October 20, 1999 I was trying to get the gold cups in as few days as possible 1 buy car GTO'92 Fiji blue GTO'92SR, med stab Cr10,000 -> Cr240 I thought I would start with the 4wd car since that is the only specialized category car you cannot guarantee to win: Demio is Lwt and FF, while various are FR (though I find it easiest to use the stock Viper used for the Normal Series). However, later I realized you pretty much want to buy a 4wd GTO or a Skyline to win Tuned and All-Night 2, so the starter car might as well be as cheap as possibly with a reasonable probability of getting Sunday Cup poles after light tuning. This GTO'92 will only be a reasonable investment if I win the Supra in the Normal Series, which I can then use instead of a GTO. (The GTO'92 could then win the 4wd series, with light tuning). But it is more probable to win the Impreza, and, although it could be used in the 4wd, it makes more sense to buy a Japanese monster at that point anyway, so that monster might as well be 4wd. 1 B4 pass 0:25.368 silver 2 B5 pass 0:23.977 silver 3 B3 oass 0:28.701 bronze 4 B1 pass 0:34.836 silver 5 B2 fail 6 B2 pass 0:26.927 bronze(2) 7 B6 pass 0:26.885 silver 8 B7 pass 0:25.815 silver 9 B8 fail 10 B8 pass 1:19.811 silver(2) 11 B license acquired 4:32.320 11 A1 pass 0:33.295 bronze 12 A2 pass 0:25.628 bronze 13 A3 fail 0:44.122 14 A3 pass 0:43.589 bronze(2) 15 A4 fail 0:39.887 16 A4 fail 0:39.225 17 A4 fail 0:39.095 18 A4 fail 0:39.540 19 A4 fail 0:39.004 20 A4 fail 0:39.053 21 A4 fail 0:39.626 22 A4 fail 0:39.067 23 A4 fail 0:38.831 bronze(9) 24 A5 pass 0:31.473 bronze 25 A6 fail 0:27.783 26 A6 fail 0:28.324 27 A6 fail 0:27.983 28 A6 fail 0:27.360 29 A6 fail 0:27.534 30 A6 fail 0:27.396 31 A6 fail 0:26.962 bronze(7) 32 A7 pass 0:29.029 gold 33 A8 pass 1:07.718 bronze 34 A license acquired 4:56.535 34 IA1 fail 35 IA1 pass 1:06.131 bronze(2) 36 IA3 pass 2:00.704 bronze 37 IA5 pass 1:23.652 bronze 38 IA7 fail 39 IA7 fail 2:14.834 40 IA7 pass 2:13.314 bronze(3) 41 IA2 fail 1:30.409 42 IA2 fail 1:30.922 43 IA2 fail 1:30.333 44 IA2 pass 1:29.995 bronze(4) 45 IA4 pass 1:23.375 bronze 46 IA6 fail 1:33.125 47 IA6 fail 1:33.762 48 IA6 fail 1:33.635 49 IA6 fail 1:33.499 50 IA6 pass 1:32.033 bronze(5) 51 IA8 pass 1:58.272 bronze 52 IA license acquired 13:07.476 52-55 GTO'92 Sunday q6AMq6Hq6GV 27to16 Demio(1/1*)a 56 buy parts NA1, S/Stires, racing muffler Cr24,240 -> Cr740 Either these parts were a bad investment, or I should have perhaps gone straight to the Clubman and maybe 4wd to accumulate cups and cash. Oh well, the main early strategy is to get enough cash to buy a Viper. The extra Cr4,500 from Sunday poles does not pay back the Cr23,500 investment. The Clubman was a little close and tense with only above modifications. 56-59 GTO'92,lt tune Sunday sw27to18 Demio(dup)(sold)i 60-63 GTO'92,lt tune Clubman q6ARq6CR2q6TM Camaro(1/1*)a 64 buy car RT/10 Viper RT/10 Cr80,240 -> Cr11,440 64-67 RT/10 FR q6DFq2GV 27to18 yellowSilEighty(1/6)a 68 Cr37,940 68 power off October 21, 1999 68 buy car GTO'95MR passion red GTO'95MR -> Cr9,880 68-73 RT/10 Normal sw45to30 purpleSupraRZ(1/6)a 74 Cr409,880 So I won the Supra, but wimped out and max-tuned a GTO'95MR anyway. So, after starting with the 4wd, and assuming I'd use the Demio for FF and Lwt, I wonder if it might be better to start with 3dr'93si anyway. But it needs a lot of mods before it can win cash without duplicate. Trying to get all Gran Turismo Cups without entering any event more than once might be a real challenge. Europeans, at least, can beat the TRD3000GT in Normal with the prize Camaro to start the cash rolling. (But need to cheat to avoid an NSX field). 74 mod car tunedGTO'95MR max tune -> Cr151,380 (alias esp for [R]events) 74-78 tunedGTO'95MR GTC sw36to24,14,10,9,7 ChaserLM(1/1*)a 79 Cr236,380 79-82 tunedGTO'95MR Mega sw27to14,14,9,5,6 purpleSoarer(1/6)a 83 Cr326,380 83-86 tunedGTO'95MR 4wd sw27to18,11,10,6,3 purpleLancer(1/6)a 87 Cr355,880 87-92 tunedGTO'95MR UKvsJP sw45to24,20,17,14,5 black delSol(1/4)a 93 Cr440,880 93 power off October 23, 1999 93-94 tunedGTO'95MR All-nightI 1st redSilviaLM(1/2)a I wanted the nice green one. 8-( 95 mod car red[R]SilviaLM (alias) 95 Cr610,880 95 power off 95-100 GTO'95MR Abnormal sw45to24,21,17,13,5 whiteTrueno(1/6)a 101 Cr1,010,880 101 power off October 24, 1999 101-102 red[R]SilviaLM GV300 q1st1st black/greenSupra(1/2)a 103 Cr1,330,880 103 power off 103 mod car [R]CastrolSupra (alias) 103-108 [R]CastrolSupra USvsJP 1st45to28 ViperWblueSt(1/4)a q0TM1st45to28,21,14,11,6 109 Cr1,412,880 109 power off 109 mod car [R]ViperGTS-R (alias, ie, WblueSt) 109-114 [R]ViperGTS-R UKvsUS SS11,3,1st40to30,24,15,10,6 blueRX7(1/4)a 115 Cr1,492,880 115 mod car Demio hard-tune DemioAspec -> Cr1,320,880 115-118 Demio,tuned FF sw27to15,14,10,5,4 yellowCRX(1/6)a 119 Cr1,350,380 119-122 Demio,tuned Lwt sw27to18,12,9,5,4 yellowCivic(1/6)a 123 Cr1,381,380 123-129 [R]ViperGTS-R GTI 1st44to33,28,27,12,6 hifi+ credits q4Hq4GV,SSR5,3,q4DF3 130 Cr1,551,380 130-131 GTO'95MR All-nightII q1st,1st silverNismoGT-R LM(1/1*)a 132 Cr1,721,380 132 The End - all gold race cups won