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[kimi123]

I think they have made some changes recently to the track so hope both old and updated one are there. Surely it will be in next game even if it 2010 version

 

[JohnBM01]

The final Jeff Gordon thing still drives me up the wall (no pun intended). I am terrible racing at Daytona (the oval). I just can't seem to catch up with the lead pack. My only competition is the #42 Target car from all the runs I've done. I was pretty okay in slipstream battle in GT4, but in GT5 and with stock cars, I'm pathetic, especially at Daytona. I'll figure this track and this challenge out eventually.

Now a non-related GT deal. I realized why part of my Online Greeting was blocked out, because I put up the link to my GT blog. It's on the Blogger/Blogspot platform and uses the blogspot.com. So it read: "johnsgtspace.blo*****.com." I had to edit it. Didn't realize GT5 was that good at blocking out objectionable terms.


It's now been three weeks for me playing Gran Turismo 5 and owning my PS3.

 

[Fido_le_muet]

The final Jeff Gordon thing still drives me up the wall (no pun intended). I am terrible racing at Daytona (the oval). I just can't seem to catch up with the lead pack. My only competition is the #42 Target car from all the runs I've done. I was pretty okay in slipstream battle in GT4, but in GT5 and with stock cars, I'm pathetic, especially at Daytona. I'll figure this track and this challenge out eventually.

You need to keep the ABS setting at 0 if you want to win this

Great read by the way, I'm a GT5 player/PS3 owner for 6 months myself and I enjoy it a lot

 

[cooldawn]

They need to have more new tracks, city and redo GT4 tracks. Course editor will also be expanded I think.

See that stops me from creating tracks...since the ones you already have become useless once the editor is updated.

THOUGHT: PD are extending Prologues online capability because they haven't quite finished updating GT5's online system internally, ready for a big update that includes leaderboards etc...?

 

[analog]

See that stops me from creating tracks...since the ones you already have become useless once the editor is updated.

The ones created before the course editor update can still be used, just not online but you couldn't use those online before either.
I'd love some more themes to choose from though, the scenery is getting increasingly boring.
I know that the scenery possibilities are limited (can't expect a city track for example) but a different place with the same possibilities the Tuscany option offers would be welcomed by me.
Or a theme only consisting of a desert with either tarmac or a barely visible sand path (maybe made visible by rocks, for that Dakar feeling) perhaps.

 

[Marry_Me_GT]

Give Kaz a couple of months and he'll hopefully add a lot more content to the game. I'm waiting for that day when I check the GTP news and read something like "Gran Turismo 4 tracks added to Gran Turismo 5" or "Goodbye standards".

 

[RACECAR]

The final Jeff Gordon thing still drives me up the wall (no pun intended). I am terrible racing at Daytona (the oval). I just can't seem to catch up with the lead pack. My only competition is the #42 Target car from all the runs I've done. I was pretty okay in slipstream battle in GT4, but in GT5 and with stock cars, I'm pathetic, especially at Daytona. I'll figure this track and this challenge out eventually.

Do you have the AIDs turned off? Also, how much slipstreaming are you doing? Thats the really important part to remember in this challenge.

 

[JohnBM01]

Well, RACECAR (and others), I usually run full throttle through most of the corners. I just have a knack of having my car serve as a magnet to the outside wall. I usually try to draft the Lowe's car, but then there's the red Target car that's not even in the draft. I try to follow the Lowe's car as much as I can, but I just can't hook in the corners at Daytona. People say "turn off the ABS," but I hardly do any braking at Daytona. I let off the throttle at best.


Elsewhere...

• I completed the Top Gear challenge. The Lotus Elise in the Intermediate event (I own one in GT5 myself) is just too twitchy. I was thankful to get Silver at best. Then, I cleared that Advanced deal. You have to be careful that you don't get T-boned by the other cars that intercept and intervene your progress.

• My Mazda 787B was good enough to win the first two events of the GT All Stars. But then, I lost at Nürburgring Nordschleife (typical for me) as the eventual championship-winning Nissan R89CP passed me like I was too f:censored:ing slow. I admit I got too frustrated at Cape Ring as I could only manage 4th. I knew I HAD to win at Tokyo R246. And I did... but would lose the title by about five. So it's the first time I had completed a championship... and DIDN'T win the title. I still got the PSN Trophy for completing the series, but I've got unfinished business to attend to later.

• So I moved on to the Extreme Series, and I began to see my cars get dinged up. My Audi R8 (road car) took some major cosmetic damage with each collision and spin. Same treatment went to my 787B. While I am not excited about wrecking and damage, here's something rare for me to say- I'm a bit excited to see car damage. That's even to the point of looking in my Chase Cam to see the car as it's banged up.


Thanks for reading!

 

[RACECAR]

Would it help if I gave you a replay of what I did? I just ran the challenge and after three attempts, won it. Got the replay saved so maybe you can use it as a guide to what you can do.

 

[captaincrunch24]

Hey guys, I'd some recommendations for cars to use in the German Touring Car Championship. Thanks!

