GT Academy 2015 "Prelude To A Dream" Time Trial Series

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GTP_CargoRatt

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In preparation for the 2015 GT Academy, I will be creating various weekly time trial combos here for those who wish to get their competitive juices flowing or just want to get some practice in and see how they rank amongst other competitors'. This of course is nothing official but the rules for the leaderboard are expected to be followed, otherwise you are only hurting yourself. The rules for each combo are pretty simple and straight forward:
1. Mode: Arcade Mode > Single Player > Time Trial
2. Grip Reduction on Track Edge: Real
3. Only ABS 1 is allowed, no other aids should be used.
4. All cars will be completely stock, including tires and NO OIL CHANGE unless otherwise stated. Brake balance is to be kept at the stock setting of 5/5 also.
5. Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited
6. No corner cutting. Track boundaries will be specified for each combo.

That pretty much covers the rules part. Just post your times here and I'll update the leaderboard. Again, this is just for fun and to get some practice in before the real deal starts. Hopefully we'll get some past Academy finalists to stop by to compete and offer their tips and knowledge as per each combo. I will be posting the first combo shortly. If anyone has any suggestions for a combo, let me know. My intentions are to only use Nissan FR cars since ultimately that's what will likely be used in the final Academy event. If you guys would like to use other drivetrains, I will be more than happy to create a combo with the suggested drivetrain. My way of thinking here is to just stick with FR and get used to that drivetrain at various BHP levels since based on past Academy's, that's the drivetrain used for the finals. Again though, I am open for suggestions along the way. So, that pretty much sums up this funfest :lol:, if anyone has any questions/suggestions, please don't hesitate to ask. First combo is on the way shortly. Let the fun begin. :cheers:

***New details about these events***

Hey guys, I have put some more thoughts into this series, and here is what I have come up with. Including this event, there will be 5 weekly time trials with a 6th and final, winner take all event...6 events total. To be eligible to compete in the 6th event, you must participate and place 10th place or better in each of the first 5 events. The 6th event will be the final, winner take all event. Car and track has already been decided upon but I will not be releasing that information until that event starts. I will be awarding a prize to the winner of the final round which I will ship to wherever the winner lives. The prize will be a yet to be designed, custom made wall clock to commemorate the winners accomplishment in this series. It is for this reason that I will be asking for a replay from the winner of that final event. The replay will be closely analyzed as I have the ability to dissect the replay data and look for any and all signs of cheating, the same way I did in a few online Seasonals a while back where I was able to tell a few certain individuals were indeed cheating. I just wanted to put that out there so everyone can pretty much rest easy knowing that there will be absolutely no cheating tolerated in that final round. As for the first 5 events, I am going to continue to rely on the good members of this great community to continue to keep things honest here and not resort to cheating as I simply don't have the time to go through and check everyone's replay data against cheating. However, if I do see a time that does look suspicious, I will have no problem in asking for a replay from that person so that I can analyze it. If that person refuses to hand over a replay, they will be disqualified from participating any further. The same will hold true for the winner of the final event. If they refuse to submit a replay, they will be disqualified and the win will go to the second place person, barring they submit a clean replay. I'm just trying to keep interest up here with this and also include the winner with a little prize. If there are any questions/concerns, please don't hesitate to ask. I will be starting the design for the clock tomorrow and when its finished, I will include a photo of it in the OP.

Thanks again to everyone participating so far and look forward to keeping this a fun, fair, and enjoyable learning experience for all. :cheers:

EDIT: My participation and lap times here will not effect anyone as I will simply skip over myself when it comes to who finishes in the top 10 of each event. If I get in the way, just pretend like I'm not even there. :lol:
 
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GT Academy 2015 "A Prelude To A Dream" Time Trial #1

Nissan Fairlady 2000 (SR311) '68 @ Silverstone National Circuit
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1. Mode: Arcade Mode > Single Player > Time Trial
2. Grip Reduction on Track Edge: Real
3. Only ABS 1 is allowed, no other aids should be used.
4. All cars will be completely stock, including tires and NO OIL CHANGE unless otherwise stated. Brake balance is to be kept at the stock setting of 5/5 also.
5. Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited
6. No corner cutting. Red and White rumbles are track.

Period of Availability 2/20 - 2/27 (Closes at Midnight Friday 2/27 EST. U.S.) Please convert to your local time zone.


