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[Morgoth_666]

All imagination of this type lays in the one single race in the A-Spec mode.

Lamborghini Trofeo Gallardo.

Go there with 100% stock Gallardo on default tyres - Sport Hard, same as all opponents are driving - and try to win.

If there would be more races like that - with imposed restriction of using stock car on same compound of tyres as opponents - you would never hear about "bad AI" in GT5, nor about game being "easy" or "dull".

Without any assists that race remains my personal pinnacle of GT5 A-Spec career experience.

That is indeed a challenging race, for someone like me who is (I like to think)of average speed and considers a low 1:15 to be a reasonably good lap. I remember having a lot of frustrating fun trying to win it before and it was still difficult for me today. However, the fact that it is so challenging is largely due in my opinion to these 3 things:

1) The AI is not in fact running a stock car. They all have 591 horsepower. That is 25hp or so more than a broken in Gallardo, and a full 50hp more than my brand new car after several races of gaining power.

2) The AI is not running stock tires. They are all on Sports Softs, 2 grades and a massive performance gain above the Hards the car comes with.

3) For whatever reason - whether it is just that Rome works better or that the AI is actually set at a different Agression level for this race, the AI seems to be slightly less eager to slam on the brakes when you get near or alongside them. They do still do it but I found that I was much more likely to have a good side-by-side battle than in 99% of other A-Spec races. Many passes (and many accidents) tend to happen when they slow down after smashing into that wall that they frequently hit 2/3 of the way through the lap.



So while that is a very fun race and probably the best A-Spec has to offer(other than endurance races which allow a different kind of fun), it's hardly the type of thing that will silence anyone who finds the AI to be horribly problematic.

They have their good and bad points, but they do make anything resembling a fair race very difficult to find. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for that "parking" thing I've complained about so many times. The fact that it was added in a patch with no ability to change it -- effectively removing all fun from A-Spec -- is a major reason why I do complain about it so much. And the ability to turn it off in Arcade is a big part of what makes Arcade mode much more fun than the main A-Spec game.

 

[JDMKING13]

New Seasonal event are up

 

[Lotus380]

Indianapolis A-spec race. Very appropriate for the month of May!

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Wow, people are still going on about this...

Don't like it? Try Forza Motorsport. 👍

Don't like it? Ignore the user. Of course people are going on about it, the game is PD presents: Nissan Simulator. Also your user name seems to shed why you quickly defend the number of skylines in the game. Biased, or just ironic either way it doesn't help with any validity. Diversity in a world where the majority doesn't encounter or even see many of the Skylines GT has, shows a regional favortism that could be argued.

The Skyline is as big in Japan, as the Ford Falcon is to Australia. Yet we don't see a cult following of it in the game. Camaro and Mustang are another good point for America. People are going to be on it for a long time, till more diversity is brought in.

Glad to see the new online events are up. I'll be more glad for the next couple of rounds in GTA.

 

[XEPEGTP]

I am aware of that. I wrote about it numerous times, but unfortunately it is not easy to propagate it enough, even on saturated board like this.

When you see the Lobby settings on 99.999% of online lobbies, you realise that ironically this All Aids=ABS Off is a very NICHE area of GT, ironic because GT is supposed to be the Real Driving Simulator.

But most people who play Online, might simply not be good enough, or dont know the principles and theories of driving, period. So they get scared off by strict rooms with Realism settings (tire limit, full damage,trackside grip, no Aids at all).

I can attest to this, ive tried many times to make strict rooms, and they are deserted even after waiting an hour.

So it comes down to a subjective approach on what is "fun", and that largely depends on the individuals notion of what "fun" is.

Sadly, the "ultra realism" niche of GT players is the minority and even marginal, add in Time Constraints and Time Zones and the group gets even thinner.

We're doomed, to be loners.

 

[JDMKING13]

When you see the Lobby settings on 99.999% of online lobbies, you realise that ironically this All Aids=ABS Off is a very NICHE area of GT, ironic because GT is supposed to be the Real Driving Simulator.

But most people who play Online, might simply not be good enough, or dont know the principles and theories of driving, period. So they get scared off by strict rooms with Realism settings (tire limit, full damage,trackside grip, no Aids at all).

I can attest to this, ive tried many times to make strict rooms, and they are deserted even after waiting an hour.

