haha i remember how tough some of the license tests were on the previous GT games

1/7/2011 4:39:31 PM

haha I'm at lvl 18 w/ 1.5mil credits and I'm just now starting my A-license (note: not IA)

1/7/2011 5:39:14 PM

just won the pagani zonda

1/7/2011 6:14:46 PM

i have no interest in trying the super license currently. i will do it, but the DQs drive me crazy ha

1/7/2011 6:31:02 PM

nice, i golded the B license, almost golden A, silvered A and IC and IB, bronzed IA and S, S was annoying as they would ram me and cause me to dq....

vw bus was ok, i almost won the lotus challenge got dq'ed on the 2nd lap hammer head... haven't tried the nazi wagons

1/8/2011 5:43:37 PM

Very nicely done. I just did the I-A license today and did all silver. I might go back for all gold eventually but for now I'd rather devote my gaming time elsewhere Like on those online races. Just beat the Audi TTS and Ford GT races which was enough to bump me up to lvl 25 and unlocked the endurance races.

Should make for an interesting evening...

1/8/2011 7:52:39 PM

oh my goodness. the formula gt is quite a car

i'm going to go back and try to gold the couple of extreme/expert races i missed before trying endurance. should probably spend some more time with b-spec at some point.

i still haven't beaten the historic race car cup or whatever... think a race modded z28 camaro would do the trick? seems like all the ones that you race against are 20,000,000 cr.

1/8/2011 11:56:17 PM

quite probably

1/9/2011 3:21:40 AM

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCOm1KCBT4

1/9/2011 7:40:36 AM

I guess I've been doing it all wrong b/c i've logged 3-4 hours in this game and only on level 6 with not much cash. the only car i've purchased and tuned was the first miata i bought on day 1 .

So according to you guys, to make fast cash and xp, i need to do seasonal eventS? I'll give it a whirl.

i want the new camaro and a zr1 vette

1/9/2011 10:09:31 AM

^yeah, I played a couple nights and got to lvl 4 w/ a miata (and the several crap cars I won) and about 30k. Do a couple of seasonal events to get cash to buy a mini, and do the first seasonal event.... and then you will start flying through the rankings. In the span of one afternoon I went from lvl 4 to lvl 18 and made over 1.6 million, just by doing seasonal events.

^^and holy crap... I don't think I will ever be that good

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 10:44 AM. Reason : wvew]

1/9/2011 10:42:29 AM

that 'car' is special though...

1/9/2011 11:53:42 AM

i must be doing something wrong

i can't get better than 8th place in the mini seasonal event. it handles like a piece of crap

and even in most other races i can't get first.. this game is hard

1/9/2011 12:40:43 PM

you gotta tune and upgrade the car some... if it's used, change the oil too. that and draft, draft and draft some more...

1/9/2011 2:50:23 PM

well, after playing another couple hours, i've learned that i can't just jam the gas and brake all the way down... this game is more realistic than i thought...i'm getting the hang of it now

1/9/2011 3:40:26 PM

it has some depth to it....

1/9/2011 9:28:33 PM

^^ Use L2 and R2 for brake and gas for better sensitivity/control.

1/9/2011 9:31:55 PM

nabbed a ctr2, now have: ctr, ctr2, 3400s (or something)

1/9/2011 10:19:02 PM

i don't understand the point in being able to go back through, win races that i have already won, to get more points. what is the reason that this was done through the game update?

1/9/2011 10:21:54 PM

^^^^^Did you manage to beat that Mini challenge race? If you want to beat it without putting a lot of money into the car be very particular of when you shift. The power (in stock configuration) drops off a lot after 6200 rpm but redline is 7000 so it is not advantageous to shift that late.

Anyone have any issues beating the NASCAR Nurburgring Challenge? I was impressed at how well that car stuck to the road, as well as the strength of the brakes. I couldn't fathom controlling that car with a DS3 alone so I drove it with TC on 3 and SRF on. Left the tires alone though and beat it on my 2nd try.

^what are you talking about? You've always (in this GT and past versions) been able to redo races you've already won for more money and experience points. It wasn't anything added in an update.

[Edited on January 9, 2011 at 10:31 PM. Reason : if it wasn't like that it would suck b/c you'd have a finite amount of money.]

1/9/2011 10:29:39 PM

^ I have attempted the NASCAR Nurburgring one once but quit after messing up a couple of times. How soon did you overtake the last guy and what adjustments have you done to suspension/drivetrain?

