GTP WTAC Week 47 : Concept SUVs presented by MVR08

[Detroitbb]

GTP WTAC Week 47 : Concept SUVs presented by MVR08​

*** For this challenge we'll be using two SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) concepts. I have no idea how they handle and we'll all be learning these bigger automobiles together. For that reason alone, this will be an exciting week! ***




1. Track : Suzuka Circuit West Course

2. Cars : Mazda MX-Crossport '05 & Land Rover Range Stormer '04

l

IMPORTANT ! This is a combined times challenge: you'll need to run both cars; rankings will be made based on your combined times.

----------------

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...

--------------------

4. Duration of the challenges : this challenge will start Monday April 4th 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday April 11th 3:59 pm GMT+2 (one week !)

--------------------

5. Time submission :

You'll have to post your Ghost Replay Data + Photo before Monday April 11th 3:59 pm GMT+2. If you miss the deadline, your laptimes won't be in the website.

--------------------

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.


--------------------

7. LeaderBoards

The leaderboards will be on the website



----------------------


8. Current session points leaders:


Place - Competitor - Points

1st #l-l Dan360######.l46
2nd #-l MVR08######l..42
3rd #l-l Detroitbb#####ll36###(tied for 3rd)
3rd #l-l pvr77########36#

#(tied for 3rd)
5th #l-l easyasashii###&l33
6th #l-l red ice######llll14
7th #l-l sausages####..ll11
8th #l-l Donfuy#######..6
9th #l-l bigllama93#####.l2


----------------------

 

[Detroitbb]

Track is posted!

We're in for a crazy week: This will likely be the last competition for this current racing session (then we start a new one) and these big boys will be challenging to guide through Suzuka's tight turns.

 

[Detroitbb]

Preliminary times: 1'34.2xx with the Mazda and 1'35.9xx with the Land Rover.

 

[Detroitbb]

I nudged my Land Rover time down to 1'35.7xx and the Mazda's time is now 1'34.0xx.

 

[pvr77]

Did a few laps today and a little tuning..

Stormer - 1'34.5xx
Crossport - 1'34.3xx

Enjoying this combo more than I thought I would! 👍

 

[Dan360]

My first times:

Land Rover - 1'33.8xx
Mazda MX - 1'33.0xx

 

[Detroitbb]

I did some moderate tuning and improved my times.


Mazda: 1'33.3xx

Land Rover: 1'34.6xx


The Land Rover just feels like a truck: big & heavy. The Mazda, on the other hand, feels more like a sports car. In fact, the front end very closely resembles the RX-8!

 

[easyasashii]

Preliminary times: 1'34.2xx with the Mazda and 1'35.9xx with the Land Rover.

Same preliminary times for me, no time to play !!!

Did a few laps today and a little tuning..

Stormer - 1'34.5xx
Crossport - 1'34.3xx

Enjoying this combo more than I thought I would! 👍

Me too !

 

[MVR08]

Mazda MX: 1'32.2xx

I'm not a fan of SUVs, but I wanted to know apart of a rollover what else should I spect from this cars driving in the limits.. Have to say that I'm really pleased with how the Mazda perform. I discovered that leaving the car in 3rd gear is faster than 2nd in the last corner, and is better lift the gas-turn early in 130R rather than braking-turn-throtle with the Mazda..

See you later!👍

 

[Detroitbb]

Mazda: 1'32.6xx

Land Rover: 1'33.9xx

 

[pvr77]

New times...

Mazda - 1'32.5xx

Land Rover 1'33.7xx

@ Detroit -Looks like so far it's you or me for 3rd!

B.T.W. anybody know what happened to red ice?

 

[Detroitbb]

B.T.W. anybody know what happened to red ice?

No idea - I hope he's OK though.

 

[pvr77]

My entry...

Mazda MX-Crossport - 1'32.594

Land Rover Stormer - 1'33.570

Total time - 3'06.164

It was interesting trying to get a good tune for the Stormer, in the end I had the springs and dampers quite a bit softer on the back than on the front.

