ZedTunes' Autumn/Fall Rally Shootout 2011

Welcome to the Inaugural 2011 ZedTunes Rally Shootout!



It's time for a big challenge. Can you convert a plain stock road car into a full on rally homologation, built for all three types of terrain - tarmac, dirt and snow?

This will also be a challenge made harder by the fact that you do not pick your own car - rather, you acquire a Rally Base Car ticket, which will then decide your car. However, since not all of the cars in this case are equal, the winner will not be the fastest, but instead the man who can get their car to work best overall on all the rally stages. Therefore, it isn't just about sheer speed but getting the car into a good, driveable state on all three surfaces of racing.

Good luck, and here are the rules and requirements to enter in this shootout.



1. Announce your intentions to enter in this thread.
2. Send either me or GT-HO-FALCON (Milldrum) an FR on PSN.
3. Wait for a gift in your inbox. It will most likely be the Rally Base Car ticket required to enter the shootout. Please bear in mind that due to the limitations on ticket sending, this can take some time. Of course, you could always get one yourself.
4. Receive Rally Base Car ticket, open up.
5. ???
6. Profit!
7. Once you've got the car, PM me on here (or PSN, either will work) and I will PM you back the required specs you need to follow for your car.
8. Get on tuning!



ENSURE YOU READ THESE THROUGH BEFORE ENTERING

You may only submit one tune for the shootout. Make sure that said tune works on all three surfaces before posting on here!
Ensure you follow the required specs for the tune. Posting a tune that has not followed the specs may result in exclusion from the shootout.
Only use the slightest amount of ballast and power limiter you need. Do not go completely overboard with your parts and then use power limiter and ballast because it will affect the performance of your tune directly and will also make it faster and could result in an unfair competition.
The tyres to be used on tarmac are Sports: Medium tyres. Obviously you will need a set of dirt and snow tyres for the shootout.
Certain parts are required for these cars to get a rally feel. These parts are: Aerodynamics (only if applicable), any 'Exhaust' from the Exhaust menu, (completely optional) Low RPM Range Turbo Kit (ignore if you either need more power from the car or don't need any more), Fully Customisable Transmission, Fully Customisable LSD, Torque Distributing Centre Differential (4WD only obviously) and Fully Customisable Suspension. Other parts are optional to use, but again, do not go completely overboard with performance upgrades, just get the bare minimum if you need to add anything on.
No one entering the competition as a tuner will be able to participate as a tester. However, do post times for comparison if you wish.
It is recommended that you put your tune up on share for testers to use. If your car is unable to be hosted, ask someone to host it for you, preferably a tester.
The deadline for submitting tunes will be 27th September, which should be enough time for all tuners to get their Rally Base Car ticket and spend enough time tuning their car. Testing results deadline will be 3rd October.
The winner will be decided by the testers as to who the overall highest drivers choice vote. 'Points' will be awarded to the top 3 tunes in terms of feel from the testers. 1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd 1 point.
DO NOT attempt to reset the game and reload your save to get a certain car from the ticket. Even if you do try, it will not make a difference as speed is not the main goal to winning the shootout. Resetting for a certain car will result in exclusion from the shootout.
Prize giving will start in advance on 4th October. Bear in mind that the prize is pretty big, so it will take time for all cars to be delivered.
While discussion of the various cars tunes and the methods drivers use in testing as well as their reviews of said car tunes is encouraged, anything viewed as a personal attack on either the car tuner or the driver/reviewer may constitute grounds for disqualification/removal from the contest. Discussion of anything related to the contest is highly encouraged. Personal attacks and bickering/flaming will not be tolerated as this curtails the enjoyment of the community as a whole and could lead to the moderators steping in and closing the contest down. This can be an enjoyable experience for all of us and a possible learning experience. Let's have fun and be respectful of others.



The overall winner will receive 10, completely 0/0 rally cars from this list here (obviously not the untradeable ones though) plus a Historic Rally Car ticket.
2nd place overall will receive 5 cars from above list plus 30 random gear items.
3rd place overall will receive 2 cars from above list plus 7 random 'rare' paints.
The fastest overall car (outside the top 3) and the fastest tester will also receive one random car from the above list.
All participating testers will receive a random ticket.

Please remember that the different prizes can only be received by one person. Priority of cars gets chosen in order posted.


As a rally shootout, you will be required to test out on all three different terrain types. The tracks allowed for all the terrain types are:

Tarmac:
Trial Mountain Circuit
Eiger Nordwand Short Track
Tokyo Bay Kart Track courses
Mt Aso Tarmac courses
Toscana Tarmac courses

Gravel:
Toscana
Eiger Nordwand K/G/W Trail
Liege Gravel courses

Snow:
Chamonix and any variants
Alaska Snow courses

The minimum length of a test should be 1.50km or 0.93 miles. The max length of a test should be 48 km or 29.82 miles. (These are the shortest and longest stage lengths respectively from last year's WRC so I've decided to use them)


The deadline for all tuners to submit their tune is 27th September.
The deadline for all testers to send in their times is 3rd October.

Good luck in the shootout and have fun tuning out there!​