[weekend_warrior]

How do those points work?

From the top 10 in each event, 1st place gets 10 points, 2nd place get 9 points, etc. So the most someone could get in each round is 50 points.

Oh I like this. Looks like I am going to have to edit that post tomorrow. When I get my CSW in mid May it is officially on. Round 1 is meaningless and pointless to me but if we are going to carry this through the end, I may just have to improve my times a little bit.

It might make sense to use a modifier for later rounds, assuming they're going to be more difficult. Say 10 points x 1.1 for 2nd round. 10 x 1.2 for 3rd round, etc.

It would be cool to know the minimum required time to get to be in the top ten. I didn't play the challanges again after getting the gold (mostly on my first try) but this could give me the motivation to improve.

Good idea, I'll add the top times and min times next time I update.

[paskowitz]

Good idea, I'll add the top times and min times next time I update.

I would make the min time either the gold or silver time.

[Metalmurphy]

I would make the min time either the gold or silver time.

Since he is using the NRL account the min time will be whoever is in 10th there.

[Dibbz]

2-4 ooooooooh yeah

Eiffel 65 is all mine :D

[Dr Frasier Crane]

If anyone wants to add me my PSN is YobRenoops. I'm only playing on a DS3 but I'd like to pit myself against the best GAF can offer!

[paskowitz]

2-4 ooooooooh yeah Eiffel 65 is all mine :D

You are not friends with me or RounD yet... you may want to keep it that way if you want to keep that top spot. :)

[magawolaz]

Offical NeoGAF Gran Turismo Acadamy Leaderboard (as of 5/3, Round 2) (Participants taken from NRL friendslist) ROUND 1 1. RounD- 47 points 2. Nab- 37 points 2. Kaze- 37 points 4. MetalMurphy- 32 points 5. Olivur- 29 points 6. Milky_Mag- 28 points 7. ruttyboy- 26 points 8. GHR_Gyoung- 18 points 9. ikkr- 7 points 10. Toxa- 5 points ROUND 2 1. RounD- 47 points 2. Paskowitz- 42 points 3. Kaze- 38 points 4. MetalMurphy- 29 points 5. Nab- 25 points 6. ruttyboy- 20 points 7. Niks- 19 points 8. Pintas_Maia- 17 points 9. GHR_Gyoung- 14 points 10. Olivur- 9 points TOTAL 1. RounD- 94 points 2. Kaze- 75 points 3. Nab- 62 points 4. MetalMurphy- 61 points 5. ruttyboy- 46 points 6. Paskowitz- 45 points 7. Olivur- 38 points 8. GHR_Gyoung- 32 points 9. Milky_Mag- 28 points 10. Niks- 19 points

Neat idea! Need to improve on Round 2, I tried those challenges only once.

Btw, is "miky", not "milky" :lol

[Metalmurphy]

lol, just noticed. "Pintas_Maia" isn't actually a gaffer, he's a friend of mine. Just kick him out of the NRL friends list. (makes room for more)

[Niks]

Round 1 should not count.
DS3 fail :(

[ouchx100]

I added a few of you guys and the GT5NRL account. My PSN is ouchx100. I think I'm not too bad at this. I got gold on all the events so far with ease but I'd like to see how I do against more people

[l2ounD]

lol, milky!

very cool WW.

Woohoo point leader!

[Dibbz]

You are not friends with me or RounD yet... you may want to keep it that way if you want to keep that top spot. :)

I think I'll just delete everyone and call it a day :p

Send me a FR.

[Metalmurphy]

Updated:

Stage 1:







Stage 2:

[smiggyRT]

2-5 is killing me trying to get the guys at the very top, finally managed a 39.420 which is still 7 tenths off 1st :/

[Kaze13]

this is exciting. I look forward to booting this up more than GT5 at the moment lol. I need to work on 1-3 and 2-1. Admittedly, I don't care about 2-1 at all. 1-3 is a a time I haven't bothered to improved since I first set it.

It's frustrating to know that an addition 2/10ths in each of the challenges is available. Doing it on a DS3 won't do it. I need finer steering and throttle input to get it though.

[Polyphony]

2-5 is killing me too, can't find a way to cleanly pass the AI, they leave no room! I end up in the grass all the time trying to pass the red Silvia.

[chubigans]

Just downloaded this and man, love the production values. Fun stuff all around.

[Kaze13]

2-5 is killing me too, can't find a way to cleanly pass the AI, they leave no room! I end up in the grass all the time trying to pass the red Silvia.

That red Silvia got rammed many times on purpose. Just to let out frustrations...

