Prologue Online?

[NoQuarter]

Yes, I know I am late to the game, but is anyone doing any racing in GT5P besides submitting Time Trials?

Now that I have my router issues sorted, I have been delving into some OLR...

First of all, the Beginner and Intermediate races available are complete shit. Low bandwidth punters and idiots pretty much are guaranteed, plus the Standard physics blows.

I did manage to get in two races last night in the Pro level, the first a P700 race at Suzuka with 8 drivers, including myself, 10 laps. One guy was totally underpowered in a Skyline and was lapped by the winner and myself, and there were two idiots in Clios that seemed intent on NASCARing each other, though to their credit the left the rest alone. I was using the Tuned 'Vette and the winner, in a tuned Ford GT, won by 45 seconds. Still I managed to improve each lap, so it was good.

The second race was me and one other guy, F2007s at Fuji GT, for 20 laps...the guy was very fast and a real gentleman(DE is Denmark, right?); when he bumped me, he would slow and wait for me to regain position, and when he got too far ahead, he would slow after the final turn to let me catch up and make a race of it again, and I did the same. Would be great to run a full grid with drivers like that.

So...anyone up to some racing? My tag is GTX_NQX

[Godson]

I am so down, I have been mashing the fuck outta suzuka, currently hitting consistant 2'03-4 with my tuned vette.


Trying to get some money built up so I can by the F2007


I have had quite a few people that are nice and true gentlemen(and women) but generally they are the FAST guys, and before you can figure out who they are you need to mash a few turns before you get to know them.


let me know, my tag is Rex1585 I believe.

[YW_Slayer]

That makes 3 of you (seriously).

[CoolColJ]

If you want better grids and decent gameplay online with serious people, especially in the current expert Suzuka 700pp race, then only start an online game at either 0:00 or 0:30 on any hour according to the clock that is displayed in the online screen when you load up an event. All the forums I know have that set as the times they enter a race. This will have to do for now until we get lobbies etc

You will still get people drifting the course in reverse, but they become ghosted when you lap them, still distracting though

Some of these fast guys are running around 2 mins flat in that event with Tuned Clio or California. These 2 are the fastest cars for that event apparently

Well for me I can't drive them that fast. My fastest time for that event offline testing is 2:03+ in a GT-R, but I have a tune now that gets me around 2:04 online consistently. GT-R is by far the easiest car to drive for me, but it is heavy and does understeer a bit compared to the other cars you can use

Originally Posted by Godson

Trying to get some money built up so I can by the F2007

grind that 1 lap F40 race in standard physics, and ram/barge your way through, but not too hard otherwise you get a penality
even if you place 3rd you get 45k. Off course online play gets you cash too

I found the F1 car has to much grip....

[Godson]

Originally Posted by YW_Slayer

That makes 3 of you (seriously).

Don't hate

[NoQuarter]

Originally Posted by CoolColJ

I found the F1 car has to much grip....

I disagree...

While it does stay "glued" to the track a bit unrealistically (somewhat like all the versions of GT up to now) under WOT, you have to keep it under power, or at least I do. Try to coast through an apex at medium low speed like one does with standard or even tuned sport cars, and the back end goes every time.

[Rare White Ape]

I found the F1 car has to much grip....

Compared to what? Your experience in a real Formula One car?

It's got massive downforce, so is a completely different beast to drive. Remember that next time you're qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. Wave to us when you're on telly.

No need to grind any races for cash either. Just download a save from the internet with all the cars purchased.

[CoolColJ]

I just found it odd that when I clip the grass with massive slicks on not much happens with teh F1 car. Plus I found it really heavy FFB wise on the wheel + 900 degrees steering = bad
I didn't find it worth the cash, not that fun to drive.

Originally Posted by Rare White Ape

No need to grind any races for cash either. Just download a save from the internet with all the cars purchased.

I did that, but the save I found has all red cars, and it was too much hassle to sell them all and rebuy them in my prefered ones

[Rob]

Originally Posted by CoolColJ

Plus I found it really heavy FFB wise on the wheel + 900 degrees steering = bad

i wonder why real F1 cars don't have 900 degrees lock to lock.....

