Most satisfying win ever?

[Elstro]

I don't mean 200A-spec/100 million attempts at a Gold licence test by this, BTW.

Basically, today, after many fine-tuning of aerodynamics and gearbox ratios, I managed to spank the tuner cars at Fuji with none other than a 2001 VW Bora V6 4motion. OK, it's my oldest car, and has pretty much all tuner upgrades, but I've worked hard on it over the years and this to me was the pinnacle of it - like watching a baby grow up, because a galumphing rep-mobile like a Bora would normally be outclassed by such machinery such as the RUF Yellow Bird.

And then for good measure, I then managed to piss over the tuners with a 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo. Albeit with 350bhp, slicks and a rear wing, but still..

Anyone else had a race or two like this over the years?

 

[Lucas]

I won the El Capitan Endurance Race for 200 A-Spec points with a stock Toyota Sprinter Trueno Shuichi Shigeno Version. The car sucked, but I won by 3 seconds, so it was a very satisfying victory.

I hope you have searched around before making this thread, bud. There have been many threads created today, and all of them got locked. Do a search before doing a new thread, because this sounds like one of those familiar threads to me, or else you will have the moderator comando group all over you!

 

[Aldo]

Its got to be when I won the GT world championship in the Proffessional hall
A-specced it all
Pretty pleased with that after months of trying

 

[sukerkin]

That's a tough question.

I would guess that the win that gave me the most relief was taking the final 200 A-Spec win in the Forumla Gran Turismo series. I did the whole series in what I consider the 'hard way' i.e. an FGT 'de-tuned' to 200 A-Spec levels rather than one of the 'LM's' tuned up. Further to that I did the series 'under protest' because I'm a Tin Top kind of guy (in the real world I vastly prefer the GT races to F1).

 

[Boffin]

I started the game again and instead of going for the Skyline or Evo for the first car, I opted for the MX5.

The night race (stage 5? I havn't played it for a bit) in the sunday cup was what I was racing in and I was quite far behind because of traffic and getting used the car.
After getting past the main pack, I was chasing down 1st place which was a considerable distance away with only 1.5 laps to go. By the last set of corners (in the tunnel) it was theoretically possible to snatch first place but it would entail asking everything from the little MX5. The last corner I took full throttle - something I havn't done in that car before and the Mazda held it's line perfectly - although there was always that feeling something would let go. I ended up winning the race by metres.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

There's been so many; honestly they all start to blend together, so that I have trouble remembering a satisfying win that I made just 2 days ago. Even if (at the time) it seemed like the best win ever.

But one that'll stick out in my mind forever: Mission 34. Not a true race, but it was a satisfying "win" nonetheless.

 

[Watchman]

But one that'll stick out in my mind forever: Mission 34. Not a true race, but it was a satisfying "win" nonetheless.

Same here, I remember winning it by two tries and I was so proud I won As you've said, there's been many races and for me, every single race is something special..

 

[mcsqueegy]

I got one! A few months back I beat the cars in the Grand Valley Enduro...

...In a Lotus Elan. Fully tuned, of course. The only problem was the surprisingly bad tyre-wear, but I managed to win by ~40 seconds. Another good one I can think of was Laguna Seca Enduro, where I used the CZ-3 Rally Car, and won against the Ford GT, Saleen, Shelby and the Spirra. That was just to keep the A-spec points up too! Tiny tiny winning margin there...

 

[Skygrasper550]

see sig: an unlikely story

that's my share of most satisfying win ever.., 👍

 

[Mercedes CLK]

when i came within 00:00.986 of wining the Mercedes Showdown. i didn't win, but it told me that i did something right.

 

[hazzy]

Oh, the most satisfying win must be when I raced against a FD3S on the last straight on Grand Valley. I was in front cruising (with an overpowered car ) when I thought I wanted a little competition before the finish line, so I let of the throttle a bit. Before I knew it, the FD rushed past me, and I just floored it, hoping I didn't just screw up bad. And the result? I **** you not, -0:00:001 in front! I threw my controller up in the air in joy

 

[balang_479]

16 hours drive of the 24 hours of Le Mans, that was satisfying!