 

[f40]

Use the Lexus IS-F from the New Car Dealership as it is quick enough. The others may take too long to pop up in the UCD.

 

[JohnBM01]

No, that's alright. I think one time, I tried to disable ABS, but I was unable to. I know what to do... just not very good at doing so. I struggle at Daytona much like I do on almost any Nürburgring layout. I just have to practice racing Daytona more, and especially in a stock car. Even in dedicated NASCAR games I've played, I haven't been too good at Daytona and Talladega (imagine if GT5 had Talladega).

So some kinds of motorsport are just our own weaknesses. Like I'm not too good at drifting, but was recently able to get 10K+ drift points to win that Dream Drifter trophy.


[UPDATE] Funny how the world works. Here I am complaining that I couldn't pass the Jeff Gordon NASCAR school deal. All of a sudden, I change the controller sensitivity (ABS still at 1)... and I end up finishing 2nd on the Daytona event! So this is a surreal way to clear the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School. And for my efforts, I get a "Muscle Car Ticket," good for... a Chevrolet Corvette C2 Coupe!

So I FINALLY clear the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School. Only Special Event series I have yet to clear now is the Sebastien Loeb Rally Challenge. I also didn't know that you could replay introduction videos to each of the Special Events in case you want to see them again.

 

[Spacegoat]

Hey guys, I'd some recommendations for cars to use in the German Touring Car Championship. Thanks!

BMW GTR race car.

 

[JohnBM01]

If you didn't see my updated message, I finally cleared the final event of the Jeff Gordon NASCAR School. All I had to do was move the Controller Sensitivity all the way to 7 to match my driving style. Afterwards, I got to finish 2nd. What would have been funny is if I had won the event in my winning run of that event.

As for the German Touring Car Championship, I bought the Lexus IS F Racing Concept because I didn't want to wait and hope that a Used Car Dealership or a friend had an eligible car. I won all three races with it. I had to restart the race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife because I was making too many mistakes.


The NASCAR Series developed some very close racing. I absolutely wished I could redo the races I lost- Grand Valley and Daytona. I actually retired from the Daytona race after I got spun out and sent to the back of the line. I still had enough points to win the championship.

So this is what remains for me in the Extreme Series: Dream Car Championship and Formula Gran Turismo World Championship. I'm going to do the Dream Car event first.

 

[creati]

be interesting to see if any dlc will come our way now that playstation store is back up in japan this wednesday....

 

[ed24]

I think we might get a new patch at least, especially as we got a double Seasonal last week - meaning perhaps PD are focusing on something else this week.

 

[creati]

Yeah suppose it seems funny that last week there was 2 seasonals, i think it was because one guy managed to cut the circuit. suppose we can but wait and see what happens.

on a side note... gt5 will need updates rather quickly especially with ps4 rumoured for next year... could this be the mystery pd game for 2012?

 

[Marry_Me_GT]

We need an update. It's been quite a long while since the game has released. I've almost completed the game. All I want now is more A Spec and B Spec events (not seasonal) and more cars, preferably Premium.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Give Kaz a couple of months and he'll hopefully add a lot more content to the game. I'm waiting for that day when I check the GTP news and read something like "Gran Turismo 4 tracks added to Gran Turismo 5" or "Goodbye standards".

We need an update. It's been quite a long while since the game has released. I've almost completed the game. All I want now is more A Spec and B Spec events (not seasonal) and more cars, preferably Premium.

Huh? Do you seriously wish PD released content like other games like NFS, Dirt, etc which are released with a fraction of the cars and tracks that GT5 came out with as well as other content and then charge as much as $3 per car in DLC... much of which are released the same week as the game, thus like GT5 they could have just included those cars in the game...

For that mater do you seriously think they some how owe us more content despite having more content than any other racing game?

Maybe GT5 isn't the game for you and you'll be happier spending more money for less with other racing games. Not to say GT5 is in any way a flawless game, far from it, nor am I suggesting other games aren't fun to play in their own right, but if you are really complaining about content in GT5 maybe a little perspective is in order.

 

[analog]

For that mater do you seriously think they some how owe us more content despite having more content than any other racing game?

To be honest, a lot of that content is from previous GT-games (Standard cars, a lot of tracks) and the number of current gen cars (Premium) is quite limited, especially when you deduct the number of different versions of the same model (yes I know they're different cars due to that but still).
GT5 is basically a game incorporating a lot of GT4's content (which a lot of us also bought, effectively paying twice for the same content albeit running on a new physics engine, etc.) so asking for some more Premium material 6 months after release isn't pushing it too far in my opinion.
Kaz already stated himself that they were looking to include Premium versions of some classic cars already included as Standard at some point.
Why do I want more Premium cars? Simple, they offer cockpit view.

 

[Kryz11]

I hope we get some cool DLC stuff this week. Can't wait for the Japanese store to be back online.

Europe Store is online as well?

