Is GT6 too easy?

GTP_Rotary
sorry mate, just bought the game and yes offline is easy... as in 5 and 4
I can't add more to my pov since I've only played for 30 minutes... :P

If the events are too easy, I can fix my car to make it harder !!!
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You shouldn't have to cripple yourself in order to add a modicum of difficulty! This is the exact point! The moment that you start using a car that, in reality, is several orders of magnitude slower than the competion just to make the game more competitive; is the moment you're admiting that the game is too easy!
 
ive had another bash over the weekend.
was having major trouble with some races and not getting anywhere.
my mate finally convinced me to go-slow, as such, and drive properly rather than screeming along to catch the rabbit.
i finally succumbed and drove a less-harcore race, and won!

i am severely disappointed in the game now. the reason i won was because the front cars, 2d+j+T7 's , slowed down and Let me pass them. this is NOT racing!! :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
125cart races -lost by a lap (i hate carts), actually i was nudged over the line by guy in first :lol:. however, those carts slowed 3 times during the race even though i could not keep up anyway letalone catch and pass them (dead last all races :D ).
 
Finally just said "heck with it" and deleted the game from my system. I gave it to my neighbor, he is 13. Which means he will at least enjoy it, seeing this is his first adventure into the GT series. He is too young to realize that PD is just in it for money. Its good to see that GT6 is selling so badly that they had to chop $20 from the price less than a month after its release. Im going back to GT5, where there are challenging races. This game may be the worst I have ever purchased, the relative ease to complete it in less than a week due to its low content. In addition, online racing was an absolute joke. You either had dirty drivers or clueless drivers who used the other cars as their brakes. So if 1 person reads this and decides not to buy this poorly produced incomplete game I will be a happy guy
 
mikeymc92
Finally just said "heck with it" and deleted the game from my system. I gave it to my neighbor, he is 13. Which means he will at least enjoy it, seeing this is his first adventure into the GT series. He is too young to realize that PD is just in it for money. Its good to see that GT6 is selling so badly that they had to chop $20 from the price less than a month after its release. Im going back to GT5, where there are challenging races. This game may be the worst I have ever purchased, the relative ease to complete it in less than a week due to its low content. In addition, online racing was an absolute joke. You either had dirty drivers or clueless drivers who used the other cars as their brakes. So if 1 person reads this and decides not to buy this poorly produced incomplete game I will be a happy guy
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https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/the-gt6-epic-whining-and-crying-thread.282208/
 
stb155
For the career there are only a few expensive cars needed.
1 Supercar (MP4-12C)
1 classic Supercar (512Bb/****ach)
1 458
1 Aventador
1 Nissan GTR Touring car
1 GT3 race car (Z4)
1 GT(1) race car (F1 Stealth)
1 LMP (V12 LMR)
1 classic race car (toyota 7)
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From the past

To make the 100% of GT3 ASpec ..i bought only SIX cars .. completed all by prize cars , game done in 45 days ..


I agree the non quoted part also :)


IR
 
SciroccoRich
You shouldn't have to cripple yourself in order to add a modicum of difficulty! This is the exact point! The moment that you start using a car that, in reality, is several orders of magnitude slower than the competion just to make the game more competitive; is the moment you're admiting that the game is too easy!
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Not necessarily: WRC3 gave you no options in some races - you had only a lower spec car to beat the others on occasion and that was challenging all the way to the hilt. It's no different doing this in GT6 really.

I'm not saying that I'm fully happy with the return of rubber banding, but I am not letting it get in the way of my enjoyment, especially as there are ways to make it tougher, if that's what you want.
 
MeanElf
Not necessarily: WRC3 gave you no options in some races - you had only a lower spec car to beat the others on occasion and that was challenging all the way to the hilt. It's no different doing this in GT6 really.

