The latest GT5 A-Spec Seasonal Events are now available, featuring Japanese cars produced in the 1980s with no more than 420PP. Here’s a closer look at the races:
- Tsukuba Circuit / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.139,000 2nd: Cr.76,450 3rd: Cr.55,600 - Deep Forest Raceway Reverse / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.170,000 2nd: Cr.93,500 3rd: Cr.68,000 - London City Course / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.151,400 2nd: Cr.83,270 3rd: Cr.60,560 - Sarthe Circuit 2009 / 2 Laps
1st: Cr.207,500 2nd: Cr.114,125 3rd: Cr.83,000 - Aso (Pavement) 102A / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.174,400 2nd: Cr.95,920 3rd: Cr.69,760
The game’s Online Car Dealership has also been updated; KEinc in has compiled a complete list of the new inventory here in our forums. As always, stop by our GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more analysis and discussion! Thanks to SonicConqueror for the quick tip.
GT5 Photomode image by FishyJuice.
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Got it finally! The stars aligned, Honda City in first held the skyline that was in second place at bay long enough!!!
Used grabeins tune too, thanks dude!
You are the man grabein! Won it by 15 sec. And r32 was in. Still, the key is early breaking and the gassing it through the turns to pull you around.
the TC event is so annoying in this challange – its virtually impossible when the MX5 is in the starting list ( I couldnt get closer that 2 secs at the finish in the Mugen Civic)
-without the MX5 i could win by 17 secs – bit stupid really to have such a massive gap between the opposition!
For the TC event use 1984 Mitsubisht Starion Rally car.
I came to read this after i finished this challege… i thought the Tsukuba race was very interesting… seeing that Mazda/Eunos MX5 is so fast, & so is the Nissan Skyline R32… i went to get myself one… it could never outrun these 2 which are at the 1st 2 of the grid… tried Toyota Supra, also couldn’t… then tried to use 4WD such as Mitsubishi Galant VR4, slow at turns… usinga Eunos Roadster / Mazda MX-5 (NA package) i could only get 2nd position at best, with the winning car far off… And then i tried the Mugen Motul Honda Civic Si race car… it was a revelation, i don’t know much about settings, i just off all the aid… it could catch the Eunos Roadster at the front on the last lap… after this difficult race… the rest is really easy with this Mugen Motul Honda Civic Si race car, get 1st with 1st try…
I used a Mitsubishi HSR-II Concept-89 on all – Great Fun car with a nice Turning Technic added, flaps in front and back :o)
I used the Eunos Roadster myself for all the events on 80’s festival. Won a Nissan R89C. 881 HP, 645 lb ft of torque, and im liking it so far. Put 117 miles on the roadster doing the challenges alone.
Medium Comfort Tires.
Brakes-7-8
Susp- Camber .2, .4 Ride Height -4, -4
Upgrade Drivetrain except for LSD
Tranny- just set at 112
High to Mid RPM turbo, I used High.
Exhaust- Cat,
Racing Air Filter
Level 3 stage tuning, Chip
Window Reduc, Carbon Hood
Probably not the best setup, but just fiddled with it until it worked. Goodluck
I won on Tsukba using the Mugen Motul civic. I had it at 890kg/184HP. I kept reloading the race until some good opponents appeared in the grid (Honda Civic 1500 3door, No Nissan Skyline R31/R32, no Mazda Miata/MX-5).
Reloading a race in GT5 way, WAY faster said than done…
I used the Toyota MR2 G-Limited ’89 all assist of only ABS 1, won by half second. Fun race but took me some time to find the right car.
One of the best seasonal in Tsukuba! Whit Isuzu 4200 premium and R32 in first position. Not easy, but nice. I hope again this difficult on the next seasonal. Thanks
Thanks for THE brilliant tip grabein won bij 0’00,21
Glad to hear it!
1100+ HP Prize Car :)
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I’m doing the sarthe event with the AE86 corrola with 124hp. Wins by miles and if you have the 170% money and XP thing you get 900.550 Cr. for it. I had no money going into this and im nearly a millionare coming out of it.
