The Lure of Seasonals.

[Jbaffoh]

The phrase is actually "Ace in the hole" and it means something that should bring guaranteed victory once finally revealed. It's a phrase that originated because of the game of poker, where a person has a card hidden to everyone at the table but himself. That is called his "hole card". The idea being that when the played finally reveals his "Ace in the hole", it will bring guaranteed victory.

Well, that's nice and pedantic!

Perhaps he meant they are very good (adj. of "ace") overall (syn. of "on the whole").

Not everyone speaks the same native language, and even those who do have cultural and regional differences in usage.

 

[Alex Ojideagu]

The phrase is actually "Ace in the hole" and it means something that should bring guaranteed victory once finally revealed. It's a phrase that originated because of the game of poker, where a person has a card hidden to everyone at the table but himself. That is called his "hole card". The idea being that when the played finally reveals his "Ace in the hole", it will bring guaranteed victory.

Actually you're wrong, he said they are "Ace on the whole" which is a British phrase.

He's saying they are great on the whole.

In Britain some of us say things are "Ace". Another example is "GT6 is ace on the whole."

 

[Alex Ojideagu]

Well, that's nice and pedantic!

Perhaps he meant they are very good (adj. of "ace") overall (syn. of "on the whole").

Not everyone speaks the same native language, and even those who do have cultural and regional differences in usage.

You are 100% correct, I think because ALB is American he didn't understand the phrase
which is pretty common in the UK. He meant "They are great on the whole".

In Britain we sometimes say things are "Ace". I don't know if some Americans say this?
I know you say "He is an Ace pilot" which is mostly where the phrase comes from.

For example "GT6 is ace on the whole"

I've noticed online some Americans do not understand many British phrases, sayings or spellings and erroneously think they are incorrect! Present company excepted

 

[Jbaffoh]

You are 100% correct, I think because ALB is American he didn't understand the phrase
which is pretty common in the UK. He meant "They are great on the whole".

In Britain we sometimes say things are "Ace". I don't know if some Americans say this?
I know you say "He is an Ace pilot" which is mostly where the phrase comes from.

For example "GT6 is ace on the whole"

I've noticed online some Americans do not understand many British phrases, sayings or spellings and erroneously think they are incorrect! Present company excepted

I'm from California, but I've been around.

 

[Polsixe]

The phrase is actually "Ace in the hole" and it means something that should bring guaranteed victory once finally revealed. It's a phrase that originated because of the game of poker, where a person has a card hidden to everyone at the table but himself. That is called his "hole card". The idea being that when the played finally reveals his "Ace in the hole", it will bring guaranteed victory.

Just a comma missing and it's a whole new phrase, "they are ace, on the whole" which would mean, as a group they are great.

Now get your bollocks off that fanny.

 

[ALB123]

You are 100% correct, I think because ALB is American he didn't understand the phrase
which is pretty common in the UK. He meant "They are great on the whole".

In Britain we sometimes say things are "Ace". I don't know if some Americans say this?
I know you say "He is an Ace pilot" which is mostly where the phrase comes from.

For example "GT6 is ace on the whole"

I've noticed online some Americans do not understand many British phrases, sayings or spellings and erroneously think they are incorrect! Present company excepted

Thank you for the correction. Yes, I have never heard the phrase "ace on the whole" before. I appreciate you telling me how it is used in the U.K. 👍

 

[Alex Ojideagu]

Thank you for the correction. Yes, I have never heard the phrase "ace on the whole" before. I appreciate you telling me how it is used in the U.K. 👍

Cool no problem! We do know Ace in the hole here too in the UK, although it's not a common phrase. We would more likely say "A card up his sleeve". We have a big exposure to American films and TV so we know most American sayings.

Although technically "Ace on the whole" isn't an actual phrase, just the word Ace! He added "On the whole" to it because he was talking about seasonals in general haha

 

[photonrider]

Just a comma missing and it's a whole new phrase, "they are ace, on the whole" which would mean, as a group they are great.

Correct. 'Ace up my sleeve' or 'Ace in the hole' is an old phrase:

Whether dialectic in UK (or not) the lack of the comma was what led to the confusion. Even google doesn't know that phrase - and neither is it in any of my vast collection of books on the language.

