Stock Seasonal Time Trial #24 (X-BOW, FF – 11/05 to 12/03)

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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 Seasonal Time Trials #24:

KTM X-BOW Super Lap: target 1:14.000 - Streets of Willow Springs - 580PP - SH

Front-Wheel Drive Non-Race Car Super Lap: target 2:26.000 - Mount Panorama - 500PP - SH*

*Impossible to complete with any stock FF car?


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 - Lap Time - Car (try to include manufacturer) - Tires - Drive - Power - Weight

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 lap time.
Bronze and Silver times are ordered based solely on lap 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 lap 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.
 
The FF time trial does not seem to me to be possible with any stock FF car. The event is limited to 500PP but the highest stock FF cars are in the 440s. None of the cars I tried even reached bronze. When I used a fully upgraded/tuned car I was just a couple seconds ahead of gold. I tried the Spoon and CR-Z race cars in Time Trial Mode and was still unable to come close to winning gold: if the stock race cars cannot do it, I doubt the NRCs have any chance here. This feels like a heavily tuning-inspired event.


My times so far with a wheel and automatic transmission:

KTM X-BOW at Willow Springs:
518PP – 1:13.984 – X-Bow Street ’12 – SH – MR – 236hp – 790kg

555PP – 1:13.317 – X-Bow R ’12 – SH – MR – 298hp – 790kg
566PP – 1:12.936 – X-Bow R 15th Anniv ’12 – SH – MR – 320hp – 790kg
 
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KTM X-BOW Super Lap: target 1:14.000 - Streets of Willow Springs - 580PP - SH

518PP
– 1:13.422 – X-Bow Street ’12 – SH – MR – 236hp – 790kg

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Front-Wheel Drive Non-Race Car Super Lap: target 2:26.000 - Mount Panorama - 500PP - SH*
*Impossible to complete with any stock FF car?

*Impossible to gold.


The only somewhat stock car that I got gold with was the Time Rally Prize Car Scirocco R '10 time : 2:25.511 - SH - 477PP - 344bhp - 1410kg

477PP/344bhp/1410kg

Racing Soft tyres (has all tyres available , on event entry switches to highest allowed compound.

FC suspension
110/110
4.38/5.75
3/3
3/3
3/3
0.0/0.0
0.00/0.60

standard brakes 5/5

FC transmission (max speed autoslider at 290 km/h / 180 mph

individual gears:

2.707
1.846
1.358
1.046
0.845
0.715
F4.769

drivetrain = all standard parts LSD 5/20/10

Power

(power limiter 100%)
Engine Tuning Stage 3
Sports Computer
Racing Exhaust
standard exhaust manifold
standard Catalytic Converter
standard Intake
normal Turbo kit
no N2O

body
downforce 0/0
no ballast

standard weight reduction , bonnet and windows

Bronze I got using the Ford Focus RS '02

435PP - 2:32.403 - Ford Focus RS '02 - SH - 216bhp 1050kg

And a few other cars that got close to bronze on quick test:

447PP - 2:36.675 - Ford Focus ST 15th Anniv '13 - CS - 270bhp - 1350kg
440PP - 2:38.349 - Megane R.S. Trophy '11 - CS - 261bhp - 1387kg
435PP - 2:38.322 Volkswagen Scirocco R '10 - CS - 252bhp - 1410kg
431PP - 2:40.108 - Mitsubishi ECLIPSE GT '06 - CS - 261bhp - 1575kg
421PP - 2:39.335 - Honda INTEGRA TYPE R (DC5) '03 - CS - 221bhp - 1170kg


 
KTM X-BOW Super Lap: target 1:14.000 - Streets of Willow Springs - 580PP - SH

555PP
– 1:12.365 – X-Bow R ’12 – SH – MR – 298hp – 790kg

Good for #700 at time of registration [21:18 GMT] with only half a dozen laps done. :D
 
Sorry for no post here.
Both of the events lack that zing.

XBOW - yes - Streets of Willow Springs - ouch.

Mount Panorama - Yes - in a Front wheel drive... You Drongo PD.


(Xbow at Bathurst would have been tasty and a FF at Streetso would have limited the pain)

Hats off to MadMax (The Road Warrior... in Australia...) for the stock FF testing.
 
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