National Finals preparation meets/spec racing (NA) All welcome!

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Amazon and newegg both have them and offer next day shipping. Cost is OMG $700.00+, +shipping for wheel & pedals + gated shifter attachment.

That's almost as much as what my wife paid for my ps3+game+wheel+wheel stand+ headset.
 
I may consider purchasing a t500 in the future, 'cause I currently own a DFGT, and if this is the wheel they will be using for future GTA's...might as well get used to the wheel.
 
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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Congrats man. See, never give up. ;)
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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Congrats thats awesome. You can add me whenever you get a chance (kingbestjr). I wonder who is the odd one out hmmm :odd:
 
For those of you who havent sent your affidavit back, you can just take clear pictures of your stuff with a digital camera and send them to Rich via email attachment. I just did that with mine and he said it would work perfectly because he can just convert the jpg's to pdf's. Here are samples of the pictures I took...

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Yeah I was trippin out because I went to DMV on 6/14 to renew it and didn't know if Id get it in time. It came in the mail about 4 or 5 days ago.
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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Good for you Daryl.
 
I, too, have received the email :D Sweetness, getting it notarized asap and returned. Can't wait to OFFICIALLY see you guys in San Diego!!!
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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👍 Great to hear. Did they happen to mention if 172 others didn't register :sly:?
I will practice just in case.
 
:) Great Job Gator! What a crazy turn of events! the twist's keep coming!

Also,

Guys I've been running "Bob" on Spec-B seasonal event's for break-in this is taking forever, How can I make Bob run a 100 lap race on Daytona?

Oh and I need the Gt Academy Car's, not sure how people came across them.

Thanks Guhs.👍
 
Wow, it would have been a shame to lose by .001, congrats gator.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but isn't there a way for whoever is the room host to have all the cars being used and then just select a car for everyone? If the dupe circles are working it shouldn't be an issue but it may be easier. No need to worry about break in as well.

I could be totally off base on this.
 
Yeah, the fires were a few miles east of me. Thankfully I wasn't evacuated but I have friends who were. Definitely a scary thing. The fire is now 15% contained thanks to the favorable weather the past couple days. My wife is a field adjuster for USAA and will be able to go through some of the homes that were destroyed in the fire next week.
 
Going in Hot
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but isn't there a way for whoever is the room host to have all the cars being used and then just select a car for everyone?
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Only if the car is on the recommended list. Only the '07 GT-R and the Calsonic Super GT are on that list.
 
Thanks R1600Turbo, TRC_Hunk, KingBestJr, JerseyDriverSS, carracerptp, and GTP_SniperWolph. I appreciate the kind words and look forward to practicing with you all over the next 2 weeks. Can't describe the relief ... Can't believe I was potentially going to miss it by .001. I wonder who else got in behind me? 36th, 37th?? TB-Racing was 36th, Kaamakazii was 37th. Did either of you (TB-Racing and Kaamakazii) guys get an email too?
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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Congratulations! You've got the last golden ticket! Hold onto it! Run for it, gatordaryl! Run straight home and don't stop 'til you get there! :lol:

Ok. Will get some (increasingly anemic) laps in with the GTA GT-R to fill in some gaps on the sheet.
 
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Daryl, the other guy who wasn't elligible is felipe87persona, from what I learnt (because I'm always sneaking, as you know haha) He is from Brasil.
 
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Dragonwhisky
You might consider that as a temporary fix. I know after all the trouble bdub and I had in the FMTC and IWC, I bought a new router. After I got that set up and could see bdub on course I had trouble downloading updates. Disabled the media player at the ps3 and downloads fly. Admittedly, I am using cat5e connection, not wireless. I know prior to disabling this and replacing the router I would get booted off the PSN frequently unless the PS media software was running on my file server. I don't think port forwarding and DMZ setup is necessary unless you are using a non-standard super secure network setup.
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It seems the main issue might actually be ports. I was playing around this morning with forwarding one of them and using canyouseeme and it keeps getting refused. I have my DSL modem bridged to my router so I don't double NAT, but despite that I'm still getting connection refused. Strange as I've NEVER had issues forwarding ports on before. It's always something!
 
Pfftttt. Nevermind. I just tested the simshiftlight app I use and it works fine...duh a port has to be open to be seen. I think I'm losing it, haha.
 
Have I mentioned recently how much I hate you guys?

Congrats again Daryl. Just remember not to forget us little guys when you're pro :)

Cyall on tonight!
 
iamsupernasty
Have I mentioned recently how much I hate you guys?

Congrats again Daryl. Just remember not to forget us little guys when you're pro :)

Cyall on tonight!
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Thanks Nasty! I have to thank you for the support and for pushing me to try GTA again this year. I have a feeling that you and azbay will be friends of mine no matter where life takes us. Cheers!
 
gatordaryl
I was shocked to see an email from Sony/Nissan confirming my potential spot in the National Finals. I was shocked because I finished round 8-5 with a ranking of 35. Granted, Let_Canada_In and z06fun were not eligible - I wasn't aware that at least 1 other racer in the top 34 was also ineligible.

Either way, I have already returned the affadavit and I will be online practicing each night. If any of the other GT Academy finalists want to add me, feel free. PSN: gatordaryl.

Good luck and see you in San Diego!
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No one knows what you went through better than me. I am SO happy for you Daryl. See you in San Diego my friend.
 

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