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Racers around the world are welcome to join, this is not US only!
We won't be using the same system we used from GT5, where every one added a single PSN account managed by us to race in private lounges. Currently, we're just going to encourage every one to add each other (If you have a full friends list I suggest you guys all make new alternate accounts and buy all the cars you need since it's a lot easier to get everything you need to race in the GT6 dealership). We'll be using this thread more as a meeting place for people to pop on and say they've racing, or planning to.
Still open to anyone, not only finalists, but of course it's up to the discretion of the person you're adding to add you.
Btw, if someone has a better system in mind, shoot! I'm still trying to think up alternate methods of doing this since things are substantially different to how it was in GT5.
Here's some footage provided by outlaw4rc (US Finalist) for you to get a glimpse at the type of racing that goes down!
It's time to prepare!
Following up from the excellent racing and training get togethers we did the past one, two, years. I present to you organized practice for National/Regional/Territory Finals for GT Academy 2014. Get used to racing under pressure as some of the world's best spec racers test your skill in our rooms.
How does this work?
We want to keep things as easy and time efficient as possible, so we recommend every one that wants to participate to post their information here, I'll then add it to the OP and people can start adding each other on PSN to get rolling and practicing. If you don't have room on your friend list, see my tip in the italicized text above.
We will be working with people to volunteer to host advance scheduled sessions. So on popular days we can get time slots where people will be hosting sessions to allow people to schedule their time around it. If you'd like to host, send me a PM to work out a time slot.
Record everything you guys do! It's a must to track progress! If you don't feel like doing that much, please at least record your fastest lap times on different combos for people to reference. It's extremely important and will be listed here in the OP.
The idea is to make the racing as consistent as possible across all the sessions. In order to do that we'll be suggesting every one uses the same field of cars (which will be listed here soon) and especially the same tune settings. Same pp, power, weight, tires, etc.
It's going to be more varied this year though, last year was a bit strict imho. We all swore up and down (at least I did) that the GT Academy officials wouldn't use cars like the GT500 GT-R and such, but they did, so we must prepare for everything.
Tires weren't as much of an issue as we thought they would be, so I think we could actually go more conservative this time around. Last year had every one train with different compounds and Nationals ended up only using Sport Hards and Racing Hards. But it's up to you, I'm sure some people benefited from using harder tires in races since it forces you to be more careful in packs and thus sharpens up your race craft.
But anyway, this begins now, so start adding each other, posting, scheduling, suggesting and most importantly, racing. Also, don't forget that virtual racing is just one element of National finals, you must also train your mind, body, and... soul? Yes, train your soul! It'll help you with stuff... like dirt in the mud, still want to get up and kick ass type of stuff. But yeah, can't help you with training up your soul, try therapy, maybe the Rumble Strip section. Actually, don't do that last thing.
How does this help?
Well, most importantly, you'll get to know your competitors, you'll get a feel for where you stand in terms of pace, race craft, etc and get a really good idea of what you need to work on (or how much to kick your feet up because you realize that you're awesomely fast now and you don't need to prepare for the gaming section - you lucky bas... guy!) This is especially useful for those that aren't making it to Nationals this year but want to train up with the best, because that's definitely the best way to improve.
The key thing will be variety, running cars you're not comfortable with, at new tracks or variations of tracks you might not have otherwise run, we're here to help everyone all get used to eachother's driving and racing styles.
Most of the time we'll be running short sprint races from 3 laps to around 10, depending on the track and the mood of the room of course. Easy drop-in drop-out topnotch racing!
Just gotta say though, we all have to watch out for each other as well.
This is a self-regulating organism.
If any of you encounter a driver that doesn't show the best of behavior, report it to me and I'll look into it. If I get the bandit confirmed, then he'll be put on a public shame list, never to be cool again.
We reserve the right to deny admittance to anyone.
No racecraft, no sportsmanship, no service.
Cars
This list is a temporary placeholder list for now, it will be updated again soon!
It's time to prepare!
Following up from the excellent racing and training get togethers we did the past one, two, years. I present to you organized practice for National/Regional/Territory Finals for GT Academy 2014. Get used to racing under pressure as some of the world's best spec racers test your skill in our rooms.
How does this work?
We want to keep things as easy and time efficient as possible, so we recommend every one that wants to participate to post their information here, I'll then add it to the OP and people can start adding each other on PSN to get rolling and practicing. If you don't have room on your friend list, see my tip in the italicized text above.
