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posted 11-10-2005 09:31 PM         

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Congrats miko, excellant job. Someday I will get the gumption to try again but for now I could not go through the chance of not finishing the race again.

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posted 11-11-2005 10:38 AM         

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”To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe [and listen]”

To that end I have followed up on the leads / tips and adventures of my erudite comrades and added a speedy 250 points.

Firstly, 52 points were added in the Saleen S7 by taking SSR5 and Infineon on N3 tires to take these races to 134 points each. El Capitan was previously won at 161 points on N2 tires, but I have not been able to convert the Sarthe and Suzuka races to ‘N’ victories so these remain at 108 points each.

Next, The Audi A3 races, at least Suzuka East and Midfield, were increased to 131 points each on N3 tires, but again a sweep was not attained, with Laguna Seca holding out at 111 points due my inability to overcome the rolling start deficit on N tires. Still, that’s another 40 points.

Lastly, and most profitably, I returned to the Audi TT races. When I previously ran these I used the old black oil TT from the second-hand lots in ‘as bought’ condition (except for throwing on ballast). That meant no rigidity refresher, S2 tires and clunky transmission, suspension and brakes. This time I went to town on the mods and upgraded everything, but I did not apply the rigidity refresher as I wanted to keep the TT somewhat ‘loose’. I applied some minor spanner work to the LSD, cut the brake balance to 1/1, shifted the weight balance towards the rear, and most importantly, adjusted the VCD to maximize torque at the rear wheels. We now have a totally different car, where understeer is minimized, tire wear is somewhat balanced, and the ‘driving on cobblestones’ feeling has been removed. This led to a sweep of the series on N3 tires for 170 points each race and a very nice injection of 158 points to my total.

I guess I have to share the prize ‘Vette with Lugs and LDM now – LOL!

The point’s total has reached 99,775. I now have the luxury of being able to be very selective about the races I choose to attain the remaining 225 points. No more 24 hour races , and no more F1 . R&R made an interesting comment that hitting the 100k mark should be done in a car / race combination that is worthy of the feat. I need to think about this a little but have already crossed Citroen, Daihatsu and Hyundai off my list .

For now…

PS: SportWagon – your assumption is correct.

PPS: R&R – I’m actually worried that the ‘CSI’ body is that of Britta as she went for her 5th conquest at the ring. Go Hans Stuck .

PPPS: LDM – wimp!

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posted 11-12-2005 06:39 PM         

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Well done, Miko! We are running out of superlatives for you, here.

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posted 11-14-2005 11:08 AM         

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Following on from my last post, I tried to squeeze a few more points out of the manufacturer’s races and increased the BMW 1 Series to 123/123/131 (an increase of 47 points); the Crossfire Trophy races to 132/73 (I added 30kg to go with the S1/S3 tires ) / 132 (an increase of 53 points); took the Camaro IROZ to El Cap for 180 points on N2/N3 tires with 200kg of ballast (an increase of 40 points); and completed the sweep in the Vette! Vette! Vette! races by winning New York in the C1 (an increase of 13 points).

This took me to 99,928 points and my ‘Swan Song’ race became clear. I also noted that I had completed 1,496 races so my OCD kicked in and I ran duplicate 200 point races in the C1 ‘Vette at LS, EC and Infineon, just for fun, and also to take my race total to 1499.

The last race in this endeavor was to be the Suzuka 1000km, 172 laps of one of my favorite circuits in the game, in one of my favorite classes of car – mid powered race cars, yeah! In looking for something different I tried the Renault Clio Race Car (a pink #99!!!) and, although I took an early lead, the minimal wing (check it out) left the Renault wanting once the AI had warmed their tires.

With failing patience and waning imagination, I jumped into the Wedssport Celica (I think any one of the JGTC 300 cars would suffice here) and completed an easy 200 point victory by +1 lap over the Honda Loctite Mugen NSX (JGTC) ’01; +1 lap over the Toyota au Cerumo Supra (JGTC) ’01; +2 laps over the Nissan Pennzoil Zexel GT-R (JGTC) ’01; +3 laps (?) over the Honda NSX-R Prototype LM Race Car ’02; and +4 laps (?) over the Audi A4 Touring Car ’04. Total race time was 6:06’36.290 and fastest lap was 2’03.460.

That’s it then, 100,000 points and 330 ‘200-point’ races and all house-rules intact – no Dodge Ram and nonitrous. As a future reminder of the race that took me to this landmark, I’ll just post a few photos from lap 1 of the Suzuka 1000km. My next post will transpose the ‘roadmap’ to 100k, and the post after that will show the status screens.

