Gt5 Is Ready

[bozodos]

played it today, it's shit. given that 90% of the cars are 'standard' cars, it feels like a rehash of GT4, the graphics suck and are NOTHING like any of the promo stuff, the cars feel bloody slow, no clutch button, the damage model is a bloody joke, and the sound STILL sucks. Also hate the daft upgrades (i.e put a titanium exhaust on my GT-R and it still looks stock at the tip and sounds like a vacuum).

Feels like the game was lazily put together, and am glad I didn't buy it. Forza 3 pisses all over it.

[Scottydoo]

Alot of the cars sound too generic, at least when standard. But some of them sound awesome.

The AC Cobra 427ci Chrome Edition with all the engine work done sounds the best so far through my stereo. ~700hp Supercharged v8 in a ~900kg RWD car, can even hear the whine of the supercharger. Fun to drive too

As for the driving dynamics, I think the standard cars are too soft and roll too much, but once you upgrade the suspension and set them up it makes a massive difference and they come good.

And that Top Gear Lotus Elise challenge is bloody frustrating! I got over it, I's get to 5th after the 1st lap and close right in on the last group and one little touch from a computer car even when its them that hit you and you are DQ... I'll get it eventually though...

Overall i'm enjoying it so far, could have been better but still good.

[Crackfox]

You do realise you can buy a new civic Type R for under 20k...

Guys you MUST get a used 65' 350gt mustang or whatever they're called, and put a full exhaust on it(expensive one) it sounds AMAZING.

Love the game so far but the stupid challenges piss me off.

I've completed all gold B license, all gold A except the mini slalom (impossible..) and the last one where i sorta went meh, i want to race now.

Also, the topgear one with the elise is a joke, they block you and you touch them = DQ....

Finally, the nascar ones are impossible to get gold.. on a controller anyway... (same rule as above, silver at very worst..)

By new, do you mean a new 1995 civic type R from the dealership? I payed 16k for my 1991 mx5, an s13 from nissan was 18k I think etc etc...

My MX5 exhaust sounds very generic and droney, tending to play with the sound on quiet. Oh yeah, guess what happened to the exhaust note when I went through a tunnel? Absolutely nothing at all... what a let down. Can anyone confirm if the premium cars that sound decent change exhayst notes in tunnels atleast?

[Gts-t]

By new, do you mean a new 1995 civic type R from the dealership? I payed 16k for my 1991 mx5, an s13 from nissan was 18k I think etc etc...

My MX5 exhaust sounds very generic and droney, tending to play with the sound on quiet. Oh yeah, guess what happened to the exhaust note when I went through a tunnel? Absolutely nothing at all... what a let down. Can anyone confirm if the premium cars that sound decent change exhayst notes in tunnels atleast?

For $77 i dont think anyone can complain. Im loving this game, if its not for you your probably GAY!!

My username on ps3 is shodaddy. feel free to add me if your after a race

or if u have black ops im on that a bit too

cheers

[boiracer]

hes not gay...he's an Xpox fanboy thru and thru. he spends his time trolling PS forums telling them how much it sucks. i assume hes american. or of some kind of American descent

[mad082]

i found the elise one a little bit frustrating. managed to get silver on it though (was in second place and first place was just in front of me at the last corner). the one i found harder was the licence test where you had to do 2 laps in the old super car around one of the city tracks. going into the first corner if you even just touched the mirror of the lambo you would fail (even fail if you were pretty much all of the way past and it turned into you and hit your rear bumper), but then the next car you overtook you could slam out of the way.

the other thing that shits me is that if you happen to hit the back of the car in front while accelerating the other car slows down or puts the brakes on, so you can simply lift off the accelerator and you won't get a gap between you and the car in front because they are also slowing down. and also if the assists are on (such as in the licence tests), if a car runs up the back of you and pushes the back end out a bit, the computer automatically starts applying the breaks so you can't accelerate out of the slide or pull away.

as for gold licences, i've got a few. i generally get silver first or second attempt (i'm usually very close to a silver first attempt so will have another go to get silver), but if i'm well down on a silver and i don't like the test i will just go onto the next test. i'm more just trying to get my licences at the moment. just got the super licence to go. i have gotten a few gold licences first go.

as for buying cars, i've only bought 1 car, which is what was required to even do the licence tests. since then i've won a few through the licence tests, and i have about $300,000 from doing the special events. the only car i have actually driven that i own was the lambo murcielago that was in the chromeline pack that came with the game.

the karting and nascar special events i have found to be much easier with the joystick that the arrows. karting i have all gold. nascar i have a mix of gold and silver.

liking the game though. it's good to have some new challenges and i like the handling physics of this game more than the previous ones.

[bozodos]

oh there are physics in it? must have missed that. Not a fanboy, hate both consoles equally, but this game sure is one polished turd. The graphics aren't even good for f**k's sake!

