Gt5 Is Ready

[God_speed]

I dont think the game gets to interesting till level 15 when you start unlocking some better events. Alot of the initial events arent very good and I was struggling at one point to keep an interest in the game. Its become alot better now, just wish I had my steering wheel setup ready so I could use it.

Thanks mate, sounds good, I'll keep at it and hope the races get more interesting, only being on Level 14 as I am

firstly, did you consider that maybe the cars have been modified to make them more competetive in the race?

Yeah it didn't really occur to me at first, I was just sort of stunned as they pulled away off the line. Makes more sense if they've been modified to be competitive, but I think there's only so far you can take a 40 year old chassis! Round corners particularly. Not to mention not being able to fit decent brakes inside those stock '60s/'70s wheels (ok that's being a bit picky). I think boiracer has a point too.

Yes G27. only way to fly. although all the new Fanatec and thrustmaster wheels look good but very expensive.

yes the AI is rubbish. in Prologue it was fantastic, best AI of any driving game i have played.....and here they did a big backflip.

other than that i got no issues. in reference to the Muira and the 512BB...i think someone at Polyphony fell in love with those, yes they are very unrealistic. but thats good IMO because i love the Muira and its sooooo nice in this game. where in reality they sucked even when new, and caught fire alot lol.

[boiracer]

got my superbee. and seen another already.

on another note.....i suck at the rally. even in loebs brand new car i cant do the hardest in the rally special events...they just drive wrong. what am i doing wrong? rally cars are supposed to drive sideways i thought..not juat spin the wheels and sit there witho0ut moving if you oversteer just the slightest......but then ive always hated GT rallying. just wanna get it done for farks sake

nm. i fiddled with the diffs and got it working...still feels crap but i won

Edited January 9, 2011 by boiracer

[boiracer]

ok rally is retarded. same car same skill lvl. dirt i just beat em by 5 seconds overall. snow i lost i constantly. got no less than 3 colision penalties per stage and still beat them by more than 2 minutes overall.....lame, cant wait to get back on the road

[warps]

the nascar around the ring........easy to win...but i ran off the track soo many times it took me hours of yelling at it. finally got a good run and was in first before the carousel. yay for a million bucks to waste on old cars

seriously tho. who decided that Nascars, which aren't designed to do alot of corners....and put em around that track......which has 170.....

cant say it wasnt fun tho, and with a bit of tweaking the cars drive quite well.

Hoo BABY!!! Nascars around the ring is a hoot!! I have only managed 7th outright so far (soft tyres but no tweaks to settings). I can't do a full lap at race pace without sliding off somewhere. Haven't done too many laps around the ring in GT series - I'm relying on my GPL experience, but the track is quite diffierent to what it was in 1967.

Still, I had my first go last night and my eyes were the size of dinner plates as I muscled the car around. Finally set up the surround sound and had the volume cranked up - I must say it's the most fun I've had driving a TV in a LONG time.

Oh - the rally seems a bit better than previous GT series, but still retarded. Night driving - how the f... do you turn on high beams / spotties? Not nice having a 5m visibility cone in front of the car!!

[89CAL]

Yeah that is my pet hate with the rally. When it transitions to night visibility even with high beams on is next to nothing

[Spurdo]

Yeah that is my pet hate with the rally. When it transitions to night visibility even with high beams on is next to nothing

yeah that tarmac stage of the special event in the lambo is fkn ridiculous i think i managed to overtake two cars after many many attempts. how the hell are you supposed to see where your going; yet alone get any sort of racing line flowing..

ohh and circumstances have it that i'm staying with my dad for the next week or so. as shit as that might sound, he does have a rather expensive 1080p projector and one of those hideously large screens that covers an entire wall. at some stage i'll be having a crack at PS3 on that bad boy

Edited January 10, 2011 by jonboy

[NISMATT]

Anyone up for a NASCAR race.

Room no: 1427 6118 3916 1740 5993

[liger]

Anyone up for a NASCAR race.

Room no: 1427 6118 3916 1740 5993

room # didnt exist.. so i found another room

[NISMATT]

I closed it after the first race due to lack of competitors.

[boiracer]

Hoo BABY!!! Nascars around the ring is a hoot!! I have only managed 7th outright so far (soft tyres but no tweaks to settings). I can't do a full lap at race pace without sliding off somewhere. Haven't done too many laps around the ring in GT series - I'm relying on my GPL experience, but the track is quite diffierent to what it was in 1967.

Still, I had my first go last night and my eyes were the size of dinner plates as I muscled the car around. Finally set up the surround sound and had the volume cranked up - I must say it's the most fun I've had driving a TV in a LONG time.

Oh - the rally seems a bit better than previous GT series, but still retarded. Night driving - how the f... do you turn on high beams / spotties? Not nice having a 5m visibility cone in front of the car!!

oh yeah, sounds like you had as much fun as i did. but i found that i could only do race pace, any slower and i was running off alot. the basic layout of the old track should be about the same, but im sure its changed plenty in that time. love that track, and throwing my ZZII around it is even more fun (its faster than the nascar....easily)

the rally is better... but still rubbish, if you like rally games get Dirt2 its amazing fun in the dirt

[Darmanin10]

last night i hired j.howard as a b spec driver, that made me lol

Edited January 11, 2011 by ML73ZR

[Darmanin10]

also at the moment hunting down rare/cool cars from the used car dealership. as well as the skylines

got the

32,33,34,35 Premium GTR models

32,34,35 Calsonic race cars

Nismo Lm road going version

nismo R34 R tune

and ive got a heap of other cool cars

wating for the

Nismo 400R

Nismo R32 S tune

nissan R390 GT1 race/road cars

the early GTR model

just a question, i know the 400R and the lm road going version are real cars but are the s tune and r tune nismo real production cars or are they cars that customers have chosen to give to nismo to modify. because there is nothing in the description about the amount produced or anything.

