Stock A-Spec Seasonal #34 - (400PP Clubman, 550PP Turbo, 600PP RC - 10/22 to 11/19)

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This is a thread series for the seasonal time trials that focuses on completing the challenges (i.e. beating the gold target times) with stock versions of the cars. This means that instead of maximizing your PP with upgrades and focusing on getting the fastest laps on the in-game leaderboard, you are attempting to complete the challenges with the bare minimum amount of 'car' and money-spent as is possible.

With the new more open ended format means that part of the challenge will be finding a stock car that has the lowest PP or lowest price depending on your view. It is also difficult to predict which types of tires a car will come with before purchasing.

Warning: Some of these challenges are getting to be extreme and should be approached with caution! :banghead:


In order to participate your car must be stock.

1) A stock car is essentially any car as it is when purchased from the dealership or won as a prize: it will have had no modifications, added parts, or adjustments done that affect how the car performs.
2) No oil changes are permitted: if you have had an oil change you must wait until the effects of the HP boost have been removed by driving over 300 km.
3) You must use the original tire type that came with the car, unless dirt or snow tires are required.
4) No changes to any “Car Settings” are permitted: they must ALL be left at their default values. [Note: cars that come with Fully Customizable Suspension that were purchased or won prior to patch 1.11 must have the suspension settings restored to default in order to be updated with the new stock suspension settings.]
5) No SRF or ASM is permitted: other “Driver Assists” are permitted.


Basically, the ONLY changes you may make to a car include: painting the car and changing a car’s racing number. Any other changes means your car is not stock.


Stock A-Spec Seasonals #34:

400PP Beginner Level Clubman Cup: Tsukuba Circuit - 400 PP - SH
Intermediate Level Race of Turbo Sports: Deep Forest - 550 PP - SS
Expert Level Race Car Challenge: Eifel CM - 600 PP - Intermediate*

*Intermediate Wet racing tires must be used throughout the race.




The Stock Seasonal Spreadsheet:
A few members have begun a leaderboard of sorts where individuals will be able to input their info into a public document. This is not so much a competition as a way to compare all sorts of data. At this point the data that is recorded for entries is as follows:

PP - Best Lap - Total Time - Car - Tires - Drive - Power - Weight - Rabbit - Rabbit Total Time

Link to the GTP Stock Seasonal Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDEW2OWUxHfq9PTR4G4-HKXl3veLfq0sXhvwiPYMUGw/

Notes about the Spreadsheet:
Tabs will generally be ordered with the newest seasonal events at the left.
Gold times are ordered based first on PP (lowest PP at the top), and then total time.
Bronze and Silver times are ordered based solely on total time (fastest time at the top): these entries will be grayed out.
If you are comfortable with entering your info please do so.
Only create one entry per car for your best total time for that car.
To add an empty line: right click (PC) on a gray row number box and select add a row above or below.
If you make a mistake or change something you did not mean to change hit undo once or a few times.
 
I was kind of shocked when I saw an AI car you are about to pass referred to as "your victim" in the beginner event description. How unsportsmanlike of PD! :eek:

I am suggesting that people use Intermediate Wet Tires for the expert event so everyone and their cars are on equal footing/wheels. I used them for the whole race and with only a single pit stop I was easily able to win with a 597PP car, so other lesser cars should be able to run this race.


My results so far with a wheel and an automatic transmission:

400PP at Tsukuba:
373PP
- 1:12.039 - 7:39.516 - Toyota 2000GT '67 - CS - FR - 153hp - 1120kg - MR-S V Edition (GMT) '02 - 7:40.017

550PP Turbo at Deep Forest:
486PP
- 1:23.895 - 6:06.761 - Shelby Series One Super Charged '03 - SH - FR - 319hp - 1202kg - CTR2 '96 - 6:08.200

600PP RC at Eifel CM:
597PP
- 2:20.137 - 26:15.507 - Nissan GT-R GT500 Stealth Model - IM - FR - 545hp - 1050kg - YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R - 26:45.529
 
400PP at Tsukuba:
338PP
- 1:14.382 - 7:53.349 - Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale '63 - CS - FR - 112hp - 950kg - Clio RS 2.0 16V '02 - 7:53.954

The trusty Alfa got the job done no problem. Seemed like overkill really. The Clio was hot on my tail for the last couple of laps but never showed any real sign of having a go.

550PP Turbo at Deep Forest:
482PP
- 1:26.831 - 6:17.428 - Lotus Esprit V8 '02 - SH - MR - 353hp - 1380kg - CTR2 '98 - 6:18.416

Usually go for the 350 Sport version but I thought I'd try this for change. Not driven it before and it looked very fetching in metallic blue. Lovely and slidey. The AI are pretty good here. Had a very nice battle with an F40.

600PP RC at Eifel CM:
599PP
- 2:26.058 - 26:37.597- Alpine VGT Race Mode - IM - MR - 443hp - 900kg - YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R - 26:37.743

Second attempt and pretty messy too. Spun it into the wall once and got two penalties. I tried explaining to the stewards that if you go off track you're meant to let other cars pass before rejoining rather than just drive into them, but they weren't having it. One stop for a fresh set of inters and the recommended fuel (which only just got me to the line). It's nice to have a race that isn't a mad dash.