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posted 11-14-2005 11:10 AM         

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The following tabulates one route to achieving 100,000 points – without using the Dodge Ram, and without using nitrous. This is a transposition of the table in the Resource Section and represents a collective effort by a number of members of GTBN, but special mention needs to go to Lugnut and LaughterAndMirth – thanks guys. The overall essence of this ‘roadmap’ is to use cars that are in the general spirit of the races they participate in. You’ll find this challenging, fun, competitive and very satisfying. Good luck.

Beginner Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Sunday Cup	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	200	Toyota Prius G Touring ‘03
	Driving Park Beginner	200	"
	High Speed Ring	200	"
	Clubman SSR5 Rev	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi West	200	"
FF Challenge	Midfield Rev	200	Chrysler PT Cruiser ‘00
	Suzuka East	200	VW Lupo 1.4 ‘02
	Hong Kong Rev	200	VW Lupo GTi ‘01
	Grand Valley East	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	Chrysler PT Cruiser ‘00
FR Challenge	Seattle	200	Mazda MX-5 S-Special Type I ‘95
	Tsukuba	200	"
	SSR 5	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	Motorland Rev	200	"
MR Challenge	Beginner Course	200	Toyota MR-2 1600 G-Ltd SC ‘86
	Autumn Ring Rev	200	Lotus Elise Type 72 ‘01
	New York Rev	142	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	160	"
	El Capitan	200	Toyota MR-2 1600 G-Ltd SC ‘86
4WD Challenge	Grand Valley East	200	Lancia Delta HF Integrale ‘91
	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	200	"
	Suzuka East	200	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
Lightweight Cup	Motorland	149	Daihatsu Move CX ‘95
	Tsukuba	114	"
	Beginner Course	172	"
Spider & Roadster	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	Chevy Corvette Convertible (C1) ‘54
	Trial Mountain Rev	200	MG TF160 ‘03
	Infineon Sports	200	Chevy Corvette Convertible (C1) ‘54
Sports Truck Race	Fuji Speedway 90’s	100	Chevrolet SSR ‘03
	Laguna Seca	100	"
	Seattle Rev	100	"
** Total races = 34 ** Points available = 6,800 ** Miko’s points / average = 6,237 / 183.4 **
Professional Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Clubman Cup	Apricot Hill	200	Renault Clio Sport V6 24v ‘00
	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	"
	Seoul Rev	200	"
	SSR5 Clubman	200	Hommell Berlinetta R/S Coupe ‘99
	Deep Forest	200	"
Tuning Car	Apricot Hill Rev	200	Clio Renault Sport V6 Phase 2 ‘03
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	Tokyo R246	200	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
Race of NA Sports	Infineon Sports	200	Ford Mustang GT ‘05
	Apricot Hill Rev	200	Clio Renault Sport V6 Phase 2 ‘03
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	"
	SSR5 Rev	200	Ford Mustang GT ‘05
	Trial Mountain	200	"
Race of Turbo Sports	Fuji Speedway 80’s	200	Mitsu Evo III GSR ‘95
	Tokyo R246 Rev	200	"
	High Speed Ring	200	"
	New York Rev	200	"
	Midfield	200	"
Boxer Spirit	Hong Kong	200	Subaru Impreza 22B-STi ‘98
	Infineon Sports	200	"
	Deep Forest Rev	200	"
World Classic Car	Fuji Speedway 80’s	122	Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto ‘66
	El Capitan Rev	125	"
	Nürburgring	103	"
	Cote d’Azur	125	"
	Laguna Seca	125	"
World Compact Car	Seattle	200	Mitsubishi i ‘03
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Grand Valley East Rev	180	"
	Hong Kong Rev	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	"
Supercar Festival	Seoul	200	BMW M3 GTR ‘03
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	New York	200	"
	Midfield Rev	200	"
	Infineon Sports	200	"
Gran Turismo World	Tokyo R246	200	Mazda 787B ’91 (used!)
	Twin Ring Motegi Speedway	200	"
	Hong Kong	145	"
	Seoul Rev	200	"
	El Capitan	200	"
	New York	200	"
	Opera Paris Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
	Grand Valley Rev	200	"
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	200	"
** Total races = 48 ** Points available = 9,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 9,125 / 190.1 **
Extreme Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Gran Turismo All Stars	High Speed Ring Rev	200	Pagani Zonda LM Race Car ‘01
	Fuji Speedway 80’s	200	BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
	Laguna Seca	200	Pagani Zonda LM Race Car ‘01
	Autumn Ring Rev	200	"
	Test Course	200	Chaparral 2D Race Car ‘67
	Grand Valley Rev	200	Pagani Zonda LM Race Car ‘01
	Suzuka	200	BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
	Infineon Stock Car	200	"
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	158	Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car ‘00
	Nürburgring	200	BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