I'm not saying that I'm fully happy with the return of rubber banding, but I am not letting it get in the way of my enjoyment, especially as there are ways to make it tougher, if that's what you want.
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Just because another game has done it doesn't make it right! For a racing simulator, you shouldn't have to choose a car massively slower than your opposition in order for it to be competitive. The computer controlled cars in this game are too easy for the vast majority of people. End of discussion.
 
MeanElf
Ooh, end of discussion, eh? Oh deary me...

All I said was it's an option, not that it was the way things should be - but your choice if you don't feel like making it a challenge.
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I could make it a challenge by doing a one armed handstand over a pool of sharks. It's hardly relevant is it. The game should be harder.
 
SciroccoRich
I could make it a challenge by doing a one armed handstand over a pool of sharks. It's hardly relevant is it. The game should be harder.
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Should be, maybe...however, none of them have been. GT5 was the hardest of the four that I've played and it was only hard in the races where the AI were artificially tweaked such as the NASCAR event and possibly the Dream Car Championship with racecars against upgraded street machines. So my point is, this is nothing new.
 
MeanElf
Should be, maybe...however, none of them have been. GT5 was the hardest of the four that I've played and it was only hard in the races where the AI were artificially tweaked such as the NASCAR event and possibly the Dream Car Championship with racecars against upgraded street machines. So my point is, this is nothing new.
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If it's nothing new PD should have done something about it by now!
 
I have really been thinking about this topic lately. Let me get some credentials out of the way before I answer this one.

I've played every major Gran Turismo title to or at least 75% completion- including GT6 (64% completion of GT6 on my last check). I've never really felt challenged until I stepped up to the International B races. Then, I REALLY got challenged in the International A races. I took the Lamborghini Diablo GT2 to compete in the World Circuit Tour, thinking my car was going to cruise or easily win every race. Turns out, even against certain rally cars and capable touring cars, I actually struggled to keep a lead of anything more than 0.5 seconds at any time. You would think a Lamborghini would dominate in such a race. However, that wasn't the case. I struggled with the Diablo GT2 as its back end just waits to snap on you at any moment driven hard. I had to restart the race when I felt like I kept spinning out more than keeping the car on the tarmac. One of my real accomplishments was making up a 25-second deficit in the final two laps of the Spa-Francorchamps event of the World Circuit Tour to win the race. I actually felt challenged. And just recently, I cleared the Dream Car Championship racing the 550PP World Touring Car Championship. I downtuned a Nissan NISMO GT3 Base Model to meet the 600PP limit of that championship. I won the first race at Grand Valley, lost by about five or seven seconds at Tokyo R246, and recovered greatly to win at Bathurst. Again- one would think a downtuned GT car would dominate, but you'd be wrong playing this one.

In my honest opinion, you're going to breeze through Gran Turismo 6. However, don't confuse breezing through a game with a certain game being too easy. GT6 is only as easy as you make it. Adding to its challenge is the more stringent requirements. I commented once that GT6 has the length of races in GT5's A-Spec with the strict requirements of GT5's B-Spec races. Races in GT6 could be as loose in requirements as in GT5 (for example: using a Red Bull X2010 in a race against compact cars). But really, there IS challenge to GT6 even if it seems too easy to a lot of people. I actually do feel challenged while not being babied through the game.

I don't think Gran Turismo 6 is too easy. It is the most accessible GT in challenge while not being TOO easy for salty GT veterans like myself. The game is still plenty challenging despite seeming much easier than any other GT.


[UPDATE] I forgot to mention that in the Grand Valley race of the 550PP World Touring Car Championship, I rolled over and flipped my NISMO GT3 GT-R in the final tunnel but still managed to win that race.
 
