Rejects Of Gran Turismo

[FMecha]

Do the laps have to be clean?
Can I post the times via PM?

[Klon]

Well, we don't have a PM feature, so mail is the only real option here. And clean? Well, I guess you mean shortcuts and those things. Those are not allowed, but if you get slightly off the track no one is going to kill you (not like we could control it anyhow)

For the other players: results will be up tomorrow afternoon at latest.

[Pointrox]

Where are the results? Tomorrow afternoon was... well, yesterday, and still nothing

[Klon]

Sorry, you really get nothing done when your sleep-wake circle is in ruins because you have two months free time and nobody supervising you.

Results - "Patriotic Fervor"
1.: Kashkabald - GT2 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car - 0'38.208
2.: MinardiFan95 - GT5 - Citroën C4 WRC '08 - 0'43.919
3.: WeirdKerr - GT5 Citroën C4 WRC '08 - 0'45.342
4.: Aerond - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car´99 - 0'46.599
5.: Nuppiz - GT4 - Citroën C5 V6 Exclusive '03 - 0'49.374
6.: The Masked Lapwing - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.030
7.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.444
8.: Pointrox - GT4 - Citroën Xantia 3.0i V6 Exclusive '00 - 0'52.480
Bonus Point: Pointrox for all the tuning he wasted...

Gran Turismo World Championship
1.: BlindCaveSalamander - 41 Points
2.: Nuppiz - 38 Points
3.: MinardiFan95 - 28 Points
4.: Aerond - 25 Points
5.: The Masked Lapwing - 22 Points
6.: Tommykl - 21 Points
7.: Kashkabald - 18 Points
8.: Klon - 14 Points
9.: Tealy - 9 Points
10.: Pointrox - 7 Points
11.: Dr-baker - 7 Points
12.: WeirdKerr - 6 Points

Sakon Yamamoto Gran Turismo 2 Trophy
1.: Kashkabald - 20 Points

Eric Van De Poele Gran Turismo 4 Trophy
1.: Nuppiz - 40 Points
2.: Aerond - 38 Points
3.: BlindCaveSalamander - 37 Points
4.: The Masked Lapwing - 28 Points
5.: Pointrox - 10 Points

Olivier Beretta Gran Turismo PSP Trophy
1.: Klon - 34 Points
2.: Tommykl - 30 Points
3.: Dr-Baker - 18 Points

Kazuki Nakajima Gran Turismo 5 Trophy
1.: MinardiFan95 - 48 Points
2.: Tealy - 18 Points

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The championship tightens up now with only four scenarios remaining in the "first season".

Scenario 1-7: "Is This Monza?"

Track (GT2): Test Course
Track (GT4): Test Course
Track (GTP): Test Course
Track (GT5): Test Course

Car To Use (GT2): Any Italian car
Car To Use (GT4): Any Italian car
Car To Use (GTP): Any Italian car
Car To Use (GT5): Any Italian car

Allowed Tuning (GT2): Racing Tires
Allowed Tuning (GT4): Racing Tires
Allowed Tuning (GTP): Racing Tires
Allowed Tuning (GT5): Racing Tires

Other conditions: I am going to reserve the right to add time to the GT2 laps because I have the feeling that the test course in GT2 can be done a lot faster than the other ones.

Deadline: 17th February 2011, 20:00 CET

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Once you think your lap time is good enough, please send me the following per e-mail.

User Name:
Car Used:
Tuning Applied:
Lap Time:
Game Used:

[Aerond]

How I´m slower than Nuppiz??????

[Klon]

By me bathplugging it up badly. I will fix it.

[the Masked Lapwing]

6.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.444
7.: The Masked Lapwing - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.030

Wanna take another crack at that one?

[TomWazzleshaw]

6.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.444
7.: The Masked Lapwing - GT4 - Citroën Xsara Rally Car '99 - 0'50.030

Wanna take another crack at that one?

Just because he's as dyslexic with numbers as I am doesn't mean you have to be so mean.

BTW Rhys tell everyone at school I said hi

[Klon]

To quote a known song:
What the hell is going on? Cruelest dream reality.