Dream Car	Opera Paris	200	Audi Abt TT-R Touring Car ‘02
	Tokyo R246 Rev	200	"
	Deep Forest	200	"
	Seoul Rev	200	"
	Hong Kong	200	"
	Test Course	200	VW W12 Nardo Concept ‘01
	Beginner Course	200	Audi Abt TT-R Touring Car ‘02
	Circuit de la Sarthe II	200	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
	Cote d’Azur	200	"
Polyphony Digital Cup	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Seattle Rev	200	"
	Infineon Stock Car	200	"
	Tokyo R246 Rev	178	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005	200	"
	Motorland Rev	200	"
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	178	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
	Nürburgring	162	"
Like the Wind	Test Course	200	Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car ‘98
Formula GT World	Tokyo R246	115	Polyphony Formula Gran Turismo ‘04
	Twin Ring Motegi Speedway	200	Mazda 787B ‘91
	New York	200	"
	High Speed Ring	200	"
	Grand Valley	200	Audi R8 Race Car ‘01
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	200	Mazda 787B ‘91
	Cote d’Azur	146	Polyphony Formula Gran Turismo ‘04
	Seoul	146	"
	Infineon Sports	200	Audi R8 Race Car
	Laguna Seca	200	Mazda 787B ‘91
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	114	Polyphony Formula Gran Turismo ‘04
	Nürburgring	200	Mazda 787B ‘91
	El Capitan	200	Audi R8 Race Car ‘01
	Fuji Speedway 2005	200	"
	Suzuka	114	Polyphony Formula Gran Turismo ‘04
World Circuit Tours	Suzuka	200	Nissan GT-R Concept LM Race Car ‘02
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car ‘98
	Tsukuba	200	Pagani Zonda LM Race Car ‘01
	Laguna Seca	200	Pagani Zonda LM Race Car ‘01
	Infineon Sports	200	Nissan GT-R Concept LM Race Car ‘02
	Fuji Speedway 2005 GT	200	BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	200	Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car ‘98
	Nürburgring	200	BMW McLaren F1 GTR Race Car ‘97
Premium Sports Lounge	Cote d’Azur	200	BMW M3 CSL ‘03
	Opera Paris	200	"
	Hong Kong Rev	200	"
	High Speed Ring Rev	200	"
	New York Rev	200	"
** Total races = 59 ** Points available = 11,800 ** Miko’s points / average = 11,311 / 191.7 **
American Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
All American	Seattle	200	Ford RS200 Rally Car ‘85
	Infineon Sports	200	"
	New York	200	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
Stars and Stripes	Laguna Seca	200	Ford Mustang GT ‘05
	Seattle	200	"
	Infineon Stock Car	200	"
Hot Rod Competition	New York Rev	200	Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept ‘02
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	El Capitan	200	"
Muscle Car Competition	New York	200	Chevy Corvette Convertible (C1) ‘54
	Infineon Sport	200	"
	Seattle	200	"
** Total races = 14 ** Points available = 2,800 ** Miko’s points / average = 2,800 / 200.0 **
European Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Pan European	Opera Paris	200	BMW M3 CSL ‘03
	Grand Valley	200	"
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	200	"
	Cote d’Azur	200	"
	Nürburgring	200	"
British GT	Grand Valley	200	TVR V8S ‘91
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	El Capitan	200	"
	Infineon Sports	200	"
	Midfield Rev	200	"
British Lightweight Series	Autumn Ring	157	Lotus Elan ‘62
	Apricot Hill Rev	157	"
	SSR5	176	"
Deutsche Touring Car	Opera Paris	200	Mercedes 190 Evo Touring Car ‘92
	Midfield	200	"
	High Speed Ring Rev	200	"
	Nürburgring	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005 GT	200	"
La Festa Italiano	Autumn Ring Rev	200	Lancia Delta HF Integrale ‘91
	Cote d’Azur	200	Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto ‘66
	Infineon Sports	200	Lancia Delta HF Integrale ‘91
Tous France Championat	Opera Paris	174	Alpine A310 1600VE ‘73
	Circuit de la Sarthe I	174	"
	SSR5	174	"
	Grand Valley Rev	174	"
	Cote d’Azur	174	"
Europe Classic Car	Nürburgring	102	Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto ‘66
	Fuji Speedway 80’s	102	"
	Opera Paris Rev	161	"
	Suzuka	102	"
	Deep forest Rev	110	"
Europe Hot Hatch	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	BMW 120i ‘04
	Opera Paris	200	"
	Trial Mountain Rev	200	"
	Suzuka East	200	"
	SSR5 Rev	200	"
1000 Miles!	Nürburgring	108	Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto ‘66
	Opera Paris	141	"
	Cote d’Azur	141	"
	Circuit de la Sarthe II	109	"
Schwarzwald Liga A	Trial Mountain	200	VW Golf IV GTI ‘01
	Opera Paris Rev	200	"
	Autumn Ring	200	"
Schwarzwald Liga B	Nürburgring	200	Mercedes SL500 (R129) ‘98
	Tokyo R246	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	High Speed Ring Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
** Total races = 48 ** Points available = 9,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 8,636 / 179.9 **
Japanese Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Japan Championship	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	ASL Garaiya ‘02
