OOC: Global Rally Interest Thread

[Ustio North]

Okay, so being a big car fan i though that rather than using a full blown political visit to a nation as a better way of getting to know their country, i thought that several nations could sign up to a sort of Gumball Rally, but without winners and losers, but just to meet nations and make friends.

I was thinking something like this as an application form:

Drivers Name (1 Max):
Brief Driving Background:
Car Driven (Must Be Real, Provide Picture If Possible):
Route (Through Your Nation, i.e. Somewhere to Somewhere-Else, via Road 92):

So mine may look like this:

Drivers Name: Alex Webster
Brief Driving Background: Professional Race Driver (2005-Now)
Car Driven: Ford GT LM Spec II
Pcture: Ford GT LM Spec II
Route: Pelagious Port To Hydria Port, Via Orkney Mountain Roads

So, if you're interested, say so and also point out any improvements that could be made and i'll compile a list of Drivers, Cars & Routes when it gets some more support

Oh, and this is Modern Tech, for the record.

Suggestions For Cars:
Calsonic Skyline
Castrol GT1 Supra
Mobil 1 Honda NSX
Dodge Viper GTS-R
Aston Martin N24 V8 Vantage

Directory Of Cars In Gran Turismo 4

[Ustio North]

Bump For Interest?

[Ustio North]

Bump

Anyone?

[Navarus]

Sounds like a pretty good idea. Is there any other reason for doing it besides positive foreign relations though?

Anyhow,

Drivers Name: Sophia Drafus
Brief Driving Background: Proffesional Test Driver (1997 - 2005)
Car Driven: Honda NSX Type R
Picture: Honda NSX Type R
Route: Donauh Airfield - Orkney Mountain Tunnel

Since we're in the same Region, my route may as well lead into yours. If that's OK?

[Tanaara]

LOL I am more than a bit of a car fan, but I've had an aweful day so it will be tomorrow before I can think something up...maybe...

Drivers Name: Charli Firewalker
Brief Driving Background: Long distance Courier, instructor for high speed driving with specialty in mountainous Terrain.
Car Driven: Jaguar XJ220 Prototype.
Pcture: Up later
Route: Up later

Specs:

engine: V12
valvetrain: DOHC 4 Valves / Cyl
displacement: 6222 cc / 379.7 cu in
bore: 92 mm / 3.62 in
stroke: 78.7 mm / 3.1 in
power: 395.2 kw / 530.0 bhp @ 7000 rpm
hp per litre: 85.18 bhp per litre bhp/weight
torque: 542 nm / 399.8 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm
drive wheels: Mid Engine / 4WD
weight: 1560 kg / 3439 lbs
wheelbase: 2845 mm / 112.0 in
length: 5130 mm / 202.0 in
width: 2000 mm / 78.7 in
height 1151 mm / 45.3 in
transmission: 5-Speed Manual
top speed: 373 kph / 223. mph
0 - 60 mph: 3.5 seconds
drag: 0.38 Cd

Engine
At the heart of the XJ220 prototype lay a highly developed version of Jaguar’s production V12 engine. Bored and stroked from 90x70mm to 92x78mm, the swept volume was increased 16% to 6,222cc and ran a compression ration of 10 to 1. Its all alloy block was machined down to save space and weight, and a magnesium sump cover plate on the bottom provided dry-sump lubrication to allow the engine to sit low down in the chassis.

Valve gear
On top of each bank of cylinders was a twin-cam, four-valve per cylinder alloy head. The magnesium rocker covers had ‘Jaguar V12 four-valve’ picked out in polished relief, and in the vee between the heads the intake ports lead into 12 vertical velocity stacks. In place of a distributor, the V12 used individual coils mounted on each spark plug cap. Both the ignition and the sequential fuel injection used Zytek microprocessor control.

Cooling
Preventing 500+ bhp of mid-mounted V12 overheating, IMI Marston came up with an alloy radiator package that also contained heat exchangers for the engine and transmission oil. Front-mounted and assisted by electric fans, cooling air was drawn in from a duct under the nose of the car.

Power delivery
400+ ft lb of torque was transmitted through a 7.25-in twin-plate AP Racing clutch sitting behind a much smaller flywheel. With a smaller diameter ring gear, the V12 used a starter motor mounted towards the front of the block, driving through a two-piece universally jointed quill shaft.

