*Official* Gran Turismo 5 Thread - One thread to rule them all

[blurredvision]

I'm hoping to get a 3DTV early next year, so I can't wait to give it a shot. Which camera views do you try out 3D in? I'm curious as to if the depth is more pronounced in cockpit view as opposed to bumper or hood cam just due to the presence of "near" objects (i.e. the actual dash).

 

[Riverhound777]

Middle is about right.

Stick him in a powerful car - he will need a large advantage coz he sucks
At the start tell him to slow down to keep him from getting too worked up
Keep telling him to slow down. The horsepower advantage should let him pass if he gets good drive onto a straight.
You can allow him to get a bit hotter when right up someones ass. It should get them worked up a bit too and they may make a mistake.
He will brake in annoying places, and the AI will out brake him into some of the corners. Get used to it
Once at the front tell him to speed up, or else his lap times will tumble. I used a Murcielago against things like Civic Rs and hot hatches. When B-spec was out in front, with no input he only managed the same lap times as the Civic, despite 4 wheel drive and 700 BHP.

It seems things change as you go through the different levels. At first what you describe is what I had to do. Keep him cool and level. But that stopped working when I got to professional. He would just sit behind them and brake. The reason I kept him cooler in the beginner races was because if he got into the red he would spin out and crash, but I discovered that later on he was faster it the red and took more risks. This is needed in the prof races such as the Supercar races or the restricted races where he isn't that much faster than the rest.

Still having issues with some tracks such as Leguna Seca with trucks, but he's getting there. And the drivers make a difference. I ran the Daytona Supercar race in my 1200HP Veyron and with one driver my lap times wouldn't go lower than 1:50. I switched to a faster driver and they went down to 1:44 and he was able to win.

 

[BD2003]

I tried out all of them. The depth in the cockpit was very pronounced, but that view also suffered the highest frame rate hit, so I played mostly with the hood cam, which I feel provides the most realistic view. Cockpit view always feels like I'm sitting in the back seat.

But overall, it was a very good effect. It wasn't so much "wow stuff is popping out at my face" so much as it was way easier to judge distance. You get used to it very quick and then it might start to feel like normal, as if it's barely doing anything at all, but as soon as you take the glasses off you realize what a huge difference it is. The best way I can describe is "natural".

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4acUz4nJw

lollerskates

 

[Phobic9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4acUz4nJw

lollerskates

The real driving simulator indeed.

 

[warcrow]

I've stated before that I'm more of an arcade racer guy, but admittedly both GT5 and Forza 3 have entertained me quite a bit. I'm also not one to sit back for long periods of time and just watch someone else play video games. Last night was different.

A friend of mine--who's not a gamer at ALL but a total car nut--came over and I just couldn't wait to sit him down and show him GT5. What would his response be? Would he scuff at the thought of playing around with a "toy"? I fired up the game with my Logitech Driving Force Pro and sat him down. The entire experience lasted 2 hours and was surprisingly really interesting to see.

After I fired up the game he watched the entire introductory video and marveled at what the budget must have been to make it. In arcade mode his eyes widened when we first saw that the nurburgring was a raceable track and modeled to the real life counterpart ("Do you know how many times I've watched this tracked on TV?"). Then as we went into the vehicle selection he saw it, and then looked at me and says "oooooh my god I can drive the F40?!" It turns out it's a car he's always wanted to drive (he actually ended up not liking the way it handled). But he took several cars out on the nurburgring, and he just loved it. And he experienced many emotions too: happiness, stress, grief and relief. I sat there for the entire 2 hours laughing with him when he crashed, cheering him on as he passed someone and pointing out some of his flaws.

Throughout he commented on things too, like the accuracy of the handling on certain cars. The interesting thing was his negative comment mostly pertained to the specific car he was driving and not about the game stuff (like the menus, although he was constantly lost). When we were done he got up and said "I never knew video games could be this fun, thanks man!"

It was really cool, and a simple reminder that perhaps us hardcore gamers (this obviously includes me!) can have such skewed views sometimes--obsessing about the minutia. I wondered if the fact that I'm so into video games and it's culture that it can also be the undoing of the entertainment at times. I mean, he didn't even mention the load times despite the fact that I brought them up twice.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting and would share.

 

[blurredvision]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4acUz4nJw

lollerskates

Now that's awesome.

 

[jtvang125]

I know GT has always been about grinding but GT5 takes this to a whole new level. Races give you very little credits and the prize cars are worth crap. The ones that are worth anything you can't even sell. I guess they thought it'd be funny to give you a prize car in races where you needed that car to enter with. Repeating races you've already won will not net you the same credits as the very first race. Same thing with B-spec. Ex, a gold win in Japanese 80's race in A-spec will get you 36,000 credits. Very same race in B-spec only gives you 18,000 and it's twice as long???

A few people mentioned the drivers in B-spec mode and I agree they suck. Mine is at lvl 14 and he has gotten better but there are plenty of times when I wanted to fire him right then and there. Unless you give him a way overpowered car that he can pass everyone off the line he'll be behind the front cars for most of the race. Following him through in car view I can see so many chances to overtake but nope he'll brake and get behind the car in front. One time he was half a car ahead of another AI car on a straight approaching a turn. Even though he was slightly ahead he braked and let the AI car take the line.

There are definitely good things about the game that keeps me playing but these little irks sometimes makes me wanna throw the controller at the screen. Lol!

 

[ivan2]

anyone know what the icon at the bottom right hand corner does in bumper view? it looks like an eye and seems to move with my throttle, however there's another bar for throttle. also, how do i know how much my car is damaged?

