GTRRL|SuperGT Challenge Series Sign Ups Open! Rd 5 Suzuka Aug. 25th

[Bennen13]

So there are a bunch of things you can do to set up a room...And thats about it. Pretty in depth I'll have to admit

Son of a... well I guess my review won't be necessary, thanks you ass.
I personally don't give a flying crap about the physics, I just want something new and fun with good clean drivers, and I don't think they're that bad anyways.

For the season, just an opinion here, I think it would be great if everyone broke off into 2-man teams, and we kept track of the team standings also. But I'm sure you already thought of that and I'm just being slow. If we do that, I'm pretty sure I already know who my teammate is, but I won't mention names in case someone has other plans.

P.S. So, in my F1 2012 case there is a little ad for a game called "F1 Race Stars." Basically a Mario Kart-esque game with real F1 drivers and teams...
F YES 👍

Edit: My unbiased opinions however are still forthcoming...

 

[ZachAK47]

The demo physics are not the physics in the actual game. They have been altered to give less understeer.

The safety car option is terrible as it never comes out (it's released Friday here but if it's like 2011 you can crash at Monaco and it won't appear) .

The previous two F1 games having equal car performance is not actually equal. In 2011 the Renault was the fastest car by 3 tenths online. 2010 was similar but I can't remember which car for this one.

The previous 2 games have had glitches were the AI would not pit the entire race. The previous 2 games had glitches where you would be stuck in the pitbox if the team infront pitted at same time.

2011 there was a glitch where lapped runners who finished behind the lead car,would be promoted two where they finished in line. E.g. A car in 20th 6 laps down would cross line and be 3rd 6 laps down on end of race.

The timing would often glitch and not show the lap times and would instead show total time.

There has been a tyre glitch in the past to games where an old set would be fitted even if a new set was available.

There's a glitch where sometimes the qualifying order would switch and you would randomly lose 3 places.

The previous two games the AI could go round in the wet with dry tyres on.

The previous games you would be held in pit box even if a car 3 garages back was leaving.

The previous game the fastest pitstops was like 4s when the AI could do 3s.


Edit: forgot, the past 2 games the framerate in Monaco drops to 20FPS so it's impossible not to crash.

That's all from past experience though. So don't know about 2012. You don't notice too many glitches till half way through a season, then you spot it.

 

[Bennen13]

I'm definitely going to look out for all of those Zach, since those in my mind were the only downside to 2011. But let's remember here guys, it's not like GT5 is without plenty of it's own flaws.

 

[kk20]

The demo physics are not the physics in the actual game. They have been altered to give less understeer.

The safety car option is terrible as it never comes out (it's released Friday here but if it's like 2011 you can crash at Monaco and it won't appear) .

The previous two F1 games having equal car performance is not actually equal. In 2011 the Renault was the fastest car by 3 tenths online. 2010 was similar but I can't remember which car for this one.

The previous 2 games have had glitches were the AI would not pit the entire race. The previous 2 games had glitches where you would be stuck in the pitbox if the team infront pitted at same time.

2011 there was a glitch where lapped runners who finished behind the lead car,would be promoted two where they finished in line. E.g. A car in 20th 6 laps down would cross line and be 3rd 6 laps down on end of race.

The timing would often glitch and not show the lap times and would instead show total time.

There has been a tyre glitch in the past to games where an old set would be fitted even if a new set was available.

There's a glitch where sometimes the qualifying order would switch and you would randomly lose 3 places.

The previous two games the AI could go round in the wet with dry tyres on.

The previous games you would be held in pit box even if a car 3 garages back was leaving.

The previous game the fastest pitstops was like 4s when the AI could do 3s.


Edit: forgot, the past 2 games the framerate in Monaco drops to 20FPS so it's impossible not to crash.

That's all from past experience though. So don't know about 2012. You don't notice too many glitches till half way through a season, then you spot it.

Wow quite alot of flaws. WOW.

