No new seasonals this week?

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Tyger
Surprised no one has mentioned this, unless I missed something. Did PD take this week off last year?

Not complaining as there have been more lately and I've enjoyed them, just kinda expected some on the 1st :)
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I've been wondering the exact same thing. Thank you for asking it!

I also thought I read something about four weeks of holiday seasonals (and I admit that that could be completely wrong) and yet here we are with no update after two.
 
Two words. Holiday Seasonal's.

As a result of getting two large batches of Seasonal's, we are not getting Seasonal's this week.

I believe if you look at the closing date, you'll see that the Holiday Seasonal's go on for a bit longer than the usual Seasonal's. :)👍
 
NW48
Two words. Holiday Seasonal's.

As a result of getting two large batches of Seasonal's, we are not getting Seasonal's this week.

I believe if you look at the closing date, you'll see that the Holiday Seasonal's go on for a bit longer than the usual Seasonal's. :)👍
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One doesn't necessarily follow from the other. That is, the fact that the holiday seasonals exist, or even that they close later, does not prohibit PD from releasing a new week of seasonal events.

Personally, I'd much prefer PD release a bunch of seasonal A-spec events as they did with GT5, with increased pay for reduced PP, and keep them available for months later for retries and grinding.
 
Teflonicus
One doesn't necessarily follow from the other. That is, the fact that the holiday seasonals exist, or even that they close later, does not prohibit PD from releasing a new week of seasonal events.

Personally, I'd much prefer PD release a bunch of seasonal A-spec events as they did with GT5, with increased pay for reduced PP, and keep them available for months later for retries and grinding.
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NW48
Two words. Holiday Seasonal's.

As a result of getting two large batches of Seasonal's, we are not getting Seasonal's this week.

I believe if you look at the closing date, you'll see that the Holiday Seasonal's go on for a bit longer than the usual Seasonal's. :)👍
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The bolded is why there is no Seasonal's this week as there is no need to release a new batch when this week is basically already covered.
 
the current non holiday seasons were due to expire on the 25th

when the holiday seasonals dropped they changed it to the 8th

i agree they went on too long but you cant possibly have done all the holiday ones yet???
 
TonyJZX
the current non holiday seasons were due to expire on the 25th

when the holiday seasonals dropped they changed it to the 8th

i agree they went on too long but you cant possibly have done all the holiday ones yet???
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I'd finished them the day they came out. Both sets.
 
NW48
The bolded is why there is no Seasonal's this week as there is no need to release a new batch when this week is basically already covered.
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Again, there's nothing mystical about an "end time" that precludes PD from launching more seasonals during that period.

As TonyJZX points out, they can also alter that end time at will.
 
Teflonicus
Again, there's nothing mystical about an "end time" that precludes PD from launching more seasonals during that period.

As TonyJZX points out, they can also alter that end time at will.
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NW48
The bolded is why there is no Seasonal's this week as there is no need to release a new batch when this week is basically already covered.
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As I said in the bolded area, with this week already covered by 2 batches of Seasonal's, there is no point in releasing a new batch.

Usually when we get new Seasonal's, one batch is expiring and one batch is still going. Unlike this week where there is 2 batches still going.

Honestly I don't know what the big deal is about not having new Seasonal's for just one week.
 
NW48
As I said in the bolded area, with this week already covered by 2 batches of Seasonal's, there is no point in releasing a new batch.

Usually when we get new Seasonal's, one batch is expiring and one batch is still going. Unlike this week where there is 2 batches still going.

Honestly I don't know what the big deal is about not having new Seasonal's for just one week.
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It's not that I don't understand your point. I just don't believe it offers any explanatory benefit.

It has already been pointed out that the dates mean nothing. They can be changed at will and have been.

Whether it's a "big deal" or otherwise is subjective and has nothing to do with the OP's question about what happened last year.
 
Teflonicus
It's not that I don't understand your point. I just don't believe it offers any explanatory benefit.
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You don't understand my point, that's why we are still discussing this. This is the least complex/'wordy' way I can put it;
We don't have new Seasonal's this week as we have 2 batches of Holiday Seasonal's that are already covering this week.

As for dates meaning nothing, 9 times out of 10 they are always adhearded to, and this week was no different, I'm certain it happened last year and it happened again this year.

