The Next PS4 GTA Racing Championship

The Next PS4 GTA Racing Championship

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challenger001

1,598 posts

138 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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I say we should start with Comets if we are going to do this. smile

Pyro_Indigo

48 posts

108 months

Monday 1st June 2015
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I can post again!

As one of the newcomers you've been talking about recently, I'd be more than happy to get a new car and mod it for a series. I want a Comet Cup!

pansondowlington

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111 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Right, details of the next championship. Hopefully this at the displeases the least amount of people. That seems the most I can hope for haha.

Week 1 - 7th June
Class: Muscle (Free choice)
Circuit: Anaconda Grand Prix

Week 2 - 14th June
Class: Comet
Circuit: Sochi Autodrom GP

Week 3 - 21st of June
Class: Shafter
Circuit: Dockyard Autocross 30p

Week 4 - 28th of June (I can't make this date so either can do it on the Monday or Eased or Cheshire Cowboy can host)
Class: Super (Free choice)
Circuit: Seed Circuit

Week 5 - 5th of July
Class: Elegy RH8
Circuit: Nurburgring 30 players

So hopefully this mixes variety and one car races whilst remaining cheap as the muscles/elegy/schafters are cars that people most probably have or are cheap to obtain and mod. Dockyard Autocross and Nurburgring are races some of you may have played before but I edited slightly to make available for a suitable number of players.

I shall put this in the original post of this thread to find easily and people can play the races in this playlist http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/games/gtav/pla... .

I will be playing this through on wednesday if anyone is up for joining me and will be doing some practices for race 1 after.


PS. The lobby will be open at 9:00 on sundays and race to start exactly at 9:30 as per last championship. If someone can't make a week, they will only lose out on points as there are no teams to keep full, just every man for himself.

Edited by pansondowlington on Tuesday 2nd June 01:47


Edited by pansondowlington on Wednesday 3rd June 10:03

Jobbo

12,974 posts

265 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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I can't complain about that format; thanks for organising it. I'll be in as many as I can.

One thing I would say is that because the Elegy can't be sold, anyone who has to buy and mod one just for the race will lose out if they want to get rid afterwards. But since it's quick, it is worth keeping.

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

109 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Ach, I was really up for this but I'm busy every Sunday until the end of the month. Never mind.

djdest

6,542 posts

179 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Not sure why we need to use muscle and Elegy twice when there are so many other cars/classes?
Especially as so many people showed interest in an all Comet race

ChemicalChaos

10,410 posts

161 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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djdest said:
Not sure why we need to use muscle and Elegy twice when there are so many other cars/classes?
Especially as so many people showed interest in an all Comet race
We discussed it heavily last night between a few of us, and came to the conclusion that asking most people to spend 300k buying and modding a car they dont have was a bit steep with only 1 or 2 weeks notice to raise the funds.
We will most likely do a comet cup for the next tournament when we can give people plenty of notice

pansondowlington

Original Poster:

111 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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djdest said:
Not sure why we need to use muscle and Elegy twice when there are so many other cars/classes?
Especially as so many people showed interest in an all Comet race
It was mainly to keep the cost down as I gathered that was something people were worried about and an Elegy cost 100,000 less to get fully upgraded and purchased. I am happy to make race 2 a Comet though if a few more people were to confirm they have the money or have the car already.

djdest

6,542 posts

179 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Fair enough, at least use other classes though?
Coupe or Sedan both have good cars that can be found on the street and kept.
Id even rather do a Sport or Super race than repeat a class personally.
Plus, these days 300k is small change really, especially as you could sell it after and recoup some of that

pansondowlington

Original Poster:

111 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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It is what I personally wanted but tried to take on board what I gathered other people wanted, I may well have got that wrong but I tried to please the most.

I will give till the end of today for people to voice any changes they may want to make to classes but I will be only making changes if there is a sizeable amount of people saying they want a certain change as I don't want people to think I will constantly change the race details based on every different opinion.

I will pose these 2 questions as potential changes for people to answer.

-Should race 2 be a Comet?

-Should race 4 be Supers (free choice)?

Basically, if enough people say yes to the above I will change but by the end of today the details will be properly locked in.

djdest

6,542 posts

179 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Im not bothered what the specific classes or cars are, I just dont see the need to duplicate two of them when there are so many others to choose from.
Personally Im not a big fan of muscle cars, one race with them wouldn't bother me though, where as having 40% of the whole series in them would lower my interest in joining in.

