- 86,623
- Rule 12
- GTP_Famine
Phase 6
Looking at the remaining options, I'm unenthused. I don't want to use the AMG Vision GT (and in any case it's no better than the CGT), the Elise can win most of the GT500 events but it'll not get near Fuji... so it's time to break my spending duck...
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI GSR TME - Dirt Tyres purchased (3,500cr)
Days 229-231 - Dirt Trials (International B)
A romp. It seems the GT6 AI are awfuller on dirt than they are on tarmac...
This leaves me with only the Historic Racing Car Cup left at this level and there is only the one choice for a skinflint here...
Dodge Challenger R/T Race Car '70 purchased (175,000cr)
*sproink* Two Car Garage - yes, really!
Days 232-234 - Historic Racing Car Cup (International B)
My last nine remaining stars at International B. I opt to do it in reverse order and get a favourable Silverstone grid - the Chaparral 2D is at the front in a pair, no 2J or Toyota '70 to be found - and it's a walkover... The Toyota 7 shows up at Apricot Hill to hold up the Chappy 2J for me and Cote d'Azur is an irrelevance. Turns out the Dodge can do this series with no tuning at all...
For completing International B's stars, a Lamborghini Diablo GT2 '98 is mine...
Gran Turismo Kart 125 Shifter purchased (10,000cr)
Since I'm buying cars, I may as well put out some money onto the Shifter kart - a required purchase for the game - and grab those important nine stars to get that NASCAR stock car.
Days 235-237 - GT 125 Kart Shifter Championship (International A)
You should all know by now that this is the hardest series in the game - primarily due to the final race at GT Arena - but if you can maintain decent laptimes it's just a case of waiting for the AI to give up at halfway as usual and stroke it home for the series win.
*sproink* Three Miraculous Laps during the GT Arena round, a bunch of consecutive 28.2 laps!
Also, that's International A half stars and that means... Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS 2014 is mine! All mine! Shall we see if it can cope with the GT World Championship?
Days 238-242 - GT World Championship (International A)
And the answer is "Yes" and "Really quite badly". I've managed to conjure up a reasonable track setting for it, but ultimately your ability to win this race in this car probably hinges on the presence of the Toyota 7 '70 in the line-up (he holds everyone up in the bends on the first two laps) and the absence of machinery like the Sauber C9 and, particularly, the Minolta 88C-V...
Bathurst is a tricky one to win - reeling in the leaders, particularly with Conrod Straight just before the finish, isn't easy, nor is defending from them, nor is pushing the bulk of the stock car up the hill or through the twists. With only 4 laps to do it, it's tough. Laguna Seca is easy - but then 6 laps will do that and the LMP/Group C cars suck at the Corkscrew. Spa is very tricky indeed with the two high speed sections hurting you and the same goes for Silverstone. The Ring is a lot easier than you might think - again the pack is held up by the Toyota 7 and you can take the lead on lap 1. Being passed on Dottinger is nothing - just latch onto the back and drag them until the braking point.
*sproink* Grand Finale
Days 243-247 - Super Licence
Yeah, nothing needed here. 5 hot laps, done and dusted. Aventador needed two bites as usual but the Veyron test is great - I don't know why people complain about it. Okay, so it understeers a bit because of excess speed and weight, but the power-on neutrality of it is fabulous.
*sproink* Careerist International A
Oooh, Tesla Roadster '08 - I know just the place for it.
*sproink* All Gold S Licence
And an Audi Team Phoenix R8 GT3...
Okay. So now we're faced with cleaning up somewhere behind us - there's a lot of International A to tidy up and two events still at National A (to say nothing of 1MR) - or cracking out a couple of S-Class races to get the stars to do the Mission Races... 9% remains until the next chapter, but I think while I'm in Jeff's seat I may as well sort out those NASCAR event races...
Days 248-252 - NASCAR Cup (International A)
I'd quite forgotten how utterly irritating the Daytona race is. The AI flit happily from incompetent and hesitant to aggressive and oblivious in the blink of an eye.
The good track setup from the GTWC is a real help in the road races - nearly lapping one of the AI cars - and the two other speedway races are a breeze.
Days 253-255 - Electric Circuits (National A)
So those missing stars low down are annoying me and now I've got a Tesla to compete in the electric race - pending 200kg of ballast and a 64% power limiter - I can mop them up.
They are, understandably, easy. The Roadster may be handicapped but even at nearly 1.5 tonnes, the 180hp it offers is far too much for this competition.
Nine stars left to get at this level... may as well buy that Kart 100 SPL...
