Monza & Monaco in Latest GT5 B-Spec Seasonal Events
Gran Turismo 5‘s B-Spec mode unfortunately returns to the game’s Seasonal Events this week, but at least you’ll have some nice scenery to watch as your fastest drivers make their way around the Côte d’Azur and Monza circuits. Here’s a closer look at the details:
- 400PP Monza Circut / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.178,400 2nd: Cr.108,600 3rd: Cr.95,400 - 500PP Autumn Ring / 5 Laps
1st: Cr.223,900 2nd: Cr.136,300 3rd: Cr.119,700 - 650PP Côte d’Azur / 10 Laps
1st: Cr.441,900 2nd: Cr.269,000 3rd: Cr.236,300
GT5 Photomode image by The R!CE Guy.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:48 am - #another_jakhole
Yuuuup, me too. I don’t use B-Spec.
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:00 am - #MadmuppGT
I really wish BOB would stop crashing in the wall on the chicane at Monaco, it wouldnt be so bad if he didnt keep the hammer down like he’s trying to driver through the wall… grinds my gears so much because its happening nearly all the time… and he’s level 36
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:18 am - #fureddo
Browse the forums. Some lads details how you should tune your Toyota 7. I was stucked till I finally followed their instructions and won with minimum instructions to my driver!
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:22 am - #MadmuppGT
Lap 7, right on the tail of 1st place, missed multiple chances to pass easily and cleanly, last corner BOB decided that ‘over take’ means plough nose first into the wall and let 1st place get away… F U BOB
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:22 am - #Pico
I guess that’s your Bob’s problem; none of my Bobs have trouble navigating that chicane at full pace.
But the chicane at Nurburgring GP track is a whole other story.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:56 am - #Haitauer
I really dont understand all the whining on B-spec. Dont play it if you dont like it – its as simple as that. Me myself like B-spec when the events are challenging enough. Anyone whining about the B-spec apparently didnt try the notorious Circuit de la Sarthe some time ago. I really would like to see some more events like that. :)
And I think the A-Spec seasonals are mostly as useless due to too low difficulty settings..
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:05 am - #SimonK
Yes we don’t play B-Spec but the problem is PD keep spending time on it when we would much rather they focus on spending time on the parts of the game we ACTUALLY PLAY!
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:09 am - #PIGBOY
that le sarth b-spec was great fun,i could only win with the audi r8 ’01 or ’05,then i finished with no tyres,some times i got caught out ,not enough of a lead to hold off 2nd,those were the days.we need more,im bored of bf1943 :(
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:57 am - #HKSBro92
GT5 is a racing game, so everything should be a- spec and a-spec only. If you really must put b-spec at least make it optional like on gt4. I didn’t spend $250 on a wheel just to sit there and watch BOB ruin an easy race I could’ve easily won by myself.
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:43 am - #fordskydog
Yeah, what he said.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:52 am - #Cidav8r
@HKSBro92 – it’s a game. It’s ALL optional. Play the way you like.
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April 27th, 2012 at 12:26 pm - #Cidav8r
HKSBro92 – it’s a game. It’s ALL optional. Play the way you like.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:53 am - #researchALLwars
hahaha! Even Jordan is saying this is unfortunate. Jordan, you rock man. The entire concept/premise of GT5′s B-spec is to BABYSIT a professional race driver. I could understand if early in his career we would have to constantly tell him to heat up, or cool down… But at level 20? 30? Why? Shouldn’t a professional know not to cool down so much he goes to sleep while the rabbit in forst place increases his lead from 30 sec to 90?
Also the whole “cool down”, “heat up”, and “overtake” thing is pretty unimaginative, to put it very kindly. We should be able to tell him to: Slow pace, remain calm, maintain pace (indefinitely!), increase pace, drive like mad, pass on the inside, pass on the outside, pit in 2 laps, …. what else? You guys got some other ideas?
Also we should be able to set a more detailed pit strategy in the pre-race screen, and adjust it as we go. We should NOT have to sit there and constantly tell this monkey what to do. This is nothing like being a race team manager. At all.
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:08 am - #Progress823
Agreed. This B-Spec mode is not too great, just a slight update from the one in GT4.
Furthermore, the Endurance Series A-spec and B-Spec should have been combined. I have not done the 24hr races, and I have no plans of doing them on A-Spec.
