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[Otsdarva]

My goodness, that is quite an ambitious structure to run. I can only hope it'll be achievable! Hmm, I'm going to miss racing with certain drivers. I can understand the reasoning for the two divisions though.

 

[Masi_23]

Very ambitious Theo. But looking at it closely, In season 2, we had almost 40+ drivers in the pool with just one time-slot, so i think its achievable. It will be knock-out qualifying so 28 drivers max per conference will race every week. Realistically, i think 70-90 will battle it out at the beginning - eventually it will die down as the season progress.

By the way, Veterans will have first dibs so they're automatically in the championship. Invite first, then we'll have a qualifier to determine the other participants. After that, sign-ups will be closed.

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Championship Structure
There will be two conferences in the championship: NTSC and PAL. Regardless of your location, you can choose to compete in either one. You cannot compete in both. The driver pool limit will be dictated by the number of cars available in each class. At the moment, there are 15 cars each for both GT500 and GT300. Each car will compose of two drivers which makes a team. All in all, there will be 30 teams in each conferences with a total max of 120 drivers for the whole championship. An ambitious number that we'd like to achieve. Tentative Race times are as follows.

• NTSC - Saturday 8.00pm PST | 11.00pm EST
• PAL - Friday 12.00pm PST | 3.00pm EST

Regular Season
The regular Season will consist of 10 rounds in the course of 10 weeks. Only the top 9 scores will count. The schedule consists of a variety of races: Same Class, Mixed Class, and Mini-Enduros. All same class races will have dual heats with a feature race followed by a sprint race. Meanwhile, mixed class races will have a single feature length race. Lastly, mini-enduros will be same class with a length of 250 km. Structure as follows.

• Same Class - Dual Heats | 175km | 25-50km
• Mixed Class - Single Feature Race | 175km
• Mini-Enduro - Single Feature Race | 250km

Playoff Tournament
The series will only have one 'Overall Champion' and we will determine this with a tournament style playoff similar to the annual 'Race of Champions' in real life. The top 8 from each conferences (4 in GT500 and 4 in GT300) will be seeded based on points. Top seeders will go heads up with bottom seeders in a heads up battle. Each round will be best of 3 using different cars and tracks. The finals will be heads up, best of five series. The overall champion will receive a grand prize (to be revealed soon). All playoff participants will also receive various consolation prices.



More info TBA.

 

[Otsdarva]

WSGTC Photoshoot

When: November 11, 2011 (11-11-11 ) | 20.00 GMT or Later
Host: GTP_Masicampo

2 Cars per driver! Select 1 car per class! 16 drivers overall + reserve drivers

Part 1 | GT500:
Honda ARTA NSX - Toyotsupra
Honda EPSON NSX - GTP_Masicampo
Honda RAYBRIG NSX - chorda
Honda TAKATA DOME NSX - GV27-
Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 - GTP_Aderrrm
Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 - paulmac2k9
Lexus ENEOS SC430 - MH4wheel
Lexus PETRONAS TOM?S SC430 - NEPALII
Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R - Litchi_GTPlay
Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R - GTP_Pinoy2
Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R -
Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R - Remy_K
Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z - Paginas
Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R -
Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra - joshua1994
Nissan or GTR Stealth Car - GTP_CSL

Part 2 | GT300:
Cusco Dunlop Impreza - Paginas
Cusco Advan Impreza - chorda
WedsSport IS350 - GTP_Masicampo
WedsSport Celica - MH4wheel
Arta Garaiya - GV27-
Amemiya RX7 '06 - GTP_Pinoy2
Apex MR-S - paulmac2k9
Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 -
Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car ?04 - NEPALII
Nissan C-West Razo Silvia - joshua1994
Amemiya FD3S RX-7 - Toyotsupra
RX7 LM Race Car - Remy_K
RX8 LM Concept LM Race Car - GTP_CSL
Honda S2000 LM Race Car - GTP_Aderrrm
Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car - Litchi_GTPlay
HKS Evo CT230R -

Reserve Drivers (write down what car you have):



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[Masi_23]

Just concluded a test session with Remy.

Cars dropped out of GT300

• Nissan C-West Razo Silvia - even at 35/60 DF with Stage 3 Turbo, it's still lacking around the corners. Almost 2 seconds slower against the Cusco (which was already lowered to 300hp).
• Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car - similar case with the car above.

 

[Denilson]

That's old news Masi. How about reducing aero for the current GT300 cars.
Cause either way, they are too fast at current specs, right? ( Even down tuned to 300 bhp ).
Aero settings is what will slow them down.

Cause I'd really love to see those 2 cars added.

 

[CSLACR]

You're forgetting the BMW touring car?

