The Mille Cavalli Shootout

[VosNox]

It's all good. I'm trying my best to test the limits of the game. No can, as of yet can reach 300+ without paying life insurance premiums. I found a way to fit a lip to the bottom of the platform, which was until recently impossible, so that helped a little. If I drop the top speed to something like 220 or 250, every body walks away just fine. In fact, with full downforce, a 250MPH top speed produces +188lbs. But that's why we pay our drivers in cheap life insurance instead of actual cash. Plus, We find our test drivers in the same lab that The Stig was born.

[CNSpots1]

Let me ask you something.. What defines a hypercar?

A sneak peek at the P14-S "Eris" by MONO





There are plenty of cars that can offer you 4-figure power outputs, lavish interiors, or racecar feel. There are cars such as the Ferrari LaFerrari or McLaren P1 that give hybrid systems to provide economy that will shut the hippies up. But, here's the thing.. Where can you get all of those things?

Meet an unlikely provider, an all-american contender designed by engine company MONO. Codenamed "Eris", the P14-S is a car built on the dream of bringing an 80's Group C dinosaur to the modern road, and making it last. Carbon fiber chassis? You bet, same with the body panels. Every bit of the car is designed to work in perfect harmony, providing a hypercar in the truest sense.

The Interior
Tell me, what do you get in a McLaren P1? Or say just about any supercar produced by Ferrari? Yeah, we hear they're pretty bleak. Which is why Eris has a completely hand-crafted interior; plush cotton and wool seats, wood and brushed aluminum steering wheel. The dashboard and center console are framed with polished quartz, finished up with wood and leather inserts. In terms of creature comforts, you get Air Conditioning, electronically adjustable seats, basic audio system. You also get a control console for tuning the driving aids, if you're brave enough. The instrument panel is gorgeous, like a modern jet fighter, it uses an advanced digital system to get a holographic display, telling you everything you need to know about your car. The colors of the interior are customized upon customer request.

The Performance
Potent, in a word. Eris uses the same Twin-Turbocharged "Super Eight" as Camoria's V-Style, which in the current test model produces approximately 1038 horsepower. All this power is emphasized by a weight of 1265kg, and a 8-speed sequential gearbox sending power to the rear wheels. Eris howls from 0-60 in just 2.8 seconds, and runs the 1/4 mile in 9.4 seconds. Her top speed is a mind-boggling 265mph. And, of course, thanks to the incredibly low weight, handling is sharp and aggressive. By default, the car comes equipped with Semi-Slick tires, but the customer may request sports compound radials instead, if they desire.

The Economy
Your expectations will be shattered. When you heard of a twin-turbocharged V8 producing a four figure output, you likely imagined it would struggle to achieve a two-figure mileage. But you're wrong. The 265mph top speed is merely a side-effect of the transmission being geared for economy, providing 29 US miles-per-gallon.

The Cost of Excellence
Unfortunately, due to what goes into producing this machine, the price is incredibly high. To take one of these cars home, the projected price tag is $2,840,000. On top of this, due to Mono not being properly equipped to mass-produce a vehicle of this caliber, there will only be three produced per year, with an intended production run of just nine units. Included in the price is lifetime maintenance, and VIP access to MONO's racing facilities. Though we are considering dealing with other companies to be able to produce the car in higher numbers..

[Jakgoe]

CNSpots,

While the "Eris" looks amazing, and is shaping up to be a wonderful car, I believe the competition is for cars in build 1362, which can be found here. There are a few skewed calculations in the open beta that make it unsuitable for a fair comparison with the current build.

Thanks,
Jak

[CNSpots1]

Jakgoe,

I'm not here for any sort of competition, I'm merely showcasing my vehicle just like anyone, I couldn't particularly care less about winning or comparing anything, I'm just adding my design to the collective for fun. Besides, I do believe Strop is in full capability of making judgement of his own topic.

Thanks,
Spots.


Edit: Besides, there's already someone showing off a 350+ mph car, I don't see how my fairly realistic(by comparison) design would be particularly illegitimate.

[Jakgoe]

Nah, I'm not trying to put down your car, or you, in any way. I just thought that it might be unfair to the people who have already submitted their cars for the shootout. Also, the fuel economy is probably horribly bugged. I put a 1150hp engine in an aluminium car, and got over 35mpg to show for my efforts (or lack thereof). There is no way that is correct. But, as I have stated before, it is a very well done car.

[jhd1124]

It's a good looking car, though!