LEADERBOARD

1)Giorgio_57 1'12.621
2)mcsqueegy 1;12.697
3)Saidur_Ali 1'12.711
4)RacingLine 1'12.760
5)erazer13 1'12.781
6)favres21 1'12.785
7) gt_adam_us 1'12.787
8)Growling 1'12.794
9)trevor24 1'12.845
10)Ed_Night 1'12.858
11)Spurgy 777 1'12.865
12)LoCoArMeN 12'866
13)mistersafeway 1'12.875
14)RyanRacer 1'13.000
15)fedelobster 1'13.021
16)Ettick 1'13.024
17)Ramalhinho91 1'13.045
18)GREASY SAM 1'13.102
19)krallan 1'13.120
20)mustafur 1'13.165
21)GTP_CargoRatt 1'13.274
22)SGT Serb 1'13.304
23)True-blue-8 1'13.308
24)numbnuts70 1'13.336
25)psychoazubi 1'13.363
26)ODB 1'13.383
26)Danimal780 1'13.386
28)nowayback 1'13.404
29)RuddRacer 1'13.420
30)lars toft 1'13.845
31)Jimlaad43 1'13.875
32)Eggstor 1'14.255
33)BuRuRu 1'13.638
34)dahcmai 1'15.550
35)Goetz 1'16.002
36)Brewguy44 1'16.400


TOP 10 TO ROUND 2

1)Giorgio_57 1'12.621
2)mcsqueegy 1;12.697
3)Saidur_Ali 1'12.711
4)RacingLine 1'12.760
5)erazer13 1'12.781
6)favres21 1'12.785
7)gt_adam_us 1'12.787
8)Growling 1'12.794
9)trevor24 1'12.845
10)Ed_Night 1'12.858



GT Academy 2015 "A Prelude To A Dream" Time Trial #2

Nissan 300ZX 2by2 (Z32) '98 @ Fuji Speedway "F"
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1. Mode: Arcade Mode > Single Player > Time Trial
2. Grip Reduction on Track Edge: Real
3. Only ABS 1 is allowed, no other aids should be used.
4. All cars will be completely stock, including tires and NO OIL CHANGE unless otherwise stated. Brake balance is to be kept at the stock setting of 5/5 also.
5. Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited
6. No corner cutting. Red and White rumbles are track.Period of Availability 2/28 - 3/6 (Closes at Midnight Friday 3/6 EST. U.S.) Please convert to your local time zone.


LEADERBOARD

1)Giorgio_57 2'03.638
2)favres21 2'03.787
3)erazer13 2'03.967
4)te? 2'04.178
5)Ed_Night 2'04.269
6)GREASY SAM 2'04.466
7)Growling 2'04.504
8)RacingLine 2'04.562
9)gt_adam_us 2'04.572
10)fedelobster 2'04.651
11)drspeedy 2'04.940
12)gt_adam_us 2'05.003
13)glenn88 2'05.016
14)SGT Serb 2'05.017
15)RuddRacer 2'05.211
16)Ramalhinho91 2'05.415
17)littleregret265 2'05.466
18)Danimal780 2'05.515
19)bslate3 2'05.613
20)swsc73 2'05.708
21)GTP_CargoRatt 2'06.089
22)trevor24 2'07.073
23)Goetz 2'10.417


Members who now move on to round 3

Giorgio_57
favres21
erazer13
Ed_Night
Growling
RacingLine
gt_adam_us





GT Academy 2015 "A Prelude To A Dream" Time Trial #3

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Nissan Fairlady Z (Z34) '08
Brands Hatch Grand Prix (NOT THE '80's ONE)



1. Mode: Arcade Mode > Single Player > Time Trial
2. Grip Reduction on Track Edge: Real
3. Only ABS 1 is allowed, no other aids should be used.
4. Use of the Handbrake is Prohibited
5. No corner cutting. Red and White rumbles are track.
6. Car must be stock, including the tires it came with when bought.
7. Default brake balance must remain at its default 5/5 value.
8. No Oil Change



Period of Availability
3/7/2015 - 3/13/2015 Event closes at midnight EST. U.S.


Leaderboard

1)RacingLine 1'38.798
2)Ed_Night 1'38.852
3)Growling 1'38.932
4)RyanRacer 1'39.104
5)LoCoArMeN 1'39.294
6)SGT Serb 1'39.394
7)drspeedy 1'39.432
8)gt_adam_us 1'39.447
9)fedelobster 1'39.894





 
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Hehehe, great idea, the lack of ambition on TT's we get from PD is just astonishing :dopey: at least I have to give this a few laps, seems really interesting combo :cheers:

EDIT: nothing too impressive but managed 1.13.804 on short stint, fun combo!
 
