Who do you think will be fastest in the final round ?

[The Watcher]

@numbnuts70

Thankyou for telling me that. Ive been wanting to know that for ages lol

 

[ROYALEFATALE]

we will be seeing the Motegi road course right? would be kind of silly to base 8-5 around the oval...

 

[Doodle]

I think I actually have a good chance at making the top 32 in the US. The only problem is that I'm too young to compete.

 

[Spurgy 777]

How old do you have to be? I'm hoping they take 17 year olds I'm hoping to get into the finals for the UK.

 

[numbnuts70]

How old do you have to be? I'm hoping they take 17 year olds I'm hoping to get into the finals for the UK.

As long as you've passed your driving test-they'll take you

 

[CodeRedR51]

How old do you have to be? I'm hoping they take 17 year olds I'm hoping to get into the finals for the UK.

In the U.S you have to be 18.

 

[Spurgy 777]

I won't have passed my driving test, but does a racing lisence count? I'll just wait and see what happens I suppose

 

[numbnuts70]

How old do you have to be? I'm hoping they take 17 year olds I'm hoping to get into the finals for the UK.

Sorry for getting your hopes up
Last year it was over 18 and a full licence required.
I cant find registration details for this year so,you never know

 

[lapierre4]

I think the fastest will be Arnaud Lacombe (Ti-Tech85). As for the US guys I just wish LetCanadaIn shows everyone he's right, but that's only possible if GTP_timeattack doesn't compete at his 100%. Otherwise, my guess is timeattack will be the fastest from any of the Americas.

And for everyone's information (I read about that guy somewhere in this thread) Silex95 is not the top French guy, that's true but he is still very fast and considering this nation is really stacked in terms of great simracers I wouldn't say: oh come on Silex95? And no, 95 is not his birth year, it's his department (like the State of Florida for example but in France) Therefore yes he is old enough to participate.

 

[CodeRedR51]

He could be fastest, but if Let_Canada_In is actually from Canada, he'll be excluded anyway. I don't believe timeattack will be competing (although not 100% sure on that, maybe he can enlighten us).

Right now it's hard to tell who will be up there since there's a bunch who are just waiting it out...

 

[carracerptp]

Let_Canada_In , GTP_timeattack, Holland
That would make up my A list.
Now my next list of people that I think could pull off the top time would be:
Aderrrm (I have never seen him in a TT but he sure is deadly fast online), Twissy ( not sure if he is doing GTA), VELOCI_2NR

I could name more but they either already went to Silverstone or are from Canada, or are they too busy (but that could change so...).

EDIT: I'm thinking of top times, not just making it into the last 16.

 

[lator-illa]

He could be fastest, but if Let_Canada_In is actually from Canada, he'll be excluded anyway. I don't believe timeattack will be competing (although not 100% sure on that, maybe he can enlighten us).

Right now it's hard to tell who will be up there since there's a bunch who are just waiting it out...

he's definitely from Canada

 

[lapierre4]

he's definitely from Canada

Absolutely.

 

[Doodle]

Let_Canada_In = Turismo-lester

 

[MSPDaflow]

Let_Canada_In = Turismo-lester

I knew it . He is surely one of the fastest around. It must be lester. Good luck to you buddy

 

[lator-illa]

it was quite obvious it was him. He's probably the fastest Canadian out there and we've yet to see his name on the leaderboards.

 

[Peasantslayer]

it was quite obvious it was him. He's probably the fastest Canadian out there and we've yet to see his name on the leaderboards.

I've seen a couple of other seriously fast Canadians but I think we will see him close to the top come the end of the rounds.

 

[jiggyboo55]

yes for sure, Lester is real fast.

 

[nissman]

A shame my country is not eligible and I doubt it will ever be. We are in the EU but PD doesn't seem to notice us.

My friend prasinar from Croatia is my favourite.

 

[KingBestJr]

Cant wait for round 8 to see where i stack up.

 

[CodeRedR51]

A shame my country is not eligible and I doubt it will ever be. We are in the EU but PD doesn't seem to notice us.

My friend prasinar from Croatia is my favourite.

Again, you just assume it's PD's fault for you being excluded. Could very well be legal reasons...

 

[Zuel]

I'm hoping to be up there. I've been looking at the times and doing the math and I noticed that a lot of the drivers from the top 50 to 2000 aren't that far off from each other. If you break everything down by region and zone a lot of us have a really good chance of making it. It all comes down to who's day, car or track it will be. In some events I'm in the top 100 to 3000 in the world, now that's a lot of people. Now if they start showing everything by region or zone who knows where we will be at on the timing board. I'm just happy to be in the top 100 in the world in some events. I know I can go faster but there's no reason to burn my self out before round 7 and 8. A number of past GT-A finalist that I LOOK up to strongly pointed out to pace myself.

 

[Rockford]

Past rounds mean nothing round 8 will be where it all kicks off

 

[Forcednduckshn]

Hey Guys, Hi Jason/R1600, Forcednduckshn checking in here.