What I didn't like about GT4 is that you could win a Cien or CLK GTR very early and you could dominate everything especially with upragdes. Older GT games didn't have PP so you could use a supercar on Sunday cup. That was WAY too easy. Licenses are much easier in GT6, I think that they should add platinium awards for licenses that are way harder than gold (big cash reward not car reward). But races in general can be hard, even with matching cars. And winning cars isn't easy as before, you need to buy cars a lot more. It's fun to play with different cars, slow, fast, red, orange, NA, BMW, Jaguar and so on. Races aren't too short also. I'm a medium skilled player and I find GTs always fun and unique. Even GT6. Altough I miss handicap races like mission 32 of GT4. Anyways, GT6 is just hard enough and not frustrating comparing to other GTs. I played Forza 4 and GT6 is way more fun, especially career mode. Not many games have quick race, weather selection or even low/high beam choice these days. Honestly I love GT6 even tough it's not that challenging. Only thing older GT games made harder were licenses or missions above 10. Races were way easier. You could have got a supercar reward early or you could just cut and hit cars in order to win. I miss endurances but update will add them I think. And AI was always lifeless and they need to change that. GT6 will have updates for at least a year and it will be better than GT5. (I hope that add more licenses and unique challenges) To me GT6 is a very fun game and I don't care what complainers say. They really don't cherish many good things GT6 has to offer
 
I don't think that GT6 is too easy! It's just about right for me. I can gold just about everything and I struggle with some of the gold's! I certainly wouldn't want it to be any harder! Just expressing "my" opinion! I've been with GT since it's inception. (yeah, I'm an old guy!) Some of GT5 was too hard for me, but GT6 seems a bit better!
 
GT6 is going to be GT5 v2.0. Just like Forza 4 was Forza 3 V2 and so on. GT6 will keep us satisfied till GT7 comes out. I just hope that GT7 will have features from all GTs plus model improvements. Lighting in GT is perfect they just need to make better textures. Also sunset could be better. But anyways, I always won races with 2s or smaller gap.
 
GT6 is as hard or easy as you make it. People who say it is too easy don't understand this. If you think it is too easy, use lower PP cars in single player (because we all know the PP system is screwed up, but that doesn't matter to make it harder or more fun and "challenging"). Find some good racing online and compete in seasonals.

"GT6 is too easy boooo boooooo!"
Same person: "Yeah, I just want to get the paint chip. All I want is to get gold and I'm done when it comes to time trial seasonals." "Yeah, I raced online last night and it was...humbling to say the least, so I'm going back to single player." It's stupid.

Everyone wants to win, no one wants to lose. Can't win a TT? "I'm just going to get the paint chip". I have a hard time pulling myself away from seasonal TTs. Can't win online? Quits and goes back to single player. Or dabbles online thereafter. Starts a Lotus 97T series a few months back - cancels it a few hours after the first test session ends. He was ten seconds off pace. So what...just learn and have fun. Don't start a series and then cancel it, because you have some headway to make.

There are a lot of people who complain about it being too easy...you're using GT6 for the wrong crap. IA, S class license races, and tuning every car in your garage must get boring. It's annoying, because we all learn from each other, get better and then the racing gets better. It is a snowball effect.
 
I think the question is rather silly.

The difficulty is not really related to the game, it is set by YOUR standard. The game does NOT race against you. Even though there are AIs, that are created by game developers, to attempt to set a standard, you don't need to use that as your own standard. You may find racing against the AIs as easy win. However, the standard is still UP TO YOU to set. As 332i suggested, you can use lower PP cars and try to beat the AIs. By doing that, you increase your standard and the game will become more challenging.

Alright, if you still think it is easy. How about setting your standard as top 1000, top 100, and even top 10 in the world in the time trials. Do You still think it is easy? Seriously??

If you still think that standard is still easy, I will invite you to race against aliens like @et_ , pinkygirl, Lloytt, 332i ...
Then come back and tell me how it is :D
 
I guess I dont have too much to say in this matter, because... well... for me everything is easy.

But I will say this: yes, GT6 is a bit too easy in some aspects, like the AI being ludicrously slow, or some of the licence tests being set way too easy.
That said, there are other licences that is more on pair in difficulty of what they should be, and then there is the Red Bull and Ayrton Senna events. if you're a novice, those events are really tough! The gold times for the seasonal TT's seems about right aswell, most of the time anyway. But the DT's is too easy.

