The latest GT5 Seasonal Event has just been posted, “La Festa Cavallino”, or “The Horse Festival”. Of course, the races feature production Ferraris with 650PP or less in the following events:
- Rome Circuit (5 Laps, 444,900 Cr.)
- Circuit de la Sarthe 2009 (1 Lap, 504,000 Cr.)
- Autumn Ring Reverse (5 Laps, 411,000 Cr.)
- Indianapolis Road Course (5 Laps, 470,700 Cr.)
- Toscana (Tarmac) 106A (5 Laps, 474,000 Cr.)
As always, head on over to GTPlanet’s GT5 Seasonal Events forum for more discussion. Thanks to RACECAR for the quick tip!
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I first did it in the scuderia. That bored me so i bought the 458. After About 10 races That bored me too. I want to warm much money, but not on à boring way. Wat to do? The SP1 didnt help either i bought.
Why i said warm?? Freakin IPod. I Meant earn
i done 2:56 on la sarthe with a 999hp enzo
I used a fully tuned 599 (even if I had to limit the power) and the race was no problem. Be patient you pass the Enzo (if you use the 599) on the Ford Curves.
I used a tuned Italia at I think 609PP. With soft tires, I can overtake the leading Enzo consistently somewhere near the Ford Curves. 599 would make things easier on this fast course.
LOL, thank you :)
Now there’s new OCD, and a Japan Touring event added. Bizzare rollout this week.
What is OCD? sorry :P
It’s either Online Car Dealership, or Obsesive Compulsive Disorder. Kinda depends on whether you have an advanced degree in psychology or not….. ;P
@NA: OCD just kicked in yo.
PD, it’s time to implement +25s penalty for shortcuts in Seasonals :)
Also, a Seasonal Request: Destruction Derby!!!!
This should be easy with an enzo.
Eurosport and motorstv…shame on you
I know this has nothing to do with these seasonal events but this weekend its the ilmc 6hours at Imola. I’m pretty sure you can watch it on peugeot sport .com and listen via radio le mans. I’m really looking forward to it. Come on lucus.
What? No Monza for a Ferrari event?
grande premio in denaro! Tempo per macinare.
AHAHAHA you used a translator? tell me that you are not Italian please!!! LOL
trying to get 1000 cars by winning money. I think i will get all the premium cars first. 20 million dollar cars will be hard. i have to win 40 times for one of them. i love this event.
YOSH! gonna try this one out as soon as I get myself online!
Anybody have an idea as to how long these crazy tripled credits will be around?… I like it
The credit and experience awards of the seasonal events of late just kill the gradually A-spec development of those who just started to play GT5.
Your first car bought in GT5 will not be too fast. However if you buy a second car which is allowed to enter a high rewarding seasonal event you can get 20.000.000 credits within 3 – 4 hours. It`s ridiculous that the third car you buy actually can be a Formula Gran Turismo or X1.
There should be a check in seasonal events. When someone is not level 25 the credits and experience points should be much lower.
Sure, if you want to buy a lot of cars you need crazy amounts of credits. And these seasonal events are great for that. Or to gain experience if you want to enter the last endurance races. Far more reasonable than having to drive Daytona untill your fingers bleed. But new players need to be protected against this much credits and experience.
OK, third car bought is not likely to be a X1.
Yup, not going to be getting an X1 3-4 hours from start. You have to be lvl 40, and that takes weeks of seasonal grinding under the current temporary X3 experience and credits. But yah, I get the original point. Just don’t think PD can do much about it without ticking 50% of the users off no matter what PD does.
This is the first rant ever saying that GT5’s game structure is too easy.. IMO the slow a-spec progression is torture. I’m glad PD is making it easier for new and or “casual” players to progress through the game with these online updates. It breathes new life into it.
@chump I’m not really with you in this reply… GT5 must not be compliant to CASUAL gamers or it will become the new BUGGY BOY (for those who remember this GREAT game) the fact is that anyway PD must continue giving more breed to the fidelized gamers… due to this i’m so happy that i’m yet playing from the first day this awesome OPERA… the new gamers will off course get profits from this seasonal events but anyway they must succed in the A-SPEC section to max the game. seasonal is only a plus from my point of view. great work indeed, i really LOVE this game.
Ciao Antodena, (siamo solo noi ;) Purtroppo credo che a Monza non solo gli sia stata data poco importanza come evento stagionale, ma nella costruzione della pista che è distante dalla controparte reale. A me risulta un pó piatta, distante da come è in realtà, ma i PD si sono fatti perdonare con il Nurburgring-Nordschliefe, che in GT5 ha superato tutte le mie amate simulazioni per PC.
ahah mi sa di si… senti momo visto che ci siamo aggiungimi al psn va… così facciamo qualche garetta insieme sul RING con macchine rigorosamente ITALIANE! io sono antodena (ovviamente) su psn… un caro saluto!
I love this event. Especially when I’m using my 458.
Time to approach level 40 !!!!!!!!!
