GTPlanet's Gran Turismo 3 Time Trial Contest Thread

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As you may have just read, GT3 celebrated an important 15 year milestone today. On July 20, 2001, the game became available in Europe following earlier roll-outs in North America and Japan. To celebrate, we're holding a little contest, with two prizes up for grabs.

For GTPlanet members with GT3, your challenge is as follows:
  • Head over to the Time Trials in Arcade Mode, and select No. 6 (Castrol Supra GT @ Apricot Hill).
  • Try to get your fastest time possible. There are no limits on the number of attempts.
  • Once you're satisfied, make sure at least the top original developer time is still visible (Y.Yasuhara, 1'17.447), and snap a picture of the Records board. It can be either at the pre-race menu, or the separate screen shown below.
  • Once you've got it, post the image in this thread.
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Members without GT3, have no fear! You can still win:
  • See that image above? Post your best guess for my final time.
  • The member closest without going under (faster) will have their choice of the same prize options as the racers.
  • As you can see above, I've managed to beat the top time set by the team, but that's the only hint you'll receive.
  • You only get one guess, so make it count!
The deadline for submissions, of both the lap time and guessing variety, is August 1. Good luck!

Fine Print:
We reserve the right to disqualify a time if we believe it was achieved via unnatural methods (hacking, emulating, etc). This is for fun, folks: let's all play nice!

Lap Time Leaderboard (27)

1'13.392 - @GNR1987
1'13.799 - @Alex p.
1'13.836 - @Nicktune
1'13.848 - @girabyt3
1'13.942 - @t3hgt3ftw1n
1'13.911 - @FerrariF1GT
1'14.377 - @shadowtsunami
1'14.392 - @SVX
1'14.408 - @Doodle
1'14.915 - @Rebellion765
1'14.962 - @MadMax
1'15.218 - @Kaisermatt
1'15.230 - @Suzumiya
1'15.521 - @williams_v_r
1'15.540 - @nowcontrol
1'15.746 - @RisingStar
1'16.000 - @MrGrado
1'16.240 - @ThrasherDBS
1'16.264 - @NoGoodNames
1'16.424 - @daan
1'16.487 - @JakeMR2
1'16.638 - @Lunar MechaG
1'16.902 - @wvmgmidget
1'16.994 - @SynwithaY
1'17.220 - @RACECAR
1'17.233 - @trevor24
1'18.154 - @Pug racing

Guesses At Slip's Final Time (23)

1'14.224 - @nick_gtfan
1'14.308 - @Casey
1'14.583 - @GTvsForza
1'14.726 - @MidnightRun85
1'14.777 - @MOPARbarrett5
1'14.857 - @EncounterGTR
1'14.864 - @JASON_ROCKS1998
1'15.050 - @GTRacer22
1'15.203 - @TeamCZRRacing
1'15.271 - @ToyGTone
1'15.320 - @JKRACING23
1'15.442 - @Mike458
1'15.572 - @dylanlikes88
1'15.602 - @optiongamers
1'15.816 - @LotusTeam
1'16.000 - @sar593
1'16.100 - @VeilSide FD3s
1'16.256 - @littleregret265
1'16.500 - @citroengt1
1'16.772 - @Mirt09
1'16.869 - @SAMHAIN85
1'17.105 - @AJHG1000
1'17.446 - @Die_Birdy_Die

Update History
07.20.16 - Thread created.
07.25.16 - Gold time thoroughly demolished by a few folks. 19 people so far!
07.26.16 - Added guesses to OP to keep track.
07.31.16 - Less than a day left, and people have slipped into the 1'13's! Counts: 24/23.
 
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Good thing that i have Gran Turismo 3 but the problem is that my cousins PS2 for some reason won't run any discs. It was working fine couple months ago, that and my controller's left stick is broken. Sadly my PS3 isn't PS2 backwards compatibility.
 
ugh...turns out the PS2's "spindle motor" doesn't want to turn therefore the disc doesn't spins. Well it could been a great chance to participate in a GTPlanet event but i guess i was out of luck.

I guess i could say good luck everyone!
 
ToyGTone
ugh...turns out the PS2's "spindle motor" doesn't want to turn therefore the disc doesn't spins. Well it could been a great chance to participate in a GTPlanet event but i guess i was out of luck.

I guess i could say good luck everyone!
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You can still guess at my time. Same prize as those taking part in the racing. 👍
 
Got my first official time in, recording now. Are we allowed to keep updating our times if we beat them?
 
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Got my first official time in, recording now. Are we allowed to keep updating our times if we beat them?
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"There are no limits on the number of attempts."

Yep, you can keep updating. I'm hoping it breeds some level of (friendly) competition. :D
 
I never played GT3. Don't have a GT3.

So I'm a guess 1:15.572
 
I just got my ps2 modded for USB (my disk drive is faulty:() and the first game i used was GT3
This is the perfect chance to try it out!
 
@SlipZtrEm how are you going to verify the legitimacy of the times? It's possible to run the game on an emulator or even GameShark type of cheats to increase speed and manipulate the time.

I'm definitely in. The prize is too great to miss out.
 
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Ah, why not! I do recall winning gold on a few of these last Spring. Hopefully, it was the Supra at Apricot.
 
My question is, can you actually turn the ASM and TCS off in the time trial? The ASM is screwing with my run so badly...
 

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