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Tokyo R246 Rev	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
All Japan GT	Tokyo R246	200	RE Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 ‘04
	Suzuka East	200	"
	Seoul	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi Speedway	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	Hong Kong	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005 GT	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
Japanese 70’s Classics	Fuji Speedway 80’s	101	Toyota Celica 1600 GT (TA22) ‘70
	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	141	Nissan Bluebird Hardtop 1800SSS ‘79
	Tsukuba	141	"
	Motorland Rev	141	"
	Trial Mountain	179	"
Japanese 80’s Festival	El Capitan	200	Toyoya MR-2 1600 G-Ltd SC ‘86
	SSR5 Clubman Rev	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Apricot Hill Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
Japanese 90’s Challenge	Apricot Hill	200	Mazda MX-5 S-Special I ‘95
	Grand Valley East Rev	200	"
	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	"
	SSR5 Rev	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
Japanese Compact Cup	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	Mitsubishi i ‘03
	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Deep Forest Rev	200	"
	Suzuka East	200	"
** Total races = 35 ** Points available = 7,000 ** Miko’s points / average = 6,703 / 191.5 **
Endurance Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Grand Valley 300 km	Grand Valley	200	Toyota Wedssport Celica (JGTC) ‘03
Laguna Seca 200 miles	Laguna Seca	200	Shelby Mustang G.T. 350R ‘65
Roadster 4hr Endurance	Tsukuba	65	MX-5 S-Special Type I ‘95
Tokyo 300 km	Tokyo R246	200	RE Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7 ‘04
Super Speedway 150 miles	Twin Ring Motegi Speedway	135	Mazda 787B ‘91
Nürburgring 24hr Endurance	Nürburgring	200	BMW 320i Touring Car ‘03
Nürburgring 4hr Endurance	Nürburgring	200	MG TF160 ‘03
Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka	200	Toyota Wedssport Celica (JGTC) ‘03
Motegi 8hr Endurance	Twin Ring Motegi Road	105	Lotus Elise Sport 190 ‘98
Tsukuba 9hr Endurance	Tsukuba	189	Lotus Elise 111S ‘03
Circuit de la Sarthe 24hr I	Circuit de la Sarthe I	73	Pescarolo Courage C60 ‘03
Circuit de la Sarthe 24hr II	Circuit de la Sarthe II	123	Gillet Vertigo Race Car ‘04
Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway 90’s	125	Mercedes CLK-GTR Race Car ‘98
Infineon World Sports	Infineon Sports	200	Nissan GT-R Concept LM Race Car ‘02
El Capitan 200 miles	El Capitan	200	Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 (C5) ‘00
			Acura HSC ‘04
New York 200 miles	New York	200	Ford Mustang GT ‘05
** Total races = 16 ** Points available = 3,200 ** Miko’s points / average = 2,615 / 163.4 **
Special Conditions Hall
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
"Easy"	Citta di Aria	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Citta di Aria Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Costa di Amalfi	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Costa di Amalfi Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Grand Canyon	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Grand Canyon Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Ice Arena	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Ice Arena Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Chamonix	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Chamonix Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	George V Paris	200	Honda Element ‘03
	George V Paris Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Swiss Alps	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Swiss Alps Rev	200	Renault 5 Turbo ‘80
	Tahiti Maze	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Tahiti Maze Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Tsukuba Wet	200	Renault 5 Turbo ‘80
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
"Normal"	Citta di Aria	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Citta di Aria Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Costa di Amalfi	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Costa di Amalfi Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Grand Canyon	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Grand Canyon Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Ice Arena	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Ice Arena Rev	200	Mazda MX Crossport ‘05
	Chamonix	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Chamonix Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	George V Paris	200	Honda Element ‘03
	George V Paris Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Swiss Alps	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Swiss Alps Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Tahiti Maze	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Tahiti Maze Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Tsukuba Wet	200	Subaru Impreza RC Prototype ‘01