Gran Turismo Kart 100 SPL purchased (6,500cr)
Days 256-258 - Clubman Kart Cup 100 (National A)
Pretty standard karting fare and trauma free - and an RE Amemiya FD3S awarded for clearing my National A stars.
So. By my reckoning we've got left:
National B - 2x 1MR (Prius, 86GT)
National A - 2x 1MR (Civic, MX-5)
International B - 1x 1MR (Elise)
International A - Dream Car Championship, 600PP, GT500, Like the Wind (16 races); 3x 1MR
Super - All 9 races, 5x Mission, 1x Coffee Break
I could do the Elise race right now - but it wouldn't get me any cars and I'd quite like a few more cars to open up my options. I could fight through the rest of International A - surely Dream Car isn't as hard as GTWC and I've got the NASCAR to do it? I think it might be best to crack off the easier Super level races and plough through the missions to hit the 90% break...
Day 259 - Ascari Resort 10 Lap Challenge (Super)
I've got a few bits and bobs that could do this race, but with "Normal" 650PP cars and a limit of sport soft tyres that I don't have access to (the G37 has them, but it's not a "normal" car), the sensible choice is something light to save fuel, tyres and pitstops. So, the KTM X-Bow.
In the end this proves a bit of a walkover - I've actually got legs on the eventual 2nd place Huayra even when he's not in the pits, which he is. A lot. It's a 41s win over the heavy, oft-pitting V12s in the Huayra, Enzo and FXX.
One more race will open the Missions and I think it's time to test my new GT3 Audi out for later use in the GT500 and 600PP events.
Day 260 - Nurburgring 24 Minute Challenge (Super)
It's a little bit wobbly the R8, but it's fine for this purpose. Everything was okay in this race until the end of the first lap when, with 45% surface moisture and raining, most of the AI decided to pit and I figured I'd tough out the 4 minutes of complete saturation on the next lap without pitting for rain tyres.
Which was fortunate, because I'd forgotten that you have to buy them and I hadn't.
Luckily when I inherited the lead, a really stupid AI in an Audi TT-R also didn't pit and held the chasing pack up for me to build a 30 second lead by the time the rain had stopped. By the time the R35 got past there was no water left and despite not pitting again (seriously?) I kept the advantage to the end. I didn't pit at all in this race...
And that's Mission Races unlocked!
Days 261-265 - Mission Races (Super)
Buzzed through with nary a worry - even the Porsche Curves test in the 787B is being kind to me with just three restarts. A nice GT Academy N24 '13 car is mine for my efforts - I wonder if it'll survive the 1MR GT-R Challenge...
I'm at 87% now and two more Super "endurances" will unlock the S-level Coffee Break, so back to the R8 we go - to the British tracks!
Day 266 - Brands Hatch 15 Lap Challenge (Super)
At first it seemed like the Super GT cars had the measure of the R8 - trading 1'27-1'29 laps I didn't even get up to 13th before I pitted at half distance for some fuel (tyres were fine, but they were swapped anyway). From that point on, the AI just gave up. After their stops on the next lap I was 6th - and three other cars hadn't pitted at all, putting me 3rd by the next lap. It took one more lap to take the lead and then, inexplicably, they all pitted again on laps 14-15, leaving me some 40s clear. Weird.
Day 267 - Silverstone 10 Lap Challenge (Super)
It's a largely Touring Car field here with the odd GT3 thrown in and it's much of a muchness as races go. 3rd before the halfway pitstop, deliberate slight underfuelling to leap into 2nd, passed the 1st place GT-R on cold tyres - avoided the spinning R8 LMS failing to negotiate Stowe - ran out of fuel just before the finish...
*sproink* By The Skin Of Your Teeth
And that's the Coffee Break unlocked. You know... one more race to get me to half stars won't hurt...
Day 268 - Apricot Hill 20 Minute Challenge (Super)
I'm a bit bored of the Audi's muted note right now, so I've switched back to the Challenger R/T which, while sounding like a real car with a playing card in the spokes, is at least interesting.
I don't actually know what happened in this race - the lead McLaren F1 was 18s down the track one lap and 2s the next, so when I pitted at halfway and he followed suit the next lap I came out 12s ahead of him. I just managed the gap until the end (also held my breath - the Citroen GT Road Car pits for the first time in the last 3 minutes and he was 15s up the road most of the time).
Oooh, a shiny beige McLaren F1
I'm only a nudge away from 90% now, so I'll tidy away one of the easier outstanding series and perhaps hit up a 1MR or Coffee Break if that doesn't take me over to the next section...
