Online Drag Racing Leaderboards

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HatlessMan
You're right. You're right about perception and that I get angry too quickly. I've been trying to fix that, and people who ran with me months ago know I used to be much more chill than now... Stress man.
Even still, I'm on pretty good terms with most people.
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Trust me I know what you are going through so I have nothing but respect for you. Having a child with the same situation you have gives me a better understanding of what you go through bro! Best thing to do is just mute everyone and turn your mic off and ignore the little petty side comments people make.
 
HatlessMan
I'd rather cut my own arm off then go into a room full of noobs. Like I said, I ONLY run with "pros". You seem to assume I'm a scrub who runs with scrubs and it's starting to irk me. I don't run with idiots. I'm not a nobody.
I bought GT6 because I played GT5.


jdog, there is no such thing as a friendly run.
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Lot of them downunder.
 
Harry6784
I know the majority of the people on this board and hardly any of them "talk trash". This isn't a honda room, people here want good runs and go retune when they lose.


This leaderboard is for people who think they're fast and willing to prove it. Until you start doing that there is no reason to keep on posting here.
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I'm just going to enter my two cents on this in as nice a manner as possible, how you or anyone else choose to take it is yours or that person's decision but it is not intended to be taken the wrong way.

There should be no reason that anyone should have to be on on a leaderboard to prove that said person is fast. Being the "number one" guy on a leaderboard doesn't prove anything because as @HatlessMan stated and I myself state on a daily basis, everyone has the ability to tree and be treed. Not to insult people but most will only be at the top because of their tree, everyone basically has similar tunes. Tree is all that matters two thirds of the time and even that is based off of who can spend more money on equipment such as faster internet, a gaming monitor, and better cables. The old TV thing with the RCA cables doesn't work either, people think that it does but I have tried it and it didn't make a difference from when I used to play with the RCA cables on my flat screen, the only noticeable difference I've seen in switching to better cables and my screen is that my tree is more consistent, a gaming monitor doesn't make your reaction time instantly better, it just makes your tree more consistent. If people feel the need to be "number one" on a leaderboard to prove that they are fast then they have serious self issues and are trying really hard to get people to like them. I know many people that would never set foot anywhere near a leaderboard and would outrun a lot of the people on it. Not to disrespect anybody in anyway. Honestly in my opinion (and I know I'm not the only one that feels this way) I think a leaderboard is just a HUGE ego fight, it proves nothing, if people really thought that this was just a game then a leaderoboard wouldn't exist. Just the fact that one does exist is proof that GT6 is taken WAY to seriously. @Harry6784 I'd like to state also that lots of the "pros" do talk a lot of trash when others aren't around, I will not single anybody out but some of my friends and I have done some reconnaissance and we have seen things that most will never see.
 
Shells N Cheese
I'm just going to enter my two cents on this in as nice a manner as possible, how you or anyone else choose to take it is yours or that person's decision but it is not intended to be taken the wrong way.

There should be no reason that anyone should have to be on on a leaderboard to prove that said person is fast. Being the "number one" guy on a leaderboard doesn't prove anything because as @HatlessMan stated and I myself state on a daily basis, everyone has the ability to tree and be treed. Not to insult people but most will only be at the top because of their tree, everyone basically has similar tunes. Tree is all that matters two thirds of the time and even that is based off of who can spend more money on equipment such as faster internet, a gaming monitor, and better cables. The old TV thing with the RCA cables doesn't work either, people think that it does but I have tried it and it didn't make a difference from when I used to play with the RCA cables on my flat screen, the only noticeable difference I've seen in switching to better cables and my screen is that my tree is more consistent, a gaming monitor doesn't make your reaction time instantly better, it just makes your tree more consistent. If people feel the need to be "number one" on a leaderboard to prove that they are fast then they have serious self issues and are trying really hard to get people to like them. I know many people that would never set foot anywhere near a leaderboard and would outrun a lot of the people on it. Not to disrespect anybody in anyway. Honestly in my opinion (and I know I'm not the only one that feels this way) I think a leaderboard is just a HUGE ego fight, it proves nothing, if people really thought that this was just a game then a leaderoboard wouldn't exist. Just the fact that one does exist is proof that GT6 is taken WAY to seriously. @Harry6784 I'd like to state also that lots of the *"pros" do talk a lot of trash when others aren't around, I will not single anybody out but some of my friends and I have done some reconnaissance and we have seen things that most will never see.
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Bolded slightly disagree with you, trash talk majority in USA lobby.
 