So it comes down to a subjective approach on what is "fun", and that largely depends on the individuals notion of what "fun" is.

Sadly, the "ultra realism" niche of GT players is the minority and even marginal, add in Time Constraints and Time Zones and the group gets even thinner.

We're doomed, to be loners.

PGTR to the rescue!!! I know what your saying though. People are scared to take it to another level. Don't get me wrong IF ABS was like real ABS and not some type of stability control I would use it on cars that have it but this is not the case.

 

[THEPUNISHER]

Am i the only who don’t use cars with 000 km ?
i never used them i just keep them.

 

[NikoBellic]

NEW OCD:
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Chrysler 300C '05
Chrysler Crossfire '04
Chrysler Prowler '02
Fiat Panda Super i.e. '90
Fiat 500 R '72
Fiat 500 L '69
Fiat 500 F '65
Fiat Barchetta Giovane Due '00
Fiat Punto HGT Abarth '00
Fiat Coupe Turbo Plus '00
Ford SVT F-150 Lightning '03
Renaultsport Clio Renault Sport Trophy Race Car '00
Formula Gran Turismo

 

[pinoyem1]

Don't like it? Ignore the user. Of course people are going on about it, the game is PD presents: Nissan Simulator. Also your user name seems to shed why you quickly defend the number of skylines in the game. Biased, or just ironic either way it doesn't help with any validity. Diversity in a world where the majority doesn't encounter or even see many of the Skylines GT has, shows a regional favortism that could be argued.

The Skyline is as big in Japan, as the Ford Falcon is to Australia. Yet we don't see a cult following of it in the game. Camaro and Mustang are another good point for America. People are going to be on it for a long time, till more diversity is brought in.

Glad to see the new online events are up. I'll be more glad for the next couple of rounds in GTA.

Prime example of american bias.

Let me guess...if there were a 1,000 camaros mustangs, firebirds (insert v8 redneck-mobile here) in the game and only the latest GT-R (you know....like the Test Drive series), you wouldn't be here complaining about the lack of Skyline's, NSX's and RX-7's. 👎

Also, nothing wrong with regional favoritism biased towards Japan. There's enough favoritism towards america and europe in the media.

 

[sinbad]

The Skyline is important enough to warrant each basic version being included. The special editions and slightly tweaked specials are relatively no work at all, so don't count those in the same way unless you count the Renault Clio and Lutecia in that way.

Everyone wants a broader spectrum of cars from around the world and from different eras and despite it being a very Japanese product, Gran Turismo is already heading in that direction. I'm sure there is a much larger percentage of non-Japanese cars in GT5 than there was in GT1.

 

[hazellnut134]

I think that prize cars shouldn't be buyable, or tradeable, like in previous gts. And you could redo the races to win them.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Also, nothing wrong with regional favoritism biased towards Japan. There's enough favoritism towards america and europe in the media.

I'm in America and I want more Japanese cars. Although I'm talking about Japanese cars available IN America like the Sentra SE-R, Altima SE-R, NX2000, Mazdaspeed Protege, Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata, Civic Si, etc, etc.

 

[X-Power]

I think I must be the only person who isn't bothered by the amount of Skylines in GT. It's not like they're modeling each variant from scratch, all they have to do is make some very minor tweaks to existing models. The more the merrier, I say.

(Although, I do agree the variants shouldn't be counted as seperate cars in the official car list.)

 

[RACECAR]

I think I must be the only person who isn't bothered by the amount of Skylines in GT

You wouldn't be the only one

 

[Mac K]

I'm not bothered by it, I don't love it, but I don't sit around and beat the dead horse moaning about it.

 

[McClarenDesign]

I'm not bothered by it, I don't love it, but I don't sit around and beat the dead horse moaning about it.

Amen. Far too much whining. I'm okay with criticism, but offer a solution, or something productive.

 

[Spagetti69]

Sod it, I going online in GT just for the heck of it.

Wish me luck chaps, I'm going in.

 

[ItsHim]

Also, nothing wrong with regional favoritism biased towards Japan. There's enough favoritism towards america and europe in the media.

Quite so. I'm really not bothered by any of the JDMs at all, though I don't fancy any of them IRL. But they are fun enough racing them in the game.

