The real question is this.....
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I could. I'm single, got laid off a while back and about to be in school, but could definitely make it happen. If I can just get a PS3 in my house I know I have the ability to make it to Orlando, from there it's a wild card though.
Either way, I could definitely pick up and do what needs to be done.
Either way, I could definitely pick up and do what needs to be done.
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I will quit my job for this if I have to. Even just to go to Florida.
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- blindsidefive0
As soon as I mentioned this competition to my wife she started planning for the "worst." Now she's actually pretty excited at the opportunity - IF I make Orlando, IF I make the UK, and IF I get chosen by the judges...so, no issue peacing out for a while and giving this a real shot.
My real question is - how much time do you have to spend in England, and is that just at first? The race series is all across Western Europe. Eventually could you live in any one of those countries? Or commute from the states (there's only 6 race weekends/season, once a month from May to October) - I assume there's additional practice/training, and is all that in England? I would be down for all of the above, but let's be serious - I would love to live in Tuscany, Southern France, or Switzerland.
My real question is - how much time do you have to spend in England, and is that just at first? The race series is all across Western Europe. Eventually could you live in any one of those countries? Or commute from the states (there's only 6 race weekends/season, once a month from May to October) - I assume there's additional practice/training, and is all that in England? I would be down for all of the above, but let's be serious - I would love to live in Tuscany, Southern France, or Switzerland.
The Silverstone Winner will be invited to train with a motor racing team over a period of 7 months from July 2011 to January 2012 at the Silverstone Racing Circuit (“Training Program”
. The Training Program will comprise:
2.1.1 Test or practice sessions including kart racing.
2.1.2 Participation in between 10 and 16 MSA approved club or national motorsport events at locations in the United Kingdom. Silverstone Winners must complete each event in full and they must obtain the necessary “signature” from an MSA steward confirming their attendance before progressing to the next event.
2.1.3 A pre-determined personalized fitness plan.
2.2 Silverstone Winners must be prepared to travel to and remain in the UK for the duration of the Training Program. The following shall be arranged for each Silverstone Winner:
There is no guarantee that the Selected License Holder will race in the 24 hour race. This is a matter which will ultimately be decided by the motor racing team and is at their sole and absolute discretion.
. The Training Program will comprise:2.1.1 Test or practice sessions including kart racing.
2.1.2 Participation in between 10 and 16 MSA approved club or national motorsport events at locations in the United Kingdom. Silverstone Winners must complete each event in full and they must obtain the necessary “signature” from an MSA steward confirming their attendance before progressing to the next event.
2.1.3 A pre-determined personalized fitness plan.
2.2 Silverstone Winners must be prepared to travel to and remain in the UK for the duration of the Training Program. The following shall be arranged for each Silverstone Winner:
There is no guarantee that the Selected License Holder will race in the 24 hour race. This is a matter which will ultimately be decided by the motor racing team and is at their sole and absolute discretion.
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As was mentioned they seem to keep you there the whole time. After that if you end up contracted to the team (like Lucas is) you will need to decide. Based on real life experiences I've read if you're an American and want to be competitive you need to live there. The time, frustration, and expense of commuting by air back and forth often will take a toll on your racing. Ask Michael Andretti who tried to run F1 while commuting back and forth from the US. It was a bad idea.
As for me I have no chance of winning, but if I did win in Orlando, I would use a week vacation from work to go to the finals, and if I win that, no contest I would quit my job, sell my apartment and go. This is the greatest opportunity of a lifetime and I dream I and many of us have always had. Unless you have overwhelming circumstances otherwise there is no way you should ever say no to this.
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- Forcednduckshn
Yup, I would drop everything I'm doing for the chance to race professionally. You can always find another job. It's literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. And if the girl you have loves you, she'll come with you. 
Will be giving it my best. I'm not the fastest sim racer, but I know that if I get an opportunity to drive the at the GT Academy in real life, I will shine. The question is, can I learn to drive the simulator fast enough to get to Orlando. I have a chance, but it would be just scraping by.
Nick
Will be giving it my best. I'm not the fastest sim racer, but I know that if I get an opportunity to drive the at the GT Academy in real life, I will shine. The question is, can I learn to drive the simulator fast enough to get to Orlando. I have a chance, but it would be just scraping by.
Nick
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Yup, I would drop everything I'm doing for the chance to race professionally. You can always find another job. It's literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. And if the girl you have loves you, she'll come with you.
Will be giving it my best. I'm not the fastest sim racer, but I know that if I get an opportunity to drive the at the GT Academy in real life, I will shine. The question is, can I learn to drive the simulator fast enough to get to Orlando. I have a chance, but it would be just scraping by.
Nick
I'm right there with you, I've been sitting right in the 10th-15th range in the west for about the last week and a half. I feel like I can move solidly into the top 5 when I can finally put together a stellar lap around Cape Ring, I know there is a second to be gained there it is just a matter of finding it.
Being able to drop everything and move to the U.K. to race....I'd make it happen. The opportunity to live out a life long dream doesn't come around very often.
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The only thing that would make me hesitate the slightest is my girlfriend of 4 years. But even that I'd put on hold for this once in a lifetime chance.
