A-spec Race Challenges #5: 07/08/2014 - 21/08/2014

[et_]

*thanks to GRANKUSTOM for the picture.

Period of Availability: 07/08/2014 - 21/08/2014, 3:00 GMT/UTC

Beginners Non-Racing Car Challenge:

Event Conditions:
Type: Single Race
Start Procedure: Rolling Start
Duration: 5 Minutes

Track Conditions:
Track: Tsukuba Circuit
Track Length: 2,045 m
Time of day: 15:30
Precipitation: 0%

Eligible Cars:
Categories: Normal Car.

Entry Requirements:
PP: 450 or less
Tyres: Sports Hard or less.
Nitrous: Cannot be Fitted.

Prizes:
Gold: Cr.50,000
Silver: Cr.30,000
Bronze: Cr.25,000

Gift(s):
Gold: Matte Pink paint chip.

Typical Opponents:
Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX Version R TwinTurbo 2by2 (Z32) '98
Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX TwinTurbo 2seater (Z32) '89
Jaguar XK Coupe Luxury '07


Intermediate Level Non-Racing Car Challenge:

Event Conditions:
Type: Single Race
Start Procedure: Rolling Start
Duration: 5 Laps

Track Conditions:
Track: Silverstone International Circuit
Track Length: 5,891 m
Time of day: 17:00
Precipitation: 0%

Eligible Cars:
Categories: Normal Car.

Entry Requirements:
PP: 550 or less
Tyres: Sports Hard or less.
Nitrous: Cannot be Fitted.

Prizes:
Gold: Cr.90,000
Silver: Cr.54,000
Bronze: Cr.45,000

Gift(s):
Gold: GT FLOURESCENCE 004-W paint chip.

Typical Opponents:
Ferrari GTO '84
Aston Martin V12 Vantage '10
BMW M5 '05


Expert Level Racing Car Challenge:

Event Conditions:
Type: Single Race
Start Procedure: Rolling Start
Duration: 1 Lap

Track Conditions:
Track: Nurburgring Nordschleife
Track Length: 20,832 m
Time of day: 15:00
Precipitation: 0%

Eligible Cars:
Categories: Racing Car.

Entry Requirements:
PP: 600 or less
Tyres: Racing Hard or less.
Nitrous: Cannot be Fitted.

Prizes:
Gold: Cr.185,000
Silver: Cr.111,000
Bronze: Cr.92,500

Gift(s):
Gold: GT GUNMETAL 005-W paint chip.

Typical Opponents:
Nissan LOCTITE ZEXEL GT-R '00
SRT Viper GTS-R (Team Oreca) #91 '00
Gran Turismo Ford GT LM Spec II Test Car


Tunes:
Tunes for the various events can be found at one of these links:

GTPlanet Tuning Database

GT6 Tune Directory - maintained by XS

Praiano GT6 Tunes - by praiano63

Motor City Tunes GT6 - by Motor City Hami

Team-Shmo GT6 tuning - by shmogt

Exeter GT Tuning - by shaunm80

Clueless, over The Hill Outlaws - by CyKosis1973

Little Duckpond Under The Mountain - Thorin Cain

Dante's gt6 tuning garage - by lldantell

Bowtie's Speed Shop - by Bowtie-muscle

The Devil's Playground - by demonchilde



Our devoted GTP member JogoAsobi has gone MIA. I set up these threads in his honor!

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

Since this is a lot more professional than mine, I'll just leave the info for each event here:
450PP Beginner Non-Race Car Challenge - 5 Minutes
Track - Tsukuba Circuit
Tires - Sports Hards
1st - 50,000 cr.
2nd - 30,000 cr.
3rd - 25,000 cr.
Prize - Matte Pink

550PP Intermediate Non-Race Car Challenge - 5 Laps
Track - Silverstone GP Circuit
Tires - Sports Hards
1st - 90,000 cr.
2nd - 54,000 cr.
3rd - 45,000 cr.
Prize - GT-FLUORESCENCE 004-W (Bright green)

600PP Expert Race Car Challenge - 1 Lap
Track - Nurburgring Nordschleife
Tires - Racing Hards
1st - 185,000 cr.
2nd - 111,000 cr.
3rd - 92,500 cr.
Prize - GT GUNMETAL 005-W (Black?)

 

[et_]

Since this is a lot more professional than mine, I'll just leave the info for each event here:
450PP Beginner Non-Race Car Challenge - 5 Minutes
Track - Tsukuba Circuit
Tires - Sports Hards
1st - 50,000 cr.
2nd - 30,000 cr.
3rd - 25,000 cr.
Prize - Matte Pink

550PP Intermediate Non-Race Car Challenge - 5 Laps
Track - Silverstone GP Circuit
Tires - Sports Hards
1st - 90,000 cr.
2nd - 54,000 cr.
3rd - 45,000 cr.
Prize - GT-FLUORESCENCE 004-W (Bright green)

600PP Expert Race Car Challenge - 1 Lap
Track - Nurburgring Nordschleife
Tires - Racing Hards
1st - 185,000 cr.
2nd - 111,000 cr.
3rd - 92,500 cr.
Prize - GT GUNMETAL 005-W (Black?)

