GTP WTAC Week 93 : Lotus Esprit (Part II)

[Detroitbb]

GTP WTAC Week 93 : Lotus Esprit (Part II)​

*** In the second part of our Lotus Esprit challenge series, we get a chance to enjoy two more contemporary Lotus Esprit models - the 2002 Esprit V8 and the 2000 Esprit Sport 350. I've never drive either model in GT PSP, so I can't comment on which is faster or which has better handling. What I can say is that both should be fairly fast and have gobs of HP and torque. Anticipating that, I have changed the tire requirements from S2 (which is a general default tire choice for me in normal sports cars) to S3 tires. So we'll get a little more grip for Week 93 than we normally would! ***


1. Track : Tokyo Route 246 (forward)

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2. Cars : Lotus Esprit V8 ’02 & Lotus Esprit Sport 350 ’00

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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: S3 / S3
- 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 February 27th 4:00 pm GMT+2 and will end Monday March 5th 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 March 5th 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 anastasis14##lll10#

#(tied for 5th)
5th #l-l nascarlemans#.l10#

#(tied for 5th)
6th #l-l red ice#####.lllll8#

7th #l-l zipiol#######l..7#

8th #l-l vaughan#####&6


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[zipiol]

S3 are just little better... but still better im happy

 

[Shigegaki]

Since I am getting my Vita finally tomorrow, I am gonna sign up for this )

 

[Detroitbb]

Since I am getting my Vita finally tomorrow, I am gonna sign up for this )

We'll see you on the track!

👍

 

[zipiol]

Since I am getting my Vita finally tomorrow, I am gonna sign up for this )

will u buy GTPSP on PSN again ? just to compete with us ? O.o

 

[Shigegaki]

Well I bought a bunch of games when the PSP Go came out but got rid of it due to crappy service. I just installed GTPSP on my Vita so when I get some free time, I will have have to start over and gold everything. But I should have hopefully both cars soon enough to start competing

 

[zipiol]

I can't wait to see screenshot of GTPSP on PSVita ;o ;D

 

[zipiol]

any one having some trouble to get under 2 mins?
I can only do like 2'01.xxx
and that is my limit I suppose...


and what is ur metod for first corner? to what speed do u break?
I usually break to 80-90km/h but I found that with lilttle help of luck u can actually go 100+ through this one...

EDIT:
YES! I made it ;D went under 2mins
My current time is 1'59.009
I'm so proud of myself
:woot:

 

[Detroitbb]

YES! I made it ;D went under 2mins
My current time is 1'59.009

👍

Great job, zipiol!

 

[zipiol]

Thanks
My current time is 1'57.5xx
Any others to compare? Ur times guys will be probably like 1'55 or 1'50 O.o
But I'm waiting the most for some screens of GTPSP on Vita


U know Shigegaki that Vita can make screens by default with PS button + Start?
So I will be glad to see some gameplay screens please

 

[Shigegaki]

I don't think you can take screenshots of PSP games because I just tried it and got an error of you can't take a screenshot of this. But..

Just messing with the Lotus Esprit V8 ’02. Currently sitting at 1'56.5xx, I think I can shave it another .500 because at the end I was drifting the final corner haha.

 

[zipiol]

I would really apriciate if U would find a way to make one
If not camera shot will be good to

and I'm at 1'57.3xx 👍

 

[NoirAntares]

and I'm at 1'57.3xx 👍

From 2'00 over to 1'57, you're progressing nicely here, zipiol.

btw, you never mentioned which Esprit you were using. Was it the V8 or the 350?

 

[zipiol]

First one - V8

 

[NoirAntares]

First times (stock settings)
Esprit V8 ~ 1'56.036
Esprit 350 ~ 1'55.387

Even though both cars have equal HP value, the 350 is sort of a performance model with more torque and a rear wing that makes it a lot more stable than the V8. Both cars have great potential though. 👍

 

[Shigegaki]

I would really apriciate if U would find a way to make one
If not camera shot will be good to

and I'm at 1'57.3xx 👍

That isn't a issue, but don't expect any high res footage from GTPSP on the Vita. Even with the new filter system in place, it still doesn't look much different.

 

[NoirAntares]

That isn't a issue, but don't expect any high res footage from GTPSP on the Vita. Even with the new filter system in place, it still doesn't look much different.

Does the bilinear filtering affect the frame rate in any way?

 

[Shigegaki]

Does the bilinear filtering affect the frame rate in any way?

From what I can tell, it does not. Sorry!

 

[NoirAntares]

From what I can tell, it does not. Sorry!

No, I actually thought the filtering would lower the frame rate with the fixed jagged edges. It's actually a good thing that there'd be no negative effects on it.

 

[Shigegaki]

I think a little more tweaking, and I should be finished with the V8 car.

 

[Detroitbb]

That's a pretty nice looking machine, Shigegaki! I'm jealous!

 

[MVR08]

That's a pretty nice looking machine, Shigegaki! I'm jealous!

Yes they look pretty good to me too:tup: I want one, but I'm gonna wait to know if and when a GT game is released for it.

 

[NoirAntares]

So my friend has to borrow my PSP this week, so I'm not gonna be able to do any laps until Saturday. Hopefully, I can open up time to be able to get good laps in, but if I can't, then I'll have to skip this week.

 

[NoirAntares]

That's a pretty nice looking machine, Shigegaki! I'm jealous!

Yeah, it's definitely an awesome looking machine. Those dual analogs just give a different feel to the portable. Maybe I'll wait til the Vita has more games before getting it here. 👍

 

[zipiol]

I think a little more tweaking, and I should be finished with the V8 car.

so u can't see ur ghost save data on Vita like on PSP?

and yes it looks nice so when can we see some gameplay shots?


We must show the replay data cuz there is more info? or we can put ingame stats like Shigegaki ?

 

[Detroitbb]

so u can't see ur ghost save data on Vita like on PSP?

He can still view ghost replay save data just like we view it (from the PSP's root directory). He is just showing us his time from the 'my records' screen.

We must show the replay data cuz there is more info? or we can put ingame stats like Shigegaki ?

We all still need to show the full replay data (as we've been doing). You'll notice that Shigegaki's picture doesn't have all the necessary information that we need. What's missing? Which track was used.
👍

 

[zipiol]

ok then

 

[Shigegaki]

He can still view ghost replay save data just like we view it (from the PSP's root directory). He is just showing us his time from the 'my records' screen.

We all still need to show the full replay data (as we've been doing). You'll notice that Shigegaki's picture doesn't have all the necessary information that we need. What's missing? Which track was used.
👍

Thank you for clearing this up Detroit, I knew this would come up. I have everything saved from Ghost to my Replay. I know to cover my bases, I have been around the block a few times

 

[red ice]

Thanks for sharing PSV infos Shigegaki! That improved Steering Stick is really tempting me.
Hmmm...(thinking, if I should buy a Vita).

BTW, is there a PSV application where you can integrate GTPSP's ADHOC multiplayer to infrastructure mode? Or do you still need the ADHOC party application in the PS3 in order to be connected globally?

 

[NoirAntares]

Just confirming, I will not be participating in this week's challenge.

The reason? Earlier today, my friend who borrowed my psp asked me if I could let him return it on Monday, I allowed him just that, since it's actually been a few years since I lent him my psp.

Anyways, I'll still be around to see how this challenge turns out, so I really won't miss out on the fun. 👍