 

[coxmaster]

anyone know what the icon at the bottom right hand corner does in bumper view? it looks like an eye and seems to move with my throttle, however there's another bar for throttle. also, how do i know how much my car is damaged?

That gauge is a boost gauge, at least im pretty sure it is.. since it only shows up on turbo cars.

As for damage, I have no idea

 

[blurredvision]

also, how do i know how much my car is damaged?

As of right now, you don't, which is stupid. If you buy a brand new car and take it for a lap, you immediately have the option to restore the body rigidity. It never gives you a level of damage, it's more like a guessing game. The body rigidity costs half the price of the car, so it's not like it's cheap to just do it every so often. On my race modded Camaro, the rigidity cost was around $80k. Pretty expensive to just guess when it's needed.

 

[ivan2]

immediately after i wrecked the mitsubishi concept gift car i noticed crazy amount of understeer. Haven't used it since, donno if that's gonna improve with a fresh race.

 

[vshah]

is car damage persistent across races?

 

[Imported]

Hmm.. that'd kinda suck if damage really mattered in future races.. I may just have to limit what my B-Spec driver can race with. Fixing the chassis can get pretty expensive and it's already kind of difficult to make a ton of money so far (I'm only around lv15).

 

[RiDE]

It was really cool, and a simple reminder that perhaps us hardcore gamers (this obviously includes me!) can have such skewed views sometimes--obsessing about the minutia. I wondered if the fact that I'm so into video games and it's culture that it can also be the undoing of the entertainment at times. I mean, he didn't even mention the load times despite the fact that I brought them up twice.

Anyway, just thought it was interesting and would share.

I think I can relate. The last video game I played on a console was GT4 so this tedious menu style is familiar to me. I'm used to slow loading times since I have a POS 6 yr old PC. I've never played any of the Forza series and I didn't own a PS3 before GT5. Basically I have nothing to compare the game to so there's really nothing to complain about since I don't know any better. :awe:

 

[RiDE]

Has anybody here gotten all gold on the license tests with only the DS3?

BTW, GT Academy registration has opened for those interested.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/registration

 

[HeXen]

I think I can relate. The last video game I played on a console was GT4 so this tedious menu style is familiar to me. I'm used to slow loading times since I have a POS 6 yr old PC. I've never played any of the Forza series and I didn't own a PS3 before GT5. Basically I have nothing to compare the game to so there's really nothing to complain about since I don't know any better. :awe:

thats the way to be, your lucky actually. If you try to keep up too much with technology, you rarely notice the difference between upgrade cycles till you use something older.

i stopped upgrading my PC every year or so cause of this, hopefully i can withstand 5 years before i upgrade so i'll see a huge difference in speed and graphics rather than incremental steps.

 

[Imported]

Has anybody here gotten all gold on the license tests with only the DS3?

BTW, GT Academy registration has opened for those interested.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/registration

Registered.. in the West region.

 

[blurredvision]

Has anybody here gotten all gold on the license tests with only the DS3?

BTW, GT Academy registration has opened for those interested.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/registration

I remember reading somewhere that there will be prizes and such for everyone that competes, no matter how horrible you are. I won't even come close to any top times, but I'm still going to compete. No idea what they'll give away, but free is free.

 

[purbeast0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL4acUz4nJw

lollerskates

lol @ this comment...

Yo dawg, I've heard you like cars, so we put a car on your car so you can drive while you drive.

 

[thilanliyan]

Has anybody here gotten all gold on the license tests with only the DS3?

BTW, GT Academy registration has opened for those interested.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/registration

They name it Academy North America but don't include Canada. Some people need geography lessons.

 

[purbeast0]

They name it Academy North America but don't include Canada. Some people need geography lessons.

they didn't have enough time, cut em some slack!

 

[zerocool84]

1.03 Update

Mechanical Damage

Fire up Gran Turismo 5 and you’ll be prompted to download another new update, version 1.03, weighing in at 149MB in size. No information has yet been released about exactly what this update contains (though the official PlayStation blog hinted at incoming damage tweaks earlier today, thanks @hankolerd), and GT5’s online servers are currently offline until 11:00PM EST. I’ll update this post as soon as more solid information is made available.

UPDATE: The servers are back online and an in-game news notice has been posted, but it mentions nothing of exactly what changes v1.03 contains. However, as can be seen in the online “My Lounge” options for an online race, a new “Mechanical Damage” setting is available for the event with three settings, as described by the scrolling information bar on the bottom of the screen:
“None” – No mechanical damage.
“Light” – Mechanical parts can be damaged, but will “automatically be repaired after a short time has passed.”
“Heavy” – Mechanical damage will be more severe, and can only be repaired by making a pit stop. Damaged parts will be indicated with on-screen icons.

http://www.operationsports.com/news...pdate-brings-mechanical-damage-available-now/

 

[blurredvision]

I wonder if this is mechanical damage online only or in a/b-spec as well. Speaking of damage, I reached level 15 in a-spec last night and then hopped into b-spec, and noticed that my driver had dinged the front left fender of my Camaro RM. First time I had seen any kind of damage in the game. It reset with the next race in the series though.

EDIT: From what I'm reading, it's online only, but it does seem to work very, very well.

 

[warcrow]

Has anybody here gotten all gold on the license tests with only the DS3?

Man, I cannot even imagine what kind of patience it takes to pushing yourself to get all golds. I've been, somehow, fortunate enough to get a few golds in a couple license events (and you better believe I saved those replays), but getting some of these silvers were sometimes agonizing. I mean, I spent at least 1 hour on the first event (aston martin vanquish, braking) just trying to get a silver--I'm just not good enough in the game.

I salute you folks.