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I'm trading in 5 points for a total of $11,020.

My expenses:
4,500 Turbo Stage 1
3,000 Sports Suspension
1,200 GT Wing
1,000 Racing Chip
1,000 Weight Reduction
10,700

My time: 3'12.865
 
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Best Lap: 1'33.484
Total Time: 3'16.498

My expenses:
Code: 
Sport Muffler           1500
Racing Chip             1000
Single Plate Clutch     1500
Semi-racing Flywheel     500
Sport Suspension        3000
Super Hard Tyres        7500
Weight Reduction        1000
[U]Washing                   50[/U]
Total                  16050
 
Code: 
                    Intial Budget: 10,961 Cr
              Point Sacrafice (1):  1,000 Cr
                           Budget: 11,961 Cr
                                   ------
Parts                                Cost
Racing Chip                         1,250
Exhaust & Air Filter: Sport         1,550
Weight Reduction: Stage 1           1,100
Clutch: Twing Plate                 2,600
Flywheel: Semi-Racing                 550
Suspension: Sports                  3,100
Wing:                               1,200
Rims:                                 500
Oil Change                             50
Wash                                   50
                                   ------
                            Budget:    11 Cr

Autumn Ring - Family Cup [+3] Time: 3'13.874
 
I trade 1 point for 1000Cr.

Code: 
Racing Chip:                     1,250
Stage 1 Turbine kit:             4,600
Racing Flywheel:                 1,000
Twin Clutch:                     2,600
Semi-Racing Suspension:          7,200
Weight Reduction Stage 1:        1,100
Car Wash :                       50
Oil Change:                      50
_____________________________________________
Total:                           17850


Autumn Ring (+3) Time: 3'15.083

This one went really bad! :(
 
Round 3 Results

Thc118 gains 4 points with a time of 3'12.865
BH-21 gains 3 points with a time of 3'13.874
Fabmaru gains 2 points with a time of 3'15.083
Matej gains 1 point with a time of 3'16.498


Thc118 loses 5 points for being super greedy.
BH-21 loses 1 point for $1000.
Fabmaru loses 1 point for $1000 as well.




Matej gains 2 bonus points for choosing upgraded tires.

BH-21 gains 2 bonus points for not choosing a turbo upgrade.




Results after Round 3
Code: 
Fabmaru   31 points
BH-21     28 points
Matej    26 points
Thc118    23 points


Round 4 - European Holiday pt. 1
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So far we've raced in springtime Japan, faced ice and snow at the arena, and saw the leaves change at Autumn Ring. I don't know about you, but I feel like taking the summer off and vacationing in Europe. To make the most of our time, we'll spend the remaining 3 rounds touring 3 different countries.

First up is France. We'll meet at the historical Circuit de la Sarthe II for some high speed testing. This track can be rather boring without fellow racers so we'll be running along side some at the Family Cup (+4). But for the purposes of this competition, only your first lap times will be counted. In addition to the total lap 1 time, submit the split-times at T1 and T4. Have Fun!!!
 
thc118
Round 3 Results

Thc118 gains 4 points with a time of 3'12.865
BH-21 gains 3 points with a time of 3'13.874
Fabmaru gains 2 points with a time of 3'15.083
Matej gains 1 point with a time of 3'16.498


Thc118 loses 5 points for being super greedy.
BH-21 loses 1 point for $1000.
Fabmaru loses 1 point for $1000 as well.




Matej gains 2 bonus points for choosing upgraded tires.

BH-21 gains 2 bonus points for not choosing a turbo upgrade.




Results after Round 3
Code: 
Fabmaru   31 points
BH-21     28 points
Matej    26 points
Thc118    23 points


Round 4 - European Holiday pt. 1
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So far we've raced in springtime Japan, faced ice and snow at the arena, and saw the leaves change at Autumn Ring. I don't know about you, but I feel like taking the summer off and vacationing in Europe. To make the most of our time, we'll spend the remaining 3 rounds touring 3 different countries.

First up is France. We'll meet at the historical Circuit de la Sarthe II for some high speed testing. This track can be rather boring without fellow racers so we'll be running along side some at the Family Cup (+4). But for the purposes of this competition, only your first lap times will be counted. In addition to the total lap 1 time, submit the split-times at T1 and T4. Have Fun!!!
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What cars are we using?
 
