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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
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Yoritomo said:
Indeed. Most of the people who are hailing gt5 as the second coming are not only inexperienced in the sim genre but are also trying out a wheel for the first time. So its really no surprise that they're are blown away. I remember feeling the same way when I first tried a sim on a racing wheel. It was an incredible gaming experience, unlike anything I've experienced prior.
fistwell_old
Member
Pos-truck: Serious business.Huggers said:
Psychotext
Member
Doing this now, seems to be working.dwebo said:
iam220 said:
The thing that gives it a weakness is also it's greatest strength in my book. The sheer variety of experiences. I'd have already stopped playing and moved on to other games or at least taken a significant break from GT5 if not for the B-spec mode. GT5 is all over the map, but I'm a fan of big maps. Crazy x1 super car, hell yeah. Karts, woohoo. Silly arcade license tests where you hammer around 11 other cars in a single lap, YAY. Then there are sublime experiences like the AMG challenges. The terror of knowing you're about a second down from where you need to be to finish the full ring, and having to wring the hell out of the car to make up that second. Knowing after the long straight that you could keep the power down but risk a spin by trying to brake late and make up a few tenths of a second, but not really being sure if you need to do it to get gold. Few games make me shout in triumph and GT5 has elicited a few of those. GT6 just needs more of that and less of the other stuff I mentioned.
gutterboy44
Member
Pam is in heat boys, she is fully tuned and ready for new life experiences. I am done with my truck A and B spec races so she is out for loan. PM me if interested.
Edit: captscience is getting the first ride on Pam.
marc^o^ said:
Depends on your criteria for "very best game". If it's content, than GT5 is king no question
never played F3
Mush said:Oh, a customer?!
Well, all the cars have already been reserved but you can still buddy up and co-drive with them (so basically you share the car for the season, doing 4 out of the 8 races each.)
Get in contact with one of these guys below, and if you could, encourage others to buddy up as well. I'd really appreciate it.
TheAzRim - GT-R Calsonic Impul Super GT, '08
GodofWine - Supra Castrol Tom's JGTC, '97
TylerD - SC430 Petronas Tom's Super GT, '08
l2ounD - SC430 Bandai Direzza Super GT, '06
ghostofsparta - SC430 Eneos Super GT, '08
UFRA - GT-R WoodOne Advan Clarion Super GT, '08
Salacious Crumb - GT-R YellowHat YMS Tomica Super GT, '08
mil6es - NSX Epson Super GT, '08
rinse82 - SC430 Denso Dunlop Sard Super GT, '08
Angst - Fairlady Z Xanavi Nismo Super GT, '06
Yellowhat GT-R
How can I turn down a yellow livery with gold wheels? <3
I'll see if Salacious Crumb is interested.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Firewire said:
You know you win an F40 in B-Spec Professional.
Huggers
Member
Leunam said:
Don't be so soft! I just thought it was funny, no one was especially mean
Finally get my PS3 back tonight, I have let my bro have it to play Black Ops for a while as I've had much on, can't wait to get some races in. How's the online going, are Gaffers racing against each other regularly?
marc^o^ said:
It does, but it's going to set you back. If you JUST got your wheel than I recommend you stay away from it for now. You will need to be very competent with the wheel and not only be fast but also safe. There are no assists in this game and its pretty much on-line only. The game punishes you greatly for not being safe and you will get a lot of shit from the members as well.
I'd recommend LFS (liveforspeed.net). The graphics are outdated but the force feedback and physics are superb. There's very very good demo that has 3 cars and online (!). I recommend every one give this demo a shot. The online is also no where near as serious as iRacing and rather is much more focused on fun, especially in the demo servers.
I should also say that none of the games I've mentioned are replacements to GT5. Gt5 is one of a kind in terms of content and challenges.
Finally, the one game I didn't mention is Richard Burns Rally, the rally in gt5 kinda sucks and RBR is soooo much better. In fact its the best rally sim in existence and I don't think ANYBODY would argue otherwise. Also highly, highly, recommended.
seattle6418
Member
iam220 said:
The good thing is that know we got to a point where this discussion is like "Kobe or Lebron", "Pele or Maradona" or "Senna or Schumacher".
Is much more decided on personal taste than on hard cold facts. It wasn´t the case with GT4, GT4 was very low on the sim scale.
GT5 still lacks some sim related elements, like tire pressure, some advanced car settings, manual starts, things like that, but the actual driving is on par with the best sims out there, if you´re driving the right tires and no aids.
