GT Academy 2012 (NA) General Discussion

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R1600Turbo
And due to his situation last year during the competition, I think Connor Clifford should get an automatic entry to Silverstone this year.
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I completely agree with you on this. They need to allow 16 people to the Silverstone bootcamp, then have a "surprise" 17th contestant, who of course would be Connor. And then explain the whole situation and why he is back. It would only be fair, and also add an exciting twist to the show.
 
DanPep
Alright, I've read through this entire thread and something that R1600Turbo said was that these first seven rounds don't really matter that much. Is this entirely true? If so, I'm going to say screw the leaderboards and just get gold until Event 8.
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Yep, the only round that actually qualifies you for the GT Academy competition will be the last round, week 8.
 
R1600Turbo
Yep, the only round that actually qualifies you for the GT Academy competition will be the last round, week 8.
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Will being in the top sixteen on anything from 1-1 to 7-5 be beneficial at all or just mainly a bragging right? Did they do it this way to get a larger following for GT5? Sorry for the flurry of questions. You just seem to have an inside ear on this.
 
1-1 through 7-5 are all about bragging rights and earning in-game prizes, nothing more. :)

I think most of us figured this out the first few days before it was released. And there's a news article on the news page about it.
 
I think it's good last years finalists aren't eligible, or did they change it? Maybe let them back next year.
 
arora
I think it's good last years finalists aren't eligible, or did they change it? Maybe let them back next year.
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We're not for right now. I think us all making it to the finals again with 4x the participants is damn near impossible, but it would be nice to have a chance.
 
It would seem they just want to keep more people interested in the whole idea longer. By allowing a larger base of people to qualify for each round vs eliminating them outright early on I guess it just gives the whole thing more attention and those people more hope. There's really no point in eliminating people til the last round any ways as the people that will make Top 32 are going to make it any ways. Generally you have your elite group that will fil the first few spots, then a grudge match for whatever is left over between the fast, but not quite as fast as the true aliens.

At least that's what I saw in Forza and now iRacing. GT may be a different animal altogether with how large the user base is, I dunno.
 
I think it is a way for Nissan to get a bit more advertising while also possibly turning new comers onto the GT series.

For me, i am only taking the test for fun. I know my chances are about 1%. They should allow last years finalist to compete if they truly are after the fastest sim racer. To me it is a slap in the face. People improve, why eliminate them?
 
TRC Scooty
It would seem they just want to keep more people interested in the whole idea longer. By allowing a larger base of people to qualify for each round vs eliminating them outright early on I guess it just gives the whole thing more attention and those people more hope. There's really no point in eliminating people til the last round any ways as the people that will make Top 32 are going to make it any ways. Generally you have your elite group that will fil the first few spots, then a grudge match for whatever is left over between the fast, but not quite as fast as the true aliens.

At least that's what I saw in Forza and now iRacing. GT may be a different animal altogether with how large the user base is, I dunno.
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That's about how it works.
I would say the top 18 is already spoken for (not even worth trying), I think some people are coming out of the wood work with pace to make it.
It also depends on you region, it seams making the top spot in the NA event is easier than the EU event (Not saying we are slower, it's just the fact we have fewer aliens with unbeatable pace).
 
R1600Turbo
1-1 through 7-5 are all about bragging rights and earning in-game prizes, nothing more. :)

I think most of us figured this out the first few days before it was released. And there's a news article on the news page about it.
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I've read them. There were a few things that just didn't make sense to me. I guess I was just looking for first-hand confirmation. Thanks by the way.
Any idea on what the final event will be like? I'm guessing higher-powered cars on more popular, real-world coarses.
 
carracerptp
That's about how it works.
I would say the top 18 is already spoken for (not even worth trying), I think some people are coming out of the wood work with pace to make it.
It also depends on you region, it seams making the top spot in the NA event is easier than the EU event (Not saying we are slower, it's just the fact we have fewer aliens with unbeatable pace).
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I wouldn't say they're already spoken for. It is only day three.
 
DanPep
I wouldn't say they're already spoken for. It is only day three.
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He's just getting at the fact there are known aliens that aren't going to get beat. It's just how it is, there's fast guys out there that will figure out how to be at the top no matter what car/track/whatever. Therefore the spots are pretty much spoken for. To be in the hunt for one of the top spots you either need to have a massive learning curve or already be an established sim/GT5 racer.
 
Just curious who the 16-18 who are spoken for are? There were a couple of dark horses last year that took spots at the last minute.

Z06Fun being one of them. He hopped on the last Sunday of the event and closed the deal within a half hour of competition ending.
 
DanPep
I wouldn't say they're already spoken for. It is only day three.
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From past history (Time Trials) and looking at the times.... I can't see that the fast guys are going to stop posting great lap times in the final round for no reason.
Some fast guys are basically skipping this round but I don't think that will last long.
 
I think 16-18 may be a big figure. The spoken for spots would be more like the Top 4-5 of whoever you guys aliens are (rough figure). I guess we'll see though.
 
TRC Scooty
He's just getting at the fact there are known aliens that aren't going to get beat. It's just how it is, there's fast guys out there that will figure out how to be at the top no matter what car/track/whatever. Therefore the spots are pretty much spoken for. To be in the hunt for one of the top spots you either need to have a massive learning curve or already be an established sim/GT5 racer.
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Oh, well, that is unfortunate. I've been playing GT since I was nine (twenty-two now) but I haven't really been in the online racing community. Guess I should be getting an idea of what next year is going to be like. Will there even be one next year?
 
