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Gran Turismo 5 |OT2| We Love Cars
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Metalmurphy
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lucius said:
Setup the transmission properly.
Lagspike_exe
Member
Afrikan said:
That looks REALLY bad.
Melfice7 said:
Dude, I set it to 83 (the lowest), get behind a car as much as I can (and that's if the game even lets me draft. A yard down? No draft. Right up on his ass? LOL DRAFT MODE ACTIVATE). Take the last corner going into the line at 74 or so (braking while gassing to knock it down to 60-64MPH when losing grip/nearly off track), cutting corners and the best I can do is +.10 behind the leader. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
1:22 (often), 1:21 (sometimes), 1:20 (lucky).
It's pissing me off. I have no clue how the fuck GT Planet thinks this is "reasonable difficulty" because you're fucking outclassed in the horse power by a car with 20-60 more than you. WTF. I wouldn't be so pissed if I was in even classes (like a fully stock race from grid start instead of this rolling start shit), but no. By the time you get to the second from all the way in the back, the first place racer is 88MPH Marty, lets go back to the fucking future and ruin the players chances of ever winning the race.
I think I'm going to grind B-Spec now for money, this isn't productive and giving me cash anymore and it's not fun for me to sit here and abuse myself trying to catch up to the first place to wreck his ass, flip him off and win my 60,000 credits I rightly deserve for this bullshit.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
TheSeks said:
Okay, my max speed was 87mph. My downforce was 16.
I upgraded everything on the car allowed (1000kg, 65bhp, body rigidity improved, customisable suspension, LSD, the whole fucking lot). I also added aeros and bought wheels for it.
That last corner you should be going through at between 68-70 mph in fifth gear. The rest of the corners are really a case of braking early and accelerating through the entire corner. Draft as much as possible where available.
gutterboy44
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The Fiat and R-X7 were my two favorite new events. Had my RX-7 sliding all over the place. I absolutely love the down hill double left into the uphill section. So beautiful to slide the car through there just right and get a perfect corner exit right next to the cliff as you burn up hill. The last corner is also a blast. You can fly through it and the AI goes terribly slow. Just be careful to set up the pass so you don't rear end them just past the apex.
Fiat 500 is a fun little car and I feel like that event was meant to teach you the importance of the power band and how proper gearing is key.
As another user already said, my god did if feel good to complete a challenge and see a worthy reward and not some pittance of Cr. after over 4 hours of work...I am looking at you FGT event...mother fucker.
Anyone else start a spread sheet of all the cars they own? I run one in google docs now. It isn't so bad after you do the initial fill in. I started mine around 190 cars and only took a few minutes to go through all my cars. Just sort by P and S models then go through alphabetically by Make in both the game and the spreadsheet. Now I just add a car to my list when ever I win or buy one. This is obviously easier when you have a access to a computer and PS3 at the same time and don't have to go into another room or something.
Fiat 500 is a fun little car and I feel like that event was meant to teach you the importance of the power band and how proper gearing is key.
As another user already said, my god did if feel good to complete a challenge and see a worthy reward and not some pittance of Cr. after over 4 hours of work...I am looking at you FGT event...mother fucker.
Anyone else start a spread sheet of all the cars they own? I run one in google docs now. It isn't so bad after you do the initial fill in. I started mine around 190 cars and only took a few minutes to go through all my cars. Just sort by P and S models then go through alphabetically by Make in both the game and the spreadsheet. Now I just add a car to my list when ever I win or buy one. This is obviously easier when you have a access to a computer and PS3 at the same time and don't have to go into another room or something.
Metalmurphy
Member
darkwing said:i hope the next patch adds a notice if you already have the carFersis!!!!! :lol
It already does. When you buy a car it tells you if you already have one.
gutterboy44
Member
Metalmurphy said:
Where is this, I have not noticed this in either new or used dealerships?
Leunam said:
That makes the races too easy, with the exception of B-Spec where it's still the lottery for the stupid AI drivers asses to suddenly spin out and be at last place again.
I honestly don't mind the challenge. What's pissing me off is knowing that I'm outgunned in the horse power department. No matter how hard I drive, how much of the corner I shave off, I can't catch the fucking bastard in first place. That's infuriating.
LabouredSubterfuge said:
I have all that, with the exception of the LSD. Mostly because I don't know what you'd change in the LSD to give an edge.
I'm -6 front -4 back full anti-roll in the suspension. 87MPH Max (or whatever the lowest is) and cutting corners like a murder spree. I can see the damn first place car in front of me, but I don't have the acceleration or speed to catch up. Ever. It's :|
You can't really change the weight for the Fiat other than shaving off the windows, otherwise it can't enter.
The acceleration is key here with the transmission. But even then you're going to be outgunned by the higher horse power engine, more than likely. :/
Metalmurphy
Member
gutterboy44 said:
My bad. Thought I saw someone say it did but I can't find it either.
gutterboy44
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Metalmurphy said:
Ok, I am not going crazy then. Spreadsheet it is!