 

[Watchman]

I just finished my first 200 A-Spec points race in the Laguna Seca Enduro.. I was driving a Shelby Series 1 (Only did an oil change and put R1 tyres on it!) and theothers were another Shelby Series 1, Chevrolet Corvette GRAND SPORT (C4), Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C5), Chevrolet Camaro SS and now to the best opponent: Saleen S7 Before the first pit stop I was only able to pull of for 4-5 s in first place.. The S7 was in second.. After the second stop there was a gap of 7s between me in 1st place and the 2nd placed Saleen.. After the third stop(Every 23rd lap, the Sallen pitted every 22nd lap) there was a gap of 4-5 s and in the last few laps, the S7 caught up and I had to block him (Everything cleanly, of course ).. And: The this was the result:

Best lap: 1'30.380 (Tell me if you want me to post a picture of the time )

 

[Earth]

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1969460&postcount=56

An 18 second win over 5 hours of racing and 172 laps = only .1 faster per lap

Points Scored (All Time)

234 - GTP_KumaBar
117 - GTP_Cudadude
116 - GTP_Brakefade
100 - GTP_DTWmetro
096 - GTP_Mine's_GTR
089 - GTP_Oo_xVx_oO
073 - GTP_Vaxen
067 - GTP_CWR
060 - GTP_Twistybits
050 - RedSunit
037 - GTP Ravenman
023 - GTP_Earth
023 - Venturedenny
022 - BaldurKn
022 - GTP_NapoleonMikey
045 - GTP_bbcnascar2


Heat Race Wins (All-Time)

08 - GTP_Brakefade
08 - GTP_Cudadude
05 - GTP_L_Hamilton
05 - EL_ZISSOU
04 - GTP_KumaBar
04 - GTP_timeattack
03 - GTP_Vaxen
03 - GTP_Ravenman
03 - GTP_Twistybits
02 - GTP_CWR
01 - Oo_xVx_oO
02 - GTP_FLASH48

Podiums (All-Time)

23 - GTP_KumaBar
18 - GTP_L_Hamilton
16 - GTP_Cudadude
11 - GTP_Brakefade
11 - EL_ZISSOU
09 - Oo_xVx_oO
08 - GTP_Vaxen
06 - GTP_CWR
06 - GTP_timeattack
06 - GTP_Twistybits
05 - GTP_DTWmetro
04 - GTP_Ravenman
04 - GTP_FLASH48
04 - GTP_CarlPKY
03 - BaldurKn
03 - RedSunit
02 - GTP_Earth
01 - GTP_bbcnascar2
01 - GTP_Napoleonmikey


--------------Clubman Cup Championship--------------

Points Scored (All Time)

099 - GTP_bbcnascar2
079 - GTP_CudaDude
078 - GTP_Twistybits
073 - GTP_vanos2990
070 - GTP_Oo_xVx_oO
068 - GTP_Vaxen
067 - GTP_Angelx
063 - GTP_Earth
060 - GTP_CWR
046 - GTP_NapoleanMikey
044 - GTP_CWR
043 - GTP_SpyHunter
044 - Dbo129
041 - GTP_DigitalRelay
040 - GTP_Brakefade
038 - Terbeaux
032 - GTP_Mine's_GTR
029 - GTP_KumaBar
028 - GTP_LinPark
027 - GTP_Chuzo
023 - GTP_CANES51
022 - BaldurKn
020 - GTP_Dazzla
019 - VentureDenny
018 - GTP_KARTRACER
018 - GTP_mkay
005 - Turizmo-Z
003.5 - GTP_Drama-Kyd


Heat Race Wins (All-Time)

08 - GTP_CWR
06 - GTP_Cudadude
04 - GTP_Twistybits
04 - GTP_Earth
03 - GTP_vanos2990
03 - GTP_Oo_xVx_oO
03 - GTP_DigitalRelay
02 - GTP_Brakefade
02 - Angelx
02 - GTP_L_Hamilton
02 - GTP_Vaxen
01 - Dbo129
01 - GTP_Spyhunter
01 - GTP_bbcnascar2
01 - GTP_LinPark
01 - Terbeaux
01 - GTP_mkay

Podiums (All-Time)