I was kind of shocked when I saw an AI car you are about to pass referred to as "your victim" in the beginner event description. How unsportsmanlike of PD! :eek:

Victim? Persecutor more like.
 
Used the Alpine VGT Racer starting on inters and hanging in till lap 7 but I pitted for RH for the last 3 laps, romping to a race time of 26m00.250
my best on RH rubber in the dry was only 2m22.489 that GT-R Stealth must be a rocketship!

Second was the GT-R Yellowhat of Gibson 26m24.513.

Enjoyed this so will repeat... on inter rubber... to get thread approved times!
 
Sorry for not doing the proper post protocol at this point.

Used a Puegeot 106 Rallye '03 at 348 PP for the win at Tsukaba. Great car.

Used a well worn in, or out, Toyota TS030 at 591 PP for the expert event. I super enjoyed this race. No map, flying blind, crazy… uh, everything. Took three tries and I highly enjoyed it.
 
@Ryk : I probably just drafted a lot on that lap; Maybe FR cars work better on wet SRF tracks? I'll check my replay later to see what happened or if I wrote the time down right.
 
550PP Turbo at Deep Forest:
466PP
- 1:27.895 - 6:18.521 - Mazda RX-7 Spirit Type A (FD) '02 - SH - FR - 292hp - 1270g - GTO '84 - 6:19.156

Getting a bit trickier now. Had a few goes and the X-bow was always my nemesis. Had an uncanny knack for suddenly filling the gap I was going for. I breathed a sigh of relief when I eventually got past him cleanly.


The Alfa '63 has got to be a serious sleeper. In P1 on 4th lap and never had to defend or anything. Clean race. Cool car.

It's long been my "go to" stock car under 400PP or even 450PP. It's got a good P/W ratio, nice high-reving engine and 5-speed box with good ratios, plus it looks smart in its Bertone 60s sci-fi suit. Glad you like it too. The Rallye 106 has become a favourite of mine recently as well.
 
Ryk
Used the Alpine VGT Racer starting on inters and hanging in till lap 7 but I pitted for RH for the last 3 laps, romping to a race time of 26m00.250
my best on RH rubber in the dry was only 2m22.489 that GT-R Stealth must be a rocketship!

Second was the GT-R Yellowhat of Gibson 26m24.513.

Enjoyed this so will repeat... on inter rubber... to get thread approved times!
Ryk
Used the Alpine VGT Racer starting on inters and hanging in till lap 7 but I pitted for RH for the last 3 laps, romping to a race time of 26m00.250
my best on RH rubber in the dry was only 2m22.489 that GT-R Stealth must be a rocketship!

Second was the GT-R Yellowhat of Gibson 26m24.513.

Enjoyed this so will repeat... on inter rubber... to get thread approved times!
Hi there I am new here I did it with the Toyota TS0 my tine was 25:41 is that a good time? not sure I have bad hands they swell up for no reason, as I have a thing called RSD which affects my hands and causes them to swell and be very sore for no reason.
 
550PP Turbo at Deep Forest:
493PP
- ??? - 6:20.754 - RUF BTR '86 - SH - RR - 369hp - 1180g - GT-R Spec V '09 - 6:21.500

526PP - ??? - 6:10.764 - RUF CTR Yellow Bird '87 - SH - RR - 462hp - 1150g - GT-R Spec V '09 - 6:11.764

537PP - ??? - 6:08.908 - RUF CTR2 '96 - SH - 4WD - 513hp - 1380g - CTR2 '96 - 6:09.880

:D
 
Hi there I am new here I did it with the Toyota TS0 my tine was 25:41 is that a good time? not sure I have bad hands they swell up for no reason, as I have a thing called RSD which affects my hands and causes them to swell and be very sore for no reason.

Not used that car myself but I Gained nearly a minute on my first and second race times just down to not spinning off the track. And Even my 26 minute race, I left a lot of time on the track, but it sounds like a great time.

hope your hands hold up.
 
Used a Puegeot 106 Rallye '03 at 348 PP for the win at Tsukaba. Great car.

I used the same car and while it handled very nicely I had hard time catching up to Renault Sport Clio. I was catching up in turns but in any kind of straight it left me in the dust till 6th and final lap. Had to drive a little dirty and keep blocking it between the turns to stay in lead. I was bit surprised because last time I used it I felt it was too easy to win with that car!
 
Tsukuba - I cleared this in an Fairlady 240ZG - Enjoyable but pretty easy. SO I looked at my eligible car list... yuck, None have mpore than 50 miles...

So why not take a punt on a Big 3 litre 4 wheel drive car and Comfort tyres?

