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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
- Thread starter Goldrusher
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But from what I've seen, aside from engine damage there's absolutely no indicator of how much a car might need a rebuild. There's no immediate indication of engine damage (just keep an eye on the maximum HP after an oil change... another unneeded inane "feature") and handling changes so insignificantly there's no way of telling if the car needs it (or how fucked it is). Why would I spend half a mil on fixing a car when I have no idea how bad everything is or how much difference it will make?DonMigs85 said:
end rant.
Finally I have time to play games again so I am slowly going back into this.
Did some SP stuff here and there.
So I go into the MP to for a few races and what do I see:
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Did some SP stuff here and there.
So I go into the MP to for a few races and what do I see:
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu logs off.
Dr Frasier Crane
Member
TheAzRim said:
You've got to love our American cousins. It's either cars going fast in a straight line or cars going fast in an oval. So many choices...
Best races with randoms I've had has been with Germans. Just find a lobby with a German guy hosting and the room will for some reason be filled with only Germans.
The Germans I've raced with has been pretty good racers and very fair. And listening to their chattering is like listening to a DTM race.
The Germans I've raced with has been pretty good racers and very fair. And listening to their chattering is like listening to a DTM race.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
Shaneus said:
This pretty much covers my thoughts and frustration with this matter.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
I've added a lot of Gaffers to my friendlist from this thread mainly for remote races. If you are on my friendlist please beware that I've been running a lot of remote races, a lot, but I'm probably not going to use your drivers if you aren't doing any remote races yourself. I don't expect anyone to match my number of races but a race here and there will definately increase the likelyhood of me using yours.
Oh I'm URide_A_Shortbus btw, feel free to send me a friend request if you want me to use your drivers, but please take take notice of what I posted above. As far as those that have been using my drivers I say THANK YOU, I really appreciate it. Hopefully I've earned you some decent credits xp as well.
Oh I'm URide_A_Shortbus btw, feel free to send me a friend request if you want me to use your drivers, but please take take notice of what I posted above. As far as those that have been using my drivers I say THANK YOU, I really appreciate it. Hopefully I've earned you some decent credits xp as well.
mclaren777
Member
The new Seasonal Events are the low-XP, repeatable kind.
Dr Frasier Crane
Member
Mizzou Gaming said:
You're on my rotation list for remote racing. (PSN:YobRenoops)
The only online races that are consistently interesting for me are same model or shuffle races. Even with PP restrictions, normal races still usually don't lead to a field of equal cars. But few people bother to play those modes because same model races have to be selected from the tiny recommended cars list and shuffle races always use the same set of low-performance cars.TheAzRim said:
It would be so easy improve these, though. The host should be able to choose any car in their garage for everyone to drive. And there should be a slider to select higher or lower-level cars in shuffle mode.
Mizzou Gaming
Member
ichinisan said:
Yep, I actually saw where you used some of my drivers over the last couple of days. Thanks and I'll get u back.
mclaren777
Member
I think it's time to put a bullet in the head of my sacrificial lamb (James Hunt).
He finally fulfilled his sole purpose in life (B-Spec NASCAR, Daytona & GV) so it's time to let him go.
He finally fulfilled his sole purpose in life (B-Spec NASCAR, Daytona & GV) so it's time to let him go.
PetriP-TNT
Member
TheAzRim said:
I have played GAF races with people from all over the world (japan, new zealand, australia, USA, Canada, all over Europe) at the same time and I never had any problems with lag.
fu3lfr3nzy
Member
TheSeks said:
So are they just trying to alienate the hardcore following now?
-Patched the "duping"
-Crap Seasonal Events
The seasonal events was supposed to at least remedy the duping patch, so I can still make good money and buy expensive cars. I guess not.
gg PD ._.
I think the seasonal events are there for a reason other than making grinding easier.
I remember shortly after the game came out people were complaining that A-Spec mode never gave people the opportunity to use the 100-300bhp cars and earn money and I think these seasonal events are the answer to that.
I do think that there should be events that allow you to get a lot of money to make sure you are not grinding like a mad man though.
I remember shortly after the game came out people were complaining that A-Spec mode never gave people the opportunity to use the 100-300bhp cars and earn money and I think these seasonal events are the answer to that.
I do think that there should be events that allow you to get a lot of money to make sure you are not grinding like a mad man though.
Whats up everyone. I've been a long time lurker of this thread waiting anxiously for my account to be accepted.
Now that it finally has, I come to the GT5 OT in desperate search of online players that actually know the difference between a brake and a gas pedal. I just finished a few online races that have completely turned me off from driving with random people ever again. It's not fun getting eliminated in the first corner of the race you've waited 10+ min. to start.
