First thing I noticed was how the easy the license tests were - it's like they are there to pay homage to earlier games and for some perfectionists who want all gold but not much more.
Bronze license benchmarks seem like if you can pick up a controller then you'll get most bronze licenses first or second shot. I haven't played GT5 in couple years (and I kind of suck at it) but I still managed silver on every test with maximum 2 attempts and easy golds (about 8 tries on the one test but max 3 on all others) on the first 10 tests (National A & B) to boot.
Maybe my memory is playing tricks but I thought it was a lot harder in the past to progress through license classes??
The other surprising aspect is only needing 20 stars at each level to progress. With 1 star for just competing it seems all you need to do is run 20 races (even in last place every time) and you qualify.
I'm through to International B championship (roughly the 2/3 mark of career) with only about 6-8 hours of play. I know races get longer but finishing career in probably 15 hours??? Seems quick.
Have they just learnt and become very careful to make sure nobody gets stuck mid-career ???
Bronze license benchmarks seem like if you can pick up a controller then you'll get most bronze licenses first or second shot. I haven't played GT5 in couple years (and I kind of suck at it) but I still managed silver on every test with maximum 2 attempts and easy golds (about 8 tries on the one test but max 3 on all others) on the first 10 tests (National A & B) to boot.
Maybe my memory is playing tricks but I thought it was a lot harder in the past to progress through license classes??
The other surprising aspect is only needing 20 stars at each level to progress. With 1 star for just competing it seems all you need to do is run 20 races (even in last place every time) and you qualify.
I'm through to International B championship (roughly the 2/3 mark of career) with only about 6-8 hours of play. I know races get longer but finishing career in probably 15 hours??? Seems quick.
Have they just learnt and become very careful to make sure nobody gets stuck mid-career ???