Day 269-271 - 600PP World Touring Car Championship (International A)
Well, that was a little more awkward than it really needed to be. A bunch of GT3/Touring cars with a front three lineup of R35 TC, GT Test Car and McLaren F1 does not amuse. A couple of more than tight finishes (0.087s at Tokyo) but Bathurst is a stomping...
89%! Gah. Might have to do that bloody drift trial just to get all the coffee breaks ticked off...
Day 272 - Coffee Break (Super)
Mmm-mmm-mmm! I loooove drift challenges. No wait, the other thing. Still, that racks up the 90th percentage point. Now it's time to tidy up that last 10%!
Game completion: 90%
Trophy Count: 35
Car purchases this chapter: 191,500cr
Car tuning this chapter: 3,500cr
Credits earned this chapter: 6,185,660cr
Total money earned: 28,186,280cr
Total money spent: 212,000cr
My car history:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6: 35 races (35 wins)
High End Performance G37: 29 races (29 wins)
Honda Fit: 26 races (26 wins)
Chevrolet Corvette Racing Concept '59: 19 races (19 wins)
Chevrolet SS Jeff Gordon 2013: 10 races (10 wins)
KTM X-Bow Street: 9 races (9 wins)
Citroen GT by Citroen Road Car: 8 races (8 wins)
Red Bull Racing Kart 125: 7 races (7 wins)
VW Scirocco R: 6 races (6 wins)
Audi R8 LMS ultra (Team Phoenix): 6 races (6 wins)
Dodge Challenger R/T Race Car '70: 4 races (4 wins)
GT Racing Kart Junior: 3 races (3 wins)
Lancia Delta HF Integrale: 3 races (3 wins)
LCC Rocket: 3 races (3 wins)
GT Racing Kart 125 Shifter: 3 races (3 wins)
GT Racing Kart 100 SPL: 3 races (3 wins)
Lotus Elise Race Car '96: 2 races (2 wins)
BMW 1 Series Concept tii: 1 race (1 win)
Plus
Red Bull X2014 Junior: 5 races (5 wins)
Red Bull X2014 Standard: 5 races (5 wins)
Looking at the remaining options, I'm unenthused. I don't want to use the AMG Vision GT (and in any case it's no better than the CGT), the Elise can win most of the GT500 events but it'll not get near Fuji... so it's time to break my spending duck...
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI GSR TME - Dirt Tyres purchased (3,500cr)
Days 229-231 - Dirt Trials (International B)
A romp. It seems the GT6 AI are awfuller on dirt than they are on tarmac...
This leaves me with only the Historic Racing Car Cup left at this level and there is only the one choice for a skinflint here...
Dodge Challenger R/T Race Car '70 purchased (175,000cr)
*sproink* Two Car Garage - yes, really!
Days 232-234 - Historic Racing Car Cup (International B)
My last nine remaining stars at International B. I opt to do it in reverse order and get a favourable Silverstone grid - the Chaparral 2D is at the front in a pair, no 2J or Toyota '70 to be found - and it's a walkover... The Toyota 7 shows up at Apricot Hill to hold up the Chappy 2J for me and Cote d'Azur is an irrelevance. Turns out the Dodge can do this series with no tuning at all...
For completing International B's stars, a Lamborghini Diablo GT2 '98 is mine...
Gran Turismo Kart 125 Shifter purchased (10,000cr)
Since I'm buying cars, I may as well put out some money onto the Shifter kart - a required purchase for the game - and grab those important nine stars to get that NASCAR stock car.
Days 235-237 - GT 125 Kart Shifter Championship (International A)
You should all know by now that this is the hardest series in the game - primarily due to the final race at GT Arena - but if you can maintain decent laptimes it's just a case of waiting for the AI to give up at halfway as usual and stroke it home for the series win.
*sproink* Three Miraculous Laps during the GT Arena round, a bunch of consecutive 28.2 laps!
Also, that's International A half stars and that means... Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS 2014 is mine! All mine! Shall we see if it can cope with the GT World Championship?
Days 238-242 - GT World Championship (International A)
And the answer is "Yes" and "Really quite badly". I've managed to conjure up a reasonable track setting for it, but ultimately your ability to win this race in this car probably hinges on the presence of the Toyota 7 '70 in the line-up (he holds everyone up in the bends on the first two laps) and the absence of machinery like the Sauber C9 and, particularly, the Minolta 88C-V...
