Hey guys, I know I haven't discussed this with anyone, but frankly it's so open and so accessible, I think it can just exist and be a thing we do for fun.
So Time Attack- what is it? Have you been living under a rock? Time Attack is a real world discipline of motorsport where the winner is not based on physical track position or amount of laps completed, its purely based on lap time. You know the rivals leaderboards? Time Attack. Think qualifying laps, except you can bin the car and still win the race, as long as you qualified first.
"So just use the rivals function". Yes. But where is the community interaction?
What we're going to do is basically run this the same as the picture of the week comps- winner chooses next weeks theme. In this case, the 'theme' is the class of car (A, B, C etc) and any other restrictions (AWD only, naturally aspirated only, pre 1970 only, etc- any restrictions you like- could make it car specific, for extra emphasis on driver skill) and which circuit we'll be racing at. The winner isn't based on votes (obviously), rather the fastest lap time set within a time period (entries are open for a week)- emphasis on 'within a time period'- if you have already set a faster lap than what you managed to set in the period, it doesnt count. This will basically be an honour system/gentleman's agreement, but I mean really, the only reward here is the money you win IN GAME (everyone will make money out of this, because its a built in game mechanic) and the privelage of setting next weeks theme.
The main idea behind this is to utilize a built in mechanic for a bit of community competition; knowing that there are people actively trying to set a faster lap than you, bragging rights, all that good stuff. Its something you can access any time, any day, and not commit to for the long run, or jump into late, it doesnt matter, its all for fun and theres no set number of events.
Keen for your feedback, and potential improvements to the formula.
[headline]Leaderboards[/headline]
[headline]Week 1 (14th-19th December 2015)[/headline]
Car: 2005 TVR Sagaris (stock)
Track: Top Gear Test Track - Full Circuit
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]1:14.072[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]1:14.947[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mr Softie[/TD]
[TD]1:15.440[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Superhyper[/TD]
[TD]1:15.946[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[headline]Week 2 (19th-26th December 2015)[/headline]
Car: Any FWD car, max PI is 560 - Upgrades/tuning allowed
Track: Nurburgring GP - Rain
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Automobile[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]Volvo 850[/TD]
[TD]2:25.138[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mr Softie[/TD]
[TD]Mini Cooper[/TD]
[TD]2:26.103[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hassan1995[/TD]
[TD]Lancia Fulvia[/TD]
[TD]2:26.384[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]Renault Megane[/TD]
[TD]2:29.216[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]NotACactus[/TD]
[TD]Cadillac XTS Limo[/TD]
[TD]2:38.841[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[headline]Week 3 (28th Dec 15 - 3rd Jan 16)[/headline]
Car: 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan PI no greater than B600
Track: Laguna Seca
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]1:38.926[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]1:38.978[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mr Softie[/TD]
[TD]1:39.485[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[headline]Week 4 (4th - 10th Jan)[/headline]
Car: Ferrari/Lamborghini Older Than 2000 upgraded to A666
Track: Long Beach Full
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Car[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]Lamborghini Jalpa[/TD]
[TD]1:27.732[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hassan1995[/TD]
[TD]Lamborghini Miura[/TD]
[TD]1:27:880[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]Lamboghini Diablo SV[/TD]
[TD]1:28.368[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mr Softie[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari 365[/TD]
[TD]1:30.532[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ProDexorite[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari F355[/TD]
[TD]1:32.611[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[headline]Week 5 (10th - 16th Jan)[/headline]
Car: Koenigsegg Agera - Stock(no tuning)
Track: Mount Panomara/Bathurst
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]2:05.911[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]2:06.605[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mr Softie[/TD]
[TD]2:07.621[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hassan1995[/TD]
[TD]2:08.594[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[headline]Week 6 (17th - 23rd Jan)[/headline]
Car: American Cars (Any year/R class)
Track: Daytona Tri-Oval
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[TR]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Car[/TD]
[TD]Time[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Camel[/TD]
[TD]Saleen S7[/TD]
[TD]33.853[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Softie[/TD]
[TD]Hennessey Venom[/TD]
[TD]34.641[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clarence[/TD]
[TD]Hennessey Venom[/TD]
[TD]34.695[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hassan1995[/TD]
[TD]Saleen S7[/TD]
[TD]35.058[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]carlos_69[/TD]
[TD]Saleen S7[/TD]
[TD]36.151[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]