I just finished all the NASCAR Extreme events and the American Championship following that and was getting ready to tuck away that car (#99 AFFLAAAAAAAC Represent!) but totally forgot about the special race.

1/9/2011 11:20:58 PM

i dont know if i really want to bother with it, i mean i don't want a nascar particularly... but the profit would be in the ~400,000 range......

1/9/2011 11:22:04 PM

^ the NASCAR championship makes buying one worth it. the races are really simple to do and you get quite a bit of money back.

1/9/2011 11:37:26 PM

^^^^i didn't go back and try that yet, but i will this afternoon.

i imagine i'll have an easier time with it, now that i've raced a bunch of the a-spec with the mini and am more comfortable with its handling..


funny story, i was racing a lot with the mini and then decided to do the go-kart special event... hahaha the first turn around the corner i went waaaaaaaay in the grass and hit the wall. the handling on the kart is way way way more sensitive than the mini

i think it is awesome how each car handles different just as it would in real life

1/10/2011 5:53:01 AM

^I'd definitely use some ABS for the braking and some TCS for acceleration. Just don't turn on that pansy oversteer/understeer control ha.

1/10/2011 6:52:45 AM

^who are you referring to? The Mini race is best done (IMO) with all aids shut off. If you're smooth that race is definitely doable. I beat it with stock horsepower, 172, and no weight reduction or sticky tires to speak of. Took almost an hour though.

Quote :

"I have attempted the NASCAR Nurburgring one once but quit after messing up a couple of times. How soon did you overtake the last guy and what adjustments have you done to suspension/drivetrain?"

I can't recall exactly but I think I lowered the suspension just a little bit below the default setting (-15 f/r I think). I put the aerodynamic downforce all the way up front and rear and I think I had the car geared for 234 mph or so. However, given the aerodynamic drag even on the long straight I never topped 215 (I think). I passed Jeff Gordon (the leader) just after the banked slight left hand turn which is two turns before the last big long straight away. My first lap was a 6:45.xxx and my second a 6:44.xxx. It's key not to go off track at all. I think out of both of my laps I only went wide in one turn (a turn where the guardrail was very close to the edge of track).

[Edited on January 10, 2011 at 8:41 AM. Reason : left right!]

1/10/2011 8:38:29 AM

sigh, i guess i'll get one then.... fuckin' nascar.... big and heavy!

1/10/2011 12:31:32 PM

haha i just bought the big #48

got it some race: soft tires and a chassis stiffening.... OFF TO GERMANY!!!

1/10/2011 12:43:10 PM

i've finally gotten B-spec driving down I think. Initially didn't like that you have to babysit the driver but it's fun when I'm spamming "pace down" and yelling "come on man, CALM DOWN!!" when he gets all angry.

I also think I've gotten the hang of getting better lap times, the key for my somewhat-cool driver is to keep alternating him from about 75% pissed off to about 50%.

[Edited on January 10, 2011 at 2:06 PM. Reason : ]

1/10/2011 2:05:01 PM

i was proud of myself for beating the Nurburgring NASCAR seasonal.. definitely took some playing with tuning though

1/10/2011 3:09:27 PM

^haha I gave up on that- went on and started doing some rally stuff- really fun, and it is easy to destroy the computer on snow tracks

1/10/2011 7:04:16 PM

i just did one of the intermediate nascar things... it took me literally 2 hours to complete
it was the one where you have to go around daytona on the outside and not hit any cones. you have to complete it in under 13.4 seconds..

my wife was going nuts b/c she spent about 2 hours hearing jeff gordon say, "are you ready?", "you gotta have that soft touch", "nascar requires delicate handling", etc...
i don't know what made it so difficult, but it took me forever...

also, doing those seasonal event races is almost too easy. i get the car that is required, soup it up, and whip the competition and get crazy cash and xp for it...

1/10/2011 8:06:15 PM

^^oh really Lindsey...is is that Brett posting under the wrong name?

^the NASCAR SHIT is annoying to beat. Mainly Jeff Gordon's voice. After a while I just put that shit on mute so I didn't have to listen to it. It definitely didn't take me 2 hours to beat the intermediate level though. As far as seasonal races being too easy, what do you mean by "set up"? Most of those events are designed for you to be using a close to stock vehicle. Try doing most of those races with just an oil change done to your car and they're not so easy anymore.

