BRC 1955 - The Golden Age [Qualifying R5]

[Der Bayer]

BRC - Bavarian Racing Challenge - 1955

What once upon a time was the Bavarian Rallye Challenge has now become the Bavarian RACING Challenge. And with "RACING" I mean "RACING". Direct Competition. Fighting for Position. Epic crashes. Tragic failures. Worn out tyres. Each race a unique story.

After a good start in 1945 we continue in 1955 with updated rules.

Features

• lap after lap after lap, dynamically calculated acceleration, braking and cornering
• standing start
• real time calculated fuel consumption
• tyre wear based on tyre compound and car settings and stats
• engine failures based on engine reliability
• mechanical failures because of crashing based on chassis reliability
• B.R.O.B.O.T: Bavarian Randomly Organised Behaviour On Track: dynamic, random and rulebased artificial intelligence in the driver's seat (overtaking, holding up others, crashing, errors based on car driveability, good and bad starts...)
• Youtube videos of training, qualifying and race sessions with 2D track view, timing and automated text comments (and, thanks to NormanVauxhall, Pyrlix and Pleb, live commenting on Twitch)
• theoretically unlimited number of participants (practically limited by screen size to fields of 38 cars)

Rules and technical specifications

• 1 car per player only
• Chassis and engine year: 1955
• Power to Weight ratio: 0.20 hp/kg or lower
• max. tyre width: 175 mm
• Tyre quality: 0 or lower
• No wings and lips
• max. total cost: $8,000
• Community Modpack from the Automation forums allowed (plus the non-Sprite body made by trackpaduser)
• Engine reliability (recommended): ~ 30

Tracks

• some Pre-Season Tests (during the Build-phase) for Benchmarking (revisions allowed before first race)
• Automation Test Track
• Brands Hatch Indy
• Monza 1961-1965
• Norisring
• Südschleife

Race Weekend Format

• Training Session (10 laps) for fuel consumption estimation
• Single lap qualifying (the fastest 38 cars qualify for the race)
• Race 1: 30 minutes. Starting fuel estimated based on training results (heavier cars for gas guzzlers at the beginning)
• Race 2: 30 minutes. Reverse grid from Race 1 results. Same starting fuel rule.

Championship Points

• Qualifying: 1st 5p, 2nd 3p, 3rd 1p
• Race points from 1st to 20th: 50, 40, 35, 30, 26, 22, 19, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
• Lead at least one lap at the finish line: 3p
• only the best 8 out of 10 races of each player count to the championship (2 drop results)

How to participate

• Build a car according to the rules
• Send a PM to me with the 4 .lua files of the car (name the files in-game to "BRC1955-playername-Engines-Families.lua", "BRC1955-playername-Engines-Variants.lua", "BRC1955-playername-Cars-Models.lua" and "BRC1955-playername-Cars-Trims.lua", only edit "playername", the rest should be exactly as I wrote (and case-sensitive)! Please please please do this correctly!). Add the name of your car in the PM (for example BAM 1955 BRC).
• Deadline: June 7, 8 p.m. UTC+2
• Check this thread during the building phase for results of pre-tests to get a feel of the performance of your car.
• Tweak the car if neccessary and send me the new file (only before the first training session of the first race weekend)
• No revisions during the season!
• Questions, problems or suggestions? Feel free to ask!
  

Trump Cards

Click on picture to get access to trump cards of all participants!

[titleguy1]

Sweet! I'll be joining this one for sure.

[VicVictory]

Let's see how much I can slip in the rankings this time...

[Pleb]

I really should've joined the last one, I won't make the same mistake this time! I'm in!

[Packbat]

My car for last challenge was one of the first I'd built - let's see how much I've learned since!

[TrackpadUser]

The larger amount of bodies and parts available will definitively make this more interesting, although I wouldn't be surprised if the difference between the top and the average cars ends up being a bit larger.

Also, obligatory complaint about the still very crappy brakes available in 1955

[Packbat]

Getting in early with my first attempt:

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Tried to keep a little bit of that black-headlight look from the 1945, but it doesn't work very well on this model.

(Also, setting boldly forth with a non-aerodynamic body ... because apparently I hate winning. )

[HighOctaneLove]

Here is my entrant into this competition...

The 1955 Bogliq Kitten BRC Edition!!!

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Since I have no idea where my old car placed a decade ago, this car'll definitely do better!

[Absurdist]

Pressure is on! I'll only have one night on friday to have a crack before I go away for a bit, but I'll be back to see if I can keep everyone honest again.

Also, Packbat, that car is beautiful. Just saying.

Honestly, with the more powerful, faster cars, I expect tyre wear to become a bigger issue.

[Killrob]

Alright, alright, the engineers at KE finally got around to finding out about the amazing tech called "headlights" we'll be joining in full force!

[UltimateBMWfan]

Trying my hand at challenges, my very first submission.

BMC 2.0 CS.

[Packbat]

Also, Packbat, that car is beautiful. Just saying.

Thank you! Most of the credit goes to the 3D artists who made the meshes, but I was happy with how I managed to put them together.

Honestly, with the more powerful, faster cars, I expect tyre wear to become a bigger issue.

That's one of the reasons why I'm trying to get in early - I want to see how much tyre wear my current setup suffers.

[Der Bayer]

This is the prototype entry by BAM: The BAM Citrus 55 BRC

[victorgarcia]

Superb car, bayer!

Oh man! These shitty brakes! Go for 14inch wheel and thinner tires? Go for a lighter and least powerful car? So much compromises!

Loving the challenge!

[conan]

Here is my car, the Conan Frosch.




It's very happy about something.