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Woah this online dealership is a cool idea. They've got trucks and touring cars and stuff that can be hard to find at the used car dealership, and also the Formula GT (2 days after I scour the used car dealership for it  )
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Holy poo poo. My go to B-Spec low effort money making series has always been the Dream Car series. It used to give 22k per race and then 200k for winning the championship. The indiviual races give over 100k each now 
Crowbear fucked around with this message at Dec 20, 2010 around 18:02 |
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I did it with Automatic on my 3rd try. I use a wheel though. It basically came down to learning how late I could break on the turns and get away with it.
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frunksock posted:What about AT/sticks? That's what I'm doing now. What I mean is, is there a speed advantage to using manual transmission? I assumed using AT just made it shift optimally for you automatically. No automatic shifts are far from optimal. Most people say you can gain a couple of seconds a lap on most tracks by switching to manual.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 01:07 |
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Evil the Cat posted:Yeah, drive MT for an hour or two and you'll be disgusted to go back to AT. Yeah I've never ever driven a manual irl, but learning to drive with the paddles in GT5 was a lot of fun. I still use Automatic when I'm feeling lazy though.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 01:14 |
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BLOWTAKKKS posted:Where is the GT Academy menu supposed to be? I signed up for it a few days ago, so where am I supposed to look for it? It's in the Seasonal Events menu. There should be 4 choices and it's the first one on the left.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 01:33 |
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Bentai posted:I had the same problem, US version with a US PSN. It was there in the morning, and after I tried out the GT-R challenge, it was no longer there. I had the opposite problem. Wasn't there this morning, but it showed up after I did the Fiat challenge. frunksock posted:I'm doing something fundamentally wrong then. Just remember that the little Fiat can turn pretty goddamn well, so you can take the 3 hairpins very aggressively. That's where I made up most of my time.
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Has anyone confirmed that there actually are free cars for participating? Because the FAQ says:http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/academy/faq posted:Each week during the initial five-week time trial period, players can get a free digital download just for competing in the time trial events, regardless of where they are in the rankings. Content includes exclusive PS3 themes and an exclusive GT Academy racing suit for PlayStation HOME. Prizes to be awarded after the close of Round 1. Themes and Home outfits, woooooo
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 03:47 |
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sc0tty posted:Or even better, post what cars + setups you guys have had success with. Once only unfortunately. You do get a ton of cash and experience for them though. e: Through 6:30 of the 9 hour Tsukuba race my B-Spec team are leading by 202 laps 
Crowbear fucked around with this message at Dec 21, 2010 around 04:09 |
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spidoman posted:Crowbear, earlier you mentioned you generally drive manual, please don't tell me you beat the X1 challenge using a MT. That thing hits redline so quickly... No way. My puny brain could barely handle turning and braking while moving that fast, adding shifting to that would overload me.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 04:48 |
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McLarenF1 posted:I can only assume this is with the X1? Nope! It's called the X2010 now 
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 05:27 |
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McLarenF1 posted:VVVVV Are you brave enough to attempt to copy your X1? No  I'll be getting a second one in a day or 2 though, and I'll be willing to try copying that one.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 05:57 |
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Tommy 2.0 posted:Happy birthday! Here is a 1983 Honda Civic! 1983 doesn't really have any great cars, to be fair. Also happy birthday! Also also Boogat posted:Welp, people have found a way to duplicate cars now.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 05:59 |
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Yodzilla posted:I'm going to get my X1 the legit way. You're a good man  I guess if a bunch of you guys really want I'll start the chain of X1 duping when I get home in a couple of hours. If I lose it though I will hunt you all down and eat your hearts.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 15:27 |
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spidoman posted:You're a good and honest man. I'm getting my X1 the legit way at around 10pm-midnight tonight. Honestly, it's a game breaking car that is almost impossible to drive. It's a reward/challenge for basically beating the game. This is why I'm hesitant to do it, honestly. But at the end of the day people are free to play the game however they want and who am I to deny them. Also I take solace in the knowledge that I unlocked it legit and everyone who gets a clone is a scrub  And on that note, ill send mine to the first person on the list in about an hour. Everyone who gets a copy keep in mind that my X2010 is down about 50 bhp will need an engine rebuild soon.