Plus, I think we've answered @Tyger's query one way or another. :)
 
I am not greedy but do think we are owed a bit of stuff.
Promised track maker, b-spec, slow intro of vision cars are a pain.
Mostly though what I am annoyed about is I have perfect internet connections but over the last year I have had enormous amounts of server crashes etc and lost my 5 day log in bonus, or needed to log in numerous times just to do 1 seasonal then re-log in again. My bone with this is I don't play very often but am requiring 70 million or so to finish my wanted car collection. The amount I have lost through server crashes is more than this. I will never buy credits( 7 mil for US 70 or so is a rip-off anyway) but feel if you offer incentives and don't have the capacity to deliver then you should compensate somehow. The game was somehow more exciting as GT5 I have to say.
 
NW48
You don't understand my point, that's why we are still discussing this. This is the least complex/'wordy' way I can put it;
We don't have new Seasonal's this week as we have 2 batches of Holiday Seasonal's that are already covering this week.

As for dates meaning nothing, 9 times out of 10 they are always adhearded to, and this week was no different, I'm certain it happened last year and it happened again this year.

Plus, I think we've answered @Tyger's query one way or another. :)
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Tyger asked what happened last year. That is not answered. The OP also implies that a reason
should exist for this week's seasonals not being created. Mentioning the end times (even if they were somehow relevant) is not providing a reason. At best, it would be an indication, not a reason.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but your point seems to be that a new set of seasonals was not created on 01/01/2015 because the end time for the last holiday seasonals was 08/01/2015, and therefore that period of seasonals was "already covered," right?

You do realise that the end time for the previous holiday seasonals is 08/01/2015, right? And that the second set of holiday seasonals appeared before that date was concluded, right?

You do also realise that there are ordinary seasonals with the end date of 25/12/2014 still available as of today, right? And that therefore, PD is quite capable--and has been known to--provide seasonals while the past ones are still active, right?

The "end time" merely states when the public rankings will be available until. It does not represent a guide as to when seasonals exist until or as to when new ones arise. The fact that seasonals with the end time of 25/12/2014 still exist proves that.
 
Hmm I can kinda see both sides of the argument here, but I always thought the holiday seasonals were presented as an extra, a kinda gift to the players rather than any sort of replacement of the regular events. Therefore whilst it's perhaps understandable we saw no "regular" seasonals when the holiday challenges were released, I don't see that as a reason to have no new stuff at all last week.

Also as Teflonicus has pointed out, the expiry dates are a little arbitrary when it comes to anything non-standard. If I remember correctly, the VGT challenges also have quite a long expiry on them.

Finally, unless my memory is failing me (not at my PS3 now) there haven't been enough events to "replace" those of last week anyway. Regular seasonals either consist of 3 races, or two time trials and two drift trials. The holiday events have consisted of a survival race, and two overtake challenges (which are typically quite short events) per week. The VGT challenges can't be counted as there is always a VGT challenge when one of the cars is released.

So there is no "cover", and if anything we have had less content. Which very slightly stinks.
 
tsenna1
I am not greedy but do think we are owed a bit of stuff.
Promised track maker, b-spec, slow intro of vision cars are a pain.
Mostly though what I am annoyed about is I have perfect internet connections but over the last year I have had enormous amounts of server crashes etc and lost my 5 day log in bonus, or needed to log in numerous times just to do 1 seasonal then re-log in again. My bone with this is I don't play very often but am requiring 70 million or so to finish my wanted car collection. The amount I have lost through server crashes is more than this. I will never buy credits( 7 mil for US 70 or so is a rip-off anyway) but feel if you offer incentives and don't have the capacity to deliver then you should compensate somehow. The game was somehow more exciting as GT5 I have to say.
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agreed, where is the B-Spec?? I know a lot of people don't get it but it is a lot of fun and definitely takes a lot of planning work to win those 650pp B-Spec seasonal with less powerful cars like DeLorean :)
 
Tyger
Hmm I can kinda see both sides of the argument here, but I always thought the holiday seasonals were presented as an extra, a kinda gift to the players rather than any sort of replacement of the regular events. Therefore whilst it's perhaps understandable we saw no "regular" seasonals when the holiday challenges were released, I don't see that as a reason to have no new stuff at all last week.

