VW Karmann Ghia Sprint Race Cup *VCRC* Congrats @ carracerptp !

watermelon punch

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wat3rm370n
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe 68
Sprint Race Cup
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5 sprint races @ 5 tracks in the Karmann Ghia Coupe 68
Behold, and race, one of the most lovely vintage cars in GT5!

Schedule:

COMPLETE RESULTS HERE:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=7575711#post7575711
Wednesday 5 September
@ 2:30pm US EDT / 7:30pm UK BST / 8:30pm CEST / 9:30pm EEST / 18:30 UTC/GMT

Event Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
Race Lengths: Approximately 10-12 minutes each

Car Regulations:
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe (Type-1) '68
Tuning Prohibited, stock tires (comfort medium)
Allowed: oil change, engine rebuild, chassis restoration, wheel rims, & paint

If you can't find the car, and want to race, let us know, and it just might be possible to arrange a gifted Karmann Ghia Coupe. 👍

Race Procedures:
Scheduled time is arrival time to begin qualifying
10 minute qualifying duration
all cars stay on track until race start to preserve position
Grid Start, Fastest First, for Race #1
Reverse Grid Order for following races
3 minute breaks in between races (approximately)

Tracks:
Race #1: 5 laps @ Rome
Race #2: 5 laps @ Deep Forest Reverse
Race #3: 5 laps @ Madrid Mini
Race #4: 5 laps @ Microschliefe: "The Green Heck" (Eifel kart) by cc570
Race #5: 5 laps @ Motegi East Course

Microschliefe: "The Green Heck" (Eifel kart) by cc570
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Available shared on PSN: redshifting
send FR w/ the message "green heck"

Points:
Flat points based upon race participation.
(ie: 8 cars, 1st place gets 8pts, 2nd place gets 7pts, etc.)

Race Regulations:
All aids off except ABS (ABS is driver's choice)
tire wear on
damage light
slipstream weak
grip real
penalty off
boost off
visible damage off

Rules:
GTP OLR Rules
  • Please familiarize yourself with these rules prior to the event.
  • You are expected to behave like sporting gentlemen at all times. Dirty driving is absolutely forbidden.
  • If you cause a contact, you must make contact concessions. ie: no bump-passing
  • Failure to make contact concessions will result in a post-race penalty concession. (ie: you will be placed below that racer in the results)
  • Caution must be exercised when re-entering the track after an off-road excursion caused by any reason.
  • Carless driving, recklessness, & aggressive risky maneuvers may result in post-race penalties, and will certainly result in your fellow racers being ill tempered.
  • Retaliation, "payback", & monkey-see-monkey-do rule flouting will not be tolerated.
  • The in-game penalty system is switched to off to prevent ghosting, with the understanding that GTPlanet racers do not need the in-game penalty system to follow posted track rules. Shorting the track is strictly prohibited, must have 2 wheels on the tarmac (or rumble curbing) - this includes "going wide", off-roading in the grass or dirt, or using tarmac outside the parameters of the track, is forbidden.
  • In case of any incident involving a crash or rule violation, please review the replay before drawing conclusions. Note the time and location of the incident. Try dialogue with the other driver first with Private Messaging. You may report the incident via Private Messaging, with details, in a timely manner (ie: soon after the race), if warranted, so an appointed steward &/or the race director may review the incident.
Race will be hosted in the VCRC Lounge,
add PSN: VCRC
Note: This account is just the club lounge account. It will rarely be signed on.
Get the FR in a.s.a.p. to assure acceptance in advance of racing.
In order to check the league lounge, you must click on the coffee cup,
and wait for the room content list to present.
No yellow people icon will show, even when the room is full.
Also please note that all club communication should be done through GTPlanet,
and not directed toward the PSN acct, as nobody checks messages there often, if at all.
 
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Sign-Up Registry:
Please include:
GTP Name / PSN Name / car colour
  1. watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink
  2. carracerptp / carracerptp / deep blue
  3. GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue
  4. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  5. Litchi / GTP_Litchi / Black
  6. Michouw / GTP_MichMich / Pearl white
  7. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  8. TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro (goldish)
  9. John Wells / johnwells69 / tbd

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RESULTS

1)
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carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan (29pts)
2)
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Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow (25pts)
3)
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Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go (20pts)
4) GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue (14pts)
5) TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro (goldish) (9pts)
5) John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red (9pts)
6) Michouw / GTP_MichMich / Pearl white (8pts)
7) Litchi / GTP_Litchi / Black (7pts)
7) watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink (7pts)

Race #1: 5 laps @ Rome
  1. Michouw / GTP_MichMich / Pearl white
  2. Litchi / GTP_Litchi / Black
  3. carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan
  4. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  5. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  6. GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue
  7. John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red
  8. watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink
Race #2: 5 laps @ Deep Forest Reverse
  1. carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan
  2. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  3. GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue
  4. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  5. John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red
Race #3: 5 laps @ Madrid Mini
  1. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  2. GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue
  3. carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan
  4. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  5. John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red
  6. TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro (goldish)
  7. watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink
Race #4: 5 laps @ Microschliefe: "The Green Heck" (Eifel kart) by cc570
  1. carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan
  2. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  3. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  4. watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink
  5. TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro (goldish)
  6. GranTurismo916 / atongo619 / (factory) blue
  7. John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red
Race #5: 5 laps @ Motegi East Course
  1. carracerptp / carracerptp / (factory) tan
  2. Apmaddock / Apmaddock / Green Go
  3. TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro (goldish)
  4. Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow
  5. John Wells / johnwells69 / dark red
  6. watermelonpunch / wat3rm370n / Panther Pink
 
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Even if I start uni that day I should be able to race in the evening. Sign me up!

