6. MITTNACHT Germany Bee PPE
7. nialloftara USA CPV Marauder
8. NormanVauxhall Italy Znopresk Zeus
9. np1993 Canada Shark Concept
10. Razyx Spain Manhell Scarfox
11. Rollarider10 Australia Mercusa Nero Race
12. VicVictory USA Ardent Corvallis X

Tuned

1. 07CobaltGirl USA ZX53GT Pikes Peak Edition
2. HighOctaneLove Australia S12 'Doomkitten'
3. Jastrzab84 Poland 15 Immortal Pikes Peak TC
4. leo9613 Brazil Fugu Twin-Turbo
5. MITTNACHT Germany Bee Pikes Peak Special
6. nialloftara USA Marauder GTZ
7. np1993 Canada Rally Zoope Carbon Edition
8. Rollarider10 Australia Mercusa Nero APEX

Open

1. BurningBridges Germany RS215P Turbo
2. HighOctaneLove Australia S12 'Overclocked'
3. JasonPoland Poland PolMot Prototipo
4. MITTNACHT Germany Pikes Peak Killer Bee
5. nialloftara USA Python Prototype
6. rileybanks UK Banks Debrauna Pikes Peak Edition

Heavy

1. BlastersPewPew USA Desert Tortoise
2. F17Francesco Italy S.RAZIEL VAN (PP ed.)
3. HighOctaneLove Australia Special Delivery
4. Leo9613 Brazil 9-Seater Timewarp
5. Lothoren UK Dalora Fun Wagon PPH
6. luilakkie Netherlands unnamed
7. MITTNACHT Germany Luxury Hatch Concept
8. NiuYorkCiti Argentina Ponni Bargo Concept PP-R (overheated, revision pending)
9. np1993 Canada Carico Magnum Turbo
10. Razyx Spain Speedline Cargo RS
11. rileybanks UK Banks Transepto Pikes Peak Edition
12. TheTom Austria 2015 AMW Grizzly Pikes Peak Edition
13. VicVictory N/A 2015 SportTanic Rally Edition

Vintage

1. 07CobaltGirl USA E30 M3 (327 Crate)
2. BurningBridges Germany RS189 Turbo
3. EnryGT5 Japan EGT Achernar 89PP
4. F17Francesco Italy RAZIEL LMP89
5. HighOctaneLove Australia S12 'Endora'
6. Jastrzab84 Poland PP-D2
7. luilakkie Netherlands unnamed
8. np1993 Canada 1989 Prato Rally Zoope Hillclimber
9. rileybanks UK Banks Debrauna 89
10. TheTom Austria 1987 AMW Boa
11. VicVictory Japan Suzume Kaminari GS-R
12. xABSOLUTIONx Latvia AED T13TT

Unlimited

1. 8bs Portugal Alien
2. AshleyBlack Australia 2015 Nero Senza Limiti
3. BurningBridges Germany RS215 Turbo
4. HighOctaneLove Australia S12 'Smaug'
5. LeSpass Spain AC LMP2 Pikes Peak
6. Lothoren UK Dalora Fun Wagon PPU
7. luilakkie Netherlands unnamed
8. MITTNACHT Germany Hornet
9. np1993 Canada Peak Slayer
10. RaduST Romania Gemina XIII GTX HCS
11. rileybanks UK Banks Krtica
12. TheTom Austria AMW Scarab Pikes Peak Edition
13. vmo Spain R8TTX4
14. xABSOLUTIONx Latvia AED Destroyer

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Results!

[HighOctaneLove]

So excited! Some quick questions;

Can we enter a car in every class?

Can you post a vintage class so we can enter a 5th car?

Is five cars per entrant going to make this the single most prolific car competition in Automation history?

Are all my questions worth answering?

Have a nice day strop

[strop]

Quick answers:

Yes, okay I'll do that but if there are less than six pre-1990 entries I'll merge the entries (like PPIHC rules. You'll have to pick which car to use if it conflicts with an existing entry). In fact since pyrlix is releasing a huge 'van', I'm going to open a heavy vehicles class too, once I get back from work.

Next question: that depends on how many people feel up to taking on the mountain!

Finally I think so, hope that answered your questions

BTW: some other rule changes are in the works. The TA classes are road legal so they'll be needing cats.

[HighOctaneLove]

Quick answers:

Yes, okay I'll do that but if there are less than six pre-1990 entries I'll merge the entries (like PPIHC rules. You'll have to pick which car to use if it conflicts with an existing entry). In fact since pyrlix is releasing a huge 'van', I'm going to open a heavy vehicles class too, once I get back from work.

Next question: that depends on how many people feel up to taking on the mountain!

Finally I think so, hope that answered your questions

BTW: some other rule changes are in the works. The TA classes are road legal so they'll be needing cats.

Excellent! I'll wait for your rule changes and then I'll begin prepping my fleet!!!!

[Sayonara]

Are there any plans to separate 2WD and 4WD like the real Pikes Peak Hillclimb?

The raw traction advantage makes so much of a difference.

[strop]

I didn't see that in the 2015 PPIHC manual! I'll have another look but could I trouble you to point that out for me?

[UMGaming]

im gonna be making cars for each class =)

[Sayonara]

My bad, I had forgotten that the entire track was paved a few years ago. Consider request retracted.

(Wait, does the Automation track editor even allow one to build gravel surfaces? I actually don't know.)

[AshleyBlack]

I think I have the perfect car to modify for the Unlimited Class. Time to see what Black can really do!

[strop]

My bad, I had forgotten that the entire track was paved a few years ago. Consider request retracted.

(Wait, does the Automation track editor even allow one to build gravel surfaces? I actually don't know.)

Not really. You can up the "sportiness" rating of the road to Max but all that does is make it super bumpy and terrible. I doubt it emulates gravel, furthermore the driver can't drift etc. So it'd make for a poor simulation.

[AshleyBlack]

I'm not sure if I'm done with this yet. Everytime I think I am I find a way to go even faster, so I'll hang onto it.
Also is this body part of the mod pack? I can't remember if I got it from there or from the creator's (Trackpaduser) thread

[TheTom]

While other possible competitors are still discussing about their plans of building a car for the terrifying mountain, AMW has already done so. And they've done it with this. See you at the start line of the U-class, mates!

[strop]

Also is this body part of the mod pack?

That body is legit. I'll accept any body that's been published in the 3d modder forum, so if you wanna race to the clouds in a Jimmy, you're more than welcome to!

[AshleyBlack]

knew I should keep it! I just shaved off another .2 of a second!
Expect this one to be a last minute entry, Strop

[RaduST]

I think I'll enter with modified version of the Gemina XIII supercars used in BSLL and AAT.