 

[ZachAK47]

Ooh forgot to mention that AI qualifying times are preset. And that AI race times are preset. So if you take an AI out he will lap 4s a lap quicker to make sure he is where he should be.

For example just done a race on 2011. Petrov was a lap down in 18th after 13 laps. At the end of the race he is 9th on the Lead lap.

Yes GT5 has flaws. But codemasters are terrible.

 

[Bennen13]

Ooh forgot to mention that AI qualifying times are preset. And that AI race times are preset. So if you take an AI out he will lap 4s a lap quicker to make sure he is where he should be.

For example just done a race on 2011. Petrov was a lap down in 18th after 13 laps. At the end of the race he is 9th on the Lead lap.

Yes GT5 has flaws. But codemasters are terrible.

I do recall that one from 2010, but not 2011. In 2010 the AI would get very random boosts of speed, but I never noticed it in 2011. Also, while I don't entirely disagree that Codemasters are a weak brand, they did produce Grid, and to me that is the biggest piece of guilty pleasure fun that has ever existed in a racing game.

 

[VELOCI_2NR]

Since I have never driven an F1 car, I can't tell how the physics of the car is supposed to be, but I just want to learn the tracks and have some F1 fun, so as long as stupid bugs that destroy the fun of the game aren't there anymore, I'll be fine with not-perfect physics.

 

[XxShaggxX]

Since I have never driven an F1 car, I can't tell how the physics of the car is supposed to be, but I just want to learn the tracks and have some F1 fun, so as long as stupid bugs that destroy the fun of the game aren't there anymore, I'll be fine with not-perfect physics.

👍👍👍👍👍👍

Sometimes people need to put the 'fanboyism' away and just enjoy a game. As long as there isnt deal braking bugs then im in!

 

[ArtMannn]

they did produce Grid, and to me that is the biggest piece of guilty pleasure fun that has ever existed in a racing game.

And dont forget the Colin McRae series, till it became Dirt and went from good rallying to nonsense rallying.

 

[XxShaggxX]

For the Codemaster haters... It could be worse...

Eutechnics could be making it (Nascar The Game)

 

[XxShaggxX]

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BTW, what is the hardest difficulty in this game? This guy is racing on professional

 

[Bennen13]

For the Codemaster haters... It could be worse...

Eutechnics could be making it (Nascar The Game)

Oh god, don't remind me.

First impressions after doing a quick race with Joey are pretty damn good. Frame-rate was smooth, graphics were clean, penalties weren't too bad, and pit stop problem seems better (i was driving down pit lane and it released him at a time it wouldn't of last year), so far so good! 👍

Edit: As far as the physics go, I don't know a damn thing about how it should feel, but I think it's pretty good. A little understeer turning into a little twitch on exit, good throttle control, just don't try abs off... don't.

 

[XxShaggxX]

Oh god, don't remind me.

First impressions after doing a quick race with Joey are pretty damn good. Frame-rate was smooth, graphics were clean, penalties weren't too bad, and pit stop problem seems better (i was driving down pit lane and it released him at a time it wouldn't of last year), so far so good! 👍

Edit: As far as the physics go, I don't know a damn thing about how it should feel, but I think it's pretty good. A little understeer turning into a little twitch on exit, good throttle control, just don't try abs off... don't.

ok so first impression, Is this platform able to support a league like ours

 

[joetruckv8]

After watching that video I more hooked on this idea now. When roughly do you think you will want to launch this series?

 

[XxShaggxX]

After watching that video I more hooked on this idea now. When roughly do you think you will want to launch this series?

Atleast after this season is complete. So early October. That gives people weeks to figure out the game and find any bugs that may impact the league.

 

[Bennen13]

ok so first impression, Is this platform able to support a league like ours

I'd say so, yeah. We did a 10 min qualy (don't know if this is changeable) and a 25% race. You can change which assists you want allowed (I'd recommend the ABS on and maybe light traction control, since I can see the throttle control being hard on a controller). I don't think you can save replays, but I'm not 100% sure yet, so you'd have to jot down the results, but I don't think that's a deal breaker. You can't turn tuning off, but there are "quick tune" options that give a basic setup for certain performance types, and from the 2011 version I know they're pretty good on speed, but there are also base tuning options no more complex than GT5 (probably simpler actually).