To get back to the 'lure' (or what attracts us about the Seasonals):

I'm sure that the lack of 'race-type' events in this round must have disappointed many players. But PD seems to be playing with us. They have left the race-type events that were presented previously. They seemed to have added a race-type event, (unexpectedly?) Was this to mollify those players that would have been miffed at only being presented with TTs?

From another POV it must be admitted that presenting these events (whether TTs or race-type events) was not an obligation on PD's part. Good marketing strategy in holding our interest, though.

 

[Jbaffoh]

Correct. 'Ace up my sleeve' or 'Ace in the hole' is an old phrase:

Whether dialectic in UK (or not) the lack of the comma was what led to the confusion. Even google doesn't know that phrase - and neither is it in any of my vast collection of books on the language.

To get back to the 'lure' (or what attracts us about the Seasonals):

I'm sure that the lack of 'race-type' events in this round must have disappointed many players. But PD seems to be playing with us. They have left the race-type events that were presented previously. They seemed to have added a race-type event, (unexpectedly?) Was this to mollify those players that would have been miffed at only being presented with TTs?

From another POV it must be admitted that presenting these events (whether TTs or race-type events) was not an obligation on PD's part. Good marketing strategy in holding our interest, though.

I'm a yank, and I understood it immediately. Just watch the BBC, Top Gear, or read a sailing forum populated by Aussies. It's certainly not a poker metaphor.

Edit: The phrase to google is, "on the whole." You can insert any adjective before that phrase; "ace" is just one possibility.

 

[PJTierney]

What would be the lure of Seasonals for you?

Is it the credits? Or the prize cars? Or Paint Chips? Or the Leaderboard fame?

Or just the anticipation of something 'new'? Or the chance of a fresh challenge?

Or something else entirely?

Have your say till we await the next batch. Whenever the next batch arrives, that is.

For me it's a number of things:

• Is it a hotlap event?
• Do I already own a car that is eligible and competitive?
• Are there a lot of credits involved?

Basically, I only do a Seasonal once (to try and get Gold) and only spend around 15-20 minutes at it at most.

While it's fun to climb leaderboards normally, I see no need to do it in a temporary event that will disappear after a few weeks anyway.

Forza Motorsport 4 had an interesting feature called Rivals where you could "challenge" Friends and other drivers on the leaderboards. Once you challenged somebody you would hotlap against their Ghost until you beat their time.

If you did beat them, you would get credits equivalent to the relative difference between your ranks. If you beat a high ranking player you might get 500,000cr, but beating the driver that's only a tenth quicker than you might only get you 5,000cr. Beating somebody lower than you gave a measly 100cr.

Whoever you beat then got a notification telling them that they have been challenged and beaten, and the game offered to take them directly to the event in question so that they could try and "beat you back".

That gave Forza 4's seasonal events a lot of replayability as you could come back again and again to not only improve your laptime, but also to actively compete against other players and earn some in-game currency while you were at it.

Gran Turismo 6's Seasonal Events are pretty limp in comparison, there's no tangible reason to go back and retry a challenge if you've already got Gold.

 

[photonrider]

I'm a yank, and I understood it immediately.

Irrelevant. Objection overuled.
I'm not a 'yank' (do you mean 'Yank'?) but understood (unlike ALB123 who voiced his confusion and has now had such confusion cleared away by the poster involved) what the poster meant. My many posts at this Forum demonstrate my attempts to decipher the incomprehensible.

Just watch the BBC, Top Gear, or read a sailing forum populated by Aussies.

While it could be taken as misfortune that many of us that are not at the top of this particular feeding chain, I cannot agree that such qualifications are needed to understand the communiques posted here.
All one needs is a basic understanding of the English language, or, at its most exotic, a tame babelfish. Questioning the gist of the post can always help, too - as ALB123 did, though the probability of bruised egos then comes into play.

It's certainly not a poker metaphor.

It is, but not only. The word 'Ace' in the phrase refers to a card played in any card game involving Aces or metaphorically to the kind of trump card or winning card hidden from sight and played unexpectedly.

Edit: The phrase to google is, "on the whole." You can insert any adjective before that phrase; "ace" is just one possibility.