[aeroslash]

Hey! I also want to be in The GAF leaderboard! How can i get in?
My PSN id is gnrcat. I won't play since tomorrow afternoon though.

[Risk Breaker]

Wow, I got a point in 1-5! (EdgeyPoo) :P

Didn't really try any of the stages more than twice, with DS3. I don't have time for more :(

[Metalmurphy]

Hey! I also want to be in The GAF leaderboard! How can i get in? My PSN id is gnrcat. I won't play since tomorrow afternoon though.

Add the PSN ID "GT5NRL" to your friends list

[smiggyRT]

That red Silvia got rammed many times on purpose. Just to let out frustrations...

Its worse if you get a good run past the yellow because then you get caught up behind the red car right on the corner with no way to pass, I just charged up the inside and hoped I could make the next corner.

[Dr Frasier Crane]

Add the PSN ID "GT5NRL" to your friends list

Added, fingers-crossed I've made the top for 2-1 at least!

[weekend_warrior]

Updated Leaderboard standings.
Things to keep in mind-

• I will stop updating past round standings when the new round is opened (In the case of round 3- May 16)
  
• Round 2 and susiquent rounds are "wieghted", ie- given more importance then earlier rounds. Round 2 points are currently multiplied by 1.1, round 3 might be 1.2, etc.
  
• I'm using GAF names when I know them, so let me know what your PSN name is if you want me to change it.

[mclaren777]

A number of you recently added me on PSN. Was that somehow related to this thread, because I don't remember giving out my ID in the past year.

[TheSeks]

That red Silvia got rammed many times on purpose. Just to let out frustrations...

Don't attempt that if you're only going for the gold. You only need to pass the first/silver car to get a Gold barely. At least on a controller.

Is it red? I could swear the car was silver on my trial. :/

[paskowitz]

I do not like seeing myself so far down the list. I think I am going to have to change that tomorrow.

[Metalmurphy]

A number of you recently added me on PSN. Was that somehow related to this thread, because I don't remember giving out my ID in the past year.

I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say your PSN ID is mclaren777

I do not like seeing myself so far down the list. I think I am going to have to change that tomorrow.

Haha! Suck it!

[Chibits12]

Feel free to add me: Goteki2097.

I've also been playing GT5 using an analog controller but I hope this new Logitech steering wheel works even better.

[Polyphony]

Wow slick leaderboard, good work!

[Kaze13]

Don't attempt that if you're only going for the gold. You only need to pass the first/silver car to get a Gold barely. At least on a controller. Is it red? I could swear the car was silver on my trial. :/

You misunderstand. I rammed into that car on purpose because I get frustrated at its existence on the track. In other words, "Screw you car, DIE!" kind on thing lol

[KaizorPenguin]

Hey guys, add me: KaizorPenguin. I only played a little bit yesterday, and I really struggled to get motivated, as I didn't have any friends to compete with. I'll give this another shot when I get home, hopefully I'll climb up the leaderboards somewhat.

[Kaze13]

If my calculation is correct, I'm currently a couple of points away from RounD. Gotta grind some more laps!

[Enhanced]

Probably more relevant to this thread than the OT: Playfront.de have posted a screen of what looks like a GT5 version of Twin Ring Motegi that they've grouped with shots of GT Academy. Could be part of GTA later on.



http://playfront.de/about/gta-academy-season-2-shots/

[paskowitz]

^^^^

Considering that this track has been in just about every GT I have no idea why it was not included in GT5.

[spats]

^^^^ Considering that this track has been in just about every GT I have no idea why it was not included in GT5.

No kidding. I'll pay many euros to get that track though.

[IISANDERII]

Interesting stuff on the medal rankings. I expected to see Finland near the top of the gold average but not the former Yugos. Perhaps some future world champs are waiting in the wings? Greece and Hungary are close too.
Japan has more than double the participants the US has: 544,000 to 253,000. Next highest is Spain with 177,000.
Little Belgium nearly has as many participants as Canada.
And, as ever, the eternal rivalry between GB and France finds itself to GT Academy too: Nearly the same number of participants resulting in the exact same average gold.

[ruttyboy]

So, predictions on the next two rounds anyone?

If it’s following the format up to now I’m going to guess round three will feature a road going 370Z, and round 4 a road going GTR.

Obviously my guess on the GTR is based on those ‘leaked’ pictures so I would assume that Motegi will feature in round 4 also. I also think we’ll see the first full lap challenge at the end of round 4.

