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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
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Check out this crash I had on high speed ring just checking out the Maserati.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5N-qoPBNPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5N-qoPBNPA
Nice finish.Dibbz said:Check out this crash I had on high speed ring just checking out the Maserati.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5N-qoPBNPA
Fleet_of_Foot
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So, I've put around 30 hours into GT5. I'm around level 28 (A) and only level 9 (B).
Haven't played the game in a while, but I think I might get back to it tonight.
If I put my sights on platinum for this game, how many hours am I looking at? Where are the main difficulties? Which trophies are the hardest and most time consuming?
I don't want to start planning on the platinum before I even know if it's feasible (for me).
Haven't played the game in a while, but I think I might get back to it tonight.
If I put my sights on platinum for this game, how many hours am I looking at? Where are the main difficulties? Which trophies are the hardest and most time consuming?
I don't want to start planning on the platinum before I even know if it's feasible (for me).
I think you'll be in for a lot of frustration if the platinum is your goal in this game.Fleet_of_Foot said:
A-spec level 28 - 40, maybe another hundred hours?
B-spec level 9 - 40, 150 - 200 hours?
1000 cars you should be able to get along the way to A-spec and B-spec level 40.
Then you only have to get golds on the X1 challenge... expect 5 - 10 hours for that.
But I guess the platinum guys in here can give you a better guess. But keep in mind that gutterboy and seattle are the cousins of Andretti and Ayrton Senna, respectively...
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
Angst said:
Yikes. Thanks for talking me out of it, then. I'll just play for fun. I would like to drive that X1 at some point.
Those hour figures are way out of whack. Sure it will take some time, but not nearly that much. Just hit up the seasonal events to boost your A-Spec.
Just connected my PS3 online for the first time in a long time and man they finally got it right. Tons of events, as challenging as you want to make them, and a nice bunch of exp/credits to earn. Going to knock out a whole bunch of them tomorrow.
Just connected my PS3 online for the first time in a long time and man they finally got it right. Tons of events, as challenging as you want to make them, and a nice bunch of exp/credits to earn. Going to knock out a whole bunch of them tomorrow.
Angst said:
You actually get A-Spec XP points from online races, but in order to score big there are few prerequisites:
- you have to finish the race
- more laps (mileage) = more XP
- more players in race = more XP
- win both pole and race = more XP
You can also boost your B-Spec XP by developing 6 B-Spec drivers and use secondary profile to Remote Race them. Great amounts of XP by doing so.
GT5 actually have big variety of way to earn both A/B Spec XP besides "regular" career mode, and all of them are much more usable. Golding Special Events and Licenses will earn you severe amounts of ASpec XP, especially golding the Sebastianl Vettel challenges. Abnormal amount can be gained through Seasonal Events (current Expert Events are exchange for prior Bonus Race format with great XP) and driving there.
Remote Races can earn you miracles in BSpec, as I already told.
However, all of that is pretty much useless to grind and force gain. You just have to play the game and one day you will finish it. I play GT5 regularly since it came out, and have reached 33A and 30B Spec level. Notice I never moved further than 3rd tier in regular races.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Dibbz said:No way man. GT5 has some of the best skyboxes around.
but when playing the game they're low res and infested with block artifacts, polyphony must have saved them with setting 3 in photoshop or something.
So as per my continuing problem, last night I let the PS3 cool. It was in an upright position away from electronics. I turn it on today and finish a race. (woo! it's working) when the AI takes over it just keeps driving. And driving. Nothing shows up on the screen and none of the buttons work sans start, which only pauses the game with no options available and no text showing up on screen. So I unpause the game and let the computer drive for another two laps. I quit the game and booted it up again, started another race, and boom - freezes up on the second lap again. I never called Sony because I was gone the rest of the day, but I possibly will tomorrow.
DonMigs85
Member
If you have a 40GB model or newer, why not try that fan test (turn off the main power on the back or unplug the cord if using a Slim, hold down eject, then flick the switch back on/reconnect the cord). It might just help clear out some filth that could be heating it up or something.//B1G said:
Since the latest update, I've had many problems with GT5 too. Just yesterday, I was upgrading a car, just after the "do you want to put that upgrade on your car ?" thing, the cursor kept spinning indefinitely. The game had frozen without actually freezing since the clock was still working and the cursor still spinning. I could still access the XMB and everything.
I relaunched the game, came back to the tuning shop and it went fine this time.
