Metalmurphy
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I'm down to 900 and something cars and I have very little premiums. Pretty sure all that I have left are all the premiums now.
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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
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GTP_Daverytimes
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gutterboy44 said:
I have sunk about 400 - 500 hours and i haven't gotten platinum, that's a very efficient way you used.
Vicetrailia
Member
Should I buy 787b or get a standard car that competes with minolta like prescario the 715pp range to minolta 725pp
NEOPARADIGM
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ssolitare said:
787B is arguably the best sounding car in the game if that matters to you at all.
funkystudent
Member
really wanna get back into this game but man there is ALOT of big patches.
kind of hope they release a GT5 GOTY edition or something with all the patches and some news cars and tracks and stuff but I wouldn't be shocked if they just make that GT6 and release it next holiday.
Still love that PD are supporting this game as much as they are but enough with the 300mb+ patches already.
kind of hope they release a GT5 GOTY edition or something with all the patches and some news cars and tracks and stuff but I wouldn't be shocked if they just make that GT6 and release it next holiday.
Still love that PD are supporting this game as much as they are but enough with the 300mb+ patches already.
Yeah, they're going to need to do some culmination on the patches soon enough. So far it's along the lines of,
300mb > 600mb > 40mb > 20mb > 40mb > 380mb > and so on for future updates.
Then there's the installing after the end of each one. This latest patch took an age to install.
300mb > 600mb > 40mb > 20mb > 40mb > 380mb > and so on for future updates.
Then there's the installing after the end of each one. This latest patch took an age to install.
I haven't played in a good couple of months and jumped on for a little "Race for Fun" online. I think last time I played that option wasn't even there! It was a 16 player race with Minis around High Speed Ring.
Now I'm not a great driver but I thought I was decent enough, yet I was a good 3-4 seconds a lap slower than even the middle of the pack. I mean I was taking corners on the ragged edge, tyres screeching away, yet some people were overtaking me on the outside of bends about 10-15 mph faster!
Am I completely missing something here?
Now I'm not a great driver but I thought I was decent enough, yet I was a good 3-4 seconds a lap slower than even the middle of the pack. I mean I was taking corners on the ragged edge, tyres screeching away, yet some people were overtaking me on the outside of bends about 10-15 mph faster!
Am I completely missing something here?
Metalmurphy
Member
Wes said:
Were you on racing soft tires?
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Damn...modded Lexus IS-F is a 210+MPH beast! Is there any other mass production sedan in the game that can reach those speeds? That's what happens when you have an 8-speed transmission. Hahaha.
gutterboy44
Member
What trophies are holding you up. Level 40 a spec and 1000 cars are really the only ones that took long. Just buy any car you don't own in the used car lot and do the 4 hour Nurb. endurance race when you can. I used to keep a spreadsheet of owned cars before the first major patch that added the check marks so I wouldn't get the same one twice.GTP_Daverytimes said:
Goldrusher
Member
So... the game still doesn't have an option for a quick race online ?
Random track, give everyone the same or an equal car and off you go ?
Random track, give everyone the same or an equal car and off you go ?
Metalmurphy
Member
Goldrusher said:
Well, there's shuffle races.
Goldrusher
Member
But you can't see that option when entering the online mode.Metalmurphy said:
edit: You can. But you can't filter/search for them...
I want a button that simply throws me into a random race, with random people, with the same or similar cars.
one click --> and you are racing
Metalmurphy
Member
Goldrusher said:
So you want matchmaking, something no one wanted from Prologue.
It's a bit strange that they haven't thrown in the online races with PP restrictions that they had in Prologue. Not that I would use them, but I imagine it would make it easier for people to find a quick race without having to browse through all lounges. I haven't played in an open lounge for 5 months actually. Private lounges works so much better for me.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Wow, a new patch. Maybe I should hop back in for a while
Goldrusher
Member
Been a while since I played the game. Still so beautiful. So sharp, so clean.
Metalmurphy
Member
Finally managed to get Silver (lol) on the Indi drifting seasonal. So humiliating.
But hey! At least I got an awesome new suit!
But hey! At least I got an awesome new suit!
Goldrusher
Member
Once you have a 16 player lobby, shuffle race is awesome.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Anybody ever notice that gearing in some cars are not accurate to their real life vehicle? For example, the 350Z, G37 Coupe (Nissan in the game), and 370Z are supposed to all have the same top-speeds per gear (give or take a mile or two) but they don't. They all have the same exact transmission, final drive ratio, and wheel size.