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The Pell posted:I won't be home for another 10 hours. So, if someone is ready before me, I'll get it from them later. K. Who on the list will be playing in an hour?
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 17:33 |
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Crowbear posted:K. Who on the list will be playing in an hour? Last chance for someone to step up before I send it to baronshenanigans, since he's the only one on the list who is already on my friends list. e: Too late. The first X1 clone was sent to baronshenanigans. Up to you guys to continue the chain now. Treat my baby('s clones) well 
Crowbear fucked around with this message at Dec 21, 2010 around 18:19 |
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I get where the complaints are coming from, but people have been using cheats in video games since the dawn of time, and that's basically what the X2010 is. In other news, Crowbear's Car Count is currently at 217. Slowly yet steadily filling in my spreadsheet. Soon I will have every car in the world!
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 19:45 |
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McLarenF1 posted:I take it you successfully sent out the X1, and restored your game? Yes indeed. It was very simple. drbesty posted:While I don't want an X1, I want to earn it the hard way, I would love a Minolta for my worse than useless B Spec fella, PSN is drbesty. I've also still got someones 2J sat in my garage, who am I giving it back to? I think that might be my 2J  PSN: ohajj01 Crowbear fucked around with this message at Dec 21, 2010 around 20:05 |
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Crows Turn Off posted:It's like, I want this game. I like racing games and I like looking at cars. However, I'm brand-new to the GT universe (only playing Prologue at some point) and I don't know poo poo about cars outside of "hey, that's purty!" I was in exactly the same situation before I bought it and I love the game to death
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 20:35 |
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GreatGreen posted:So how do we do this again? Make a backup of our saves with the X1, give the X1 away, then delete our savegames and reload the backups? Makes sense... but I've never backed up a PS3 game or reloaded a backup. How do you do this? Connect an external hard drive, go to the saved data utility, highlight your GT5 save and hit triangle, choose copy, then choose your external drive. Then you send the X1, go back to the saved data utility, open up the external drive, highlight the old GT5 save, hit triangle, choose copy, then tell it overwrite the save currently on your PS3.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 22:21 |
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Comrade Flynn posted:I just bought a PS3 for GT5...so is an external drive just a USB stick? Yeah that works.
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| # ¿ Dec 21, 2010 22:28 |
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I said come in! posted:I am thinking we are going to want to make a thread in Private Game Servers for begging for cars. Eh, the thread was fine before it got clogged up by the X1-fest, and that should die down tomorrow.
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 04:20 |
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spidoman posted:Level 35 B-Spec. I did a 29 second lap in A-Spec B-Spec drivers don't like to draft with it, but if you do you can break 300mph on Indy. Also congrats on your legit car! You gonna try the Le Mans 24 hour?
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 05:04 |
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I'm up to 315 cars now. About half of them are 276 hp Japanese cars 
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 07:03 |
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I just realized that this is by far the longest I have ever gone while being focused entirely on one game. Since GT5 came out it hasn't left my PS3, I haven't turned on my 360, and I haven't launched Steam. It's been a month spidoman posted:I'm just acting as if the only people who have the X2010 are the ones who have actually earned it. (Crowbear and me as far as I know.) We should get a medal or something  
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FAILURE posted:But didn't you guys unlock the event through B-spec? I guess we might have different definitions of "earned" Excuse me sir but I did the X1 challenges which are probably the hardest thing in the game 
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 16:32 |
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abagofcheetos posted:Yeah it is amazing. Anyone interesting in forming a duplicate trading group? I've gotten to the point where I am starting to get the same cards again, and I'm sure many others are at the same point. Thanks for sending me some of your duplicates I'll check my stock in a couple of hours and see if I have any to send your way.
