Classic: Autoduel

Classic: Autoduel (Second Edition) (1996, 2018) is based on the classic Car Wars boardgame. There is also a Classic: Autoduel (First Edition) (1986).
==Publication==
A color paperback version of the 2nd edition was written in 2017 and published 30 August 2018. Prior to that there was only a black and white paperback
==Setting==
The setting is effectively an alternate timelineCalled Autoduel-1 for a Time Travel campaign. though the divergence is unclear.
2012 sees the appearance of a microorganism appearing in the grain fields in Nebraska and Ukraine that devastated them. Called the Blight, this quickly spread to the rest of the world.
For some reason, both the U.S. and Russia came to the conclusion that the other had bioengineered the Blight as bio-chemical warfare and launched their nuclear warheads.When GURPS Autoduel 2nd edition came out in 1996 this made even less sense then it originally did. There were plenty of other possible candidates and Russia was effected by the Blight as well. However, both sides have such sophisticated satellite defenses that few missiles reach their targets. This exchange is blamed for climate changes that resulted in the failure of other crops around the world.
If that wasn't enough, a computer virus called the Worm ripped though homes and businesses. Businesses saw their financial records rewritten or wiped clean while automated homes self-destructed, some literally, and killed their owners in bizarre mishaps.
Then on top of that the big one finally hit May, 2015 (8.2 on the Richter scale), followed by El Niño flooding half of the country, which was then followed by a blisteringly cold winter. The resulting food riots cause the national government to break down in terms of enforcing order. 
Thirty years later the US is still trying to pick up the pieces.
== Vehicles ==
* See Autoduel Vehicles
== Autoduel Divisions ==
Autoduel Divisions are effectively "weight classes" for vehicles, being limited by their total dollar price. There are nine divisions, with the numbers always equaling the maximum price (in thousands) that a competitor's vehicle and equipment can be.
Division 	Price 	Description
Division 5 	$5,000 	Lowest division, with light bikes and subcompacts.
Division 10 	$10,000 	
Division 15 	$15,000 	Modified Joseph Specials and other such vehicles.
Division 20 	$20,000 	
Division 25 	$25,000 	Division 25 is about the highest you'll see vehicles go. Above this, vehicles tend to utilize expensive upgrades, such as radar, fireproof armor, cyberlinks, etcetera.
Division 30 	$30,000 	The Magnum Micro Duellist and the Acme 
Galahad in particular. Nice trucks with lots of gadgets.
Division 40 	$40,000 	
Division 60 	$60,000 	
Division 100	$100,000 	Only the wildest designs rank this high, with a combination of bulk and high-end parts. The Crane Technologies Wolverine battletruck is just cheap enough to fit into this category.
Above 	$100,000+	While there are no official Division 101+ matches, there are plenty of ultraheavy and ultraluxe vehicles wandering the highways of North America, from the gold-plated I-44 duellers in Oklahoma City to the chicken trucks of the Brotherhood.
=== Finalists and Semi-Finalists ===
Driver 	Series 	Vehicle 	Price ($)	Division
Joe and Bobby WhalenClassic: Autoduel, p.11 (this page) 	Nationals? 	-- 	-- 	--
Bill HickmanAADA Vehicle Guide, p.18 	Nationals (champion) 	Amex Sizzler 	4,198 	5
Howard SampsonAADA Vehicle Guide, p.8 	AADA California Cycle Championship 	Flash (custom) 	14, 792 	Unlimited
Jacques LeBlancClassic: Autoduel, p.8 (this page)These two dates coincide, implying this is one entry	Division 15 World Championship, 2028 and 2029 	Hotshot (stock) 	14,600 	15
John AbbottGURPS Autoduel, p.81 (this page) 	State Championship, 2035 	 	24,??? 	25
Adrienne HorowitzAADA Vehicle Guide, p.24 	National (Canada), 2031 	Kane Moose 	22,300+ 	25
"Madman" Pirelli 	North American Unlimited-Class Championship, 2032 (semifinalist)	FP Superflash (stock)	69,850 	Unlimited
== Vehicle Brands ==
* see Autoduel Vehicles
==Supplements==
* The Road Atlas series
**AADA Road Atlas V1: The East Coast
**AADA Road Atlas V2: The West Coast
**AADA Road Atlas V3: The South
**AADA Road Atlas V4: Australia
**AADA Road Atlas V5: The Midwest
**AADA Road Atlas V6: The Free Oil States
**AADA Road Atlas V7: Mountain West
* GURPS Autoduel: Car Warriors (out of print)
==Comment and Additional Information==
"As alternate timelines go, Autoduel is kind of ridiculous. It reads like someone wanted nearly every cliché in the book to make a Mad Max style world without actually destroying the world in the process."
* GURPS Autoduel, 2nd Edition Designer's Notes is a very enlightening article that covers many of the updates and lore fixes that fill out the setting.
*Uncle Al's 2050 Catalog Supplement (4/28/2000): Car Wars
*Uncle Albert's 2051 Catalog Supplement (4/27/2001): Car Wars
*Cars for 2050 (01/21/2000): Car Wars
*Texas Autoduel association
== See Also ==
=== From Pyramid ===
* Ever wanted to throw small junker starships against each other? Try the madcap concept of Astroduel!
*The Devil's Chariot (The Hind Helicopter), Pyramid 3/57: Gunplay
*Infinite Weapons are a likelihood, particularly the Browning 15mm
*Short Bursts: Five Best Places (...), Pyramid #3:89: Alternate Dungeons 2
*Short Bursts: A Word From Out Sponsor, Pyramid #3/93: Cops and Lawyers
*Tactical Shooting: Tomorrow, Pyramid #3/55: Military SciFi
*Hell on Wheels, Pyr 53
*The Treasure of Joni Monorail, Pyr 21
*Calamity Road, Pyr 23
=== From Elsewhere ===
* Car Warriors (1991) comic miniseries, a four-part comic series
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Origins Award Nominations
Category:1986
Category:1996
Category:2018
Category:Fictional Settings
Category:Infinite Worlds
Category:Classic