Finally got it, using the Mugen Motul Civic! Added 200 kg weight and upped the HP to 204 bhp. Set camber to 4.0 front and 1.0 back to make it oversteer. Had skid recovery on and Traction control at 5. Active stability off, ABS 4 and steering sensor control at 4. Finally beat the damn thing by half a second. Grabbing my beer now. Cheers!
No Aids, Just tuning and technique. The only way to go, and oh so satisfying.
well said Pit Crew
Yeah, I’m not that good a driver, needed aids on this one.
@grabein , didnt mean you was a bad player just that i agreed with Pit Crew’s comment , im by far good myself
Use the premium MX3 Toyota Supra. It shuffled the car list of starters and I won Tsukuba by 10+ seconds, was in first by lap 4. (make sure the R32 or the MX5 limited isn’t starting first)
MK3 not MX3- it’s the only premium Toyota Supra road car you can buy.
Yeah sadly only that one Supra is premium. Wheres our premium Mark IV, PD!?
Have so far won all the events but the Tsukuba, using the Mugen Motul Civic. Gotten to the point where I’m losing by 4-5 seconds on Tsukuba, trying different aids and tuning. Next time I log on, will try to add some ballast in front, to try to make it grip better, and up the hp. Any thoughts on this?
BTW, I
BTW, I leave the ASM off, skid recovery on, and both traction control and ABS set to 3. Being a front wheel drive, I’m not good enough on my own to corner it smoothly. But now I thought of adding some ballast in the front, maybe the FF drive will pull it better through the turns?
More weight at the front will give you more under steer , and therefore will not turn in as you want.
Thanks, sanesh21! Finally got it!
Front toe to negative 20, Neutral(0) or Negative 5 rear toe on FF cars. Leave the LSD off to as FF cars dont suffer from torque steer like FR RR MR Cars.
TCS may be causing understeer turn it off. FF cars Trac a good line anyway. Dont overtune FF cars at the suspension or with Driving Aids
Got it for real now, due Tsukuba with the City Turbo II ’83 starting first (3rd cycle) and the Mugen Honda, won the thing by 10 and a half seconds
Hey guys, I figured out how to win the Tsukuba race! I would tell you, but it involves entering The Matrix….
the AI cars might have more power than stock,the Ginetta did last seasonal
i cant stop dancing to the music in the UCD,and making similar noises with me mouf…barwhahahahah
change gears early if not going up a hill,watch ya speed increase,old seasonals ive watched i learnt this
We keep getting these Japenesse car evens, at about a rate of 1 in 3 events it seems. Rarely to we get European, why not a historic European one instead of the K(rap)-car events and these historic Jap ones. Even if they always did events for my home country (Uninted States) I would get sick of it, how are they not board of te Jap ones, the 70’s and 80’s cars are garbage. Historic US cars are known for muscle, historic European cars are known for styling (because the E-Type Jag is factually the sharpest car every conceived), historic Japanesse cars are known for being….. the essential…. basic….. point A to B….. dull…… car?
Dull you say but they are reliable, I don’t know of any American car that is the same age as a Japanese one that runs as nicely and possibly there are more Japanese events because this game was made by Asians??? OMG NO WAY!
How about a 1967 Pontiac GTO? My grandpa got it new from the factory and still owns it and it’s NEVER need a restoration. And already talked about there being more Japanesse events when I talked about how even if they were adding my home country’s events I said I would get board of it. Plus the thing I asked for was a classic European car event. But if you are a big fan of the Nissan Sunny or if a Nissan Leaf is what really gets you going then alright, you van turn in your car guy status.
Oh and by the way, still waiting on reliablity out of those Mazda Wankel engines
You might want to use Japanese instead of what you’re saying – not very nice.
ShortAziankid Amac never used the word Reliable. You were so quik to get offended that you misread his post.
