GT Academy 2012 (NA) General Discussion
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and of course, I get iRacing two days before this is announced DX
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- GTP__Jav
Not sure that's the case, Cadillac are the ones paying for the deal...
Lol!! You could always cancel and go for that one if you're on a month to month renewal basis!
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- PURE_DrWatson
From what I can tell GM is only picking up the extra tracks. Any new member can get 1 year and 1/2 price til 7/31 (6 months free) or 2 years at 1/2 price (1 year free) ... which they advertise as "their best deal ever"; and I rather agree.
http://www.iracing.com/half-off/
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- Blaze_409
The iracing part. Sorry about the loss lol.
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- Wardez
- Wardez
Yeah, I heard we're going to be pretty much doing parts of every variation of Silverstone, but a lot of the early tests will be on the small infield course, Stowe circuit. That's not in iRacing or Forza or any other sim unless you find a mod that has it in rFactor or GTR/Race '07.
pCars only has the GP layout in the current release as well.
So iRacing's still gonna be a great tool to kind of get used to the layouts and style of the circuit. But of course nothing can prepare us for what we're actually going to encounter.
pCars only has the GP layout in the current release as well.
So iRacing's still gonna be a great tool to kind of get used to the layouts and style of the circuit. But of course nothing can prepare us for what we're actually going to encounter.
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- GT-Motion
If I were going to silverstone I would try and work on my concentration while I am fatigued. An example would be maybe running for a mile, then hopping into the drivers seat and doing some laps, run for a bit again, then do some more laps. If its anything like that last one you are going to have to learn how to be fast while you are drained mentally and physically.
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- Wardez
- Wardez
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- DragonGT83
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- Wardez
- Wardez
Headphones wouldn't do much for me. If I could use headphones I'd use them to listen to music or a podcast as I always do when I race. I'm not too big on sfx, play on real low volume. I'm the type of guy that doesn't notice when his tire noise isn't working 
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- topgear3793
What's up guys, sorry for not getting in on this earlier, I had to catch an 11 hour flight to England the day after National Finals to visit family (yes I am British!) but am returning to the US tomorrow. It's a disadvantage missing a week of preparation, but don't get me wrong I will be more than ready. The one thing this week could prepare me for is dealing with jet-lag and driving on the other side of the car. I got to drive my dad's rental car so I now know what a shock it is at first to drive on the wrong side of the car/road, but I can reassure you guys it will be easier to adjust in a racetrack environment.
ANYWAYS, this will be my first ever post on GTP, so I am positive that some of these attempts to reply to posts will be an absolute disaster. Feel free to laugh so long as you correct what I do wrong!
First off, congrats to all 32 other competitors. To be honest I was primarily in shock with people's personalities, as everyone was down to earth and great to have conversations with. It was the last thing I was expecting from what was, no other way to say it, a video game competition. Could not have asked for a better set of guys to hangout with and share similar interests with. This year's competition was EIGHT times more competitive than the previous year, so it really is an unbelievable accomplishment for all of us to even make it to the national finals. I look forward to competing against the other top 15 in Silverstone, it's going to be the most intense 7 days of my entire life no doubt about it. As for those who didn't make it, I have been telling people that you are just playing it smart and going for two/three free trips to national finals before you go to Silverstone [: Stay committed, confident, and dedicated and I have NO doubt that you guys will make it, just don't forget that practice is EVERYTHING! This comes from the guy who lived as a basement dweller for the two weeks before competition, practicing 6-8 hours a day! Sacrificing opportunities to hangout with friends and family really pays off, and they ended up being fully supportive of me and can't thank them enough. Also being nervous is natural, I was no exception with my base heart rate in the physical not dropping below 111BPM!
Now for individuals that I meshed with over the weekend.
Eric/Redline - Knew we would be great competitors ever since the first time we raced online. Have to admit I liked you a lot better at the competition where the internet actually allowed you to see me! lol. Great race at Trial mountain, you really put me under pressure. Can't wait to compete with you at Silverstone, and I really hope they through a drifting event at us because I am incredibly curious to see your talent transfer from the game to real life!
Nick/Gumball - We were practicing with each other a lot the couple days before competition. Because of this I am fully aware of your skills, to be honest I was afraid of racing against you at finals but it never happened!
I have no doubt that you will stay confident and make it to Silverstone next year.
p.s. I agree with the Nissan spec racing 100%, not only is it good practice, I also found it great fun to race with an even playing field!
Joey/Fast - Probably the greatest personality there. Glad to have met you, same goes for your brother, his response is listed below. Usually when it comes to twins one gets some good genes while the other gets the rest. You two proved me wrong that's for sure! Both of you guys have an awesome skill set which shows with your professions, and you both are humorous and modest with your talents. I expect to see you at Silverstone next year Joey!