We will be working with people to volunteer to host advance scheduled sessions. So on popular days we can get time slots where people will be hosting sessions to allow people to schedule their time around it. If you'd like to host, send me a PM to work out a time slot.
Record everything you guys do! It's a must to track progress! If you don't feel like doing that much, please at least record your fastest lap times on different combos for people to reference. It's extremely important and will be listed here in the OP.
The idea is to make the racing as consistent as possible across all the sessions. In order to do that we'll be suggesting every one uses the same field of cars (which will be listed here soon) and especially the same tune settings. Same pp, power, weight, tires, etc.
It's going to be more varied this year though, last year was a bit strict imho. We all swore up and down (at least I did) that the GT Academy officials wouldn't use cars like the GT500 GT-R and such, but they did, so we must prepare for everything.
Tires weren't as much of an issue as we thought they would be, so I think we could actually go more conservative this time around. Last year had every one train with different compounds and Nationals ended up only using Sport Hards and Racing Hards. But it's up to you, I'm sure some people benefited from using harder tires in races since it forces you to be more careful in packs and thus sharpens up your race craft.
But anyway, this begins now, so start adding each other, posting, scheduling, suggesting and most importantly, racing. Also, don't forget that virtual racing is just one element of National finals, you must also train your mind, body, and... soul? Yes, train your soul! It'll help you with stuff... like dirt in the mud, still want to get up and kick ass type of stuff. But yeah, can't help you with training up your soul, try therapy, maybe the Rumble Strip section. Actually, don't do that last thing.
How does this help?
Well, most importantly, you'll get to know your competitors, you'll get a feel for where you stand in terms of pace, race craft, etc and get a really good idea of what you need to work on (or how much to kick your feet up because you realize that you're awesomely fast now and you don't need to prepare for the gaming section - you lucky bas... guy!) This is especially useful for those that aren't making it to Nationals this year but want to train up with the best, because that's definitely the best way to improve.
The key thing will be variety, running cars you're not comfortable with, at new tracks or variations of tracks you might not have otherwise run, we're here to help everyone all get used to eachother's driving and racing styles.
Most of the time we'll be running short sprint races from 3 laps to around 10, depending on the track and the mood of the room of course. Easy drop-in drop-out topnotch racing!
Just gotta say though, we all have to watch out for each other as well.
This is a self-regulating organism.
If any of you encounter a driver that doesn't show the best of behavior, report it to me and I'll look into it. If I get the bandit confirmed, then he'll be put on a public shame list, never to be cool again.
We reserve the right to deny admittance to anyone.
No racecraft, no sportsmanship, no service.
Cars
This list is a temporary placeholder list for now, it will be updated again soon!
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New, no oil changes.
Power - PP figures are at zero miles/kilometers with an oil change. Set the room to the displayed PP
- Silvia Spec-R Aero (S15) '02 - [246hp - 433pp]
- Fairlady Z Version S (Z33) '07 - [310hp - 456pp]
- Fairlady Z (Z34) '08 - [331hp - 461pp]
- Skyline GT-R V-Spec II NUR (R34) '02 - [336hp - 472pp]
- SILVIA spec-R AERO (S15) Touring Car '02 - [344hp - 522pp]
- GT-R Black Edition '12 - [541hp - 546pp]
- GT-R NISMO GT3 Base Model '13 - [542hp - 609pp]
- GT-R R35 Touring Car - [635hp - 629pp]
- 2013 Deltawing sponsored by Nissan at LeMans 2012 - [344hp - 687pp]
Room Settings
This list is a temporary placeholder list, it will be updated again soon!
Click here to access the practice times spreadsheet:
(New sheet will be made soon)
Room Settings:This list is a temporary placeholder list, it will be updated again soon!
Click here to access the practice times spreadsheet:
(New sheet will be made soon)
Room Comment - Anything with GTA on title
Race Type - Share Tips and Info
Race Quality - At least High
Fixed Room Host - No
Max Number of Participants - 12
Voice Chat - Disabled
Course Settings:
Depending on track. Races should generally run no longer than 10 minutes. Do run rain on occasion if available.
