The Dreaded Recommended Garage

[Johnnypenso]

Recommended Garage - I'm chock full of ideas lately When I first went online with GT5, I figured using the Recommended Garage would get a lot of use...until I discovered how limited the car selection was. I'm not tech savvy, but given that 16 people can bring a 1000 car garage online, I think it should be rather simple to have every car in the game available online in the Recommended Garage. I'm also thinking that if they did a better job of utilizing the RG online it would attract more players to "Spec" racing online. Here's kind of what I'm thinking:

- have a separate class of room, like a Shuffle room, that is just for RG racing with the entire GT6 lineup on tap. Of course once the room is setup that way it cannot be changed, so anyone looking for RG racing knows when they enter that lobby that's what they'll get and the next host won't change it.
- give the host the option to use multiple cars in case they want have a multi-class race, along with the option of equating their PP. and the option to choose any car from a particular class or series. DTM, GT500 etc., and within that series, the option to equate specs or PP.
- give the host the option of allowing some limited tuning, for example, 6 speed close ratio, sports suspension, exhaust etc. but it applies to everyone in every car.

If you're not a regular online racer, do you think this would encourage you to go online more often? Do you think this would be popular? Do you think this idea is full of crap?

Dedicated Lobbies - Exorcet reminded me of this with a post in this thread. I think having dedicated lobbies in GT6 is a good idea. Lobbies with a set theme that cannot be changed such as:

Recommended Garage Only
Street Cars 500PP Only
GT500 Only
Nurburgring Only
No Aids (no ABS either) etc.

I think it would help especially encourage newcomers and casual racers and even many hardcore gamers to come online because you don't have to slog through hundreds of lobbies to find what you are looking for, these lobbies will always be there. If one is empty you can grab it and host, or join a room with people in it already. Hosts would have a limited number of options. Some rooms could be preset as "Stock Tires Only" or "ABS Only" or with PP ranges. I really think the idea of knowing you can always hop online and quickly find a room that will likely have good crowds and is simple, with no tuning required, would be attractive to a large segment of the GT6 crowd. Do you?

NOTE: Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I'm in no way suggesting that you can't go ahead and open a lobby of your own just like you do now. This would be an addition to the Open Lobby system.

 

[JohnScoonsBeard]

Johnny you're talking my kind of language. The only addition should be the ability to change wheels and paint more than the stock selection. This would make things so much easier. All recommended cars should have had the oil change and be as if they were fully run in. In fact running in is worthless in the game. It shouldn't be necessary anywhere for new cars in GT6

 

[shawtyoner]

PD need to allow us to drive ANY and ALL cars from the get go. None of this having to buy it to drive it. Thats all well and good in GT Life mode, but for arcade and online, all cars should be available. The amount of cars I wasn't able to experience in GT5 because I don't have the time to raise 20 mil in credits for one car. I seriously hope this isn't the same in GT6 although I really feel it will be.

 

[analog]

I'd also like the ability to select one or a small selection of cars to be used only in an online room, like limiting it to a certain category or for a specific one-make series but unlike the recommended cars, you can use your own (tuned) cars to enter (as long as they fit the other criteria set obviously).
Besides far more filtering/restriction options ofcourse, why can we only limit it to Ferrari/Lamborghini roadcars for example?

Another option which could be nice is if the host could select one car from his own garage (tuned and set up a particular way, or stock) to be automatically used/shared by everyone in the room, and with an option to prevent altering the set up, so that a certain spec-race can take place very easy (the only downside might be that they all look the same perhaps from a visual point of view, or that the set up of the host is crap ).

 

[Johnnypenso]

Johnny you're talking my kind of language. The only addition should be the ability to change wheels and paint more than the stock selection. This would make things so much easier. All recommended cars should have had the oil change and be as if they were fully run in. In fact running in is worthless in the game. It shouldn't be necessary anywhere for new cars in GT6

Like I said I'm not tech savvy...lol...but I guess it's possible that you could have your own little GT Auto online and customize your cars in some way to make them unique. That would make this even more attractive for people thinking about racing online. 👍

 

[MX5Racer69]

- have a separate class of room, like a Shuffle room, that is just for RG racing with the entire GT6 lineup on tap. Of course once the room is setup that way it cannot be changed, so anyone looking for RG racing knows when they enter that lobby that's what they'll get and the next host won't change it.
- give the host the option to use multiple cars in case they want have a multi-class race, along with the option of equating their PP. and the option to choose any car from a particular class or series. DTM, GT500 etc., and within that series, the option to equate specs or PP.
- give the host the option of allowing some limited tuning, for example, 6 speed close ratio, sports suspension, exhaust etc. but it applies to everyone in every car.

If you're not a regular online racer, do you think this would encourage you to go online more often? Do you think this would be popular? Do you think this idea is full of crap?

I really like this idea. It meets the two most important design considerations: 1.) Keep It Simple Stupid, and 2.) Low Barrier To Entry

But I'd like to see the host able to change it if they feel like it. I get why you made that suggestion. I just prefer to implement that with good hosting skills.

Here is another twist to this. Make all the cars available, but if you don't own one, you can't customize it and have to "rent" it. That way you're encourage to eventually earn the car and put one in your garage.

 

[Exorcet]

Might as well replace the rec garage with the full car list. Append to this list customized cars, which would be cars selected from the list with specific tuning, paint, etc. This car list could be then be used online or off, allowing people to use the full selection of cars without going into GT Mode.

I don't think rooms should be locked to any specific form. Just give the host options and let them cycle those options as needed. Along with better room titles and possibly pre written descriptions and a search function, poorly hosted rooms shouldn't be a huge issue.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Might as well replace the rec garage with the full car list. Append to this list customized cars, which would be cars selected from the list with specific tuning, paint, etc. This car list could be then be used online or off, allowing people to use the full selection of cars without going into GT Mode.

I don't think rooms should be locked to any specific form. Just give the host options and let them cycle those options as needed. Along with better room titles and possibly pre written descriptions and a search function, poorly hosted rooms shouldn't be a huge issue.

This reminds me that I meant to post about dedicated lobbies so I added it to the OP, although the "go advanced" button isn't working at the moment so I can't change the thread title.

 

[sk8er913]

I like the idea that the host can pick out any car(s) and the dedicated rooms are a must! and hosted by real servers too.