Help us out: Engine Designer Demo - Scenarios

[Daffyflyer]

I love all the ideas and a great read.. Makes for some great (possible) scenarios for the full game.

Yes, the scenarios in the engine designer were meant to just show off the demo gameplay, but they've turned out to be so much fun that I think we'll put them in the full game as a "quick play" kind of mode, so you can just spend 5 -10mins designing an engine, or a car to some specs, when you don't feel like doing a full game (which takes hours)

[serothis]

Scenario description:

The year is 1962. The cold war is in full swing. President Kennedy has just issued his declaration of traveling too the moon. Khrushchev knows that if the Americans reach the moon first, that will be a crushing blow to Russian pride and Russia's images as the strongest nation in the world. However, Khrushchev knows that such a project will be time consuming and very expensive. Which means he needs to build up the economy to finance the space race. He also knows that he must appease the Russian people. He must convince them that the space race is not just for Russia's pride but also for the benefit of the people.

Khrushchev tells Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ) to make a automobile that is rugged and affordable. An automobile that demonstrates Russian greatness and prosperity. An automobile that will put the decadent capitalist west to shame. GAZ needs you to build an engine that is reliable, inexpensive and quick to build so that every Russian citizen can enjoy the glory of Russian engineering!


Technical limitations:

• 2.5L max. capacity
• Must use RON 87 or lower
• Must use cast iron parts
• Must have a minimum of 50kw (67hp) no points will be awarded for achieving more than this.
• Must run on lowest octane fuel available (not actually sure what rating that is for this time period, sorry daffy)
• All other period appropriate technologies allowed.

Technical specifications:

• Cost lower than w (50%)
• MTTF higher than x (25%)
• Man hours less than y (25%)
  

[Daffyflyer]

One thing - I suspect every scenario will need either a minimum power or torque, otherwise you could make a 5kw engine with great MTTF

[serothis]

^ decadent capitalist swine.

Besides why would you need a minimum power limit ? What's the lowest power rating you can achieve in the simulator?

[Daffyflyer]

Uh... I think you can get 3kw or less if you try

[Daffyflyer]

Scenario Description
The year is 1992 and You have been approached by an Italian automaker with a problem. They have been building a cheap compact car for the local market
for a few years now, and its very popular. The company belives that the car would be very popular in the former USSR, however the poor quality russian fuel
makes the car's engine fail! Can you retune their engine for the russian market, without increasing its cost?



Technical Limitations


Run on Poor Quality Unleaded
Can Only change Fuel Tuning, Ignition Tuning, Compression, Cam Profile and Cam Timing.
Manufacture Year 1992


Technical Specs

Cost of A (same price as old engine) (50%)
Power of B (maybe 10% less than old engine) (20%)
Economy of C (somewhat worse than old engine) (30%)

[Daffyflyer]

Scenario Description

The year is 1995, and a Japanese car manufacturer has contracted you to design an engine for their new hot hatch. They don't have enough money to design a new engine from
scratch, so they'd like you to use the block and bottom end components of their existing 1.6ltr economy engine. You'll need spice up its performance to make a sutibly sporty powerplant,
But you'll need to keep it reliable, keep costs in check and meet emissions regulations




Technical Limitations

Must use existing 1.6Ltr iron bottom end with cast internals(starts with SOHC 16v head and MPFI but can be changed)
Manufacture Year 1993 - 1996
Must run on premium fuel or worse.



Goals


Power of A (Probably around 100kw) (40%)
Responsivness of B (20%)
MTTF of C (Not much worse than original) (10%)
Emissions of D (Not much worse than original) (5%)
Cost of E (only somewhat more expensive than original) (25%)

[serothis]

Uh... I think you can get 3kw or less if you try

wow. I kind of want to try that now.

anyway, updated with a minimum power requirement.

[machalel]

Scenario description:

The year is 1992. Several manufacturers have already released very successful sports cars within the Japanese Kei-class, including the Suzasaki Latte and the Honga Thump. As the Chief of Engine Design for Matsuda, it is your job to come up with a power-plant to be introduced in your company's vehicle. Your competitors are both powered by 3-cylinder engines, one naturally aspirated and one turbocharged, and so the President has decided to utilise a naturally aspirated 4-cylinder engine to distinguish the brand. It must still comply with the Kei-class regulations, but you are given a free reign to use the most up-to-date technology available.

Technical limitations:
660cc max. capacity
Must use RON 95 or lower
Must have a maximum power equal or less than 47kW (63hp)
Must be naturally aspirated
All other period appropriate technologies allowed

Technical specifications:
Torque more than w (40%) : >60Nm? (Honda Beat)
Cost lower than x (30%)
Weight less than y (15%)
MTTF higher than z (15%)

[conan]

Scenario Description
The year is 1992 and You have been approached by an Italian automaker with a problem. They have been building a cheap compact car for the local market
for a few years now, and its very popular. The company belives that the car would be very popular in the former USSR, however the poor quality russian fuel
makes the car's engine fail! Can you retune their engine for the russian market, without increasing its cost?



Technical Limitations


Run on Poor Quality Unleaded
Can Only change Fuel Tuning, Ignition Tuning, Compression, Cam Profile and Cam Timing.
Manufacture Year 1992


Technical Specs

Cost of A (same price as old engine) (50%)
Power of B (maybe 10% less than old engine) (20%)
Economy of C (somewhat worse than old engine) (30%)

I'd name this scenario : "In Soviet Russia, Petrol are s**t."

[nortala]

Scenario Description
You've been engaging in a bit of industrial espionage for a few hears now and have ended up as head designer of Super Evil Motors inc. Your mission, to construct the worst engine possible and bring them down. But the engine must not fail when it's tested, or your cover will be blown.

Although I don't know enough to know what specs to use for that one - all my engines fail...

[Daffyflyer]

^That's awesome

[Killrob]

That's actually a really interesting idea! Build an engine which has a non-zero MTTF which is as low as possible pretty nifty! Also, because you are evil, the emissions must be as high as possible at the same time, the loudness as high as possible, and it only takes the worst quality leaded fuel, of course. It would run on kittens, but they dropped out of the budget.

[serothis]

might I also add that this Super Evil Motors inc engine should run as roughly as possible and cost as much as possible.

[1701adguru]

1) Scenario description:
You are the owner of a small car company in a local town in the year 1968. Your son has begun helping you run the buisness and wants to get your company more noticed. Eventually, you and him come up with ideas to increase engine quality and performance.
2) Technical limitations
-Must only use V8
-Carburettors only
-OHV only
3) Technical specifications
-Must have average fuel consumption rate of 19 miles per gallon or more *#1
-Must have 235 bhp or more (176 kw) *#2
-Engine cannot be extremely loud *#3