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II	200	Honda Element ‘03
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II Rev	200	Honda Element ‘03
"Hard"	Citta di Aria	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Citta di Aria Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Costa di Amalfi	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Costa di Amalfi Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Grand Canyon	194	Mazda MX Crossport ‘05
	Grand Canyon Rev	200	Mazda MX Crossport ‘05
	Ice Arena	200	Mazda MX Crossport ‘05
	Ice Arena Rev	200	Mazda MX Crossport ‘05
	Chamonix	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Chamonix Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	George V Paris	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	George V Paris Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Swiss Alps	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Swiss Alps Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Tahiti Maze	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Tahiti Maze Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Tsukuba Wet	200	Subaru Impreza Touring Car ‘01
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Cathedral Rocks Trial I Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
	Cathedral Rocks Trial II Rev	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Tarmac ‘01
** Total races = 63 ** Points available = 12,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 12,594 / 199.9 **
One Make Races - France
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Alpine Cup	Tokyo R246	115	Alpine A310 1600VE ‘73
	Trial Mountain	143	"
	Opera Paris Rev	143	"
	SSR5	143	"
	Grand Valley	143	"
Citroen 2CV	Opera Paris Rev	115	2CV ‘54
	Cote d’Azur	115	"
	Autumn Ring Mini	115	"
	Deep Forest Rev	115	"
	Tsukuba	80	"
Peugeot 206 Cup	Opera Paris	200	206 Rally Car ‘99
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Motorland Rev	200	"
	Suzuka East	200	"
	Cote d’Azur	200	"
Renault Clio Trophy	Suzuka	200	Clio Sport V6 24v ‘00
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Deep Forest	200	"
	El Capitan Rev	200	"
Renault Megane Cup	Suzuka East	125	Megane 2.0 16v ‘03
	Opera Paris	125	"
	Laguna Seca	125	"
	Seoul	109	"
	Cote d’Azur	125	"
** Total races = 25 ** Points available = 5,000 ** Miko’s points / average = 3,836 / 153.4 **
One Make Races - Germany
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Audi TT	El Capitan	170	TT Coupe 1.8T Quattro ‘03
	Tokyo R246 Rev	170	"
	Deep Forest Rev	170	"
Audi A3 Cup	Suzuka East	131	A3 3.2 Quattro ‘03
	Midfield	131	"
	Laguna Seca	111	"
BMW 1 Series Trophy	Grand Valley	123	BMW 120i ‘04
	Infineon Sports	123	"
	Twin Ring Motegi East	131	"
BMW Club M	El Capitan Rev	200	BMW M Coupe ‘98
	Apricot Hill	175	"
	Opera Paris Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	175	"
	Nürburgring	175	"
Mercedes Benz Silver Arrow	Fuji Speedway 90’s	155	SL500 (R230) ‘02
	Nürburgring	155	"
	Opera Paris	200	SLK 230 Kompressor ‘98
Mercedes Benz SL Challenge	Apricot Hill	161	SL500 (R230) ‘02
	Fuji Speedway 80’s	161	"
	El Capitan	200	SL500 (R129) ‘98
Opel Speedster trophy	Grand Valley	200	Speedster Turbo ‘00
	Autumn Ring Rev	200	"
	Suzuka East	200	"
	Infineon Sports	200	"
	Seattle	200	"
Volkswagen Beetle Cup	Fuji Speedway 90’s	123	New Beetle 2.0 ‘00
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	123	"
	Tsukuba	123	"
	Suzuka	123	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005	123	"
Volkswagen Lupo Cup	Fuji Speedway 90’s	166	Lupo GTi ‘02
	Nürburgring	147	"
	Tsukuba	160	"
	Suzuka	147	"
	Infineon Sports	160	"
Volkswagen GTi Cup	Hong Kong Rev	139	Lupo GTi ‘02
	Tsukuba	107	"
	Opera Paris	139	"
	Midfield Rev	127	"
	Deep Forest Rev	139	"
** Total races = 40 ** Points available = 8,000 ** Miko’s points / average = 6,263 / 156.6 **
One Make Races - Italy
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Alfa Romeo GTA Cup	Grand Valley East Rev	104	Giulia Sprint GTA 1600 ‘65
	Tsukuba	118	"
	Apricot Hill	104	"
** Total races = 3 ** Points available = 600 ** Miko’s points / average = 326 / 108.7 **
One Make Races - Japan
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Daihatsu Copen Race	Tsukuba	58	Copen Active Top ‘02
	Motorland	86	"
	Autumn Ring Mini	86	"
Diahatsu Midget II Race	Motorland Rev	102	Midget II D-Type ‘98
Honda Type R Meeting	Twin Ring Motegi Road	200	Civic Type R ‘98
	Autumn Ring Rev	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
	Motorland Rev	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
Honda Civic Race	Twin Ring Motegi East	153	Civic 1500 3dr 25i ‘83
	Suzuka East	192	"
	Deep Forest	181	"
	Autumn Ring Mini	181	"
