GT5 ship date predictions

[Rich]

nevermind, it's in the driving options screen :rollseyes:

[Raza]

One thing I really don't like is the collision physics.  You touch another car and, regardless of how heavy it is compared to yours, your car gets bounced around and the other seems unaffected.  Numerous times I've come diving into a turn on the brakes and bop into another car and I spin out of control when my back wheels literally pop up off the ground (as though I hit a wall) and the other car seems almost completely unaffected.  And if you're pushing another car (bump drafting or trying to push it through a corner to get ahead of a pack), the AI just immediately rides the brakes and slows both of you down.  The rest of the driving physics are quite good, though.

One thing I didn't realize was that you earned driver points for completing license tests.  First thing I did was buy a car and since my driver level was 0, I was pretty limited on selection.  Best used car available was the MR-S, which isn't a bad car, but wouldn't have been my first choice.  Finishing the B license puts your driver up a couple of levels and opens up some more cars that I would have preferred.  So far I've only bought the MR-S and an S13 200SX, but I've got a handful of trophy cars that have turned out to be handy.  Love the FT-86 concept I won.

I would have been thrilled with an MR-2 Syder.

[Northlands]

One thing I really don't like is the collision physics.  You touch another car and, regardless of how heavy it is compared to yours, your car gets bounced around and the other seems unaffected.  Numerous times I've come diving into a turn on the brakes and bop into another car and I spin out of control when my back wheels literally pop up off the ground (as though I hit a wall) and the other car seems almost completely unaffected.  And if you're pushing another car (bump drafting or trying to push it through a corner to get ahead of a pack), the AI just immediately rides the brakes and slows both of you down.  The rest of the driving physics are quite good, though.

One thing I didn't realize was that you earned driver points for completing license tests.  First thing I did was buy a car and since my driver level was 0, I was pretty limited on selection.  Best used car available was the MR-S, which isn't a bad car, but wouldn't have been my first choice.  Finishing the B license puts your driver up a couple of levels and opens up some more cars that I would have preferred.  So far I've only bought the MR-S and an S13 200SX, but I've got a handful of trophy cars that have turned out to be handy.  Love the FT-86 concept I won.

Yeah the collision is a bit weird. It seems to work both ways at times though. I gave an RX-7 a nudge in my POS Lexus IS200 ( not a good starting car in regards to getting upgrades btw ) and sent it into a wall on Tsukuba. I barely touched the car. 

[r0tor]

I'm done with the beginners level and several challenges.... 250k in the bank as well....

[Rich]

is anyone else able to get online with the game?

[Onslaught]

Well I called Sony after the rage was over with. It will cost $130 to get her repaired or $99 to just exchange it for the new ones. I told them I wanted my PS3 back and not a new one. It will take 2-3 weeks to get her back.
So, while I look at my game disk I was thinking about getting a wheel for the PS3. What's the one you guys like?

[Laconian]

Looks like I'm vindicated WRT all the "screenshots" being taken in replay or photo mode. GT5 is no miracle of modern programming, the new models are beautiful, but the in-game rendering quality is on the same tier as contemporary games.

Need to play it myself to get a feel for the physics, though.

[Raza]

I'm at home, so I've done no playing at all. 

[Rich]

the shadows on my mach 1 are fucked up

[2o6]

Looks like I'm vindicated WRT all the "screenshots" being taken in replay or photo mode. GT5 is no miracle of modern programming, the new models are beautiful, but the in-game rendering quality is on the same tier as contemporary games.

Need to play it myself to get a feel for the physics, though.

I'm almost positive they switch out the LOD0 models for the LOD1 models for gameplay and real time rendering.

[68_427]

Hotrod I got a NASCAR and modified mclaren f1 for my pre order.

[Rich]

is anyone else able to get online with the game?

bueller?

[Rich]

Hotrod I got a NASCAR and modified mclaren f1 for my pre order.

gotcha

[68_427]

I also bought an s2000, premium c5 zo6, premium camaro z28, and have an srt Challenger.

[Rich]

lots of money and easy to increase your a spec level in the nascar driving tests

[68_427]

If only we could keep redoing them.

[hotrodalex]

I think I'll hold off on making a decision until the online racing gets going.

[Onslaught]

is anyone else able to get online with the game?

Perhaps this is the problem?
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/113/1136979p1.html

[Northlands]

Lobbies were open last night, but today getting online doesn't seem to jive. I've only made it as far as an International C license and winning a few race groups. Currently driving a modded 265hp 2008 Civic Type R.

[MX793]

the shadows on my mach 1 are fucked up

I've noticed the shadows on a number of cars are screwy.  They're pixelated with light holes in them.

[MX793]

I would have been thrilled with an MR-2 Syder.

MR handling can get a little tricky in this game, especially on tracks with banked or off-camber turns.  I generally prefer FR layout cars in the GT games.  Ideally I would have picked up a Silvia-based car or FD RX-7 as my starting car.

[68_427]

The civic was a good starting car.  If you did the licenses you could have gotten a rx7

[r0tor]

I started out with an s13 Silvia... twas good

[Laconian]

No online matchmaking!?

[2o6]

No online matchmaking!?

Forza 3's matchmaking got old, quick. People either were crashers, or drove the same three cars with the same setups and took the game so seriously, it wasn't fun.

[Cookie Monster]

The AEM S2000 is freaking crazy in drift mode! Burns up tires so fast!


Also, kart racing is addicting.

[Laconian]

Forza 3's matchmaking got old, quick. People either were crashers, or drove the same three cars with the same setups and took the game so seriously, it wasn't fun.

GT5 fixes this problem by having nothing at all?

[Rich]

The AEM S2000 is freaking crazy in drift mode! Burns up tires so fast!


Also, kart racing is addicting.

+1  with the g27, the steering feels just like the kart i raced in japan

[Rich]

GT5 fixes this problem by having nothing at all?

Well it's not like we're missing out... can't even get online at all

[Cookie Monster]

Damn, wish I still had my G27.


Also, I'm pissed off that you can't put different wheels on standard cars, nor can you get the used wheels for dirt cheap (off of other cars) like you could in GT4.

I think I had NSX wheels on my S2000 at some point in GT4.