Re: The Official Non Sequitur Thread, "And now for something COMPLETELY different..."

[Forgetful]

Currently 5th in Canada for Round 3

http://www.mygranturismo.net/rankings.php?sec=1&sub=overallTop5000_3&start=0

[RackAttack]

Currently 5th in Canada for Round 3

http://www.mygranturismo.net/rankings.php?sec=1&sub=overallTop5000_3&start=0

I worked on it for about 2.5 hours last night, I'm really enjoying this set of events. Still annoyed by the ones with AIdiots though.

I freakin' love the 4-3 (same course as 2-4). With all the cones, I feel like I'm autocrossing :-)

[Forgetful]

Thanks. Just waiting for it to update round 4 to see where I land. I've put in a dozen or so attempts at each one of these rounds.

I got the same 'Autocross' feeling out of those ones as well.

[clacksman]

Seems I'm outside the top 5000 often enough to not appear.

[Forgetful]

now I'm not there anymore...?

[AgentWD40_FL]

i'm putting some time in on each of these rounds tonight. pretty happy so far, but i gots this guy RackAttack on my friends list that is making me work. i heard hes a decent driver. good job!!

[Forgetful]

you can view stats by player. Gives average rank and average gap:

http://www.mygranturismo.net/rankings.php?online_id=ForgetfuI

http://www.mygranturismo.net/rankings.php?online_id=clacksman

[clacksman]

Neat

[AgentWD40_FL]

interesting link. is there another spot to be able to sort my times by country?

[clacksman]

Did my handful of wheel runs at round 3, should show on the thingy when it updates.

[Forgetful]

interesting link. is there another spot to be able to sort my times by country?

You can do round by country. Pick a round, find a competitor from that country (ctrl-f) and click on the country name. You'll see all competitors from that country in the top 5000 of all stages of that round.

[Forgetful]

Rd 3 - 557 overall, 10th in Canada
Rd 4 - 296 overall, 2nd in Canada

RackAttack is 2nd overall in US for rd 4, behind Let_Canada_In, rsb not far behind!

[clacksman]

I upgraded my round 4 with 5 runs each.

[vkaifh]

I completed round 4 by doing 4-4 and 4-5. My total time is 2'31.064, as of right now that puts me in the top 200. Well, at least for the next few minutes; I might have been kicked out of the top 200 before the web page is updated

[RackAttack]

RackAttack is 2nd overall in US for rd 4, behind Let_Canada_In, rsb not far behind!

I was in 6th when I finished last night, already down to 11th again!

Let_Canada_In is in fact Canadian, so you guys can be proud of him.

I'm really happy with all my times, other than 4-3. I keep pounding my head against it and coming up with nothing. I can run .2XXs all day long, but can't seem to go any faster. I even did 4 consecutive attempts that were all .2XX last night.

[AgentWD40_FL]

5 spots below rsb (ranked #60/US) in round 3 and i know i can improve a couple of those 3-1, and 3-5 especially.

just starting to dig into round 4. hope it goes as well.

thanks for the tip in sorting forgetful

[vkaifh]

I like the idea of putting a link to the Academy ranking into the signature. I hope you don't mind me copying you

[AgentWD40_FL]

not at all. i think its fun to watch all my racing comrades.

[AgentWD40_FL]

you've got some nice times posted there vk. i've got work to do on several rounds, including that 3-1, which it seems your having trouble with too. my comment to that is not meant to be condescending.

great job ....

[Forgetful]

you've got some nice times posted there vk.

This.

[vkaifh]

I have to admit that I use the ghosts of the leader. I'm not sure how much faster it makes me, but it certainly makes me fast faster.

Not sure if this is considered unethical, but at the end I don't feel too bad about it. I see those little tests mainly as a great way to improve my driving, but I also enjoy them a lot.

So far I have done each test only once for 15 to 20 minutes; maybe I get back to them after prepping for Friday.

[AgentWD40_FL]

i'll come out of the closet too and say i use the ghost replays as well. my whole approach to GTA is to try and learn something, and i learn by watching. i have no interest in winning anything except a few cars and some knowledge. plus, having fun with some friends makes the whole thing fresh and different. would i like to make it to boot camp? nope, not at all. i wouldnt last day one of those drills. i'm an out of shape virtual driver that sits on my butt all day.

i hope to get something meaningful out of gta that i can bring to the track everyday. loading those ghost replays shows me alot of where i can be faster, but it doesnt show everything a fast driver is doing to be fast. i enjoy trying to adjust my driving to maintain the same speed as the ghost through a given section.

my hats off to those that have an ambition to silverstone. i'd love to be able root for a DSO member. see you all on the top 10 leaderboards.

[clacksman]

Nothing wrong with using the ghosts/replays. I don't use them because I want to do what I call a reasonable run and see where I land from that.

[vkaifh]

Nothing wrong with using the ghosts/replays. I don't use them because I want to do what I call a reasonable run and see where I land from that.

I don't start out with the ghost either. I'm on my own until it gets really harder to improve and then I load the ghost to see what I can do different.

[vkaifh]

there is a nice app for iPhones and such available to monitor the ranking of the Academy and other online events. I just downloaded it and it is very neat.

Here is the gtplanet news story about it:
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