Added to OP

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

Added to OP

Hehe I saw. I should reload the page more often.
Anyway, knocked out the races. I'll share what cars I used if anyone needs to be pointed in a somewhat right direction:
450PP Beginner Non-Race Car Challenge - Lotus Elise 111R '04
550PP Intermediate Non-Race Car Challenge - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (R32) '94
600PP Expert Race Car Challenge - Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Touring Car

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

That Nurburgring challenge is so BS, first try, got a lap time of 7:02, the leader did a 7:30, but was so far ahead to start with that he finished 25 seconds before I did. (still not as bad as most GT5 seasonals though) Guess I might need something quicker than the GTI Roadster, maybe an R32 Touring Car.

 

[BlazeTheCat05]

That Nurburgring challenge is so BS, first try, got a lap time of 7:02, the leader did a 7:30, but was so far ahead to start with that he finished 25 seconds before I did. (still not as bad as most GT5 seasonals though) Guess I might need something quicker than the GTI Roadster, maybe an R32 Touring Car.

You'll need to get your own times within the 6:40-7:00 range, and even then, it's a close finish.
Guess they don't call it the Green Hell for nothing.

 

[lldantell]

I finally won the nurburgring race with the nissan gtr gt 500 stealth model. It was tough trying to pass all 11 cars on this track just to keep up to the race modified corvette c6. The way I won was at the carousel, i was in fourth place and at the mini carousel, I was in 2nd.
I was trying to beat this race with the race modified Silvia but that car was too slow.

The other two races was pretty easy. The ai in all of them was pretty good but not perfect yet.

 

[dddsprayshop]

Nurburg experts...
I tried with the Audi R10 TDi, 6 seconds behind the leader. Second place.
Tried the pescarolo hybrid. 3 seconds behind the leader. again second place.
i get off the track to often with passing other cars, this is hell for me.
If i can get pass the other cars in a clean way, i would get 1st.

second of all, i hate Nurburgring, it is my nemesis.
If it was the Nurburgring type V or the 24h Nurburg, so the longer track, i could pass easy.
Also, the leader gets a 40 seconds ahead??

Well, like the title said, it is for experts.

 

[Teflonicus]

I used the YellowHat YMS Supra '05 for the last one, and had fun. This car is a personal favourite.

The fluorescent colour, GT FLOURESCENCE 004-W, is fluorescent lime by my reckoning.

The GT GUNMETAL 005-W has the same dark grey tone as the other GT GUNMETAL colours with a dark pink/rose/red-copper base. The GT GUNMETAL colours are some of my favourites.

 

[BMWcrazy]

If anyone is struggling with the Nurburgring Expert race, you can try using the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.

It is a very easy win with the TS030 or the R18 TDI even if you have a tough leading car like the Zonda LM Race Car.

Though I did manage to spank that Zonda LM nicely with my M3 GTR Race Car and I was very proud of it.

 

[Chris___75]

Won the Nurburgring challenge easy enough with a Praiano tuned Chaparral 2J. Nice car.

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

If anyone is struggling with the Nurburgring Expert race, you can try using the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.

It is a very easy win with the TS030 or the R18 TDI even if you have a tough leading car like the Zonda LM Race Car.

Though I did manage to spank that Zonda LM nicely with my M3 GTR Race Car and I was very proud of it.

Ah yes of course, how could I forget our new equal fastest 600PP Race Car (tied with 2J) I'll give that a go now.

 

[dddsprayshop]

Yess. i got the expert, I started again and got lucky.
The opponents are reasonable for me now.

The opponents and my settings. for the NurburgRing Expert A-spec.
I made a lot of mistakes !! got of the track 3 times.
I'm a average driver, and very happy now.


I did not buy the Pescarolo for this.
I.ve had the pescarolo hybrid a long time, it was my third car i bought from the dealership ( in december)
Anyway, i took my 1,5 hours. I tried 10 times , also tried the Honda HSV-010 GT Base model.
Fast car but the leader was the Citroen GT, killed me with 10 seconds at the finish.

When you first see the difference between you and the leader?You get this time around the "Quiddelbacher-Höhe".
If it's more than 43 seconds? it's going to be a hard race.

Pfffffffff. I hate Nurburgring..

 

[BMWcrazy]

Ah yes of course, how could I forget our new equal fastest 600PP Race Car (tied with 2J) I'll give that a go now.

You can try Bhowe83's tune for the 600pp Red Bull Ring time trial.

 

[Joerg]

Wow..., this Race is hard...

