Gran Turismo 5

[virgin-burner 1]

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i dont understand your "fat guy mostly wearing red and white"-comment.

Santa Claws

do i get my "stupid"-sign now!?

there's only st. niklaus here, he aint fat, but also wears red and white, and has dark faced, brown clothing wearing helpers, that happens on the 6th of december, and the "christchindli", which is loosely translated the "christmas child" that actually brings gifts..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[wildcard451 0]

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i dont understand your "fat guy mostly wearing red and white"-comment.

Santa Claws

do i get my "stupid"-sign now!?

there's only st. niklaus here, he aint fat, but also wears red and white, and has dark faced, brown clothing wearing helpers, that happens on the 6th of december, and the "christchindli", which is loosely translated the "christmas child" that actually brings gifts..

fucking weirdo.

[virgin-burner 1]

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i dont understand your "fat guy mostly wearing red and white"-comment.

Santa Claws

do i get my "stupid"-sign now!?

there's only st. niklaus here, he aint fat, but also wears red and white, and has dark faced, brown clothing wearing helpers, that happens on the 6th of december, and the "christchindli", which is loosely translated the "christmas child" that actually brings gifts..

fucking weirdo.

hey, it's switzerland, what do you expect? we're "different"!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[shropshire 0]

It's the Cocal Cola company Santa that we see these days

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[wildcard451 0]

How are you all getting enough money to get all the things you need? Just running the same race over and over for a cash cow then moving on? Or have I missed something?

[virgin-burner 1]

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How are you all getting enough money to get all the things you need? Just running the same race over and over for a cash cow then moving on? Or have I missed something?

are you making the challenges? all set to gold? licenses set to gold? if you do, you hardly have to as you will make enough money, also, play the b-spec mode, you win a ton of VERY cool cars, like the mazda furai concept or the zonda r, both which like 5'000'000 credits..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[skyjames 2]

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i played gran turismo from it's day on the ps1, so, i'm a "gran turista" since day one; obviously, i like them..

If you don't like GT then don't read this game drivel.

I started playing early on as you did, I was introduced to the game by a neighbor who just 'had' to come over and use my play station to work on a license, his ps1 quit working when he was .2 sec off the 'gold' time for that license.. I thought this was dumb that an otherwise smart person would become addicted to a game. It took a blister on my thumb before I would admit that I was hooked on the game. I was using the ps1 to play movies, not games. At the time I thought it was so cool you could save all your game data on a memory card, take it to another players home, plug it in and race, trade cars or update/upgrade your/their collection.

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it's not a BAD game; just all those expectations that have been hyped up for like the last six years.. are not met!

That's funny, the expectations come from the game players, not the game developers. At least I can enjoy picking the nuances apart. I didn't expect a popular track being removed, and to answer another posters suggestion that a person builds $$ using only one track (I could have misunderstood his post) isn't factual for me, but it could be true if that track is the only one a player chooses to use for that purpose. We all have our favorites.

Other than the 'Test Course', the Major Oval track is Super Speedway (Twin Ring Motegi ) you could generate 'building your car' funds 50K~250K a clip + a car. Put your fastest car up against 5 game cars, lead a lap then make a pit stop, switch game mode to 'Auto' and let the comp run the rest of the race. Race duration you choose (5 laps~100 laps) and your finish position will dictate $$ amount won. You can sell the car you win for fast cash. You only need to do this in the beginning where you need $$ to start building. Once you unlock tracks and races, winning races and selling duplicate cars will be enough. Winning isn't that easy as you progress to longer and more difficult tracks and almost always you have the challenge of a different ride to master.

If virgin-burner means 'Twin Ring Motegi' isn't available in GT5, well that sucks, but I bet other fast cash options will be available. When I say 'fast cash', it isn't really fast, it's just easier than other options.

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there are missions, and there IS cool stuff included, i wont tell you now, but yea, it just misses the "knack", if you know what i mean..

I will look forward to the new 'cool stuff', and even if GT5 lacks in some areas I am pretty sure I can enjoy what is included, and for me ... I can't beat the price :-)

So, what's the big deal about a video game?
Of video games available today, name one that provides useful, learning, real life information due to the nature of the game?

If you are a racing fan, car nut or even interested in geography, but mainly racing at famous tracks around the globe, something in GT might have you saying "I know that" or "I recognize that place" ... for me it was "no shit, for real?".

Actually the best thing about GT for me is when I watch a road course race now, I can relate to what the driver is experiencing much better ... like when he is approaching a left banked, right hand turn going down hill at 100+mph. (did I forget that this particular turn has a 'bump' half way through it!.)

"exit fast, fly smooth, dock soft and smile"
'nother james

[LongWayToFall 0]

B spec helps. The special races give you TONS of cash.

Anybody done NASCAR? The advanced special races are fucking HARD!!!!!!!!!!

[virgin-burner 1]

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B spec helps. The special races give you TONS of cash.

Anybody done NASCAR? The advanced special races are fucking HARD!!!!!!!!!!

i know.. like winning the furai and i even think the zonda r! both my favorites so far, with a clear ahead of the zonda..

as i stated, it's not a bad game.. but, fuck knows, i just expected WAY more, after a developing time of over six years.. that's all!
BTW, i'm 75% through with a-spec already, but the rest.. will take A LOT of time!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[wildcard451 0]

Found the B-Spec. New cars. Sweet. Cash is a flowing and I will be racing the upper levels starting soon.

[virgin-burner 1]

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Found the B-Spec. New cars. Sweet. Cash is a flowing and I will be racing the upper levels starting soon.

b-spec aint that exciting, but rakes up money while you watch tv or so..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[LongWayToFall 0]

Holy. Fuck.


Do the NA-R (Miata) race in B spec, and check out the car you get. Upgrade to max. Use this to beat the A spec extreme "like the wind" or something like that, race. 2 races. On the oval track, put front downforce all the way up, and the rear at half. Turn tranny top speed to 240ish. Beat these 2 races, and you will get an ungodly fast LM car.........

Your welcome!