The Farm Truck Challenge (Results, 3rd Place Announced)

[Vri404]

I hope there's no engine limitations. I'm thinking of entering a 10L V8 (Based on current rule set)

[KLinardo]

About the safety. I guess having it as sellable in Gasmea means that it needs a minimum amount of safety anyway, so that should not be a huge issue.

Should there be any engine limitations or do you all think that should be free game?

I don't have desirability in the weighted stats so I figured I needed a minimum safety. I didn't want a death trap to score better because people redirected funds elsewhere. I thought a minimum was reasonable.

Engine is free game. I want to see what people come up with.

I'll just cut to the chase... what I would like to see is tire choices opened up. Each type will have trade offs, even the 3 that would be practical for this competition.

I always figured that the chunky off-road tire was more of an AT style, as the game is based on what is sold OEM.

We just bought a new F150 truck and granted its more of a judgement the Goodyear Wranglers that came on it seem more like a "medium" tire than a hard highway tire.

Edit: nevermind, I just went out and looked it has the HT version.

I would possibly consider allowing off-road because it seems like a trade off point for comfort and offroading capabilities. I don't think that I'd go much further because tire choice and quality really effects the stats quite heavily. If that's being changed in the upcoming update I could open this up more. I'd like to hear more from some other competitors on this, if possible.

There's a safety penalty when using old bodies. But assuming everyone uses bodies from roughly the same time period, everyone could expect the same penalty. Any downside (stats wise) from using old bodies would be even for everyone, though I'd assume stronger with the 1950s pickup instead of one of the 1970s ones.

Ok. There's the answer I was looking for. I really want this to be a 2011 challenge. I'd be happy to do a subsequent one of a different year. That being said, would lowering the minimum safety requirement to 30 or 35 help? I think that it should be a level playing field otherwise. Tell me if I'm wrong.

[07CobaltGirl]

This is what I think when I hear "The Farm Truck"...

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[KLinardo]

That is "The Farm Truck." But someone had to build the original for them to modify it.

Remember what I said about multi-stage challenge? This might happen later. Just look at the very lightly weighted stats.

[DoctorNarfy]

Sixty thousand dollars seems like a ridiculous amount of money for a truck. It feels less like Ford F-150 money and more like Lincoln Mark-LT Money.

[KLinardo]

I think Automation marks things up a little high for US type vehicles so I wanted there to be a decent size cap. The higher the cost and the higher the maintenance the lower your score. I can always lower the cap $10K.

[07CobaltGirl]

Sixty thousand dollars seems like a ridiculous amount of money for a truck. It feels less like Ford F-150 money and more like Lincoln Mark-LT Money.

Clearly you have not purchased a brand new pickup truck in many many years. haha

Those things are expensive now. A basic truck, 2 door, non-crew cab, long bed will set you back !30-40k! Crew cabs are closer to $45k, and then you can add options to push it even higher.

[KLinardo]

My 2010 F-150 was barely under $40K (sticker, I did better than that) and it has the 5.4L V8, 4WD, extended cab, two tone accent and the Chrome and Tow Package as well as the XLT convenience package for the entirety of its options. It doesn't take much to get the MSRP to head north.

[koolkei]

you guys and your cars......

my family car were bought new at almost 1/5th of kli's truck's sticker price

[cpufreak101]

you guys and your cars......

my family car were bought new at almost 1/5th of kli's truck's sticker price

question is car, or big 'ol pickup truck?

[KLinardo]

That's not really a fair comparison depending on where you're from and what kind of car your family purchased.

[Lordred]

Rules

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[*]Market Price < or = $60K in Gasmea.[/*] (Remember costs affects the score, but for the purposes of this challenge farmers don't take their F-150 Limited competitors into the field.)

I reccomend adding the following.

@ >0% Profit.

[koolkei]

question is car, or big 'ol pickup truck?

car
well.... a wagon. or an MPV.. well LowMPV (as in low cost)

That's not really a fair comparison depending on where you're from and what kind of car your family purchased.

the new face of datsun



or you could see here.
http://www.datsun.com/en/models/go-plus.aspx

1.2l 3 cyl. a downgraded nissan march engine

this is getting a bit too OOT now

[KLinardo]

I reccomend adding the following.

@ >0% Profit.

I like the recommendation, but what type of value should we set? If I leave it open should it affect score moreso than it would through the total cost penalties?

[07CobaltGirl]

Wait...Datsun still exists??????