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- SteveJobs0
what's up with the new seasonal races (ff,fr,awd) only paying out like 20k per race? i'm trying to get the forumla car, but at this rate, that'll never happen...
i think once i finish expert, i'm done with the game. there's no way i'm racing for hours or doing anything beyond the 10-lap races like the dream car championship of the expert class - that'll be hard-core enough for me.
on a different note, this game would have totally done it for me if they'd added sport bikes. really could've put some of those tracks to extra use!
- Andrew_D0
I'm having a right cunt of a time trying to beat the second last license final race, the one with the white Lambo. I'm kicking ass most of the race, then I'll slightly nudge someone and get disqualified. Drives me insane, rubbin' is racing man!!!
- JackRyan0
HOLY HELL!!! I finally beat the Historic Racing Car Cup. I did end up doing it with the Charger...I had the top speed set to 162 on both races, and tweaked the suspension to help it handle better. I barely one both races, there are just no allowances for any mistakes in that cup...crazy.
- SteveJobs0
a big thanks to kumori04 and electro. i'm not sure how i missed them for so long, but i did the bonus seasonal races and raised the ~5.23m i needed to get the aforementioned Mazda 787B, which is probably my favorite car now for some weird nostalgic reason.
this thing kills it in the indianapolis motor speedway 'like the wind' race! hopefully they'll add more bonus races soon because you can't rack up extra credit or cash for repeat wins :/
- SteveJobs0
speaking of which... check this cowboy out:
- SteveJobs0
i have that car. i only used it for one or two of the races it qualified for, but didn't care for its handling abilities. i guess i'll have to see if i can tweak it to make it a bit more viable. with 900+hp, it's definitely got something to start with..
- JackRyan0
You can beat that second to last championship with the Veyron, you can actually tune it so it has more horsepower, and obviously can shave some weight.
- SteveJobs0
me neither. i'm just grinding and have saved up about 1.4 mil. i'd like to hold out for the 1991 Mazda 787B Race Car:
I don't remember its exact price tag.. somewhere between 3.5 and 5.5 mil, and level 23, i believe. i think besides the black gran turismo modeled gt lm test car, it's the only race car in it's class you can buy from new or used dealers. i'm sure having this thing fully-tuned could win that second-to-last expert championship with 1st place pretty easily.and why not.. not much else to do in the game..
- JackRyan0
Damn...Steve...SO TRUE. It really sucks when you're doing a championship, if you have a couple of bad races you have to start all over again. I made it to 22. I still havent beat that damn classic race car series though.
- use a dodge challenger R/T 70' with race modifications, full tune & racing softelektro
- SteveJobs0
yeah, i figured out how to set the gear ratio's for certain races. basically, i opt for lower output if i'm about to enter into a race with a lot of turns, but with the indianapolis speedway, on the other hand, i opened it up a bit more. it shifts at a higher RPM, but i can kiiiiinda hold my own against those true race cars out there with my ford gt lm race car. brought my position from like 7th to 3rd.
they kinda make you 'grind' a lot, and by grinding i mean, doing races over and over to level up and get more cash - wich is annoying for the higher-level races where you're doing 5 laps.
one of my biggest gripes about this game is the shady AI. i've noticed this and you probably have too, but if you can pass cars near the beginning of the race, you can hold your lead fairly easily, even with sloppy, slowish driving as long as you don't crash. BUT, if you do fall behind for whatever reason, the cars that pass you go into fucking god-mode and they grace every corner and straigh-away with unbelievable precision. and no matter how fast you punch it, and how tight you hit those corners, catching up is damn near futile.
i really enjoy the game, but it's far from perfect.
- Ha! Well spoken! The passing thing is spot on, I've fucking mashed my way into the first corner many a time to come..Andrew_D
- out in first after it because it'd be impossible to win if I didn't. I'm almost at the point where I wish for a code to unlock every..Andrew_D
- every car just so I can drive them.Andrew_D
- do the seasonal events to get more alot of cash & exp !elektro
- kumori040
best way to gain XP and credits = seasonal events - bonus races.
