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International Street Car Challenge
Created in cooperation by Azuremen and TankSpanker
Introduction:
The ISCC, or International Street Car Challenge, is a competition designed to test a drivers ability to both tune and drive his/her selected car. It will be a fastest lap competition, whoever turns the best time wins. Three fields of competition have been established, and each is defined by a restriction to the power to weight ratio (pwr), and a tuning budget. See below.
The Competition Classes:
You may enter any of the following classes (and yes, you may enter into more than one of them).
Class : Street Touring B (STB)
Minimum PWR: 4.5
Budget: $70000
Class : Street Touring A (STA) *Changed*
Minimum PWR: 3.0 (was 3.5)
Budget: $100000
Class : Street Touring Special (STS)
Minimum PWR: 2.0
Budget: $130000
The STA Class is still undergoing some testing as the variety and shear amount of eligible and competitive cars for it is quite large. It may be subject to further rules modifications in the weeks to follow. Something to keep an eye open for.
Note: We will normally run the competition from Saturday to Friday. For subsequent weeks, a separate thread will be created explaining the venue, and any rule changes for that week. It will be a GT3 competition for now, until NTSC versions of GT4 are finally released.
Next, lets define the rules:
Driving Rules:
A minimum of 2 tires must remain on either the track surface or curbs. No corner cutting. No cheating. Save best lap replays incase any discrepancies arise in regards to your times so we can check analyzer times, or see the replay if you have the means of recording it.
Tuning/Settings Rules:
Sports tires are to be used, all other mods are open - provided they fit the budget. The cost of the car will be included in the budget.
ie) a $30000 car will leave $40000 for tuning in a $70000 budget.
All car makes and models are open to each class, provided they can be afforded by the set budget, and are legal within the pwr restriction.
No hybrids are to be permitted, and the vehicles must be available for purchase on the dealer screen (no prize vehicles - sorry).
Drivers aids, TCS and ASM, are both to be set to 0.
Tires and oil changes are free.
Any cars that go below the pwr limit when broken-in (even if you claim your car was above the limit when you did that lap) will be disqualified. This just makes the series easier to regulate. Any cars that exceed their allocated budget by any dollar amount will also be disqualified (obviously). We are going to use an honor system to make submitting your data easier. Dont get caught cheating, you wouldnt want to be the one to ruin it for everyone else.
We believe the formula we have created is relatively balanced, and should make a wide variety of cars competitive within the same class. That said, should the need arise to penalize a certain car, we will not hesitate to do so.
Submitting Times:
Please refrain from posting final lap times in the event threads, but feel free to discuss T-times and tuning options openly.
Please PM your final entry to either Azuremen or TankSpanker. Since were using an honor system, the only requirements will be as follows: class(es) entered, car, pwr, and laptime.
If we do feel there has been some error in your submission, we may require further information, such as a list of modifications, and T-times or analyzer times, etc. But for now well keep it easy.
If you do plan on running, please either post here indicating so, or send one of us a PM. This is just so we have some hint of an idea of how this contest is being received by others, and if we should actually set this ball in motion. Keep in mind, this competition will be run in GT3 until the NTSC GT4 is released.
If there is sufficient interest, the first competition will commence on February 5th at a venue to be disclosed then in a separate thread.
Appendix A:
If anyone is interested, here are some quick formulas to help with the tuning. Its not necessary, and the math is very easy, but here it is anyways. To figure out where you may tune an unbroken-in car after performing an oil change, do the following:
final hp = mass(kg) / desired pwr
initial hp = final hp / 1.03 <--cars get a 3% power gain when broken-in
always round the hp figures down to ensure that you remain above the pwr limit
ex)
Miata LS in the STB class
final hp: 1070kg / 4.5pwr = 237.7778hp ~ 237hp rounded down
initial hp: 237hp / 1.03 = 230.0971hp ~ 230hp rounded down
so, by tuning a Miata LS to an initial hp value of 230hp (after oil change of course) you will remain above the 4.5 pwr limit after break-in. At break-in, it will be at 237hp giving a pwr of 4.515 (from mass/power)
Created in cooperation by Azuremen and TankSpanker
Introduction:
The ISCC, or International Street Car Challenge, is a competition designed to test a drivers ability to both tune and drive his/her selected car. It will be a fastest lap competition, whoever turns the best time wins. Three fields of competition have been established, and each is defined by a restriction to the power to weight ratio (pwr), and a tuning budget. See below.