	Midfield Rev	137	"
Isuzu Sports Classics	Tsukuba	104	Bellet 1600 GT-R ‘65
	Fuji Speedway 80’s	104	"
	Trial Mountain	112	"
Mazda Club ‘RE’	Laguna Seca	200	RX-8 Type E (J) ‘03
	Autumn Ring Rev	200	"
	SSR5 Rev	200	"
	Opera Paris	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
Mazda Roadster Cup	Twin Ring Motegi East	200	MX-5 S-Special Type I ‘95
	Tokyo R246	156	"
	SSR5 Clubman Rev	200	"
	Tsukuba	200	"
	Trial Mountain	200	"
Mazda RX-8 Cup	Laguna Seca	183	RX-8 Type E (J) ‘03
	SSR5	183	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	183	"
	El Capitan	183	"
	Tsukuba	183	"
Mitsubishi Evolution Meeting	SSR5 Clubman	200	Evo VII GT-A ‘02
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	200	"
	Tokyo R246	200	"
Mitsubishi Mirage Cup	Tsukuba	200	Mirage 1400 GLX ‘78
	Autumn Ring	200	"
	SSR5	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
Nissan Race of the Red Emblem	Twin Ring Motegi Road	179	Skyline GTS-t Type M (R32) ‘91
	Trial Mountain Rev	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 80’s	200	"
	New York Rev	156	"
	Suzuka	200	"
Nissan March Brothers	Autumn Ring Mini	200	Cube X ‘98
	Suzuka East	200	"
	Grand Valley East Rev	130	"
Nissan Silvia Sisters	Tsukuba	125	Silvia Varietta (S15) ‘00
	SSR5	147	"
	Fuji Speedway 90’s	147	"
Nissan Club ‘Z’	New York	117	240ZG (HS30) ‘71
	Tokyo R246 Rev	125	"
	El Capitan	200	Fairlady 2000 (SR311) ‘68
	Laguna Seca	150	"
	Grand Valley Rev	150	"
Subaru 360 Race	Tsukuba	107	Subaru 360 ‘58
Subaru Stars of the Pleiades	Tsukuba	200	Impreza Coupe 22B-STi ‘98
	Trial Mountain	200	"
	Suzuka	200	"
	Deep Forest Rev	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
Suzuki K-Car Cup	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	117	MR Wagon Sport ‘04
	Tsukuba	105	"
	Motorland	73	"
Suzuki Concepts	Twin Ring Motegi West	103	Concept S2 ‘03
	Seattle	103	"
	Tsukuba	102	"
Toyota Altezza Race	Tsukuba	131	Lexus IS200 ‘98
	Suzuka	114	"
	Apricot Hill	114	"
	Twin Ring Motegi Road	123	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005	136	"
Toyota Vitz Race	Fuji Speedway 90’s	161	Vitz U Euro Sport Edition ‘00
	Suzuka East	199	"
	Twin Ring Motegi East	161	"
	Tsukuba	161	"
	Autumn Ring	161	"
** Total races = 78 ** Points available = 15,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 12,764 / 163.6 **
One Make Races - Korea
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Hyundai Sport Festival	Autumn Ring	83	Tiburon GT ‘01
	Hong Kong	83	"
	Grand Valley East	83	"
	Tsukuba	83	"
	Seoul	83	"
** Total races = 5 ** Points available = 1,000 ** Miko’s points / average = 415 / 83.0 **
One Make Races - UK
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Aston Martin Carnival	Fuji Speedway 90’s	151	DB7 Vantage Coupe ‘00
	Hong Kong	151	"
	Autumn Ring	151	"
Lotus Elise Trophy	Tokyo R246	103	Elise Type 72 ‘01
	Autumn Ring Rev	141	"
	SSR5 Rev	141	"
	Hong Kong	141	"
	Apricot Hill	103	"
Lotus Classic Car Cup	Hong Kong Rev	140	Elan S1 ‘62
	Laguna Seca	140	"
	El Capitan	140	"
	Tsukuba	140	"
	Apricot Hill Rev	140	"
MG Festival	Hong Kong Rev	125	MGF ‘97
	Suzuka	125	"
	Opera Paris	125	"
	Motorland	125	"
	Grand Valley East Rev	125	"
Mini Mini Sports Meeting	Opera Paris	139	Mini One ’02
	Tokyo R246	42	"
	SSR5 Clubman Rev	42	"
	Seattle	68	"
	New York Rev	42	"
Triumph Spitfire Cup	El Capitan	120	Spitfire ‘74
	Twin Ring Motegi West	120	"
	Autumn Ring Mini Rev	104	"
	SSR5 Clubman	104	"
	Seoul Rev	89	"
TVR Blackpool Racers	Suzuka East	200	TVR V8S ‘91
	SSR5	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	Opera Paris	200	"
	Fuji Speedway 2005	176	"
** Total races = 33 ** Points available = 6,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 4,253 / 128.9 **
One Make Races - USA
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Chevy Vette! Vette! Vette!	Seattle	200	Corvette Convertible (C1) ‘54
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	New York Rev	200	"
	Infineon Sports	200	"
	El Capitan	200	"
Chevy Camaro Meeting	Seoul	120	Camaro IROC-Z Concept ‘88
	El Capitan Rev	180	"
	Midfield	140	"
Chrysler Crossfire Trophy	Seattle	132	Crossfire ‘04
	Twin Ring Motegi Speedway	73	"
	Trial Mountain Rev	132	"
Saleen S7 Club	Circuit de la Sarthe I	108	Saleen S7 ‘02
	El Capitan	161	"
	SSR5 Rev	134	"
	Suzuka	108	"
	Infineon Sports	134	"
Shelby Cup	Seattle Rev	200	Series 1 Super Charged ‘03
	High Speed Ring Rev	200	"
	New York	200	"
	Laguna Seca	200	"
	Trial Mountain Rev	200	"
** Total races = 21 ** Points available = 4,200 ** Miko’s points / average = 3,422 / 163.0 **
Miscellaneous
Series	Course	A-Spec	Car
Family Cup	Any (El Capitan)	200	Mitsubishi CZ-3 Rally Car
Driving Missions	Various	8,500	Various
** Total races = 523 ** Points available = 104,600 ** Miko’s points / average = 91,500 / 175.0 **
Total A-Spec Points (including Missions)			100,000
Total 200 A-Spec Points Races			330

