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GTP WTAC Week 105: Thank You, Carroll Shelby (Part 1)
*** Carroll Shelby, as some of you may or may not have heard, passed away on May 10th, 2012 at the age of 89. Most noted as a car designer/constructor/modifier such as the Shelby Cobra 427, but also the Shelby GT350 (as well as the GT350R in this game). Other notable Shelby cars: Shelby GT500, Daytona Coupe, and Shelby Series 1 (this is also in the game). His first project was to take the popular British car, the AC Ace, and ask AC to make a version that would accept a bigger V8 engine. This car would, with a few model and engine variations, become the Shelby Cobra. He would also have a hand in designing many other cars from different manufacturers, but the ones most worth mentioning are the Ford GT40 and the Dodge Viper.
But Carroll Shelby also was a race car driver. He won his very first race in 1952 and quickly established himself as a phenom. In 1954, he flipped his car four times while driving the dangerous Carrera Panamericana in Mexico. Due to multiple surgeries, he had to drive most of the 1955 season while his arm was in a hard cast. But he still continued to win. He was named 'Sports Illustrated' Driver Of The Year for 1956 and 1957. In 1958-59, he participated in Formula One Racing. He even won the 1959 '24 Hours Of Le Mans' while driving an Aston Martin DBR1. His last race was in 1960 at the famed Laguna Seca track in California. He drove a Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage and finished in 2nd place. He was in such pain (related to his crash and years of surgery) that he decided at that moment to retire.
For this event, we had three Shelby cars to choose from (not including the AC Cars 427 S/C): the Shelby Cobra 427 66, the Shelby GT350R 65, and the Shelby Series One Super Charged 03. Part 1 of this two part ode to Carroll Shelby will feature the 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 and the 1965 Shelby GT350R. For Part 2, we'll use the 2003 Shelby Series One. ***
1. Track : Grand Valley Speedway (forward)
2. Cars : Shelby Cobra 427 66 & Shelby GT350R 65
IMPORTANT ! This is a combined times challenge: you'll need to run both cars; rankings will be made based on your combined times.
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3. Cars specifics:
- Transmission: either
- Tires: R2 / R2
- TCS : at your disposal
- ASM : off
- Active Steering : off
- Driving Physics : Professional
All in-game quick-tune options are at your disposal (Press Triangle when selecting your car to add the car to your favorites and tinker with any available settings).
Hybrid cars, the use of CFW tuning or any other way of cheating (such as the Action Replay for PSP) is forbidden...
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4. Duration of the challenges : this challenge will start Monday May 21st 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday May 28th 3:59 pm GMT+2 (one week !)
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5. Time submission :
You'll have to post your Ghost Replay Data + Photo before Monday May 28th 3:59 pm GMT+2. If you miss the deadline, your laptimes won't be in the website.
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6. Rules :
You'll have to follow the Host and Compete in a GT Planet Time Attack Challenge (GTPTAC) You'll have to follow the Host and Compete in a GT Planet Time Attack Challenge (GTPTAC) ! Just to remind you :
Clean or Dirty lap :
- Colliding with or using walls, fences, cones or other obstacle is forbidden. All times submitted must be 100% wall free.
- Two wheels (except when airborne, where the vertical projection of the car onto the track counts) must be in contact with the tarmac which does not include all green/grassed/sanded/graveled areas.
- NO SPARKS! (this does not include 'bottoming' the car out on the tarmac or rumble strips; but does include walls/barriers)
Rumble/ripple strips :
- having two wheels/tires on a corner's inside rumble strips and two off track is considered unclean
- having two wheels/tires on a corner's outside rumble strips and two off track is considered clean.
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7. LeaderBoards
The leaderboards will be on the website
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8. Current session points leaders:
Place - Competitor - Points
1st #l-l MVR08######l24
2nd #-l Antares26####21
3rd #l-l Detroitbb####)18
5th #l-l Awaren######.9#
5th #l-l sidtiroler#####$9###(tied for 5th)
6th #l-l Petrolhead1###ll8#
7th #l-l zipiol#######%6#
9th #l-l anastasis14###.l5#
9th #l-l danielmacgr###l.5###(tied for 9th)
10th .-l Valencianista###1
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