Gt5 Is Ready

[sh@un]

Veyron... 2nd hand lot??? is it a std or premium?

they don't come premium

you can win one pretty easily. can't remember which event exactly. great for top speed, looks nice in tracking shots in the right colours- but that's it

[Spurdo]

yeah but GT5 HD is still shit,

GT HD has much better graphics

i dont get it..

gt5 graphics are insane..

and yea the "grand finale" ending movie was a big let down.. was just extended credits.. lame

Edited December 17, 2010 by jonboy

[iamhe77]

i played the game for about 5hours and gota over it, returned it back to eb games

i was dissapointed with it, thought GT5 was meant to be Gran turismo HD,

to be honest i have more fun with the r32 gtr in GT HD demo, on that same track then i do in GT5

hmm... 5 hours tells me you didn't do shit.

On a semi-related note, I thought it was "okay" until I bought my black LFA

I know it isn't the fastest car or the best handling car, but getting pics of a semi-sideways approach to a downhill corner with the exhaust flaming is worthy in every sense of the word

[barraspalding]

getting pics of a semi-sideways approach to a downhill corner with the exhaust flaming is worthy in every sense of the word

pics of GTFO!

[barraspalding]

my 3.5 cents... regardless of the fact I find it hard to gather the energy to set the wheel up so I dont play it every night... usually only on the weekend... I fkn love the game. The racing feel is pretty impressive, a far jump up in comparison to prologue.

Yea i really really really hate the AI of other drivers & I wish the G27 was properly supported in the game so I could re-map buttons (i think i could be quicker in rally with a handbrake).

Is it worth waiting 4-5 years for? debatable... hence this thread but I love the game.

Worth buying the G27 for? - fk yes. Plus i've noticed the G25 & G27's really hold their value well when selling 2nd hand... so when I do ever get bored i'll not lose too much coin from initial purchase.

[iamhe77]

pics of GTFO!

lol. If you know where your braking points are when watching a reply, it is easy... just pause/un-pause/pause/un-pause until you get it

[mad082]

I've not ever had my PS3 connected to the net- Have there been any d/l patches for GT5 that I should be getting online for?

there have been 2. the first enables online play. pretty sure that one was 101mb. then you have to do a system update to get the next one. the second one apparently adds mechanical damage in online racing. it's 130mb.

apparently there will be some free downloadable cars available on 24th or 25th of december.

also in future updates some standard cars will be getting upgraded to premium models.

this is also an interesting video showing the performance difference of a SSD compared to a standard HDD in a ps3 for loading times in GT5

[mad082]

oh and i saved a replay of something funny that happened last night. i was doing the british lightweight cup race on the topgear test track. i was in my AC cobra or shelby cobra or whatever one it is. i was up against lotus' etc and was absolutely smashing them. on the last lap i was coming up out of hammer head towards the follow through and i could see the other cars coming down to the first corner. as i was getting to the tyres the cars were at chicago and were going across my path. i just kept the power on and managed to navigate betwen the last and 2nd last car as they crossed my path (they were heading to my left), overtook 2nd last on the right then shot through the gap between 2nd last and 3rd last. i saved the replay of it so i will either take a heap of screenshots of it, or record it on my phone and post it up sometime. i haven't watched the replay yet but i think it should look pretty cool.

[barraspalding]

Photo's can be exported to the 'xmb' menu thing... can the vid of replays??? I really doubt it but would be awesome if it could.

[barraspalding]

this is also an interesting video showing the performance difference of a SSD compared to a standard HDD in a ps3 for loading times in GT5

$ difference between them both?

[Dani Boi]

In the older GT games the special licenses used to be hard to get gold, but i got gold on all the special licenses within 2 hours, what's the deal with that...?

[mad082]

$ difference between them both?

fair bit. few hundred for a decent size SSD (25gb or so)

[Spurdo]

In the older GT games the special licenses used to be hard to get gold, but i got gold on all the special licenses within 2 hours, what's the deal with that...?

because of ps3's capabilities being so many lightyears ahead of ps1/ps2 its now way easier to drive consistently and keep a smooth racing line. the test's themselves haven't got easier, but you are able to control the car far more accurately now even with the standard controller, thus making sightly easier to get fast times. anyone else noticed this?

if your not sure what i mean, throw gt4 in and have a go just for a laugh. in basically any car, the moment you hint the car in either direction, it gives the car an aggressive "jerk" in that direction even though such an aggressive movement isn't what you were after. the way it responds is just not realistic like it is in gt5. in gt5 the initial steering responds far more like how it would be done in real life

[Spurdo]

fair bit. few hundred for a decent size SSD (25gb or so)

yea.. they are insanely expensive for not much space. it'll be awesome when they come down in price

[barraspalding]

yea i had a quick look on a local stores online pricing...

I bought from tha same place a 500gb HDD sata for $95.

http://www.digitalmatrixcomputers.com.au/notebook_2_5_hdd?b=1

A 240gb SSD - $695

http://www.digitalmatrixcomputers.com.au/solid_state_drive__ssd_?b=1

[mad082]

because of ps3's capabilities being so many lightyears ahead of ps1/ps2 its now way easier to drive consistently and keep a smooth racing line. the test's themselves haven't got easier, but you are able to control the car far more accurately now even with the standard controller, thus making sightly easier to get fast times. anyone else noticed this?

if your not sure what i mean, throw gt4 in and have a go just for a laugh. in basically any car, the moment you hint the car in either direction, it gives the car an aggressive "jerk" in that direction even though such an aggressive movement isn't what you were after. the way it responds is just not realistic like it is in gt5. in gt5 the initial steering responds far more like how it would be done in real life

exactly. in the older games if you got a bit of wheelspin mid corner it pretty much meant you'd be looking at where you had just come from in the blink of an eye. now you can keep feeding on the power and drive out of the slide. i have great fun in the easier races using a high HP car with the traction control off and just blazing the tyres round every corner.

also understeer during braking is much easier to get out of in GT5 as well. you can lift off the brakes and straighten the steering and it will grip up again and you can get back on the brakes. also as you slow down hard on the brakes the front end grip actually improves the slower you get, rather than just continuing to understeer even at 10kmh.

[barraspalding]

also as you slow down hard on the brakes the front end grip actually improves the slower you get, rather than just continuing to understeer even at 10kmh.

That is SUCH a huge fk up in near all racing/simulation games... just destroys any feeling of realism. Yes GT5 makes me feel like I am really driving a car... not just steering a game.

After a marathon (for me anyways) 6 hour session I had to run down the shops n grab some milk in the new corolla... haha... my wheel/pedal/gear shift setup pretty closely matches the corolla so it was pretty quick trip

[fcukinky]

yea.. they are insanely expensive for not much space. it'll be awesome when they come down in price

I have also looked into this and the price of a SSD drive is pretty high for a decent size one. Thinking of getting one of these.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-au/products/laptops/laptop-hdd/

[Dani Boi]

because of ps3's capabilities being so many lightyears ahead of ps1/ps2 its now way easier to drive consistently and keep a smooth racing line. the test's themselves haven't got easier, but you are able to control the car far more accurately now even with the standard controller, thus making sightly easier to get fast times. anyone else noticed this?

Ah ok yeah your probably right. Got a nice GTR v-spec so that was alright

[Spurdo]

i have a b-spec driver called B.George.

i like to think he's Boy George

just a shame you cant name them yourself