what is one thing that you don't like about GT3?
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Huh?
How is it possible to even own a Panoz or win an F1 from the start? I must be missing something.
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Huh?
Panoz=Set a 1st-place time in all the Time Trials in Arcade Mode.
F1=Buy/win a Miata, get Racing Super-Slick tires, and win the Roadster Endurance race. Pick the F1 from there.
On topic: the crazily uneven tyre wear-my right-front should not be red before my left-rear is green.
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What I don't like about GT3 is the fact that there's no used cars. It's so frustrating when you first browse through the dealership and then realize you can only buy the really slow cars! And what bugs me even more is that if you had like 500 more credits, you could buy a Silvia.
:-)
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You're 100% correct on this. However, even the slightest bit of self-discipline renders this "problem" irrelevant. Simply don't enter the F1 is any race other than the FGT, and leave the Panoz in the garage until you come up against suitable competition. Issue closed.
On a tough, counter-clockwise track in a high-powered FWD or AWD car, you can bet your boots that the outside front would be fully cooked long before the inside rear was getting hot. Heck, with race rubber, the inside rear would probably be spending a decent portion of its time off the ground.
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That it was so much more fun than GT4
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Very true, but should the same be happening in, say, the Roadster Endurance race? Even with the stock Miata you have to use, these two tires especially should not wear in like this. (In a car as underpowered as it is, I can understand the fronts coming in before the rears.) Either that, or I have no idea what I'm saying and I'm just ranting like an idiot.
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I don't think you're ranting like an idiot. Consider this - any track has 360* more turns in one direction than in the other per lap. Apricot Hill runs counterclockwise in the Roadster Enduro, meaning you're making 360* more left turns than right. In addition, all the big high-speed turns are lefts - the Turn 1/2 complex, which is very hard on tires, the one at the base of the first valley as you go uphill (meaining the front suspension is heavily loaded), and the giant left sweeper before the back straight. All that adds up to significantly worse wear on the outside front.
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I see what you're getting at now. Meaning to say, tire wear depends on the car and track, not one specific piece of code that says one tire will always wear before the others. Thank you for clearing this up for me. (Probably should have played the game a little more before I said anything.)
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What I don't like about GT3 is the fact that there's no used cars. It's so frustrating when you first browse through the dealership and then realize you can only buy the really slow cars! And what bugs me even more is that if you had like 500 more credits, you could buy a Silvia.
:-)
Yeah, that was a shocker...you can't buy a Silvia anymore with the starting 10,000 credits! I remember being there and it really made me mad at first
But i think this actually reflects real-life. As Gran Turismo and some other racing games (not to mention real-life drift & amateur racing) have made Silvias popular their price has gone up on the used-car market...and i think Polyphony Digital was aware of this so i gotta give them thumbs up for that. 👍Also, as we all know...we really don't need a Silvia to start GT3! It's so frickin easy in the beginning!
Ah...i see. As you can tell, i'm not very big on shortcuts...i'm not even aware of the best ones in GT3.
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Ah...i see. As you can tell, i'm not very big on shortcuts...i'm not even aware of the best ones in GT3.
Nor am I...I had just read it in an FAQ and figured i could tell you really quick.
Although just running the Roadster Enduro is also (when you're a beginner) a veritable gold mine of cash...I'd suggest running this if you were starting GT3 for the first time.
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Not me. I always like doing things the hard way i guess. I like to imagine i've got a driver/crew who's struggling to become great so i work my way thru the beginner's races before moving up to the amteurs. I don't even touch endurance races till i'm in the pro league. 
So by the time i actually start making cash, it feels really sweet. I admit in GT4 i took the "Costa di Amalfi" shortcut (you win a Toyota racing car you can sell for about a quarter million) but GT4 structures the game so that you can't even touch endurance races till you're 25% done with the rest of the game, which i think is great for keeping folks patient. In any event, i only do the Costa races once per memory card unless i'm really desperate and/or stuck in a game.
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Wihch is why I said, "For the first time." If I knew someone who was just getting into the GT series and started on 3, then I would recommend this as a starter race.
I admit, when I first started GT3, I started with the Miata and only made enough for some T2 tires just to do the Roadster Enduro.
Outside of that (especially in GT2, which I'm best at), I like doing things the hard way.
I admit, when I first started GT3, I started with the Miata and only made enough for some T2 tires just to do the Roadster Enduro.
Outside of that (especially in GT2, which I'm best at), I like doing things the hard way.
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It would be a pretty cool feeling to do it that way though, wouldn't it? You become an instant superstar in a matter of days! 
I can dig that!
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I didn't really like GT3 full stop. However, what I hated most was the pace of the game. It takes such a long time to get into. Infact, I stopped playing after a few weeks!
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I found it the opposite. Because there are less cars, there were less slower events so you could get to the larger stuff more quickly than GT4.
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Parnelli Bone said a while back that the thrill is only there for a short time. For that I have to agree, what with a shortage of cars compared to other installments. However, going into the 60-95% part of the game is tough, as 25-30 lap races become more common, and *shudders* TEST COURSE.
To cap it all, the Arcade Mode Time Trials are tedious. But, at least none are over 1 lap.
So, the game moves fairly slow until you hit 96-97% after reaching the wall of 60+%, in which Formula GT is actually exhilarating, driving the proverbial rocket sled on the edge of destruction. But, that's another argument in itself.
Overall, though, this game is a lot better than most people now give it credit for.
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Well it wasnt' that short. I spent about a year and a half with GT3 before moving on to 4. But i will say this: some of the racing in does get pretty intense. That's what i liked about it: i could come home from work and get some guaranteed intense racing.
I agree--the game is better than many give credit. 20 years from now, i think GT3 will be the least remembered GT....kind of like Tomb Raider 5
which was the last TR game on the PS1. Mostly people will remember it because it was the first PS2 game with a higher framerate...which (at the time) was the most incredible thing about 3. But 20 years from now, all this will seem like crayons on paper.
GT12 will be on the shelves. Instead of sitting in your living room with a TV set to use for your racing, we will all have virtual gamechips implanted in our brains. We'll be able to "tune in" to GT12 for the low, low price of just $42.95 an hour. The racing will be so real, we'll literally have bruises ........oh god...me going off topic!
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Did this not make you insecure the first time around?
And, I guess not. However, you did say, '3-4 weeks'.
And, I guess not. However, you did say, '3-4 weeks'.
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What I don't like about GT3? The fact that I can't find it in stores.
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GT3 is about $10 for a used disc at game stores near me, and there's not shortage of them.
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Yeah but he's from "Niceville" Florida. He might be in the middle of an alligator swamp or something. 
Just kidding.
Just kidding.
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This brings up an interesting question... I bought a copy of GT2 actually in part because of something you said a while back in another thread, PB - that it's the ultimate game for car enthusiasts - and you were right. The selection is IMMENSE.
Would you say it'd be worth picking up a used copy of GT3?
Would you say it'd be worth picking up a used copy of GT3?
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Yeah but he's from "Niceville" Florida. He might be in the middle of an alligator swamp or something.
Just kidding.
Not in one, but close! Still I can't find GT3 in any of the stores near me.