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- GTP_SohnVonStig
I would give up EVERYTHING for this opportunity. Course I don't have much to give up (no gf or anything) so it's not a huge deal for me
I just sit here daydreaming about making it to silverstone, racing all day in a real car and racing all night on GT5
Now THAT would be the life.
I just sit here daydreaming about making it to silverstone, racing all day in a real car and racing all night on GT5
Now THAT would be the life.
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That's not actually true and they posted top times within the first few hours of the academy opening up (so it's not like they've been improving because they spent 8 hours a day on it). Also, there's a thread regarding playing time for the GTAcademy and I think you'll find that they haven't played an exorbitant amount of time.
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I love how every one uses the free time excuse for who's at the top of the leader board. When I had a full time job, g/f and was at the beach constantly I was still just as fast as I am now and I have considerably more free time, haha...time is irrelevant, skill is what puts them at the top.
I wonder if an American accent would get a kid picked on in 1st grade?
That's too cynical, I wonder how much 1st grade girls would dig a new kid with an American accent?
I moved to England when i was 11 with a deep Scottish accent and I never got much bother. Obviously kids can be cruel but I don't think accents are that much of a big deal to kids, never seemed that way to me.
How is old grade 1 in the US? In the UK the schooling system goes like this:
Nursery
3-4 "Nursery"
Infant School
4-5 Reception
5-6 Year 1
6-7 Year 2
Junior School
7-8 Year 3
8-9 Year 4
9-10 Year 5
10-11 Year 6
Senior School
11-12 Year 7
12-13 Year 8
13-14 Year 9
14-15 Year 10
15-16 Year 11
16-17 Lower Sixth Form
17-18 Upper Sixth Form
Years 10-11 are GCSE years, in Sixth Form you do your A-levels.
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No offense taken, but I have to disagree. What you say is certainly true to a point, but free time does not necessarily equal the ability to pack up and start a new life.
Personally I would have to rent/sell the condo I just bought a year and a half ago, quit the great job I started early last year (in the EXACT field I want to be in right now...sans crazy dreams, like racing), sell my dream car (under $20k, but pretty rare), and most importantly move my wife (who also has a great nursing job at the highest paying hospital in the city). All of which we are both ready to do without question...but that fact that I have had time to post round 1 times doesn't make it any simpler.
S_Diem is a time trial monster, but any free time he has probably doesn't make his relationship decisions easier...(I've been there with the long distance thing)
Choate posted about how he almost because a father-to-be this week...which would make things more "interesting" to pack up and move.
A lot of players are in college and happen to be on winter break - dropping out of school is a pretty serious life choice in its own right.
Fix would have to move from his home alien planet to join us permanently on Earth.
You get my point...
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This is how my school system was set up (Massachusetts):
"Pre-school":
3-5
Elementary School:
5-6 - Kindergarten
6-7 - 1st grade
7-8 - 2nd grade
8-9 - 3rd grade
9-10 - 4th grade
10-11 - 5th grade
11-12 - 6th grade
Junior High:
12-13 - 7th grade
13-14 - 8th grade
High School:
14-15 - 9th grade
15-16 - 10th grade
16-17 - 11th grade
17-18 - 12th grade
College/University, if applicable, follows high school graduation.
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oh and just another thing he might have to worry about
http://fixbywire.com/
I believe only Scooty's unemployed right now and he can't even post a time
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What's interesting is the distinction between College and University. In the states the two can be seen as one in the same in some contexts. For instance, someone might ask, "where did you go to college?" You could answer, "Harvard University," and there would be nothing strange or odd about that. Basically when someone says college, they COULD mean anything from Community College, 4 year College, Technical Institute, University, etc...where 4 year college and university are almost always seen as equivalent.
There isn't this college-then-university approach in the states. High school students (in 11th or 12th grade) can take Advanced Placement courses or even sometimes actual college courses, and will receive credits accepted at colleges and universities alike.
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What's interesting is the distinction between College and University. In the states the two can be seen as one in the same in some contexts. For instance, someone might ask, "where did you go to college?" You could answer, "Harvard University," and there would be nothing strange or odd about that. Basically when someone says college, they COULD mean anything from Community College, 4 year College, Technical Institute, University, etc...where 4 year college and university are almost always seen as equivalent.
There isn't this college-then-university approach in the states. High school students (in 11th or 12th grade) can take Advanced Placement courses or even sometimes actual college courses, and will receive credits accepted at colleges and universities alike.
Perhaps the "college-then-university" is similar to our undergrad and graduate programs?
Dapper
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To be fair to my mom, all 12 grades aren't needed to go to a university.
And the difference between a college and a university in the US is, I think, universities offer doctorates or less, colleges offer bachelors or less.
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Thats strange I also went to school in Mass and grades 5,6,7 and 8 were considered "middle school". I guess in different counties it may be different.
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In Franklin MA, where I went to school it was elementary 1-5, middle 6-8, high 9-12. It's what each town has for capacity in each building. Funny side note, all of the school buildings I attended were the town's previous high schools. So I can say it took me 12 years to finish high school!
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