The idea that was to be conveyed by the defendant you are defending pro bono is that whatever was being judged was 'good', 'tops' 'unbeatable', 'satisfying', etc, 'on the whole' (judged in its entirety.) It came across to at least one reader as a mutilation of a popular phrase - 'Ace in the hole' and was questioned.
Googling 'whole', 'the whole', or 'on the whole' wasn't going to help in deciphering the possible meaning of the entire phrase that was used.
Googling 'directly proportional to the belief applied' is not going to get you the meaning of 'perceived reality is directly proportional to the belief applied' or the full meaning of the sentence either.

May I suggest that you take the discussion elsewhere now - maybe make a thread titled 'English - how she is spoke' or something on those lines? I'm confident you will be joined by a whole flock of paralegals (if not actual barristers-at-law) who may find it more than entertaining.
This discussion, however, is about what ticks us off about the Seasonals or what makes it click with us - a concept that seems to be readily understood by many, judging from the plethora of posts on the topic presented.

I guess I'm the opposite. The A-spec seasonals bore me, but the B-specs can be addicting.

Tainted evidence. Please reconsider.

 

[Jbaffoh]

Irrelevant. Objection overuled.
I'm not a 'yank' (do you mean 'Yank'?) but understood (unlike ALB123 who voiced his confusion and has now had such confusion cleared away by the poster involved) what the poster meant. My many posts at this Forum demonstrate my attempts to decipher the incomprehensible.




While it could be taken as misfortune that many of us that are not at the top of this particular feeding chain, I cannot agree that such qualifications are needed to understand the communiques posted here.
All one needs is a basic understanding of the English language, or, at its most exotic, a tame babelfish. Questioning the gist of the post can always help, too - as ALB123 did, though the probability of bruised egos then comes into play.



It is, but not only. The word 'Ace' in the phrase refers to a card played in any card game involving Aces or metaphorically to the kind of trump card or winning card hidden from sight and played unexpectedly.



The idea that was to be conveyed by the defendant you are defending pro bono is that whatever was being judged was 'good', 'tops' 'unbeatable', 'satisfying', etc, 'on the whole' (judged in its entirety.) It came across to at least one reader as a mutilation of a popular phrase - 'Ace in the hole' and was questioned.
Googling 'whole', 'the whole', or 'on the whole' wasn't going to help in deciphering the possible meaning of the entire phrase that was used.
Googling 'directly proportional to the belief applied' is not going to get you the meaning of 'perceived reality is directly proportional to the belief applied' or the full meaning of the sentence either.

May I suggest that you take the discussion elsewhere now - maybe make a thread titled 'English - how she is spoke' or something on those lines? I'm confident you will be joined by a whole flock of paralegals (if not actual barristers-at-law) who may find it more than entertaining.
This discussion, however, is about what ticks us off about the Seasonals or what makes it click with us - a concept that seems to be readily understood by many, judging from the plethora of posts on the topic presented.




Tainted evidence. Please reconsider.

Did I type "B-specs?" Oops, perhaps that was the vino talking. I meant TT's.

Nice move, bloviating ad nauseum about your familiarity with the English language, and then counseling people to correct your mistakes elsewhere. Here's but one small tip for a self-described "part-time writer": Use an active voice to keep the reader awake and avoid sounding pompous. But I agree, it's off topic here. If you'd like to understand how the word, "ace" was used in Latin, Old French and Old English centuries before the game of Poker was developed, I'd be happy clue you in elsewhere--so long as you don't misuse pseudo-legalese gibberish--that's the sign of a hack.

Getting back on point, I am attracted to the seasonals so I can get a rest from the type of nonsense I just replied to.

 

[GTFireball]

Grabs popcorn, pulls up chair

 

[photonrider]

Nice move, bloviating ad nauseum about your familiarity with the English language, and then counseling people to correct your mistakes elsewhere.

I believe you took us down that semantic path first. I have no option but to remind you of that:

Top of this page.


Now, Jbaffoh, I have no command of the Language enough to pontificate on hard-and-fast laws, having said enough so in other parts of this Forum and known to those who have been long enough at this Forum. My fascination for the language doesn't extend to teaching it; in fact I have had far too many hair-raising brawls with editors, Creative directors, and copywriters for my own good; I protect more the flexibility of the language than it's rigidity.

