Interest Check: Targa Classico

I've just recently had this idea rolling around in my head. I wont have full access of a PS2 until Xmas break and beyond, but until then I wanted to throw around this idea.

The basics of this is to mimic the modern Targa Floria, or other similar classic car rallies like the Targa Newfoundland. The cars will be almost all the classics from GT4, broken up into seperate classes of similar styles/eras. All will be from before 1980, and I will probably keep most if not all of them in stock form.

The tracks will be made up of European temporary street circuits like Costa de Amalfi, Citta di Aria, Opera Paris, George V Paris, and maybe another. The season should run for about 5 races.

Each race will be 2 weeks long and will be a simple competition of the fastest lap. The times from all 5 races will be added up to form a final total, and determine the winner within each class.

The cars that I plan to have in this series are listed below. Only a few cars have been left out simply because I felt they didn't fit (most noticable are the American muscle cars). The individual classes will be finalized before the start of the season

Unlimited (U) - Superfast sportscars, any era
1966 AC Cobra 427 S/C
1967 Shelby Cobra 427

Grand Touring (GT) - Racing-style sportscars, any era
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1968 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray L46 350
1961 Jaguar E-Type Coupe
1970 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III
1973 Lancia Stratos
1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R

Barchetta (B) - Fast roadsters, any era
1954 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
1961 Lotus Elan Series 1

Sportster (S) - Fast coupes and roadsters, any era
1961 Ginetta G4
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
1968 Nissan Fairlady 2000
1967 Toyota 2000GT

70's Sport (7S) - Sport coupes, 70's era
1973 Alpine A110 1600S
1973 Alpine A310 1600VE
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo
1971 Lotus Europa Special
1971 Nissan 240ZG
1978 Nissan 280Z-L 2-Seater
1970 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R Hardtop Coupe
1973 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R

60's Sport (6S) - Sport coupes, 60's era
1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint 1600 GTA
1966 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto
1968 Isuzu 117 Coupe
1969 Isuzu Bellet 1600 GT-R
1967 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10A
1968 Mazda 110S (Cosmo Sport) L10B
1970 Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO-MR
1970 Mitsubishi Lancer 1600GSR
1967 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-B
1970 Toyota Celica 1600GT

60's Coupe (6C) - 2+2 coupes and sport sedans, 60's era
1970 Honda 1300 Coupe 9S
1970 Marcos Mini Marcos GT Mk.III
1969 Nissan Bluebird 1600 Deluxe
1965 Nissan Silvia
1962 Nissan Skyline Sport Coupe

Hatchback (H) - 3-door hatchbacks, 70's era
1979 Autobianchi A112 Abarth
1979 Honda Civic 1500 CX 3-Door
1978 Mitsubishi Mirage 1400GLX
1976 Volkswagen Golf GTi

Roadster Light (RL) - Lightweight convertibles, any era
1966 Honda S800
1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500

60's Coupe Light (6CL) - Lightweight coupes and convertibles, 60's era
1963 Honda S500
1964 Honda S600
1963 Nissan Skyline 1500 Deluxe
1965 Toyota Sports 800
1968 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia 1500

Mini (M) - Small cars, any era
1967 Honda N360
1970 Honda Z Act
1949 Volkswagen Beetle 110 Standard

Super Mini (SM) - Micro cars, any era
1965 Fiat 500F
1968 Fiat 500L
1972 Fiat 500R
1962 Mazda Carol 360 Deluxe
1958 Subaru 360

If anyone has any ideas they'd like to suggest, be my guest.

This series is also being proposed at the GTX

Sounds interesting, if it won't be until after X-Max then I should have time to enter.

I should also point out this will be more of a "fun" series, instead of hardcore competition. There wont be any time verification or anything like that, merely a way to have fun with some classic cars.

Competitors will be required to pick one car at the start of the season and use that same car for every race. The upside however is that this only applies to each class. So, you can race different cars just so long as they are different classes. It's completely up to you how many classes you want to run.

I've updated with classes for the cars now, so people can get an idea of the competition.

This looks like fun , ime having a few technicals w/ the verification devices but would always be willing to participate in a more open format , especially when it covers GT4s generous classic inclusions.

Good to hear. 👍

There wont be any verification here, this will merely be for fun.

Bugsy Golf GTi

Lol, not usuaully interested in classics but this looks good. Id fancy ripping up the Golf GTi.

Definitely interested. Not too good with the old cars (1000 Miles was the only series I did entirely in B-spec.), but I'm a fan of the "good old days" of the Targa Florio, Mille Miglia, etc. So count me in.

Hey if my nissan 240z can race then im in!!!

o when does it start?

More then likely will start after Christmas. There should be a spot race between now and then.