Let's Twist Again - Live race event Sunday May 31! With, wait, randomized cars?

[Overdrijf]

Sorry, we could have communicated about this a tad earlier, but @Erik Barros and myself have been preparing the next life race event!

We will prepare two tracks to race on, and as far as cars go we have been cooking up a treat for you. The racing will happen in remixed vehicles, randomly picking mixing and matching car parts, such as the wheels, suspension and bodywork, from a selection of cars. Behind the scenes there has been discussion about and work on a program for remixing cars. As a proof of concept we're running this race with manually randomized/remixed vehicles, to see if the concept is fun.

Since everyone will run their own remixed vehicles the event will be even a little more "just for fun" than usual, expect to see some entirely new rivalries pop up as people get assigned randomly faster and slower vehicles.

We currently have two options open for when to hold the race, either Saturday (May 30th) 12 GMT or Sunday (May 31st) 12 GMT.

12 GMT in some common pipsqueak timezones is:
•    09:00 Buenos Aires, São Paulo
•    14:00 Amsterdam, Budapest, Rome
•    22:00 Brisbane

So reply to this topic, and state your preference for a day, and we will get back to you with the name of the event, the two tracks and your two personal rides.

O, one final thing I just came up with and haven't actually discussed with Erik yet: as part of your entry you can also nominate one or more custom cars for inclusion in the collection of cars we'll be taking parts from. This does not guarantee that you'll get a part from that car, in fact it doesn't guarantee anyone will. But hit us with your best source of either good parts or absolute chaos anyway. The original cars will all be included by default.

[dreadnaut]

As long as we have a SuperKart with Monster Truck wheels, it sounds great!

[alanrotoi]

The weirder the better

About the date options I only can in Sunday at 9:00.
I work at that time the Saturdays but I'm at home (depending on the day) at 11:00 GMT -3.

[Duplode]

Excellent! About the dates, I can show up on either, but Sunday should be a bit easier indeed, so my vote goes to that

[Cas]

Saturdays normally would be easier for me, but I've gotten used to the fact that live races are usually on Sunday. I'm a bit more tired because I tend to sleep later on Saturdays, but I can make it

[Overdrijf]

Sunday it is.

P.S. It has a name now.

[alanrotoi]

The performance will be the same for all mixed cars? And when/how we can choose?

[Overdrijf]

No, they won't, and you can't.

The inspiration for the concept comes from this mod for a different game:
https://youtu.be/vJbbaKdYops?t=33


You get something fun and make do with it. It's something completely different from normal. For funsies.

But you do get a different random car for the second track!

[alanrotoi]

Could you explain the rules or it will be surprise? Will it be balanced or random car wins because its performance? I think I'm lost here

[Overdrijf]

It's a for fun Le Stunts race where the close rivalries will be different than usual because everyone has a random ass car. Some cars will be good in corners, others on the straights, and some might just be laugh out loud horrible.

It'd be even better if we could see eachother live on the track, but Stunts is Stunts.

You'll know what other people are packing though. What their cars are made out of. So you can still set mental goals, try to beat certain driver/car combinations.

I mean, you can't tell me you of all people are afraid you'll actually come in last because of a slow car. Isn't a car only as good as the driver?

[Overdrijf]

Okay, so, update:

@Erik Barros is currently being a Stunts superhero by coding the last code of a fully event-ready version of the randomizer. This means we should be able to post your cars somewhere tomorrow. In the future the program can be used for nasty surprises, handing someone their car the minute before a race, but for this time I think we'll give you a chance to test drive the vehicles. When we post the cars we will also explain what the remixing actually entails.

[Overdrijf]

Okay, after a bunch of randomization and a liiiiitle bit of manual rerandomization because my dice really suck at this, here are your cars! (Ran out of attachments, more in the next post.)

There is a zip file with two cars for everybody, one for the first track, one for the second, and an extra zip file for "Extra" in case anyone else joins, or a car doesn't work.

So, how does this work? Each car consists of several parts:

Model: In this version of the randomization this is purely the visual 3D model, Lucky dreadnaut.
Drivetrain: The engine, gearbox and dashboard are all kept together to prevent the cars from being buggy.
Brakes: ...
Tires: The grip values.
Mass: Mass, including PG status.
Aero: Air resistance. Yes, we installed custom air resistance on your car. We use special wax.
Suspension: Wheelbase, so the other part of handling, and driver height.

