Stock A-Spec Seasonal #15 - (450PP E, 550PP Muscle, 500PP Dirt - 1/14 to 1/28)

[Hastatus]

This is a thread series for the seasonal time trials that focuses on completing the challenges (i.e. beating the gold target times) with stock versions of the cars. This means that instead of maximizing your PP with upgrades and focusing on getting the fastest laps on the in-game leaderboard, you are attempting to complete the challenges with the bare minimum amount of 'car' and money-spent as is possible.

With the new more open ended format means that part of the challenge will be finding a stock car that has the lowest PP or lowest price depending on your view. It is also difficult to predict which types of tires a car will come with before purchasing.

Warning: Some of these challenges are getting to be extreme and should be approached with caution!


In order to participate your car must be stock.

1) A stock car is essentially any car as it is when purchased from the dealership or won as a prize: it will have had no modifications, added parts, or adjustments done that affect how the car performs.
2) No oil changes are permitted: if you have had an oil change you must wait until the effects of the HP boost have been removed by driving over 300 km.
3) You must use the original tire type that came with the car, unless dirt or snow tires are required.
4) No changes to any “Car Settings” are permitted: they must ALL be left at their default values. [Note: cars that come with Fully Customizable Suspension that were purchased or won prior to patch 1.11 must have the suspension settings restored to default in order to be updated with the new stock suspension settings.]
5) No SRF or ASM is permitted: other “Driver Assists” are permitted.

Basically, the ONLY changes you may make to a car include: painting the car and changing a car’s racing number. Any other changes means your car is not stock.


Stock A-Spec Seasonals #15:

Beginner Level "E" Race: Eiger Nordwand Short Track - 450 PP - SH
Intermediate Level Classic Muscle Car Race: Big Willow - 550 PP - SS
Expert Level Dirt Trial: Toscana - 500 PP - Dirt


The Stock Seasonal Spreadsheet:
A few members have begun a leaderboard of sorts where individuals will be able to input their info into a public document. This is not so much a competition as a way to compare all sorts of data. At this point the data that is recorded for entries is as follows:

PP - Best Lap - Total Time - Car - Tires - Drive - Power - Weight - Rabbit - Rabbit Total Time

Link to the GTP Stock Seasonal Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kDEW2OWUxHfq9PTR4G4-HKXl3veLfq0sXhvwiPYMUGw/

Notes about the Spreadsheet:
Tabs will generally be ordered with the newest seasonal events at the left.
Gold times are ordered based first on PP (lowest PP at the top), and then total time.
Bronze and Silver times are ordered based solely on total time (fastest time at the top): these entries will be grayed out.
If you are comfortable with entering your info please do so.
Only create one entry per car for your best total time for that car.
To add an empty line: right click (PC) on a gray row number box and select add a row above or below.
If you make a mistake or change something you did not mean to change hit undo once or a few times.

 

[Hastatus]

My results so far with a wheel and automatic transmission:

E Cars at Eiger Nordwand Short Track:

334PP – 1:32.451 – 5:12.087 – Nissan Leaf G ’11 – CM – FF – 107hp – 1520kg – Prius G ’09 – 5:03.811

357PP – 1:26.786 – 4:54.587 – Prius G ’09 – CM – FF – 97hp – 1350kg – Prius G ’09 – 4:55.980


Muscle Cars at Big Willow:

454PP – 1:29.987 – 8:04.458 – Shelby GT350 ’65 – SH – FR – 304hp – 1270kg – Cobra 427 ’66 – 7:54.912 [GT40 Mark 1 ’66 was in second]

454PP – 1:29.294 – 8:02.883 – Shelby GT350 ’65 – SH – FR – 304hp – 1270kg – Nova SS ’70 – 8:06.395

The Cobra 427 and GT40 Mark 1 being present or absent make a big difference.


Dirt at Toscana:

482PP – 1:52.854 – 6:22.019 – Toyota Celica GT-Four Rally Car ’95 – D – 4WD – 298hp – 1200kg – RS200 Rally Car ’85 – 6:25.168

Unless I’m mistaken, the Celica appears to be the only eligible Rally Car (with “Rally” in name) that is a premium car.

 

[StirlingMoose]

E Cars at Eiger Nordwand Short Track:

356PP – 1:28.041 – 4:57.508 – Honda CR-Z '10 – CM – FF – 122hp – 1130kg – Prius G ’09 – +1.95

I think this is the only one apart from the Prius that can win against the Prius. It's actually fun to drive too, unlike the others. The Aqua could win against a non-Prius grid if you could be bothered.

The muscle car one is only going to be any fun against a line-up with no GT40 or Cobra. I've won it in the GT350R, but didn't note the details, and had a great race for second against a Buck Special in a Firebird Trans Am. I could have won by blocking him on the final straight but fair's fair. And he's always very polite, flashing his lights at me when he wants to pass. I usually wave.

And a quick go on the dirt tells me I can't do it in the Stratos, although I did have a good tussle with some stragglers, and I might be able to do it in the Lancia Delta Integrale.