 

[XxShaggxX]

With jotting down the results is there a decent amount of time to right it down. Or is there like a race results button you can push after the race is done?

 

[Bennen13]

With jotting down the results is there a decent amount of time to right it down. Or is there like a race results button you can push after the race is done?

Ummm I can't recall exactly, but I think you're prompted to move past that screen. I think once you get there everyone can return to the lobby at their own choosing. The lobby is kind of like GT5's by the way, except for the fact it's more of a base than an in race feature, so if you were to leave the race you wouldn't return to the lobby, but instead keep watching the race until it's finished or it's voted to end it.

Edit: There's also an invite option, but I'm not entirely sure if you can make the room invite only. Joey hosted it so you'd have to ask him, but since nobody entered the hour or so we were there I would imagine it was.

 

[XxShaggxX]

Nice. Looks like we will be headed towards the first GTRRL F1 series haha. I'm going to try and get the game Friday and play it over the weekend and get my own opinion on things.

We also need to figure out how we are going to pick cars. With them all equal i know it wont matter much but some people will still want their favorite car.

 

[Bennen13]

Nice. Looks like we will be headed towards the first GTRRL F1 series haha. I'm going to try and get the game Friday and play it over the weekend and get my own opinion on things.

We also need to figure out how we are going to pick cars. With them all equal i know it wont matter much but some people will still want their favorite car.

Will we be doing the two driver team idea, and keep track of our own "constructors" standings?

 

[XxShaggxX]

Will we be doing the two driver team idea?

Definitely. And the team names will be based off real life obviously.

 

[XxShaggxX]

So far the people who have filled out the form saying they are interested are:

Myself
Tensor
Benny
Joey
Dylan H
Artmann

would like to get a lot more. Get as close as we can to 16. If any of you know any body who is CLEAN and would fit in well with this group see if they'd be interested.

 

[Bennen13]

Definitely. And the team names will be based off real life obviously.

Sweet. I'm sure you've figured out my previously mentioned teammate already, so we'll have to have a little powwow on what team we want.

 

[XxShaggxX]

Sweet. I'm sure you've figured out my previously mentioned teammate already, so we'll have to have a little powwow on what team we want.

Yep. Gotta see If panoz will be getting the game cause that is who I'll prolly be teaming with. Been teammates since S2 or 3 of the GTRRL. If not him then idk haha

 

[VELOCI_2NR]

I'm going to try to get some guys in on it, but they're a bit hesitant on purchasing the game.

My teammate, who is to remain anonymous, are deliberating on what team we want to run at the moment. A verdict will be made soon.

 

[XxShaggxX]

I'm going to try to get some guys in on it, but they're a bit hesitant on purchasing the game.

My teammate, who is to remain anonymous, are deliberating on what team we want to run at the moment. A verdict will be made soon.

Nice! Your team can pick first before I make my decision. I will say im choosing between Lotus, Ferrari, and Mercedes

 

[joetruckv8]

Put me down for the Sauber!

 

[VELOCI_2NR]

My partner and I have decided on Caterham Race Team.

So should we run ABS on or off? I'm undecided. The realism factor with it off will be there, but then we may get some more accidents with it off as well. Up to you

 

[joetruckv8]

I just downloaded the demo, I do like how you can buy the game thru the Playstation store so I never have to pull out my GT5!

Wow F1 qualifying is no joke, kers, drs, and full throttle. Its better then their last title, but I just wish I was playing the GT5 version.

 

[ABud]

Just signed up for the F1 series as well. Would like to race in the Mclaren or Lotus but dont mind really.

Just realised I cant make the race again this week, seem to be working late on a lot of Saturdays at the moment