A tightarse's guide to GT5 PART I. 0-25% on 6311 credits

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lol, funny

one suggestion, if you were really going for a diary type of thing, i would just go straight to A-Spec and start with the racing. "great. i win a useless car? sell it. on to the next race!!" that would be a more natural progression, and allow us to see how this tight arse goes about determining how to buy/obtain each subsequent vehicle needed to advance. besides, by the time you're finished with the specialty hall, he's gonna be freaking loaded and he'll have no need to be such a cheapskate.

good read, non the less
 
For a change of pace he decided to get his 1C license.

LICENSE 1C
#1 1000mt stopping DQ, DQ, DQ,Silver on 26.870
#2 Hard Braking & Exiting Corner Bronze 17.043, Bronze 17.582, Bronze 16.868, Silver 16.574
#3 1C Road course doubel hair pin Bronze 20.743, 20.000, 19.830, 19.479
#4 Braking when downhill on dirt Bronze 28.996, 28.337, Gold 26.791
#5 High Speed Cornering on Rome City Bronze 19.652, Silver 19.218
#6 Blind Corners In Wooded Areas. Bronze 12.267
#7 Consecutive Cornering with differing bank angles on dirt. Bronze 21.767, 21.251
#8 Traversing Lesmo Corner. Bronze 22.265, 22.718
#9 Using late braking to overtake. DQ, DQ, Gold
#10 Rome City 2 Lap Challenge. DQ, Bronze 4th.

He was happy to receive the prize for finishing with all bronze. A concept car (DN-X Concept '02)

JEFF GORDON NASCAR - INTERMEDIATE
Daytona #1. Bronze 13.142, DQ, DQ, DQ, Gold 12.871
Inside Driving Indy. DQ, DQ 13.314, Bronze 11.094
Outside Driving Indy. Bronze 13.348, Silver 13.208
Outside Driving Indy. Bronze 11.374, Silver 11.159

Ms. Si came over expressly to give him the updates: He had reached levels 11 and 12. The latter opened up the AMG Driving Academy Intermediate to him. "You are sooo nice" he said. "It was a bit slow at the office and my supervisor was OK with me coming over". He wasn't sure if he was flattered or spooked. Maybe she was just being nice... yes, that must have been it.
 
Darn, Mr Slow, I see you're at it again :D Good for you :cheers: And you've still got the avatar I made for you yeeeaaars ago!
 
Prof. S.C.R.Oghes thought about what to do next. The latest prize car sounded interesting so he took it out of the garage and drove around to see what event he could use it for. He didn't have to look hard as it qualified for the Sunday Cup. It overpowered the rivals by a wide margin handing him very easy victories. He didn't quite feel like he was cheating but there was something niggling him. "There will be plenty of hard challenges ahead" he rationalized. In the mean time he was happy to receive more prizes.

SUNDAY CUP- BEGGINER ** DN-X Concept '02
#1 Autum Ring Mini. 1st by 13.018
#2 Grand Valley East. 1st by 11.749
#3 Tsukuba. 1st by 12.245

Sunday Cup prize: Vitz U euro Sport Edition '00

COMPACT CHALLENGE ** DN-X Concept '02
#1 London. 1st by 15.111
#2 Circuito De Madrid. 1st by 18.343
#3 Cape Ring 1st by 21.370

Reached level 13. Grand Tour Special Event Available
Compact Challenge Prize: Berlinette R/S Coupe '99


CLUBMAN CUP ** ** DN-X Concept '02
#1 Tsukuba. 1st by 11.530
#2 Tokio R246. 1st by 8.192
#3 Cape Ring Periphery. 1st by 13.988

Clubman Cup A Spec Prize : Mugen Motul Civic Si Race Car '87
 
He had so much fun on doing the AMG Academy at the beginner level that he decided to do the intermediate level next.