Bolted to the back of the block, a special casting housed the rear bevel differential with a viscous coupling across the outputs to progressively direct more torque to the wheel with the most grip. A shaft from the clutch passed under this, taking the drive to a five-speed gearbox bolted behind.

To fit in with the car’s rearward weight bias, the torque was split 31% to the front and 69% to the rear. Drive to the front passed along a quill shaft where the distributor shaft would ordinarily have been, located with a central bearing and a casting bolted to the front of the block.

The front differential was a conventional bevel gear type with another viscous coupling across it but, because the drive to it spins slightly slower than the output to the rear differential, it needed a 2.76:1 ratio rather than the rear’s 2.88:1 to turn the wheels at the same speed.

Suspension
No suspension loads pass directly into the chassis. At the rear, double unequal-length wishbones were pivoted directly on the transaxle casings at the bottom, and via a small subframe to the same casings at the top. Two Koni spring/damper units per side were mounted almost horizontally, and operated by a bell-crank that was part of the upper wishbone. Cast alloy uprights pivoted on bearings to allow for a four-wheel-steering system to be installed later.

The suspension layout at the front was similar, effectively unequal length double wishbones, but with a welded steel subframe holding the front differential, upper and lower wishbones and the steering rack. A single lay-down Koni spring/damper unit was used each side, operated from the lower wishbone via a pushrod and rocker.

Brakes
To stop the XJ220 from 200+ mph, AP racing 13-in diameter ventilated discs and four-pot calipers with differential piston sizes were used on each wheel. An electrically driven Wabco hydraulic power booster was fitted to bring pedal pressures down. Similarly, Wabco also supplied the four-channel anti-lock brake system.

Chassis
To tie everything together, a fully bonded alloy chassis was used. Using high manganese aluminium alloy sheets and single part epoxy glue to join the panels together, provided a very stiff, lightweight structure with excellent corrosion resistance that is very strong and deforms progressively under impact.

The body was hand built by Abbey Panels and features scissor-style doors

In May 1991, the prototype passed the crash test with flying colours on the first time – rearward displacement of the steering wheel was only 13mm and all the glazing stayed in place and the doors still opened normally, even the headlights and front tires survived. For the roll-over simulation test pressure was exerted on the roof to test that the car could withstand the required level of 1.5 times the vehicle’s body weight – over 2000kg for the XJ220. The test was discontinued at a downward pressure of 10 tons with no body deformation. Not even the windscreen was cracked.

Notes:
The XJ220 held the record for the highest top speed of a production car at 218mph until succeeded by the McLaren F1 and with a 0 to 100mph time of just 7.9 seconds it rates as one of the fastest accelerating road cars ever produced, beating a Pagani Zonda in a race on the BBC's TopGear. In 1993 an XJ220C, driven by John Nielsen, David Brabham and David Coulthard took a class win at Le Mans, but sadly was disqualified two weeks later for a technical infringement.

[Ustio North]

Ah, sorry mate, but we're not doing this anymore. Ustio + Navarus are already doing this now.

[Pablicosta]

Yeah, I'd love to join in on this. I'll get some more information and a route ASAP.


It seems the event is off. Nevermind...

[Ustio North]

Ah, sorry mate, but we're not doing this anymore. Ustio + Navarus are already doing this now.

Yeah, as i said i'm already doing a pilot RP with Navarus, so if we go full time i'll let you know, but feel free to post your ideas here and we'll see what can be done.

[Ustio North]

Okay, we're back on!

Here are the confirmed Drivers & Cars

1. Ustio North - Alex Webster, Ford GT LM Spec II
2. Navarus - Katie Bridgewater, Art Morrison Corvette '60
3. Tannara - Charli Firewalker, Jaguar XJ220 Prototype
4. Pablicosta - Phil Bass, Aston Martin V12 RS
5. Van Luxemburg - Giancarlo Moretti, Lepanto 650 Moiano

Currently the route is something like this:

Navarus
Before The Rally - Drivers to arrive at the Dafru hotel in Navarus to attend the opening ceremony
1st Day - From the Dafru Hotel in Navarus, we head south to Deep Forest Raceway in the Erdannes Forest. We spend a day there and stay the night.
2nd Day - After our night at Deep Forest Raceway, we continue south towards the Orkney Mountain Tunnel, Navarus - Ustio Border.