@MeanElf , this is what you get with people that can’t even spell their country of origin correctly ,
I was using an ’89 Mazda Roadster and I got to about 10 seconds behind te leader at Tsukuba. Was anybody watching their map display at Tsukuba at the start of the race? You go from 20 seconds behind at the end if the first sector to 30 seconds back at the next. Watch how the leader out of bowhere gets a SUPER unrealistic speed boost on the backstraight on the first lap, an extra 10 seconds lead speed boost!
I won La Sarthe on my first try (no corner cutting) and I took the lead in Dunlop at the start of the second lap. But yeah, the speed boost the leader gets is the hardest part, especially when its only 5 laps and the cars are trash, lol.
Though I don’t mind a bit of a challenge, it’s deffinently better then easily winning and blowing through it.
True Amac, and yes the Tsukuba event, Im looking at the lead cars starting point before the race starts and he’s basically 3quarters around already.
Talk about “Chase the Wabbitt”. Still challenging though and quite fun.
holy crap! i knew soemthing was up with that. I started with an old Celica, won Sarthe easily, went to Tsukuba got 2nd, tried again, worse. So then I got get the winning car and theyre wayyy faster again. Im doing it again right now because I see your post about the leader accelerating madly and that definately is happening. If you guys want challenges tho you gotta enter with a less PP than required so you get more CR n XP
Just make sure the gts-t skyline isnt in the race,then it becomes easier,these have been a good challenge,won mt aso with a 359pp civic race car with 111hp,200kg = 1.2 mill…..i stopped because we cant amass any more money than 20,000,000
I’ve bee suspicious if that second sector pull out thing for a while to, I thought it was happening in sector 2 at on the first lap of the Nürburgring F1 seasonal event and a couple others as well
When I first saw these I thought they’d be rubbish and in a way I was right. If all my cars were in their current state, only 21 of 750 cars were able to be entered! I thought I’d use my power limited Izuzu 4200R, which only got me 2nd on Tsukuba (but how unfair is it that the leader is in the last hairpin when you’re barely through the first corner on at the start). I won De La Sarthe by corner cutting (I was 10 secs slower on the 2nd lap without cutting than on the 1st with cutting). Then my brother looked at rally cars and the Mitsubishi Pajero rally raid worked with least aeros and some power limit. But Tsukuba could still only be won marginally by getting the right line up i.e without an MX5 starting first. Comfot soft was stupid too. The only time I use comfort is for drifting, why are we forced to use them in racing. PP limit too low for my liking, but the OCD is good. I’ve got all the cars but there’s another Veyron for me and an EPIC green Furai. I’d say it’s the best OCD since it went full price (all that time ago!).
its white pearl ~
That’s weird mine is in red pearl. I didn’t know they came in different colors.
Didn’t mean the car. I meant the cars in the carlot.
love the Circuit de la Sarthe -> 400 000+ Cr per race ;D
too bad it’s only 420 PP limited… ;/
I’m soooo happy that B-Spec is finally gone. Would love to see it gone in GT6 too.
What about the people that enjoyed B-spec?
GT6 could have a A&B Spec in one, like in GT4.
I enjoyed B-Spec very much. I want it improved in GT6.
Sasek said best, it’s a brilliant idea that needs improvement.
@TokoTurismo If my bob enrolls in AA and completes the 12 steps of recovery, I wont mind seeing him again in GT6 lol.
@Pit Crew lol
+1 hate b-spec what a waste of space I want to race, not watch the AI race, we could have so much more A -spec if b-spec was gone
I agree with Toko on the GT4 aspect i wish i could run part of a race and pit an swap to a Bob mostly for the long endurance races like The Nurb an Le mans i can’t play 24hrs str8 of this game the game gets old after 2 hours there just isn’t enough to do on this game
I’m sorry of what I said guys. Hopefully we’ll see both A&B Spec back in one again in GT6 for both sides to enjoy, especially with grid starts back in too.
Good. I’m glad this is a challenge.