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posted 11-14-2005 11:11 AM         

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Oops! After all this time I now double post

[This message has been edited by miko (edited 11-14-2005).]

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posted 11-14-2005 11:13 AM         

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Lastly, the status screens …

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posted 11-14-2005 12:25 PM         

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Congrats miko! You have some very nice symetry there.

And I am finally beginning to catch up a little I am 'only' 40,000 points behind you now. hehe...

Awesome, congrats again.

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posted 11-14-2005 12:28 PM         

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WOW!

Miko very impressive!

Congrats on the 100,000!

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posted 11-14-2005 02:50 PM         

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Excellent.

exactly 100,000

Did you get the De Tomaso Pantera prize car?
(Hell, we can dream!)

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posted 11-15-2005 12:09 AM         

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Congratulations, Miko! An awesome accomplishment in itself, but even moreso because of your (shared) efforts to make it available to all of us. You have my respect and admiration!

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posted 11-15-2005 12:12 AM         

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Wtg, miko!

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posted 11-15-2005 12:48 AM         

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Congratulations Miko!

What's next?

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posted 11-15-2005 03:06 AM         

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Very impressive miko! Congratulations and thanks for sharing your work with us!

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posted 11-16-2005 03:20 AM         

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Excellent work, Mister Vice President.

I could never do that. I tried some 100-some-odd-point action in Special Conditions a while back and I couldn't even get close to the leader.

I'm so terrible at this game now.

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posted 11-17-2005 05:11 PM         

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Panic not, Santi. Even rusty as you are (or say you are, you big sand-bagger), I'm fairly certain you'll be showing me the way to go in the RRRRRRRRRR RR R championship.

A belated congrats to you too, Miko. I would have said a big 'WOW!' sooner, but I've been away on business - to Texas no less! Dallas, so nowhere near enough to drop in and see the screen shot with my own eyes unfortunately...

The statistic of all of those above that impreses me most is the 100% win ratio - considering how many races you've done and how much experimentation you've had to do in pursuit of high A-specs, that must have been an awful lot of reset/reloads. As well as some top skillz, you must have the patience of a saint!

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posted 11-17-2005 05:31 PM         

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Thank you all very much...

It's been my privilege to write this diary here at The Numbers, and I'm honored to have the audience I've had...