14 - GTP_CWR
12 - GTP_bbcnascar2
10 - GTP_Twistybits
09 - GTP_Brakefade
07 - GTP_Cudadude
07 - GTP_Angelx
07 - GTP_vanos2990
06 - GTP_Vaxen
06 - GTP_Oo_xVx_oO
05 - bluearth
05 - GTP_Dbo129
05 - GTP_CANES51
04 - Terbeaux
04 - GTP_DigitalRelay
03 - GTP_Spyhunter
03 - GTP_Mine's_GTR
03 - GTP_LinPark
03 - GTP_KumaBar
03 - GTP_mkay
03 - GTP_Napoleonmikey
02 - GTP_Chuzo
01 - VentureDenny
01 - GTP_Drama-Kyd
01 - snakegt40
01 - GTP_KARTRACER

--------------Sports Cup Championship--------------

Points Scored (All Time)

50 - GTP_Cudadude
33 - GTP_Earth
32 - elmataplata
38 - GTP_Terbeaux
38 - GTP_KARTRACER
37 - GTP_DTWmetro
36 - GTP_Brakefade
35 - Pepin_21
35 - GTP_LordJWC
28 - GTP_VANOS2990
22 - Oo_xVx_oO
12 - GTP_Noah

Heat Race Wins (All-Time)

05 - GTP_Cudadude
02 - GTP_Brakefade
02 - Terbeaux
01 - GTP_KARTRACER
01 - GTP_DTWmetro
01 - Pepin_21

Podiums (All-Time)

05 - GTP_Cudadude
05 - GTP_Earth
05 - GTP_elmataplata
04 - GTP_DTWmetro
03 - GTP_vanos2990
02 - GTP_KARTRACER
02 - GTP_Brakefade
02 - Pepin_21
02 - GTP_LordJWC
01 - GTP_Noah

 

[Boffin]

nice:tup:

That must've been epic S Line Audi Fan

 

[PF]

Nice work S-Line, you should have written that up for a race report!

EDIT: Then put it in the 200pt forum. Bloody awesome work amigo

 

[Watchman]

nice:tup:

That must've been epic S Line Audi Fan

Yeah it was 👍 Thanks for your comment

Nice work S-Line, you should have written that up for a race report!

EDIT: Then put it in the 200pt forum. Bloody awesome work amigo

To be honest, I was searching another line-up for that race But I entered it by mistake and after some laps I realized that the S7 is racing there, too .. I was really shocked, but did my best to win and succeeded

Thanks for the idea, I just have to figure out the amount of horse power at the beginning.. I only did an oil change, but I don't remember the exact number.. I'll look it up later today and post it in the Club 200 👍 Umm, "Bloody awesome" is a little bit exaggerated, isn't it?

 

[PF]

I just finished my first 200 A-Spec points race in the Laguna Seca Enduro..

Sir, I at least think that it's bloody awesome. I've not yet done a 200pt enduro so that's impressive to me. I'm sure I'll consider my first one 'bloody awesome', so I reckon you should too.

 

[Watchman]

Sir, I at least think that it's bloody awesome. I've not yet done a 200pt enduro so that's impressive to me. I'm sure I'll consider my first one 'bloody awesome', so I reckon you should too.

Thanks You're soo kind, sir

 

[C-ZETA]

Definitely the last Clio race. It is just hard as hell since you can't buy a race car to use it the first time, and you're stuck with the Phase 2 version from '03.

 

[PARAGON GT]

There's been so many; honestly they all start to blend together, so that i have trouble remembering a satisfying win that i made just 2 days ago. Even if (at the time) it seemed like the best win i've ever made.

But one that'll stick out in my mind forever: Mission 34. Not a true race, but it was a satisfying "win" nonetheless.

x2!! This always comes to mind when I think of the game.

I beat this around 1 or 2 in the morning. Thought I had fallen asleep playing the game and dreamt it all up untill the next morning when I saw the black F1 sitting in the garage.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

x2!! This always comes to mind when I think of the game.

I beat this around 1 or 2 in the morning. Thought I had fallen asleep playing the game and dreamt it all up untill the next morning when I saw the black F1 sitting in the garage.

Yea I think I remember you saying that before. 👍

 

[Hyst]

Winning the Fuji enduro with the 97' McLaren F1 GTR Longtail, with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions filled with LMPs that should've lapped me a few times. All 3 of those cars finished less than 10 seconds behind.

 

[senamic]

Winning the Fuji enduro with the 97' McLaren F1 GTR Longtail, with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions filled with LMPs that should've lapped me a few times. All 3 of those cars finished less than 10 seconds behind.