PD offically has no imagination.
This shoud be fun. I have several fine tuned japanese 80’s in my garage. Can’t wait.
Taking out my untouched ’85 Mazda RX-7. This should be fun; I like Wankels.
Don’t use the RX-7, it can’t win. Use the premium ’89 Eunos Roadster.
Cant win,cannot,impossible???????
What car for Tsukaba? I have tried a few tuned up and down to 420, but best I can do is 2nd with about 13sec gap.
Even tried 4WD’s. Even thinking of running a few race cars ragged and see if I can untune them to 420pp.
The Tsukuba race is very hard to do. Try using the 1989 Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX TT 2seater (Z32).
You can also use the Isuzu 4200R Concept – looks good and even at 416PP can beat the bosses on Tsukuba. It is a toughie alright.
I easily won all 5 events with the Mugen Civic ’87. The trick on suckskuba is cycling the start line-up to get the Honda Turbo in P1.
That’s smart I hadn’t thought of the Mugens, gonn’a use that know. Lol, the Mugens is historically why I seem to dust off when I have to run these boring Japanese events, it’s the only miles it has.
events are tough but fun. the OCD is awesome, new colours of the R8 race car and Formula GT and Mazda Furai for me! pity the Veyron was orange and white…
YES! Japanese from the 80s… so cool! but on le sarte?…lol…
I am afraid I got most cars from the OCD… sob…
What shall I do with my 20mio credits?… max. tuning of favorite cars is an idea I guess…
CU on the track!
Buy a 20,000,000 cr. car; Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar or Gran Turismo Red Bull.
@SonicConquerer: did this already a long time ago! thanks for your idea anyway…
Explore the differences in the cars with and without the chassis reinforcement is something that you can do, that’s what I have been doing with the 20,000,000 credits I have been stuck on.
You can always buy another color of X2010. I now approaching to the purchase of the 8th X2010.
yeh,get a RED redbull,i have
not so easy Tsukuba… NICE! Thanks!
is the rabbit still leading the races in this game ?
even more then before. Tsukaba is beyond hard at anything but 420 and 420 is no cake walk.
silly rabbits! dangit PD.
This is Kaz trolling us
Are you?
Remember, the Tsukuba race is very hard to conquer. Try using this car:
Nissan Fairlady Z 300ZX TT 2seater (Z32) ’89.
420pp is not much, but there are tons of 80’s Japanese cars available.
Just think yourself lucky we get different type of seasonal races every week. They could have not included that feature and given you something else to bitch about!
Cool, Im getting on tomorrow for this
i won le mans with a 380 pp skyline,got 1.2million
no,360pp
Tsukuba is a good one IMO
make it championship goddamn!
Would be too easy for ticket whores :P Could skip the last race!
Come on! Even the most diehard of GT fans has to agree that it’s getting very tedious; that PD keep using the exact same things over and over again. I mean seriously; how many Japanese 80’s festivals have we actually had?
I think its a nice trend, and initally I thought this was the savior of seasonals, but it could still be improved, eg, all the cars are easily overtaken save for any of the top 4 cars, so when you’re racing one, you need 390-400pp just for him, I think it’d be better if their performance was more evenly distributed, and I’m not sure if the tyre limitation is always correct. Hey, this is a lot better than before, so we should be thankful of that.
Yes, Circuit de la Sarthe is the easiest ever because of track cutting!! haha, you can put the PP down a bunch and still win.
I would prefer that no-one complains about any new seasonal event, because the seasonal events are awesome. No exceptions.
Circuit De La Sarthe 2009 420PP race is easy as pie.
well said SonicConqueror ! I’ll guarantee you that this will be full of people that are not happy cos the low pp limit , this is the pp limit i usually race at with my buds at the weekend , its definitely not boring like i see someone say below , brilliant PD ,
Well, we had reasons to complain a few months back when the Seasonals were going in the same bland pattern over and over and over again… But yes, the new ones are becoming more varied, and I’m glad for that. My biggest issue right now is that PD is basically copying events from the original in-game A-Spec, just with set PP limits and the performance-difference bonuses. But what I really want is some kind of sub-endurance race. Something that takes half to two hours to complete with fierce competition, tire wear and fuel consumption, and significant payouts. I’d like to get a challenge from something other than arcade mode.