Also as Teflonicus has pointed out, the expiry dates are a little arbitrary when it comes to anything non-standard. If I remember correctly, the VGT challenges also have quite a long expiry on them.

Finally, unless my memory is failing me (not at my PS3 now) there haven't been enough events to "replace" those of last week anyway. Regular seasonals either consist of 3 races, or two time trials and two drift trials. The holiday events have consisted of a survival race, and two overtake challenges (which are typically quite short events) per week. The VGT challenges can't be counted as there is always a VGT challenge when one of the cars is released.

So there is no "cover", and if anything we have had less content. Which very slightly stinks.
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That's my thought as well. For game studios like PD, holiday seasonals should be considered as "extra" and not just replacing the regular ones.
 
NW48
You don't understand my point, that's why we are still discussing this. This is the least complex/'wordy' way I can put it;
We don't have new Seasonal's this week as we have 2 batches of Holiday Seasonal's that are already covering this week.

As for dates meaning nothing, 9 times out of 10 they are always adhearded to, and this week was no different, I'm certain it happened last year and it happened again this year.

Plus, I think we've answered @Tyger's query one way or another. :)
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The abject silence is deafening.
 
Teflonicus
The abject silence is deafening.
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I have other things to do than try to explain something simple to someone who doesn't get it, and it's called a life.

Teflonicus
Tyger asked what happened last year. That is not answered. The OP also implies that a reason
should exist for this week's seasonals not being created. Mentioning the end times (even if they were somehow relevant) is not providing a reason. At best, it would be an indication, not a reason.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but your point seems to be that a new set of seasonals was not created on 01/01/2015 because the end time for the last holiday seasonals was 08/01/2015, and therefore that period of seasonals was "already covered," right?

You do realise that the end time for the previous holiday seasonals is 08/01/2015, right? And that the second set of holiday seasonals appeared before that date was concluded, right?

You do also realise that there are ordinary seasonals with the end date of 25/12/2014 still available as of today, right? And that therefore, PD is quite capable--and has been known to--provide seasonals while the past ones are still active, right?

The "end time" merely states when the public rankings will be available until. It does not represent a guide as to when seasonals exist until or as to when new ones arise. The fact that seasonals with the end time of 25/12/2014 still exist proves that.
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NW48
You don't understand my point, that's why we are still discussing this. This is the least complex/'wordy' way I can put it;
We don't have new Seasonal's this week as we have 2 batches of Holiday Seasonal's that are already covering this week.

As for dates meaning nothing, 9 times out of 10 they are always adhearded to, and this week was no different, I'm certain it happened last year and it happened again this year.

Plus, I think we've answered @Tyger's query one way or another.
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Ok, one last time, in the most simple words I can put it;
When PD releases a new batch of Seasonal's, there is one expiring and one still remaining, last week there were no Seasonal's that were expiring so the week was already covered.

Teflonicus
Tyger asked what happened last year. That is not answered. The OP also implies that a reason
should exist for this week's seasonals not being created. Mentioning the end times (even if they were somehow relevant) is not providing a reason. At best, it would be an indication, not a reason.
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This is the best part, it shows you haven't understood a word I've said, I have answered what happened last year, and in case you forgot, the same thing happened last year. Then you go on to say that my reason for there not being any new Seasonal's is just 'end time', that is not my reasoning, my reasoning is that this week already has it's usual two batches on one week already covered so PD does not need to release another batch on top of the two active Seasonal's we have.

I'm pretty much over trying to argue a point with someone who, quite clearly, doesn't read what I say.
 
NW48
I have other things to do than try to explain something simple to someone who doesn't get it, and it's called a life.





Ok, one last time, in the most simple words I can put it;
When PD releases a new batch of Seasonal's, there is one expiring and one still remaining, last week there were no Seasonal's that were expiring so the week was already covered.


This is the best part, it shows you haven't understood a word I've said, I have answered what happened last year, and in case you forgot, the same thing happened last year. Then you go on to say that my reason for there not being any new Seasonal's is just 'end time', that is not my reasoning, my reasoning is that this week already has it's usual two batches on one week already covered so PD does not need to release another batch on top of the two active Seasonal's we have.