My PS3 just got sent back to get repaired! FUUUUUUU**!!
Nurburgring Lotus Esprit is fun but driving the F40 is better.
of course F40 is better! Lotus is OMG,,,,never drive it)
Hahah everyone loves the grind now a days….
Way too Boring…
…but good way to make some fast cash
Monza isn’t in the seasonal as it’s in the one in the game. Managed to do the whole lot of races in less than an hour, but to be honest I am not bothered how long it takes. I enjoy the seasonals but don’t take the triple payouts for granted as they are only temporary.
Even the online dealership with 0 mileage is temporary. Wish they would update it as I have bought almost all the cars in the online dealership by now.
La Francia invidia la nostra cucina italiana, e si sogna le auto italiane!
Tutto il mondo si inginocchia davanti al Cavallino e al nostro Vino ;P
lol
MOMO SEI TUTTI NOI!!! ITALIANI FATEVI SENTIRE!!! VIVA GRAN TURISMO!!!
In this news you have to write all the comments in Italian. The Cavallino deserves this and more. I recommend a translator ;)
Pizza, spaghetti spaghetti Rome del, ummm, ahhhh,……oh screw it.
Viva La France! ;P
No this is GTplanet in they have to write in english, it’s worldwide you know, problem is they quoted a wrong spelling by PD “la festa Cavallino” witch it doesn’t mean anything in Italian lenguage, as they should know the correct spelling is “la festa del Cavallino”.
About thoese funny clichè jokes I prefer eat pizza speghetti than frogs and snails. Au revoir Monsieur cest la vie! lol ;)
Then they should check out the english definition of the word”infamous”, which they use in respect to the Ferrari brand. An oversight i’m sure.
Yes verry good seasonal here.
YES!!! All of these races are AMAZING for grinding, and come with a free helmet. :)
Not bad on experience either, Sarthe fills the xp meter up by about 1/10 every time.
Not if your level is high enough it would barely fill 1/20. I’m at level 35 right now and I haven’t done any endurance races yet. I’ve been doing the seasonal event for the past few weeks after PSN came back online. The XP needed to level up when your level is high is exponential.
Damn I can’t wait to get home and take my 458 for a spin!
Where is Monza? Great lack!
Indeed, with Italian Cars, they gotta showcase this great of Italian Tracks! XD
“La festa del Cavallino”
Seems like Poliphony didn’t ask any help on titles translations, but in case they did they better fire them as soon as possible. Without “del” it’s like neanderthal speaking, uga buga festa gavalino LOL
Someone needs to look up the definition of “infamous” also!
Why looking for the shortest time possible and the highest time/money rate for the sake of grinding? How can it not be boring?
For so long the K Cars race on the Eifel track has been the quickest grinding option but it becomes so boring within 10 minutes.
I can’t be the only one to think that the best grinding option is doing a few minutes here and there.
Exactly, who cares about the best grinding track/car combination I just play for fun, GT5 is not a work lol.
I just love sarthe as i drag there lots.. And man is fighting enzos in a sp1 fun!!!!
Btw folks, you can hit the dirt at the chicanes at la Sarthe at over 230 MPH. Avoid the barriers and do not accelerate while in the kitty litter. As soon as you hit the road on the other side drop two gears and your on your way to a sub 3:30 lap time. The entry to the last two chicanes before the start/finish are a bit trickier, but same method works – if you can avoid the long wall on the right.
I don’t like driving la Sarthe this way, as it is hallowed ground. But since I haven’t taken advantage of holes in the poly scenery, this is how I earn my spending money and still do some spirited driving.
Cheers.
Same here, first time i drove it properly time 3:42
But then to cash in, straight through the gravel, luvly jubly!
So that’s how some of you guys have such short lap time. I’ve been trying to cut my lap time in Sarthe to less than 3:40 to no avail. BTW, I’ve been using the DS controller to drive. I’ll try my G25 later on to see if I can cut my lap time.
3:35.172 tuned Enzo proper driving G27 paddle shift :D
I think I can win with the stock Enzo
most likely m8
Like! Thank you God, Great Spirit or Higher Being for no Tsukuba…
Amen, I find it the dullest track in the game.
Already got thousands of helms…
this made me buy an enzo, did de la sarth in 3:20
when u bought an Enzo, u did greatest mistake ever xD fault car
You know, the supercar festival race on the created track (the fifth race) gives a payout of 490,000 credits. Its still easy money.
Fantastic I just finished buying the final 3 Ferrari’s last night and had a premonition about a Ferrari event.
Seeing I haven’t driven many of them other than the Enzo and Italia it’ll give me a chance to run the others in my garage.
Also is Toscana a start at day finish at night, or all day? I’m hoping for no night didn’t enjoy it once it got dark with the Lambos…
Just realized, you get paid for each race multiple times; ie, la sarthe in 3:42 = 504,000cr.. woohoo!!!
you sure you get paid more than once for doign the same race?