However, when we roam we must adjust, and there are simple rules within this Forum (punctuation, meaningful grammar, right context, and so on) that have given character to this Forum and we all do our best to stay within those guidelines.
As the initiator of this discussion and the Thread Starter I have a responsibility to keep the peace within the discussion and maintain the topic or have it closed if it has outlived its usefulness. Or, if unable to maintain the decorum, then call upon the Staff to adjudicate on the matter.

Because you stepped in to accuse ALB123 of pedantry and point out that the mangled quotation that had been offered was a popular one (after all - known to Aussie yachtsman and Top Gear watchers) and that others should not question its meaning but should have comprehended it right away, is what polluted the discussion - and I merely hoped to clear it up by showing that even google when asked about 'aces on the hole' would only find 'Aces in the hole'; if you took the time to actually read and understand what was going on (your comments about 'B-Spec' speak volumes in itself) and examine the graphic of google I presented, you would see that the phrase googled (the one the original poster who dropped a comma used) bought up a distinctively different phrase, many examples of it - the one more commonly used. Today, here. Not yesteryear or otherwhere.
I believe we may have some members from land-locked countries with no use for Top Gear. And maybe even some to whom a deck of cards (with the type of Ace we speak of) is forbidden or unfamiliar, and to whom the idea of 'ace' being a pinnacle of any sort would have no base.
Most didn't care.
One did, just enough to query and was answered.
Your post was derailment, and - as most of such posts are - also personal, baited, weighted, and counter-productive apart from getting you attention.

Here's but one small tip for a self-described "part-time writer":

Somewhat creepy that you need to investigate that much to respond. Should I give you my history before the 'part-time' writer bit, too? Full-time Capitalist?
As a self-confessed 'Lawyer' whose 'sailboat honeymoon' was a pleasant escape from 'feel-good' socialism, where on earth do you find the time for all this? No, I didn't prowl your profile - this info is from posts you have scattered throughout these forums. I read a lot; a bit more than I post anyway. To go on:

Use an active voice to keep the reader awake and avoid sounding pompous.

Bernstien or Fowler? Or just Emily Post? Should I go Blyton or Joycean? e-Talk or newspeak? TXT or medeaval legistlative cliches?
But the voice you read is the voice in your head. Not mine.
You cannot even imagine my voice - not for all the 'facts' you read about me on the 'net. The tone you read these posts in is the tone mirrored by every experience you've had so far in your life; the responses express who and what you are as of this moment.
I have other 'voices' - active, passive, and even subliminally seductive; I change 'voice' to suit the need.
I used playful legalese because of the background you presented; I felt it was the only style worthy of your intellect.

But I agree, it's off topic here. If you'd like to understand how the word, "ace" was used in Latin, Old French and Old English centuries before the game of Poker was developed, I'd be happy clue you in elsewhere--so long as you don't misuse pseudo-legalese gibberish--that's the sign of a hack.

Perceived reality is directly proportional to the belief applied. The chemical events in your neurons mirror yourself. It was not me that had the interest in pedantry, you did.
I just like the truth.

Did I type "B-specs?" Oops, perhaps that was the vino talking. I meant TT's.

That might explain the depth of your perceptions - if not the spirit of your posts. I will do my best to find just a drunken defence.

Getting back on point, I am attracted to the seasonals so I can get a rest from the type of nonsense I just replied to.

I'm hoping we can believe that. Or at least perceive it sooner or later, sir.

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I recommend everyone else scroll past that tedious missive.


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O.T:

Lovely, lovely race.

Yeah, you guys know which one I'm talking about, right? The Daytona 24. Right out of the blue.
Now I've heard that this was to celebrate (or just coincide?) with the Rolex 24 - but how true is that? Has PD actually said anything textually anywhere? If so this may be setting a precedent for other iconic races. Will we have a Daytona 500, too?

The present race for me is not about the credits, though the credits never go to waste. Admitedly, credit-harvesting, as we have all come to learn now, is so much easier via Seasonals than Career Mode. Not just easy - effortless. Credit harvesting subliminally draws us in.
I was playing around with the 15th anni. ed. Tesla S at Eiger, basically studying AI behaviour, making them run fast, slow, trying out various moves and judging reactions and so on, though always making sure that I would grab the win at the last moment (the S maxed out to regs runs circles around them,) and before I knew it my account had swelled significantly. Yeah, swelled.
I wanted to go put all my Aces in a hole. That one known as 'Dealership'.
But this particular race interests me tremendously.
It is a compressed version of reality - a simulation run at a different clock-speed. I ran the race in full and then watched the replay of several Rabbits in their entirety. I also watched some replays hopping from bunny cockpit to bunny cockpit and, boy, there is so much going on.
Not a topic for in here though, I shall discuss the Rabbit behaviour in full in another thread, but I have to say - yeah - this race lures me back to the Seasonals. This doesn't mean Willow and Toscana have lost their appeal; I'm glad there are still on.