The Competition Classes:
You may enter any of the following classes (and yes, you may enter into more than one of them).
Class : Street Touring B (STB)
Minimum PWR: 4.5
Budget: $70000
Class : Street Touring A (STA) *Changed*
Minimum PWR: 3.0 (was 3.5)
Budget: $100000
Class : Street Touring Special (STS)
Minimum PWR: 2.0
Budget: $130000
The STA Class is still undergoing some testing as the variety and shear amount of eligible and competitive cars for it is quite large. It may be subject to further rules modifications in the weeks to follow. Something to keep an eye open for.
Note: We will normally run the competition from Saturday to Friday. For subsequent weeks, a separate thread will be created explaining the venue, and any rule changes for that week. It will be a GT3 competition for now, until NTSC versions of GT4 are finally released.
Next, lets define the rules:
Driving Rules:
A minimum of 2 tires must remain on either the track surface or curbs. No corner cutting. No cheating. Save best lap replays incase any discrepancies arise in regards to your times so we can check analyzer times, or see the replay if you have the means of recording it.
Tuning/Settings Rules:
Sports tires are to be used, all other mods are open - provided they fit the budget. The cost of the car will be included in the budget.
ie) a $30000 car will leave $40000 for tuning in a $70000 budget.
All car makes and models are open to each class, provided they can be afforded by the set budget, and are legal within the pwr restriction.
No hybrids are to be permitted, and the vehicles must be available for purchase on the dealer screen (no prize vehicles - sorry).
Drivers aids, TCS and ASM, are both to be set to 0.
Tires and oil changes are free.
Any cars that go below the pwr limit when broken-in (even if you claim your car was above the limit when you did that lap) will be disqualified. This just makes the series easier to regulate. Any cars that exceed their allocated budget by any dollar amount will also be disqualified (obviously). We are going to use an honor system to make submitting your data easier. Dont get caught cheating, you wouldnt want to be the one to ruin it for everyone else.
We believe the formula we have created is relatively balanced, and should make a wide variety of cars competitive within the same class. That said, should the need arise to penalize a certain car, we will not hesitate to do so.
Submitting Times:
Please refrain from posting final lap times in the event threads, but feel free to discuss T-times and tuning options openly.
Please PM your final entry to either Azuremen or TankSpanker. Since were using an honor system, the only requirements will be as follows: class(es) entered, car, pwr, and laptime.
If we do feel there has been some error in your submission, we may require further information, such as a list of modifications, and T-times or analyzer times, etc. But for now well keep it easy.
If you do plan on running, please either post here indicating so, or send one of us a PM. This is just so we have some hint of an idea of how this contest is being received by others, and if we should actually set this ball in motion. Keep in mind, this competition will be run in GT3 until the NTSC GT4 is released.
If there is sufficient interest, the first competition will commence on February 5th at a venue to be disclosed then in a separate thread.
Appendix A:
If anyone is interested, here are some quick formulas to help with the tuning. Its not necessary, and the math is very easy, but here it is anyways. To figure out where you may tune an unbroken-in car after performing an oil change, do the following:
final hp = mass(kg) / desired pwr
initial hp = final hp / 1.03 <--cars get a 3% power gain when broken-in
always round the hp figures down to ensure that you remain above the pwr limit
ex)
Miata LS in the STB class
final hp: 1070kg / 4.5pwr = 237.7778hp ~ 237hp rounded down
initial hp: 237hp / 1.03 = 230.0971hp ~ 230hp rounded down
so, by tuning a Miata LS to an initial hp value of 230hp (after oil change of course) you will remain above the 4.5 pwr limit after break-in. At break-in, it will be at 237hp giving a pwr of 4.515 (from mass/power)
so I am not emotionally/technically tied to it to the point to which I have to say which series will take priority... I have to say I really don't have much time for neither really 
Now, I don't know if I can have forty of these ---> 
Well, not with my skills 
but this will be a good practise 👍
