Joey D
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Coming Sunday, December 5th, 2010...Maybe
GTP's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
Format:
Each week a member will be selected for an interview and to take a lap of the Top Gear Test Track in GT5. The lap will be recorded and submitted to me via some file format that I can read. I will then post the video to YouTube and post a text based interview. A leader board will be kept up as well as an archival thread.
Guests:
Guests will be chosen based on many criteria, more well known members will probably get first dibs, but leaders of WRS's, photomode comps, tuning garages are another focus I'd really like to have too. The first guest has been chosen, and all I will tell you is that is he is a long term member who lives where the weather is epic and has recently taken a mod job.
You will have to willing to share some information about yourself, if you are uncomfortable doing so this probably isn't the best thing for you. If you are selected you can decline the interview and you will have no backlash from myself. Privacy is something I'd like to respect.
Date:
The segments will be released on Sunday at some point throughout the day, probably around 9-10pm EST.
Car:
The car has been decided and confirmed as premium content for the game. It has been unveiled to premium users but won't be fully revealed till after the game's release.
I can tell you that it's FWD though and has a special connection to GTP...and it's not a MINI Cooper. Oh and it's red.
You will have to buy the car, but it's not expensive and you may more then likely already have it. If it's really an issue I can probably just gift you one.
How Does The Lap It Work:
You will need to run the car in Practice Mode under GT Life as it doesn't appear to be in Arcade mode. You must use a manual transmission, Comfort: Soft tires, Driving Line can be on or off (the track is kinda confusing), Traction Control set to off, Skid Recovery set to off, Active Steer set to off, ASM off, ABS set to 1, and Grip Reduction set to Real. You will need to run your lap in cockpit view as well. You may use either a wheel or a controller, however your lap time will denote what one you used.
Each person gets 5 practise laps in the car and one timed run that will count towards the leaderboard. Corner cutting will be discouraged. If you spin out on your timed lap, then you spin out. You will not get a do over. It's an honour system really. If you are found to be cheating you will be put on the List of Shame, you will however be protected by the AUP. No personal attacks will be made against you, you'll just be black listed and your time will not count. Plus you'll probably get a rep as a cheater...no one wants that.
Special Notes:
This is not really a competition, it's more of a way to get to know your fellow forum members. My goal is to connect the members to the game.
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Original post from 17 December 2007
This is an idea I threw around a couple weeks ago in a dead thread.
Since we all know that the Top Gear track is going to be included in GT5 I was wondering how the forum would feel about running our own Star in a Reasonably Price Car. Each week we could have a small interview of a couple questions that's posted and if we have the ability to save our replays and host them online, a video of the lap. So what do you guys think?
Yes I do realise this is a ways off, but it's better to get the planning stages out of the way early.
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