Anyone interested in doing Automation design competitions or threads?

"E. Julius" (soonerfrommi)
05/05/2015 at 18:29 • Filed to: None

Edit: I am writing the rules for our first design competition now. Expect the post about this time tomorrow. Due dates for contest submissions will be one week from the initial rules post.

I know at least a few Opponauts play !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (which you should check out if you haven’t already). What I’m envisioning is a post with some basic specifications (e.g. sport sedan built in 1985 with a maximum price of $25k), and then after an evening or a couple days we post our designs and compare. It could be done competitively, developing a scoring system and ranking designs, or just for friendly discussion.

I know they do this on the Automation forums already, but I’d much rather do it on here since the community is much better.

DISCUSSION (25)

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:32

i would totes do this

E. Julius > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
05/05/2015 at 18:35

Sweet. What time works for best for you seeing the post? Would you be more interested in comparing measures lie skidpad and 0-60 and the various indices, or comparing something like track lap times?

Baeromez > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:40

I haven’t bought the game yet, but I’m interested in this. It would give me some more incentive to actually buy it.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:41

I’m down for it. My car would likely be massive shit since I’ve only got like 5 hours down but I’d improve.

Sam > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:44

I’m in.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:45

best time for me would be between 4-10pm EST

as for the challenges i think overall lap times would be cool, but it would also be pretty cool to have an all around challenge for the more “budget” cars

E. Julius > Baeromez
05/05/2015 at 18:46

Awesome. I’ll try and work out the specs for our first post and get it up sometime tomorrow.

E. Julius > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
05/05/2015 at 18:47

Competing is a great way to get better! I’ll try and draw up some specs tonight and see if I can get the initial post up tomorrow.

Firewrx234 > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 18:49

I’d be interested to do this. I think it could be pretty fun.

E. Julius > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe
05/05/2015 at 18:54

Ok. I’m going to try and get up a post up tomorrow explaining the rules of the competition. I was thinking of doing like 24-48 hours for people to design and submit their cars, and then doing a results that thread that compares them all and maybe has some polls in it for the community. On the other hand, people are busy with school and work and stuff and Friday night might not be the best time to do final results post. In the interest of gathering public opinion, what sort of timeline do you think would work best?

E. Julius > Firewrx234
05/05/2015 at 18:55

Sweet. Would you rather do a short term competition, like rules posted tomorrow and designs due by Thursday or Friday, or a long term competition with one week to perfect the design?

E. Julius > Sam
05/05/2015 at 18:56

Awesome. Trying to gauge public opinion here: would you rather do short term (24-48 to complete your design and then all designs compared like Friday), or long term (a week to complete the design and a big comparison shortly after the due date)?

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:03

i think a weeklong competition would be the best option

Firewrx234 > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:05

I say we play with it and see what we think works best. We can try a short one with a couple days or one with a weekend to work on it and go from there.

E. Julius > Firewrx234
05/05/2015 at 19:06

Yeah, makes sense. I think I'm going to make this initial one a week long so we don't lose any potential contestant to scheduling difficulties, and if there's demand to shorten it up we can take it from there.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:08

Something like this would probably encourage me to buy it

extraspecialbitter > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:15

I keep forgetting I have this game. I bought it when it was in its beta and haven’t gone back to it since.

Off topic: Why hasn’t E. Julius driven a car in two months?

E. Julius > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
05/05/2015 at 19:17

There's a free demo if you haven't tried it already. I'm working for the specs for our first competition right now, so expect the post sometime tomorrow evening. There will be one week allowed to work on the design, so that gives you plenty of time to join in if you so choose.

E. Julius > extraspecialbitter
05/05/2015 at 19:19

I’ve been with the project for a year or two now as well. It’s still in development, but they recently launched on steam early access and have added a ton of new features. You’re welcome to join in the competition if you get back into it!

To answer your question: I've been studying abroad in Paris since September. No need to have a car here, so the only times I've driven one have been the rare occasions where I've rented them for travel. Haven't driven since I went to Munich and Prague in March.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:23

well still no mac support so until we get a new monitor for our desktop im out, that said i did find a sims 3 torrent will all the expansions for mac so yay me

extraspecialbitter > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:25

Nice! Good luck with that.

I’m reinstalling the game now.

Sam > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:27

I’d say long term would be better, since a lot of people may not have the time to get on and work with it if it’s short term.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > E. Julius
05/05/2015 at 19:33

AAwesome!

E. Julius > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
05/05/2015 at 20:13

Enjoy installing all of them haha

E. Julius > Sam
05/05/2015 at 20:13

Yeah, I agree. I think I’m going to make the due date one week after the initial post.