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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
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No problem really, just looking to carry a bit of extra speed in the corners, as it frequently goes that early on in the race I get taken out, and then have to spend the rest of race trying to catch up.Dead Man said:
I don't understand why some folks start getting aggressive on lap 2 or something. Doesn't make any sense. Just stay with the draft and then start getting aggressive at the end.
When it comes to NASCAR, I find that everything I have figured out for how my car handles kind of gets thrown out the window. Seems they are beast on their own. Very minor tweaks end up making the car unable to turn (at full speed on daytona) or wearing the tire down really fast. I've decided on just keeping the suspension defaulted. Doesn't seem to leave me at a disadvantage.
The few people I've ran into that feel that have a "great" setup usually are fast, but wear their tires extremely quick and can't last 20+ laps.
The few people I've ran into that feel that have a "great" setup usually are fast, but wear their tires extremely quick and can't last 20+ laps.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Sign me up!Dibbz said:Hope you guys are going to be on tonight. Could go for some rallying as well as karting and FGT on Monaco todayWhat a race that was.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I've been doing a lot more of the special events today and I wish all of the game was like this. You pick an event, have a car and just race. It's great.
Then I went back to A Spec, had to navigate the shit menus, try to find out cars I could afford, grind a bit for a better one, etc etc.
It's night and day in terms of good and bad game design between the two modes.
Then I went back to A Spec, had to navigate the shit menus, try to find out cars I could afford, grind a bit for a better one, etc etc.
It's night and day in terms of good and bad game design between the two modes.
While I like how put together the special events are (most of them), and wish there was more, if there wasn't money and the ability to purchase cars...it wouldn't feel like much of a GT game or any other simulator available on consoles for that matter.
Would just be an arcade racer...and even those you usually have to do stuff to unlock the cars for use. If that's all the game was it would be a huge disappointment.
Would just be an arcade racer...and even those you usually have to do stuff to unlock the cars for use. If that's all the game was it would be a huge disappointment.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I don't mind picking cars and buying them, but in GT5 it takes about 15 minutes!
If you can't do it right, don't it at all.
If you can't do it right, don't it at all.
Yeah, I'm not happy with the time to make upgrade purchases and then oil changes and all that. Should all be able to be done from the garage via a quick menu. Should also be able to purchase as many cars as you want from the dealership and have them all delivered at once.
But....I can't agree with that sentiment of "don't do it at all". Too much would be lost.
But....I can't agree with that sentiment of "don't do it at all". Too much would be lost.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
If they patched in the ability to quickly buy cars from the race menus, reduced loading times and lowered the price of some cars the game would be pretty fucking great.
It's amazing how those three things just ruins the experience.
I want PD to make racing games, because they're good at it, but if the same problems exist in GT6 I won't be buying it. Simple as that!
It's amazing how those three things just ruins the experience.
I want PD to make racing games, because they're good at it, but if the same problems exist in GT6 I won't be buying it. Simple as that!
Ha, that trial mountain scene is much like our practices there before the NRL race. People were colliding or going into the grass and wrecking constantly. I think there was an early mishap during the actual race, but then was mostly clean there there.
I miss our leagues..and the open practices even more so.
I miss our leagues..and the open practices even more so.
Time to restart it?brentech said:
We were discussing starting up the Super GT league this weekend, but as summer is approaching fast we will be doing a short season with four endurance races. Non-team based - everybody that wants to join is in.
I'm game to get it rolling this Saturday with a 90 minutes race on Monza
Super GT cars or standard cars? I'd prefer to use my Fairlady, but I'm up for any ideas.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Dibbz said:
Those .gifs really make me appreciate the organized league races, it can be such a cluster with random people. It was good fun none the less, really liked the rally stuff which is something I haven't really touched.
Sounds good Angst. Post it in the Super GT thread and get people signed up. 90 minutes Monza with weather in Super GT cars would be a nice way to get back together with you guys.Angst said:Time to restart it?
We were discussing starting up the Super GT league this weekend, but as summer is approaching fast we will be doing a short season with four endurance races. Non-team based - everybody that wants to join is in.
I'm game to get it rolling this Saturday with a 90 minutes race on Monza
Super GT cars or standard cars? I'd prefer to use my Fairlady, but I'm up for any ideas.
Youtube Links to the races in the gifs above:
Rome
Trial Mountain
Monaco Karting
Metalmurphy
Member
There's no aliasing in the game at all (apart from the smoke causing it)... 4xMSAA @ 720p and 2x at "1080p".
There's some shimmering though.
