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Welcome to Fall Battle 2.0! Once again the seasons change and we find ourselves looking at trees of all colors in weather that is becoming chilly as the days go by. Last year around this time we took our droptops out to Autumn Ring for one last fling before the cold hit. This year we will do something different.
This year we are going on a roadtrip. Instead of making do with the cool weather we will defy it. We'll go faster than last year and much more...edgy.
For this run we are going conceptual! Concept cars are what the doctor ordered. We'll exclude the race cars and go up to 550PP on Sports Soft tires. I've compiled a listing below of allowable cars. In order to avoid this being a one model race to the top *COUGHS2000COUGH* only two of each particular car may be entered. If Praiano and Desperado have posted tunes for the Land Rover, everyone else is out of luck. It will be first come, first...uh...in. It would be great if everyone could be courteous and let each other know what you plan to enter so we don't run into a problem but, ultimately, first is first. Other restrictions are as below:
- Up to 550PP
- Ballast is unrestricted
- Power limiter may be used up to 5%
- Sports Soft tires or harder
- Allowable car list:
Code:Not all of these will pass on restrictions, but if you can they are all allowed. Acura DN-X Concept '02 Acura HSC Concept '04 Audi Le Mans quattro '03 Audi Nuvolari quattro '03 Audi Pikes Peak quattro '03 BMW Concept 1 Series tii '07 Cadillac CIEN Concept '02 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z Concept '88 Chevrolet Silverado SST Concept '02 Citroën GT by Citroën Concept '08 Citroën GT by Citroën Road Car '09 Daihatsu OFC-1 Concept '07 Dodge Viper GTS R Concept '00 Dome DOME-ZERO Concept '78 Honda DUALNOTE Concept '01 Honda NSX-R Concept '01 Hyundai Clix Concept '01 Hyundai HCD6 Concept '01 Infiniti Coupe Concept '06 Infiniti FX45 Concept '02 Isuzu 4200R Concept '89 Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04 Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype CN.0706 '67 Mazda Atenza Concept '01 Mazda KUSABI Concept '03 Mazda MX-Crossport Concept '05 Mazda Mazda6 Concept '01 Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-I) '01 Mazda RX-8 Concept (Type-II) '01 Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac '01 Mitsubishi HSR-II Concept '89 Mitsubishi i Concept '03 Nissan GT-R Black Mask Nissan GT-R Concept (Tokyo Motor Show 2001) Nissan GT-R Proto '05 Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept '02 Pontiac Sunfire GXP Concept '02 Suzuki CONCEPT-S2 '03 Suzuki GSX-R/4 Concept '01 Toyota FT-86 Concept '09 Toyota FT-86 G SPORTS Concept Toyota FT-86 II Concept '11 Toyota RSC '01 Volkswagen W12 Nardo Concept '01
As I said, we're going to defy the weather this year. Pack your bags for a trip to the coast and Cape Ring. A longer track than last year but it has it all: elevation, high speed, tight hairpins and some technical sections to really throw the cars around. If you were going to test a concept, a place like this would be great. We will be running the full course for this!
From last year, unless anyone wants to bring it back, we will drop the photo poll and stick to just lap time and driver's choice score. We will implement the scoring method used by MCH in the rally shootout with 100 points for the fastest and each slower time a percentage of that. Driver's choice will be worth up to 10 points based on average of test driver scores. Final score will be the sum down to tenths of a point for any possible ties.
- October 4: Event begins
- October 13: Tunes shared and posted
- October 24: Round 1 testing times and drivers choice posted
- October 26: Round 2 tuning done
- October 28: Round 2 testing times and drivers choice posted
- October 29: Prizes to begin sending
As usual we will be testing offline with shared cars. All tuners are responsible for making the appropriate friend requests. Link or post your tune in the thread, share your car and send out FRs to the testers. Please be sure your car has a proper initial break in of 200 miles. I will not enforce any oil change standards but ensure that your car will not be fluctuating in power during testing.
Be aware that because these are concept cars, they are not all created equal. Some will have ridiculous amounts of grip until they have no grip at all and some will have hidden or nonadjustable downforce. That is just the way it is. If you are worried about someone having an "unfair" advantage then this event may not be for you. If you are going to enter make sure you understand this.
EDIT: For tester convenience I have split into two groups, trying to keep similar cars together. Testers may drive either or both groups at their convenience. Only complete group times will count toward final points. The top 3 tunes from both groups will go to round 2. They will be allowed two days to tweak for the same track and the testers will be given two days to run the cars again. Scoring remains the same for both rounds with nothing carried over between.
I am expecting that everyone should be able to run at least 3-5 laps (hopefully closer to 5 or more) with each car. Record your best lap time. I will make no rules about what corners can be cut or walls that can't be hit save that you test each car the same; if you cut a corner in one car, cut it with all of the cars if that is the fastest way around.
Also, give each car up to 10 points for driver's choice. This should not be based solely on what is fast and what is not. You should also account for driving pleasure or difficulty or such. Anything a tune does well or not outside of the lap time can be accounted for with these points.
You may post commentary on each car if you like. It is not required but very appreciated by the tuners and by those browsing through that are not taking part.
What would a competition be without prizes?
I am going to try to hand out as many prizes as possible. I want to give everyone something for their efforts and contributions. If anyone would like to sponsor more prizes please do.- All Testers: Choice of 150k Premium or 1000 Ticket
- Fastest Tune (R1, each group): 250K Premium or 1000 Ticket
- Highest Drivers Choice (R1, each group and R2): 250K Premium or 1000 Ticket
- 3 Fastest Tunes (R2): 1M (1st), 750K (2nd), 500K (3rd) Premium and 1 choice of 20-24 Ticket
- Slowest tune: Prius or 2CV
- Brass Ring: Clueless tuned Honda N360 to the slowest tune
ROUND 2 DETAILS
For round two, the top 3 tuners from each group will have an opportunity to tweak their cars for the final run. In the interest of interest and expedience we will be moving the competition to the south track of Cape Ring. Tuners, please tweak accordingly over the allowed two days. Testers will have an additional two days to run the cars on the Cape Ring South course.
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Quick and dirty, I like it! 👍
If there are any others that I missed feel free to point them out. I thought I had everything but sometimes it's a pain to go through.
Camaro IROC Z'88, this car might not be able to compete with the big boys ... and so far my tunes have been hard to drive by testers
. The fun part is making the slow car faster