I remember that report, Hyst! It was :censored:ing awesome!!! Mine is a similar vein. So far it would be the Infineon World Sports Enduro that I won with my bone stock Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca. I won by 30 seconds, but for most of the race I was trading places at each pit stop!

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I couldn't put my finger on one particular race and say it was my single most satisfying victory ever, but I did have one today that was pretty good. For a while now I've known the quickest way to get serious money (and not just the two hundred thousand you get from the Costa di Amalfi races) is to win the Boxer Spirit trophy to get the RUF CTR "Yellow Bird" and then use that to take on Schwarzwald Liga B for the 1992 AMG Mercedes touring car, which in turn you race in the Deutche Tourenwagen Marsters for the CLK Touring Car. All up, you'll next about a million credits for half an hour's work.

Anyway, today I was in the first phase of my little plan, taking an Impreza out for the Boxer Spirit race at Hong Kong. While I do like the circuit - I think I'm one of the few who do - I'm not a fan of this particular race as it's caused me some trouble in the past, and I rather stupidly forgot to auto-save after clearing the races at Deep Forest and Infineon. I hadn't thought much of it at the time, but unfortunately the race was stacked with RUFs out the front and the race value was something like 147 points when it had bene considerably less in previous ones (I had taken a few parts out beforehand ... one of the few things I dislike about the game is that you have no idea of the A-spec value before you're committed to the race). P5 made a mess of the first corner and I out-dragged him down to the second and had a brave look down the inside of P4. Unfortunately, P5 had drawn alongside me - I've swtiched to the rooftop view for a little more spacial awareness, but I lose the rear-view mirror - and I got squeezed between car and wall.

When I got to the first sector, I found myself down about nine and a half seconds on the lead RUF, who promptly streaked away into the distance. I very nearly gave up there and then - call me a sore loser if you will, but I likes my 100% win ratio - but I decided to carry on anyway because the first Friday practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix was about to begin and regardless of whether I gave up or carried on, this would be my last race.

Somehow, I won. I retook P5 in the left-hander just after the second hairpin, and netted P4 under the hotel. P3 was another Impreza and it took me a half a lap to reel him in, all the while steadily wearing down the leader's time. But by the end of the second lap, he was still seven seconds adrift and I had plateaued, only being able to take out two or three hundredths of a second each sector. I have no idea how I reeled a bigger and faster car in in just two laps of a tight street circuit, but I suspect it had something to do with my balls-to-the-wall approach to the circuit, especially down in the corner where I got squeezed on the first lap; I can take it a gear higher than the game recommends and considerably faster because I take a different racing line where I lift off for a moment, swing the front in early and get back on the power before I'm even in the same time zone as the apex.

 

[RenaultLagunaRT]

Mine was beating a Nissan R390 GT1 at Tsukuba in a fully done up Honda Civic EK. Sounds boring, but the way my Civic drove was awesome... And I've just done 204 mph down Mulsanne in it as well!

 

[MadMax]

For me THE best win in GT history was propably an enduro win in GT1
In GT2 , 3 and 4 I've used stock Viper GTS to win GT championship races (allways vs rally cars )

Can't think of others at the moment Exept beating some old record at 1/4 mile set by someone else. ( I <3 Drag Tuning )



MadMax

 

[oldmodelt]

There's been so many; honestly they all start to blend together, so that i have trouble remembering a satisfying win that i made just 2 days ago. Even if (at the time) it seemed like the best win i've ever made.

But one that'll stick out in my mind forever: Mission 34. Not a true race, but it was a satisfying "win" nonetheless.

How true. I have been A Specing again with a fever. Trying to get those 200pt races. Even use Fizio's spreadsheet to keep track. I get that feeling in the pit of my stomach just like I got when I won my first Sunday Cup Race@ Rome in GT2 with the MR2.

 

[Andy GT]

When I A-Speced the Le Mans 24 Hours in the undrivable Nissan R92CP. Won by only 7 HUNDREDTHS of a second! No pics because a glitch jammed my Memory Card and corrupted all my GT4 data so I lost the replay.

 

[LancerEvo7]

For me, it's my first A-Spec Enduro, the Infineon World Sport in a Chapparal 2J. Although it wasn't a close race towards the end, I did get a photo finish trying to lap the R92CP. Plus I got 143 A-Spec Points for the win, so the effort paid off.