Reference console resets - more than I can count - probably a higher number than miles driven ...

'g - you should have said. A couple of hundred miles is nothing in driving terms over here and I would have happily driven to Dallas for dinner and a beer - there's a great micro-brewery in Dallas. It would take me less than 3 hours - 2 hours if the 'Vette had been delivered - 48 hours if we had a hurricane approaching

Take note for the next time you're over. There are also a number of members who live in North Texas who I'm sure would have enjoyed seeing you as well. Oh well - next time eh!

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posted 11-18-2005 11:52 AM         

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'g - you should have said. A couple of hundred miles is nothing in driving terms over here and I would have happily driven to Dallas for dinner and a beer - there's a great micro-brewery in Dallas. It would take me less than 3 hours - 2 hours if the 'Vette had been delivered - 48 hours if we had a hurricane approaching

Take note for the next time you're over. There are also a number of members who live in North Texas who I'm sure would have enjoyed seeing you as well. Oh well - next time eh!

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I should apologise then - I looked up Woodland, TX on good old Multimap before I left for the States with a view to suggesting a beer-based catch-up, but thought 'Nah, that's miles away'. Of course, I was thinking with my UK driving head on - that'd be like going from Newcastle to London and back again for a pint - particularly as I was effectively immobile so wouldn't have been able to meet you half-way (you know what it's like at these conferences in foreign cities, the company arranging it all effectively holds you hostage, ferrying you from the hotel to the conference centre and to the restaurant in the evening). To quote David Brent, I shouldn't have assumed, because assuming makes an ass of u and me.

Well, as I say, I do apologise and will definitely speak up next time I happen to be passing within a 'Vette-able distance (assuming it's arrived by that time, of course ). I think the corresponding conference next year is being held in Chicago - now my US geography is pretty shaky but I'd be surprised if that was worth your while driving to, even if there was a cold Shiner Bock waiting at the other end...

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I think the corresponding conference next year is being held in Chicago - now my US geography is pretty shaky but I'd be surprised if that was worth your while driving to, even if there was a cold Shiner Bock waiting at the other end...

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Believe it or not I've done it - a couple of times - it's about 1,100 miles - best time was around 17hrs - towing a boat!

I wouldn't do it in the 'Vette though as you go through Blytheville, AR. Scary place - even at 'Vette speeds I'd be afraid of losing my wheels - especially after dark .

It's wierd crossing the Mississippi into South Illinois and seeing you first roadsign - Chicago: 357 miles! After what seems like an eternity you see your next one - Chicago: 348 miles! LOL!

I'll be in Chicago for next year's AGM during August - and I hope to drag Lugs out on the town

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posted 11-18-2005 12:16 PM         

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A belated congratulations, Miko!

And it is just so you to have: (i) finished on a lengthy enduro, and (ii) hit the 100k mark to the very point.

I'd have liked to have been the first to congratulate you, but alas, I was on the road again (3 of the last 4 weeks).

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I'd have liked to have been the first to congratulate you, but alas, I was on the road again (3 of the last 4 weeks).

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Thanks Lugs - you were with me at the end - in spirit .

I'm pleased to hear from you as I was getting worried. Won't you come and play OLR with me? I'll play nice - honest. LOL!

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So, my question boils down to...
Did you complete every series you entered, or did sometimes abandon a series for strategic reasons?

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I ran two memory cards - a primary and a back-up. I 'refreshed' the back-up every 10k points or so up until about 90k, and then started doing it much more frequently.

If I wanted to buy and test numerous different cars for a particular race or series, I would use the back-up until I decided which car I wanted to use - then switch to the primary card, buy the car, and overwrite the back-up to remove all of the purchases / tests.

Re abandoning Championships - as you rightly point out you can abandon a Championship between races without it affecting your win ratio - and I did this on few occasions. The times that spring immediately to mind are the first time I entered the Pan Euro (in the Yellow Bird) and the BMW M Series. At this early stage of the game I didn't have a clue how to drive the Nürburgring and got royally trounced, so I reset, and abandoned. The only time I did it late in the game was at the PD Cup where running the Element at Motorland was frustrating me too much.

In general if the series was a Championship, I would enter as a Championship and run all races in sequence. The primary reason for this is that it gave me the option of qualifying on pole should I choose to. The only exceptions to this that I can recall were my second runs at the F1 races in LM cars - although first time through I ran all 15 races one after another.

I hope this answers your question.

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Thanks. You answered exactly what I had been wondering about regarding memory-cards and championships.

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Wow, Miko! Nice work! I go away for a few months and you clean house. Very impressive. So... what's next for you?

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