One member mentioned that it would be great if they kept these on permanently, and I myself once said that if they paid-DLC'd this stuff I would purchase it, but I wonder; if they weren't so transient would we still be attracted like we are?
This doesn't apply to TTs, see, TT's are events that are re-doable only for so long; as soon as a Player is up on the Board where they want to be, that's basically it.
Races are unpredictable (to a degree) and so will always prick at our interest that way, and are re-doable.
And then there are the many, many cars that can be tried - not just searching for an optimum machine, but to try all the different characteristics we want to know about the car.

For now I'm thrashing the Bentley, but next? The 787B. Then the GT-One. Then the Minolta.
I can't count the Carl Edwards Ford with which I investigated the race first.
I let the race start, then drove the Ford over to the apron and sat watching the race till it was over. I had to just complete a lap to end it. The replay was terrific - Rabbits go nuts when left on their own. They ran a good race, too! Well, some of 'em did.
One guy changed to IMs as soon as it started that 3.30 AM shower, (rain stops in 2 & 1/2 laps) and then never changed back, running zero tyres finally all the way to the end, spinning and crashing all the time and getting in everybody's way.
Must have been a foul-up with the crew chief.

Great zoned-out grind, too.

Will I be lured into the Seasonals a lot this week? For sure.

Cheers, guys.


Don't choke on that pop-corn, flameboy - it's stale.

 

[Aussie_HSV]

Snip ...
Lovely, lovely race.

Yeah, you guys know which one I'm talking about, right? The Daytona 24. Right out of the blue.
Now I've heard that this was to celebrate (or just coincide?) with the Rolex 24 - but how true is that? Has PD actually said anything textually anywhere? If so this may be setting a precedent for other iconic races. Will we have a Daytona 500, too?
Snip ...

From the GT Facebook page :
"In addition to this week's Seasonal Events, we've just released a new 24 minute Endurance event to commemorate the 24 Hours of Daytona!"

Plus, it sounds like a new QM event will happen inline with the Bathurst 12h race.
http://www.gran-turismo.com/au/news/00_1110205.html

So they seem to be trying to link GT events with real world races atm. 👍

 

[StarLight]

I just do it mainly for the paint chips .... and for testing my adrenaline level.
Have enough cash, have all cars (in different colors too) at the moment more than 6.800 cars.
Have a nice day!

 

[Zolon32]

Well, gentlemen, you have my most profuse and profound apologies for the confusion I caused through the omission of a comma. Thank you to Polsixe for his correction, and others who provided explanations.

I pride myself on the quality of my English grandma too, so this is especially embarrassing for me. I blame it upon my education, which was at a comprehensive school described, by no lesser authority than Wikipedia, as 'deprived'. I had no chance really.

Thanks a bunch chaps, it has been an interesting read, cheers, Zo.

 

[KOGSoldier]

I do the seasonals for the credits and paint chips but mostly for the challenge...I'm not the fastest driver by far so I prolly learn a lil something too...the recent Daytina endurance race has been a blast

 

[MTM79]

Back in GT5 I did seasonals purely for the money. I remember there being a Ferrari challenge at Circuit de la Sarthe that gave lots of cash in exchange for one fast lap with an Enzo. I must have driven that seasonal hundreds of times and made most of my GT5-money there.

In GT6 it was a bit about money at first but at this point as I have golded all past seasonals, obtained platinum trophy and got 100% progress, I would have to say that my lure is nowadays an obsessive must-gold-everything-since-I've-done-it-this-far-can't-stop-now sort of a thing. Also the fact that there is nothing to do in career mode makes the seasonals more attractive. And I like to try out different cars in the process.

Lately I've also participated in some custom made challenges engineered by @photonrider at Rabbit HQ. It is rapidly becoming the most fun I've had with seasonals so far.