Daryl/Gator - You're an awesome guy, and racing with you online let me see how skilled you are. I have to say you must have been the most consistent guy I raced against, and definitely one of the guys i most feared facing in the competition. It appears luck was not on your side this year, but I encourage you to stay confident because you are an incredibly strong driver. I support you spending time with your family now, but I still expect to see you sneaking online getting some practice in for next year's GT Academy! [:
Nick/forced and Reese/reevos see my responses below vvv
As for everyone else, I wish there was enough time to get to know all of you as well as I did with these guys. I am very good at judging people, which comes in very handy at times. From what I was able to observe, every single one of you seemed to have an enjoyable personality to go along with your skills, and I hope to stay in touch with all of you on GTPlanet, the facebook page, and on GT5 itself!
Nick, thanks for the compliment. I think we went into the competition with the same mindset, and it helped us succeed (apart from our cape ring disasters!) lol. I also think we've got the same approach to driving, as I also recognize there is always room for improvement. I believe I have a natural talent with respect to driving efficiency (line) and car control, which is what allowed me to succeed at such a young age. But I am fully aware natural talent will only take me so far. Experience and the willingness to learn are what it takes to improve driving skills, and I think this natural mindset we have will give us an advantage at Silverstone(Not to single us out, I am sure other people will approach with this mindset as well). But Nick I have no doubt that we will be great friends and also great rivals at Silverstone, and it will be an incredible experience to learn from each other. Who knows maybe we can form an alliance to compete against the AltF4 team! lol [: Can't wait!
Thanks a lot Reese, I appreciate it! Very down to earth guy and I am glad we got to race against each other in the final round. It was the first race I watched when I found the stream, and it looks like you, Darwin, and Steve had an incredible race. Without all the pressure I am sure it would have been one of your most enjoyable races of GT5 haha. I am ecstatic that everyone in our final round made it to Silverstone and can't wait to compete with you guys!
Well that's it guys, I think I just set the world record for the longest first post of anyone on GTPlanet! [:
p.s. feel free to check out my Youtube channel for videos of me driving, I have videos of all three of my track days. Here is a link to my first track day which was held at laguna seca, I was only 17 years old (I lied to the organizers about my age hehehe don't tell!). I think its great to see my experimentation with car control which I had never done before, and the ease of finding efficient lines at the track. I hope it comforts you guys that have no car experience that the transfer to real life is not anywhere as difficult as it might sound!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzTNtE-2hk&feature=channel&list=UL
ANYWAYS, this will be my first ever post on GTP, so I am positive that some of these attempts to reply to posts will be an absolute disaster. Feel free to laugh so long as you correct what I do wrong!
First off, congrats to all 32 other competitors. To be honest I was primarily in shock with people's personalities, as everyone was down to earth and great to have conversations with. It was the last thing I was expecting from what was, no other way to say it, a video game competition. Could not have asked for a better set of guys to hangout with and share similar interests with. This year's competition was EIGHT times more competitive than the previous year, so it really is an unbelievable accomplishment for all of us to even make it to the national finals. I look forward to competing against the other top 15 in Silverstone, it's going to be the most intense 7 days of my entire life no doubt about it. As for those who didn't make it, I have been telling people that you are just playing it smart and going for two/three free trips to national finals before you go to Silverstone [: Stay committed, confident, and dedicated and I have NO doubt that you guys will make it, just don't forget that practice is EVERYTHING! This comes from the guy who lived as a basement dweller for the two weeks before competition, practicing 6-8 hours a day! Sacrificing opportunities to hangout with friends and family really pays off, and they ended up being fully supportive of me and can't thank them enough. Also being nervous is natural, I was no exception with my base heart rate in the physical not dropping below 111BPM!
Now for individuals that I meshed with over the weekend.
Eric/Redline - Knew we would be great competitors ever since the first time we raced online. Have to admit I liked you a lot better at the competition where the internet actually allowed you to see me! lol. Great race at Trial mountain, you really put me under pressure. Can't wait to compete with you at Silverstone, and I really hope they through a drifting event at us because I am incredibly curious to see your talent transfer from the game to real life!
Nick/Gumball - We were practicing with each other a lot the couple days before competition. Because of this I am fully aware of your skills, to be honest I was afraid of racing against you at finals but it never happened!
I have no doubt that you will stay confident and make it to Silverstone next year.
p.s. I agree with the Nissan spec racing 100%, not only is it good practice, I also found it great fun to race with an even playing field!
Joey/Fast - Probably the greatest personality there. Glad to have met you, same goes for your brother, his response is listed below. Usually when it comes to twins one gets some good genes while the other gets the rest. You two proved me wrong that's for sure! Both of you guys have an awesome skill set which shows with your professions, and you both are humorous and modest with your talents. I expect to see you at Silverstone next year Joey!
Daryl/Gator - You're an awesome guy, and racing with you online let me see how skilled you are. I have to say you must have been the most consistent guy I raced against, and definitely one of the guys i most feared facing in the competition. It appears luck was not on your side this year, but I encourage you to stay confident because you are an incredibly strong driver. I support you spending time with your family now, but I still expect to see you sneaking online getting some practice in for next year's GT Academy! [:
Nick/forced and Reese/reevos see my responses below vvv
As for everyone else, I wish there was enough time to get to know all of you as well as I did with these guys. I am very good at judging people, which comes in very handy at times. From what I was able to observe, every single one of you seemed to have an enjoyable personality to go along with your skills, and I hope to stay in touch with all of you on GTPlanet, the facebook page, and on GT5 itself!
