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GTP WTAC Week 24 : Datsun 510 - "The Poor Man's BMW"
*** The Datsun 510 was given it's exterior styling by an in-house Nissan designer named Teruo Uchino. It was directed by the Japanese bosses to be as unoffensive as possible so as to appeal to a larger market - namely, the United States. The president of Nissan USA was a man by the name of Yutaka Katayama. He was the main figure in pushing the company heads in the Japanese home office to not only build the 510, but to make it more than just an economy car. Mr. Katayama had been a former racer himself and he wanted the car to have a bit of performance - he envisioned entering the Datsun 510 in both rally and road races. He wanted a car that could rival the BMW 1600 but for considerably less money (the 510 debuted in the US for $1996). Even though the exterior styling was a bit 'tame', the Prince built 1.6 liter motor was solid and quite peppy. In addition, it featured a fully independent suspension and a unibody that was light in terms of weight. Mr. Katayama knew that he was attempting to sell this vehicle at the height of the American muscle car era, so he wisely dropped the 'Bluebird' name in favor of the more appropriate 'Datsun 510' (it was called the 'Datsun 1600' in Canada/Austrailia). In auto enthusiast circles, this car became known as "The Poor Man's BMW". An interesting side note: the late actor/director, Paul Newman, first learned and began his racing career in a Datsun 510. ***
1. Track : Ice Arena (reverse) & Suzuka Circuit East Course
2. Cars : Nissan Bluebird 1600 Deluxe '69 & Nissan Bluebird Rally Car '69
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: S2 / S2
- 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 Oct. 25th 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday Nov. 1st 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 Nov. 1st 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.
- NO SPARKS!
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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-llLion-Face###ll40
2nd #-l Detroitbb ###l29
3rd #l-llSylar######.l22##.ll(tied for 3rd)
3rd #l- lDan360#####22#
5th #l-l easyasashii##l21
6th #l- lsausages ##l;l11##.ll(tied for 6th)
6th #l-l red ice#####l11#
8th #l-l PiTch_#####.ll7
9th #l-l Fuchur#####.ll3#
10th .-l rpr101#####.lll2#
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