 

[photonrider]

From the GT Facebook page :
"In addition to this week's Seasonal Events, we've just released a new 24 minute Endurance event to commemorate the 24 Hours of Daytona!"

Plus, it sounds like a new QM event will happen inline with the Bathurst 12h race.
http://www.gran-turismo.com/au/news/00_1110205.html

So they seem to be trying to link GT events with real world races atm. 👍

Thanks for the confirmation @Aussie_HSV; good to have that link in here where we are actually discussing the strategies they use to lure us into the Seasonal. I believe GTPlanet had it up in the News section, too, so this not only sets a precedent, but also tells us the road they're taking. Since hype explodes, and then (the failure of which) causes disappointment, it is good to see PD firmly showing us a map of the future.

I just do it mainly for the paint chips .... and for testing my adrenaline level.
Have enough cash, have all cars (in different colors too) at the moment more than 6.800 cars.
Have a nice day!

6.800 cars? That's a whole lot of painting for crying out aloud. I'll be stuck in front of the console 24/7!

Well, gentlemen, you have my most profuse and profound apologies for the confusion I caused through the omission of a comma. Thank you to Polsixe for his correction, and others who provided explanations................
Thanks a bunch chaps, it has been an interesting read, cheers, Zo.

We all make those mistakes, Zo - NP. I have found dozens of dropped commas, use of 'there' for 'their (or vice versa), and so many other grammer and spelling mistakes in my own posts; I groan when I re-read them sometimes, wondering whether I should go in for an edit or simply hope people will forgive me and move on (which no doubt may have happened hundreds of times )
But as long as we keep even-tempered, we should always be able to sort out together any confusion that arises out of our babblings.

Back in GT5 I did seasonals purely for the money. I remember there being a Ferrari challenge at Circuit de la Sarthe that gave lots of cash in exchange for one fast lap with an Enzo. I must have driven that seasonal hundreds of times and made most of my GT5-money there.

That's exactly the Seasonal I did to buy my first Miura in GT5.
My Seasonal 'effective disorder' started in the last few months of GT5's Seasonals; I had been playing the Original game (Vers 1) till then. I finally upgraded the game at the last moment and having salivated at all the credits that everybody was making in the Seasonals (while I, and my drive-bots/AI/stable of drivers were working hard to grind out credits in the Offline (therefore no Seasonals) game.)
I was surprised at how fast (and with so much more fun than Offline grinding ) I made my account swell.
When I finally bought that Miura (which was a car I starved for all through the years with GT5 Offline), man - you couldn't imagine how I felt - pure satisfaction.
Mission accomplished, desired object can be experienced any time.
Satori.

In GT6 it was a bit about money at first but at this point as I have golded all past seasonals, obtained platinum trophy and got 100% progress, I would have to say that my lure is nowadays an obsessive must-gold-everything-since-I've-done-it-this-far-can't-stop-now sort of a thing.

That's the kind of attitude that totally excites me when I am in the company of test-pilots. It's the kind of attitude that got us to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond. It's the kind of aittitude that took the wheel and made it fly into the air on the feet of flying machines and planted those wheels on another planet.
When we have a 'game' (or to put it technically - an electronic puzzle to test not only our wits but our total perceptual skills and translate that into the kind of active reality-shaping that only humans on this planet have so far achieved) that we can then test out and master these skills, as well as have fun (because the unpredictable can be fun - humans love surprises) we have a most pleasant way to not only eradicate existential anxiety, but to actually shape it into experiential bliss. Moment by moment.

And, to hone in on why that is a matter of topic - Seasonals offer us that.

Also the fact that there is nothing to do in career mode makes the seasonals more attractive. And I like to try out different cars in the process.
Lately I've also participated in some custom made challenges engineered by @photonrider at Rabbit HQ. It is rapidly becoming the most fun I've had with seasonals so far.

Thank you.
I'm so happy to hear that; and while I do take the time to post up the events and keep things moving, the events would be nothing if not for you, as well as the rest of the top-runners that take on all the different types of gaming challenges that tap a variety of skills - you guys just blow us away with what is possible, and we are galvanised to do better.
The Seasonals would be nothing if not for the fact that we can share it. The Seasonals are basically a bunch of events that could very well be in one's A-Spec folders; there is no one around to talk to except rabbits in the Race-type events, and - just like the licence tests, (and other recorded level achievements done alone) we get to compare our times with our 'friends' leaderboard) and that's about the only sharing.
But then we come here to share it. Or some other site where everybody is going goo-gah one way or the other and throwing all kinds of useful stuff around that helps one to play (and enjoy) the game more.
That expands the consciousness and enjoyment of the Seasonals.

