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Post by EAO trilegdog on Jan 18, 2013 19:14:34 GMT -5
I didn't participate in the Shift2 Hot Lap events when they were running, but decided to try to reconstruct the events & try each one myself.
This is open for anyone to run a Hot Lap. Send me a PM with info and I'll add your video to the appropriate post.
note: there were no handling or physics mods used in any of my runs.
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History:
The Shift2 Hot Lap events were sponsored by EA and ran approximately from April 2011 through September 2011.
Weeks one, two, and three were titled as the Dr Pepper Challenges, and based on the three Dr Pepper Career events. Weeks four through sixteen had the Dr Pepper name dropped from the event title and the winners selected the cars/tracks for the next event.
The last posting by EA for Week 16 did not mention the Hot Lap events coming to an end, but they apparently did.
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Shift2 Unleashed: Tommy Milner's Hot Lap of Laguna Seca - Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 - 01:21.709
(a special exhibition event as a lead-in to the Hot Lap Series)
EAO trilegdog Catch-Up Run: 01:21:553
EAO trilegdog Catch-Up Run: 01:20:443
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Jan 18, 2013 19:24:22 GMT -5
Shift2 - Dr Pepper Hot Lap - Week 1 - Suzuka Circuit East - Chevrolet Camaro SS - 00:53:800
Winner: insbnsn - 00:49:599
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 00:50:740
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Shift2 - Dr Pepper Hot Lap - Week 2 - Ambush Canyon - Chevrolet Camaro SS - 01:32:893
Winner: montrey87 - 01:23:580
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 01:24:084
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Shift2 - Dr Pepper Hot Lap - Week 3 - Glendale East - Chevrolet Camaro SS - 00:55:989
Winner: montrey87 - 00:52:340
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 00:52:186
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Jan 18, 2013 22:45:07 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 4
Road America - stock Nissan 370Z - Initial Time: 2:37.762
Winner: Oracurax 02:31:546
EAO trilegdog Catch-Up Run: 02:31:000
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Jan 26, 2013 22:54:06 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 5
Brno - Nissan GT-R SpecV - Works Upgrade - Initial Time: 01:55:949
Winner: montrey87 01:46.607
EAO trilegdog catch-up run: 01:46:507.  The EAO tag was hard to make and very hard to adjust for a clean look. With the lack of an alphabet vinyl mod, it seems that the only way to get custom lettering is to create a liverly skin and that requires unpacking the game for editing. Maybe later.
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Feb 2, 2013 14:43:57 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 6
Nurburgring GP - BMW Z4 Coupe - Initial Time: 02:04:557
(note: the week 5 winner actually picked the BMW Z4 GT3, but the guys at EA didn't have it unlocked, so they used the Z4 Coupe.)
(note: there are no response videos loaded at EA's youtube site & I could find nothing with a search of youtube or google)
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 01:52:078
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Feb 3, 2013 0:04:51 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 7
Tokyo Dockside - Porsche 911 GT3 RS. PI: 980 - Initial Time: 00:49:883
note: according to a report of an unseen EA Twitter post, no car upgrades allowed (was not posted on EA youtube site) - car index should be no higher than 980. Response videos were a mix of no-upgrade cars and works-upgrade cars with a wide range of lap times.
winner: KillJoy anounced by EA but response video cannot be found, unknown time. Further research shows that KillJoy made all of his Shift2 videos private.
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 00:48:169
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Feb 5, 2013 17:44:30 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 8
Miami Biscayne Blvd - Mazda MX-5. (works) Initial Time: 01:28:055
Winner: NfSmicrak 01:20:050
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 01:24:964
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 01:23:157
EAO trilegdog Catch-up Run: 01:22:542
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Mar 12, 2013 20:28:29 GMT -5
SHIFT 2 - Hot Lap - Week 9
Ambush Canyon - Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray - Initial Time: 01:25:886
Winner: NfSmicrak 01:15:871
EAO trilegdog - Blue Team: 01:16:607
EAO trilegdog - Red Team: 01:15:702
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Mar 21, 2013 8:15:58 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 10
Riviera Monte Grande - Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 - Initial Time: 01:51:545
Winner: user0815DoeRT 1:43:325
EAO trilegdog: 01:43:251
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Mar 27, 2013 14:53:21 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 11
Autopolis International GP - Acura NSX (Works upgrade) - Initial Time: 01:45:572
Winner: NFSmicrak 01:38:435
EAO trilegdog - 01:39:278
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Apr 9, 2013 21:48:09 GMT -5
Shift2 - Hot Lap - Week 12
Glendale West - Dodge Viper SRT10 (Works upgrade) - Initial Time: 00:48:682
Winner: user0815DoeRT 00:45:404
EAO trilegdog - 00:45:622
note: schudo37-DoeRT ran a 00:45:346, but was not declared the winner. I think that EA made a few judging mistakes on more than one event.
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Apr 20, 2013 15:16:58 GMT -5
SHIFT 2 - Hot Lap - Week 13
Circuit Zolder - Lancia Delta HF Integrale (Works Upgrade) - Initial Time: 01:35:579
Winner: PROBOTpl - 01:27:418
EAO trilegdog: 01:28:371
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Apr 23, 2013 0:03:04 GMT -5
SHIFT 2 - Hot Lap - Week 14
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben GP -Radical SR3 RS - Initial Time: 01:28:555
Winner: NACSPEED 01:19:146
EAO trilegdog: 01:17:710
Note: The Week 13 winner selected the Radical SR3 RS without performance upgrades, which is what NFS Drew used for the initial run. Regardless, the winner as declared by NFS Drew, used the works upgrade on his winning run. A review of the other posted video responses showed that all of the other Hot Lap participants used the stock car without upgrades. I feel that if the EA NFS team had judged the contest correctly, the winner would have been schudo95 with a run time of 1:20:031 in a stock car.
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Post by EAO trilegdog on May 1, 2013 4:06:57 GMT -5
SHIFT 2 - Hot Lap - Week 15
Nordschleife - Lamborghini Murcielego LP640 - Initial Time: 06:48:051
Note: In the Week 16 posting by EA, Killjoy was announced as the Week 15 winner, but he has deleted all of his Shift2 YouTube videos. TheC2H6O has the fastest posted Hot Lap for Week 15.
TheC2H6O - 05:37:621
EAO trilegdog's Hot Lap: I initially ran a 06:04:xx before working on tuning, but now I'm unable to complete a full lap on Nordschleife without Shift2 crashing to the desktop when I hit the last long straight, so I'll bypass Week 15 for now.
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Post by EAO trilegdog on Jun 3, 2013 19:10:18 GMT -5
SHIFT 2 - Hot Lap - Week 16
Week 16 was the final EA sponsored Hot Lap in the Shift 2 Hot Lap series. (The Shift 1 Hot Lap series ran for 36 weeks!) Participation was starting to dwindle (only 2 entries for week 16)and the EA Team became increasingly busy with other projects.
Silverstone GP 1975 - Shelby Cobra 427 - Initial Time: 01:26:446
Winner: PROBOTpl· 01:18:098
EAO trilegdog: 01:19:304
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