***The Official Gran Turismo 5 Thread***

[antijoke]

I've got 5 million credits in the bank thanks to the seasonal races. Just need to decide which cars to buy and which events to do now.

What's the deal with B spec? My driver is rubbish, and wins nothing I enter him in, when I first got one driver he was good and won, but now, I can't win anything.

 

[msmalls74]

I've got 5 million credits in the bank thanks to the seasonal races. Just need to decide which cars to buy and which events to do now.

What's the deal with B spec? My driver is rubbish, and wins nothing I enter him in, when I first got one driver he was good and won, but now, I can't win anything.

Buy the FGT win most races in Bspec without much, if any, need for you to babysit.

 

[antijoke]

I just did the PD world series, and got a video of an ending and a trophy.

WTF?

 

[bigjimmyauk]

I just did the PD world series, and got a video of an ending and a trophy.

WTF?

there are 2 endings in the game according to the trophies there is reach the ending and reach the real ending

 

[iv-tecman]

Racing soft tyres, max downforce on the aero parts and change the gearing to 255mph.

That enabled me to win "Like the wind" fairly easily with the ZR1, just remember to draft the AI till your in the lead and once in the lead try to move over so they can't draft behind you until you're coming up to the corners, no need for any braking at all really if you get the lines right.

Many thanks, that did the trick. I didn't need to brake at all and shot around the corners like I was in rails. Won - finally..!! But only just, that is one quick race. 5 laps and it was over.

Never thought to actually try and set the car up, maybe thats why I suck at this game.. I'm treating it as an arcade racer. lol

 

[iv-tecman]

there are 2 endings in the game according to the trophies there is reach the ending and reach the real ending

Ooh that makes sense as I too got that video but it said - "dont' worry plenty more races"

 

[xBLiNG]

Sent you the car nick.

 

[dmcg]

what time roughly do the season events update today?

 

[rebel rebel]

3:00am

 

[ps3ud0]

New seasonal races up! Watch this space

[B][U]Set 5 - 20/01/2011 03.00 - 03/02/2011 03.00[/U][/B]

[b][color=red]Bonus Race No. 5[/color]
[color=yellow]Car                                  Track                         Prize              Rules[/color][/b]
Volkswagen Schwimmwagen typ166 '42   Cape Ring Periphery - 5laps   CR 800k; XP 30k    [b]ANY[/b]
Peugeot 207 GTi '07                  Cote d'Azur - 5laps           CR 150k; XP 40k    [b]ANY[/b]
TVR Tuscan Speed 6 '00               Cape Ring South - 5laps       CR 200k; XP 70k    [b]ANY[/b]
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione '08       Rome Circuit - 5laps          CR 350k; XP 90k    [b]ANY[/b]
[B]European Touring[/B]                     Nurburgring GP/D - 8laps      CR 2mil; XP 120k   [b]ANY[/b]

[b][color=red]Time Trial No. 5[/color]
[color=yellow]Car                                Track              Rules[/color][/b]
197bhp/1000kg Pre 1980s Japanese   Cape Ring          Comfort Soft/197bhp/1000kg/<1980/Japan
394bhp/950kg Pre 1980s European    Nurburgring GP/F   Sports Medium/394bhp/950kg/<1980/UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands

[b][color=red]Drift Trial No. 5[/color]
[color=yellow]Track                   Rules[/color][/b]
Clubman Stage Route 5   Comfort Soft/[B]ANY[/B]
London City             Comfort Soft/[B]ANY[/B]

[B][U]Set 4 - 13/01/2011 03.00 - 27/01/2011 03.00[/U][/B]

[b][color=red]Bonus Race No. 4[/color]
[color=yellow]Car                          Track                             Prize                Rules[/color][/b]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV '09        Deep Forest Raceway - 5laps       CR 300k;   XP 30k    [b]ANY[/b]
Volvo C30 R-Design '09       Grand Valley Speedway - 5laps     CR 450k;   XP 50k    [b]ANY[/b]
Dodge Challenger SRT08 '08   Daytona Road Course - 5laps       CR 500k;   XP 60k    [b]ANY[/b]
[B]Volkswagen Golf[/B]              Nurburgring Nordschleife - 1lap   CR 750k;   XP 90k    [b]ANY[/b]
[B]JGTC/Super GT500[/B]             High Speed Ring - 8laps           CR 1.5mil; XP 120k   [b]ANY[/b]

[b][color=red]Time Trial No. 4[/color]
[color=yellow]Car                 Track                    Rules[/color][/b]
394bhp/1200kg 4WD   Trial Mountain Circuit   Sports Medium/394bhp/1200kg/[B]4WD[/B]
345bhp/1100kg RWD   Deep Forest Raceway      Sports Medium/345bhp/1100kg/[B]FR/MR/RR[/B]

[b][color=red]Drift Trial No. 4[/color]
[color=yellow]Track          Rules[/color][/b]
Autumn Ring    Comfort Soft/[B]ANY[/B]
Rome Circuit   Comfort Soft/[B]ANY[/B]

ps3ud0

 

[rebel rebel]

Sweet!! Theres a 155 touring car in the online collectors.

 

[ps3ud0]

From what I can tell the Euro Touring Car Seasonal uses the same list as DTC/German Touring Car Championship Extreme. All the other required cars arent prize cars Im afraid ...

EDIT: Hmmm first four cars cost you a 1mil to buy, prize money is only 1.5mil in total, so not great profit unless you are after the XP...

ps3ud0

 

[Dutch Guy]

EDIT: Hmmm first four cars cost you a 1mil to buy, prize money is only 1.5mil in total, so not great profit unless you are after the XP...

Free cars, 500k extra money and new races

I think I already have a Schwimmwagen though, isn't it a prize car?

 

[V_R]

I won a Kubelwagen but not the other one..

 

[IamMed]

Many thanks, that did the trick. I didn't need to brake at all and shot around the corners like I was in rails. Won - finally..!! But only just, that is one quick race. 5 laps and it was over.

Never thought to actually try and set the car up, maybe thats why I suck at this game.. I'm treating it as an arcade racer. lol

No problem, glad I could help.

I don't mess with all the settings myself, on most cars I just adjust brake bias to the front more (5F 3R is my standard config) and make the gearing longer.

Free cars, 500k extra money and new races

I think I already have a Schwimmwagen though, isn't it a prize car?

Kubelwagen is a prize car, could've had a Schwimmwagen off a random ticket though.

Just to note as well first 4 races won't net 500k for most as you'll probably buy some tuning parts too

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

Woah, 2 million credits for a simple 8 lap race.

Do you get any extra cash if you win all the races or is it just the credits and XP from each individual race?


I've know idea why I'm even doing this stupid Schwimmwagen race, the money I've spent I'm only breaking even anyway!!! Plus it's ridiculously slow even with upgrades.

 

[Dyson]

What a joke the first event is. I mean, making you drop 625k credits on that PoS. Would have been better if they'd chosen something you want to drive again, like a Honda S800 or something.

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

What a joke the first event is. I mean, making you drop 625k credits on that PoS. Would have been better if they'd chosen something you want to drive again, like a Honda S800 or something.

Yup, and I can't even entertain myself by flashing the lights because they don't seem to work. I'm gonna paint it pink.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Yup, and I can't even entertain myself by flashing the lights because they don't seem to work. I'm gonna paint it pink.

painting mine electric blue made me feel better lol

 

[Dyson]

The final event of the specials was the best again. Dusted off my 190E, gave it an oil change and we were good to go. Had a great race, claiming first at the end of the penultimate lap. Really enjoyed that one.