- 1,710
- Singapore
- XSquareStickIt
Only Vic attempted last week's challenge set by SomePsychicDude, destroying the GT-R Cup at Blue Moon Bay with a 700PP (!) Hakosuka that has all of the goodies packed into the tiny box! (Meanwhile, I can't even drive the stock car properly... 
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Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle. Which of the three did you pick to start your journey to become a Pokémon Master?
Charizard, Charmander's "fully evolved" form, may have become almost the third mascot of the world's highest grossing media franchise, receiving gimmick after gimmick as the generations trudge on, to say nothing of its ever–expanding moveset. However, let's not forget that, in the first generations of games, the rival character canonically picks Squirtle, and quite frankly, he might've been onto something as the grandson of a world–renowned Pokémon professor: Squirtle is the starter of choice for casual players and speedrunners alike of Gen 1 games, easily quashing Brock's Rock–type Pokémon in the early game, and learning the Dark–Type Bite just in time to chew up and spit out Misty in the Gen 3 remakes, all while relieving the player of the necessity of catching a Pokémon that can use Surf—itself the only useful HM move in battle—and even having access to the utterly broken Blizzard to freeze Lance and his Dragon–types dead in their tracks in the late game! Really, Squirtle and its evolutionary line is just the unofficial, undisclosed "easy mode" of Gen 1 Pokémon. In Generation 8, the turtles even got access to the single best boosting move ever conceived in the franchise's 28–year history: Shell Smash, which not only makes regular Blastoise a threat in the lower tiers of play, but outright got Mega Blastoise banished to Anything Goes in National Dex! Let's see Charizard (or Venusaur) lay claim to being grouped together with the most demonic Pokémon in the actively power–crept franchise, like Mega Rayquaza and Crowned Zacian!
But will your in–depth knowledge of Pokémon betray you if you pick the Toyota Aqua in Gran Turismo 7?
Click on the hyperlinks to convert the times to your time zone, and feel free to add the hosts as friends on PSN to make searching for the lobbies easier!
Tracks: Randomly selected by lobby participants (~5 mins practice, ~10 mins sprint)
PP Limit: 369PP
Car: No Limit
Tyres: Comfort Medium
The SPC for this week takes a page out of Skyrocket44's book of antics: Using a bone stock Toyota Aqua, what is the highest PP–ed opponent you can beat around Tokyo Expressway - Central Clockwise in a Custom Race?
The lap count, tyre wear, and fuel usage is up to you to decide, but your opponent(s) should similarly be bone stock as well.
Of course, we always welcome opinions, tunes, liveries, photos, videos, or stories about the car here on the thread!
)Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle. Which of the three did you pick to start your journey to become a Pokémon Master?
Charizard, Charmander's "fully evolved" form, may have become almost the third mascot of the world's highest grossing media franchise, receiving gimmick after gimmick as the generations trudge on, to say nothing of its ever–expanding moveset. However, let's not forget that, in the first generations of games, the rival character canonically picks Squirtle, and quite frankly, he might've been onto something as the grandson of a world–renowned Pokémon professor: Squirtle is the starter of choice for casual players and speedrunners alike of Gen 1 games, easily quashing Brock's Rock–type Pokémon in the early game, and learning the Dark–Type Bite just in time to chew up and spit out Misty in the Gen 3 remakes, all while relieving the player of the necessity of catching a Pokémon that can use Surf—itself the only useful HM move in battle—and even having access to the utterly broken Blizzard to freeze Lance and his Dragon–types dead in their tracks in the late game! Really, Squirtle and its evolutionary line is just the unofficial, undisclosed "easy mode" of Gen 1 Pokémon. In Generation 8, the turtles even got access to the single best boosting move ever conceived in the franchise's 28–year history: Shell Smash, which not only makes regular Blastoise a threat in the lower tiers of play, but outright got Mega Blastoise banished to Anything Goes in National Dex! Let's see Charizard (or Venusaur) lay claim to being grouped together with the most demonic Pokémon in the actively power–crept franchise, like Mega Rayquaza and Crowned Zacian!
But will your in–depth knowledge of Pokémon betray you if you pick the Toyota Aqua in Gran Turismo 7?
Weekly Lobbies
Our weekly lobbies are ongoing as usual, and anyone (not a dick) is welcome to join us in racing bone stock Toyota Aquas under BoP conditions!Click on the hyperlinks to convert the times to your time zone, and feel free to add the hosts as friends on PSN to make searching for the lobbies easier!
The Americas Lobby
- Tuesday. 3rd September, 10 P.M. CST
- Host: Victory_Reign93
The Asia/Oceania also kinda European Lobby
- Saturday, 7th September, 4 P.M. Singapore Time
- Host: XSquareStickIt
Tracks: Randomly selected by lobby participants (~5 mins practice, ~10 mins sprint)
PP Limit: 369PP
Car: No Limit
Tyres: Comfort Medium
~Single–Player Challenge!~
The Toyota Aqua boasts incredible fuel efficiency in real–life, but how much does that help it in a racing game?The SPC for this week takes a page out of Skyrocket44's book of antics: Using a bone stock Toyota Aqua, what is the highest PP–ed opponent you can beat around Tokyo Expressway - Central Clockwise in a Custom Race?
The lap count, tyre wear, and fuel usage is up to you to decide, but your opponent(s) should similarly be bone stock as well.
Of course, we always welcome opinions, tunes, liveries, photos, videos, or stories about the car here on the thread!
makes a cool Super Taikyu ST-5 choice.
Good city car though I think."
I'll announce the next car on Monday.