Now everything should be fine.

[MinardiFan95]

There is one minor problem with this week's scenario - the lack of a test course in GT5. However Monza is in GT5, but the difference in lap times would be too much. I won't mind using a different game (either GT2 or GT4) though.

[Klon]

There is one minor problem with this week's scenario - the lack of a test course in GT5. However Monza is in GT5, but the difference in lap times would be too much. I won't mind using a different game (either GT2 or GT4) though.

I hate Gran Turismo 5!
If you could do that (which one is pretty much up to you), it would be nice. If this doesn't work for all users who play with GT5, they get an alternative scenario just like I did for GT2 in the Nürburgring event.

[Nuppiz]

Just sent my results in - and look what the clock happens to be!

[the Masked Lapwing]

I'm passing on this one, due to a game that is steadily eating itself. That, and I hate the test track for no apparent reason. Maybe it's too boring.

[Reverie Planetarian]

I wonder if there's a white-with-red FGT scheme out there.

You know, so with all hope we can get our SOOPA AGOORI on.

[Nuppiz]

I wonder if there's a white-with-red FGT scheme out there.

You know, so with all hope we can get our SOOPA AGOORI on.

Not in GT4, at least. There's only a white-red-green Castrol scheme available.

[Klon]

Results - "Is This Monza?"
1.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - Pagani Zonda C12S 7.3 '02 - 1'41.795
2.: Nuppiz - GT4 - Pagani Zonda LM Race Car '01 - 1'49.454
3.: MinardiFan95 - GT4 - Pagani Zonda LM Race Car '01 - 1'50.373
4.: Klon - GTP - Enzo Ferrari (SP Model) '02 - 1'50.413
5.: Aerond - GT4 - Pagani Zonda Race Car ´01 - 1'50.610
Bonus Point: Klon for honoring the legend himself

Gran Turismo World Championship
1.: BlindCaveSalamander - 51 Points
2.: Nuppiz - 46 Points
3.: MinardiFan95 - 34 Points
4.: Aerond - 29 Points
5.: The Masked Lapwing - 22 Points
6.: Tommykl - 21 Points
7.: Klon - 19 Points
8.: Kashkabald - 18 Points
9.: Tealy - 9 Points
10.: Pointrox - 7 Points
11.: Dr-baker - 7 Points
12.: WeirdKerr - 6 Points

Sakon Yamamoto Gran Turismo 2 Trophy
1.: Kashkabald - 20 Points

Eric Van De Poele Gran Turismo 4 Trophy
1.: Nuppiz - 48 Points
2.: BlindCaveSalamander - 47 Points
3.: Aerond - 43 Points
4.: The Masked Lapwing - 28 Points
5.: Pointrox - 10 Points
6.: MinardiFan95 - 6 Points

Olivier Beretta Gran Turismo PSP Trophy
1.: Klon - 44 Points
2.: Tommykl - 30 Points
3.: Dr-Baker - 18 Points

Kazuki Nakajima Gran Turismo 5 Trophy
1.: MinardiFan95 - 48 Points
2.: Tealy - 18 Points

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I think we had way too much speed last time around, y'know with the whole "rejects" stuff, so let's try something else.

Scenario 1-8: "Fiat vs. Seat"

Track (GT2): Grand Valley Speedway East Reverse
Track (GT4): Grand Valley Speedway East Reverse
Track (GTP): Grand Valley Speedway East Reverse
Track (GT5): Grand Valley Speedway East Reverse

Car To Use (GT2): Any car by Fiat
Car To Use (GT4): Any car by Fiat/Any car by Seat
Car To Use (GTP): Any car by Fiat/Any car by Seat
Car To Use (GT5): Any car by Fiat/Any car by Seat

Allowed Tuning (GT2): Simulation Tires/Semi-racing muffler
Allowed Tuning (GT4): Comfort Tires/Oil Change/Semi-racing muffler
Allowed Tuning (GTP): Comfort Tires
Allowed Tuning (GT5): Comfort Tires/Oil Change/Semi-racing muffler

Other conditions: None

Deadline: 23rd February 2011, 20:00 CET

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Once you think your lap time is good enough, please send me the following per e-mail.

