OFFICIAL GRAN TURISMO 5 THREAD

i just searched all over the game for the topgear track and still cant find anything other than the 3 'specials' with the vw's and lotus. any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks

 

you need to finish the VW bus special event to "unlock" the top gear test track for practice use.

 

I forgot all about that.... it was quite difficult to finish 2 clean laps w/out wiping out in the Lotus. And perhaps tougher to finish the Schwimmerwaggon thing in 1st place in 2 laps. I think you just need bronzes to open it up.

 

I have bronzes and silvers in the TG Challenge, and I dont have the track on practice mode. I know they were supposed to make the track standard, perhaps its a bug?

 

Nope you need to Gold the events to get the TG track in Practice Mode. The Elise event is a major pain but I thought the VW event was kinda fun.

 

You have to be in 3rd by the follow through on the 1st lap, and real in the other two on the last lap. It was definitely a huge PITA.

 

My son lives for Top Gear (the show) and loves driving on that track in GT5. I don't drive on GT5 very much, but he made me do the VW race. I thought it was fun and a bit weird -- it's like racing in slow motion and is oddly entertaining. I couldn't beat it until I switched from manual to automatic. Normally, manual is better, but with the weird torque (if you can even use that word) curve of the VW, it seems to have better power when left in auto than when shifting at redline in manual. It might be worth giving auto a try if you are using manual.

 

thanks for the tip peter. I have just gotten around to trying that VW race and failed my first attempt (manual trans).

 

Does anyone know anything about a new DLC or if it is even comming? I want to drive 1990's Japanease tin box and pay $4.99 to do it. Perhaps they will have some Chinease cars this DLC? I can only hope.

 

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http://www.gtplanet.net/lamborghini-aventador-route-x-circuit-more-in-leaked-gt5-2-03-details/

We get the Aventador, V12 Vantage, the Jaguar XJR9 LM, and a new track!. Others are the Mini Countryman, a 1966 Beetle, and the Nissan Leaf.

 

I much as I like this news the game still needs more courses.

 

Being a negative nancy paid off for me this time- soley for the Aventador and V12 Vantage. But I am not thrilled. I want more Ferraris. Something needs to be done about this.

 

I see so much 430 and 458 in that car it's not funny. Interesting idea with the regenerative braking though.

When'll GT5 push out some more Ferraris??? And more real-world tracks.

 

Yes...we do. Here's a whole list of F-cars they can put in there, that I feel they should have put in there initially, or released in DLC.

F50
288 GTO
250 GTO
250 GT Lusso
Dino 246
Daytona Coupe and Spyder
FXX
275 GTS
550/575
550 Barchetta
575 Superamerica
599XX
599 GTO
360 Challenge Stradale
355
16M Scuderia
F2002
Testarossa

Of course, they ditched these for 500 variations of Nissan Skylines, Mazda Miatas, and Honda Civics.

Others that got ditched.
Aston Martin DBS
Aston Martin One-77
Aston Martin Vanquish 007
Aston Martin DB5 007
Bentley Continental Supersports
Koenigsegg CCX
Lamborghini Diablo
Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
Lamborghini Reventon
Maserati MC12
Maserati GranSport
Mercedes CLK63 Black Series
Mercedes SL65 Black Series
Mercedes CLK-DTM
Pagani Zonda Cinque
Porsche. Period.
RUF RT12
RUF 997 RGT
Spyker Aileron
Spyker LM85

 

Looks like the new DLC went live today. I am going to go DL it!!!


Now... About those Ferraris...

 

Well, I have played the new track in the practice mode. Nothing to write home about, its just an oval. I saw that coming but I really was hoping for something more than just an oval. Its 3 or 4 dollars! It is very pretty though.

The cars have me underwhelmed. The Aventador is nice. It even sounds like it should (just wish it was louder). The V12 Vantage drives and sounds like it should, too. The rest of the cars are so insignificant I have no desire to play them. Why on earth did they bother to include them is beyond me. I am sure the manufacturers pay them to have them included but I still don't think that is a good enough excuse. I have no need for a Leaf. Really, does anyone want this car?! A Mini Countryman is about as useful on here as a Prius, and at least the Prius has a racing version. Finally a line has to be drawn with an old VW. A VW Beetle?! Is PD making a joke about having a Porsche in the game?

What we can expect in the future is that PD will make a car pack with one or two cars that people want and then fill the rest in with marketing bs. Hopefully the next one proves me wrong.

 

Bought the DLC, enjoy it, but not as much as I could be.

I agree, we need a Ferrari DLC pack

 

Bought it last night, to sum it up the Speed course gets old real quick. It's fun online with the RedBull X2010/X2011 prototypes but thats about it. I'd rather see the return of the road & city courses missing that need to be added. Oh, and more Ferraris wouldn't hurt.

 

I love the new Lamborghini Aventador but it's still not as fast as the Ferrari Enzo on the Daytona Super speedway. I agree that the new Route X is extremely boring to race on even with the X1. You get no sense of speed even though your traveling at 320-330 mph. It's fantastic for the 0 to 60 and 1/4 mile times but it's no fun to race on. But, I'm sure Route X will be very popular with the drag racing groups.

Lastly, YES, we need a Ferrari DLC pack!

 

Yeah they seriously need a Ferrari DLC.... packed with FXX, 250 GTO, 250 Testarossa, F50, and 355!

 

+ eleventy-billion.

I can understand now just *why* the TG track is called a technical track. I've got way too much Cole Trickle in me.

 

This sunday I will be picking up a Logitech G25 for 75 bucks from a friend
I'm PUMPED!

 

It's almost May and there has been zero notice of any new DLC!

 

Awesome deal!!

I bought one when they were a few months old and loved it, bought it for almost $300, used it for a few weeks, then returned it. It was a little too expensive, got my 40GB PS3 instead and anticipated for GT5 for a while and I got sick of waiting so I gave that away, got a 250GB PS3 for free and sold that.

I may pick up the GT5 XL version and play with my cousins PS3.