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GTP WTAC Week 20 : Channeling our inner-'Wagon Queen Family Truckster'
*** The 'Wagon Queen Family Truckster' (click here for photo) wasn't a real vehicle, but was an early 80's caricature of the much maligned station wagon. It was featured prominently in the movie 'National Lampoon's Vacation' that saw a release in 1983. By this time, station wagons were already a dying breed in North America. It was the kind of car that kids would hope and pray that they wouldn't have to drive when they got their driver's license. While the title of 'Most Uncool Car' in North America was eventually taken from the station wagon by the 90's minivan, it still has a bit of a stigma with anyone born before 1985. To see one around here nowadays is the ultimate rare find - though I did see a Dodge Charger wagon at a gas station about a month ago. My son was perplexed by the shape and though it looked 'weird'. It goes without saying that he was born in 1995. For this challenge, I chose two slightly different contemporary models, a 2001 Audi RS 4 and a 2002 Toyota CALDINA GT-FOUR. Both are fairly high-performance 4WD vehicles that don't really share anything, other than the general shape, in common with the station wagon's sullied reputation. That means no fake wood-grain paneling anywhere sight (though a real 'woody' would be sweet!). ***
1. Track : Seattle (reverse)
2. Cars : Audi RS 4 '01 & Toyota CALDINA GT-FOUR '02
IMPORTANT ! This is a combined times challenge: you'll need to run both cars; rankings will be made based on your combined times.
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3. Cars specifics:
- Transmission: either
- Tires: S2 / S2
- TCS : at your disposal
- ASM : off
- Active Steering : off
- Driving Physics : Professional
All in-game quick-tune options are at your disposal (Press Triangle when selecting your car to add the car to your favorites and tinker with any available settings).
Hybrid cars, the use of CFW tuning or any other way of cheating (such as the Action Replay for PSP) is forbidden...
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4. Duration of the challenges : this challenge will start Monday Sept. 27th 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday Oct. 4th 3:59 pm GMT+2 (one week !)
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5. Time submission :
You'll have to post your Ghost Replay Data + Photo before Monday Oct. 4th 3:59 pm GMT+2. If you miss the deadline, your laptimes won't be in the website.
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6. Rules :
You'll have to follow the Host and Compete in a GT Planet Time Attack Challenge (GTPTAC) You'll have to follow the Host and Compete in a GT Planet Time Attack Challenge (GTPTAC) ! Just to remind you :
Clean or Dirty lap :
- Colliding with or using walls, fences, cones or other obstacle is forbidden. All times submitted must be 100% wall free.
- Two wheels (except when airborne, where the vertical projection of the car onto the track counts) must be in contact with the tarmac which does not include all green/grassed/sanded/graveled areas.
Rumble/ripple strips :
- having two wheels/tires on a corner's inside rumble strips and two off track is considered unclean
- having two wheels/tires on a corner's outside rumble strips and two off track is considered clean.
- NO SPARKS!
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7. LeaderBoards
The leaderboards will be on the website
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8. Current session points leaders:
Place - Competitor - Points
1st #l-llLion-Face###.l8
2nd #-l Sylar ######l7
3rd #l- lDan360 ####ll6
4th #l- lDetroitbb ###l5
5th #l-l sausages###.l4
6th #l-l Fuchur#####l3
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!!! I was wondering if we should or not have a challenge with the Audi RS and here it is !!! I was starting to think about it when you already have it all planned !!! Yay !!!