See you guys in the next session!

Vroom....
👍

 

[MVR08]

Mazda MX-Crossport: 1'31.758

Land Rover Stormer: 1'32.807

Total Time: 3'04.565

Very good challenge this week.. I like this track alot and think that those times could be better. Didn't have much time with the Stormer but what I learned in the MX transfered very well to the Stormer.

See you next week and probably next session.. 👍

 

[Detroitbb]

I was hoping to really put in a solid effort to reduce my times (and fine tune my setups) last night, but I started to feel sick. Headache, fever, nausea, and a generally crappy feeling all over my body kept me from running laps last night or all day today. But at least I am able to submit some times for this week!




Mazda MX-Crossport: 1'32.618

Land Rover Range Stormer: 1'33.928

combined time: 3'06.546




I'll see everyone here: 37°34′08″N 126°58′36″E

👍

 

[Dan360]

I ran a last-minute session, no improvement for the Land Rover, but an improvement on the Mazda.

Land Rover Range Stormer Concept '04 - 1'33.844

Mazda MX-Crossport Concept - 1'32.532

Combined time: 3'06.376

 

[pvr77]

...

I'll see everyone here: 37°34′08″N 126°58′36″E...

👍

Forward or backward?

Never mind, just saw you updated week 48!

 

[vaughan]

Hi everyone:tup:, I'm a green racer for this game and eager to join your WTAC for fun and for learning driving skills from you. Though not know much about driving and race rules, I have much interest in this GT game and played GT2 on PS-emulator for some time.
Here I put my time and replays as a self-introduction. Would you count me in? Maybe in next Session

Mazda MX 1'36.740

Land Rover 1'37.177

Total time: 3'13.917

 

[Detroitbb]

Welcome to the competition, vaughan!

Unfortunately, you missed the deadline to submit your replays/photos for this week, but we'd love to have you join us for Week 48 (which is the current event)!

 

[Detroitbb]

I will calculate all the times tomorrow - I'm still really ill and feel like I'm going to pass out at any moment (I hate being sick).

 

[pvr77]

Welcome vaughan! Good to have fresh competition!

 

[Detroitbb]

We've never encountered a situation where the top two competitors were tied when the racing session ended, so this is uncharted territory for the WTAC! Both Dan360 and MVR08 finished with 50 points... and both are very worthy of the overall title. MVR08 had more 1st place finishes, but Dan's tenacity kept him in the lead all the way up until now. So, instead of employing a tie-breaker method to determine a single champion, I will make the executive decision to award the trophy to both Dan360 and MVR08. They are both deserving and worthy of the title 'Co-Champion'!

Congratulations guys!

I would also like to congratulate pvr77 for his 3rd place finish in the overall standings. Way to go, pvr! 👍


----------------------


This week's results:

1st - MVR08###.ll (3'04.565)###[8 pts]

2nd - pvr77####. (3'06.164)###[7 pts]

3rd - Dan360###ll (3'06.376)###[6 pts]
###____________________________________

### 4th - Detroitbb#... (3'06.546)###[5 pts]




----------------------


Current session points leaders:


Place - Competitor - Points

1st #l-l Dan360######.l50###(tied for 1st)
2nd #-l MVR08######l..50###(tied for 1st)
3rd #l-l pvr77########43
4th #l-l Detroitbb#####ll41#

5th #l-l easyasashii###&l33
6th #l-l red ice######llll14
7th #l-l sausages####..ll11
8th #l-l Donfuy#######..6
9th #l-l bigllama93#####.l2


* An honorable mention goes out to vaughan...

----------------------

 

[pvr77]

Thanks Detroit, and it's always a pleasure racing against you. I think maybe Dan and MVR should have some kind of face-off to settle this tie for 1st. Hopefully for the next session Donfuy, bigllama93 and vaughan will join us.

Oh, and I think we should all thank Detroit for hosting for this long. We all appreciate it a lot!
👍👍👍