Either way, I see all of them as long shots. At the least, it will require catering all other cars to match them, since they can't match others. Meaning these cars will be the "staple GT300 car" alongside all others will need downtuned to be equal.
IIRC the Silvia has a "tire penalty" similar to the Eneos and Advan. The others might too, just a general lack of traction.

 

[Masi_23]

@ Dennis - Believe me, i wanted them to be included too. Like i mentioned, we downtuned the 4 premium cars to 300 hp. The Razo was still a 1.5-2.0 secs off even with turbo stage 3. Lowering the aero can be an option, but it'll be harder to police.

@ CSL - i tested that car a while ago, that too lacks some df/traction round the corners.

We'll try again tomorrow and explore some more.

 

[toyotsupra]

Does any one know what car ill be in? And ill try and get a photo my Avatar ASAP 👍

 

[CodeRedR51]

Guess I'll have to change my thread from saying "only series with a title sponsor" to "first series with a title sponsor".

 

[GTP_RS172]

WSGTC Photoshoot

When: November 11, 2011 (11-11-11 ) | 20.00 GMT or Later
Host: GTP_Masicampo

2 Cars per driver! Select 1 car per class! 16 drivers overall + reserve drivers

Part 1 | GT500:
Honda ARTA NSX - Toyotsupra
Honda EPSON NSX - GTP_Masicampo
Honda RAYBRIG NSX - chorda
Honda TAKATA DOME NSX - GV27-
Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 - GTP_Aderrrm
Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 - paulmac2k9
Lexus ENEOS SC430 - MH4wheel
Lexus PETRONAS TOM?S SC430 - NEPALII
Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R - Litchi_GTPlay
Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R - GTP_Pinoy2
Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R - GTP_RS172
Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R - Remy_K
Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z - Paginas
Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R -
Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra - joshua1994
Nissan or GTR Stealth Car - GTP_CSL

Part 2 | GT300:
Cusco Dunlop Impreza - Paginas
Cusco Advan Impreza - chorda
WedsSport IS350 - GTP_Masicampo
WedsSport Celica - MH4wheel
Arta Garaiya - GV27-
Amemiya RX7 '06 - GTP_Pinoy2
Apex MR-S - paulmac2k9
Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 -
Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car ?04 - NEPALII
Nissan C-West Razo Silvia - joshua1994
Amemiya FD3S RX-7 - Toyotsupra
RX7 LM Race Car - Remy_K
RX8 LM Concept LM Race Car - GTP_CSL
Honda S2000 LM Race Car - GTP_Aderrrm
Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car - Litchi_GTPlay
HKS Evo CT230R - GTP_RS172

Reserve Drivers (write down what car you have):



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I'll be there 20:00 GMT 11/11 = 07:00 AEDT +11 12/11 👍

 

[Biffy]

Erm, why am I not in the photoshoot list anymore?

 

[Masi_23]

Someone must!ve messed up at some point. Can you cover the last cars?

 

[toyotsupra]

Masi do you need my driver photo?

 

[Masi_23]

We'll put that off for the moment until everyone's chosen their cars.

 

[paulmac2k9]

WSGTC Photoshoot

When: November 11, 2011 (11-11-11 ) | 20.00 GMT or Later
Host: GTP_Masicampo

2 Cars per driver! Select 1 car per class! 16 drivers overall + reserve drivers

Part 1 | GT500:
Honda ARTA NSX - Toyotsupra
Honda EPSON NSX - GTP_Masicampo
Honda RAYBRIG NSX - chorda
Honda TAKATA DOME NSX - GV27
Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 - GTP_Aderrrm
Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 - paulmac2k9
Lexus ENEOS SC430 - MH4wheel
Lexus PETRONAS TOMS SC430 - NEPALII
Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R - Biffy
Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R - GTP_Pinoy2
Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R -
Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R - Remy_K
Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z - Paginas
Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R -
Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra - joshua1994
Nissan or GTR Stealth Car - GTP_CSL

Part 2 | GT300:
Cusco Dunlop Impreza - Paginas
Cusco Advan Impreza - chorda
WedsSport IS350 - GTP_Masicampo
WedsSport Celica - MH4wheel
Arta Garaiya - GV27-
Amemiya RX7 '06 - GTP_Pinoy2
Apex MR-S - paulmac2k9
Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 - Biffy
Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car '04 - NEPALII
Nissan C-West Razo Silvia - joshua1994
Amemiya FD3S RX-7 - Toyotsupra
RX7 LM Race Car - Remy_K
RX8 LM Concept LM Race Car - GTP_CSL
Honda S2000 LM Race Car - GTP_Aderrrm
Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car -
HKS Evo CT230R -

Reserve Drivers (write down what car you have):



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Great news about the sponsor

it was litchy who messed up Biff was up for impul and Nomad so ill put to this...
WSGTC Photoshoot