Ustio North
3rd Day - After leaving Navarus via the Orkney Mountain Tunnel, we head to Solis Ortis Racetrack for a day of sports. We spend the night in the nearby Glamour Hotel.
4th Day - From Solis Ortis Racetrack we head west on the longest drive of the trip through Ustio. Over 750Km to the Elegance Hotel in Hydria, the Ustian Capital.
5th Day - After Spending the night in Hydria, drivers head for Hydria Intl. Airport to catch a flight to Pablicosta.

Pabilcosta
Day 6 - We fly in to Valdon International and head West through Evergreen National Park towards The Bear Mountains, before taking the road through the foothills South. We follow the Straights River from its confluence to Lake Hushing and then onto Jewel Bay where the drivers will stay the night.
Day 7 - A shorter run along the coast to Ivory Bay, just 200 miles with beautiful views out towards Cook Island. This run will allow the drivers to push these high performance engines one the wide straight highway but also cruise between the scenic points as we hit the narrower A roads. We spend the night in Ivory City at the Olympia Hotel.
Day 8 - After driving up the estuary at Ivory City we join the Maltese River and cross it towards Lake Geisha, the largest body of water in Pablicosta at over 150 miles in length and approximately 50 miles across. A great days driving is to be had looping through the A and B roads as we make our way right around the Lake before heading South to rejoin The Coast Road back to Ivory City where the boat will be waiting to take drivers over to Van Luxemburg

Van Luxemburg
Day 9 - Arrival in the port of Soligo. We will immediately head towards Arvaglio via the Autobahn A365 , where we will stay the rest of the day and spend the first night in Van Luxemburg.
Day 10 - From Arvaglio, we take local country roads towards Villa Cipresso, through a hilly/mountaineous area. The curvy and winding roads here will provide a challenge for every car in the convoy. We will spend the night in a villa in Villa Cipresso.
Day 11 - Autobahn time! Time to test the top speeds of our vehicles on Van Luxemburg's quality Autobahn system. We will follow Autobahn A89 until we can connect onto the A897 Pavignano-Venezia. We will spend the night near the Moiano test track (property of Lepanto and Monteluci). This will be one of the most intensive days in terms of distance: roughly 1000 km.
Day 12 - The last day in Van Luxemburg. We will have a track day at Moiano, before loading onto the boat in Venezia for another leg in a foreign country.




if you wish to propose another day and route, please feel free to do so.

The IC thread won't be up untill we have finished the route though

[Pablicosta]

Okay, in that case I'll enter Phil Bass, a National Touring Car champion 3 for three successive seasons. He'll be driving an Aston Martin V12 RS.

Also, there's a great stretch of road in Pablicosta if you'd be interested in including it in the tour?

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Route

Day 1: We fly in to Valdon International and head West through Evergreen National Park towards The Bear Mountains, before taking the road through the foothills South. We follow the Straights River from its confluence to Lake Hushing and then onto Jewel Bay where the drivers will stay the night.
Day 2: A shorter run along the coast to Ivory Bay, just 200 miles with beautiful views out towards Cook Island. This run will allow the drivers to push these high performance engines one the wide straight highway but also cruise between the scenic points as we hit the narrower A roads. We spend the night in Ivory City at the Olympia Hotel.
Day 3: After driving up the estuary at Ivory City we join the Maltese River and cross it towards Lake Geisha, the largest body of water in Pablicosta at over 150 miles in length and approximately 50 miles across. A great days driving is to be had looping through the A and B roads as we make our way right around the Lake before heading South to rejoin The Coast Road back to Ivory City where the boat will be waiting.

[Ustio North]

Yeah, if you've got a start location (a port or airport) and a finish point (a port, airport or hotel etc) just post them and i'll add them to the route.

[Pablicosta]

Yeah, if you've got a start location (a port or airport) and a finish point (a port, airport or hotel etc) just post them and i'll add them to the route.

Done.

[Ustio North]

Okay, that's great.

[Van Luxemburg]

(OOC: Only RL cars? I can't take any of my VLT Automotive Group cars?)

[Ustio North]

Well, only if you have a picture of the car you plan to use.

I've checked out your store BTW, and as far as i'm concerned you can use any of the cars which have images. The reasoning is that i don't really want people coming in going "I've got this frida-ff119" etc and its the bloody batmobile.

BTW all, i've added pictures for all confirmed cars in this. Click the names to see more