My PS3 username is colombiandj88. I don't have a mic but I do have a bluetooth keyboard. I'm not a hardcore racer by any means, but I do have a G27 and have gold on all the license tests, so I can definitely hold my own. I have a full time job/school/gf so I'm not on a lot, but when I am, I'd love some fun clean racing.
I know there's a Super GT league which I'm interested in since the Super GT cars are my favroite to drive in the game, so that would be awesome to participate in. Hope I can build a nice long list of friends from this thread soon. Thanks!
Now that it finally has, I come to the GT5 OT in desperate search of online players that actually know the difference between a brake and a gas pedal. I just finished a few online races that have completely turned me off from driving with random people ever again. It's not fun getting eliminated in the first corner of the race you've waited 10+ min. to start.
My PS3 username is colombiandj88. I don't have a mic but I do have a bluetooth keyboard. I'm not a hardcore racer by any means, but I do have a G27 and have gold on all the license tests, so I can definitely hold my own. I have a full time job/school/gf so I'm not on a lot, but when I am, I'd love some fun clean racing.
I know there's a Super GT league which I'm interested in since the Super GT cars are my favroite to drive in the game, so that would be awesome to participate in. Hope I can build a nice long list of friends from this thread soon. Thanks!
mclaren777
Member
I'm still struggling to gold the Vettel Challenges.
Are people having more success with the DS3 instead of steering wheels?
Are people having more success with the DS3 instead of steering wheels?
-Deadpool-
Member
fu3lfr3nzy said:
Actually, I'd have called the 'hardcore' the people who are willing to play GT5 like they've played every other GT game, especially GT3 and GT4. By grinding events over and over to earn cash for every car legitimately.
They're only alienating the casuals.
Nice avatar! Make sure you pop by here, tooDJ88 said:
Grinding legitimately? What the hell sort of piss poor game design is that? Not to mention, there was only a portion of the grind required in GT4 since you could re win prize cars which were where the real value was. So you could re do events for a good reward, avoiding grinding all together if you wanted.-Deadpool- said:
Edit: Not forgetting of course that the most expensive car in 4 was something like 5 million, and there was no credit ceiling as far as I am aware. Also not forgetting that for a series like GT, the approval of the 'casuals' is massively important, or do you think there multiple millions of 'hardcore' sitting around waiting to metaphorically flog themselves into a frenzy for their god, Kaz?
-Deadpool-
Member
It's Polyphony's game design. Like it or not.Dead Man said:
-Deadpool-
Member
Seriously?Dead Man said:
I think after the recent patch barring duping of cars over 1m credits, Polyphony have forced your hand anyway?
-Deadpool- said:
That doesn't mean people can't complain about it.
The fact is, it's BULLSHIT. As a hardcore GT fan (I've played every one since the first - I completed GT1 to 100% twice just for fun, and GT2 through 4 I have in the 80% range) I'm absolutely baffled at the more extreme level of grinding in GT5.
In previous GT games, I don't recall any 20,000,000 cars, yet there were events which you could just rake in the cash and feel super rich with just 3,000,000 or so. In GT5 I feel poor with 2,500,000 in my bank currently.
That's not right at all. As a hardcore GT fan, I am disappointed to see this. Not that I want the game to be casual, but I want it to be BALANCED. The fact that you only get like 100,000 for spending almost 2 hours in an endurance race is ridiculous. And I think someone said you get only 550,000 for the 24hr LeMans race?
That's not making a game for the "hardcore and dedicated" it's making a bullshit design where players have no choice but to dealwithit.gif...
fu3lfr3nzy said:
I'm sure the hardcore are going to be into "brutal" grinding for 100K a pop to get 20mill for a car. Meanwhile, casuals and "hardcore gamers" like myself, aren't.
Sorry, Kaz. But sitting and doing Like the Wind Indy for hours isn't fun for me. And your low seasonals don't recoup the costs of cars in the 10+ mill range. Try again.
-Deadpool- said:
Grind what legit? EVERYONE says the cash rewards are bullshit because get this: THERE IS 20MILLION CASH CARS IN THE GAME AND MAJOR GRIND TO GET THEM.
The only people truly happy about the cap are the "B-B-BUT THE X1 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESTIGIOUS! *slash wrists*" butthurt "legit" people that think sitting and doing Like the Wind-Indy for 200 races is fun. It isn't. It's boring and annoying just to get a few new cars and then have to grind more hours to recoup the costs of those cars and get another car(s).
-Deadpool-
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UFRA said:
I haven't said people couldn't either.
UFRA said:
I completed GT3 to about 90% and GT4 all the way to 100%. The latter took me well over 6 months, loads of grinding and plenty of patience.
I'm not arguing prize money either, Enduros are indeed useless as far as prize credits go.
