The Official Gran Turismo 5 Thread

[dub*man]

I miss GT2.

[RacingManiac]

I am hating this Ferrari F1 Seasonal...they have enough F1 tracks now not to use these BS courses.....why are we using a ****ty random generated track or the awful street course(thats not Monaco, because Monaco) instead of Spa, Suzuka, or even Fuji.....sometimes I just wanna

[A.Wilder]

I am hating this Ferrari F1 Seasonal...they have enough F1 tracks now not to use these BS courses.....why are we using a ****ty random generated track or the awful street course(thats not Monaco, because Monaco) instead of Spa, Suzuka, or even Fuji.....sometimes I just wanna

hahaha, the track creator is terrible, imo. 99% of the tracks people made were basically unplayable. Off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + off-camber blind corner + finish.

[CoolJetta3]

If you have shared drivers, check them. I just ran the grinder from 7AM-now (10:12PM)

[horribleR]

YES!!! the celica rally car is awesome for the 4wd seasonal event....powersliding every single corner acting like a rally driver.

[horribleR]

YES!!!!! New race car

[CoolJetta3]

sweet, gonna have to get that

[rabbit07]

anyone know the difference between GT5 and GT5 XL?

[wolfsburgraz]

XL comes with Version 2.0 of the game saving you the need to download a few gig of updates that happened between version 1.0 and 2.0 of the game (you'll still need to patch all the way up to the current 2.08 if you want to use online features though).

It also includes a DLC code for the SPA Francorchamps and Kart Space DLC tracks, a touring car pack, Scirocco R, Golf R, a Mini and R35 GT-R Black Edition car DLC, a paint pack and I think a racing gear pack.

Good value for $20 if you don't have the game already.

[A.Wilder]

it takes about 2.5 hours to download and install the 20+ updates if you start with 1.0. I did it recently when i upgraded my hdd.

[BRealistic]

it takes about 2.5 hours to download and install the 20+ updates if you start with 1.0. I did it recently when i upgraded my hdd.

Depends on ISP speed.
I noticed my PS3 downloads are MUCH quicker now that I went from 3 to 30 MB download speeds.
Who would have thunk it?
Previously, updates could take 30 minutes or longer...

[A.Wilder]

i have 22mb or so download speeds.

[robhurlburt]

haven't played in a long time. did they make the seasonals MUCH harder? i'm lucky to get a 3rd place finish going balls out. very rarely do i get a 1st anymore. thats with the PP at the max, tranny topping out perfectly on the straits.

IIRC seasonals were a fun fast way to get some serious points.

[horribleR]

Only the car in first...in my opinion. every other car is slow.

[A.Wilder]

the ai is still ****. They need to take a lesson from Forza, at least the AI in Forza is fun and even funny at times.

[Fritz27]

I still have nightmares about M. Rossi.

[A.Wilder]

I still have nightmares about M. Rossi.

that guy's a jerk!

[robhurlburt]

the ai is still ****. They need to take a lesson from Forza, at least the AI in Forza is fun and even funny at times.

surprisingly 1st and 2nd place (AI) crashed into each other and spun out, and thats how i got first in one race.

[orzel541]

Does anyone here do legit races online? I just find myself drifting

[RacingManiac]

haven't played in a long time. did they make the seasonals MUCH harder? i'm lucky to get a 3rd place finish going balls out. very rarely do i get a 1st anymore. thats with the PP at the max, tranny topping out perfectly on the straits.

IIRC seasonals were a fun fast way to get some serious points.

The hardest seasonal I've had thus far is the Lamborghini one sometimes last month. Most season I can get by doing at the PP level suggested to double the winning, but that one I had to max out the PP and I am still short 3 sec at Nurburgring...

[A.Wilder]

Does anyone here do legit races online? I just find myself drifting

i used to. If you want serious racing you need to head over to gt planet and join a league. Some are more casual than others. Some are very serious...too serious.

[orzel541]

i used to. If you want serious racing you need to head over to gt planet and join a league. Some are more casual than others. Some are very serious...too serious.

I'd just like to try some casual racing, nothing too serious

[Cousin Eddie]

I could get back into doing some races on GT5. I start to free up a bit more time in the evenings heading into the winter.

A.Wilder tried for ages to get racing going on this forum, nobody was interested. I remember he and I raced in a 400PP "league" from GTplanet on a fairly regular basis for a while there.

[orzel541]

It'd be cool if we could get some VWVortex races/league going. I'd definitely join in

[A.Wilder]

I was playing pretty much every night in a 450pp casual league. We didn't keep track of who won. Just raced clean and had fun. Also did some dirty racing which is a blast as well. I think we had ONE 2-3 hour session with some vwvortex people including quin and vwlarry's son and some of the poopers.

[robhurlburt]

yeah, the seasonals are absolutely harder. 80s car challenge, tsukuba circuit, first time check i am 16 seconds behind, 2nd time check i am 28 seconds behind.

there is NO way i forgot how to drive that much in the 6 months since i played it last.

[CoolJetta3]

The fun sessions were the one where we took the Prius around Nurburgring. That **** was hilarious

[mellbergVWfan]

The fun sessions were the one where we took the Prius around Nurburgring. That **** was hilarious

Drift priuses in the dark. I couldn't stop laughing the entire time.

If you guys ever set something up for the Vortex people I'd join.

[A.Wilder]

The fun sessions were the one where we took the Prius around Nurburgring. That **** was hilarious

Drift priuses in the dark. I couldn't stop laughing the entire time.

If you guys ever set something up for the Vortex people I'd join.

you two were the only ones that i ever saw online with any frequency.

[DLatusek12]

Anyone still playing? I just got back into it and thought I'd start fresh. PSN: steelpride12. Add me!

[Cousin Eddie]

Prototype camouflage covered Corvette C7 is now available for free from PS Store:

http://www.gtplanet.net/corvette-c7-...hots-released/

[orzel541]

Fo free??? Sheeet...


Has the team revealed any information at any point in time about customizing livery? I feel like that would make the game a lot better and get some fun factor equal to that of Forza.

[A.Wilder]

Fo free??? Sheeet...


Has the team revealed any information at any point in time about customizing livery? I feel like that would make the game a lot better and get some fun factor equal to that of Forza.

it will be a poorly implemented and not-fleshed-out feature in GT8 available for the PS6

[horribleR]

fun factor equal to that of Forza.

Forza has no fun factor...

[orzel541]

it will be a poorly implemented and not-fleshed-out feature in GT8 available for the PS6

That sounds about right, I believe it

Forza has no fun factor...