And I would prefer it if no-one complained about someone complaining.
Anyways, this event looks decent. Shall give it a try.
You may prefer it but…ummm… it aint gonna happen. People have the right to complain if they feel letdown, shotchanged or disapointed. In a free thinking society opinions are a “Dime a Dozen.”
Relate to that and move on.
Agreed Pit Crew.
Leave people to praise or complain
I said this once, and I’ll say it again: no complaining, no exceptions. The end
Lol and what you going to do if someone starts complaining?
I object strongly to what Quakebass said. The people of GT5 will not include semi-endurance race seasonal events on GT5; it will take up a lot of room to get that highly unlikely seasonal event to appear. So, no. The semi-endurance race seasonal events will NOT, I repeat, will NOT appear in the seasonal events menu on GT5. It takes up too much memory to upload the event.
What I suggest would happen, is the RR challenge seasonal event, for cars whose engine & drive type is at the rear. RUFs dominate the event, so, if it appears, a PP limit of 550PP is modest.
Another seasonal event that I like to mention is the Boxer Sports event; whose engine is horizontally opposed, either front or rear. PP limit is 540PP. Subarus and RUFs dominate the event.
Last race to mention is the American Championship, where races take part on US-based circuits. PP limit is 670PP. American race cars dominate heavily in the event.
All 3 events should carry the fairly new Performance Difference Bonus; where a car with less PP wins more exp & credits.
And Quakebass, the seasonal events update process is not in a “bland” pattern. They are simply making the rewards of each seasonal event more rewarding for everyone, if they follow the correct racing pattern.
SonicConqueror you have absolutely no idea what your talking about. Takes up too much memory to upload? Where’d you pull that one out of?
BWX, I told you, no more complaining about it. Plus, I DO know what i’m talking about. And BWX, stop being so negative. I say again, the semi-endurance race seasonal event will not appear on GT5, because of increased risk of HDD space being taken up too much.
No more complaining from you, BWX. Get a better life.
Pmsl @ sonic.
You crack me up. How did you even come to that conclusion? You getting some insider knowledge *rollseyes*
@ SonicConquerer I apologize for coming to your website and having an opinion.
I didn’t realize it was against your AUP rules to speak my mind.
Hmmmm whats that you say… its NOT your website? Oh…well I guess thats why your feelings about posters not complaining is going unheeded. LOL what a joke.
What ticket do You get for it? :)
Nissan R89C Race Car ’89
Thanks :)
What a totally new and original idea!
haha
BBBOOOOOORRRRIIIINNGGGGG………
lol
When is the new DLC finally coming?
OBTW, nice event.
i agree, the Scion FRS doesnt count, which means we havent had a car pack in 6 months+
I’m thinking September at this point, great timing for GT Academy Edition. I hope we ge something big. It’s been quite a while, and there’s been many bad decisions on PD’s part recently.
also, seems kinda meh. when we get mr events?!?
Agreed, MR events are awesome but there are some great cars we can use for this that I don’t use often. I always like having excuses to use cars I don’t normally drive
One problem: The MR challenge hasen’t originally appeared in the seasonal events menu on GT5. It is highly unlikely that GT5 will design the MR challenge for the seasonal events menu. Highly unlikely.
fist
When will you people learn. Worst part is you couldn’t even spell first correctly. Noob
LOL
Who knows? maybe there’s some sort of weird business out there where people are payed to do this…
Haha, couldn’t resist. I never had the chance to say first during childhood :P
Well at least now as an supposed adult people will think you are a little child,which I wouldn’t be surprised if u are 10.
At least if saying fist makes your day for u then enjoy.