User Name:
Car Used:
Tuning Applied:
Lap Time:
Game Used:

[Nuppiz]

Eight seconds difference? I tried it with both the race and road car and couldn't do any better than 1'49.

[Klon]

Eight seconds difference? I tried it with both the race and road car and couldn't do any better than 1'49.

Well, it's not really a secret, so I'll announce (a part) of his secret: he used the good old qualifying tyres which surely is worth a second or two.

[Nuppiz]

Eight seconds difference? I tried it with both the race and road car and couldn't do any better than 1'49.

Well, it's not really a secret, so I'll announce (a part) of his secret: he used the good old qualifying tyres which surely is worth a second or two.

So did I...besides, the Test Track is more about sheer raw power rather than good tyres. My time with the default-setup Zonda CS 7.3 (with qualifying tyres) was exactly 10 seconds worse than Salamander's.

Oh well, it does leave me puzzled but I'm not objecting the result in any way.

[Salamander]

Eight seconds difference? I tried it with both the race and road car and couldn't do any better than 1'49.

Well, it's not really a secret, so I'll announce (a part) of his secret: he used the good old qualifying tyres which surely is worth a second or two.

So did I...besides, the Test Track is more about sheer raw power rather than good tyres. My time with the default-setup Zonda CS 7.3 (with qualifying tyres) was exactly 10 seconds worse than Salamander's.

Oh well, it does leave me puzzled but I'm not objecting the result in any way.

Yeah, I thought someone would question how I got that far ahead. I noticed that there was nothing saying that the lap had to be with only me on the track, so instead of doing a Free Run (I think that's what it's called, can't remember off-hand) by myself, I went into Race Meeting and spent the entire lap sat behind a Cadillac Cien.

[tommykl]

Crafty!

[the Masked Lapwing]

Bringing back from the dead, is this still going?

[Klon]

Results - "Fiat vs. Seat"
1.: MinardiFan95 - GT5 - Seat Ibiza Cupra '04 - 1'20.968
2.: Nuppiz - GT4 - Fiat Coupe Turbo Plus '00 - 1'23.834
3.: The Masked Lapwing - GT4 - Seat Ibiza Cupra '04 - 1'24.265
4.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - Fiat Coupe Turbo Plus '00 - 1'24.723
5.: Klon - GTP - Seat Ibiza Cupra '04 - 1'27.942
Bonus Point: Everyone for having such a beautiful symetric result.

Gran Turismo World Championship
1.: BlindCaveSalamander - 57 Points
2.: Nuppiz - 55 Points
3.: MinardiFan95 - 45 Points
4.: Aerond - 29 Points
5.: The Masked Lapwing - 29 Points
6.: Klon - 24 Points
7.: Tommykl - 21 Points
8.: Kashkabald - 18 Points
9.: Tealy - 9 Points
10.: Pointrox - 7 Points
11.: Dr-baker - 7 Points
12.: WeirdKerr - 6 Points

Sakon Yamamoto Gran Turismo 2 Trophy
1.: Kashkabald - 20 Points

Eric Van De Poele Gran Turismo 4 Trophy
1.: Nuppiz - 59 Points
2.: BlindCaveSalamander - 54 Points
3.: Aerond - 43 Points
4.: The Masked Lapwing - 37 Points
5.: Pointrox - 10 Points
6.: MinardiFan95 - 6 Points

Olivier Beretta Gran Turismo PSP Trophy
1.: Klon - 55 Points
2.: Tommykl - 30 Points
3.: Dr-Baker - 18 Points

Kazuki Nakajima Gran Turismo 5 Trophy
1.: MinardiFan95 - 59 Points
2.: Tealy - 18 Points

---> Congratulations to Klon and MinardiFan95 for winning the Olivier Beretta Gran Turismo PSP Trophy and the Kazuki Nakajima Gran Turismo 5 Trophy respectively.

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Well, with three contenders for the Gran Turismo World Championship, we're moving in for the second-to-last scenario of the first season. For this one you will have a lot of time, since I have some studies to do...