VQPRO
Harry I'm glad to see that someone takes the time, to put together a legit competitive way for us to show our tuning ability on the cars we love and enjoy drag racing.
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THANK YOU

Shells N Cheese
I'm just going to enter my two cents on this in as nice a manner as possible, how you or anyone else choose to take it is yours or that person's decision but it is not intended to be taken the wrong way.

There should be no reason that anyone should have to be on on a leaderboard to prove that said person is fast. Being the "number one" guy on a leaderboard doesn't prove anything because as @HatlessMan stated and I myself state on a daily basis, everyone has the ability to tree and be treed. Not to insult people but most will only be at the top because of their tree, everyone basically has similar tunes. Tree is all that matters two thirds of the time and even that is based off of who can spend more money on equipment such as faster internet, a gaming monitor, and better cables. The old TV thing with the RCA cables doesn't work either, people think that it does but I have tried it and it didn't make a difference from when I used to play with the RCA cables on my flat screen, the only noticeable difference I've seen in switching to better cables and my screen is that my tree is more consistent, a gaming monitor doesn't make your reaction time instantly better, it just makes your tree more consistent. If people feel the need to be "number one" on a leaderboard to prove that they are fast then they have serious self issues and are trying really hard to get people to like them. I know many people that would never set foot anywhere near a leaderboard and would outrun a lot of the people on it. Not to disrespect anybody in anyway. Honestly in my opinion (and I know I'm not the only one that feels this way) I think a leaderboard is just a HUGE ego fight, it proves nothing, if people really thought that this was just a game then a leaderoboard wouldn't exist. Just the fact that one does exist is proof that GT6 is taken WAY to seriously.
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Really? Name any game and I guarantee you there will be some sort of leaderboard for it. It IS possible to have some friendly competition. It's human nature to compare our skill with others.

Shells N Cheese
@Harry6784 I'd like to state also that lots of the "pros" do talk a lot of trash when others aren't around, I will not single anybody out but some of my friends and I have done some reconnaissance and we have seen things that most will never see.
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Then they're not "pros". I've done some reconnaissance too and all the people I hang out with and consider pros never talk trash unless provoked. I don't know why it seems so hard for people to believe that you can have a friendly completion in this game :odd:
 
Harry6784
Then they're not "pros". I've done some reconnaissance too and all the people I hang out with and consider pros never talk trash unless provoked. I don't know why it seems so hard for people to believe that you can have a friendly completion in this game :odd:
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Harry6784
THANK YOU



Really? Name any game and I guarantee you there will be some sort of leaderboard for it. It IS possible to have some friendly competition. It's human nature to compare our skill with others.



Then they're not "pros". I've done some reconnaissance too and all the people I hang out with and consider pros never talk trash unless provoked. I don't know why it seems so hard for people to believe that you can have a friendly completion in this game :odd:
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It's called competition for a reason, people always have bruised egos when they lose but some don't show it. Just because they don't say anything doesn't mean they aren't upset about it on the inside, eventually the emotion felt at the time will come out in one way or another. Also I don't think anybody deserves the right to the title pro (without quotation marks) unless they get paid to play the game and that is not the case. An example: you could be the best person EVER an any given sport but if you only play in your backyard with friends does that make you a pro? No it doesn't, I absolutely hate it when people on GT6 refer to themselves as pros. I know I have more to say but I can't think of it at the moment so this will have to do.
 