[Dragawn]

I disagree that build 1408 has an advantage, actually, the turbos seem to have gotten quite a big lag "nerf" and price increase. The fuel economy indeed seems weird though, but it could be due to low drag and light weight, because with downforce the economy takes a hit. The 750 hp supercar I started on made from aluminium and fibreglass has a 10l/100km figure, which seems more realistic. Turbo engines are harder now, where I previously could run 1.5 bar of boost, I now have to settle with 1.2 in order to keep a decent spool

[Leonardo9613]

Turbos aren't more expensive, but now quality changes increase the price more dramatically. Also, richer fuel mixture gives less power in relation to B1362.

And I wish I had that body to do my car for this shootout, it is so much more purposeful.

[Dragawn]

Actually they are more expensive, for example: twin turbo setup on a V8 with journal bearings used to cost something like 650, now it's nearly double that around 1250. With default quality. And yeah, richer fuel gives less power, that doesn't really bother me though, since I usually went easy on the mixture, but heavy on the cam anyways.

[CNSpots1]

Nah, I'm not trying to put down your car, or you, in any way. I just thought that it might be unfair to the people who have already submitted their cars for the shootout. Also, the fuel economy is probably horribly bugged. I put a 1150hp engine in an aluminium car, and got over 35mpg to show for my efforts (or lack thereof). There is no way that is correct. But, as I have stated before, it is a very well done car.

While I have acknowledged the concern over the gas mileage, I don't believe it's particularly farfetch'd. Or at least not by a large margin(I imagine the post-release version will score more along the lines of 20 - 25mpg). The engine is a 4.0 litre design(Bugatti claims 15mpg with their 8.0 liter quad turbo, that's an engine twice as large with twice as many turbos.) and was able to get about 17MPG in Camoria's GTC test, which weighed about 100kg more, had 4WD, had shorter gears, produced more drag(from downforce necessary to improve laptimes) and to top it off, THIS version of the engine has lost about 50 horsepower to better improve the economy. Plus, I have reason to believe this car is much more aerodynamic from a drag coefficient standpoint than the massive front-engined sports coupe Camoria put it in.

I will apologize for my wording, I have no idea if I come across as aggressive. It's just my writing style.

[jhd1124]

It's massive because that's how we do. We are a bunch of brash bastards up in here, lol

[strop]

Guys, I can clear this up very simply: I probably should have been clearer or posted a reminder saying that entries closed approximately... 38 hours ago now! (see my post on the previous page specifying the deadline).

The other thing I should have been clearer about, though I suspect I implied it but never explicitly said it, was that this current incarnation of the shootout is only open to cars built solely in b1362. The reason for that is that I put the data onto an Excel spreadsheet and make lots of pretty little charts, and using different versions will skew the calculations... not to any particular advantage or disadvantage mind you, but certainly the new patch is very different. Besides, that patch is an open beta and the final next release will be out end of next weekish or so anyway.

This means that the mid-engined supercar bodies are not elegible for use in this shootout. Sorry about that. I made this thread as a kind of last hurrah for B1362, but once the teething issues for the next public release settles, I'm sure that we'll be able to create themed challenges for that one, so do hold onto your models!

[CNSpots1]

Guys, I can clear this up very simply: I probably should have been clearer or posted a reminder saying that entries closed approximately... 38 hours ago now! (see my post on the previous page specifying the deadline).

The other thing I should have been clearer about, though I suspect I implied it but never explicitly said it, was that this current incarnation of the shootout is only open to cars built solely in b1362. The reason for that is that I put the data onto an Excel spreadsheet and make lots of pretty little charts, and using different versions will skew the calculations... not to any particular advantage or disadvantage mind you, but certainly the new patch is very different. Besides, that patch is an open beta and the final next release will be out end of next weekish or so anyway.

This means that the mid-engined supercar bodies are not elegible for use in this shootout. Sorry about that. I made this thread as a kind of last hurrah for B1362, but once the teething issues for the next public release settles, I'm sure that we'll be able to create themed challenges for that one, so do hold onto your models!

As I said before, 'twas merely showing it for fun. As that is the spirit of the event. Never had any interest in including it in the competition. Just wanted to see what kind of reaction it would garner.

[strop]

Ohhhhh I see! lol that's what I get for scrolling through the posts on my mobile.

At any rate, I suspect that there will be quite a few challenges for the upcoming new shells, they look great and I know I'm really excited!

[strop]

Announcement:

Most of the data is in. I only have one user's data outstanding (please come back and submit!!!), and of course, my own car to finish presenting here, at which point, the new build should be well and truly out. After that, it's a matter of writing the article. I have all forms of pretty graphs and tables to supplement

There is also one surprise package, that is sure to cause some degree of scandal... how the story unfolds, you'll just have to wait to find out hehehehehe...