That on this day, the 13th of November 2002 the manifestation of concept into reality took place.
Since late January '02, I've tallied up about 750 Sim Mode days over 3 different gamesaves (one of which is overwritten), but I had never gotten 100% complete. Naturally, it all started with me falling in love with this game.. my first and only game for my PS2. More playtime brought more curiosity, which brought more discovery, which brought more playtime, and so on... But as I grew to learn more about this game (thanks to this site and others), and as my "skills" increased, my goals for the game continued to evolve. I found myself feeling dissatisfied with the way things played out, often feeling "short-changed" for one reason or another, never being able to get over the "growing pains".
So on August 24 2002, I made a commitment to finally finish this game in a way that would leave me with very little regret, if any at all. Even since then, new discoveries were made, and my goals continued to evolve/enhance. With as much experience as I had at that point, it wasn't as much of a test of skill as it was a test of patience, determination, and persistence.
And now, after 82 days since the start of my most recent quest (my 2nd attempt), I have achieved what it was I had set out to do...
100% in the minimum of Sim Mode days (228, which would include 1st place times on all Arcade Mode/Time Trials)
All golds for all License Tests
All golds for all Sim Mode Series/Races
All golds for all Arcade Mode Races (Easy, Normal, Hard)
Purchase only 2 cars, and do not sell any
Keep as many cars in mint condition as possible (i.e. Use as few cars as possible)
Keep mileage to a minimum
Win as many unpurchasable prize cars as possible (*-this has evolved to winning all prize cars (excluding different colors), which will take around 25 more Sim Mode days)
Spend as few Cr as possible.
.. NO FREAKIN GAME SHARK! ALL THUMBZ!!
So after 228 Sim Mode days, I finally achieved 100% (HELL FREAKIN YEAH!)!!! Here are the #s...
Day 229
Cr 10,828,460
Complete: 100.0%
Prize Total: 11,292,500
Wins: 337 | Races: 337 | Win Ratio: 100%
Licenses Acquired: S,R (48,0,0)
Cars Owned: 103 (2 cars purchased, 0 cars sold)
Total Mileage: 6974.7 miles (8317.8 total Garage miles)
Total Car Value: 57,049,520
Bonus Cars Acquired: 101
Trophies Acquired: 466
(-482,040 Cr spent)
17 Cars with mileage:
F687/S [(black #15)] - 5015.4 mi, 910 hp
Viper GTSR Concept ["Red / Silver Stripes"] - 1301.7 mi, 488 hp
IMPREZA Rally Car prototype ["WR Blue Mica"] - 439.5 mi, 538 hp
VITZ RS 1.5(J) ["Pink"] - 300.9 mi, 294 hp
Elise 190 ["Champagne Gold Metallic"] - 230.6 mi, 252 hp
Tuscan Speed 6 ["Silver Stardust Metallic"] - 162.7 mi, 367 hp
SKYLINE GT-R Vspec II(R32,J) ["Silica Breath Metallic"] - 156.4 mi, 428 hp
Clio Sport Race Car [(black #33)] - 136.6 mi, 293 hp
Spoon Civic Type-R(J) ["Championship White"] - 106.0 mi, 234 hp
Mazda MX-5 Miata LS ["Mariner Blue"] - 95.4 mi, 160 hp
ALTEZZA LM Race Car [(gray/silver, black rims #24)] - 91.9 mi, 597 hp
TT 1.8T quattro ["Blue"] - 62.4 mi, 289 hp
LANCER Evolution VII Rally Car Prototype [(red)] - 54.5 mi, 301 hp
Zonda C12S [(silver)] - 50.5 mi, 603 hp
CLK55 ["Brilliant Silver Metallic"] - 47.4 mi, 373 hp
New Beetle Cup car [(black #23)] - 35.9 mi, 212 hp
MIRA TR-XX AVANZATO R(J) ["Silver Metallic"] - 30.0 mi, 106 hp
While I did this mostly to see if I could do it, I also had all of you in mind. Without the great amount of support, encouragement, goodwill, and information you've all given, I wouldn'tve been able to do this. I wanted to congratulate all of us on working to get this feat done. Special thanks to Jordan and the many others who help make this great site run. I want them to know that their hard work is very much appreciated.
I'll be posting more details soon on
another thread, in case anyone wants to read more on what I did. I am trying to make arrangements to post the gamesave as well as many many replays, without having to buy a GameShark... I need some time to figure it out...
Anyway, just wanted to give a little "beep beep, honk honk" and say thanks to all who have made this such an enjoyable experience!
HAVE A GREAT FREAKIN DRIVE!
Hazzard