Gran Turismo 5

[Poundtherock]

About to start the 4 hour Mazda Endurance race

LVL 25, 26 27 and 28 have been snoozers, IMO.

Plus 7-lap win just messing around with the Enos.

Waiting to get LVL 30 for the Suzuka 1000km.

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Yeah I don't know if I'll even mess with the Tsukuba 9 hour and the two 24 hour races.

I have the Mazda and Indy 500 still do to

[Poundtherock]

I may be saying the same thing by the time I make it that far.........if I do make it to 33.

[Twigg4075]

Just got my copy and I'm going to pop it in. Woot!

[Twigg4075]

I got Silver on all the tests for the B license except the last one. No matter what I do I can't get better than 5th in that one lap race???

[Poundtherock]

In case some don't venture over to DSS, here is the vid posted over there from week 3 carts:

This is the race vid thru about 7 laps......looks as if that was where most of the action was. After 7 I was in 5th place the rest of the 13 laps and pretty much by myself, so I just ended the vid at that point. Wish I would have remembered to "save replay" before exiting so I could have picked up on the race at the front with 1, 2, and 3. Too bad we can't gift replays.

[[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZwo0vsWv5g&hd=1[/ame]

Hopefully, I can get some good vids from the pre-race shananigans to post later.

[Twigg4075]

Two questions?

1) How do I change the in-game clock? I get a prompt every time I boot up the game telling me it's wrong, which it is one hour ahead, but I can't find where to change it. My PS3 clock is fine.

2) Whaty is the deal with "Car Delivery"? Don't these cars just get added to me garage? When I click on them I just get a prompt asking if I want to use them?

And one thing I forgot to mention. I NEVER use manual shifting in racing games. Am I screwed? Will I be forced to at some point or will I be able to play the entire game with AT? I know I'd be screwed online but I'm not too worried about that because I will probably never have the time to invest in that anyway.

[Blade]

1) That may be in the settings menu when you first get into the game. I can't think of anywhere else.
2) Yep click use, and then the car goes into your garage. I think they did that because in the last game there was a little work around, where in a championship series, you could quit out of the last race in the series again and again, until all the cars possible for that series where awarded to you.
3) Racing the computer you will fine doing auto. Some of the online special events are a pain in auto and the offline special events, especially NASCAR a lot easier in manual. Speakin off Manual, you won't need ABS for most of the NASCAR tests, so turn it off, the cars actually faster w/o ABS

[MmmmBeeeeer]

Too bad we can't gift replays.

We can't do it in game, but I have the replay. It gives me the option to export it to the XMB and then I can upload it here if you have a thumb drive. I don't know if you can attach files to PSN messages? I'll check.

Two questions?

1) How do I change the in-game clock? I get a prompt every time I boot up the game telling me it's wrong, which it is one hour ahead, but I can't find where to change it. My PS3 clock is fine.

In the main PS3 settings through the XMB, all you have to do is turn off the auto day light savings option...didn't make sense to me, but it worked.

2) Whaty is the deal with "Car Delivery"? Don't these cars just get added to me garage? When I click on them I just get a prompt asking if I want to use them?

Sometimes you get a prize car, but you don't want to use it. It'll happen quite often as you go on.

And one thing I forgot to mention. I NEVER use manual shifting in racing games. Am I screwed? Will I be forced to at some point or will I be able to play the entire game with AT? I know I'd be screwed online but I'm not too worried about that because I will probably never have the time to invest in that anyway.

You aren't screwed, but Blade pretty much said it. You lose milliseconds when the game shifts for you, and they add up over time. This can be a problem, but I don't ever remember beating a challenge by less than a few seconds so you theoretically could still pass everything. I think the driving aids hinder you more. Learn to drive without them. ABS at 1 is pretty much standard, except for NASCAR, leave it at zero on ovals. Setting ABS at 0 on a road course makes the brakes way too sensitive, even the GTPlanet aliens leave it at 1.

^the more I think about it though, there are several license tests that I have barely gotten gold on. But those tests are useless other than bragging rights anyways, unless you are dead set on getting the [useless] prize cars from it.

[MmmmBeeeeer]

I was banking on the 3rd round of seasonal events being up, and they are. And apparently they are extremely easy this time, and pay out more than ever.

[Twigg4075]

Just to let you guys know I'm barely into the game and I love it. Thanks for convincing me to get it.

[Poundtherock]

We can't do it in game, but I have the replay. It gives me the option to export it to the XMB and then I can upload it here if you have a thumb drive. I don't know if you can attach files to PSN messages? I'll check.

MFBMike is gonna upload it.....but I'm also looking for the first two races as well, so I can possibly put together periodic "follies" type of vids in the future. If you could, I would appreciate it....just in case the download from Mike doesn't work.

^the more I think about it though, there are several license tests that I have barely gotten gold on. But those tests are useless other than bragging rights anyways, unless you are dead set on getting the [useless] prize cars from it.

Yep! I finally realized that too. Bronze and move on.

[Poundtherock]

I was banking on the 3rd round of seasonal events being up, and they are. And apparently they are extremely easy this time, and pay out more than ever.

I might just have to close up shop a little early today.

[Twigg4075]

So I completed the first four or five Beginner races but the last five or so won't allow me in unless I have a certain type of car. Should I really be using all my credits to buy cars to compete in these or is there some other way? I would've thought that I would've unlocked the appropriate ones along the way but I guess not. I decided to do the two Beginner kart races instead.

[Blade]

Twigg.....check out the list here.....sometimes you can navigate through the races and various events to get the car you need. Sometimes you just need to buy the car

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=134047

Also when you are looking at the event, there is a garage icon in the requirements screen, where the game automatically looks at your garage and finds the cars that fit the requirements. Much easier way to do it.