I played every GT up to GT4 before switching to Forza. Forza was the first online racing game I played and after all those years of Gran Turismo I thought I was going to waltz in and romp on every one. Wrong. Took a long time to get fast and I spent way to many hours getting to the point where I could crack Top 20's or so (more time than I can be proud of, lol :p). I didn't mean to get you down man, keep hammering away, practice makes perfect and who knows, maybe you'll show up in Silverstone.
 
SpecMiata-JSW
Just curious who the 16-18 who are spoken for are? There were a couple of dark horses last year that took spots at the last minute.

Z06Fun being one of them. He hopped on the last Sunday of the event and closed the deal within a half hour of competition ending.
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Anything is possible, I just don't think we have many open spots for the late coming aliens.

I think if someone was mid-pack from the get go and they practiced unlawfully hard they could slip in without alien natural talent (But I would think starting now would be a good idea).
 
carracerptp
From past history (Time Trials) and looking at the times.... I can't see that the fast guys are going to stop posting great lap times in the final round for no reason.
Some fast guys are basically skipping this round but I don't think that will last long.
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Yup, some fast guys are not taking this seriously yet.
 
I think we should be looking at the top 32 actually, since that's how many will be going to the National Finals, which then get whittled down to the 16 Silverstone finalists via side-by-side racing.
 
I had no expectation of qualifying and I have done a few online events to know where I stand. I just need a wheel and pedals. DS3 just doesn't cut it, haha. Thanks for the motivation, though.
 
I got done doing 2-4, the "s curves" challenge, and it was difficult to get used to at first but once you've seen the leader's ghost and practiced a little bit, it got fun lol

That challenge is more steering with the pedals than with the wheel. :)
 
GTPorsche
Seems to be a slight delay in times updating on the leaderboards. Twice now I've improved times and thought the game didn't update it on the board. It did eventually update about 2 minutes later.
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If you're talking about the website leaderboard, it supposedly updates every 15 minutes.
 
If there's one takeaway from watching all my ghosts, especially the first few events in Round 1, it's that I need a new wheel. There's something whirring from within that's subtle, but it's making my car track unevenly in turns. If I use the outside cam rather than bumper cam (my default view), I can manage it better.
 
My question is will the top 32 (assuming it is ever 32 again) be split into the 4 regions (like last year with 8 in each region) or will it just be the top 32 times across the entire US? To me this is pretty important. If the former is true, I know I have very little chance. Top 8 in the east coast is a lot easier (relatively speaking) than top 32 across the country.
 
For me, Ive never played GT5, let alone previous GT's, I mean, Ive played Cruisin' USA.... I picked up GT4 for about 20-30 minutes before I got fed up with license tests in december and ended up getting shift2 instead. I really should have gotten GT5 back then.

I'll be putting in some serious time trying to learn the lines and the overall physics of the game and what not. I'd say if you are like me and have just picked up racing games, or even just picked up GT5. I would try to spend some time with the challenges, or at least play some GT5.
 
Been wondering and I probably know the answer to this but, more input is better, how long would it take roughly for me to get on a good enough level with a wheel - Like say, as good as I am with a pad. Month of practice perhaps ? Even though I have no hope of making it far once the real competition starts, and even if I did it would be impractical for me to go through with it, I'd still want to put my best laps forward.
 
ugabugaz
Been wondering and I probably know the answer to this but, more input is better, how long would it take roughly for me to get on a good enough level with a wheel - Like say, as good as I am with a pad. Month of practice perhaps ? Even though I have no hope of making it far once the real competition starts, and even if I did it would be impractical for me to go through with it, I'd still want to put my best laps forward.
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I played GT 1-3 with a pad (never played GT4), and nearly completed GT5 before I finally got my G27. I would say that it took me 2-4 weeks to get as good with the wheel as I was with the DS3, but that's going to vary widely, depending on how good you are with the DS3 (and I've seen your times, you're pretty good with it) and how much you rely on the few advantages the DS3 offers. Some people might actually be worse with a wheel if they rely too much on the rapid lock-to-lock movements you can do with a DS3.

My feeling is that the wheel is only a very slight advantage thanks to the "road feel" you get, and that advantage takes a while to master. If you've gotten really good with the DS3 (or real cars), it's going to feel very wrong at first, especially straightaways and transitions from left to right or vice-versa since every wheel I've used has a weird dead zone in the middle. After a few weeks you don't even notice it, but at first it can really throw you off.
 
ugabugaz
Been wondering and I probably know the answer to this but, more input is better, how long would it take roughly for me to get on a good enough level with a wheel - Like say, as good as I am with a pad. Month of practice perhaps ? Even though I have no hope of making it far once the real competition starts, and even if I did it would be impractical for me to go through with it, I'd still want to put my best laps forward.
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You should be comfortable enough with a wheel after a few days to run competitive times with your DS3. On a wheel it's going to feel like your using more throttle and steering input but that just goes with the realism of using a wheel. I highly recommend it if you want to improve your times beyond what your capable of with the DS3
 
It took me ages to get used to a wheel, all of 5p basically, but I'm lazy too. I honestly think the best advice is to turn all aids off except abs and run some fast arcade cars, like a mac f1 or something, grab the bull by the horns and don't look back.
 

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