[TheSeks]

I really can't see a round 4 being a non-full lap. But given it's Kaz, it's completely possible.

Really though, this waiting a week to open Round 3 is stupid. Why did they open Round 1 AND 2 at the same time? :/

[amar212]

Interesting stuff on the medal rankings. I expected to see Finland near the top of the gold average but not the former Yugos. Perhaps some future world champs are waiting in the wings?

My Croatian community is really pushing hard, we're mobilising everybody we got on our Friends lists to go and try the Academy. It is not only promoting the community, it also benefits the Average Score.

As drivers are concerned, we certainly have some extremely talented ones: five members of the community are insanely fast, especially one member who currently holds #1 worldwide for 2-4 and #4 for 2-3.

Rest of them are not really fond of current "short" challenges and they're waiting for the "longer" ones.

Unfortunately, the fastest of them all - young and modest boy (aged only 17) who is literally unbeatable once he grabs the challenge - suffered from G25 malfunction and he can't compete. Backthan in Prologue times he was always #1 worldwide for every Time Trial he participated with (he was 12 back then). At this point he found another interest: setting the fastest times in the new Kart Arena opened in the capital. He holds #1 position in both directions and he is having the time of his life. Unfortunately, his talent is very dependable of amount of money his family have on disposal, which is not much. His father would like to get him somehow in the real-racing, but since financial crisis literally killed all potential sponsorships in Croatia, he will have to wait for someone more important to notice his talent.

Until Nissan Croatia decide/gets green light from Germany to fund local qualifiers, Croatian talents will not be able to step in the real-deal. Also, inability to actually go into the second tier (real qualifiers) is also the reason why two of those five guys are not actually spending too much time in the current Acd.

BUt we're absolutely aiming high for all 8 weeks and we're hoping for the top-spots in Average once everything finishes.

Really though, this waiting a week to open Round 3 is stupid. Why did they open Round 1 AND 2 at the same time? :/

They will open all rounds in A-B formats. 2 rounds every 2 weeks, with rounds 7-8 opening on 11/06.

[cutmeamango]

Added the NRL account and a gentle gaffer whos name here I do not know! Tried to improve today the times I set in my gold play.
Only learned that I'd never drive a Silvia at those speeds.

[amar212]

Genius guys over the Mygranturismo.net have just launched a full GTAC statistics sub-site.

Among many filtering options, you can even filter results by your country (for players that rest in TOP5000) and see your domestic challengers.

[DoctorWho]

I'm still kind of blown away a contest like this exists.

[Kaze13]

Woohoo! Rank750 in round 2

[Metalmurphy]

Apparently Kaz is trying out the GT-R that's gonna be used on the final GT Academy tests.




Also to be used in the next Nurburgring 24h.

[Kaze13]

Apparently Kaz is trying out the GT-R that's gonna be used on the final GT Academy tests. Also to be used in the next Nurburgring 24h.

Saw him tweet about it. Exciting stuff

[paskowitz]

Rounds 3 & 4 are up:

The third and fourth rounds of GT Academy 2012 have just been unlocked in the free downloadable mini-game which is hosting the international competition. As expected, the new rounds bring faster cars and more technical driving challenges: Round 3: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (Current Leaderboards) Rotary Corner in the Madrid City Course S Curve at Suzuka Circuit Continuous Corners and Elevation Changes Variations of Corners Maintaining Stability in High-Speed Sections Round 4: Nissan 370Z (GT Academy) ’08 (Current Leaderboards) The Nurburgring’s “Kallenhard” Section Low Speed ‘S’ Curve with Changing Radius ‘S’ Curves 2 Suzuka Circuit’s “Spoon Curve” The “Variante Ascari” and “Parabolica” at Monza The new rounds kick off just as the GT Academy mini-game achieves increasingly impressive milestones, now boasting over 500,000 players who have driven nearly 40 million kilometers. There’s still no sign of Twin Ring Motegi, which our community discovered earlier last week, but it likely won’t be featured in the competition until the final round. As always, stop by GTPlanet’s GT Academy 2012 Forum for more discussion, analysis, hints, tips, and conversation with other competitors. Good luck to all of you in these new time trials!

[dubc35]

Rounds 3 & 4 are up:

ha, good timing by PD. I was just about to post in here that I was bored of the first rounds. I'm not near the top of the leaderboards by any means but if it doesn't mean anything, it just seems like filler.

[Metalmurphy]

Already? Wasn't it supposed to be on the 16th?

[paskowitz]

Set some slow times... don't feel great if you beat them... just warming up. God, I struggled on eifel kart with the Z.