BH-21
You have to draft on the straight stretch. My car couldn't get there that fast without it.
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Drafting doesn't help since top speed of my car is around 230 km/h and AI accelerates much better, not to mention their superior top speed.
 
Round 4 Results

Fabmaru gains 4 points with a time of 4'40.756

BH-21 gains 3 points with a time of 4'42.345

Thc118 gains 2 points with a time of 4'46.xxx

Matej gains 1 point with a time of 4'55.211

The results of the split times mirror those of the entire lap, so everyone gets double the points.







Results after Round 3
Code: 
Fabmaru   39 points
BH-21     34 points
Matej    28 points
Thc118    27 points


Round 5 - European Holiday pt. 2
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The second leg of our vacation takes us to Germany and that can only mean one thing! What can I say that the track can't say for itself? Next up is Nurburgring.

For this round, your goal is to spend as little time in green hell as possible. Starting with a line-up of -1 difficulty Family Cup competitors, record the time it takes to cleanly pass all of them. Contact will result in a two second penalty. Post your times in the thread. The second half of this round will test your patience. Your goal is the same: to pass all your competitors, but this time you'll choose the difficulty of the field. Private Message the time and difficulty. No penalties for this half. Have Fun!!!
 
Round 5 Results

Thc118 gains 4 points with a time of 1'17.633

Fabmaru gains 3 points with a time of 1'31.384

Matej gains 2 points with a time of 1'32.720

BH-21 gains 1 point with a time of 2'37.583




Thc118 gains 9 points with a time of 3'02.350

BH-21 gains 9 points with a time of 1'52.816

Fabmaru gains 7 points with a time of 2'42.824

Matej gains 5 points with a time of 4'02.680

(I added 10 to the difficulty and divided that by the time to get points)







Results after Round 5
Code: 
Fabmaru   49 points
BH-21     44 points
Thc118    40 points
Matej     35 points


Round 6 - The Final Destination
Word has spread about our little competition and we've been challenged by another racer. Take your vehicles and head towards Italy to meet our challenger. Foolishly, he's allowed us to choose the venue for the race which will be Citta di Aria. What he doesn't know is that we'll be racing on Racing Super Soft (R5) tires. The time he has set is 1'44.500 in his $600,000 Cizeta V16. Can you put him to shame in your $25k vehicles?

Set your best time in Practice/Free Run at Citta di Aria. No penalties for wall touches. 10 points for a matching time, 2 points per second faster, -1 point per second slower.

(To keep it fair, Matej can exchange his tires for a full refund, and spend it on something else)


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Since this is the last of the FF challenges, I'm thinking about doing another one with the other 2.0L vehicles which will be more oriented towards actual performance. Any interest?
 
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My time of two minutes was not a typo. The lead car was very tough to catch.

But your time of 3 minutes in the second round getting 10 points sure seems to be.
 
Hmmm... yeah you're right. I should've only received 9 points.

Here's how I calculated the points for the second part.

The four difficulty levels that were raced on were 0(you), 1(Fabmaru), 2(Matej), and 7(Me).
I added 10 to each difficulty then divided by the time in seconds. The resulting numbers were a bit small for me to notice how they compared with each other so I multiplied them by 10... I read my number as .98 instead of .93. Yours turned out to be .886, Matej's .49, and Fabmaru's .675. It seemed like a good method to account for both the difficulty and time at that difficulty.
 
Citta di Aria: 1'48.152

This is best what I can do with 323f without hits, any additional upgrades would ruin current balance on my vehicle so I decided to stick with lotic parts.

I don't think I'm gonna participate in next round (exams are coming along with summer hotness), but I'll be here as a spectator as always. :)
 
I was waiting on Fabmaru since there wasn't an official deadline, but I should probably conclude this challenge officially.

BH-21 takes top honor in the very sporty Mitsubishi FTO.
Thc118 is first runner up in the sensible but surprising Mazda Protege.
Fabmaru after leading most of the competition falls to 3rd in the turbocharged Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Matej struggled to get on track and finishes 4th in the Mazda 323.


I'm holding off on running the other 2.0L vehicles since my internet reception has been terrible for the last couple weeks and the Blaster Challenge is up and running.
 

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