There's some shimmering though.
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
WrikaWrek said:
A) Wait until you see the Nurburgring 24h.
B) I was a bit disappointed in the graphics at first, too. Then I played NFS:HP and Shift II (PS3 versions) and all of sudden they looked a lot better. A LOT better.
Is it me, or has online been getting worse recently? So many black screens tonight, botched grids orders, with people ending up a lap down etc.
Really annoying :S
Go and take the Maserati GranTurismo around the Ring at night. The illuminated green dash looks so cool ^_^
Really annoying :S
Listen to this man.NEOPARADIGM said:
Go and take the Maserati GranTurismo around the Ring at night. The illuminated green dash looks so cool ^_^
Spaceman Spiff
Member
NEOPARADIGM said:
Agreed.
I wasn't nearly as impressed by the graphics as I expected to be... until I raced on the weather/time change circuits.
For all the PS2-caliber cars and tracks, shimmering, and framerate issues, running the Nordschleife or La Sarthe in the cockpit with only the dashboard gauges to guide you, when the rain is letting up and dawn is about to break, is fucking magical. It's really not something to be missed; at times like that, the game could be only premium cars and weather/time change tracks for all I care.
If anyone wants to try their hand at some organized racing without having to commit themselves to a season, here is your chance:
Super GT Saturday 4th June
Track: Monza - Weather - Chicane ver
Cars: Super GT cars that have been approved for Season 2 so that includes standards, for the full list, see OP
Laps: 45 (tentative, TBC)
Teams: There are no teams, everyone for themselves.
Start times is normal time:
21:00 BST
22:00 Europe
Grid:
Dibbz - Arta NSX
Toxa - Supra '97
Niks - Woodone Supra
Angst - Xanavi Fairlady '05
Salacious Crumb - Woodone GT-R '06
SunhiLegend - Raybrig NSX '06
Ashk - Xanavi NISMO GT-R '08
NEOPARADIGM
Tentative:
Metalmurphy
Gutterboy44
brentech
Currently 8 / 16 drivers
To sign up, post in the Super GT thread or send me a PM.
Everybody is welcome to sign up. We have a list of cars to pick from (all Super GT 500 cars). Cars are restricted at 502 BHP / 1100 kg, no mods allowed.
Photo by Dibbz from our latest practice session.
Super GT Saturday 4th June
Track: Monza - Weather - Chicane ver
Cars: Super GT cars that have been approved for Season 2 so that includes standards, for the full list, see OP
Laps: 45 (tentative, TBC)
Teams: There are no teams, everyone for themselves.
Start times is normal time:
21:00 BST
22:00 Europe
Grid:
Dibbz - Arta NSX
Toxa - Supra '97
Niks - Woodone Supra
Angst - Xanavi Fairlady '05
Salacious Crumb - Woodone GT-R '06
SunhiLegend - Raybrig NSX '06
Ashk - Xanavi NISMO GT-R '08
NEOPARADIGM
Tentative:
Metalmurphy
Gutterboy44
brentech
Currently 8 / 16 drivers
To sign up, post in the Super GT thread or send me a PM.
Everybody is welcome to sign up. We have a list of cars to pick from (all Super GT 500 cars). Cars are restricted at 502 BHP / 1100 kg, no mods allowed.
Photo by Dibbz from our latest practice session.
GTP_Daverytimes
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=736TuNE-DaY&feature=related
This Video is the best Wangan GT5 video ever made. The fly by's, the overtakes, the sound are all top notch. So many moments in this video needs to be Gif'd, someone make it happen.
This Video is the best Wangan GT5 video ever made. The fly by's, the overtakes, the sound are all top notch. So many moments in this video needs to be Gif'd, someone make it happen.
Metalmurphy
Member
Is GTTV not working for anyone else?
I got some saved videos there that I can't delete now :/
I got some saved videos there that I can't delete now :/
Metalmurphy
Member
I had to export all my replays (and I had tons of them >.<) and photos just so I could delete the gamedata. I had several GB in videos that I couldn't delete and my HDD was full :/
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Dibbz said:
what's right with it?
is there even any movement programmed into it? the lack of adjustable pressures make me say no - and it certainly doesn't feel like it when you lean on them. it isn't prologue levels ( :lol ) but it is still a shitty effort by polyphony. it may also explain why the cars tend to slide sidewards on cambered surfaces. it needs redoing from scratch as does the force feedback.
also, why do rally and f1 cars ignore your ffb setting in the options?