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Just did 10 laps and best time is 1:16.400 with a DS3. I like it and it will get me to try different cars I normally wouldn't drive. It's a fun little car 👍 :D :cheers:
 
mcsqueegy
Gave this 10 laps and ran a 1'12.933, seemed to find a fast line quickly around here 👍

This year will be my first proper go at GTA so as you can imagine, I'm looking forward to it! :D
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Great lap :bowdown: and thanks for your participation. 👍 I was hoping to get some aliens like yourself to participate and post some times here for the rest of us lesser skilled drivers to shoot for. It is a real honor to have you guys stop by and post your times. :bowdown: Yours, as well as other aliens, participation is greatly appreciated. :cheers:

Best of luck to you in fulfilling your GT Academy goals this year, I'm sure you'll do well and as a fellow WRS competitor, I will be rooting for you every step of the way. 👍

Also, I agree that combo is pretty easy to quickly set a good time on, but there is a method to my madness. :sly: I hope to try and make them progressively harder as time goes by. I'm by no means an expert at preparing time trial combos, but hopefully I can pull it off and keep things interesting. :nervous: Again, best of luck to you on your Academy journey. :cheers:
 
Great idea! I wanted to suggest:

-a dirt rally event with the 370z on road tires
-the electric nissan on a kart track
-something similar to the nissan juke on a go kart track
-an open wheeler single seater around silverstone. Possibly detuned senna or something.
-nissan micra on an oval

since those are some of the challenges in past race camps.
 
mark wolf
Great idea! I wanted to suggest:

-a dirt rally event with the 370z on road tires
-the electric nissan on a kart track
-something similar to the nissan juke on a go kart track
-an open wheeler single seater around silverstone. Possibly detuned senna or something.
-nissan micra on an oval

since those are some of the challenges in past race camps.
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Great ideas. 👍 I'll look into at least one of your suggestions for a future combo. :cheers:

Also, I just wanted to say that if anyone has any tips for this specific combo, please feel free to share. 👍 Also, posting of videos is also encouraged to help out anyone having trouble improving their times. Not only is this a friendly competition, but I also consider it a learning aid to help out the lesser skilled drivers to learn proper driving techniques and improve their skill set also. Whatever we can do to help out each other to have a successful Academy experience is encouraged. 👍 Thanks again to all who have participated so far, its greatly appreciated. :cheers:
 
GTP_CargoRatt
Don't feel bad mate, I went for another 30 lap stint this morning and couldn't better my time either. :indiff: Don't give up though....just take a break and come back at it later with a refreshed, positive attitude. 👍 :cheers:
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Heh, we should have some way to see some of those replays from top guys, just to get some sort of view where we are losing all that time... But yeah, I guess in the perfect world PD would provide us with event generator... I mean how damn hard can it be :lol: naah, really nice challenge thought and definitely something different for a while, these 600pp TT's are getting bit boring I have to admit, so thank for this Mitch, keeping things alive and interesting :cheers:
 
ODB
Heh, we should have some way to see some of those replays from top guys, just to get some sort of view where we are losing all that time... But yeah, I guess in the perfect world PD would provide us with event generator... I mean how damn hard can it be :lol: naah, really nice challenge thought and definitely something different for a while, these 600pp TT's are getting bit boring I have to admit, so thank for this Mitch, keeping things alive and interesting :cheers:
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Yea, I agree with you there about the event generator. Although not required, hopefully one of the guys with a top lap will share a video showing us how its done. :) I just went for another 50 lap stint myself and although I didn't improve my overall lap time, I can see where I'm losing a good bit of time. Just have to keep at it I guess until something magical happens. :lol: Thanks for the kind words ODB and yea, something a bit different from the regular TT's.
 
GTP_CargoRatt
hopefully one of the guys with a top lap will share a video showing us how its done
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Heh yeah, also in the perfect world we would have some software to make those replays... :rolleyes: :lol: heheh

Write me up to 1.13.712 guess I have to find a way to get more exit speed, seems like the key for this (and almost any other :lol:) event :cheers:
 
Eggstor
What about ABS0? :lol:

I'm far too old and slow for this at 1'14.255
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Ah, your never too slow, or too old. 👍 You're doing just fine and I'm sure further improvement is in your future. 👍 :cheers: Thanks for participating Steve. :)

@ODB More exit speed.....that's the same thing my girlfriend tells me I need also. :eek: :lol:
 
Just got a 1:13.165 Very difficult to not go wide though, the key I reckon is just nailing the brake and turning it in around the same time then let the car rev it out till its about to bounce of rev limiter before changing gear.

There is probably a few tenths I could of gotten on the last 2 corners.
 

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