Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 126: CEL Challenge Remix

Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 126: CEL Challenge Remix

In recent months, I've had so much fun with the CEL Challenge spinner wheel set (which I have described earlier) in this series that I've decided to make my own spin on it. Here it is, complete with an example of a result I obtained from it:

Above and below: An example of a randomly generated result from my CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set, along with the positions of each wheel after the spin that created it.

On this occasion, I ended up with a 1970s British sports car - but with the Luck spinner landing on Neither, I could ignore the effects of the Lucky and Unlucky spinners.

On the subject of spinners, all of them have been revised for my CEL Challenge Remix, with every spinner (except for Luck) having more options compared to the original, with some existing options being clarified further. The changes are as follows:

• Class spinner: "Sedan" has been particularized into two options (mid-sized/D-segment and full-sized/E-segment or larger). Wagon now covers all practical size classes and has been renamed accordingly, to "Wagon/estate (any segment)". "Truck" is now "Truck/Ute", "SUV is now "SUV/4x4", "Muscle" is now "Muscle/Pony", "Supercar" is now "Supercar/Hypercar", "Concept Cars" is now simply "Concept", and the "shitbox" (US motoring slang for a cheap, substandard car) option has been removed, in place of two options: "Race/Rally Car" and "Custom/Tuned Car", with the latter requiring you to spin again for a specific class. The "MPV/Van" option is also new to this version.
• Era spinner: A new option (2010s) has been added, spanning the years 2010 to 2019 inclusive.
• Location spinner: Several new options have been added, such as "Sweden", "South Korea", and "Africa". In addition, the option "Europe (other countries)" refers to most countries in Europe other than the UK, Italy, Germany, France or Sweden; the option "Asia (other countries)" refers to most countries in Asia other than China, Japan or South Korea. The options "South America" and Oceania" have been renamed to "Central/South America" and "Australia/New Zealand", respectively.
• Luck spinner: The second "Unlucky" option has been removed; therefore, all four options ("Neither", "Unlucky", "Lucky", and Both") have an equal chance of being chosen.
• Unlucky spinner: The "Everything" option has been renamed "All". In addition to this, all other options carried over from the original CEL Challenge set have also been renamed, thereby making them more or less self-explanatory: "Lowest Fuel" is now "85 RON Unleaded", "DAOHC" is expanded to "Direct-acting OHC", "Automatic" is now "Standard Automatic (maximum 3 speeds)", "Cross-ply" is now "Cross-ply Tires (any)", "20 Fixtures" is now "Maximum 20 Fixtures (exterior only)", "FWD" is now "FWD (any)" (to account for the fact that a transverse FWD configuration is only available from 1961, assuming 0 points for chassis tech pool), "2 way cats" has been expanded into "2-way Catalytic Converters", "OIL CRISIS" now reads "Oil Crisis (replaces current Era)", "Single Eco Carb" is now "1x Single Barrel Eco Carb", "-15 Quality" is now "-15 Quality (all sliders)", "-5 Quality" is now "Maximum -5 Quality (all sliders), and "12k Costs" is now "Maximum Cost $12k AMU". A few new options have been introduced in this version: "Drum Brakes Only (front/rear)" (fit only drum brakes to the front and rear axles), "0 Tech Pool (all sliders)" (set all tech pool sliders to 0), and "2valves/cylinder (any)" (maximum of 2 valves per cylinder, in any configuration).
• Lucky spinner: As with the Unlucky spinner, most options are either new or renamed: "Everything" is now "All", "Unlimited Fuel" is now "Unlimited Fuel Octane", "+5 Quality" is now "Minimum +5 Quality (all sliders)", "+15 Quality" is now "+15 Quality (all sliders)", "Semi-Slicks" is now "Semi-Slick Tires", "AWD" is now "AWD (not 4x4)" (reflecting the fact that AWD and 4x4 are not one and the same), and "Unlimited Fixtures" now applies to both exterior and interior. Two new options, "Change Era" and "Unlimited Tech Pool" have been added; the former requires you to spin the Era spinner again, while the latter allows you to adjust the tech pool any way you want, all the way to +15 for each and every slider.

In short, the CEL Challenge Remix spinner set allows you to generate a more diverse set of combinations compared to the original. Note that, due to the absence of an option to have negative tech pool values, the Unlucky spinner does not have an option that, if selected, requires the use of any negative tech pool points.

Here is another pair of examples of a combination I got from the new spinner wheel set:

Above and below: Another pair of examples of a randomly generated combination from my CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set. In the former,  the "Unlimited Budget" option is in effect; thus, there is no maximum price, to the point that such a build could venture into supercar territory. The latter is a very similar combination, but this time the class is now "Supercar/Hypercar" and the "Unlimited Fixtures (exterior/interior)" option is in effect instead.

Thus ends this quick tour of my new and (at least in my view) improved CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set. Here's to many more spins and random combinations!

Update (11/28/22): I have revised the set so that the "Coupe" space on the Class spinner is now "Coupe/Convertible", after realizing that a key omission from the original CEL Challenge had to be fixed in my adaptation of it. Also, not all convertibles are dedicated sports cars, so I decided to lump them in with coupes this time around. Here is what the set now looks like:

The revised CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set, with the "Coupe" space renamed to "Coupe/Convertible" to address an omission in the original.

Update (January 6th 2023): After checking the Discord, it turns out that the -5 Quality and +5 Quality options in the Unlucky and Lucky spinners, respectively, from the original CEL challenge, both refer to applying that exact setting (no more, no less) to only one slider, not all of them. Here's another screenshot, this time with the updated set:

A screenshot of the recently updated CEL Challenge Remix spinner wheel set, where the "-5 Quality" and "+5 Quality" options in the Unlucky and Lucky spinners, respectively, now refer to applying the stated values only to one slider, instead of all of them. The revised text is too long to fit on those wheels, but clicking on the Edit tab underneath them will show it in full.