Wax Free Vanilla said:
Your observation is probably right, but there is one thing that GT does great with tires and no other driving game does it that good. And that is why I *personally* prefer GT over all other games.
Compounds.
Other games maybe have pressure, real-time multizone heating, multizone wear, etc.. But no game does compound-simulation the way GT does. GT is the only game that actually gives initiative to drive the cars on their stock compounds and allows propper experimenting with compound-types in order to increase/decrease performance.
Also, in times of Public Lobby racing in Prologue times, compounds were the most important thing in particular challenges that were differentiating good and bad drivers by mile.
Of course, "self-imposing" of challenges in GT5 and removal of tire-restrictions is a clear step towards pleasing the masses, but the logic of compounds is still there in Special Events and Licenses (although forced SRF have spoiled some of the challenge).
In my GTS racing community we always drive stock cars on stock compounds and it is the only way to go. Mastering fast driving on N2/N3 compound is a handling science, together with mastering an S1 compound on majority of sports cars (RM cars included).
I would also like that tire-model itself gets some improvement as competition does, but even without it GT stays unique in its philosophy regarding usage of tires.
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We had a great endurance race this weekend, next weekend we will be heading to Le Sarthe, which coincides nicely with the real life Le Mans 24 heures.
As in the last race new participants are more than welcome.
Circuit de la Sarthe
Race starts in:
Allowed cars:
Teams:
Track:
Laps:
Players Participating (4/16):
Race procedure:
In case of rain:
I've found that raising the car to the fullest and softening up the suspension helps immensely on wet tarmac. If you have the car lowered too much you will essentially be riding a surf board instead of in a car. I.e. the car water planes very easily. As Le Sarthe is pretty bumpy you shouldn't be running in a very low car anyway.
Credit and thanks to Metalmurphy for images and nice formatting
If you want to participate, just pop on over to the official thread and post. OFFICIAL SUPER GT THREAD
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We had a great endurance race this weekend, next weekend we will be heading to Le Sarthe, which coincides nicely with the real life Le Mans 24 heures.
As in the last race new participants are more than welcome.
Circuit de la Sarthe
Length: 8.47mi/13629 m Longest Straight: 1.04mi/1679 m Elevation Change: 122.4ft/37,3 m Corners: 38
Race starts in:
Allowed cars:
Super GT cars that have been approved for Season 2 so that includes standards, for the full list, see OP
Teams:
There are no teams, everyone for themselves.
Track:
Circuit de la Sarthe 2009 - Dynamic Weather - Chicane ver - Time
Laps:
22 laps, estimated race time 80 minutes
Weather:Dynamic (starting with same condition as real life location at the time of race)
Players Participating (4/16):
- 01 - Angst - Xanavi NISMO Z '06
- 02 - Dibbz - Arta NSX
- 03 - Ashk - Xanavi GT-R '08
- 04 - MikeDub - Lexus Eneos
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Race procedure:
Lounge opens - 21.00 CET
Lounge reset - 22.00 CET
Qualifications start - 22.00 CET
Race start 22.30 CET
At 21.50 we will do a 2 laps race as a warm-up, attendance for the warm-up race isn't mandatory, but recommended. When we're done with the warm-up we will do a sync check in the pits, once the sync is complete qualification starts.
We will do a shortened parade lap at 80 MPH with no passing allowed. Race starts when you pass the beep at T1 (or T2, need to check). Start accelerating when you hear the beep. No warm-up of tyres on the parade lap (doesn't work anyway and leads to widening gaps and incidents).
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: Rules and Regulations
Lounge reset - 22.00 CET
Qualifications start - 22.00 CET
Race start 22.30 CET
At 21.50 we will do a 2 laps race as a warm-up, attendance for the warm-up race isn't mandatory, but recommended. When we're done with the warm-up we will do a sync check in the pits, once the sync is complete qualification starts.
We will do a shortened parade lap at 80 MPH with no passing allowed. Race starts when you pass the beep at T1 (or T2, need to check). Start accelerating when you hear the beep. No warm-up of tyres on the parade lap (doesn't work anyway and leads to widening gaps and incidents).
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: Rules and Regulations
In case of rain:
I've found that raising the car to the fullest and softening up the suspension helps immensely on wet tarmac. If you have the car lowered too much you will essentially be riding a surf board instead of in a car. I.e. the car water planes very easily. As Le Sarthe is pretty bumpy you shouldn't be running in a very low car anyway.
Credit and thanks to Metalmurphy for images and nice formatting
If you want to participate, just pop on over to the official thread and post. OFFICIAL SUPER GT THREAD
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