Even the 'premium' cars are woeful - NFS: Shift was better at modelling car physics, not to mention graphically and aurally.

[89CAL]

On the plus side

You can play your own music while racing... Its only a little thing but I think its great

My RX7 with 300hp sounds like its supercharged but, not turboed :S

Dont quite get that, I think the handling is better then GT4 but still not quite right. Will see how it goes once I get a bit further into it

[DAS KAMU]

plus the used car dealership is annoying cause it changes all the time, and u dont know whats gonna come up.....

gt4 did this

[mad082]

Apparently there is a second update now. i just went to load up they game and there is a second update for it now will post up if i notice anything different.

[Ten Four]

^same.

BTW, the 458 Italia and the Gallardo sound like shit. (Imo, the 458 is also the ugliest looking ferrari ever )

I'm on A- level 17, almost 18 with about 50 cars in garage... Not sick of it yet.

[mad082]

I'm at level 15. i just finished the grand tours race which was a group of different contrast races. some a piece of cake, others hard. there was 1 that was a 2 lap race at monza. i was in 1st place after ther second chicane and won the race by about 5 seconds even after a big lose. then there was a rally time trial where the car has traction control and won't accelerate if the car is the slightest bit sideways and i was ages away from getting a silver so only got a bronze.

Also whoever did the graphics for the lights at night has obviously never driven a car. low beam and highbeam were the same just the patch of light on the road got a bit brighter you couldn't see shit. it lit up the road q car length in front of the car. if cars were like that in real life most of us would've died in car crashes years ago.

[ShanO`]

I'm at level 15. i just finished the grand tours race which was a group of different contrast races. some a piece of cake, others hard. there was 1 that was a 2 lap race at monza. i was in 1st place after ther second chicane and won the race by about 5 seconds even after a big lose. then there was a rally time trial where the car has traction control and won't accelerate if the car is the slightest bit sideways and i was ages away from getting a silver so only got a bronze.

Also whoever did the graphics for the lights at night has obviously never driven a car. low beam and highbeam were the same just the patch of light on the road got a bit brighter you couldn't see shit. it lit up the road q car length in front of the car. if cars were like that in real life most of us would've died in car crashes years ago.

You know you are able to turn traction control off in the special events, makes the rallying a shitload easier...

Speaking of traction control, is there any way to turn it off permanently. Its bloody annoying having to turn it off every time you select a new car

[89CAL]

Wasnt it the same in the last 2?

each cars traction control etc was part of that individual cars setup

[PM-R33]

I nearly wasn't going to buy it after reading half these damn posts since it came out!

But for $77 I ended up buying it today. Just installing it now.

At least you guys have really lowered my expectations of it (which were incredibly high 1 week ago) so hopefully I will love it now

Edited November 27, 2010 by PM-R33

[Ten Four]

I'm at level 15. i just finished the grand tours race which was a group of different contrast races. some a piece of cake, others hard. there was 1 that was a 2 lap race at monza. i was in 1st place after ther second chicane and won the race by about 5 seconds even after a big lose. then there was a rally time trial where the car has traction control and won't accelerate if the car is the slightest bit sideways and i was ages away from getting a silver so only got a bronze.

Also whoever did the graphics for the lights at night has obviously never driven a car. low beam and highbeam were the same just the patch of light on the road got a bit brighter you couldn't see shit. it lit up the road q car length in front of the car. if cars were like that in real life most of us would've died in car crashes years ago.

Yeah you can turn off the taction. That focus was farking hard. I managed a 1:55 dead after a few attempts. (gold 1:54 and silver 1:56)

That lambo race at night was a joke lol. I got 2nd and gave up. Yeah, monza one was first after 2nd corner and was 1st after 3rd corner with the muria.

[sh@un]

New TV today. Just magic on a full HD LCD through a HDMI cable. Feel like I owe the designers an apology for subjecting their hard work to a shitty old CRT dunger for a few days, lol.

Yeah yeah- The standard cars are nowhere near as good as the premium, but the high-rez ones are very very sexeh indeed

To the peeps bagging the simulation aspect of the game; What's in your hash-pipe? I've cracked a low 55sec lap of Tsukuba in a full-house R34 N1, so it seems pretty realistic to me.

$77 well spent.

[mad082]

I turned the exposure up on the game (pause>settings) as well as the brightness on the tv. Made night racing a bit better

[S4LVA]

Yeah that Road to Rome cup with the Lamborghini was way to dark, could hardly see anything. I just turned on the guide line on that one and made it home for gold. I'm having trouble with the Intermediate nascar challenges on the outside lane. So hard to get gold, I think i've had at least 100 attempts.

[PM-R33]

Played it for about an hour doing the first license and two proper races and I think it is really good.

Obviously the hype for this game was huge and the fact it was delayed for so long made people think it was going to be something out of this world.

Overall I can see a a few months of addiction in the game