I don't think it was heat in my case, buying/upgrading the two cars for saturday was the first thing I did yesterday after turning on the console and firing the game. I din't even go in-game before the game "froze" and after that I practiced for 30min/1h without any problems... :/
I relaunched the game, came back to the tuning shop and it went fine this time.
I don't think it was heat in my case, buying/upgrading the two cars for saturday was the first thing I did yesterday after turning on the console and firing the game. I din't even go in-game before the game "froze" and after that I practiced for 30min/1h without any problems... :/
brotkasten
Member
Any rumors for an announcement at GamesCom or even TGS? Anything?
Lol, I just realized that it was sort of pointless to advertise for a full grid event and possibly attract new guys only to not be able to participate...Dead Man said:
I'll sign you up as a reserve. Someone will most likely not show up on race day, so you have a pretty good chance at being able to participate. Check http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425804&page=12
brotkasten
Member
That's another two year delay for anything they're working on.spats said:
SolidSnakex
Member
It's probably their online studio since they were already in a separate building.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
is there any other way to fudge a close race experience?
the tyre compound is fine for low powered vehicles, but running h,m,s comfort/h sport is absolute shit for the high powered stuff.
the tyre compound is fine for low powered vehicles, but running h,m,s comfort/h sport is absolute shit for the high powered stuff.
Hmm well usually the AI is set up to have tyres that are meant for their cars. So you'd never be in a race with 500BHP cars on comforts for example. As a rule of thumb stick with the tyres that the car comes with if the event doesn't specify what tyres the AI is using.f0rk said:
Round is that from the GT5 store? Nice. I think I had a look at their clothes line but damn they were expensive.
So this game really pisses me off like no other game has before it. I honestly, literally don't understand what took them so long to develop it. This has to be the biggest mismanagement of man hours in the history of multi-million dollar productions. 5 years to develop this?!
There's so many things done so ass backwards it boggles my mind and questions my beliefs in Kaz's integrity with the funding of the game. I think rather than use the crazy amount of time he had creating this to make a crazy ahead-of-its-time game, he took Sony's money and used the game as an excuse to drive around in cars he probably otherwise wouldn't have been able to.
Why are loading times SO. FUCKING. LONG? I'm not sure if it's just me, but I literally have to wait at least 2 minutes during each segment parading around the GT logo. Accidentally click on a wrong button on the homescreen? Too bad, wait until we've loaded it up. Now to go back: Oh yeah, another minute and a half loading screen! It's as if the game has completely forgotten where I just came from and the code that it was comprised of or something. And then to go race. I sit there for roughly 2 minutes loading the race. Click X on start race. Now I wait for it to load some more while I watch my car idle around the track. So what the fuck? Why does it do that? If the game isn't actually loading, then just let me start the damn race. I don't need to see my car doing 35 mph around for 20 seconds.
Why is the AI so retarded? Why can't I play my own music, and how am I supposed to know to check Kaz's fucking Twitter to know that was the reason it was crazy every race? It's shit like that. How did it take them 5 years to upscale 75% of the cars and a good number of tracks? They didn't change that much from the previous iterations, and all the new features PD hyped everyone about aren't new ticks for the racing genre - just from GT4. Woooo! We get smoke and sparks! Holy fuck guys!!!
It's just shit that doesn't make any sense. I really like racing, but I have so much distaste for the game because of every single obstacle they put you through to get to. I honestly hate GT5.
There's so many things done so ass backwards it boggles my mind and questions my beliefs in Kaz's integrity with the funding of the game. I think rather than use the crazy amount of time he had creating this to make a crazy ahead-of-its-time game, he took Sony's money and used the game as an excuse to drive around in cars he probably otherwise wouldn't have been able to.
Why are loading times SO. FUCKING. LONG? I'm not sure if it's just me, but I literally have to wait at least 2 minutes during each segment parading around the GT logo. Accidentally click on a wrong button on the homescreen? Too bad, wait until we've loaded it up. Now to go back: Oh yeah, another minute and a half loading screen! It's as if the game has completely forgotten where I just came from and the code that it was comprised of or something. And then to go race. I sit there for roughly 2 minutes loading the race. Click X on start race. Now I wait for it to load some more while I watch my car idle around the track. So what the fuck? Why does it do that? If the game isn't actually loading, then just let me start the damn race. I don't need to see my car doing 35 mph around for 20 seconds.
