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GTP WTAC Week 30 : A Tribute To John DeLorean
*** January 6th, 1925 saw the birth of John Zachary DeLorean in Detroit to immigrant parents who worked in the local auto industry. He was accepted into the prestigious Detroit Cass Technical High School (aka 'Cass Tech') and later was given a scholarship to Lawrence Tech where he earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering. Furthermore, he completed his M.B.A at the University Of Michigan's noted Ross School Of Business in 1957. He is credited with many automotive patents while at Packard and General Motors and was widely seen as an engineering genius. The first car for this competition is the first car that was attributed to John DeLorean and the one he was most proud of - the 1964 Pontiac Tempest Le Mans GTO. This vehicle is widely accepted as the world's very first 'muscle car'. DeLorean was chief engineer for Pontiac at the time and was given the opportunity to make his vision a reality. The GTO was based on the Tempest and the LeMans was a trim upgrade of the stock Tempest. The GTO was the top-of-the-line option package (there were actually two GTO versions available in 1964). The $300 GTO package came with a large 389 cubic-inch V8 outputting either 325 or 335 HP (estimated), depending on the exact version ordered. GM had estimated that 5,000 GTO's would be purchased that first year and, if that sales number didn't happen, DeLorean would be punished for the failure. He didn't have to worry as GM received orders for 32,000 GTOs in 1964. He was then promptly promoted to run the whole Pontiac division at the tender age of 40. 1964's release of the GTO made history: the 'muscle car' era was born and this was it's first baby. The other DeLorean car is the iconic DeLorean DMC-12. The exact version in Gran Turismo is the slightly upgraded and tuned DMC DeLorean S2. John DeLorean left GM in 1973 and took two years until he was able to officially start his own auto-manufacturer, De Lorean Motor Company (yes, with a space between 'De' and 'Lorean'). This car is generally called a 'DeLorean' and not it's more accurate, DMC-12. It featured a stunning Giorgetto Giugiaro (of Italdesign) stainless steel body, very striking gull-wing doors, Lotus chassis work, and a V6 engine made by Renault. Production only lasted one full year and roughly 9,000 models were made. Of those, about 6,500 still survive to this day. The DMC-12 was most famous for starring the 1985 movie, 'Back To The Future' ("1.21 Gigawats!!!"). John Z. DeLorean passed away in 2005 at the age of 80 in a New Jersey hospital and was finally laid to rest in a Detroit suburb (Troy, Michigan) with full military honors (he served in WWII). ***
1. Track : Infineon Raceway (Sports Car Course)
2. Cars : Pontiac Tempest Le Mans GTO 64 & DMC DeLorean S2 04
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 Dec. 6th 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday Dec. 13th 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 Dec. 13th 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-l PiTch_######.lll29
2nd #-l easyasashii####l28###(tied for 2nd)
2nd #- lDan360#####lll..28#
4th #l-llSylar#######ll..24###(tied for 4th)
4th #l-l Detroitbb ####.ll24#
6th #l-l red ice#######l16
7th #l-l Lion-Face#####..8
8th #l-l Jochemvanberkel#l6
9th #l-l pvr77########.l4
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