[Spurdo]

seriously, that seasonal race around nurburgring in the nascar it aint that hard. it only took me 2-3 goes and i found if you try to go hardcore you will inevitably crash and destroy your chances at winning.

the thing most people do wrong in any race is they actively try to go as hard as they can at all times. now sometimes for very very short races that may be necessary, but even one lap around the ring isnt short.

the best way to tackle it is to stop trying to drive like an insane pro race driver. just chill the fuck out and keep your line smooth, keep your accelerator under control and know your braking points. in essence, try to drive slower and keep it under control. keep doing this and you'll soon become awesome at maintaining control while getting good consistent times.

you really do need to walk before you can run.

Edited January 12, 2011 by jonboy

[89CAL]

Yeah that's what I was doing, using the suggested gear and brake point and not really trying to out drive that. For whatever reason I just stuffed up the same corner both laps :S then I was close to winning but knew I wouldn't so tried punting him off. That didnt work either lol

It's fun and as said it's quite easy if you settle down and just drive within the limits

On another note. Got my formula GT, handful to control with a normal PS3 controller

[NISMATT]

also at the moment hunting down rare/cool cars from the used car dealership. as well as the skylines

got the

32,33,34,35 Premium GTR models

32,34,35 Calsonic race cars

Nismo Lm road going version

nismo R34 R tune

and ive got a heap of other cool cars

wating for the

Nismo 400R

Nismo R32 S tune

nissan R390 GT1 race/road cars

the early GTR model

just a question, i know the 400R and the lm road going version are real cars but are the s tune and r tune nismo real production cars or are they cars that customers have chosen to give to nismo to modify. because there is nothing in the description about the amount produced or anything.

I have seen photos of the R tune and the S tune so they are real but I'm not sure what they really are, maybe limited run nismo versions.

[mad082]

seriously, that seasonal race around nurburgring in the nascar it aint that hard. it only took me 2-3 goes and i found if you try to go hardcore you will inevitably crash and destroy your chances at winning.

the thing most people do wrong in any race is they actively try to go as hard as they can at all times. now sometimes for very very short races that may be necessary, but even one lap around the ring isnt short.

the best way to tackle it is to stop trying to drive like an insane pro race driver. just chill the fuck out and keep your line smooth, keep your accelerator under control and know your braking points. in essence, try to drive slower and keep it under control. keep doing this and you'll soon become awesome at maintaining control while getting good consistent times.

you really do need to walk before you can run.

i got 2nd on my first attempt of that race. cbf'd doing it again. figured 2nd was good enough for now. haven't had enough time to play it again and i'm pretty sure it gets removed today. the latest round of seasonal events are super easy (as someone said earlier). i've done the 3 hardest ones and won all of them by large margins. the lotus one i was in the lead by the first corner of lap 3 (overtook first about 100m after the start/finish line). last time check i saw was about 50 seconds. the one in the ford was pretty easy, and the one in the rally car was super easy. it was probably the easiest of the lot.

[Dani Boi]

I got that Nascar one around Nurburgring first shot Won by 15 seconds too. If you do the AMG special events to get to know the track beforehand you should be alright. You need to tune the car up proper as well and not just use the standard settings.

Still struggling to get gold on the special event for the nascar, the very last one...Best I can get is 5th

Edited January 13, 2011 by Dani Boi

[GT32]

I got that Nascar one around Nurburgring first shot Won by 15 seconds too. If you do the AMG special events to get to know the track beforehand you should be alright. You need to tune the car up proper as well and not just use the standard settings.

Still struggling to get gold on the special event for the nascar, the very last one...Best I can get is 5th

All i bought for the car was supersoft tyres and did an oil change, i couldn't really upgrade anything else. First attempt i got 4th. Then tried again the next day and got 2nd. Both times i came off the track at least twice. Then 3rd attempt i did 2x clean laps without coming off the track at all and gained 1st position halfway through the last lap. It's all about control and knowing when to push it and when not to push the car. I think the 'ring teaches you alot about controlling your braking and throttling skills because if you keep driving at full throttle like you would on say a shorter and far easier track, you will no doubt miss a corner or two hence slowing you right down.

Anyone tried the Tsukuba seasonal time attack yet? I'm gonna give it a shot tonight as i've completed gold on all the currently available a-spec seasonal races.

Edited January 13, 2011 by GT32

[sh@un]

Level 39 this morn'

3 more days until B-spec is leveled.

[liger]

righto, i've got a trade offer i would like to propose to you guys.

i'm looking at trading the Woodone Advan Clarion R35 GTR (SGTver.), for the Xanavi Nizmo Z '06 model (SGTver)

as you can see from the photo, the GTR has just under 300km on the clock. why am i trading it? the power figures are too high for the GT500 races online, and i already have my Xanavi Nismo GTR as my unlimited power car for the GT500 races. so this is now not required and i cant sell it to get any of my money back

The Xanavi Nismo Z doesnt have to be modified.. but i'd like to to be around the 493-520HP range. nothing higher if possible ( so no stage 1,2,3 engine upgrades) as it will be used for the GT500 online races. If you would be interested in trading let me know