Why is the AI so retarded? Why can't I play my own music, and how am I supposed to know to check Kaz's fucking Twitter to know that was the reason it was crazy every race? It's shit like that. How did it take them 5 years to upscale 75% of the cars and a good number of tracks? They didn't change that much from the previous iterations, and all the new features PD hyped everyone about aren't new ticks for the racing genre - just from GT4. Woooo! We get smoke and sparks! Holy fuck guys!!!
It's just shit that doesn't make any sense. I really like racing, but I have so much distaste for the game because of every single obstacle they put you through to get to. I honestly hate GT5.
l2ounD
Member
Dibbz said:
its from http://www.gamerprint.co.uk/
yea the wayyy overpriced the offical gt clothing, but this site has some cool game related shirts and stuff.
Long loading times? The fuck?
Load time for new track is around one minute for me. Load time in menus back and forth is a couple of seconds, perhaps 10 to 15 at worst. When track is loaded and I go to track, it is almost instantaneous.
I've said it before, something is not right with your ps3...
Load time for new track is around one minute for me. Load time in menus back and forth is a couple of seconds, perhaps 10 to 15 at worst. When track is loaded and I go to track, it is almost instantaneous.
I've said it before, something is not right with your ps3...
Yeah that's how it was when GT5 launched. Recent patches (and less simultaneous connections I guess) has significantly reduced the menu loads.
See this article for track loading times.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ssd-halves-gt5-loading-times
See this article for track loading times.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ssd-halves-gt5-loading-times
davelauder
Neo Member
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I have a hate love relationship with this game as well. When i am on the track everything is fine but as soon as i leave the track i absoloutly hate the game. So many inconcistencies and barriers and i am not talking about the standart premium cars. For example the car order in the car selection screen, why cant it be the same for my online garage and the offline garage. Or the track selection why is there no alphabetical order ?
Or why cant i pass the lenghty car buying process and buy multiple cars at once ? I dont want to waste hours and energy to buy a thousand cars or level my bobs. To me the whole b-spec mode and the way its implemented is just there to strecht the otherwise very short single player mode... except for the endurances races but then i guess not many are going to do them.Then there are the things that just dont work properly or are not available throughout the whole game like the headtracking or the telemetry. Ohh i better leave it at that because i feel all that other crap coming up...
Or why cant i pass the lenghty car buying process and buy multiple cars at once ? I dont want to waste hours and energy to buy a thousand cars or level my bobs. To me the whole b-spec mode and the way its implemented is just there to strecht the otherwise very short single player mode... except for the endurances races but then i guess not many are going to do them.Then there are the things that just dont work properly or are not available throughout the whole game like the headtracking or the telemetry. Ohh i better leave it at that because i feel all that other crap coming up...
Adelor Lyon
Member
This. I went and bought everything in the online used car lot today but dammit if it didn't take me almost a half an hour to do so. The driving physics bother me occasionally, like when the front of your car brushes the wall the game forces your rear end to rotate towards the wall, trapping you there, but overall racing in the game is really fun. I also think the load times mentioned above are insanely exaggerated but the point stands: The load times are excessive. If PSN isn't responding, the game's performance shouldn't suffer so badly. The UI should continue while the game attempts to contact PSN in the background. It almost feels like the Sega CD days at times, where so many games wouldn't respond while loading any data.Gynoug79 said:
Man, I pressed X on the controller before my TV had turned on thinking it was going to boot up the game and when it turned on I saw it was starting to download an update. I get fairly pissed and open up NeoGAF specifically to exclaim that anger, only to realize that it was for Playstation Home and I hadn't even clicked on GT5.
Well since I'm here I might as well complain about something anyway; I hate the fucking 'Do you want to sign into PSN?' messages. If I'm signed out I think it's probably for a purpose. I don't need it to ask me as soon as I've skipped the intro sequence, as soon as the first screen come on and then after I click the fucking GT Life icon! I'm only staying signed out because of whatever error on their behalf and the load time issues it creates. And holy shit PD, have faith in my decisions as a consumer. Not all of us are zombie nerds that can only control the game by specific on-screen hints and indicators.
Well since I'm here I might as well complain about something anyway; I hate the fucking 'Do you want to sign into PSN?' messages. If I'm signed out I think it's probably for a purpose. I don't need it to ask me as soon as I've skipped the intro sequence, as soon as the first screen come on and then after I click the fucking GT Life icon! I'm only staying signed out because of whatever error on their behalf and the load time issues it creates. And holy shit PD, have faith in my decisions as a consumer. Not all of us are zombie nerds that can only control the game by specific on-screen hints and indicators.