Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25956839-20151107164700

RomGuyony and myself have been working on the infoboxes for cars so it only reflects information from the game (this was Kuzz's intention) which will now include Class and change Engine to its placement rather than its characteristics. (Not sure if he knows something I don't in that respect as I don't think the engine layout or size is included in-game)

Engines will either be Mid-Mounted, Rear-Mounted or Front-Mounted (no inclusion of Front-Mid or Rear-Mid in the navbox as this is not in-game info). Drivetrains will either be FWD, RWD or 4WD. It's best to keep the two apart as it's not always obvious which value refers to Engine and which refers to Drivetrain (e.g. FR).

Gearboxes will be used as "6" for a 6-speed and "Manual 6" for a 6-speed where the driver makes movement to change the gearshift. I realise that for the i20 WRC it would be a sequential rather than a conventional manual, but this is IRL information rather than in-game. Also, no specification will be made for cars where the driver does not make movement to shift, as there's no in-game way of knowing whether it's a paddleshift or an automatic (the presence of paddles could be a clue, but some paddleshift gearboxes don't have obvious paddles and some auto boxes have paddles too and are still referred to as autos so can't include that information). Template and example.

The game files have files and folders for the cars, both of which have a production year associated. This sometimes differs in which case the format (XXXX-XXXX) will be used.

Over the last few days all 129 cars infoboxes have been updated, by RomGuyony, Guillejarque and myself. The RR3 Wiki:Car Template has been outlined to reflect the changes, ready for the next updated. As Kuzz is taking a break (read here), it's still important to maintain the high standards set for article pages, only facts, preferably from in-game, Wikipedia or the manufacturer's own site, should be reflected on the article pages, a brief paragraph is generally plenty.

Any problems or comments, please feel free to post a comment below, or on my message wall or RomGuyony's message wall. Thank you for your support. 