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

GT5 is basically a game incorporating a lot of GT4's content (which a lot of us also bought, effectively paying twice for the same content albeit running on a new physics engine, etc.) so asking for some more Premium material 6 months after release isn't pushing it too far in my opinion.

The same can be said for just about any racing game series, any sports game series, and so on...

Again, comparing GT5 to the alternate choices where you get far less variety of racing, mostly the same cars from past series, and only a few dozen cars of lesser visual distinction and less realistic physics, and then they have the nerve to charge $1-$3 a car for DLC... even on the same week the game comes out.

I'm sorry, but while agree it's reasonable to wish or want for things to be in a game you like to play that are missing, but it's not exactly reasonable to assume it is owed to you and demand it.

Compared to most racing games, GT5 is absolutely a ridiculous bargain. Not that there is anything wrong with wanting more... but having an attitude like PD "owes" us more seems extremely disingenuous to me, even borderline flame bait, or at the very least unrealistic.

Maybe if you spend an additional $50 on a handful of previously released DLC cars on a different game with a fraction of the content that GT5 comes with, you might be a tad more appreciative of the value GT5 offers, and worry less about what it is missing.... as every game is missing plenty, and fortunately GT5 has a lot less missing than other racing games.

 

[DingoDile]

I only want more events !
and a full section for standrad cars not a random section !

 

[analog]

Maybe if you spend an additional $50 on a handful of previously released DLC cars on a different game with a fraction of the content that GT5 comes with, you might be a tad more appreciative of the value GT5 offers, and worry less about what it is missing.... as every game is missing plenty, and fortunately GT5 has a lot less missing than other racing games.

Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate GT5 for what it currently is despite initially expecting more before release.
As for what it's missing, that's also a personal and subjective issue.
Each time I glance at some of the Standard cars I loved driving in GT4 I'm made aware of them not being able to drive in the cockpit view I grew accustomed to when playing Prologue (which raised my expectations).
I do drive some of them occasionally (mostly in online races requiring specific specifications) but mostly GT5 for me is purely about Premium cars.
And after driving and owning all of them after 6 months I'd love to have some more of those please, although the Premium selection in itself (apart from a few odd inclusions like the Peugeot 307 CC although that's also subjective ofcourse) offers a surprising variety despite being limited in quantity.
I do enjoy driving cars as diverse as a Kübelwagen, 908 HDi FAP or Miura over and over again, just wish (don't demand) the selection is expanded slightly in the next months.
And whether something offers good value isn't necessarily dependant on something else offering poor value (there's a lot inbetween).

 

[JohnBM01]

As part of my further experience with GT5, I will attempt to do some Remote Races to give my B-Spec racers some more experience. I want to see how this all works. I'm going to go easy because I know my B-Spec racers will probably get crushed in these races. So what I did was set up a one-on-one race against a friend's B-Spec racer.

And right now... my most experienced B-Spec racer (Level 10) is trailing by at least three seconds at Special Stage Route 5 (Audi R8 road car vs. Citroen by GT). Yay...

 

[Renan_]

Yeah suppose it seems funny that last week there was 2 seasonals, i think it was because one guy managed to cut the circuit. suppose we can but wait and see what happens.

on a side note... gt5 will need updates rather quickly especially with ps4 rumoured for next year... could this be the mystery pd game for 2012?

WTH...I don't knew about that rumour!

 

[HippieGiraffe]

WTH...I don't knew about that rumour!

I think DigiTimes broke the "news"... so its probably advisable to hold your breath


But realistically, anywhere within the next 5 years Stumbled upon this however, which puts it at mid-December of 2012.

 

[witham]

For anyone who is interested, I just posted my videos of the mazda 787b at goodwood fos in this thread
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5551067&posted=1#post5551067
I have lots more videos from the event just post what you want to see in the thread and I will upload it!

 

[Griffith500]

I think DigiTimes broke the "news"... so its probably advisable to hold your breath


But realistically, anywhere within the next 5 years Stumbled upon this however, which puts it at mid-December of 2012.

Yeah, that same website has a lot of gumph about specs and the like, which it openly admits is conjecture. As is that release date.

However, they report that Sony have said they're directing funds now to R&D of a "future platform", and there's that discussion on Digitimes of parts commissioned from Taiwan. So we're probably already at the prototyping stage, where, logically, the money needs to start flowing.

I reckon at least two years to production, sales starting probably late 2013 to mid 2014. That's in line with an undisclosed "next generation" game due to be released in 2014. The next X-Box might be sooner, although Sony apparently want to be the first out of the gate this time, according to John Carmack (in 2009...) so they could throw more money at it and get it out sooner.

 

[Whistle Snap]

Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital will be moving part of its development force from Tokyo down to Fukokua. NHK reports today that CEO Kazunori Yamauchi visited Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima in Fukuoka City Hall to deliver the news that approximately 50 members of the company's 150 staff will be making the move.

According to NHK, Polyphony began considering the move following the March tsunami and earthquake disasters.

The NHK report did not offer further specifics on the move.

Fukuoka is no stranger to major developers, as the likes of Level-5 and CyberConnect2 are based there.

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