CTC - Car Tycoon Challenge #4 - 1977 [RESULTS]

[gt1cooper]

Hey, Cone and I didn't do that badly for our first (and by a miscommunication, only ) entry!

[8bs]

Alternative Results - New Calculations

(...)For the main car stats, the limits scale with how much money the buyer can spend (...).

I think the new method is interesting.

(...)For the main car stats, the limits scale with how much money the buyer can spend (...).[/quote]

It means that we could offer a more cheap car, with low stats, and sell the same quantities as a more expensive car with higher stats, in the same group, but without being competitors? Just aiming for a sub-group?

[Der Bayer]

No, you misunderstood that. All customers within one group have the same amount of money. But luxury buyers have more money than cheap compact buyers. 10 percent weight on one stat will result in a higher limit for that stat in the expensive groups than in the cheap groups. Because expectations are higher when you invest more money.

[Janekk]

I got better market share for my serious car. But I am not sure I like this better, I like the idea of performing unexpectedly well in markets I did not design for. I don't consider that to be a bad thing, unexpected maybe, but not bad. If we go for realism a real market is generally not quite as inflexible and people will buy things that have features they may not have been looking for at the time but found while looking. Granted this would stop the billionaire looking for a super car from buying a little mini crap car but I would blame that on the spouse of the individual who might want something cute or just be angry that day.

So while my car performed better in terms of market share I am not a big fan of the change. I like the mystery and the unexpected more.

That has much more to do with what cars opponents make rather than scoring system.

[Zabhawkin]

My car hit the alternate markets better which was a good thing for me, and now it was mildly profitable. I did notice I had an error in my submission, I had put in the submission that I had 1 level of quality in aspiration, and its naturally aspirated, I dont know if the scripts were able to see that and calculate correctly.

[Reaper392]

Even if you had set the aspiration quality to -15 it would only have saved you ~£1 million, so not much in the grand scheme of things