GTPNewsWire
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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Kyle Patrick (@SlipZtrEm) on May 11th, 2017 in the Gran Turismo Sport category.
The Gran Turismo Sport Media Cup Has Begun, and GTPlanet is Taking Part
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- sparkytooth50001
Is this esports?
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- Anthony1121tch
Still no idea what this is all about???
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- Johnnypenso
Looks like a points system based on SR and DR scores. Don't see any timed laps or race events.
Link to Current Standings (GTP first and fourth overall as of this post
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Link to Current Standings (GTP first and fourth overall as of this post
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- carracerptp
So, all you need to do is just make a couple more aliens "staff" and call it day?
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- Pyano1132
This is honestly just a glorified test run for the eventual online competitions in the full game. Good to see GTP is on top.
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- Johnnypenso
Kunos went one step further and had the media drive both virtual and real cars, in a media event held at their home track of Vallelunga. SMS had a similar media day at Brands Hatch. PD didn't invent the wheel here.Yeah... this is just so boring and glorified and typical... because every other sim developer is also holding a custom tournament for top media reps... <----(Sarcasm)
marcvic
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So this has happened how many times, on two or three other occasions? And PD has opened the doors to careers in motorsports to how many GT gamers through GT Academy? They didn't invent the wheel, but these exclusive media contests don't just happen every day. This is exciting - could be signs of an annual media tournament - or signs of other PD/FIA sponsored tournaments in GT Sport.
Or maybe they did invent the wheel with racing sims... I dunno... GT1 on PS1?
. Anyway good luck and keep up the good work 
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Good luck dude! Make sure you tell us all about it.
Really? You probably need to look at your racing game history a little closer. GT1 wasn't even the first sim on PS1.
And before that we had these two.
Plenty others before that as well. The world of racing games does not begin and end at GT.
I think it's cool that PD have this event running for the media. Would have preferred it if we could have all been involved. However, lets not make this out to be some fantastic extra special thing that PD have done because it's not.
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First I've heard of it. 
It seems to be a small comp. for staff members of game media outlets involved in the beta.
A marketing ploy I guess, giving them something to promote the game on their respective websites.
Which is a cool idea.
A few interesting things I've noted.
5 days of racing.
And the point spread and ranking, even though many are in the same class.
Most prominent in the SR ranks, where even though 2nd to 11th are all B class, yet they are ranked in some order with a point spread of 9 down to 1.
I wonder if that's proof of an underlying points system behind the alpha classes, or if it's simply judged on which person reaches that class first time-wise?
Anyway, it seems the challenge is to hold the highest DR and SR rank at the end of day 5 to take home the title.
Best of luck to all participating.
It seems to be a small comp. for staff members of game media outlets involved in the beta.
A marketing ploy I guess, giving them something to promote the game on their respective websites.
Which is a cool idea.
A few interesting things I've noted.
5 days of racing.
And the point spread and ranking, even though many are in the same class.
Most prominent in the SR ranks, where even though 2nd to 11th are all B class, yet they are ranked in some order with a point spread of 9 down to 1.
I wonder if that's proof of an underlying points system behind the alpha classes, or if it's simply judged on which person reaches that class first time-wise?
Anyway, it seems the challenge is to hold the highest DR and SR rank at the end of day 5 to take home the title.
Best of luck to all participating.
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You inferred whether other developers were doing something similar. They have. So now the goalposts move to how many? GTAcademy is a Nissan sponsored event, and the drivers are ultimately trained by Nissan. GT is simply the platform to get into the training program. Any decent sim would have worked just as well at sorting the drivers. If you know sim racing at all, you'll note that most or all of the top sim pilots I'm aware of, play multiple games and often on multiple platforms.
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- Pyano1132
I think what I meant by "glorified test" is that this media competition is only to test GT Sport's servers for future events. Somehow this thread devolved into who made the first racing sim? I'm confused.
marcvic
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Very nice history and a strong statement on my part
that wasn't meant to be taken as fact, but to toot the horn of PD. GT on PS1 did not invent the wheel - but it sure did decide to put some rubber on it, and maybe make it out of lightweight durable metal, and poke holes in it to make it lighter
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- TurismoSlayer
Will we also be able to spectate this event?
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