Bathurst is a tricky one to win - reeling in the leaders, particularly with Conrod Straight just before the finish, isn't easy, nor is defending from them, nor is pushing the bulk of the stock car up the hill or through the twists. With only 4 laps to do it, it's tough. Laguna Seca is easy - but then 6 laps will do that and the LMP/Group C cars suck at the Corkscrew. Spa is very tricky indeed with the two high speed sections hurting you and the same goes for Silverstone. The Ring is a lot easier than you might think - again the pack is held up by the Toyota 7 and you can take the lead on lap 1. Being passed on Dottinger is nothing - just latch onto the back and drag them until the braking point.
*sproink* Grand Finale
Days 243-247 - Super Licence
Yeah, nothing needed here. 5 hot laps, done and dusted. Aventador needed two bites as usual but the Veyron test is great - I don't know why people complain about it. Okay, so it understeers a bit because of excess speed and weight, but the power-on neutrality of it is fabulous.
*sproink* Careerist International A
Oooh, Tesla Roadster '08 - I know just the place for it.
*sproink* All Gold S Licence
And an Audi Team Phoenix R8 GT3...
Okay. So now we're faced with cleaning up somewhere behind us - there's a lot of International A to tidy up and two events still at National A (to say nothing of 1MR) - or cracking out a couple of S-Class races to get the stars to do the Mission Races... 9% remains until the next chapter, but I think while I'm in Jeff's seat I may as well sort out those NASCAR event races...
Days 248-252 - NASCAR Cup (International A)
I'd quite forgotten how utterly irritating the Daytona race is. The AI flit happily from incompetent and hesitant to aggressive and oblivious in the blink of an eye.
The good track setup from the GTWC is a real help in the road races - nearly lapping one of the AI cars - and the two other speedway races are a breeze.
Days 253-255 - Electric Circuits (National A)
So those missing stars low down are annoying me and now I've got a Tesla to compete in the electric race - pending 200kg of ballast and a 64% power limiter - I can mop them up.
They are, understandably, easy. The Roadster may be handicapped but even at nearly 1.5 tonnes, the 180hp it offers is far too much for this competition.
Nine stars left to get at this level... may as well buy that Kart 100 SPL...
Gran Turismo Kart 100 SPL purchased (6,500cr)
Days 256-258 - Clubman Kart Cup 100 (National A)
Pretty standard karting fare and trauma free - and an RE Amemiya FD3S awarded for clearing my National A stars.
So. By my reckoning we've got left:
National B - 2x 1MR (Prius, 86GT)
National A - 2x 1MR (Civic, MX-5)
International B - 1x 1MR (Elise)
International A - Dream Car Championship, 600PP, GT500, Like the Wind (16 races); 3x 1MR
Super - All 9 races, 5x Mission, 1x Coffee Break
I could do the Elise race right now - but it wouldn't get me any cars and I'd quite like a few more cars to open up my options. I could fight through the rest of International A - surely Dream Car isn't as hard as GTWC and I've got the NASCAR to do it? I think it might be best to crack off the easier Super level races and plough through the missions to hit the 90% break...
Day 259 - Ascari Resort 10 Lap Challenge (Super)
I've got a few bits and bobs that could do this race, but with "Normal" 650PP cars and a limit of sport soft tyres that I don't have access to (the G37 has them, but it's not a "normal" car), the sensible choice is something light to save fuel, tyres and pitstops. So, the KTM X-Bow.
In the end this proves a bit of a walkover - I've actually got legs on the eventual 2nd place Huayra even when he's not in the pits, which he is. A lot. It's a 41s win over the heavy, oft-pitting V12s in the Huayra, Enzo and FXX.
One more race will open the Missions and I think it's time to test my new GT3 Audi out for later use in the GT500 and 600PP events.
Day 260 - Nurburgring 24 Minute Challenge (Super)
It's a little bit wobbly the R8, but it's fine for this purpose. Everything was okay in this race until the end of the first lap when, with 45% surface moisture and raining, most of the AI decided to pit and I figured I'd tough out the 4 minutes of complete saturation on the next lap without pitting for rain tyres.
Which was fortunate, because I'd forgotten that you have to buy them and I hadn't.
Luckily when I inherited the lead, a really stupid AI in an Audi TT-R also didn't pit and held the chasing pack up for me to build a 30 second lead by the time the rain had stopped. By the time the R35 got past there was no water left and despite not pitting again (seriously?) I kept the advantage to the end. I didn't pit at all in this race...
And that's Mission Races unlocked!