For this event we randomized from a list of 40 cars including the 11 originals, a bunch of recent-ish Zakstunts cars with some other crowd pleasers and sources of chaos thrown in. It was rather willy nilly, so there's probably at least one profilic car maker not represented at all. This is not a personal sleight.

Here's the full "list of contents":

Dre1:
Model: Caterpillar 789D
Drivetrain: Lotus Esprit
Brakes: LM-002
Tires: Lancia Delta
Mass: Aston V8
Aero: Corvette Cerv III
Suspension: Superkart

Dre2:
Model: Ferrari F40
Drivetrain: Xylocaine XF
Brakes: Porsche/March Indy
Tires: Corvette ZR1
Mass: Jaguar XJR9
Aero: Caterham Super 7JPE
Suspension: Corvette Cerv III

Aln1:
Model: GT3
Drivetrain: DAF Siluro Turbo
Brakes: Ferrari F40
Tires: Peugeot Oxia
Mass: Lamborghini Countach
Aero: De Tomaso Pantera
Suspension: Ferrari GTO

Aln2:
Model: Countach
Drivetrain: Dodge Challenger
Brakes: Lamborghini Diablo
Tires: Lotus Esprit Turbo
Mass: Porsche 962
Aero: Dodge Challenger
Suspension: Porsche Carrera

Dup1:
Model: Nissan Skyline
Drivetrain: Jaguar XJR9
Brakes: Ferrari GTO
Tires: Lamborghini Diablo
Mass: DAF Siluro Turbo
Aero: Chevrolet Silverado
Suspension: Audi Quattro Sport

Dup2:
Model: Melange
Drivetrain: Corvette Cerv III
Brakes: Fiat Uno Ladder
Tires: Williams FW12
Mass: DAF Siluro Turbo
Aero: Ferrari F40
Suspension: Ferrari Testarossa

Cas1:
Model: Ferrari Testarossa
Drivetrain: Caterpillar 789D
Brakes: Porsche 962
Tires: Corvette Cerv III
Mass: Xylocaine XF
Aero: Corvette ZR1
Suspension: Porsche Carrera

Cas2:
Model: Audi Quattro Sport
Drivetrain: Baronetti Hexa
Brakes: Lamborghini Diablo
Tires: BMW M3 DTM
Mass: Ferrari F40
Aero: Williams FW12
Suspension: Lada Niva 4x4

Erk1:
Model: Lada Niva 4x4
Drivetrain: Pontiac Firebird
Brakes: Ferrari GTO
Tires: Corvette CERV III
Mass: De Tomaso Pantera
Aero: Superkart
Suspension: Porsche Carrera

Erk2:
Model: Corvette Cerv III
Drivetrain: Porsche Carrera
Brakes: Caterpillar 789D
Tires: Xylocaine
Mass: Chevrolet Camaro
Aero: Baronetti Hexa
Suspension: Rolls-Royce Phantom

Ovr1:
Model: Chevrolet Camaro
Drivetrain: DAF Siluro Turbo
Brakes: Fiat Uno Ladder
Tires: Melange
Mass: Pontiac Firebird
Aero: BMW M3 DTM
Suspension: Melange

Ovr2:
Model: Superkart
Drivetrain: Porsche 962
Brakes: Xylocaine
Tires: Chevrolet Camaro
Mass: Plymouth Superbird
Aero: Xylocaine
Suspension: Lada Niva 4x4

Ext1:
Model: Acura NSX
Drivetrain: Fiat Uno Ladder
Brakes: Aston V8
Tires: Lamborghini Diablo
Mass: Lancia Delta
Aero: Chevrolet Camaro
Suspension: LM-002

Ext2:
Model: Plymouth Superbird
Drivetrain: Ferrari F40
Brakes: Superkart
Tires: Williams FW12
Mass: Caterpillar 789D
Aero: Peugeot Oxia
Suspension: De Tomaso Pantera

[Overdrijf]

Here are the rest of the Zips.

[Overdrijf]

And here is the first track of the event: the Frankenring. Named after the Randomization program itself, a name I just realized I haven't mentioned yet: Frankenstunts!

Is it a very spectacular track? No. Am I happy with how it looks during track selection? Heck yeah!

This one should test not just acceleration, speed and cornering, but also braking power and the ability to not overjump.

Good luck everybody, see you tomorrow!

[alanrotoi]

Aln is Alan or Alain?