I am not going to be posting very much if it all through this Academy, because I don't have much time these days to post, but mainly because I am just going to focus on doing the best that I can, as talking about it really isn't going to help anyone go faster at this point. But I am lurking occasionally reading. I just want to wish all of the U.S. guys the best of luck this year, too bad the super fast Canadians like Pierre and Trio couldn't make it. I believe all of the usual suspects will be up near the top globally, as well as the US. Right now, there are at least 10guys in the U.S. that haven't posted serious times yet that I am absolutely sure will make the top 32. As for who I think will win, it really is open to a bunch of folks in my opinion. TimeAttack, Ghoast of course, but other guys I have seen online that past year all have shown some sick pace, so don't be suprised to see a less known guy/guys pop up there. There are also guys that you never hear about that hop on out of nowhere at the last minute that have experience/are pro with other sims and come out in the eleventh hour to drop the hammer. So the battle for 8-5 will be just as intense, if not more so than the final round last year. I can say for certain that the talent pool has increased ALOT since last year in the U.S. I have definitely gotten ALOT faster since last GT Academy. Whether it is enough to make top 32, we'll see. I have no excuses this time around...but still on a DFGT, for what that is worth (if anything.) The one shed of light I can offer to anyone interested is that the top 50 Global Times in each of the rounds are pretty legit in my opinion, and I can tell that people are already beginning to drive at a really high level so comparing yourself to the top 50 is a good "rough order of magnitude" indicator of the type of pace you may see in the later rounds. I think the times are also a bit tighter because of the care that PD has taken to eliminate the impact of course cutting and in particular, dipping two wheels in the grass at entry/apex/exit to gain an advantange: things like apex cones and the fact that runs get disqualified even if you even slightly touch the dirt with one wheel. All of these things are really good for keeping things legit, whereas some brilliant drivers have a typical nack for really getting the last tenth from agricultural excursions. After lallygagging in round 1-4 (put down some quick times in a couple of events) I personally had a moderate go at round 5 this time around (no more than an hour per round but was trying to put down a quick time), and will try and knock another tenth off at Eiger this weekend to break the 1'36 barrier and call it a day. I too am pacing myself and just having fun right now, I will save my focus and mental stamina for the final rounds.

Again, good luck guys.

 

[carracerptp]

Hey Guys, Hi Jason/R1600, Forcednduckshn checking in here.

So you are still here 👍

Round 8-5 will be much, much harder, only a few of the posted time IMHO are close to what some guys can run when they "really" try (small mistakes that I'm sure they won't leave when all the cards are down).

Also, I think the last round is in Motegi so that gives anyone with a PS2 and GT4 a very small advantage (for the first 4 or so hours, then everyone will be counting thousands).

 

[Forcednduckshn]

So you are still here 👍

Round 8-5 will be much, much harder, only a few of the posted time IMHO are close to what some guys can run when they "really" try (small mistakes that I'm sure they won't leave when all the cards are down).

I agree with you- Again, we're talking global times. If you look at the global P1 times for all the rounds, you see some blazing, legit runs. These are great runs, that's what I'm saying, and the top 50 globally tend to be pretty close, at least closer than what I expected. No doubt round 8-5 will be on another level and much, much harder, but I think some people are perhaps ever so slightly exxagerating in this thread. The difference in 8-5is that there is going to be another 30 ridiculous drivers in the mix compared to the top US guys posting times right now, and that will drive some insane competition for the top 32.

Good to hear from you-

 

[CodeRedR51]

Is timeattack even going to try this year after what happened last year?

Hopefully he can shed some light on this...

 

[Zuel]

I agree with you- Again, we're talking global times. If you look at the global P1 times for all the rounds, you see some blazing, legit runs. These are great runs, that's what I'm saying, and the top 50 globally tend to be pretty close, at least closer than what I expected. No doubt round 8-5 will be on another level and much, much harder, but I think some people are perhaps ever so slightly exxagerating in this thread. The difference in 8-5is that there is going to be another 30 ridiculous drivers in the mix compared to the top US guys posting times right now, and that will drive some insane competition for the top 32.

Good to hear from you-

This is what I'm hoping for. Since the last two GT-A events I've gotten a lot faster. I've been running with some fast drivers and they got me back to my pace when I was younger. (J2 is the main culprit to getting back on pace) Wish I could run more with Gar, R1600 and Choate more often but we're on at different times. Though when I checked last I was 5 places ahead of Gar on my list. Right now I'm facing off with 8 people for the top stop on my list. Some of our times are within 100th of a second on all the tracks besides the Swiss track.

 

[lapierre4]

Hey Guys, Hi Jason/R1600, Forcednduckshn checking in here.

Nice to see you're back, I have no doubts you will get to England this year.

Too bad the super fast Canadians like Pierre and Trio couldn't make it.

Thanks for that, and I would add many names to the list, especially Turismo-lester, Mike_Peperni and many others... There's no point in starting to whine once again but I really think it's time everyone gets a chance, no matter who is responsible for those some countries to be excluded.

 

[Username1]

I agree with you- Again, we're talking global times. If you look at the global P1 times for all the rounds, you see some blazing, legit runs. These are great runs, that's what I'm saying, and the top 50 globally tend to be pretty close, at least closer than what I expected. No doubt round 8-5 will be on another level and much, much harder, but I think some people are perhaps ever so slightly exxagerating in this thread. The difference in 8-5is that there is going to be another 30 ridiculous drivers in the mix compared to the top US guys posting times right now, and that will drive some insane competition for the top 32.

Good to hear from you-

It's going to be good.