What the Rabbit HQ (and that is basically 'GTPlanet slang'* for GT6 AI Center) gives us us a place to not only share the Seasonal events further, but also share the 'internal' game together, too, because there is a wealth of racing and driving events in the internal game (various parts of the My Home dashboard) that are vastly more fun when shared and done together.
Believe me - the offline game (and by that I mean no 'net contact at all) is a very, very lonely place.
One only has Rabbits for company.

Again, thanks for the participation - I always look forward to seeing your Scoreboards reflecting faster and more skillful performances, and even more intriguingly the performances of your AI reflecting your skill and performance, too.
Must make for a hugely more exciting game, eh?

It has to be concluded here that the Online Rabbits are a lot more fierce than the Offline Rabbits, right?

*The word 'rabbit' standing for the lead 'alien' AI, and thereafter for all leading runaway AI, and now colloquially as an AI-driven car, or imaginary driver of such car, and sometimes even to all the AI that drives cars on the track in general since the lead AI sometimes can come out of nowhere (and not necessarily the one running in front.) The word was first coined - AFAIK- here at GTPlanet. Proof to the contrary always welcome.

 

[Zolon32]

I must express my disappointment at the fact that I simply can't see the track on the recent 24 minute race. Most strange, because I don't have any trouble under any other circumstances

Cheers, Zo.

 

[ALB123]

I must express my disappointment at the fact that I simply can't see the track on the recent 24 minute race. Most strange, because I don't have any trouble under any other circumstances

Cheers, Zo.

You are not alone. I also have trouble seeing much of the infield sections of Daytona's road course. My TV has been calibrated using the very reputable Digital Video Essentials - HD Basics and I carried those settings over from the HDMI port that my BluRay player is using to the HDMI port my PS3 is plugged into. Since the PS3 is essentially a BluRay player, I would like to believe those settings should be very good for the PS3 as well as my standalone BluRay player. Still, I struggle seeing turn in points quite often. I almost prefer when there is a car in front of me for some sections of the infield. 👎

 

[photonrider]

You are not alone. ...................Still, I struggle seeing turn in points quite often. I almost prefer when there is a car in front of me for some sections of the infield. 👎

This is a problem for many players, I'm sure. Some tracks kill me at night (IRL that would have been literally true!); Willow for instance has no adequate lighting and the Ring can be hauntingly dark in some sections. There are other tracks like this, too.
But there are always markers - one has to search for them. On tracks that have posted signs (100 M, 50 M, etc) and lighting, finding markers is not too much of a problem but on tracks like Daytona's Road Course that includes an infield that is a visual and ill-lit nightmare, as well as a couple of laps in the rain conveniently at night to add to the gaming tension . . . we got a challenge.
Then the rapid change in light from light to dark as we hit the backstretch, blink through the bus-stop and head down to the lights on the front straight all happens so rapidly that we're running at different clock speeds in our brains, too - optic nerves and all.
Then the rain and the darkness recedes and we're back to dawn, and the sun playing tricks on the track camber. Great stuff.
I'm not sure if there is a thread out there that discusses visual markers as aids in impaired-visibility driving, but there may be - we have over a quarter of a million threads here at GTPlanet.
Now that Winter's back o'er here in Ontario - I'm driving in visibility-impaired weather almost everyday. Still everything mild - no 80 mph blizzards, yet.

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Well! Lure of Seasonals!!

Jeebus Murphy. What do you guys think of the present round? I'm loving it. Hope the TT-ers have plenty to do, too - because the racers/drivers/car-tuner-testers/movie-makers, and all the unimaginable bohemians that Gran Turismo attracts should be happy with this round of bunny events. Four full Race Events - from a Beginner's delight to a compact open-to-all-classes-of-driver Enduro that compresses a full 24-hour weather cycle.

And credits?

Who wants credits?
If PD is baiting me - well, I'm nibbling on this lure. Big time.
And, personally, because a lot of the returning rabbits are old friends, I'll be looking forward to trading paint with some o' them.