A light-hearted look at GT4

1) The amount of newbies complain they cannot complete the Gran Turismo World Championship either they lack the skill to use high powered race cars or have forgetten to complete the requirements!

2) The inequality of the 200 A-spec points system, some races for 200 A-spec points are easier than others....depending on the car, AI, track etc of course.

3) AI racing cars on softer grade tyres who do not pit towards the end of the race get into a pickle and spin out + get into trouble on wore rubber which is kinda amusing.

4) If you win 200 A-spec points or high A-spec points race(s) by a multi second margin some people think and regard as overkill...

5) People refer the Toyota 88C-V as the "Minolta"

6) The amount of ever-so"slight" Japanese bias in GT4???...most Japanese real life tracks in the game....nearly every single variety of Skyline, Lancer Evolution, Impreza compared to other cars...making the 88C-V one of the fastest race cars in the game despite in real life it did not have much success....the list goes in....

7) Some racing cars in GT4 have different HP and KG compared to in real life...take for example the Sauber Mercedes C9 1989 race car, in race trim it had 720BHP and had a weight of 905KG...compared to in GT4 weight was 893KG with a power value of 927BHP according to the garage values.
 
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With some cars, it isn't possible to figure out it's drivetrain. Or power. Or anything. Because it's not possible, you know?
 
"So I did a few track meets last week, raced one of the FR cup races on Friday, then did a Sunday Cup. Yeah I raced every day for the past week."
"Wait, where did you race on Saturday?"
"Oh, I wasn't allowed to race that day; I was buying a car. I plan on racing it in the Sunday Cup tomorrow."
"Wait, but today is Monday!"
"...So?"
"Ok, but I'm still coming to your house for movie night on Wednesday, right?"
"Sorry man, I just realized I have a championship starting that day. I'm not allowed to watch any videos until it's over."
"...:odd:"
 
^ :lol:

"Yea, so I went to Vegas for a couple months"

"Oh really? What did you do? Get rich? Blow your money? Watch a bunch of bad shows?"

"Well no...I was waiting to buy a car...a Toyota Supra Type A or something".

"Oh WAIT. You went to Vegas to buy a car? It took 2 months to find a Supra? I don't get it"

"Well it's because the used car stock at my local lot rotates every week or so. And it takes awhile to find the car I'm looking for."

"WAIT. I'm really confused. What do you mean it "rotates" every week or so?"

"Hey I don't get it either. Apparently they just junk all the cars they've had sitting on their lot every week. Or people buy them in mass quantities once a week perhaps. I dunno...I'm as confused as you are".

"Did you do anything in Vegas, then? Other than sit around waiting for a car?"

"No." :guilty:

"And you didn't even blow your money??????"

"Well"... (slyly) I did spend $5 a day".

"WHAT??????"
 
Actually Rufs are modified Porsches as I learn, something the game does not state obviously for copyright reasons.

It actually does, if you go to Ruf and read the scrolling description of the car company(I may be thinking GT2) you can read that the RUF CTR Yellow Bird is a tuned Porsche 911.
 
1) You have to get a license to go into a race, even though the other drivers often times obviously failed the tests.

2) If you win, you are given these "A-Spec points", which are completely useless, but have the same effect on drivers as stickers do on pre-schoolers.

3) The rarest cars in the game (Cien, Nike One, etc.) aren't worth **** if you try to sell them.

4) Car dealers taunt you buy putting certain cars in the for sale area, with color choice and all, but then say you have to win them.

5) If you're drivin' round town in your Caterham, you're not allowed to go anywhere near the races. Your car is too pimp for them.

6) You can put turbo packages on your minivan, and then race it 'round the 'Ring.
 
Your tires will wear out way before you come close to running out of fuel.

You can pause in the middle of a lap to take a lunch break.

Every car has extreme window tinting. :cool:

You can never lock up your brakes.

Your car is constantly being followed by a floating camera.
 
"Hi".

"Hey. Find your Supra yet?"

"Yea, but now I'm looking for an old Camaro".

"Oh, going to Vegas again?"

"Nah. Takes too much time going back and forth. It's much faster to just buy a set of wheels."

"Wait. so..."

"Buying a set of wheels makes the day go by much faster. It's like I get amnesia whenever I do it; next thing you know it's an entirely different day! But it's more expensive than going to Vegas".

"Ummm"...