AMG DRIVING ACADEMY INTERMEDIATE
#1 Sector 1/Dry Bronze 1:28.487, Silver 1:24.181
#2 Sector 2 / Dry Bronze 2:08.254, DNF, Silver 2:04:1.26

Reached level 14

#3 Sector 3/Dry Bronze 1:53.571, Silver 1:50.054
#4 Sector 4/Dry Bronze 2:13.943, Bronze 2:14.847, 2:13.258, Silver 2:10.676
#5 Full Lap Dry: Silver 7:33.512

Reached level 15-> Gran turismo Rally Intermediate Available
AMG Driving Academy Intermediate (all bronze ) - Nurburing 24h available in Arcade and practice modes.
AMG Driving Academy Intermediate (all silver) -> Benz 190E 2.5 16 Evolution II '91
 
Doing races with an overpowered car was an easy way to win. It bothered him that it was so easy but he was happy it didn't cost him a dime because it was using a prize car.

"I feel bad for them" he mentioned to Ms. Si. She was sympathetic but offered some unsolicited advice: "You'll be at the other end of the stick eventually and they won't do you any favors". "I have seen it before a million times" she added.

After discussing it for a while he decided to switch to the Mugen Motul Civic and see what competitions he could win with it.

FF CHALLENGE ** MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC SI RACE CAR '87
#1 Suzuka East Course. 1st by 13.652
#2 Clubman Stage Route 5. 1st by 9.027
#3 Deep Forest. 1st by 12.061

Prize: Civic SI R-II '91

SPORTS CAR CUP 80'S FESTIVAL ** MUGEN MOTUL CIVIC SI RACE CAR '87
#1 Autum Ring 1st
#2 Deep Forest. 1st by 30+

Prize: Celica 2800GT '81
 
You should put what your credits are at certain points because I just am following this and just finished the Nascar Intermediate Challenge with 600,000 Cr.
 
You should put what your credits are at certain points because I just am following this and just finished the Nascar Intermediate Challenge with 600,000 Cr.

That is a valid suggestion. The problem I am having is that I only started writing this after reaching 22% and my notes have missing bits like that and what % for what level.

I am keeping better notes for the 2nd part (25 to 50%).
 
LICENSE 1B
#1 Wet Road Stopping Challenge. DQ, Bronze 16.273, DQ, Silver 15.145
#2 First Corner Madrid. Bronze 17.741, Bronze 17.183, Bronze 16.964, 16.994, 16.796
#3 Cone Slalom Challenge. DQ, Bronze 21.598, 20.834, 19.808, 20.629, Silver 18.887
#4 Chamonix Snow. Bronze 20.897, Silver 20.201
#5 Tokyo R246. Bronze 15.211, Silver 14.483, DQ, Bronze 14.597, 14.562,14.651, 14.594, 14.232, 14.486, 15.222
#6 Final Corner Tsukuba. Bronze 19.137, DQ, Bronze 19.306, 19.347, Silver 18.950
#7 Consecutive High Speed Corners on Dirt. Silver 19.652, Bronze 20.078, Silver 19.863, 19.807, Gold 19.479
# Nurburing Carousel. DQ 19.069, Bronze 17.734, 18.481, 18.423, Silver 17.509
#9 Offensive & Defensive R246. Gold 1st.

Reached level 16. Prize Sebastian Loeb Special Event

#10 Deep Forest 2 lap battle. DQ, DQ, DQ, DQ, Silver 3rd, 2nd, DQ, 2nd, DQ, DQ, Gold 1st

B-licenze Bronze prize: Eunos Roadster NA '91
 
GRAND TOUR
#1 Eiger Mordwand Time Trial. DQ, Dq, Bronze 1:21.475, 1:22.475, 1:20.811, 1:21.866, 1:20.903, DQ, DQ, 1:20.704, 1:20.736, 1:19.866, 1:19.293, 1:20.634, 1:19.823, 1:20.838, Silver 1:18.519.
#2 Monza 2 lap battle. DQ, DNF, Gold 1st by 2.281
# 3 Tuscan Night Race DNF, Bronze 4th, 3rd, DNF, DNF, DNF, 3rd, DNF
#4 Toscana Time Trial. Bronze 2:05.579, 2:01.119, DQ, DQ, 2:01.645
#5 Rome Circuit3rd by 2.952, DNF, 2nd by 0.805, 2nd by 0.600, 1st by 0.420

After finishing the Rome circuit race he went for a stroll. "It would be a shame to be here and not do some sight seeing." He didn't know the city or the bus system so he asked the organizers for some directions. "You are in Luck fella!" said a burly scrutineer. "Usually there is no one from PD here but on this occasion some bird came to do some promo and she knows the place. Lemme point you to her."
 
