2015 United Kingdom General Discussion

[Ben Bishop]

Just received this from them.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your message. We've double-checked this and you are eligible for this year's GT Academy.

Good luck!

 

[Growling]

Congrats bro

 

[Ben Bishop]

Congrats bro

Thanks buddy. Relieved!!

 

[Andil]

Just received this from them.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your message. We've double-checked this and you are eligible for this year's GT Academy.

Good luck!

Nice one 👍

Btw do you race in EPEC? Asking because of the profile pic

 

[rclark83]

Just received this from them.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your message. We've double-checked this and you are eligible for this year's GT Academy.

Good luck!

Unreal to be honest... And I have been to one national finals and im ineligible 👎 cheers gt academy

 

[Ben Bishop]

Nice one 👍

Btw do you race in EPEC? Asking because of the profile pic

Cheers dude.

I race in the rye house enduro series, it's their owner driver series. Was going to do EPEC this season but other commitments etc have to come first.

Prior to that I raced in TKM when I was younger.

Unreal to be honest... And I have been to one national finals and im ineligible 👎 cheers gt academy

What year did you make it to nationals? Sorry to hear it sucks for some guys this year I know

 

[Andil]

Cheers dude.

I race in the rye house enduro series, it's their owner driver series. Was going to do EPEC this season but other commitments etc have to come first.

Prior to that I raced in TKM when I was younger.

Cool, figured it was either EPEC or Rye! Good karts

 

[rclark83]

What year did you make it to nationals? Sorry to hear it sucks for some guys this year I know

Last year mate even bought a t500 wheel and full rig for this year

 

[ukogmonkey75]

Who/ how did you contact them Ben? Pretty sure from what response you received that I should be eligible as well then Good luck to you man!

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

Just received this from them.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your message. We've double-checked this and you are eligible for this year's GT Academy.

Good luck!

Just make sure you take digital and hard copies of that e-mail. Then you're covered if anyone questions it. 👍

 

[rgkma]

Had orange light of death, for 4 weeks. Tried the hair dryer trick alot of times, never seemed to work. Then, today turned it on, just to see if could "try" to fix it, and bang its working. So straight into the Academy. And bronze time, first lap. WOW can not remember the GT-R understeering this bad 🤬 alot of time to make up, can/will find it to get the gold. Just happy PS3 working now.

 

[Ben Bishop]

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Who/ how did you contact them Ben? Pretty sure from what response you received that I should be eligible as well then Good luck to you man!

I contacted them via direct message on FB mate. I sent the email about 11pm last night and they came back today by 11am. Have saved mail but I think by national A they mean car license.

Last year mate even bought a t500 wheel and full rig for this year

How old are you if you don't mind me asking? Maybe you can try again in the future? I know it sucks when you've invested money too though!

 

[ukogmonkey75]

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I contacted them via direct message on FB mate. I sent the email about 11pm last night and they came back today by 11am. Have saved mail but I think by national A they mean car license.

Sent them a message, Can't see how they can say no though as we are in the same boat. Cheers for the help!

 

[rclark83]

How old are you if you don't mind me asking? Maybe you can try again in the future? I know it sucks when you've invested money too though!

30 so maybe getting on abit already.

 

[Ben Bishop]

30 so maybe getting on abit already.

Still young for GT racing & WEC though mate, I'm 27 so not far off you.

 

[Stotty]

Strange... I ran a couple of short sessions on this when it 1st started, and really didn't like the car - no grip and loads of understeer. Finished work earlier than usual today and decided to have another go and it felt like a completely different car - still understeers, but loads more grip. Only had time for 40 mins, but straight in to the 2'05's with plenty more to come!

Odd.

 

[Johnar726]

Strange... I ran a couple of short sessions on this when it 1st started, and really didn't like the car - no grip and loads of understeer. Finished work earlier than usual today and decided to have another go and it felt like a completely different car - still understeers, but loads more grip. Only had time for 40 mins, but straight in to the 2'05's with plenty more to come!

Odd.

This issue was brought up in the other thread. Enter the event then quit the event and reenter. That is the fix for me.
I cant even get in to the 2:05s without doing that.

 

[ukogmonkey75]

Conformation from GT Academy

"Thanks for your message. This rule doesn't apply to karting licences. Hope that helps!"

So anyone with a karting license can enter, national b/a/anything. As long as you didn't race nationally for more than 1 season.

Good luck guys

 

[Spurgy 777]

This issue was brought up in the other thread. Enter the event then quit the event and reenter. That is the fix for me.
I cant even get in to the 2:05s without doing that.

Thanks for the tip! Improved my time from a 2:05.7 to a 2:05.1 today using it 👍

 

[Stotty]

I didn't re-enter yesterday, just tried it and it immediately felt better... what are the parameters for the fast set up?

Yesterday my clock was at 10am and the sky was clear blue.... is that the starting parameters that lead to best times?

 

[Spurgy 777]

I didn't re-enter yesterday, just tried it and it immediately felt better... what are the parameters for the fast set up?

Yesterday my clock was at 10am and the sky was clear blue.... is that the starting parameters that lead to best times?

No idea, I just entered and re-entered earlier today and have been doing laps on an off since and I'm down to a 2:04.979, so whatever it is it seems to be working

 

[Johnar726]

Thanks for the tip! Improved my time from a 2:05.7 to a 2:05.1 today using it 👍

No problem. It was actually wildchild who suggested it, i did the testing last night and confirmed it :-) i wasted 3hours on sunday because of that problem!

 

[TRL_Importlife]

What's up its guys me and some national finalist have a gt academy prep room up in open lobby

 

[Tidgney]

No problem. It was actually wildchild who suggested it, i did the testing last night and confirmed it :-) i wasted 3hours on sunday because of that problem!

Think I'll have to try this not done that before!

 

[MistaVega23]

Think I'll have to try this not done that before!

So do you quit to the main menu or just to the driving options screen?

 

[TRL_Importlife]

I made a Gta prep races thread go take a look

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/gt-academy-prep-races.329529/

 

[Mikey24]

Hey guys, this threads been abandoned a little (I think). I have a great question:

Where are you guys aiming to be at the end?

I'm aiming for a top 10 spot, I know I wont be fast enough to go to GTAcademy. 👍

 

[MistaVega23]

Top 50. That'll be some achievement

Might be worth doing a table of everyone's predictions and the actual results!

 

[Growling]

Aim high!! My ultimate goal is 4th place.. That would take some serious luck and determination though...

(After ineligibles of course)

But realistically, when I started playing last year, my target was to get top 14 to get to nationals, so if I make top 14 I'll be proud of reaching my goal.

 

[rclark83]

The new rules and no national finals has killed it for me im afraid. Ineligable aswel so i just see no point. Im guessing this will be the same for alot of last years finalists aswel because i dont see alot of them on the leaderboard. Its a shame.