Scenario 1-9: "Number Nine *burp*, Number Nine *burp*..."

Track (GT2): Tsukuba Circuit
Track (GT4): Tsukuba Circuit
Track (GTP): Tsukuba Circuit
Track (GT5): Tsukuba Circuit

Car To Use (GT2): Any car with a price of 9,XXX/9X,XXX/9XX,XXX credits
Car To Use (GT4): Any car with a price of 9,XXX/9X,XXX/9XX,XXX credits
Car To Use (GTP): Any car with a price of 9,XXX/9X,XXX/9XX,XXX credits
Car To Use (GT5): Any car with a price of 9,XXX/9X,XXX/9XX,XXX credits

Allowed Tuning (GT2): Racing Tires/Semi-racing muffler
Allowed Tuning (GT4): Racing Tires/Semi-racing muffler
Allowed Tuning (GTP): Racing Tires
Allowed Tuning (GT5): Racing Tires/Semi-racing muffler

Other conditions: Just for clarification; you are free to use any car with a price (new and/or used) of less than a million which begins with a nine.

Deadline: 14th March 2011, 15:00 CET

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Once you think your lap time is good enough, please send me the following per e-mail.

User Name:
Car Used:
Tuning Applied:
Lap Time:
Game Used:

[Klon]

Results - "Number Nine *burp*, Number Nine *burp*..."
1.: Nuppiz - GT4 - TVR Tuscan Speed Six '00 - 0'54.479
2.: BlindCaveSalamander - GT4 - TVR Tuscan Speed Six '00 - 0'54.911
3.: Klon - GTP - Acura NSX '04 - 1'04.987
Bonus Point: Klon for being very cost-conscious

Gran Turismo World Championship
1.: BlindCaveSalamander - 57 Points
2.: Nuppiz - 57 Points
3.: MinardiFan95 - 45 Points
4.: Klon - 31 Points
5.: Aerond - 29 Points
6.: The Masked Lapwing - 29 Points
7.: Tommykl - 21 Points
8.: Kashkabald - 18 Points
9.: Tealy - 9 Points
10.: Pointrox - 7 Points
11.: Dr-baker - 7 Points
12.: WeirdKerr - 6 Points

Sakon Yamamoto Gran Turismo 2 Trophy
1.: Kashkabald - 20 Points

Eric Van De Poele Gran Turismo 4 Trophy
1.: Nuppiz - 69 Points
2.: BlindCaveSalamander - 62 Points
3.: Aerond - 43 Points
4.: The Masked Lapwing - 37 Points
5.: Pointrox - 10 Points
6.: MinardiFan95 - 6 Points

Olivier Beretta Gran Turismo PSP Trophy
1.: Klon - 65 Points
2.: Tommykl - 30 Points
3.: Dr-Baker - 18 Points

Kazuki Nakajima Gran Turismo 5 Trophy
1.: MinardiFan95 - 59 Points
2.: Tealy - 18 Points

---> Congratulations to Kashkabald for winning the Sakon Yamamoto Gran Turismo 2 Trophy

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It is down to the wire: one on one - the ultimate showdown in the world of racing: Nuppiz vs. BlindCaveSalamander

Scenario 1-10: "A GT History"

Track (GT2): Grand Valley 300km
Track (GT4): Grand Valley 300km
Track (GTP): Grand Valley Speedway (60 Laps)
Track (GT5): Grand Valley 300km

Car To Use (GT2): Any car used in the Grand Valley 300km by AI cars
Car To Use (GT4): Any car with "JGTC" in it's name
Car To Use (GTP): Any car used in the Grand Valley 300km by AI cars
Car To Use (GT5): Any car used in the Grand Valley 300km by AI cars

Allowed Tuning (GT2): Racing Tires/Racing Flywheel/Oil Change
Allowed Tuning (GT4): Racing Tires/Racing Flywheel/Oil Change
Allowed Tuning (GTP): Racing Tires
Allowed Tuning (GT5): Racing Tires/Racing Flywheel/Oil Change

Other conditions: As you might have guessed it's now about finishing a whole race as fast as humanly possible.

