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The Stig | Posted: Jan 9 2009, 03:56 AM |
Srsly I'm the Stig? Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,116 Member No.: 11,448 Joined: Aug 24th 2005 Location: SoCal 310 | I'm interested in doing another Top Gear challenge but how about we use Tuner cars such as the Mines GT-R and such. Anyway, I'm interested not sure if others are. |
Spaz | Posted: Jan 11 2009, 02:03 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | I'd be up for it. GT4 managed to find its way back into my PS2 recently. |
TakFR | Posted: Jan 11 2009, 07:20 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Member No.: 24,279 Joined: May 4th 2007 Location: Melbourne | I'm up for one too, i started playing this again a couple of days ago . |
shinn | Posted: Jan 23 2009, 08:33 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | Is this still going on? I'm interested. |
Gunma's 34 | Posted: Jan 24 2009, 05:58 AM |
The R34's chosen one Group: Advanced Members Posts: 804 Member No.: 27,787 Joined: Dec 13th 2007 Location: Makati, Philippines | I'm in. Definitely. Question, though... could the GRAN TURISMO SKYLINE count? |
Spaz | Posted: Jan 27 2009, 09:58 AM | ||
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN |
It'll probably be price capped well below that mark. 5 People now, how many we looking for? | ||
midnightevo6 | Posted: Feb 25 2009, 11:48 AM |
IDW Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 17,518 Joined: Apr 28th 2006 Location: los angeles CA | eh lets just make our own top gear challenge. stigs taking too long. |
Spaz | Posted: Feb 25 2009, 01:57 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | That might be necessary. We going to do this or not, Stig? |
The Stig | Posted: Feb 28 2009, 09:42 PM | ||
Srsly I'm the Stig? Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,116 Member No.: 11,448 Joined: Aug 24th 2005 Location: SoCal 310 |
LOL sorry, I just couldn't think of any challenges that would be appropriate. I'm down to be in the competition just not the one making it haha. | ||
shinn | Posted: Mar 4 2009, 08:25 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | How bout a race to see who gets the best time. Rules should be like buying a new used car, completely stock. The only custom options are tires and GT oil. Something like that. BTW we should all be using the same car on the same course. Savvy? |
Spaz | Posted: Mar 7 2009, 06:11 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | Or do like a $2k cap with oil change on the car, then outfitted with S2s? This post has been edited by cmspaz on Mar 7 2009, 06:12 PM |
midnightevo6 | Posted: Mar 8 2009, 07:04 PM |
IDW Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 17,518 Joined: Apr 28th 2006 Location: los angeles CA | i like the idea of having the same car, and a cap on $ but how much and should we like use left over $ to tune our car w free oil change. or instead of same car we use same drive train , diff cars? |
Spaz | Posted: Mar 10 2009, 12:53 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | Same car takes the strategy out of it, which is what the challenges have always been about. They get the cars they feel best fit the theme inside the price range. I have no problems tuning, but putting requirements like "same drivetrain" takes the strategy out of that, too. Proposition: $15k cap, all cars and mods inside price range are open, price is all encompassing (tires, oil change, the works). |
shinn | Posted: Mar 10 2009, 06:25 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | Well the problem is that most of us don't know how to tune properly(including me) so it might be unfair for some of us. |
Spaz | Posted: Mar 10 2009, 06:42 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | You won't be able to do much tuning on $15k, trust me. I'd assume most people would buy a car that's between $3k-5k, then S3s are $7k, so at best case, that leaves you with $5k at best for what should be predominantly low-level handling mods, which don't give you a lot of options... This post has been edited by cmspaz on Mar 10 2009, 06:43 PM |
shinn | Posted: Mar 10 2009, 08:55 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | Well that makes sense I guess. So I guess one of us should start a separate thread for the challenge. |
midnightevo6 | Posted: Mar 12 2009, 10:46 AM | ||
IDW Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 17,518 Joined: Apr 28th 2006 Location: los angeles CA |
nah just post the challenge here . so let me get this right , 15k cap. n' we get to choose any car n' drivetrain. that's cool. are the oil changes free? o yea we needs a course easy like motegie , med like trial mountain , hard like nurburgring. http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-gran-turismo-courses | ||
shinn | Posted: Mar 12 2009, 10:48 AM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | So how are we going to time it? Best lap or best overall time? |
Spaz | Posted: Mar 12 2009, 11:55 AM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | Here's what I think: $15k cap. Includes car, oil changes, mods, tires, EVERYTHING. There are normally 3 events per challenge, so first one could be a fastest lap on Deep Forest. Any objections? The one question I have, is how do we want to handle the following challenge choices? Decide on them all now, or as we go? |
shinn | Posted: Mar 12 2009, 08:00 PM |
IDW Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Member No.: 27,591 Joined: Nov 25th 2007 Location: Orange County, California | 15k cap. You can do anything you want with the car. Tires and oil fall under the cost. And fastest lap at Deep Forest and some other place. MUST HAVE PHOTO PROOF OF YOUR TIME! I'm going to post two times. One with controller and the other with DFP. |
Spaz | Posted: Mar 15 2009, 07:30 PM |
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN | And list out all of your expenses when you post your time. I'm down to like 1'30" currently, but I'm not making that official yet. |
midnightevo6 | Posted: Mar 17 2009, 12:44 PM |
IDW Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 17,518 Joined: Apr 28th 2006 Location: los angeles CA | ok so, deep forest is the chosen course we're gonna race on. i think it should be best lap. also please enter : Car: drivetrain: moneyspent: moneyleft over: mods: hp: and of course,best time: |
The Stig | Posted: Mar 18 2009, 11:55 PM |
Srsly I'm the Stig? Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,116 Member No.: 11,448 Joined: Aug 24th 2005 Location: SoCal 310 | Hmm I'm down for this challenge. Also, when you've chosen your car you HAVE to stick with it. Also limits on cars, or just anything that can be bought below 15k, and any money left over for mods/oil change/tire right? |
Gunma's 34 | Posted: Mar 19 2009, 01:43 AM | ||
The R34's chosen one Group: Advanced Members Posts: 804 Member No.: 27,787 Joined: Dec 13th 2007 Location: Makati, Philippines | Hmm... sounds fair enough... 15K, Deep Forest... forward right?
Some other place... could we make it a bit Wangan-ish... like say SPECIAL STAGE R5 or something close to Deep forest like el Capitan? | ||
Spaz | Posted: Mar 19 2009, 05:37 AM | ||||
Just a guy towing a car across the country to chase a dream. Group: FORUM MODERATOR Posts: 9,272 Member No.: 30,193 Joined: Jul 25th 2008 Location: Plymouth, MN |
Anything below 15k. When it comes down it it, unless you're only spending 4k on the car, it should be pretty close if people scroll down the used list instead of just buying the first possible option they see. That's a hint, BTW. Once you get about halfway down, I could see most of that stuff producing fairly close times. Also, most of the those cars also come with S2s, so you can skip a tire purchase if you want.
Yeah, forward. And I like the idea of doing something different. Possibly even something on gravel, with dirt tires not being part of the cost. Only problem with that is that it could be severely biased toward a specific drivetrain, whereas tarmac's more fair. Anyone else have thoughts on this? | ||||
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