I'm frequently finding little things like this in the game.
I'm frequently finding little things like this in the game.
Metalmurphy
Member
Angst said:
The TVR everyone else was using. Cerbera Speed 12
GTP_Daverytimes
Member
I know this is off topic, but i have gotten into SuperGT races. I started searching high and low to find a website that can stream their races and came out empty handed. How can a great series such as SuperGT not even have some partners that can broadcast their races internationally, especially since they seem to have more fans outside of Japan. I also started thinking of the possibilities of SuperGT being in Le man's 24h, how cool would that be (Talking of GT500 cars here). Anyways here is a video that shows the amount of action SuperGT races pack:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbK1Vp0NzI
3:38 is the closest overtaking i have ever seen, look at how close his fender was to the GT300 car in front of him (GT500 and GT300 race together to increase action, been that way for a long time)
3:38 is the closest overtaking i have ever seen, look at how close his fender was to the GT300 car in front of him (GT500 and GT300 race together to increase action, been that way for a long time)
Metalmurphy
Member
Angst said:Comfort hard tires? I'll try it out later tonight, my 390 points so far has left me frustrated
Hard on rear soft on front. It's impossible to control but it's so powerful that even a small drift gives good points.
Goldrusher
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Ooo, didn't know the time trials and drift trials have prize money too.
1 lap Le Mans = 1 million credits, 2 overalls and 1 helmet
Cool.
1 lap Le Mans = 1 million credits, 2 overalls and 1 helmet
Cool.
Goldrusher
Member
Metalmurphy said:Finally managed to get Silver (lol) on the Indi drifting seasonal. So humiliating.
But hey! At least I got an awesome new suit!
GTP_Daverytimes
Member
Goldrusher said:
Your avatar looks like a female.
Goldrusher
Member
Holy shit. 9274 drift points at Indianapolis.
edit: And 4905 at Fuji.
+ 4 million
+ 4 helmets
+ 8 overalls
edit: And 4905 at Fuji.
+ 4 million
+ 4 helmets
+ 8 overalls
Goldrusher
Member
Better?GTP_Daverytimes said:
GTP_Daverytimes
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ashk said:The GT1 class (which is relatively similar to GT500 in the same way that you could say that GT2 is to GT300) was dropped for this year's Le Mans, so I guess you just missed out on the closest thing realistically possible
You are right, GT1 is the closest we can get to having GT500 cars but you have to understand that GT500 cars are considerably faster than GT1 cars (Not in a straight line) and GT500 cars are overall sexy beasts. I will be happy if they completely drop GT1 cars in favor of GT500 cars for the next Le man.
EDIT: In fact GT500 cars are actually LMP1 cars without the restrictors. (The maximum output without the restrictors are around 800hp and the aero dynamics are only rivaled by F1 and LMP1.)
Goldrusher said:Better?
It was a complement, lol. The first shot was strangely sexy looking (female model sort of) so i was thinking maybe PD are finally going to give us female drivers.
Niks said:
Most likely not
mclaren777
Member
I'm surprised by how difficult the most recent Seasonal events are. I can't seem to Gold any of them and that's the first time that's happened to me.
I wonder if I've just lost my touch. :s
I wonder if I've just lost my touch. :s
So, I fired GT5 up last night, for the first time since, well, November last year. I think I was taking it too serious when I tried to play it last year (and I was changing careers also, probably didn't help!). Steering wheels, assists completely off, yadda yadda. Gave up with crappy loading times, lousy UI and me crashing all the time.
Redownloaded all my CE stuff, and started playing again.
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and found that it is in fact, a rather wonderful game.
Once the ~1gb worth of patches got out of the way, I started fresh, playing with just the DS3, with some assists on mild (is it traction control that has a 0-10 slider? Set to 2 anyway) and ABS on.
And I'm fucking loving it. Blitzed through the couple early licence tests, then jumped into the seasonal event category to see what they even were, and to have a race in the Audi R10 car that came as DLC. Obviously, it is a bit OP for these events, but an hour later I had carved them up, earned ~3million credits and went from level 5 to level 20 or something.
So there you go. After being completely burnt out on gaming, I'm coming back around it seems.
However, what inspired me post here is, anyone here using a PSMove camera and head tracking? I had a quick go at setting it up last night (in a dark corner of the living room), and found that it was too 'twitchy'. When it tracked, it was wonderful (after I bumped up some of the settings to let me really look around in the car), however there were times when I was driving down the straight, sitting perfectly still and the camera would be flicking left and right rapidly, as if it were tracking different parts of my head. Needless to say, this is rather nauseating and headache inducing. Anyone else had this? Were you able to rectify it without moving items from behind your head or reorganising your room? I expect there's a ready made solution in the options, which I'll investigate tonight.