Phouchg / xNikodemusx / Mustard Yellow

Edit: ok so i've got one with 0 km on it and one with 68670 km on it, which one should i chose? :rolleyes:

Edit2: Got some benchmark times for the different tracks. The DFP one should be the best one I think, shouldn't be beaten with too many seconds. ^^

Rome
1:55.061

DFP reverse
1:59.783

Madrid Mini
1:24.043

Motegi East course
2:12.933

Oh and my car:

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Too bad you can't colour the standard wheel because those are cool :) Anyway, this is a really fun car to drive! It slides real easy which makes it not just another low powered car. :P
 
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@ Phouchg - uni starts on the weekend? :ouch:
I hope you can make it! 👍

And yes, the stock wheels are quite interesting! I kept mine. :)

The 0 miles has to be better.
I'll check the miles/hp/pp on mine and let you know. I'm 99% sure my car was a 0 miles from the OCD, and pre-broken-in engine.

Thanks for the benchmark times. Will help for setting laps.

Did you get "The Green Heck"?

Phouchg
Anyway, this is a really fun car to drive! It slides real easy which makes it not just another low powered car. :P
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:sly: :D ;) :D :) ^^

Yep. I hesitated to put it on Phoon Hill. :lol:
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But if you enjoy the Karmann Ghia...
I highly recommend trying the Toyota Sports 800 @ Phoon Hill.
Or even the Subaru 360 @ a curly Tokyo Bay kart track. :)
Oh, another cool one is the Honda s800 @ a twisty Toscana tarmac track. 👍
Sometimes people look at the pp or hp, and think, simply, "slow".
But a lot of those "slow" vintage cars will surprise you how much fun they can be. :lol:
Gosh, the Japanese 360s races were HILARIOUS. And definitely took some skill to place well!!
We've had great fun racing these little old low power cars!!!
Indeed, I think I'm going to put together another Toyota Sports 800 race again.
Aceboy127 has mentioned wanting to do a s800 race car race at some point. That's a fun one too.
In gt4, I would take the s800 race car and set up a family cup at Motegi Super Speedway oval. :lol:
 
I'm most likely going to be in a deep blue color.
Like Phouchg said, it has the perfect slide when cornering.
 
The Green Heck!
1:59.912

Just had to try it out ^^ It's perfect for this car, it wants to slide in every corner. :D
 
Don't have one.. More of an enduro guy as I said aswell :P..
 
My husband shakes his head & jokes that I could get a bunch of people together to race any bizarre cars in any odd circumstances. :lol:
But strictly speaking that's not so. I get people together driving bizarre cars in bizarre venues by cautiously putting bizarre cars & bizarre venues together in particular ways. :sly:
My gut feeling on this one is that 20 laps at the same one track in a slow slidey car would probably not have the most popular appeal. :lol:
 
I don't know, with tight battles that would be some enjoyable 20 laps :) But I think this format is good aswell. Then if you mess up in one race you get a new chance in next.
 
Phouchg
I don't know, with tight battles that would be some enjoyable 20 laps :) But I think this format is good aswell. Then if you mess up in one race you get a new chance in next.
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Yes, at this HP... momentum is SO SO VERY critical.
 
I have updated the Rules section on the OP, for clarification purposes.
Please note the bold portion which has been added.
I hope this clarifies the issue so we may enjoy fair racing with clear understanding.
Thank you. 👍
watermelonpunch
Rules:
GTP OLR Rules
  • Please familiarize yourself with these rules prior to the event.
  • You are expected to behave like sporting gentlemen at all times. Dirty driving is absolutely forbidden.
  • If you cause a contact, you must make contact concessions. ie: no bump-passing
  • Failure to make contact concessions will result in a post-race penalty concession. (ie: you will be placed below that racer in the results)
  • Caution must be exercised when re-entering the track after an off-road excursion caused by any reason.
  • Carless driving, recklessness, & aggressive risky maneuvers may result in post-race penalties, and will certainly result in your fellow racers being ill tempered.
  • Retaliation, "payback", & monkey-see-monkey-do rule flouting will not be tolerated.
  • The in-game penalty system is switched to off to prevent ghosting, with the understanding that GTPlanet racers do not need the in-game penalty system to follow posted track rules. Shorting the track is strictly prohibited, must have 2 wheels on the tarmac (or rumble curbing) - this includes "going wide", off-roading in the grass or dirt, or using tarmac outside the parameters of the track, is forbidden.
  • In case of any incident involving a crash or rule violation, please review the replay before drawing conclusions. Note the time and location of the incident. Try dialogue with the other driver first with Private Messaging. You may report the incident via Private Messaging, with details, in a timely manner (ie: soon after the race), if warranted, so an appointed steward &/or the race director may review the incident.
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I'm in. I'll try not to space it off this time. :(

Green Go
 
Ok, thanks a lot. That would be cool if you send it to me not later than 1 hour prior the race. (need a bit of practice ;) )
 
Will do my best to try and attend this. Internet is fine today in typical fashion. Have we raced these before, mine needed a bit of an oil change ?

TyrrellRacing / TyrrellRacing / Oro

(Oro is somewhat similar to gold)
 
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