GT Academy - Silverstone Final

Hey there,

A thread for memos of personal experiences from a fantastic week in England (don't want to give too much away just yet... )


- was 8th on the leaderboard in the beginning of day 3 but was "eliminated" in the end of day 3

- karting endurance race was tough: Oldbeanee (Mark) and I had a brake failure around 2 hours into the race; lost loads of time

- Chris from Sweden said it best after Day 3's physical tests: "My body is f****d". No wonder after he raced (and won!) a go-kart event 3,5h by himself on day 2. respect...

- as Timo said earlier, used vehicles were 350Z, Caterham 7, R35 GT-R and Silverstone's own Formula Car

- instructors and advisors were motivating, extremely professional and truly helpful

- lots of press present on days 3 & 4, which was surprisingly comfortable

- Driving on days 4 & 5 was better for me than on the earlier days, and I managed a competitive pace, especially on the Formula and the GT-R

- Rain on day 5


Congratulations to winners Lucas and Lars! Other information will probably unfold as time flies by...

-Karri

I hope you snapped lots of photo's for us all to see and envy your week Karri it's unlucky you never win in the end but big Congrats for making it to Silverstone and good to see you enjoyed yourself also
The rain here is just par for the norm also

Congrats to Lucas and Lars for the wins

What event was it? I am missing out...

Congrats on your once in a life time experience!

Silly question, was any of the participants tall or "large", I am a little over 6'5" and 230lbs, my first thought when this compitition began (besides when is coming to NA)was they would prob pick a car (formula) or kart that I would not fit in. Just wondering if that was an issue for any one?

gitSehT

Congrats on your once in a life time experience!

Silly question, was any of the participants tall or "large", I am a little over 6'5" and 230lbs, my first thought when this compitition began (besides when is coming to NA)was they would prob pick a car (formula) or kart that I would not fit in. Just wondering if that was an issue for any one?

The size of competitors varied, the tallest people probably being Joachim from Norway, Ralph from Holland and myself (all over 190cm). All of the forementioned cars were big enough at least for me to fit in (though I heard Joachim had to drive the Z while his helmet was hitting the roof), so karting was probably the only event that size and weight had actual effect on. To my surprise, the Formula Car also had an adjustable seat (though not much lateral room).

One important thing I didn't mention that I gained a lot of new friends on the way the spirit of the week was very competitive but also friendly and fair. I think I've never concentrated as hard or worked as decisively on anything in my life. That's why I'm not sorry about not making it to the final 2. The tough but extremely rewarding week really taught me a lot of things.

- Karri

Grandi

One important thing I didn't mention that I gained a lot of new friends on the way the spirit of the week was very competitive but also friendly and fair. I think I've never concentrated as hard or worked as decisively on anything in my life. That's why I'm not sorry about not making it to the final 2. The tough but extremely rewarding week really taught me a lot of things.
- Karri

Youre right the spirit of the week was realy friendly and fair, if you had a problem with a car the others helped you to get better.
Also the last evening was very funny

Europe has a big event to keep them occupied while the rest of the world waste our life span for the update. You're lucky

Congrats to all who participated, it sounds like the event of a lifetime.

Were all the participants racing novices or were there experienced racers in the group?

gator of kana

Europe has a big event to keep them occupied while the rest of the world waste our life span for the update. You're lucky

Lucky, no. A proven, die-hard market for GT games, yes. Go whine in another thread.

superwally

Congrats to all who participated, it sounds like the event of a lifetime.

Were all the participants racing novices or were there experienced racers in the group?




Lucky, no. A proven, die-hard market for GT games, yes. Go whine in another thread.

That was a compliment not a whine

gator of kana

Some countries in Europe has a big event to keep them occupied while the rest of the world waste our life span for the update. You're lucky

Fixed it.
Some countries (like mine) were left out. Sucks big time.


Looks like the guys that made it to Silverstone had quite a few days of awesomeness, can't wait to see pics, videos, etc., of the event.

OK, sorry!

Beerz

Fixed it.
Some countries (like mine) were left out. Sucks big time.


Looks like the guys that made it to Silverstone had quite a few days of awesomeness, can't wait to see pics, videos, etc., of the event.

Yeah me too, and sorry to here that your country was left out. You're alright superwally, I know you're tired of hearing people talking about the update too

Grandi, thanks very much for sharing these details! I've just updated the GTPlanet news blog with a link to your thread here, along with the first pictures of the event by danilc1007. If you've got any photos of your own, I would be very happy to post them as well. Congratulations on making it that far in the competition.

Again, mate, and can't wait to hear the whole story on saturday!!

Congratulation to the WINNERS!!

Mister K, that must been one of a kind experience.

Can´t wait to read more of your experiences from the finals man! Congratulations! And best of luck to the winners chasing their dreams!
p.s. Was the GT-R any similar to the one in the game?

Nice Can't wait to see pictures...
Haha I'm really jealous
Went to a 24h race last weekend here in Belgium and damn I just wished I could drive one of those cars too...
Maybe later!

Some Photos:
Karri


Jonny Herbert


GTR


Silverstone Racing Controll


Silverstone podium


Champions room


Formula car we drove


350Z Final




Still more to come...

Johnny Herbert was there? Wow. And do I spy a camera crew? Aw, do we get to see all your ugly mugs on GT TV?
Looks great, wish I could have done it!

Great pics Zocker