Mitsubishi GTO SR '95 == 398PP 221bhp 28 torques 1610kg 4WD CS
Such a handsome looking car

400PP at Tsukuba:
398PP - 1m12.031 - 7m36.411- Mitsubishi GTO SR '95 - CS - 4WD - 221hp - 1610kg -206 RC '03 R.Lassila -(7m37.398 (+00.987s) -

Have to say I was going pretty carefully early on expecting the car to be a dog, but it ain't all that bad, the weight gives the tyres more grip out of corners than I expected, Cornering isn't great due to the very same weight,but I tried not to kill the tyres or do any close quarter combat stuff, always a clean pass mostly on the outside of corners

The win took me to 49,529,565 kazulas...so that got me thinking... what is the most expensive car that is elegible for these races?

160,000 for the 2000GT '67...

Only 10 cars cost more than 100,000 under 400pp....

Biposto Bertone BAT 1 '52 (3.500,000)
Schwimmenwagon '42 (625,000)
Hudson '48 (500,000) (Race Car)
Skyline Sport Coupe '62 (320,000)
S800 RSC (250,000) (Race car)
Kubelwagen '44 (245,000)
2000GT '67 (160,000)
Bluebird Rallycar 510 '69 (125,000)
Guilia SPrint GTA 1600 '65 (113,010)
Corvette Convertable '54 (100,000)

The Two German Wehmacht Army cars are out, The 2000Gt and the Alfa look like shoe in victories, as does the Bill Paxton Corvette. (True Lies - Film)

Let's try the... Abarth... No power figues in the showroom... Is the car dealership trying to sell it on its ... unique, looks?

1.5 litre fiat with 73bhpon the blurb... I am not hopeful!

CS tyres - Traction Control and ABS... really? Those can get removed!

Abarth B.A.T.1 '52 300PP - 73bhp 10Torques - 870kg FR CS

1m19.921 8m22.757 (4th place ) - (8m17.019 206 RC R.Lassila)

May have to try the old Chunky Skyline Sports Coupe - 320,000 kazula... what a bargain!
 
Ryk
Not used that car myself but I Gained nearly a minute on my first and second race times just down to not spinning off the track. And Even my 26 minute race, I left a lot of time on the track, but it sounds like a great time.

hope your hands hold up.
Thanks Ryk, I can only play so often because of the hands, but, I do love to try.
 
@Ryk : Yep. I checked my replay and I ran my fastest lap with the GTR Stealth on my very first lap while drafting and passing the AI cars. The AI was just perfect in the turn before the final stretch making for a good speed boost. I was several seconds slower in other laps where I was all alone. ;)
 
The 466 PP Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A is way too good. Must be one of, if not the best balanced cars in the game.

12 hr edit: ran the 466 PP Mazda RX-7 again with a total time of 6:12.605 with the GT-R Black Edition at 6:13.425
 
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550PP Turbo at Deep Forest:
462PP
- 1:26.780 - 6:18.101 - Mazda RX-7 Type R Bathurst R (FD) '01 - SH - FR - 289hp - 1260g - GT-R Black edition '12 - 6:18.666

Still not too hard so maybe a lesser RX-7 might do the trick.
 
I bought all the RX-7s this morning but I'm stuck in a pig they call the Supra RZ '97. Practically a terrible car. And it's a 471 PP car… weak.

Man, I ran a 6:12 in the Bathurst car, but the GT-R runs a 6:10… 1:25.555 was my fastest lap… clean laps too but they just jump into fast mode when I fill their mirrors.

Edit: naturally, got it the next time. Practically the same times. The Bathurst car definitely has a different feel to it compared to the Spirit. Little wobbly but sharper. Onto the next lower RX-7!

Got it in 461 PP '00 RX-7 Type RZ with a 6:16.230 against the F40 at 6:16.621 Got blocked a little as the middle group was like a bunched up pack of rolling road blocks. Handles a lot like the Spirit.

459 PP RX-7, done. First try. 6:16.470 against GT-R Black at 6:17.495
 
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Finally did it in the 457 PP RX-7. :D

That took me quite a few tries. Like a lot, and over 2 days and numerous fields. Best part is, car finished looking like it started. Zero contact, and always two wheels in the white lines. I even saved the replay. :D

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Did it first attempt in the 457PP RX-7 Type RS (FD) '00... ...Well I say first attempt. I'd spent most of the previous hour trying to do it in the 441PP RS-R '97 so I'd had a bit of practice.
 
Had a few cracks in odd turbo / blower enhanced cars. Must have got "racey" grids as I was looking good then the first two cars would bolt while my lap times were tightly grouped (Within a couple of tenths of each other).

I had a dash in the 99 XKR Jag - Bit heavy at times but the revs felt very restricted -
Also had a run in a slower FD RX7 - car felt nice but the grid was 2 laps faster than me.

Part of me would like these races if they were "Until you lead" - And the reward is scaled to how many miles it took you to outrun the lead car and what sort of hoopty car you rocked up with and what flavour rabbits the game fielded against you.

I tried a GT86 concept (With the Polarised paints and the Black Bonnet ) But alas - turbocharged it may be, but it was not eligible!

I'll Be Mozart.... I'll be Bach... I'll be Back.
 

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