[Godson]

Originally Posted by Rare White Ape

No need to grind any races for cash either. Just download a save from the internet with all the cars purchased.

I have no problem grinding for cash, part of the joy for me is to find new cars that I haven't driven yet at said Point level, and to make it competitive


I know I have issues, no need to announce it

[CoolColJ]

Originally Posted by Rob

i wonder why real F1 cars don't have 900 degrees lock to lock.....

because it would take too long to turn the wheel on tight corners. The cars are far too fast for that many turns on the wheel

[YW_Slayer]

HE'S BEING SARCASTIC, HELLO.

(I hope)

[NoQuarter]

Sarcasm? At the GTX??? *facepalm*

[Rob]

Originally Posted by CoolColJ

because it would take too long to turn the wheel on tight corners. The cars are far too fast for that many turns on the wheel

PR AWARENESS FAIL.

[YW_Slayer]

COOLCOLJ IS THE SON OF A SONY PR OFFICER

[Rob]

10/10

would lol again.

[Rare White Ape]

Originally Posted by CoolColJ

because it would take too long to turn the wheel on tight corners. The cars are far too fast for that many turns on the wheel

Nah, the reason is because a Logitech 900-degree steering wheel won't fit in a formula 1 cockpit.

And also the pedals won't fit.

[faulty car]

seriously, what's the lock-to-lock angle in an F1 car? I think i've seen the track marshalls do a lot more twisting than the drivers.

[Rob]

i don't think i have ever seen them hit much more than 180 degrees either way and that would have been at the hotel hairpin at Monaco.

[NoQuarter]

Steering Wheel article at formula1.com

The steering wheels are not designed to make more than three quarters of a turn of lock in total, so there is no need for a continuous rim, instead there are just two 'cut outs' for the driver's hands.

...

Formula One cars now run with power assisted steering, reducing the forces that must be transmitted by the steering wheel. This has enabled designers to continue with the trend of reducing the steering wheel size, with the typical item now being about half the diameter of that of a normal road car.

[Mad94d]

NoQuarter, have you heard of MNR and FNR? Organised predominantly by my team (TT-R) and TORC. Probably more my team now though, although it was originally started by TORC. Anyway Monday Night Racing is suffering a bit now, but Friday Night Racing run by TT-R is still going fairly strong, probably 5 people each week. Contact me if you want more details.

[SlipZtrEm]

So I've raced Godson a few times, but I've found a really nice bunch of guys that have a lot of fun on a seemingly nightly basis. Mostly at the current HSR II event; we spent a few hours last night all in 700-level NSX-R's, and sometimes even had a nice solid 12-car lineup. Fast, considerate, do a pace-car style start up until T2. The car itself is actually a blast once you have a decent setup for it, and fast as hell.

Best race had 8 of us in a near-constant flux of order, but no further than 3 seconds apart from each other thanks to drafting. Definitely makes the game a lot more fun.

[Balki]

Originally Posted by SlipZtrEm

fun.

wrong forum, this is the Gran Turismo forum

[Godson]

Originally Posted by SlipZtrEm

So I've raced Godson a few times, but I've found a really nice bunch of guys that have a lot of fun on a seemingly nightly basis. Mostly at the current HSR II event; we spent a few hours last night all in 700-level NSX-R's, and sometimes even had a nice solid 12-car lineup. Fast, considerate, do a pace-car style start up until T2. The car itself is actually a blast once you have a decent setup for it, and fast as hell.

Best race had 8 of us in a near-constant flux of order, but no further than 3 seconds apart from each other thanks to drafting. Definitely makes the game a lot more fun.

Orly? what time central are you getting on?

[SlipZtrEm]

Basically any time after 9. Now that the events have switched I don't know what track they'll be hitting, but come on tomorrow and I'll invite you into the chat. Nice dudes, and all very similar in skill.

The NSX is a beast on HSR, btw. Solid 1'07's by yourself turn into very low 1'06's when there's a pack of cars to draft. Makes the Viper look slow... so the Vette, even more so .

[Godson]

piss off fly boy, I will get the vette into the 1'06's



first fucking thing I do, is get another Vette/Viper series going again