Days 261-265 - Mission Races (Super)
Buzzed through with nary a worry - even the Porsche Curves test in the 787B is being kind to me with just three restarts. A nice GT Academy N24 '13 car is mine for my efforts - I wonder if it'll survive the 1MR GT-R Challenge...
I'm at 87% now and two more Super "endurances" will unlock the S-level Coffee Break, so back to the R8 we go - to the British tracks!
Day 266 - Brands Hatch 15 Lap Challenge (Super)
At first it seemed like the Super GT cars had the measure of the R8 - trading 1'27-1'29 laps I didn't even get up to 13th before I pitted at half distance for some fuel (tyres were fine, but they were swapped anyway). From that point on, the AI just gave up. After their stops on the next lap I was 6th - and three other cars hadn't pitted at all, putting me 3rd by the next lap. It took one more lap to take the lead and then, inexplicably, they all pitted again on laps 14-15, leaving me some 40s clear. Weird.
Day 267 - Silverstone 10 Lap Challenge (Super)
It's a largely Touring Car field here with the odd GT3 thrown in and it's much of a muchness as races go. 3rd before the halfway pitstop, deliberate slight underfuelling to leap into 2nd, passed the 1st place GT-R on cold tyres - avoided the spinning R8 LMS failing to negotiate Stowe - ran out of fuel just before the finish...
*sproink* By The Skin Of Your Teeth
And that's the Coffee Break unlocked. You know... one more race to get me to half stars won't hurt...
Day 268 - Apricot Hill 20 Minute Challenge (Super)
I'm a bit bored of the Audi's muted note right now, so I've switched back to the Challenger R/T which, while sounding like a real car with a playing card in the spokes, is at least interesting.
I don't actually know what happened in this race - the lead McLaren F1 was 18s down the track one lap and 2s the next, so when I pitted at halfway and he followed suit the next lap I came out 12s ahead of him. I just managed the gap until the end (also held my breath - the Citroen GT Road Car pits for the first time in the last 3 minutes and he was 15s up the road most of the time).
Oooh, a shiny beige McLaren F1
I'm only a nudge away from 90% now, so I'll tidy away one of the easier outstanding series and perhaps hit up a 1MR or Coffee Break if that doesn't take me over to the next section...
Day 269-271 - 600PP World Touring Car Championship (International A)
Well, that was a little more awkward than it really needed to be. A bunch of GT3/Touring cars with a front three lineup of R35 TC, GT Test Car and McLaren F1 does not amuse. A couple of more than tight finishes (0.087s at Tokyo) but Bathurst is a stomping...
89%! Gah. Might have to do that bloody drift trial just to get all the coffee breaks ticked off...
Day 272 - Coffee Break (Super)
Mmm-mmm-mmm! I loooove drift challenges. No wait, the other thing. Still, that racks up the 90th percentage point. Now it's time to tidy up that last 10%!
Game completion: 90%
Trophy Count: 35
Car purchases this chapter: 191,500cr
Car tuning this chapter: 3,500cr
Credits earned this chapter: 6,185,660cr
Total money earned: 28,186,280cr
Total money spent: 212,000cr
My car history:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6: 35 races (35 wins)
High End Performance G37: 29 races (29 wins)
Honda Fit: 26 races (26 wins)
Chevrolet Corvette Racing Concept '59: 19 races (19 wins)
Chevrolet SS Jeff Gordon 2013: 10 races (10 wins)
KTM X-Bow Street: 9 races (9 wins)
Citroen GT by Citroen Road Car: 8 races (8 wins)
Red Bull Racing Kart 125: 7 races (7 wins)
VW Scirocco R: 6 races (6 wins)
Audi R8 LMS ultra (Team Phoenix): 6 races (6 wins)
Dodge Challenger R/T Race Car '70: 4 races (4 wins)
GT Racing Kart Junior: 3 races (3 wins)
Lancia Delta HF Integrale: 3 races (3 wins)
LCC Rocket: 3 races (3 wins)
GT Racing Kart 125 Shifter: 3 races (3 wins)
GT Racing Kart 100 SPL: 3 races (3 wins)
Lotus Elise Race Car '96: 2 races (2 wins)
BMW 1 Series Concept tii: 1 race (1 win)
Plus
Red Bull X2014 Junior: 5 races (5 wins)
Red Bull X2014 Standard: 5 races (5 wins)
and won the "By the Skin of your teeth" trophy since I ran out of fuel as I was driving thru the final Ford chicanes, which allowed the 2nd place Sauber Mercedes C9 to run right up to my rear-bumper.