Race Settings:
Hold Races Automatically - Disabled
Pit Stops - 0
Start Type - Grid Start with False Start Check
Require Tire Type Change - Off
Grid Order - Fastest First
Race Finish Delay - 180 Seconds
Boost - Off
Visible Damage - Off
Penalty - None
Mechanical Damage - None
Tire Wear/Fuel Consumption - Off
Slipstream Strength - Real
Grip Reduction - Real
Car Selection Method:
Method - Garage
Filter - Filter by Make
Country - Leave Blank
Manufacturer - Deltawing, Nissan
Filter by Performance:
PP Limit - TBD
Power Limit - TBD
Weight - TBD
Drivetrain - FR, 4WD
Tires - (stock)
Nitrous - Prohibited
Tuning - Prohibited
Limit Driving Options:
Skid Recovery Force - Prohibited
Active Steering - Prohibited
ASM - Prohibited
Driving Line - Prohibited
Traction Control - Prohibited
ABS - Available
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Recommended race formats:
What we're looking to train most of all in these races is adaptability and "explosive speed."
In other words: we want the racing to vary and be unsettling. We don't want to keep running "favorite" combos too much, although throwing them in to break up monotony is always ok we don't want to trail off the focus here.
This is what the standard race should be like:
Drivers decide among themselves what car they would like to focus on, and for how long. Drivers can decide to work with one specific, difficult/problem, car for a few races, or decide to jump in to different cars for every race, up to the mood of the room. Same goes for tracks, there may be more technical or unusual tracks or combos that may do well to provide some longer focus on. That's great.
But after that's sorted, practice before races should absolutely be limited to a minimum, or none at all ideally, depends on the size of the room.
Ideally, the track should be voted on, people jump in and get 1-3 laps only to qualify (as per competition), then start the race (minimum race time of 4 minutes, maximum 20).
Be sure to stick around for a bit and leave some space in between races to let off necessary steam or criticism rather than compounding any negativity with racing causing problems on track.
We don't need no drama YA FEEL MEH.
Ok, great, carry on!
Add these names!
Here's the list of drivers to add, GTP forum name first / then PSN name. 52 drivers so far, going to stop taking entries at 80, also going to start deleting people from lists if they are inactive (race or post here at least once a week). If you have friends you'd like to get in on this, you must submit their names here and have them create forum accounts (or just have them submit if they're already set up here).
Pringles947 / PRINGLES_947
Louie_Schumii / LCachero_PHI_NZL
GTP_Chap89 / GTP_Chap89
Tidgney / GTP_Tidgney
metalslaw / m_e_t_a_l-SLAW-
gm matthew / GTP_gmmatthew
et_ / erazer13
rclark83 / rclark83
O_howell20 / O_howell20
Noborg / noobpeanut
Spurgy 777 / TRL_Spurgy777
Holty / GTP_Holty
Neovre / Neovre
Dimebag mex / GTMX-Dimebag
dgriffin28 / dgriffin28
Doodle / doodlemonoply
The Watcher / SMillar13
GTP_banksy05 / banksy_05
GTPGhost / GTP_GhostDriver
WillRacer31 / WillRacer31
Tyler Utley / Proper_T11
LLOYDZELITE69 / LLOYDZ_ELITE69
EpicGonzago / ATW_Hero
gt_adam_us / GT_ADAM_US
Glen Ivan / glenling
GTP_CargoRatt / cargorat323
gatordaryl / gatordaryl
dgaf95integra / GTP_Importlife
DBRS007 / DBRS007
VindictiveScrub / VindictiveScrub
redsoxboy80 / redsoxboy80
joshmuggo / joshmuggo
RaNze / SerEalkilla1
outlaw4rc / outlaw4rc
BanditKarter22 / GTP_BanditKarter22
d3uc3_dropp3r / x3n0-asx
GTP_Sniperwolph / Sniperwolph
Slalom / slalom823
Danimal780 / Danimal780
dgriffin28 / dgriffin28
Gojet / Gojet-64
Turok134 / Turok-134-
Glenalz81 / GTP_Glen
GumballCGT / GumballCGT
lapierre4 / lapierre4
TRC_LoCoArM3n / LoCoArM3n
Drew71 / Monster-Energy71
RealDeal / Real_n_Carrie
kremmen64 / Jackthelad1992
scca_ziptie / scca_ziptie
tguns16 / tguns16
Artifact1985 / Artifact1985
jpe138083 / jpe138083
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