Only got to play 30min. with the new patch... tried the Fiat race first without changing anything.. got 4th. place.. applied filter and a Carbon bonnet. Managed to get in second place.. 7 seconds of the first place.
Decided to try the Tokyo race.. bought the car required for the race. Filter and reduced the weight.. got into 6th. place on the first lap.. and crashed in the second last corner.. ended up in second place with 8 seconds to the first place..
Before these races I was level 8 with 42.000 cr. after the races I was lvl. 12 with 280.000 credits.. :lol great reward for ½ hour of racing.. cannot wait to play again tonight.. love these new races.. and I have only raced amateur series A-spec and 2 B-spec races. And Also driven some license tests..
Damn I LOVE this game..
Decided to try the Tokyo race.. bought the car required for the race. Filter and reduced the weight.. got into 6th. place on the first lap.. and crashed in the second last corner.. ended up in second place with 8 seconds to the first place..
Before these races I was level 8 with 42.000 cr. after the races I was lvl. 12 with 280.000 credits.. :lol great reward for ½ hour of racing.. cannot wait to play again tonight.. love these new races.. and I have only raced amateur series A-spec and 2 B-spec races. And Also driven some license tests..
Damn I LOVE this game..
captscience
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Hanmik said:
I'm getting my B-Spec Bob destroyed Ps3 back from Sony today and I'm so glad to have these high exp/credit special events available. I was dreading having to do all the low level A-Spec stuff over. B-Spec on the other hand......
paskowitz said:
600-800 or there about. And that's just doing two laps for the "participation" reward. Not sure if a bunch of people didn't sign up in the south east, but it makes me feel good that I'm not in the 1,000 range (yet...) like I was the time-trial demo earlier this year. :lol
gutterboy44
Member
RotBot said:
Nice, cool site. If only it could pull our garage from our PSN account. Damn you GT5!
i loved the fiat 500 race. fun car, did the window weight reduction (exactly 1000kg), filter, fixed sports suspension, aero (prob not needed, set to 15-16), all the drivetrain mods, but just the 5spd. i actually bought two fiats...love those little bastards.
the last lap i nailed that fux audi on the turn before last straight. i didn't need too, but it felt so good:lol
cr-z still need to try again, but with the sports filter only...it sounds like darth vaders baby:lol
then did the skyline...almost there silver on that one.
the last lap i nailed that fux audi on the turn before last straight. i didn't need too, but it felt so good:lol
cr-z still need to try again, but with the sports filter only...it sounds like darth vaders baby:lol
then did the skyline...almost there silver on that one.
LabouredSubterfuge
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gutterboy44 said:
I hate you. I just spent 2 hours of my life cataloging my garage :/
Unknown One
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I got the R8 LMSTiduz said:
LabouredSubterfuge
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Crakatak187 said:I got the R8 LMS
I got the Toyota GT-ONE Race Car (TS020).
'Tis good.
Maastricht
Member
I won the Fiat event with Sports suspension, one better transmission option, the clutch and flywheel upgrades, and replacing the windows (which gets you down exactly the 10kg you're allowed to). It was pretty tough, but I got consistent 1'20s many low and got past him fairly early in the turn. I experimented with driving ABS-less, but that was tricky as one of the most important things you need to do is focus on late braking into the corner. Thinking about which turns to exit in 2nd gear and 3rd gear is also important (I used second only for the two lesser turns). Also try to remember the splits / at what point you're what amount of seconds away from first, so you get feedback on your best lines.
The RX-7 event was fun, won that first try. 2nd for the CR-Z. But I didn't fare so well on the others :lol
Driving without ABS shows by the way that FF drifting is possible and pretty convincing if you ask me.
The RX-7 event was fun, won that first try. 2nd for the CR-Z. But I didn't fare so well on the others :lol
Driving without ABS shows by the way that FF drifting is possible and pretty convincing if you ask me.
user friendly
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Just be careful of going under the limit. I had to start two cars over again after lowering the weight too much and going over the HP limit with an oil change on the GT-R. It made me so mad because I'm pretty sure I saw someone post that they did the oil change trick and it was just under the HP limit. I think I could've raced it a bit and the HP would've dropped by itself but I had to lose more than 5 HP I think.Deadman said:
gutterboy44
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LabouredSubterfuge said:
Haha, sorry, you will thank me when/if going for the 1000 cars trophy. I want a diverse garage when I hit 1000, not just 300 go karts.
Is the AI in this game bullshit? or maybe the 02 ford focus is the most underestimated car in history. I am racing the amateur clubman cup with my 600 hp BMW M3 and I am hitting corners fine, never getting out of bounds and hitting close to 300 kmh on straights yet this goddamn ford focus is always on my ass like 0.5 seconds behind. How is that fucking possible?
CouchMaster
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Same thing happened to me, I managed to overtake him on the last corner by not braking at all, and then hit the wall on opposite side. I saw in the rear view mirror, expecting the Ford to thunder pass from right side, but he had spun out probably because I crossed his bonnet too close and he must have swirled to avoid me :loloffshore said: