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I’ve obtained every trophy I have ever attempted in all sorts of games, until the Vettel challenge at Suzuka in GT5. The difficulty level of this race is so exponentially higher than anything else that I feel there should be a health safety warning especially for DS3 users. It is extremely misleading on PD’s part to make nearly every other gold time in the game so easy compared to the Vettel Challenge and not actively make a point of warning that they intentionally set it absurdly high and players are heading straight off a cliff. At this point I am of the opinion that they should be required to post the percentage of DS3 users who are able to gold this race to prevent people from wasting their time trying to do something that is in fact impossible for them. If their goal is 1% or even 5% I definitely would never have bothered wasting so many hours.
For laughs after being so demoralized one night I contacted Sony inquiring the following:
“What percentage of players who have attempted to gold the Vettel Challenge in Gran Turismo 5 with a DS3 controller have actually succeeded in getting gold medals? The impression given in online forums is that most who have golded the races in this event are the ones who have spent a lot of money on steering wheel accessories and it's considered near impossible to do with a standard DS3 controller. I and many others would love to know if us DS3 users are attempting something that is in fact beyond what the hardware is reasonably capable of and we are just wasting our time trying.”
Their response:
“My name is Chad, and I will be assisting you today. Thank you for your email, we apologize for any frustration this may have caused. At this time, Gran Turismo 5 is fully compatible with the DUALSHOCK®3 wireless controller. I do not have any information that would indicate you would be required to purchase additional accessories to complete any challenges within the game.”
Thanks Chad, but when a single race which represents o.6% of a gold trophy is deserving of its own platinum and takes as long as whole other games (I’ve spent at least 40 hours on Suzuka with an X1), then take it from this OCD completist: there is a hardware compatibility issue here that inflicts harm on players.
Update (Jan 19):
After some 50 hours trying to gold Suzuka I gave up. I couldn't even get silver. My best time was 2.11.566. I could drive consistent 2.12s and very rarely 2.11s. So I went out and bought a wheel. Within 4 hours I was beating my DS3 times and had already obtained silver. By 6 hours I was driving consistent 2.10s and by hour seven I had golded the race with a 2.09.698.
So a year of GT5 with a DS3 golding every event in the game and some 50 hours on Suzuka alone was no match for 7 hours with a DFGT, a type of controller I have never used before.
For laughs after being so demoralized one night I contacted Sony inquiring the following:
“What percentage of players who have attempted to gold the Vettel Challenge in Gran Turismo 5 with a DS3 controller have actually succeeded in getting gold medals? The impression given in online forums is that most who have golded the races in this event are the ones who have spent a lot of money on steering wheel accessories and it's considered near impossible to do with a standard DS3 controller. I and many others would love to know if us DS3 users are attempting something that is in fact beyond what the hardware is reasonably capable of and we are just wasting our time trying.”
Their response:
“My name is Chad, and I will be assisting you today. Thank you for your email, we apologize for any frustration this may have caused. At this time, Gran Turismo 5 is fully compatible with the DUALSHOCK®3 wireless controller. I do not have any information that would indicate you would be required to purchase additional accessories to complete any challenges within the game.”
Thanks Chad, but when a single race which represents o.6% of a gold trophy is deserving of its own platinum and takes as long as whole other games (I’ve spent at least 40 hours on Suzuka with an X1), then take it from this OCD completist: there is a hardware compatibility issue here that inflicts harm on players.
Update (Jan 19):
After some 50 hours trying to gold Suzuka I gave up. I couldn't even get silver. My best time was 2.11.566. I could drive consistent 2.12s and very rarely 2.11s. So I went out and bought a wheel. Within 4 hours I was beating my DS3 times and had already obtained silver. By 6 hours I was driving consistent 2.10s and by hour seven I had golded the race with a 2.09.698.
So a year of GT5 with a DS3 golding every event in the game and some 50 hours on Suzuka alone was no match for 7 hours with a DFGT, a type of controller I have never used before.
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