The Mille Cavalli Shootout

[RobtheFiend]

Maybe you can use this as inspiration?

[strop]

That's a cool graph Rob!

That being said, that's only one perspective from which we can assess the value of these cars. I may hold off on synthesising that specific form of comparison, but will definitely be comparing the attributes separately... I want readers to draw their own conclusions based on their own tastes, given that we have a wide range of vehicles that span several different classes. There'll be some who want more bang for their buck, and there are those who want to go fast in luxury. And there are others still who aren't interested in going fast so much as crawling around London City and revving the engine in some kind of misguided mating ritual

The new beta is coming out soon, so I am going to close this thread to entries tomorrow, at midnight 8th August (my timezone i.e. UTC + 10). That is, at the time of posting this, in a little under 32 hours. Hopefully, by that time I'll have finished my own entry.

We'll be well into the next release by the time I get anything ready for presentation, as I plan to take up to a month to get it done.

[VosNox]

Gentlemen please. Take a seat.

Allow me to present the Echo 368.

The guys in our Black Box research program were sick of Bugatti's crap. So they put their caffeinated heads together and broke the game. The Echo 368 comes well equipped with everything the US requires to be street legal. Brakes, windshield, side mirrors, lights and indicators, seat belts and non-slick tires.

The powerplant is a 6.7L Turbocharged DOHC V8 Flatplane producing 2164HP at 7800 RPM's and 1505 Lbs-Ft of Torque to an (in my head at least) 8-speed, double clutch, automatic gearbox. Amazingly, it only costs $7317.71 to produce, but the services costs run at $14375.08 anually. As such, this car is designed to do one thing. Go as fast as (in-game) physics allow.

As you can see, 0 - 62 is dealt with in 2.7 seconds and it tops out at 368 MPH, or 592 KPH in the Queen's English. That is a damn near half the speed of sound!
The game thinks the car has the potential to go MUCH faster. But the drive-train settings make the game crash at anything higher.

The car itself IS for sale, but, much like the Enzo, only a select few are allowed to own one. Our most famous client currently is Jeremy Clarkson because, as of yet, he hasn't found anything to satisfy his power boner.

[Noporian]

how the hell did you do that

[LoucurasdoPortal]

What the hell? 592 KM/H ?!?!?!?!

[VosNox]

What the hell? 592 MP/H ?!?!?!?!

I wish it was 592 MPH. It is only 378 MPH. You read 592 KPH.

[LoucurasdoPortal]

What the hell? 592 MP/H ?!?!?!?!

I wish it was 592 MPH. It is only 378 MPH. You read 592 KPH.

Yeah, i've already corrected it

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[strop]

Finally, the Echo and it's wonderful taillight array has arrived (yes, I've been admiring it for weeks)! I was secretly hoping for this.

But in the form of a 378mph technically street legal car??? That completely blows anything else we've had here off the charts when it comes to top speed (sorry, Tom ). Normally I am not a fan of Ferrari's "exclusivity" tactics, but in this case, I'm all for vetting buyers so strictly they stay out of the hands of almost the entire general public...

Also, an unexpected late entry in the super sedan class, perhaps even a direct rival to the opulence of nialloftara's Brougham SS, and Manche's Presidential Spy Car!

To be honest, this thread has now about twice as many entries as I originally envisaged. What I will probably do, is break the shootout into directly comparable classes, from the sport coupes, to the luxury coupes, to the super sedans... though some of the cars straddle more than one class. I'm going to need a little help getting all the information organised. Everyone who has submitted a model to this thread should expect a PM in the coming few hours explaining how it'll work.

As you may remember, I offered to draw a few posters of some of the models, in an attempt to bring out the true visions of their creators. But I also said that numbers would be limited. Having thought about it, I have decided that I can draw up to five cars. How I decide which five to draw (I draw all of my cars, so mine won't count, so that really means six ), I haven't yet quite figured out, but that is the part that may likely come to a poll.

Okay, stay tuned! I'll be in touch.

[TheTom]

Congratulations on the new top speed record, VosNox! However, i beat you in acceleration from 0-100, over the quarter mile, and also on how many times it can do it because your car doesn't have the downforce to reach its top speed before taking off

[VosNox]

So. Someone has called me on the fact that the only way a car Automation can get to the speed I did, is by it not surviving the process. As such, I'll retract my previous entry and present the Echo GT4.

Gentlemen please. Take a seat.

Simple facts.
4.9L DOHC Flatplane BiTurbo V8 producing 1827 HP @ 7700 RPM's and 1266 Lbs Ft of Torque @ 7500 RPMs
AWD, Double-Clutch 6-Speed Gearbox.
MTBF 22805
Top Speed 319.7 MPH
0 - 62 MPH = 3.3 Seconds

[TheTom]

...and that's the second dead Normandy Automotive test driver. You need a positive downforce value if you want to achieve those speeds without taking off.

[Leonardo9613]

Not really Tom, gravity exerts a force on the car, pushing it downwards. And the aero lift will push up, the car will take off only when the lift is greater than the weight of the car. A 1500 kg car needs 1500 kg of lift (-1500kg of downforce) to take off. Negative values mean that the high-speed handling would be poor, as the car would start to feel lighter, so the steering wouldn't behave as it normally would.

In a nutshell, the car won't take off, nor the driver be killed, but he would have to change his underwear.

[TheTom]

I think the car would take off because lift increases exponentially, and when the lift is already almost -200lb at 124.3mph, there's a good chance it will be higher than -3724lb at 319.7mph.

[Leonardo9613]

It would be about 6.6 times greater at topspeed than at 124.3 mph, resulting in about 1300 lb of lift.

The car wouldn't take off, but surely it wouldn't be safe.

Adding some downforce wouldn't hurt anyone, by the contrary