Will Bathurst be the next Spa?

[05XR8]

Say, Gran Turismo 6 drops on the last V8SC Championship weekend Dec 6-8 at Homebush. Maybe PD will have something up their sleeve. Could possibly be waiting to see who gets the No.1 put on their car.

 

[CarreraGT]

Pretty much, the Bernie-Monopoly dictates that only tracks molested by Herman Tilke are ever used, Silverstone is more or less a dump in the middle of Northamptonshire, there's a persistent corn-fly problem which causes all sorts of problems for the cars and it's only because Bernie threatens them do they keep quiet about it. Silverstone, just like Bathurst and even Spa for that matter is a mundane track with one or two redeeming features, in regards to the latter two people only get a hard-one on for elevation changes because 80% of tracks are now flat and dull.

Like I said, If you consider Bathurst and Silverstone (and Spa??) to be mundane, what tracks do you prefer?

Basically I've come to the conclusion that you just like to argue for the sake of it because not a word of sense has come out of your mouth yet. I suppose you think the Nordschleife is mundane too...

Speaking of which, that track alone has pretty much kept me coming back to GT. I got fed up with the AI etc. in 4 and 5 pretty quickly but lapping that circuit never gets old. Let's hope we can say the same about Bathurst in a few months time. I'm also looking forward to the Goodwood hillclimb (purely for the historic value), Brands Hatch and the return of Apricot Hill (my favourite from GT2!)

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Congratulations TetreRouge and CarreraGT, for your letting your petty squabble drag the thread off-topic. If you have a problem with another member, don't resort to name calling or insults; play the ball, not the man, in a discussion.

This argument is now done - continue this sort of attitude and you'll be taking some time off.

Back to your regularly-scheduled program, now 👍

 

[TheDabbinDave]

Like I said, If you consider Bathurst and Silverstone (and Spa??) to be mundane, what tracks do you prefer?

Basically I've come to the conclusion that you just like to argue for the sake of it because not a word of sense has come out of your mouth yet. I suppose you think the Nordschleife is mundane too...

Speaking of which, that track alone has pretty much kept me coming back to GT. I got fed up with the AI etc. in 4 and 5 pretty quickly but lapping that circuit never gets old. Let's hope we can say the same about Bathurst in a few months time. I'm also looking forward to the Goodwood hillclimb (purely for the historic value), Brands Hatch and the return of Apricot Hill (my favourite from GT2!)

Real Racing 3 has a handful of the new to GT tracks you just mentioned. The top of Mount Panorama will surely be a bottleneck of destruction. It sure is in RR3!

 

[CarreraGT]

Real Racing 3 has a handful of the new to GT tracks you just mentioned. The top of Mount Panorama will surely be a bottleneck of destruction. It sure is in RR3!

I've played Bathurst in RR3, unfortunately it's the half baked model from Shift 2 but still fun. The model should be bang on in GT considering they were there scanning the track in real life, interested to see how it compares between GT and Forza.

The best model to date was in GTR2, and the one in RFactor was pretty good too

 

[TheDabbinDave]

I've played Bathurst in RR3, unfortunately it's the half baked model from Shift 2 but still fun. The model should be bang on in GT considering they were there scanning the track in real life, interested to see how it compares between GT and Forza.

The best model to date was in GTR2, and the one in RFactor was pretty good too

How accurate was ToCA compared to modern/current models?

One of the things GT5 is lacking I think is representing slight elevation change. Such as Monza, the F1 race really showed how much of a dip there is going under the oval. It is pretty much flat in GT5, right? Big elevation changes are easy to see. Bathurst has a lot of undulations.

 

[CarreraGT]

The model in Toca WTC was pretty average but it wasn't too bad in the Race Driver series (apart from the fact that the cars would fly over Sulman and McPhillamy Park). Still nowhere near as good as GTR / Rfactor though.

The model in Grid was a bit flat and the track itself was far too wide, same with Shift 2 and RR3

 

[ReverenceSatans]

Silverstone, just like Bathurst and even Spa for that matter is a mundane track with one or two redeeming features

Anyone who thinks Bathurst is a mundane track has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. None what-so-ever.

It's essentially a street circuit draped on the side of a mountain.

 

[XxHighWayStarXx]

Anyone who thinks Bathurst is a mundane track has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. None what-so-ever.

It's essentially a street circuit draped on the side of a mountain.

Yep, exactly right. I've been to the Great Race many times and it never fails to get the blood pumping. There really isn't a bad place on the track to watch it. The incline from Skyline to Forest Elbow has to be seen in person to fully appreciate just what a daredevil run it is. Same for Mountain Straight, Griffins Bend, The Cutting, Reid Park, McPhillamy Park, Suliman Park....

Mt Panorama is a driving master class.Period.

 

[fastboysmith]

My mate went ass up walking down the dipper, it's that steep. For all those people that have only seen it on tv, it's looks like nothing on tv, but when you see it in person it's mind blowing, standing on the track at skyline you look down the mountain and see pit straight everything is just so small and far away.

Which gets me thinking... only 24 days until I do the 11 hour drive to Bathurst.

Can't Wait!!!!

 

[05XR8]

I'll leave my contribution here. If you can't see it I apologise. Im not near my desktop.

Jensen Button & Craig Lowndes describing the Mountain

 

[Johnnypenso]

I'll leave my contribution here. If you can't see it I apologise. Im not near my desktop.

Jensen Button & Craig Lowndes describing the Mountain

Fixed it for you..

 

[SagarisGTB]

One of the things GT5 is lacking I think is representing slight elevation change. Such as Monza, the F1 race really showed how much of a dip there is going under the oval. It is pretty much flat in GT5, right? Big elevation changes are easy to see. Bathurst has a lot of undulations.

GT5 onboards and F1 onboards look to have the same elevation change through that section. I looks right to me. It would be shocking if it wasn't.

 

[zippy_the_cat]

GT5 onboards and F1 onboards look to have the same elevation change through that section. I looks right to me. It would be shocking if it wasn't.

Shift 2 I think is better than GT5 at conveying the verticality of the tracks the two games have in common, even if GT5's mapping is more accurate. There's something about the way it handles POV that makes GT5 weak at that.