I'm not trying to be awkward, I just think that with the vast amount of cars to choose from, it seems odd that two need to be used twice

Pyro_Indigo

48 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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You say people wouldn't want to spend a load of money to get a new car, but you assume that everyone owns an Elegy RH8 and a Schafter. The Elegy is no longer the most competitive car, so not everyone will have it. *And it's one of the most expensive cars to upgrade due to it being free.

Some people are going to have to buy a car no matter what, so why not make it one single car that can be used for the entire series, and why not make it a relatively cheap one that a lot of people have shown interest in? The Comet is 100k stock, and the upgrades are relatively cheap. It's not exactly a Z-Type.

And I agree with the above, two muscle races is a bit much. May as well throw in another class if it's free choice.

Edited by Pyro_Indigo on Tuesday 2nd June 11:33

djdest

6,542 posts

179 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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I've been a supporter of an all comet series from day one smile

pansondowlington

Original Poster:

111 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Pyro_Indigo said:
You say people wouldn't want to spend a load of money to get a new car, but you assume that everyone owns an Elegy RH8 and a Schafter. The Elegy is no longer the most competitive car, so not everyone will have it. *And it's one of the most expensive cars to upgrade due to it being free.

Some people are going to have to buy a car no matter what, so why not make it one single car that can be used for the entire series, and why not make it a relatively cheap one that a lot of people have shown interest in? The Comet is 100k stock, and the upgrades are relatively cheap. It's not exactly a Z-Type.

And I agree with the above, two muscle races is a bit much. May as well throw in another class if it's free choice.

Edited by Pyro_Indigo on Tuesday 2nd June 11:33
Just going off cost to get a Comet fully upgraded is $265,550 and Elegy is $165,550 they both cost the same to mod but the Elegy is free, and still the fastest sports car it's just difficult to get the most out of. A Dominator and Schafter can both be found on the road and upgraded for $114,525 if people don't have them already.

Again, I'll see what the consensus is by the end of the day.

AlleyCat

811 posts

172 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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pansondowlington said:
It is what I personally wanted but tried to take on board what I gathered other people wanted, I may well have got that wrong but I tried to please the most.

I will give till the end of today for people to voice any changes they may want to make to classes but I will be only making changes if there is a sizeable amount of people saying they want a certain change as I don't want people to think I will constantly change the race details based on every different opinion.

I will pose these 2 questions as potential changes for people to answer.

-Should race 2 be a Comet?

-Should race 4 be Supers (free choice)?

Basically, if enough people say yes to the above I will change but by the end of today the details will be properly locked in.
Im happy with the 2 suggested changes. Not fussed about cost, its easy to make money in the game nowdays. Dont understand all the fuss on cost to be honest. especially when we are talking between an Elegy and a Comet.

djdest

6,542 posts

179 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Exactly, you could make that couple of hundred $ back just from practicing the tracks on your own!
I made the best part of a million over the last racing series from practice races and the actual ones.

Anyway, I'd also be happy with the 2 changes

XslaneyX

1,334 posts

143 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Going with the flow on this one. Not fussed if we do all of 1 car or it varies. Happy just to do races. Never tried a comet for racing mind you. The thing is tail happy!

how about chucking a comedy race in just for laughs? Tour bus/Dump/Greyhound bus race if they are possible half way through the series?

Pyro_Indigo

48 posts

108 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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I'd be alright with the proposed changes, but I still think the Comet Cup should be strongly considered seeing as there's been no clear bias to either choice and there was a lot of support previously.

To avoid the problem of nobody being strongly opposed to either idea, I've made a strawpoll:

http://strawpoll.me/4522147

The options are:
-Comet Cup
-Single class free choice, and the leader/host decides the class
-Original series
-Original series plus changes mentioned above

This way we can get a clear majority vote rather than vague agreements to everything- which I know I'm guilty of, by the way! Sorry if it forces people to make a definitive decision, but I fear we'll end up without any clear majority otherwise and that'll leave some wondering why the other ideas were scrapped.

egor110

16,911 posts

204 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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To many cooks in the kitchen.

Now pansdown has got off his backside and created this series, the only choice for us is to either join in or not.

There's plenty of time for the comet cup or panto pandemonium after this series.

Like I said the other day pansdown at some point you have to say this is what I'm running , this is the first track , this is when it starts and just see who turns up, well done for getting the ball rolling.

ChemicalChaos

10,410 posts

161 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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egor110 said:
To many cooks in the kitchen.

Now pansdown has got off his backside and created this series, the only choice for us is to either join in or not.

There's plenty of time for the comet cup or panto pandemonium after this series.

Like I said the other day pansdown at some point you have to say this is what I'm running , this is the first track , this is when it starts and just see who turns up, well done for getting the ball rolling.
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