And if you go on and race online, as you race other people, the difficulty always become perfect, regardless.:)
 
Alain Prost Fan
No, I'm not having a go at anyone.

Dumb AI aside, there isn't one event in the game which I personally found difficult. The super license tests for example can be golded by 2 or 3 seconds in some cases. What happened to the good old days of driving the wheels off your car searching for that extra half a tenth here or there?

Here's hoping that the Vettel X Challenge is as hard if not harder than it was on GT5... this coming from a frustrated DS3 user.

Thoughts?
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Well I find the Redbull Challenge last championship, The last event on Senna and the last time trial at Goodwood impossible. So no would be my answer to is GT6 to easy no by a long way.
I have issues with some of the daft stuff in there like that Lunar Challenge just why is that there??? I must preferred the Top Gear test track on pro logue or gt5 or where ever it was. I can't see the point in gtvision just chuck the cars in the dealerships job done, I don't care about paintchips or racing suits but I know a lot of people do.
I cannot do some of the seasonals I find them to hard. And all the Karting races were a total pain in the butt to win no more than that one inside on the track which looks like PD borrowed it from Mario Karts.
I suppose it all boils down to what you want from the game. Some like yourself want to be tested to the limit on difficult races trials etc Me I want to play the game and enjoy not spend hours on a trial and just or even after hours failing to get gold I don't want to spend an age doing one race so the next one unlocks I just want it so the hardest it gets is like IA races are now. See PD how happy a difficulty slider would make everyone some want very difficult some don't and a choice is better than no choice at all.
 
I feel GT6 is too easy. Its like its trying to make the begginers feel good.
And I'm against that. I was a begginer too (10 years ago). Beating my first Gran Turismo game (GT concept) was hard, really hard. It took me 7 or 8 month to gold the game , but when I was done with the last race I wasn't an amateur.
And after finishing the license tests on GT3 I was ready to the online community races.
Getting gold on S-8 license test on GT3 made me so happy. I learned the concept of racing line using GT3 license tests(mostly S-8).

The fun is trying to get this tenth of a second to get the gold, not getting it after the first try.
GT6 should make you a better driver, and SRF and easy AI isn't the way to
Do it.
 
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I'm sure they can tell by the online rankings how difficult it is. I think that it's pretty balanced. If they want to make money on the game, they can't make it for the top elite. I know that I didn't purchase the game to become an expert driver; I purchased it to have fun driving! Many of the Golds pushed me to my limits & I wouldn't want to do them again! I still haven't gotten the last event on Senna (.500 shy of the Gold).
 
psball
I'm sure they can tell by the online rankings how difficult it is. I think that it's pretty balanced. If they want to make money on the game, they can't make it for the top elite. I know that I didn't purchase the game to become an expert driver; I purchased it to have fun driving! Many of the Golds pushed me to my limits & I wouldn't want to do them again! I still haven't gotten the last event on Senna (.500 shy of the Gold).
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Difficulty sliders.
 
I've never thought of GT6 as easy. The clock is a bitch to beat with its infinite difficulty.

The events are just practice for racing against it.
 
Yeah , the clock is really hard to beat! I find myself doing lap after lap trying to beat my own time.
Its like beating a child. You know you can do it, but where is the achievement?
 
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psball
? what is that? or do you mean that they should have a difficulty slider added?
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Do you know a modern videogame that specializes in simulation and competition, that doesn't have a built in difficulty adjustment of some kind? Without a difficulty slider you get a one-size-fits-all approach and the game must cater to the masses, which means it won't be challenging in a realistic way for many players experienced with the series.
 
Johnnypenso
Do you know a modern videogame that specializes in simulation and competition, that doesn't have a built in difficulty adjustment of some kind? Without a difficulty slider you get a one-size-fits-all approach and the game must cater to the masses, which means it won't be challenging in a realistic way for many players experienced with the series.
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Right! I get it now! Most games have that! I don't know why GT6 doesn't? They didn't have it in any of the previous versions either.
 

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