GTP_WRS Week 26 : Mazda is as Mazda Does

[crowhop]

Central and South American countries are difficult for us too We live here
Well, I'm abusing Strop's generosity and have him send his old G25 to me. I'm still working out some details. Will use DHL because my wife has some contacts there due to her Job. It won't come cheap but it would still cost about half of what an used g25 will cost down here.
There's so many restrictions to imports here that if we don't do it right, I might never see that wheel at home

There are many countries we ship to where it is cheaper and easier to fly here, pick up the item and fly back home. Seriously.

Order a T500RS (or other wheel) on Amazon and have it shipped to my house, fly to Atlanta or Charlotte and I'll bring it to you. Ha.

 

[Xelyno]

That's it for me. Submitted and accepted with these splits:

27.800
53.733
1'15.583

 

[mcsqueegy]

Last attempt from me, nothing special

27.491
53.080
1'14.358

 

[LLOYDZELITE69]

Last attempt from me, nothing special

27.491
53.080
1'14.358

Argh

 

[mcsqueegy]

Argh

Don't worry, my final corner is rubbish

Ran a slightly faster lap just before that one but it ended up dirty at the evil wicked naughty corkscrew

 

[LLOYDZELITE69]

Don't worry, my final corner is rubbish

Ran a slightly faster lap just before that one but it ended up dirty at the evil wicked naughty corkscrew

I put a sometime to beat you yesterday, but I don't know if I can do it today. Just gotta wait and see our full lap for me, cause I did go slightly wide on the second to last corner.

 

[roamer2629]

There are many countries we ship to where it is cheaper and easier to fly here, pick up the item and fly back home. Seriously.

Order a T500RS (or other wheel) on Amazon and have it shipped to my house, fly to Atlanta or Charlotte and I'll bring it to you. Ha.

Nice offer!! But then the problem will be taking me out of customs...

 

[raffyvorlengg]

First laps...
28,413
55,413
1:17,779

 

[crowhop]

Nice offer!! But then the problem will be taking me out of customs...

You cannot have carry-on luggage? I was thinking you could take it out of the box and throw in a gym bag and away you'd go.

Ever hear of a forwarding company like myUS.com? We ship internationally to these quite a bit. Seems to work great.

 

[raffyvorlengg]

28,249
54,782
1:17,615

 

[ItsAllAboutWins]

Figures all the over achievers show up when I don't put my usual time into the TT.
Granted, I wouldn't win with my lowly ds3 anyway, but I don't like being 4tenths behind on a Monday..

 

[roamer2629]

You cannot have carry-on luggage? I was thinking you could take it out of the box and throw in a gym bag and away you'd go.

Ever hear of a forwarding company like myUS.com? We ship internationally to these quite a bit. Seems to work great.

The issue would be the embassy here granting a Visa for me to go there. And believe it or not, speaking english the way I do seems to convince authorities I'll get lost in their countries and stay there forever.
When I went to work to Canada, I had a 1 year working visa which was reduced to 2 weeks after airport authorities had a short interview with me, only to become really suspicious about a southamerican who could speak the language without an accent. I guess being a bit paranoid is part of their job description.
I own a house, and have credit cards now, being almost a respectable citizen, but something about me seems to put officials on edge. Wonder why...

 

[ollie57]

Done with these times.. Accepted

27.916
53.783
1'15.683

 

[Cu3e]

Wow you guys are fast...

28.223
55.256
1:18.006

 

[iainoflo85]

It worked the same way in GT5.

I think what you are thinking of is this. If you knock down a cone or marker, and then drive through the place where that cone or marker WAS, it will show you knocking it down on the ghost replay.

That's a good reason to restart when you knock thinks askew. A good example is the chicane at the Nurb GP track. There are big foam blocks that act as chicane boundaries. If you knock one slightly out of place, it's a good idea to restart your run. You normally want to cut that really close, and if you knock it out of place, you might be shown hitting it on a ghost replay.

Yes, that's what I was thinking of. Thanks.

 

[raffyvorlengg]

28,190
54,573
1:16,573

 

[LLOYDZELITE69]

T1: 27.483
T2: 53.100
T3: 1:14.483

Still, need a better T3 but my last sector was great I think.

 

[GTP_Nail]

28.584
54.884
1:17.450

simple things like brake points become routine but need to be re-examined now and then.

Fetchy Approved....

 

[Mark_S]

Submitted & Accepted

28.417
54.784
1'17.300

 

[LLOYDZELITE69]

Hopefully I can get one more crack at it before it ends. I got stuff to do. Hold your breath @mcsqueegy

 

[hasslemoff]

Got chance to have another quick go.

Submitting with these

27.590
53.357
1:14.890

 

[Eggstor]

I see another positive handicap coming

28.572
55.205
1'17.522

 

[crowhop]

I see another positive handicap coming

28.572
55.205
1'17.522

I don't know if I fully understand the positive and negative handicaps. You're saying you basically underperformed compared to your baseline?

Got chance to have another quick go.

Submitting with these

27.590
53.357
1:14.890

I knew it was coming.

 

[Eggstor]

Broke the 1'17 mark at T3...

28.067
54.450
1'16.750

I don't know if I fully understand the positive and negative handicaps. You're saying you basically underperformed compared to your baseline?

That would be right. Positive handicaps are underperformances compared to the baseline, negative handicaps are overperformances, and eventually promotions.

 

[Bertracer]

Giving this a banzai haven't had a go all week. But I like and know the track,giving myself till the deadline
Updated splits
28.583
55.167
1.18.200

 

[RoeszaGT]

Last run gave me some improvement and almost got what I wanted but I was to gready and I Corkscrew** it up
But at the beginning of the week I would have signed for what I send to Fetchy and he accepted it.

27.967
54.117
1'16.217

 

[Bertracer]

Another half an hour, have found over 2 seconds at the line..... These splits can't be competitive, and still feels like time there
2 hrs to go....
Small break now. Then will try again.
28.733
55.300
1.17.533

 

[anastasis14]

Had no other chance to run after my last posted splits, will try for a banzai in a bit.

Nice splits @hasslemoff

 

[couttsy21]

Final splits:

27.733
53.617
1'15.350

Only second time running the combo but put in best part of 5 hours tonight. Seen better splits but couldnt string it all together.

Submitted my lap earlier before the deadline but still haven't recieved a reply? Will this still be accepted since it's now after the deadline?

 

[Bleached]

27.731
53.681
1'15.514

 

[EDK]

Final splits:

27.733
53.617
1'15.350

Only second time running the combo but put in best part of 5 hours tonight. Seen better splits but couldnt string it all together.

Submitted my lap earlier before the deadline but still haven't recieved a reply? Will this still be accepted since it's now after the deadline?

The deadline is not for another ~48 minutes, don't forget about summer time, while GMT is based on non-summer time.

Also, I can see your submission in the Admin only list that's visible in the Fetchbot.

Also, so everyone can be assured of competing on a level playing field, I NEVER look at that list until I've sent my final submission.