Besides, I like GT because it's very Japanese in a few respects, not despite of it. The same way only the Japanese could have conceived a game like Tekken or Eco or Shadow of the Colossus. And that's only the mainstream titles.

As my grandmother said: if you don't like the taste of fish, then don't eat fish.

 

[TokoTurismo]

Amen. Far too much whining. I'm okay with criticism, but offer a solution, or something productive.

Indeed.

 

[Griffith500]

Sod it, I going online in GT just for the heck of it.

Wish me luck chaps, I'm going in.

I just escaped with my life having only got a few races in, of which only one was clean as advertised...

Several failed connections, disconnections, kicks and freezes / glitches etc., usually when I got an interesting car in the shuffle.
There was a new one for me, the "count-down to race" graphic froze, so the race started with "17 seconds..." in the middle of my screen, and remained for the duration. No countdown, so I missed the start (I thought we were still waiting for stragglers) then when the race was over, my GUI was frozen as it was when I finished the race. A new track loaded in the background and the panning shots began, but I couldn't do anything at all! Had to XMB-quit. Very strange; it was fine earlier in the day.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Prime example of american bias.

Let me guess...if there were a 1,000 camaros mustangs, firebirds (insert v8 redneck-mobile here) in the game and only the latest GT-R (you know....like the Test Drive series), you wouldn't be here complaining about the lack of Skyline's, NSX's and RX-7's. 👎

Also, nothing wrong with regional favoritism biased towards Japan. There's enough favoritism towards america and europe in the media.

American bias? So you look left under my avatar and just decide to put some ad hominem argument. Did you even bother to read the post? Honest question. You seem almost xenophobic with that of America and Europe. Not sure how they're redneck mobiles but okay, how about a little respect instead so you don't sound like a troll. I used an Australian (which has the least content) example and American. I could use plenty others. Like Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Pagani, Renault, and rather more Japanese classics.

Let me guess, you have some trouble with examples as well as jumping to conclusions. I'm not asking for 1000 or so but rather just the base models not special editions or made up ones. They hold as much of a history as the Skylines or any Japanese car. Obviously you didn't see me put diversity. You know an equal showing of cars not from just one region but all.
Point is, it's easy to see why some are disappointed by the academy cars and the number jumping again in favor or Japanese cars. Yet I agree that for those new to GTA that is how PD does it. Nissan being the sole car manufacture that's just the way it is. Yet, to sit there and act as if there is nothing wrong with it, that's highly subjective.

Finally no one is talking media, if you have an issue with that why don't you rant about in current events.

 

[peter_vod69]

He means mass-media. As in, everything. Not Fox News.

 

[1241Penguin]

There is no "duplicate" car in GT5. All cars are, to a degree, different. How much different they are, well, that's a different story. Some might have only minor differences, while some have major differences.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

There is no "duplicate" car in GT5. All cars are, to a degree, different. How much different they are, well, that's a different story. Some might have only minor differences, while some have major differences.

No one is saying there is though, yet diversity isn't a GT-R black edition standard and then one with GTA stickers all over it and kit parts that could be bought in GT auto. Same goes for Edge Camaro and SS Camaro both 2010. I agree, there aren't any duplicates but filling some unknown number with one offs and special editions that only have a special paint for example, isn't diversity either.

Either way this isn't the thread, and I was only trying to make a point to a user that was obviously standing up for the number of Skylines due to having a preference for that car to begin with.

 

[BWX]

Too many anti-Western world whiners.

 

[markwang]

Too many anti-Western world whiners.

America /= Western world

 

[spunwicked]

I just want some classic Group B rally cars. Or some of the classic European Fords.

But then, this isn't a wishlist thread.

 

[FahrerGott]

Doesn't GT5 already have pretty much every Group B rally car (Unless you mean premium)?
I'v been having lots of online issues since the latest update. Posted them in an online bug thread.
Race timer stays on screen through whole race then the game will crash when race ends.
Some other players cars don't appear on the track or race results.

What's up with the Top Queer OCD this week?

 

[GTPorsche]

Pretty much every Grp.B rally car? Not by a long shot. The more dominant entrants from that time period are missing from the game.

 

[Nurburgthing.]

Doesn't GT5 already have pretty much every Group B rally car (Unless you mean premium)?

Audi S1

Lancia 037

Metro 6R4

Just a small selection of missing Group B cars.