Shells N Cheese
It's called competition for a reason, people always have bruised egos when they lose but some don't show it. Just because they don't say anything doesn't mean they aren't upset about it on the inside, eventually the emotion felt at the time will come out in one way or another. Also I don't think anybody deserves the right to the title pro (without quotation marks) unless they get paid to play the game and that is not the case. An example: you could be the best person EVER an any given sport but if you only play in your backyard with friends does that make you a pro? No it doesn't, I absolutely hate it when people on GT6 refer to themselves as pros. I know I have more to say but I can't think of it at the moment so this will have to do.
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Well I made over $150 selling tunes in GT5 so does that make me a pro? :lol:

But really, everyone gets upset when they lose. But it's at that point where you choose to accept the hard truth that you need to retune or you can go all out and claim ghost lag, jumping, cheating. This is what separates "pros" from "posers".
 
People are taking this too far. If someone feels their car is fast enough to be on here, so be it. If one of the faster guys wants that spot bad enough, they'll tune the car and take it.

If you don't want to take part on the leaderboard, then don't do so. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
 
Harry6784
Well I made over $150 selling tunes in GT5 so does that make me a pro? :lol:

But really, everyone gets upset when they lose. But it's at that point where you choose to accept the hard truth that you need to retune or you can go all out and claim ghost lag, jumping, cheating. This is what separates "pros" from "posers".
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Sometimes it's not the tune that lost, most of the time the "pros" lose because they got treed and they assume that they need to retune when in reality they didn't have to. There has got to be some illegal aspect to making money off of GT5 by selling tunes without the proper permission from the creators or distributors, that I will look into and get back to you on as at the moment I'm not positive, but what I do know is that one of my old friends tried to do that on GT5 as well and he got in a bit of legal trouble.
 
Shells N Cheese
Sometimes it's not the tune that lost, most of the time the "pros" lose because they got treed and they assume that they need to retune when in reality they didn't have to. There has got to be some illegal aspect to making money off of GT5 by selling tunes without the proper permission from the creators or distributors, that I will look into and get back to you on as at the moment I'm not positive, but what I do know is that one of my old friends tried to do that on GT5 as well and he got in a bit of legal trouble.
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Except pros know when they got treed. If someone trees me but doesn't pull I know my tunes is legit, no need to retune.

Don't see how selling information that is available to everyone who plays the game is illegal :lol:
 
Shells N Cheese
It's called competition for a reason, people always have bruised egos when they lose but some don't show it. Just because they don't say anything doesn't mean they aren't upset about it on the inside, eventually the emotion felt at the time will come out in one way or another. Also I don't think anybody deserves the right to the title pro (without quotation marks) unless they get paid to play the game and that is not the case. An example: you could be the best person EVER an any given sport but if you only play in your backyard with friends does that make you a pro? No it doesn't, I absolutely hate it when people on GT6 refer to themselves as pros. I know I have more to say but I can't think of it at the moment so this will have to do.
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blah blah blah .... I think its funny when people complain about other peoples efforts, to add something interesting to this drag community, when they themselves aren't doing anything to help.
 
Harry6784
Except pros know when they got treed. If someone trees me but doesn't pull I know my tunes is legit, no need to retune.

Don't see how selling information that is available to everyone who plays the game is illegal :lol:
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That's the thing, if someone trees they will always pull, even if it's barely noticeable, because they got off the line faster and are gaining speed quicker than the guy who got treed.

PD and Sony should've gotten a profit from that seeing as how the tunes were made using their product. Just like in movies, if you see a Pepsi can in the background then Pepsi did receive a profit and the creators of the movie had permission to use that can in their movie. In your case you had no proper permission from PD or Sony to sell tunes, therefore I don't think it was legal, but I will look into this and read the terms of service for the game and if I'm wrong I am not afraid to admit it but this is what I think at the moment.
 
I dunno but for me I can tell unless I get treed by a car or more.

Good luck looking up on the legality of selling tunes, but lots of tuners here do it also like praiano63...
 
Harry6784
I dunno but for me I can tell unless I get treed by a car or more.