- Which I'm totally shit at. Can you race them more than once and get credits still?Andrew_D
- Yeah, most of the bonus races are pretty easy to run, with only tires and suspension upgrades. Try doing the ones that ask for slower cars. Those are easier to win.kumori04
- ...slower cars. Those are easier to win.kumori04
- Andrew_D0
If you buy the "fully adjustable" gearbox or whatever (it's 20,000) you'll get well over 200mph by going into the tuning section and cranking the mph as far as it goes. Sorry, this is a really crap explanation, I'd take screen grabs if I was at home.
I agree, though, the fucker drives like a boat. I've just got to level 17. What pisses me off is not being able to sell shitty cars I've won along the way, so I just leave them in the garage as reminder of my triumphs. ;-)
Also, how the fuck do I save up a couple million to pay for a wicked race car? I think the most cash I've had is like 450,000. I then spunked it on that fucking Challenger, which has done well, but I think I'll get twatted in the Expert class.
- SteveJobs0
anyone made it past level 21? it's sooo sloooow...
also, wish there were more race cars available to purchase. online store, used cars and dealer all mostly have touring cars which even when fully tuned won't cut it against their full-fledged race cars.
and still haven't got my hands on a good vintage car yet for the expert class race. supposedly there's an old z-28 or ss camaro or something that once tuned is pretty fast, but haven't come accross it yet..
- SteveJobs0
Andrew_D, can you elaborate on the transmission timing? I'm still not crazy about the car because it handles like a boat, but if there are transmission tweaks that are available, I might use them for other cars.
- Andrew_D0
JackRyan, I've done what you said with the challenger, now how the fuck do I get it to go faster than 105mph? Hahahaha.... it get's there in no time with 730HP, but won't go any faster. What the heck am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!
- Shit, my transmission timing was way off. Hahaha....oh boy, now I can go 250mph! ;-)Andrew_D
- SteveJobs0
yeah, i was blown away by how slow the download and install went over fiber, and then even more so when i realized the load time seemed about the same. anyone know if that can be undone easily? i don't really fiddle with my ps3 enough to know what all i can do with it. i mean, i JUST finally got around to updating it for the very first time, and this is the original v1 console!
- Ranger0
I can't believe how long the menus take to load up, each level takes about 10 seconds, and you have to go in and out one level at a time, it drives me mad. The tracks too take so long to load up, it's like going back to the days of my spectrum. I did the update that took all day to download, warned me would use 8 gb of HD space but would reduce loading times - it did FA. Did it work for anybody else?
P.S. I agree about the annoying aspect of having to figure out which cars can be used in which races while you're in the dealers, it doesn't add to the experience, just a list within the car description of eligible races would do it. Then the menus in and out going between the 2 to check - ARRGHHHHHH.
Hell of a game though, I'm completely hooked despite the gripes.
- Make sure you're not connected to PSN while playing offline, it really helps.CygnusZero4
- The wait times are ridiculous, I was thinking about the 8GB install, but I guess that's a waste.Andrew_D
- I thought you had to be connected?Andrew_D
- No you don't but it still tries to connect like every other fucking screen...FUUUUUUUUUU...Naygon
- It only does that when you first try to go into GT Life. After that it will stay offline.CygnusZero4
- SteveJobs0
ahh sorry, i posted the wrong ford gt. mine is the newer lm race car:
don't even remember what i won it for. i think it was one of those random 'grab bag' ticktets.Jack, the classic car race is one of three i have left to beat in expert mode, the others being the last two. i'm just holding off on it because i don't have any car that comes even close to what you're up against in that race. i blew like 60k on tuning a '70 dodge challenger, and i couldn't even pace the other cars... will prolly save up for that shelby cobra at the dealer and see if it's enough to take them on. used car lot hasn't had shit lately..
- LOL...I tried with the Challenger and failed as well, the Cobra might do it, but there's still a horse power disadvantage there.JackRyan
- Andrew_D0
Can't believe people were disappointed with this game, it's pretty fun once you get a few wins under your belt.
- JackRyan0
Steve, how did you get the Gulf? I can't find it to buy it, did you win it by beating the classic race car series in expert? I can't find a good car to beat that series with.