Deadline: 16th April 2011, 12:00 CET

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Once you think your time is good enough, please send me the following per e-mail.

User Name:
Car Used:
Tuning Applied:
Lap Time:
Game Used:

[MinardiFan95]

I don't think I'll enter this last round - mainly because it is too long and the AI cars are fairly slow in GT5 (the best that I was up against when I raced it was a Subuaru Impreza WRX STI)

[Shizuka]

Car To Use (GT2): Any car used in the Grand Valley 300km by AI cars

One of the worst AI-driven cars in terms of results is the Shelby GT350 '66, ALWAYS messing up the first corner in the first lap by the AI I remember that...

[Salamander]

Could this possibly be postponed until April? I have a ton of uni coursework to do, most of which has to be in by the end of March, which leaves no time for this.

[Klon]

Could this possibly be postponed until April? I have a ton of uni coursework to do, most of which has to be in by the end of March, which leaves no time for this.

Well, as a fellow student I see your plight. Also, you are one of the championship contenders. So I'll put this to the middle of April.

[Salamander]

Could this possibly be postponed until April? I have a ton of uni coursework to do, most of which has to be in by the end of March, which leaves no time for this.

Well, as a fellow student I see your plight. Also, you are one of the championship contenders. So I'll put this to the middle of April.

Thanks.

[Priceless]

May I enter? I know I'm late, also I'm new to the forum so you could make me ineligible for points in light of that, but I always wanted to see where I stand playing GT4.

[Klon]

May I enter? I know I'm late, also I'm new to the forum so you could make me ineligible for points in light of that, but I always wanted to see where I stand playing GT4.

No reason to make you ineligible. I should point out that we are normally working with hotlaps, only the season final will be this long.

[Priceless]

No reason to make you ineligible. I should point out that we are normally working with hotlaps, only the season final will be this long.

Thanks!

Just did a test run a while ago to see how my pace is, but it looks like my PS2 console might let go - it's a quite old, "big" model console I got in late 2004. Got a read error just after the end of my test run. I just hope I don't get a "mechanical DNF" now

[Shizuka]

That would make your PS2 the reject of the race!

[Priceless]

That would make your PS2 the reject of the race!

Yes - I have just submitted my time, well ahead of schedule. I can now just hope I wasn't too rejectful, but my PS2 really seems like it's going to give up - got another read error just after finishing the race, and only had enough time to write down my time. So I decided to submit as it's now likely that I won't have more chances to improve.

If/when there is a next season, I'm planning on using an emulator on my PC to replace my PS2 in playing GT4 - from my testing I found it to run reasonably well, apart from some minor graphics glitches. So I think I should ask now: Klon, may I make use of the emulator to set my times?

PS: Think Virgin and their all-CFD design

[Shizuka]

Just don't savestate and you will be fine.

[Priceless]

Just don't savestate and you will be fine.

I wouldn't - that has a chance of messing up the emulated memory cards, and I've had trouble in the past with a real memory card holding a GT4 game with over 70% complete that took me about a full year... the card got messed up and I had to format it to be able to use it again. Wouldn't want that happening a second time

[Salamander]

My submission might be a tad late, having a little trouble with my internet connection lately. My time will be submitted sometime tomorrow, though.

[Nuppiz]

I was a tad late too... had forgotten about this, and when I remembered it I noticed that I didn't have enough money to buy a JGTC car in GT4, so I had to drive the DTM cup a couple of times to get enough funds. I hope my choice of a Honda NSX was good, it was quick as hell but also ate the tyres pretty quickly.

[DemocalypseNow]

This looks interesting. Would like to join the GT2 Trophy, as GT4 no longer plays on my PS2 and I have a PS1 emulator. 1 day deadline extension for the newbie pleeeease?

[Klon]

This looks interesting. Would like to join the GT2 Trophy, as GT4 no longer plays on my PS2 and I have a PS1 emulator. 1 day deadline extension for the newbie pleeeease?

Well, let it roll. One more or less day won't make much of a difference for the Season Finale. Oh, while we're at it, do we want a second season?