Good luck looking up on the legality of selling tunes, but lots of tuners here do it also like praiano63...
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The only difference I see with Praiano63 is he charges for the App that he created for mobile devices, apart from this his tunes are available free right here on GTP.
 
jezboosted
The only difference I see with Praiano63 is he charges for the App that he created for mobile devices, apart from this his tunes are available free right here on GTP.
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Except he has a donate button right in his OP, so he is essentially making money selling tunes in GT6. And I provided base tunes for free also, only my personal tunes cost money.
 
Harry6784
Except he has a donate button right in his OP, so he is essentially making money selling tunes in GT6. And I provided base tunes for free also, only my personal tunes cost money.
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I believe "Selling" and "Accepting Donations" are two completely different things. Selling them means you can not access the information unless it's paid for. Donations are that you can have the same information for free, and voluntarily choose to thank the person by paying for his time.

I'm not here to take sides or start a ruckus. I just wanted to voice my opinion on this topic.
 
I know plenty of people who will jump at the chance to talk trash and make excuses, and they are fast guys.
I agree with shells on the whole "pro" thing, it's relatively silly.

The drag community is practically toxic, even more so than the CoD community (can't believe I said that)

Half our team trash talked another team that was also trash talking, and many of the partakers were VERY fast guys. I'm still embarrassed over that whole situation really.


The reason I question the credibility of the leaderboards is the lack of stiff competition. Yes yes I know people like Nick who are blazing fast do partake in it, and yeah there are a few who do so. But soooo many don't, and taking the top spot is like if an NFL team won the Super Bowl when half the league decided to not show up for the season. I guess it is everyone's choice, and if the idea of a leaderboard is souring then don't contribute, but... It just doesn't seem like an accurate depiction of who is truly fast and who isn't.
 
HatlessMan
You seem to jump at the chance of bein defensive.
I am Man_With_No_Hat, and I'd like to think I'm well known throughout the community as a better than average drag racer. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I've been told who you are (Iwinyoulooz, again correct me if I'm wrong) and I have never see you on the strip.

Again, you seem pretty quick to the defense. No one is attacking you, friend.
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1. you have run "him" back when all three of us where on team fallen :dopey: and
2. if i remember correctly me and you always used to do this in GT5 ? :rolleyes: remember we held rooms claiming to have the fastest (insert car here) and challenged anyone who came. if i recall correctly we never had a problem and had lots of fun :D remember the struggle of you trying to beat my superbird :sly:
 
VQPRO
Harry I'm glad to see that someone takes the time, to put together a legit competitive way for us to show our tuning ability on the cars we love and enjoy drag racing.
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Well thank PD then, it's their game.

Sadly, there are way too many flaws with online gaming for these boards to be taken seriously.

What really does cracks me up about all this is.......
I could claim a spot for a car I don't even own yet.
You've got to admit people, that's completely ludicrous.

But, best of luck to all those willing to partake.
 
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SmokeNrubber
Well thank PD then, it's their game.

Sadly, there are way too many flaws with online gaming for these boards to be taken seriously.

What really does cracks me up about all this is.......
I could claim a spot for a car I don't even own yet.
You've got to admit people, that's completely ludicrous.
drag
But, best of luck to all those willing to partake.
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Why would I thank PD for someone else hard work in this drag community. Last time I check PD don't care about drag racing in this game,WE DO and I know all about the flaws in this game, then again what online PS game doesn't have flaws. And 37 respectful fast drag racers seems to think this leaderboard is good enough for them be on it . There's a bridge somewhere missing a lot of trolls.
 
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Considering this threads been dead for months, the "hard work" thingy... is a little flimsy.

With all due respect, 37 respectful tuners probably jumped on the band wagon early on in the piece....
But half probably couldn't care less about their spots now.
 
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SmokeNrubber
Well thank PD then, it's their game.

Sadly, there are way too many flaws with online gaming for these boards to be taken seriously.

What really does cracks me up about all this is.......
I could claim a spot for a car I don't even own yet.
You've got to admit people, that's completely ludicrous.

But, best of luck to all those willing to partake.
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All the flaws mean people like me have to work even harder to make something out of nothing.

If you have a better idea I'd love to hear it.
 

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