- NATIONS CUP
- In the first “Top 24 Superstars” round, Japan’s JUN-_-JEEEEN overturns the point totals for a series victory!
- Test Season 7 Overview
- 28/12/2017
Test Season 7 took place across 6 rounds from December 17th to the 23rd. From this season, a “Top 24 Superstars” race was hosted, where the highest ranked top 24 drivers matched in the last race of the season would gain more points than in a standard race. This is a single race on the 3rd slot of the day that would bring together top players in a high level race of skill, with the possibility of overturning the rankings depending on its outcome.
Round 1 was a battle on the Nürburgring GP with Group 4 machines. Nik_Makozi of Australia, saika159- of Hong Kong, and Dauble-Weapon of Japan scored high and placed their names on the top of the rankings.
Round 2 was a one-make race in the Lancer Evolution on the Dragon Trail. In this round, Nik_Makozi of Australia gained points while saika159- skipped the race. Instead PVR103_612 of Japan and Kawakana222 came up in the rankings. At the end of the first 3 rounds of racing, on top was Australia with Nik_Makozi, Japan in 2nd with yukiku, and in 3rd was Indonesia with mfrayyan. However, Japan’s JUN-_-JEEEEN and L-shooter_RB26 who skipped 2 races had just back into the fray, and a fierce clash was bound to ensue.
Round 4 was a one-make race in the WRX STI on the Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa. In addition to Australia’s Nik_Makozi, and Japan’s Dauble-Weapon, Japan’s sirvia also gained high points, holding back mfrayyan of Indonesia and rising to 3rd. However in Round 5, L-shooter_RB26 and JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan gained their 3rd effective points for the season, and because they both won their races, L-shooter_RB26 shot up to 2nd and JUN-_-JEEEEN also became 4th in the overall rankings.
In the final round; the first “Top 24 Superstars” for the Nations Cup was set in the 3rd race of the day, with top contenders such as JUN-_-JEEEEN(Japan), Brond(Japan) Kawakana222(Japan), kazunokota(Japan), MAX-MACH-5(Japan), Nik_Makozi(Australia), mfrayyan(Indonesia) joining the race.
The battel of Gr. 3 machines on Lake Maggiore saw a heated dogfight between the top 3 from qualifying. In the end, JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan achieved a perfect pole to win, gaining a high score of 8348 points to overturn the ranking and become series champion. Meanwhile this season saw many strong upcoming drivers such as MAX-MACH-5 of Japan who placed 4th, and mfrayyan of Indonesia who placed 5th, raising high expectations for more great battles on the track in the future.
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The final race matched 24 drivers together on the Lake Maggiore track, where everyone drove a very clean and fiercely competitive race.
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Close combat between Japan’s Brond and JUN-_-JEEEEN who have been rivals and friends throughout these test seasons.
Point Ranking (Top10)
| RANK | DRIVER | DR | SR | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JAPAN
JUN-_-JEEEEN
|
S | S | - | - | 1546 | 1167 | 1693 | 8348 | 11587 |
| 2 |
JAPAN
Brond
|
S | S | 1065 | - | 1765 | - | 1598 | 8060 | 11423 |
| 3 |
AUSTRALIA
Nik_Makozi
|
S | S | 1622 | 1560 | 1672 | 1479 | 0 | 7771 | 11065 |
| 4 |
JAPAN
MAX-MACH-5
|
S | S | - | - | 1300 | - | 940 | 7194 | 9434 |
| 5 |
INDONESIA
mfrayyan
|
S | S | 1351 | 1302 | 1159 | 1399 | 1316 | 6617 | 9367 |
| 6 |
JAPAN
yukiku
|
S | S | 1158 | 1416 | 1449 | 1089 | 1349 | 6328 | 9193 |
| 7 |
JAPAN
toybubu1205
|
A | S | 1081 | 1149 | 1256 | 934 | 1128 | 6040 | 8445 |
| 8 |
JAPAN
F1_butashabu
|
A | S | 240 | - | 966 | - | - | 6906 | 8112 |
| 9 |
JAPAN
kazunokota
|
S | S | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 7483 | 7483 |
| 10 |
JAPAN
y_nuno2702
|
A | S | 1236 | 802 | 1207 | 916 | - | 4597 | 7040 |