1/10/2011 8:53:31 PM

what car can you get snow/dirt tires on for the special event?

1/10/2011 9:08:46 PM

on the seasonal events i do, they are called bonus races, it says tuning is not restricted.
so i buy the required car, for example the focus st, and soup it up and then it is easy to get first place and i got like 300,000 credits for it

1/10/2011 9:19:14 PM

yea they just removed the HP/weight limits from the seasonal races. easy to soup the car up to win now, though you can earn more money if you can limit the tuning.

however for the nascar one, there's not much you can really do to the car in the tuning shop, so you have to adjust the suspension, aero, LSD, etc to win

ha i got sick of jeff gordon in the nascar special. if i hear him say how hard nascar is one more time, i might snap. i may not go back.

1/10/2011 9:39:17 PM

^^if you want a challenge then don't tune up the car! Besides I doubt you want a souped up Mini or Focus ST anyway. I beat both of those races without increasing horsepower so given an hour per race it's not that difficult to beat. I beat the Audi race without any horsepower increases, ditto the Ford GT event (though I added sport soft tires to that one).

1/10/2011 9:45:57 PM

^^how do you know how to adjust the aero, suspension, lsd, etc...?

1/10/2011 9:48:31 PM

^to win I just did basic stuff (that I know helps based on my car knowledge). Lowered the suspension a little, put the aerodynamics up all the way (b/c there are so many turns on that course) and set the transmission to a top speed of 234mph (I just guessed on that top speed but it was a good setting to pick).

1/10/2011 9:50:29 PM

^ yup pretty much what i did. and if i remember correctly, i used 234mph also. i wound up drafting then passing and getting in first on the long straight at the end. was expecting a number 2 finish, but suck it jeff gordon.. or dude driving jeff gordon's car

1/10/2011 10:32:49 PM

also, i haven't seen damage in this game yet... i thought that was supposed to be a feature in it.

1/10/2011 10:46:42 PM

^Not in A-Spec. It's there for arcade and online racing.

1/10/2011 11:13:24 PM

haha yea, damage kinda sucks. in GT-mode it doesn't even seem to affect the driving of the car.. though you can turn on 'damage affects performance' in arcade mode, so maybe you can in GT mode also.

but visual damage is represented by the frame getting malformed/dented. and it looks quite silly. i _think_ you can knock parts off, but i've yet to see that, and i've crashed pretty hard several times.

1/10/2011 11:13:57 PM

^likewise. Damage is only visual in A-spec, but mechanical (as an option) in other modes.

1/10/2011 11:44:21 PM

I'm doing the Loeb Challenge in special events, and I am about to throw my controller through my tv. This is ridiculous!! I got the the first race after about 6 or 7 tries, but I have been at the second one for over an hour and a half and have only finished it once. The DQ's are driving me crazy, and I know what time I gotta beat so I find myself rushing. ugh... time for a break, maybe I'll come back tonight and nail it. haha then again, maybe not!



[Edited on January 11, 2011 at 1:00 PM. Reason : grrr]

1/11/2011 1:00:29 PM

somebody mentioned resetting controller layout

the first thing I did when I got this game was change it to L2/R2 for brake/gas, circle/square for shift up/down. makes it a lot easier IMO

anybody else have a different layout besides the original?

1/12/2011 6:59:35 PM

I'm gonna switch to that next time I play- I have a feeling some throttle and brake control would be a nice thing to have (especially on these darned rally races!)

I know it is no steering wheel setup, but it is has to be better than the standard I would imagine

[Edited on January 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM. Reason : stupid phone]

1/12/2011 7:04:15 PM

^^ yeah, those are the forza controls that i got used to since i was playing that before i got this game. i think really the only way you can take your driving to the next level is with a wheel. i'm using the dfgt and it works alright if you've got a spare table you can set it up on.

I guess GT5 is just trying to please long time fans by keeping the same control scheme. But you know, all the controller buttons have been analog (can sense how hard you're pressing the button) since the PS2.

[Edited on January 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM. Reason : ]

1/12/2011 7:04:35 PM

yep I got used to driving with forza controls, I found it to be a lot easier to feather the throttle/brake with a trigger instead of a button

1/12/2011 7:17:24 PM

I can't adjust to using different hands for gas/brake. I like keeping them on the same hand so I didn't go the L2/R2 route.

1/12/2011 11:10:27 PM