Redownloaded all my CE stuff, and started playing again.
.
.
.
and found that it is in fact, a rather wonderful game.
Once the ~1gb worth of patches got out of the way, I started fresh, playing with just the DS3, with some assists on mild (is it traction control that has a 0-10 slider? Set to 2 anyway) and ABS on.
And I'm fucking loving it. Blitzed through the couple early licence tests, then jumped into the seasonal event category to see what they even were, and to have a race in the Audi R10 car that came as DLC. Obviously, it is a bit OP for these events, but an hour later I had carved them up, earned ~3million credits and went from level 5 to level 20 or something.
So there you go. After being completely burnt out on gaming, I'm coming back around it seems.
However, what inspired me post here is, anyone here using a PSMove camera and head tracking? I had a quick go at setting it up last night (in a dark corner of the living room), and found that it was too 'twitchy'. When it tracked, it was wonderful (after I bumped up some of the settings to let me really look around in the car), however there were times when I was driving down the straight, sitting perfectly still and the camera would be flicking left and right rapidly, as if it were tracking different parts of my head. Needless to say, this is rather nauseating and headache inducing. Anyone else had this? Were you able to rectify it without moving items from behind your head or reorganising your room? I expect there's a ready made solution in the options, which I'll investigate tonight.
mclaren777 said:
Although you can tune all cars, I can confirm you can win both Fiat 500 and Lotus 111R races with full-stock-car (no upgrades at all). Only thing you need to do is to break-in the engine which can be done by re-running those races for 4-5 times to max HP allowed.
For stabilizing Lotus while braking you can do a brake-bias change to 2F/5R.
Also, here is my winning set-up for Impreza, I wanted a carbon-hood so I couldn't perform a Stage 3 weight reduction but you can pretty much obliterate GT-R right after the Corkscrew in the last lap.
Since understeer is your worst enemy in Laguna Seca race, you have to combat it trough 3 factors: suspension, brake bias and centre differential.
I won with upgraded 390HP/1286kg car with sports suspension, race clutch and carbon shaft only (default differential, default tranny).
Here are the most imporant settings for reducing understeer (and getting oversteer which is very welcomed on Laguna Seca):
> centre differential 35F/65R (essential)
> springrate 8.0F/7.4R
> dampers 1F/2R
> camber 1.7F/0.7R (essential)
> brake bias 2/5 (essential)
Consistency is the key for all 3 races. Best challenges so far in Seasonal races, right after the legendary 2nd batch of Seasonals.
Glad to hear you're enjoying the game again. The patches has really improved the game a lot IMO.elfinke said:
Regarding using the Playstation Eye for head tracking - I can't get it to work properly either sadly. I wish they implemented it better and allowed it for online and A-Spec.
Yeah, I finally got around to spending some time with the latest patch, and it is vastly improved from launch. The new seasonals are great, the purchasing items from the tuning menu is a godsend. All they need now is multi-purchase in the ucd, race/championship creator, return all the trading options, and get rid of the Cr cap. It would be a pretty perfect game then.elfinke said:
But. (and don't I always have a but)
Imagine you are one of the 22% of PS3 users in the US who do not have an internet connection for their PS3, you are stuck with a real dog.
Dead Man said:
Are those numbers real? I presume they are, but find it hard to fathom why somebody would have a PS3 that isn't connected to the net. *shrugs*
I wonder how GT5 works for those people, they should still be stuck with 1.0 and will get "Would you like to sign in to Playstation Network?" prompts all the time.
Metalmurphy
Member
amar212 said:
Brings back memories
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25012069&postcount=4096
You need REALLY good lighting. I mean, lamp pointing at your face good.elfinke said:
Angst said:
I agree. And yet, real two questions are:
> why can't we make an online-championship with adding tracks in desired queue, and
> why there is still no option to force stock car settings / one particular car in Public Races
And all those Prologue-related moments that will never loose on importance:
> where are the Dealership races?
> what about Official Public Races (condoned by PD with forced settings in different tiers)?
> what about multi-settings per car (last time I checked there was an HDD in that damn console)
I do not care about the leaderboards really, but those 5 above would made me very happy GT player.
Metalmurphy
Member
amar212 said:
After PD added pretty much everything I wanted in past patches, this is the one I want most now.