When: November 11, 2011 (11-11-11 ) | 20.00 GMT or Later
Host: GTP_Masicampo

2 Cars per driver! Select 1 car per class! 16 drivers overall + reserve drivers

Part 1 | GT500:
Honda ARTA NSX - Toyotsupra
Honda EPSON NSX - GTP_Masicampo
Honda RAYBRIG NSX - chorda
Honda TAKATA DOME NSX - GV27
Lexus BANDAI DIREZZA SC430 - GTP_Aderrrm
Lexus DENSO DUNLOP SARD SC430 - paulmac2k9
Lexus ENEOS SC430 - MH4wheel
Lexus PETRONAS TOMS SC430 - NEPALII
Nissan Calsonic IMPUL GT-R - Biffy/Litchi_GTPlay?
Nissan MOTUL AUTECH GT-R - GTP_Pinoy2
Nissan WOODONE ADVAN Clarion GT-R - GTP_RS172
Nissan XANAVI NISMO GT-R - Remy_K
Nissan XANAVI NISMO Z - Paginas
Nissan YellowHat YMS TOMICA GT-R - Litchi_GTPlay/Biffy?
Toyota YellowHat YMS Supra - joshua1994
Nissan or GTR Stealth Car - GTP_CSL

Part 2 | GT300:
Cusco Dunlop Impreza - Paginas
Cusco Advan Impreza - chorda
WedsSport IS350 - GTP_Masicampo
WedsSport Celica - MH4wheel
Arta Garaiya - GV27-
Amemiya RX7 '06 - GTP_Pinoy2
Apex MR-S - paulmac2k9
Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT-1 - Biffy
Lexus IS 200 GT-1 Race Car '04 - NEPALII
Nissan C-West Razo Silvia - joshua1994
Amemiya FD3S RX-7 - Toyotsupra
RX7 LM Race Car - Remy_K
RX8 LM Concept LM Race Car - GTP_CSL
Honda S2000 LM Race Car - GTP_Aderrrm
Nissan 350Z Concept LM Race Car - Litchi_GTPlay
HKS Evo CT230R - GTP_RS172

Reserve Drivers (write down what car you have):



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they will have to decide who uses what.... id say since biffy put his name down on the impul first he should get it, but we will see what happens..... hopefully when that is sorted full grid for tomorrow

 

[Masi_23]

I'll be revealing the prizes in a few hours.

...along with the plans for the photoshoot. I hope everyone's ready.

 

[Masi_23]

Had some graphics prepared for this, but my PC crashed.. here they are anyway.


Prizes Revealed

Grand Champion - The newly released Rseat.net RS Evo V3

2nd Overall - Lifetime Premium GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25
3rd Overall - Lifetime Premium GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25
4th to 8th - 1 Year Premium GTP Membership or GTP Merchandise under $12

Conference Champions - TBA
Class Champions - TBA

Sportsmanship Award - Lifetime GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25


Note: All Prizes from 2nd through 8th are subject to changes. Stay tuned!

 

[CSLACR]

I want me that Rseat.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Just curious, did Rseat.net donate the grand prize?

 

[Masi_23]

Not exactly - had to negotiate and its under certain conditions.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Interesting.

Thanks.

 

[Andil]

A fantastic effort regardless Masi, impressed 👍

 

[Masi_23]

Thanks Andy 👍

But yeah, basically, it is 'free' or 'donated' as mentioned. An investment on their part

More to come - still under talks with other sponsors.

Had some graphics prepared for this, but my PC crashed.. here they are anyway.


Prizes Revealed

Grand Champion - The newly released Rseat.net RS Evo V3

2nd Overall - Lifetime Premium GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25
3rd Overall - Lifetime Premium GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25
4th to 8th - 1 Year Premium GTP Membership or GTP Merchandise under $12
Class Champions - TBA

Sportsmanship Award - Lifetime GTP Membership or Select GTP Merchandise under $25


Note: All Prizes from 2nd through 8th are subject to changes. Stay tuned!

 

[twistedfirework]

Great job masi. Not that I will win anything. I am just pleased to be a part of WSGTC

 

[toyotsupra]

Me too :tup

 

[Masi_23]

Cheers guys

Just to note, a select few will be invited (mainly WSGTC Veterans) and will receive an automatic spot in the driver pool. The rest must do a qualifier and make the cut (numbers TBA).

 

[Otsdarva]

Wow...Well as long as the cards fall right I can usually hold just outside the top five... Haven't got a hope in hell with the finals though.

 

[Masi_23]

You never know

Playoffs will not be single eliminations.

 

[NEPALII]

Aww sweet a Racing Seat!! . Man, this is going to be insane.

 

[twistedfirework]

Cheers guys

Just to note, a select few will be invited (mainly WSGTC Veterans) and will receive an automatic spot in the driver pool. The rest must do a qualifier and make the cut (numbers TBA).

What's the criteria for a veteran?