YUP!!!!!!!!!
great! its time for my Ferrari F40, which i use for 4 hour of Nurburgring race
Cool, more easy money.
Look at the tracklist, there is no Tsukuba they are listening to us lol ;) Remember you can still race Monza in Career mode, we have a couple of unused tracks this time like Autmn reverse, Daytona Road.. not bad at all honestly. Great photo and have fun!
WHAT?!?!?! No Tsukuba? What a joke. AAAAARRRRRGGHHHH! (Insert cliche’ troll comment here)
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J?K :P
It’s not Daytona, silly…….it’s the Indy Road Course.
Indeed it’s not Daytona it’s Indy Road, but there’s no need to call people “silly” for such a little mistake. :P
jesus crist i think he was just messin around……
half a mil in under 4 minutes, now that’s more like it! Might actually save up some cash for the 20 million crediters now :)
No Monza circuit? lol what a joke. They wont even host Ferrari’s home track.
Wasnt Monza used on the first “La Festa Cavallino”? So why would they use it here?
Yes I know the “its the home of ferrari” etc etc, But obviously their thinking is totally differnt to yours.
As to what is the biggest money earner, does it matter?
Personally to me no, I enjoy racing in all the events on the seasonals not just the one with the biggest payout.
I think that Fiorano is the TRUE home of Ferrari. And from Ferrari Challenge, its not that bad a track. It has suzuka esses, it has tight corners with a wall next to you like Monaco, it has a hairpin, it has fast combined corners, it has an open hairpin, then a massive straight. Oh and its a figure of eight, like suzuka
Just be thankful Tsukba isn’t in there. Honestly, if people like you didn’t whinge you’d have nothing to say at all.
Nice photo of a great car.
I swear I thought that was real for a moment, and then I remembered I was on GTPlanet.
can you use the Formula 1 cars???…mite fire the 330 P4 and put some miles on it,….mmm@458,like balance of that car…they all good…wooohooooooooooo…not that i need money
c h o w from the sow
Nope, no F1. :(
Ferrari De La Sarthe :D
Winning Phrase.
I’d like this quite a bit more if the sun effect didn’t almost totally blind me for half of a lap at the Toscana track. One of the last turns I can’t see at all. I can’t imagine PD did it on purpose, but still, come on PD, it’s overkill in the sunglare department, lol.
Must have fixed it. I can see fine now. :)
I love that Ferrari btw
With a fully tuned Enzo, you can do Sarthe in about 3:40-3:50.
There’s a dirty joke here….But nah, too easy…lol
i can do 3:33 with 458:D!
lol +1 midlife
Did this today in 3:29.876 in 458 Italia :)
lol i did a 3min with my enzo
I did it in 3:30 with my scuderia..
No garage update ?
why do you need a garage update?
I guess I should buy an Enzo now..
WoW! Nice!? It’s only WEDNESDAY tomorrow right? I thought SEASOANLS are updated every THURSDAY!? cool
It’s been tuesdays ever since PSN came back up. :)
WIN
Mamma Mia! Que bellissimo. XD Looks like fat loots are here to stay. The following quote comes to mind;
“Luigi only follows the Ferraris” – Luigi, Pixar’s Cars
Spero che il tuo amico si riprenda. Mi dicono che siete fantastici. (I hope that your friend recovers. I was told that you are fantastic] – Michael Schumacher, also from ‘Cars’…
yes I watch that show far too much.. lol..
“A Ferrari! A Real Michael Schumacher Ferrari!!” (I watch it too much too lol)
On a serious note, these new seasonals are good!
Haha I remember that
Hahah, Guido’s reaction was the one I had when I saw not only that Ferrari’s would be the protagonists of these races, but seeing 500,000 credit prize for 1st prize in Le Sarthe (A track I adore) in under 4 minutes.
Good to see many Pixar Car fans in here. XD
Epic quote! :)
And yes, this seasonal is Bellissimo :D
You guys know the second one is out, right? :)
cutter
i’m away for work training and from my ps3 and this seasonal- i can’t wait to 458 it. anyone know how much longer the trip $$ is gonna last?
SPOILER: La Sarthe is the quickest money gainer since the British lightweight London track!
Also no new time trials or drift trials:(
Nope. The french de la sarte is 4:19
I did the new Sarthe race in under 4 mins, so it is the best event for grinding now.
@George 4:19 is way over 105k per minute, so yeah, its the new best track to grind.
I think its the fastest, my record in 458 is 3,33.171!
Before this i did the supercar challange on the eifel track, 490000 and 5.10 min, so this is the fastest!
3:28.xxx in an Enzo.
Yep, just 3:30’d it. Thats 144k per minute. Beats KCup by 39k per minute.
3.21 in my Enzo (with cuts) and 504k and a helmet each time :)
i just did a 2:59.786 in me enzo , i short cutted all the xorners i could
my fastest lap is 3.38.713 in a fully tuned enzo
LOL, RACECAR tree’d me to notifying Jordan!