Not sure why you've directed all that at me, I didn't make any comment about any of that. My original post was addressing "fu3lfr3nzy's" post stating removing duping and (so-called) 'crap' Seasonal events alienates the hardcore.
I stand by that. It doesn't alienate the hardcore, it alienates the casuals who want 100% completion and to own every car yesterday. The 'hardcore' will keep playing the game no matter what Polyphony do. They'll still be playing it in six months time. I know this, because I consider myself a hardcore GT5 player - and I'm still playing it. Will still be playing it in probably 12 months time.
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Because for some reason you seem to be defending PD's decisions, with an almost smug attitude about being 'legit' when I believe I can safely say the majority of people are pretty annoyed by the game design decisions.
There's a reason the game didn't break 90 in Metacritic. This could have been the game of all games, but they screwed up.
-Deadpool-
Member
UFRA said:
Defending? Naa.
Maybe it was my use of the word "legitimately" in my original post that's got the duping exploiters all over this one.
GT5's littered with game design issues, duping was never one of them. They've plugged an exploit. Cest la vie.
EDIT: To add and avoid the 'smug' tag, the proper response now from Polyphony would be to fix the Cr on events, particularly the enduros. And remove the cash cap.
This may have been noted, but I just kind of noticed this right now.
We know the PP system has been weird, but one of the reasons I just saw is due to the update removing tires from the equation.
Apparently, the initial patch with PP set your points to their value with whatever tires the car had. When the next patch hit, it removed it, but didn't update the value in your garage listing. You can see the update value by 'opening' the car, but that still won't update the thumbnail or whatnot in the main garage menu.
To update the thumbnail, you actually need to go into the car's "tuning" menu. Upon exiting the tuning screen, the thumbnail will refresh with the correct PP.
I only noticed all this because I felt like many of my cars were way out of order, and upon looking into their stats and weight/power ratio, I noticed when I left the screen it would be correct.
We know the PP system has been weird, but one of the reasons I just saw is due to the update removing tires from the equation.
Apparently, the initial patch with PP set your points to their value with whatever tires the car had. When the next patch hit, it removed it, but didn't update the value in your garage listing. You can see the update value by 'opening' the car, but that still won't update the thumbnail or whatnot in the main garage menu.
To update the thumbnail, you actually need to go into the car's "tuning" menu. Upon exiting the tuning screen, the thumbnail will refresh with the correct PP.
I only noticed all this because I felt like many of my cars were way out of order, and upon looking into their stats and weight/power ratio, I noticed when I left the screen it would be correct.
Iron_Scimitar
Banned
Dunno if this has been posted or not, but I found the entire OST ripped @ 320kbps.
http://www41.megaupload.com/files/52ff9d9e7cdcd433d9c5381f124d2280/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part1.rar
http://www1291.megaupload.com/files/480c36e9662f7f4447bfd0bce9b554e1/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part2.rar
http://www1228.megaupload.com/files/bf319dcc9112d4612b0535ba8d956c3f/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part3.rar
http://www41.megaupload.com/files/52ff9d9e7cdcd433d9c5381f124d2280/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part1.rar
http://www1291.megaupload.com/files/480c36e9662f7f4447bfd0bce9b554e1/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part2.rar
http://www1228.megaupload.com/files/bf319dcc9112d4612b0535ba8d956c3f/Gran_Turismo_5_OST.part3.rar
We did a few laps in the new GT Academy 2011 Europe, Media Competition.
See the lap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4NWq_K94U&hd=1
See the lap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz4NWq_K94U&hd=1
marathonfool
Member
I hit level 19 A-spec and I'm starting to see the grind everyone is talking about. The actual A-spec races don't seem to give much experience and credits compared to the Special Events. I made it to level 30 on B-spec through remote racing. The credits and experience system is incoherent and unbalanced.
I'm still enjoying the game, but I understand the complaints now. Is there a tuning guide somewhere? I'm a bit lost as to how upgrades affect the car, especially the drive train and suspension.
I'm still enjoying the game, but I understand the complaints now. Is there a tuning guide somewhere? I'm a bit lost as to how upgrades affect the car, especially the drive train and suspension.
Psychotext
Member
No, plugging an exploit would be keeping a list of the cars you have sent online, and removing them after restoring a backup.-Deadpool- said:
This is more akin to breaking someone's legs to ensure they never kick someone.
Permadeath
Member
It really doesn't bother me that a few extremely rare, historic cars are very expensive: they should be. That makes them special. There is an incredible variety of affordable cars for you to drive, but you whine incessantly because you can't have cars X, Y and Z right away. Fine, I guess. You made your point. Now, please, inform us of this a bit less frequently.