In my first race I take the Audi A4 DTM = second place 07:02.xxx - the leader with a time of 06:59.xxx ... (Zonda LeMans)

In my second race I take the Nissan R34 = second place 06:58.xxx - the leader 06:52.xxx (Zonda LeMans)

Third race with the GT-R Sealth = second place 06:50.xxx - and the Leader with 06:42.xxx (GT-R Concept LeMans)...



I think, I need a blue flashligt on my windshield...


(Edit)

First try with Toyota TS030 (07:18.842) --- Leader: Zonda LeMans (07:18.267)

Second try with Toyota TS030 (07:17.566) --- Leader: McLaren F1 GTR (07:16.937)


GT is kidding me...



(Edit #2)

First try with 2J Race Car [Gran Praiano Tune] is 06:27.238 - the Leader 06:26.576 (Zonda LeMans)...


(Edit #3)

I did it

Second try with new load the season: 06:25.296 - Second place 06:34.xxx (Citroen Racecar)

 

[Kipper_34]

For the Nurburgring, I used the Honda HSV-010, got a time of 6:42. Took a while, but I beat it. Trick with doing this one is taking the corners quickly. You have a chance on the last corner before the straight, if you can stick to them during the straight and get a slipstream, then you should be okay. I am in the process of uploading the seasonal events onto youtube. The Nurburgring one should be up in about 5 hours as I have slow upload speed, but check my profile for my channel.

 

[Kipper_34]

If anyone is struggling with the Nurburgring Expert race, you can try using the Toyota TS030 Hybrid.

It is a very easy win with the TS030 or the R18 TDI even if you have a tough leading car like the Zonda LM Race Car.

Though I did manage to spank that Zonda LM nicely with my M3 GTR Race Car and I was very proud of it.

Damn, why didnt I think of the TS030? All along I used the Honda HSV. Both cars handle extremely well though.

 

[FranciRus]

I won the Nurburgring event on the last right hander just before the finish line (detuned TS030). Leading car was the Corvette. Won with 6.38.xxx with the Corvette finishing just behind me. I had a messy lap with a sandtrap break This was fun, i wish they put 4 or 5 races at the same time like on GT5. For Silverstone i used a stock R8 and for Tsukuba an Integra DC2. Both easy wins.

Will come back with other cars to the Green Hell!

 

[RCKakashi14]

I had to resort using a detuned Zonda R and I won after 2 tries. I hate chasing rabbits, especially the opponent cars that exceed the PP limit!


Good thing though, they also appear in the 600 PP World Touring car championship in IA events, and I shall have my revenge by going like hell and take them out.... Shinigami style.

 

[Chiochan]

I just attempted the expert challenge with the TS030, and mid race, as I made a pass but backed off last minute on the Nissan Z, It crashed into the wall on its own accord!?! It just drove right into the wall, no brakes, no turning.
Is the AI crashing in GT6 a new thing?

 

[lisanorm]

The RAY HSV got it done. Lead car,the Zonda time was about 7:21 or less, cant remember but was in lead before the back straight. Used praiano's tune just upped the power and gears to suit.


.,,,.

 

[OpticZero]

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The RAY HSV got it done lead car the Zonda time was about 7:21 or less cant remember but was in lead before the back straight used praiano's tune just upped the power and gears to suit

punctuation is awesome

 

[Sidebrowns]

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Punctuation is awesome.

Irony

 

[nowayback]

Great drive with Cobra Daytona Coupe Anniv. at 575pp. Only 185,000 ! and no bonus?!!!!

Hmm, wasn't signed in, hope that's why...yup 370...more fun then Sarthe to make some money.

Camaro Z28 Race '69 quite good 584pp, pretty easy.

Ferrari 330 P4 '67.. Praiano tune

 

[lisanorm]

Yep i'm tired and lazy.

Fixed my above comment

 

[alex1369]

I did it with the xanavi skyline GT500 from 1st try, but i had to give it all...
You have to catch the leader before the long straight so you can draft him, and he is very slow in the last corners and its easy to get him there...
But till then pushing very hard..
Opponents were Skyline LM concept and Mclaren F1 LM race car...

The other events i used Ferrari Dino and F430 scuderia, won from 1st try

 

[will-i-am]

Tsukuba- stock Pontiac firebird
Silverstone- stock c7 vette
Nurb- newer Rx7 tc stage 3 engine

Didn't catch and pass the ford gt till the back straight. Was a bit worried. Rx7 is down on power but handles great
Ran 6:40 first run

 

[cbarbosa]

So here it goes:

Tsukuba - Stock Toyota GT86 A.E.
Silverstone KTM X-Bow Street - @shaunm80 550PP tune
NRing - BMW V12 LMR 99 - @praiano63 (restricted) tune

 

[akyp]

The worst part about the Nurburgring race is the one minute parade!

 

[DrivenGTR]

Its sad im really exited to get the Matte Pink paint color..