I'm pretty much over trying to argue a point with someone who, quite clearly, doesn't read what I say.
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I and many others have pointed out that what you said doesn't hold water. I even asked you a series of questions that listed, point by point, how your "they're already covered" line doesn't make sense in light of how PD use "end times" generally.

I even put your argument into better words than you could in an attempt to finally get through to you that EVERYONE here understands what you're saying, they just DISAGREE with it.

I don't know whether it's ego or sheer non-comprehension that makes you insist that people don't understand what you're saying, but when the person you're trying to explain it to expresses it better than you, the gig is up.

Interestingly, you couldn't just admit the point.

PS. As for your notion that the original question was answered, you'll have to excuse my doubt of your "certainty" after what's been displayed here. From the "big deal" comment onwards, it's amply clear exactly how helpful you've tried to be.

NW48
As for dates meaning nothing, 9 times out of 10 they are always adhearded to, and this week was no different, I'm certain it happened last year and it happened again this year
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Teflonicus
I don't know whether it's ego or sheer non-comprehension that makes you insist that people don't understand what you're saying, but when the person you're trying to explain it to expresses it better than you, the gig is up.
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You are the only one here that isn't getting it, everyone else here understands my point. So you are wrong there again. No surprise.

If you think you know what you're talking about more than anyone else, how come you haven't stated what you think the reason why is? Huh? Exactly. End of discussion, whatever you say from now on, to me, has no meaning and is no longer valid after you've failed to understand and consider this point.
 
NW48
You are the only one here that isn't getting it, everyone else here understands my point. So you are wrong there again. No surprise.

If you think you know what you're talking about more than anyone else, how come you haven't stated what you think the reason why is? Huh? Exactly. End of discussion, whatever you say from now on, to me, has no meaning and is no longer valid after you've failed to understand and consider this point.
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Cue my surprise at a post-discussion red herring, a demand to have the final word with no-one else to follow, and a set of hands on ears and the sound of "aaaaargh! I'm not listening!"

Here's a final word for you: perhaps when you finally master the Gordian Knot that is the possessive apostrophe, you can presume to lecture others on comprehension.

In the mean-time, I'm terribly thankful that you've so humbly provided a written record to GT fans on the art of projection. One that will seep ego into the GT gutters for all time.
 
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Teflonicus
Cue my surprise at a post-discussion red herring, a demand to have the final word with no-one else to follow, and a set of hands on ears and the sound of "aaaaargh! I'm not listening!"

Here's a final word for you: perhaps when you finally master the Gordian Knot that is the possessive apostrophe, you can presume to lecture others on compression.

In the mean-time, I'm terribly thankful that you've so humbly provided a written record to GT fans on the art of projection. One that will seep ego into the GT gutters for all time.
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Normal people don't talk like this. I know, I talk like this, and I'm not normal. What do you do for a living?
 
SJC ALPHA
If no one is normal, not being normal is normal, so we're all different and normal, except me.

Really enjoying rally car seasonal.
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Golded Senna stage 4 this morning. :) i remember you helped me the first times i started posting about stage 2 even. And now I've gone and hijacked this thread. Lol! :)
 
SJC ALPHA
If no one is normal, not being normal is normal, so we're all different and normal, except me.

Really enjoying rally car seasonal.
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I'm looking forward to the snow also. I used to be good at them in GT-5, maybe because I used to be a ski racer!

I will be missing the survival series though, now there was something to chew on for a while. What a great ego boost to pass Andre Lotterer, Ha Ha! But Satoshi Yamamoto with his nitro boosted missile was almost my nemesis at Suzuka. I played that one until the last few minutes remaining in the period.

I wish that those races could be a permanent fixture in the seasonals so we could continue to improve and be challenged.
Although I am sure most could win those races with a LM car, speaking for myself, I found it to be very challenging to win with a tuned GT-500 car. The logistics of accelerated tire wear, fast changing wetness, played such a big part in winning or losing.......very interesting.

OTOH, I cannot stand time trials, and I have no interest whatsoever in drifting, I do enough drifting while racing thank you very much, so there isn't a lot left in the seasonals for me. I liked the way it was in GT-5!

Thanks for listening, Pete
 

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