I´m just glad the core experience is great and now they can focus on working on features/cars/tracks/modes.
gutterboy44
Member
holy crap, just realized the crowd winces when you crash into a wall near them. Neat. Not neat, I.Pope smacking my Gallardo into the walls at Madrid.
seattle6418
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h3ro said:
That´s awesome, you guys are taking the rivalry to the SuperGT league:lol
I guess i know who won´t be winning the sportsmanship award:lol
Mush said:Get Firmware (sigh) in on this and we'll have a real league going. I mean he has Super GT cars in his avatar ffs!
And others too.
Are you talking about me? I don't own any of those Super GT cars yet, I've only purchased 3 cars so far in GT5 (2 shit boxes and a 458 italia), trying to get all the cars you win first before I go on a real shopping spree.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Had to buy a NASCAR :|
turnbuckle
Member
Had a million credits and not a single decent pre 1980 muscle car so I had at least 3 A and B spec challenges I couldn't do. I noticed the 1970 Mustang Transcammer and had sticker shock, but the car looks badass and after upgrades I and my B-spec drivers could easily take care of those events I've been ineligible for.
Spend close to a million credits buying it and tuning it.
See the car isn't eligible for those events.
Turn the game off in a panic, turn it back on and my mistake wasn't erased.
FUCK.
Spend close to a million credits buying it and tuning it.
See the car isn't eligible for those events.
Turn the game off in a panic, turn it back on and my mistake wasn't erased.
FUCK.
I drive a manual '08 Mazda3 so I purchased the closest premium to it in the 07' Mazda6 concept (pretty sure the only "concept" portion of it is the body styling).
I've also purchased some of my favorite unmodified cars to simply enjoy driving. Other than that, I haven't spent much CR on anything other than some tuning.
I've also purchased some of my favorite unmodified cars to simply enjoy driving. Other than that, I haven't spent much CR on anything other than some tuning.
PetriP-TNT
Member
I am pretty sure that there's no need to buy any cars until lvl 23, am I right? (as far as GTLife goes, that is.)
PetriP-TNT said:
whoa. I dont know if I could enjoy the game if I hadnt bought the cars that I have at this point (around 30 premiums and 8 or 9 standards) at level 20.
living off the prizes you get is possible but I love trying out the variety.
and Im hooked on the detail of the premium models - of course, I like taking them into photo travel mode so thats a part of it for me.
gutterboy44
Member
I've driven a skip barber dodge at Watkins Glen. Woot! Worth every penny.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Just talking about how brilliant the GTLife mode is. I think that F1 Car is the only one you can't win, but there might be couple of others.expy said:
iam220 said:
I have. rfactor, gpl, gtl, iracing, gtr1&2, lfs, racer.nl. GT5 is just as unforgiving as any of those sims. That is the big divide between console sims & pc sims. You really have to balance your vehicles weight as well throughout braking/turning. An almost constant attention to entering/exiting speed/traction etc. Things that GT really captures well I'd say mostly is the weight of the vehicles. Which in turn aids the rest of the sim. Don't know how to quite describe it, but you feel the inertia of your vehicle. These things are generally super powered beasts, and they will send you into a spin if you go wot into turns. I don't know if that makes any sense. I'm not the most capable driver out there, but you can definitely feel the difference in a Burnout/Dirt/Grid/Forza & GT when you drive. Its not fun almost because you have to be on the ball all the time. But I remember how annoying that feeling is, and I know its a feeling from PC Sims. I don't find that challenge in any sim on consoles, maybe enthusia back in the day. The SegaGT's of the world are easily propelled through with PC sim habits guiding you. It almost feels like you're cheating because it seems as if you're defying physics in these games, compared.
I remember when I first tried the Time Trial, the tranny whine/shaking immediately reminded me of GTR, as did the constant control/input from me as a player which you generally don't find in prologue, which felt like it had aids on all this time. I know PC elitists love to speak down about console sims in general, but specifically in the case of GT. PD's done a decent job at offering a very challenging sim which does turn off a lot of people, but those same people will also be turned off by any more rigorous sim. Tons of room for improvement, but It can only get better with fine tuning. Definitely on the right track to turn more people off from the game w/o aids
.Dynamic3 said:
Really. You're going to argue that the driving fidelity in GT5 is more realistic than iRacing? iRacing definitely has its issues but the default setup isn't completely and utterly wrong like it is in GT5 on the vast majority of vehicles. This discussion has already happened numerous times. If you own a wheel and racing sims are a love of yours you've played the games mentioned or would be well served in trying them out once you're done with GT.