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 18:32 |
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Minimaul posted:I found the RUF RGT and some other one right off the bat. For me, they came in groups of two. or one right after another. When I was specifically looking for the other few RUFs it only took like 2 times through loading license tests for it to come up. You're overwriting 6 cars, you only need to go to license #5 
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keyframe posted:Am I mistaken in assuming that tuning is not allowed for the seasonal events? Pretty sure the only ones you can't tune for are the GT Academy ones since those have preset cars.
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| # ¿ Dec 23, 2010 02:46 |
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Hello X2010 clone owning goons. I know this isn't the request thread but if you've recieved an X2010 already, go to the request thread, find someone on the list, and send them a duplicate. Less than half the people that asked for one have gotten it and no one seems to be sending any more out. I'm sending another copy of mine in 20 minutes to start things back up, but if you have an X2010 do your fellow goons a favor and help speed things up. Even if you sent one out already, be charitable and send another. e: Here have a link: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3375644 Regnevelc posted:Holy gently caress the Toyota 7 Race Car is going to be impossible to beat in my Jag Race Car.... loving poo poo I am 3 1/2 seconds down after the first lap, and that's with me another 3 seconds on the rest of the field... Yeah it's tough. You're probably gonna want to keep reloading the race until you get a starting grid with the Toyota 7 near the back. Crowbear fucked around with this message at Dec 23, 2010 around 03:05 |
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spidoman posted:LeMans 24Hrs has done a number on my X2010. The wheel covers are split in half, aerodynamics are all mangled. Thing is shaking like it has parkinsons, and max speed is down to around 250mph. Also, I'm going to be one lap under 500 total. How much experience did it net you?
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The Pell posted:Im looking for a stand to mount a G27. I found fanatec.de and wheelstandpro.com. Anyone have experience with either one? Or, are there any others to look at? I bought the Rennsport stand from Fanatec.de and I have no complaints about it. Pretty easy to set up, pretty stable, and easy to fold and put away. Cost $130 though.
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Yodzilla posted:Also holy poo poo are the X1 challenges hard. So haaaaard. Thank god. I was worried that after I spent like, a dozen hours on the challenges people would get to level 30 and breeze through them. Nice to know that it's not just because I'm terrible.
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tboneDX posted:I finally unlocked the X2010 challenges tonight, and holy crap that car is fast. You really have to push it to get anywhere near the bronze times (I was 3 seconds off on the nurburgring gp course after a few dozen attempts). I ended up using Skid Recovery, ABS 10, and everything else off to beat the X2010 challenges. TCS just slows you down too much to justify turning it on.
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| # ¿ Dec 28, 2010 10:33 |
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Puddin posted:It seems that the x2010 pass around has stalled somewhat in the car request thread. I can't right now but I'll send one out tomorrow morning.
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dunkman posted:I now have many millions of dollars after spending the last 2 weeks b-spec racing. I've just been using a spreadsheet with every car in it and coloring in any cars I have. I'm up to 445 cars now.
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I said come in! posted:drat, i've fallen way behind. I only have like 350. I haven't been able to play for the last week+ too, or I'd have a couple hundred more
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| # ¿ Jan 3, 2011 17:02 |
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500 cars  God I've missed this game. I only managed to do 2 seasonal events before I had to leave, but I busted out another 4 today. Then I hit a brick wall with the Ford Focus one. Holy poo poo the guy in first place hauls rear end. The closest I've gotten is 9 seconds behind 
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I'm kinda bummed that they removed the limitations on the seasonal events. I had a ton of fun trying beating the first 2 sets, and I thought other than the loving Focus one that they were just the right difficulty. I mean, I'm all for them making the events more accessible, but if they could post what the limitations for the new events would have been on the website or something so those of us who want to can challenge ourselves that would be awesome. Crowbear fucked around with this message at Jan 7, 2011 around 16:04 |
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