Nick, thanks for the compliment. I think we went into the competition with the same mindset, and it helped us succeed (apart from our cape ring disasters!) lol. I also think we've got the same approach to driving, as I also recognize there is always room for improvement. I believe I have a natural talent with respect to driving efficiency (line) and car control, which is what allowed me to succeed at such a young age. But I am fully aware natural talent will only take me so far. Experience and the willingness to learn are what it takes to improve driving skills, and I think this natural mindset we have will give us an advantage at Silverstone(Not to single us out, I am sure other people will approach with this mindset as well). But Nick I have no doubt that we will be great friends and also great rivals at Silverstone, and it will be an incredible experience to learn from each other. Who knows maybe we can form an alliance to compete against the AltF4 team! lol [: Can't wait!
Thanks a lot Reese, I appreciate it! Very down to earth guy and I am glad we got to race against each other in the final round. It was the first race I watched when I found the stream, and it looks like you, Darwin, and Steve had an incredible race. Without all the pressure I am sure it would have been one of your most enjoyable races of GT5 haha. I am ecstatic that everyone in our final round made it to Silverstone and can't wait to compete with you guys!
Well that's it guys, I think I just set the world record for the longest first post of anyone on GTPlanet! [:
p.s. feel free to check out my Youtube channel for videos of me driving, I have videos of all three of my track days. Here is a link to my first track day which was held at laguna seca, I was only 17 years old (I lied to the organizers about my age hehehe don't tell!). I think its great to see my experimentation with car control which I had never done before, and the ease of finding efficient lines at the track. I hope it comforts you guys that have no car experience that the transfer to real life is not anywhere as difficult as it might sound!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzTNtE-2hk&feature=channel&list=UL
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- aargod228
Wardez:
Having never met you, (i dont think anyway) come out and autocross with the Las Vegas Region SCCA at the Silverton Casino this coming saturday night. Don't know what you drive, don't know your real car experience, but for a down and dirty lesson in car control come give it a try. I'll be there in my (high 500whp) time attack evo.
-Aaron
http://lvrscca.org/?page_id=40&event=132
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPtv7IjJGu0&feature=plcp
and screwing around in the wet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ngAZoxrH0
Having never met you, (i dont think anyway) come out and autocross with the Las Vegas Region SCCA at the Silverton Casino this coming saturday night. Don't know what you drive, don't know your real car experience, but for a down and dirty lesson in car control come give it a try. I'll be there in my (high 500whp) time attack evo.
-Aaron
http://lvrscca.org/?page_id=40&event=132
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPtv7IjJGu0&feature=plcp
and screwing around in the wet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ngAZoxrH0
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- Wardez
- Wardez
Wow! I've actually been lurking on the forums for a little while researching as much as I could before I start autocrossing. 'cause I'm definitely going to start now! So I really appreciate you extending an invitation.
I'll send you a PM.
I'll send you a PM.
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- GTP_CICO
For you guys interested here are some photo's from our finals, I am wearing purple shorts .
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/album.php?albumid=4456
.https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/album.php?albumid=4456
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- mjm23race
GTP_CICOFor you guys interested here are some photo's from our finals, I am wearing purple shorts
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/album.php?albumid=4456
Interesting fashion statement.
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- Holland
- GTP_CICO
Haha yeah food was good even though you are not really hungry...
Funny thing on day 2 we thought breakfast was at the track wich was 12km from hotel (7.5miles?). So we woke up pretty early 6:30, and drove to the track nobody was there
Breakfast was at the hotel so we raced back to grab some food and then back to the track because we had a briefing wich we almost missed haha. We being NOSS, Stef and me.Haha thanks
No not really, I wore the shorts last year aswell and I got commented on that. So I promised I would wear them again. Besides that is pretty comfortable specially with the fitness trials.
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- carracerptp
When are you guy actually heading out to Silverstone? Sorry if I missed it in the thread.
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- topgear3793
US Finalist competition is August 26th-September 2nd, but we'll probably be leaving on August 25th because there is so much traveling, especially for us west coast guys!
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- RedlineGTS
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- topgear3793
i was about to say, that sounds like a longass flight!
lol eric damn right, i hate flying and even with a direct flight from san francisco its an 11 hour flight. im hoping that ill be on the same flight/flights as jett and kyle since theyll probably be flying out of san francisco as well
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Yo matt, we're trying to make it so joey and jett can fly into dulles in dc so all of us can fly out together. I doubt they're gonna put us on direct flights so if we can convince em, the more of us the better
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- TC-perrolocomcq
Does anyone knows news about other NF like Austria, Germany, or Netherlands?
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- topgear3793
Yo matt, we're trying to make it so joey and jett can fly into dulles in dc so all of us can fly out together. I doubt they're gonna put us on direct flights so if we can convince em, the more of us the better
That would be cool and a lot less lonely lol, I haven't even been contacted yet by anyone apart from the camera crew, I want to make sure that Tim got my signed forms and that it all checks out. Wish they would at least keep us somewhat updated haha, but I guess it will take some time to get a solid plan for all 16.
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