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Someone please tell me I'm not the only one crazy enough to try something like this... Here's what I've been doing...
After first falling in love with my friend's GT3 (I still haven't bought my own, and have held this one for longer than he has), I decided to embark on the nerdiest of adventures... the "Perfect" GT3 saved game.
I first had to define it. My first priority was completing the game (100% completion) in the fewest number of days, with no repeated races (including arcade mode professional races). My second priority was to buy as few cars as possible. Next, I wanted to use the fewest number of cars, and put the fewest number of miles on them. And, lastly, I wanted to spend as little as possible.
I've been keeping a diary of my achievements, and might post it sometime (it would have to be a webpage, too big for a post) when I finish it. But as a preview, here are a couple of notes...
I had played GT3 for about 3 months, finishing all races in simulation mode except Formula GT. When I finally looked online, I had discovered all that I was missing. I bought another memory card and wanted to start afresh (it was too late to do some of the things I wanted, and too deep for me to delete).
By Sim Mode day 0 I already had the Panoz Esperante in my garage, with 136 trophies (I raced most of the arcade races from Easy to Pro in the Arta NSX and Ford Focus Rally Car). The Esperante was awarded for completing all golds for the Time Trials.
I used the next 48 Sim Mode days (about 3 weeks real-life) to get all golds for my licenses.
So there are only 2 cars I ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BUY... a TVR Speed 6 and some sort of Mercedes, likely the CL600 (for the Tuscan Challenge and Silver Arrow Series races)... You cannot win an eligible car for either of these races (Mercedes vehicles are awarded for Silver Arrow wins).
As of 7-15-02, I'm on day 141, and here are my numbers... Keep in mind that best lap times and sportsmanship were NOT a priority while racing.
(I'll explain later where I could've spent less)
Day 141: 2,026,000
Complete: 55.7%
Prize Total: 2,206,500
Wins: 125
Races: 125
Win Ratio: 100%
Licenses Acquired: S,R [48,0,0]
Cars Owned: 45
Total Mileage: 2399.8
Tatal Car Value: 17,909,190
Bonus Cars Acquired: 45
Trophies Acquired: 268
Cars with mileage (won as award)...
Viper GTSR Concept (Super License All Gold Award): 1088.3mi
IMPREZA Rally Car Prototype (Rally License All Gold Award): 374.0mi
VITZ RS 1.5 (Beginner/FF Challenge Award): 210.0mi
Xsara Rally Car (Rally/Special Stage Route 5 (Wet) Award): 124.0mi
Spoon Civic Type-R (Professional/FF Challenge Award): 123.6mi
ALTEZZA LM Race Car (Professional/Vitz Race Award): 101.5mi
Miata MX-5 Miata LS (B License All Gold Award): 93.9mi
LANCER Evolution VII Rally Car Prototype (Rally/Rally of Alps II Award): 57.2mi
... NO GAME SHARK!!!
I'll keep you up to date on my progress, but I'm curious as to what others think, or if they're doing similarly...
Hazzard
After first falling in love with my friend's GT3 (I still haven't bought my own, and have held this one for longer than he has), I decided to embark on the nerdiest of adventures... the "Perfect" GT3 saved game.
I first had to define it. My first priority was completing the game (100% completion) in the fewest number of days, with no repeated races (including arcade mode professional races). My second priority was to buy as few cars as possible. Next, I wanted to use the fewest number of cars, and put the fewest number of miles on them. And, lastly, I wanted to spend as little as possible.
I've been keeping a diary of my achievements, and might post it sometime (it would have to be a webpage, too big for a post) when I finish it. But as a preview, here are a couple of notes...
I had played GT3 for about 3 months, finishing all races in simulation mode except Formula GT. When I finally looked online, I had discovered all that I was missing. I bought another memory card and wanted to start afresh (it was too late to do some of the things I wanted, and too deep for me to delete).
By Sim Mode day 0 I already had the Panoz Esperante in my garage, with 136 trophies (I raced most of the arcade races from Easy to Pro in the Arta NSX and Ford Focus Rally Car). The Esperante was awarded for completing all golds for the Time Trials.
I used the next 48 Sim Mode days (about 3 weeks real-life) to get all golds for my licenses.
So there are only 2 cars I ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BUY... a TVR Speed 6 and some sort of Mercedes, likely the CL600 (for the Tuscan Challenge and Silver Arrow Series races)... You cannot win an eligible car for either of these races (Mercedes vehicles are awarded for Silver Arrow wins).
As of 7-15-02, I'm on day 141, and here are my numbers... Keep in mind that best lap times and sportsmanship were NOT a priority while racing.
(I'll explain later where I could've spent less)
Day 141: 2,026,000
Complete: 55.7%
Prize Total: 2,206,500
Wins: 125
Races: 125
Win Ratio: 100%
Licenses Acquired: S,R [48,0,0]
Cars Owned: 45
Total Mileage: 2399.8
Tatal Car Value: 17,909,190
Bonus Cars Acquired: 45
Trophies Acquired: 268
Cars with mileage (won as award)...
Viper GTSR Concept (Super License All Gold Award): 1088.3mi
IMPREZA Rally Car Prototype (Rally License All Gold Award): 374.0mi
VITZ RS 1.5 (Beginner/FF Challenge Award): 210.0mi
Xsara Rally Car (Rally/Special Stage Route 5 (Wet) Award): 124.0mi
Spoon Civic Type-R (Professional/FF Challenge Award): 123.6mi
ALTEZZA LM Race Car (Professional/Vitz Race Award): 101.5mi
Miata MX-5 Miata LS (B License All Gold Award): 93.9mi
LANCER Evolution VII Rally Car Prototype (Rally/Rally of Alps II Award): 57.2mi
... NO GAME SHARK!!!
I'll keep you up to date on my progress, but I'm curious as to what others think, or if they're doing similarly...
Hazzard