Oh, and come on PD. How about some free tyres. I had one eligible car and it was a Range Rover.

 

[Antmeg26]

My gold results so far with a wheel and automatic transmission:

E Cars at Eiger Nordwand Short Track:

356PP – 1:26.974 – 4:56.111 – Honda CR-Z '10 – CM – FF – 122hp – 1130kg – Prius G ’09 – +2.41


Muscle Cars at Big Willow:

454PP – 1:29.911 – 8:08.422 – Shelby GT350 ’65 – SH – FR – 304hp – 1270kg – Special – 8:09.995
521PP – 1:25.496 – 8:05.148 – Ford GT40 mark 1 '66 – SH – FR – 354hp – 1080kg – Special – 8:30.127


Dirt at Toscana:

471PP – 1:49.311 – 6:13.321 – Subaru S206 NBR Challenge package – D – 4WD – 315hp – 1470kg – quattro S1 Rally Car '86 – 6:15.012

 

[skeagracing]

GT6 Willow Springs Race Track Muscle Car Race Shelby Mustang GT350 '1965. Fast Lap 1:28.

 

[StirlingMoose]

Muscle Cars at Big Willow:

480PP – 1:31.922 – 8:12.895 – Plymouth Superbird '70 – SH – FR – 425hp – 1755kg – Special – +0.124

521PP – ??? – 7:47.461 – Ford GT40 mark 1 '66 – SH – FR – 354hp – 1080kg – GT40 mark 1 '66 – +1.145

I tried the Superbird up against P.Kelly and his Cobra but although I could catch and pass him he always came back right at the end. The nearest I got in three attempts was 0.4s behind and that was on my first try when I had two excursions onto the dirt. So it's probably possible to beat him with the perfect, but maybe not the fastest, race. Perhaps if I went off three times.

Edit

Gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise up and down this road.
462PP – 1:30.302 – 8:05.129 – Mercury Cougar XR-7 '67 – SH – FR – 319hp – 1418kg – Special – +0.980

Now that's a much nicer car. Almost on a par with the Shelbys. Again pipped at the post by the Cobras though. I thought I'd done it once, nearly two seconds ahead at the last checkpoint but hit the limiter just before the line and lost by a tenth.

 

[skeagracing]

I wish the muscle was the expert race!

 

[StirlingMoose]

Muscle Cars at Big Willow:

455PP – 1:31.418 – 8:12.817 – Corvette Stingray Convertible '69 – CS – FR – 298hp – 1552kg – Special – +0.805

I didn't bother pitting this against the fast boys. It was surprisingly easy against the Special though. I think I lulled him into a false sense of security with my cheap tyres.

 

[F1jocker12]

Toscana - Evo IV Rally Car '97

 

[StirlingMoose]

Dirt at Toscana:

488PP – 1:50.428 - 6:14.271 – Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car – D – 4WD – 314hp – 1200kg – quattro S1 Rally Car '86 – +1.453

469PP - 1:51.122 - 6:17.567 - Lancia Delta HF Integrale Rally Car '92 - D - 4WD - 295bhp - 1120kg - RSC Rally Raid Car - +0.391

The Lancia was the star of the show last week but can it be beaten here with a 50PP lower limit? I reckon it probably can.

 

[GTFireball]

toscana

476PP - 1:50.9 - 6:16.46 - Subau IMPREZA Rally Car '99 - D - 4wd - 299hp - 1230 kg - 205 Turbo 16 Evo 2 '86 - 6:21.95

 

[StirlingMoose]

Muscle Cars at Big Willow:

453PP – 1:31.117 – 8:09.031 – Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 '67 - SH – FR – 453hp – 1468kg – Special – +1.184

429PP – 1:34.543 – 8:34.933 – Chevrolet Corvette Coupe (C2) '63 - CS – FR – 248hp – 1370kg – Chevelle SS 454 '70 – +0.095

I must have run this race 30 times and that's the first time I've seen the Chevelle up front. And the first time it's been a proper close race, with four cars mixing it up for the last two laps.

Edit -
408PP – 1:33.934 – 8:28.207 – Plymouth XNR Ghia Roadster '60 - SH – FR – 250hp – 1500kg – Special – +0.506

Edit again -
Last one, I promise.
415PP – 1:35.711 – 8:36.424 – Pontiac Firebird Trans Am '78 - CS – FR – 219hp – 1640kg – Corvette Stingray L46 350 – +0.015

Saved the best till last. Another rare rabbit and a perfect opponent with evenly matched pace in the bends and on the straights. I raced her three times and won, but in the first two there was contact and the stewards judged it just the wrong side of a racing incident. Got a clean win on the third attempt. But only just.
Nice car, the Firebird. Heavy, no power, comfort tyres and yet drives really nicely. And for once a gearbox with sensible ratios.

 

[MadMax]

I tried the Muscle car race using the old Corvette C1 , was good for 4th , won the Rally in the Escort.