Loretta Pirelli and her husband took Prof S.C.R.Oghes around Rome. He had a wonderful time, specially since they picked up the tab. Loretta was on an expense account and had no qualms about using it. He liked Rome, all the small engined cars, simple, easy on the fuel.

After returning home he decided to re-live the experience by taking out the Honda Today '85. "Good things come in small packages" he said to himself as he drove it out of the storage facility. Sadly, the only races he could enter with the car were in the Lightweight Cup and with only a bit over 50% of the horse power of the competition it was more challenging than he thought.

LIGHTWEIGHT CUP ** HONDA TODAY G '85
Autumn Ring 5th by 3.86, 3rd by 2.067, 5th by 1.868 4th
Suzuka 5th by 2.938

He went home thinking "very small package indeed!". As he parked it he caught a glimpse of the Benz 190E 2.5 EvoII ... black, aggressive, with a few more KW than the TODAY. He grabbed the keys almost without thinking.
 
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Bigger, faster and mean looking. That is the 190E Evo II. "Let's show stretch this baby's legs" he said to himself whilst enrolling for the Euro Hot Hatch Championship.

EURO HOT HATCH CHAMPIONSHIP ** BENZ 190E Evo II '91
EigerNordwand short. 1st by 2.848
Rome 1st by 4.089

Next was the German Schwald League A..
 
Apart from having to fend off a Couple of Opel Speedsters on both races it was pretty straight forward. The Red Beetle helped hold back the Opels for which he was thankful.

SCHWARZWALD LEAGUE A ** BENZ 190E Evo II '91
Nurburing 2nd by 1.050 Held 1st until 2nd last corner. DNF,1st by 0.463. Held the Opel Back 1/2 of the race.

Reached level 17. Gran Turismo Karting Advanced Available

Tokyo R246 DNF, 1st by 0.279 Two Opels!. Beetle held them back.

Euro Hot Hatch Prize: Lupo GTI Cup Car(J) '03
SCHWARZWALD LEAGUE A prize: Speedster Turbo '00
 
He checked in with Ms Si. "You are close to 25% now. All it takes is a couple more events". He settled on doing the lupo cup and the international A license. With any luck he'd get to 25%. Not that there was anything special about that number. Other than perhaps the fact that Ms. Si mentioned it...

LUPO CUP **** LUPO GTI CUP CAR[/U]
Nurburing 1 lap. 1st by 25+ seconds

Prize Lupo 1.4 '02

International A License
#1 La Sarthe. DQ, Bronze 39.604
#2 Braking Hunadieres to Mulsane. DQ,DQ, Bronze 31.164
#3 Laguna Seca Corkscrew Bronze 19.628
#4 Chamonix braking into conrners. Bronze 41.913
#5 Puerta de Alcala. Bronze 16.645
#6 Visualizing a line through blind corners. Bronze 31.718
#7 Toscana High Speed COnsecutive Corners. Silver 31.843
# 8 Cape Ring Spiral Bridge. Silver 27.920
#9 Offensive & Defensie Driving Grand Valley. Gold
#10 Grand Valley 2 Lap Balttle. DQ, DQ,DQ, 2nd Silver

All bronze Prize RAM 1500 LARAMIE Hemi Quad Cab '04


Ms. Si called him on his mobile. " You did it! 25%. way to go". He was glad she called. Not knowing what to do he asked her for guidance on what to do next. "Let's discuss it over dinner.", "OK." Was all he manage to say.....


Actual percentage 26%
 
Mr.Slow you're a legend.
Can't wait 'till this gets done to more serious event, it'd be an even more epic read.
You should publish a book.
 
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