"It costs me $5 a day to go to Vegas, but $500 for a set of wheels. But the day goes by faster if I buy wheels...".

:facepalm smiley:
 
Ironically, you can only disable driving assists in "Arcade" Mode. :rolleyes:

Are you sure about that?

I think he means that in arcade mode you can fix the setting for no driving aids, and then each time you get in any car the driving aids are turned off. 👍
In simulation mode there's no such setting, and although you can turn off the driving aids by setting ASM Oversteer, ASM Understeer & TCS to zero, you have to do this in the settings page of each car individually before you drive them, which is annoying! :yuck:
 
I think he means that in arcade mode you can fix the setting for no driving aids, and then each time you get in any car the driving aids are turned off. 👍
In simulation mode there's no such setting, and although you can turn off the driving aids by setting ASM Oversteer, ASM Understeer & TCS to zero, you have to do this in the settings page of each car individually before you drive them, which is annoying! :yuck:

Ooooh. Yeah, that is pretty annoying. I wish there was a default "HOW MUCH AIDS DO YOU WANT" slider thing.
 
A Dodge Ram always exist when racing in low-mid range horsepower (25-52hp?). :indiff:

Oh yeah I've seen that glitch years ago. I went to go enter a Honda Today G in a Family Cup on Trial Mountain, where one of my opponents was a Daihatsu Midget, and another was that Ram. I also once did an Arcade Mode race with a Renault 5 Turbo on Apricot Hill (I think 0 difficulty), and that Ram showed up!

A Lexus needs to do a Toyota's job.

Since when was I told NOT to over-use the Escudo?

Don't I have a Skyline already?


If you fit nitrous to your Subaru WRX STi Spec-C you are UNBEATABLE!! It allows you to do 7's on the 1/4, 300mph top speed and lap as quickly as an LMP car.

Okay, I really gotta get me a Spec C. Then I can finally get those Real Circuit Tour races done and get me an R34 Pace Car.

I know it's not Grand Theft Auto but why does that photographer always manage to get out of the way just in the nick of time?
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Nice burnout. And actually in a license test on Grand Canyon, I drove right through that photographer.
 
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Now for the funny, light-hearted thing... The 981-horse Suzuki Escudo can't keep up with a 700-some horsepower Toyota GT-One.

Wow! That's shocking. A purpose-built Le Mans race car with enormous downforce and superior aerodynamics will beat a car designed solely to drive on high-speed dirt courses? I never would have guessed! :dunce:
 
Here's a better one. The TVR Cerbera Speed 12, with a top speed of 241mph (388km/h) cannot do more than 360km/h down the Le Sarthe II straight because it hits redline in 6th. Try it in a Family Cup +10 race and see it for yourself during the replay!
 
Wow! That's shocking. A purpose-built Le Mans race car with enormous downforce and superior aerodynamics will beat a car designed solely to drive on high-speed dirt courses? I never would have guessed! :dunce:

You are forgetting that the Escudo also has AWD, and MORE downforce, because it has to stay on the roads at 10,000 feet above sea level. In a straight line, I'd give it to the TS020, but around anything else? I'd probably give it to the 'Scudo.
 
There's a race track in areas of cities that are often sites of traffic jams.

Off-topic: How was the term "traffic jam" thought of in the first place? "Jam" just sounds like a really random word to use.
 
Off-topic: How was the term "traffic jam" thought of in the first place? "Jam" just sounds like a really random word to use.

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It's a contraction from "jammed", meaning "to block, congest, or clog.
Traffic jam sounds better than "Traffic blockage" or "Traffic clog", and while "Traffic congestion" is often used, it's a little more verbose.
 
Highways have grandstands next to them. :rolleyes:

This is a good one! Even assuming those grandstands get successfully built and torn down every weekend (when traffic is lightest) in a city like Seattle, it still doesn't make sense they'd all get filled by tens of thousands of spectators to watch a pack of 6-car races!
 
This is a good one! Even assuming those grandstands get successfully built and torn down every weekend (when traffic is lightest) in a city like Seattle, it still doesn't make sense they'd all get filled by tens of thousands of spectators to watch a pack of 6-car races!
A pack if the driver is real bad, otherwise, only one! :dunce:
 
Before the new F1 season had started, PD intervened by only having 6 drivers per race, and 15 races per season. :D

Not only that, but it is a swift season that lasts 15 days. Forget race weekends, PD thought they were a waste of time...
 
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