Gran Turismo 5

[trackripper]

There must be people who play this here. Must be.

Anyway, I'm hooked, and looking for people to play, trade, and tune cars with.

[FirstDave]

Yeh me! add me Firstdave.If your getting into it you should check out the PSN GT5 forum.Lots of tips, trading, problem solving , setups, cars,, events and more.I try to attend one called SFS (sucker free sunday) held all day and evening.You can pop in and out for as long as you like.Clean racing only but they arent to serious just no deliberate contact but racing contact is fine.They will also give advice if they see that you could be quicker how to correct it and also setup advice on the cars but then you might not need any of that.Its worth a look.

Dave.

[JFthebestJan]

tell me what car u want , i have almost all good ones (3x red bull X2010 SV edition; 1x red bull X2010; 1x red bull X2010 prototype)

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[trackripper]

Hehe, I don't want any cars... well not the overpowered ones I can get with enough money anyway. There's something to be said for waiting and waiting for your wanted car to pop up in the UCD

Tuning setups are great to exchange though

[UB3R~JKP]

I've had the game since launch and still play it as I'm a total GT Nut!

Currently 98% complete and level 40 A-spec & B-spec...

An amazing game but not as good as previous entries in the series.

[infoxicated]

I love it, but I barely play it since my son was born because his cot is in the computer room and I can't set up my wheel any more with him in there.

Once you've played with a wheel it's difficult to get the same enjoyment with a pad. I've asked for a Wheelstand Pro for my xmas the last two years and haven't got one - Santa is obviously a Forza loving douchebag!

[UB3R~JKP]

Ack Rob, I've always wanted a wheelstand for my DFGT. What wheel have you got?

[infoxicated]

The original Logitech Driving Force GT. It's about 8 years old now, but it still does the trick.

Been with me through thick 'n thin, it has - including a winning online season of GTR-2 against some fairly stiff competition!

[UB3R~JKP]

So you play a lot of sims then?

I've been wanting to try out i-Racing for a fair while.

[infoxicated]

I've always wanted to have a go of iRacing - especially for the IndyCar tracks & cars, but my PC is a bit old now and the reality is that I can't be arsed with PC gaming for the most part. Every week when I was racing in that GTR league someone would have driver issues they'd need to sort before we could begin.

I had a lemon of a GeoForce card at the time, too, and I remember doing an endurance race at Spa with the side off my PC and a desk fan blowing cold air into it so the graphics card wouldn't overheat before the end of the event!

GTR is great and I'm still fond of it, but this is where Gran Turismo on the PS3 fits the bill so nicely - I can just stick the disk in, bolt my wheel to the table and within a few minutes I'm bumping over kerbs at some of the best race tracks in the world. No driver updates, no hassle.

[UB3R~JKP]

Yeah, that is the benefit of Gran Turismo. I just wish they would implement set Online events like they had in prologue and then I'd never stop playing. Online racing is such a hassle on 5.

At the moment I'm playing SHIFT II but I'll be back to GT5 very soon I think. Shift II is fun but don't think it has the lasting power of GT5. In fact, I guarantee it.

[JFthebestJan]

I've had the game since launch and still play it as I'm a total GT Nut!

Currently 98% complete and level 40 A-spec & B-spec...

An amazing game but not as good as previous entries in the series.

in fact GT5 is the latest platinum i made, and yes it's a great game, but far far away from beeing the game it should be. GT4 is much better in almost all categories. there's still hope for GT6 becoming the ultimate !driving! simulator.

GTR PC is vnice too. have u ever played GrandPrix3/4 from Microprose? greatest simulation series imho

[goddessloviatar]

I've played it from the outset, anyone can add me if they like. I dont race much above 500hp, much more of a fan of old japanese cars and anything with comic or cute value..

[Archon]

I've heard a lot of people saying they liked the older GTs better, namely 2 and 3. I owned 3 and still own 4, but would like to buy 5 because it offers the fully-detailed internal view. Why do you say 4 was better? Gran Turismo is the only racing game I enjoy aside from Wipeout, it practically taught me to drive, but I'm not a diehard sim fan. Would you recommend buying GT5 even though I still own GT4?

[JFthebestJan]

as i said before , it's a great game, but i had more fun in playing GT4. just my point of view

edit: GT4 has more tracks to offer. they (PD) removed some of my favourites such as 'el capitan' / 'citta di aria' / 'seoul' / 'costa di amalfi' / 'beginner track' / 'motorland' and many more.

[trackripper]

I've heard a lot of people saying they liked the older GTs better, namely 2 and 3. I owned 3 and still own 4, but would like to buy 5 because it offers the fully-detailed internal view. Why do you say 4 was better? Gran Turismo is the only racing game I enjoy aside from Wipeout, it practically taught me to drive, but I'm not a diehard sim fan. Would you recommend buying GT5 even though I still own GT4?

It's worth getting I think, admittedly things like the damage and the menu designs are worse than they could be, but still a solid game with tons of replay value nonetheless.
Plus collecting those 1000+ cars will take some time

[infoxicated]

GT5 is definitely the most complete version of the game in terms of overall package. The AI performance is even marginally believable at times!

What annoys me about it is the menu loading times - choosing the wrong option is just infuriating because of the age it takes to load each menu.

On the track I think it delivers enough to offset the annoying menus, though - especially with a wheel.

[trackripper]

Things like leaving the Tuning section seperate from GT Auto and the garage... nightmare if you want to tune a different car to the one you're driving. But oh well.

Believe it or not, I saw one of the AI try to overtake the other day, get it wrong and spin

[slimjim]

you can tune things in the garage bit you just cant do weight reductions or Na engine tunes.

[apemax]

I really like the GT series. I've got 3, 4, 5 and the PSP one. I got 100% on GT4 and i'm fairly close to 100% with GT3. I'm at 97% with GT5. If anyone wants a race they can add me. My PSN id: apemax18