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:11 am - #TokoTurismo
I agree man. :) You see, even Jordan agrees as well. Why can’t B-Spec just be over with, not like everyone is enjoying this Boring-Spec anymore. Isn’t this game called, “The Real Driving Simulator?” Aren’t we suppose to be the ones driving? I don’t even know where PD got the idea to make this, but it just needs to get kicked out of the GT Series. B-Spec is nothing but Bordom to all anyways, me included. And PD, even KAZ is not even attempting to listen soooo, I don’t even what to say to that… :\
I bet some others are only forcing themselves to like it, I know they agree with us. They’re just trying their hardest not too. Remember, I said “SOME” others. l:\
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:46 am - #fordskydog
I don’t appreciate reporting with a personal bias.
The point of Bspec is to learn about how to run the strategy side of a race from behind the pit wall.
Don’t play it if you don’t like it but stfu.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:04 am - #Progress823
Actually it is a good thing that we are getting reporting with a personal bias – after all that is the whole purpose of this site and these forums. This is where we stated our OPINIONS about this game/simulator/whatever you choose to call it.
If some of us feel that the B-spec is f**ked up, we should be able to do so without someone saying “shut the f**k up and don’t play it if you don’t like it”.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:09 am - #researchALLwars
Strategy?! Cool down, Cool down, Speed up, speed up, speed UP! (runs to the bathroom for 45 seconds, returns to find Bob has cooled back down and is losing by 2 miles, not caring in the slightest) HEY I SAID SPEED UP!
Yeah. fordskydog calls this “strategy”. Then he tells people to stfu. Tough.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:23 am - #MyFavoriteGame
@fordskydog – Did you not read anything researchALLwars said? Are you that much of a fanboy, or are you just f**king retarded? Toko and researchALLwars are both die hard GT fans and regularly defend this game, even when many others are bashing.
He wasn’t saying B-SPEC should be done away with entirely, but was actually making and asking for suggestions on how it could be made more exciting and realistic.
Why do people think that because this is “GTPlanet” we should all come here and praise GT5 to death hell or high water. How does that help anything?.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:35 am - #another_jakhole
To be fair, fordskydog didn’t call them “trolls” or anything like that.
I don’t find any use for B-Spec though.
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April 26th, 2012 at 12:56 pm - #MuoNiuLa
I actually think B-spec in GT5 is a huge step down from GT4. You didn’t have to keep reminding your driver what to do in that game.
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April 26th, 2012 at 1:46 pm - #TokoTurismo
@fordskydog Don’t tell people to stfu when it’s their “OPINION” to say. All I can say, is move along. U_U
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:52 am - #tillbot8
This is appealing to less than 5% of of the GT fanbase! Just focus on us driving Kaz Please. When do you see Modern Warfare, GTA 4,Fallout, Halo, Forza etc where you do not control the protagonist? It does not happen because people don’t want it. The only other genre I can think is Football Manager. But the level of detail in that makes it worth it! B-Spec is a lucky dip of what you’re driver does next regardless of what you tell him to do. And I have a level 40 driver. I appreciate the level of content PD gives us but it really needs to managed much better than this. B-SPEC is not wanted by the majority, especially because of the fact that it is so un-finished. You can only tell you’re driver to do three things? It’s like you’re telling WALL-E to race the car!
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:57 am - #researchALLwars
tillbot8, thank you. : )
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:05 am - #MadmuppGT
True, I mean who dreams of being a racing manager… you always dream of being the driver when youre growing up
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:15 am - #PIGBOY
whos WALL-E ??
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:16 am - #TokoTurismo
Agreed. B-Spec is nothing more but Boredom.
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:48 am - #fordskydog
Stfu.
I hate aspec. It’s so boring setting my tire to race soft for everything and using the max pp allowed and beating the field by a minute. Its just such a grind. At least I should be able to do other things while all this is going on…
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:07 am - #HKSBro92
@fordskydog you hate a-spec? So that means you hate driving then. I think you’re the only person I’m the world that like b-spec or as I like to call it: let an AI drive your car while you go on porn-spec
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:09 am - #HKSBro92
*in
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:48 am - #MyFavoriteGame
You hate A-SPEC?….guess you hated Gran Turismos 1,2 & 3. OR….or maybe you’re just trolling.
This is you; “I’m gonna buy this racing game right here,…..but I don’t care for racing much, I just wanna manage”…. Insanity.
But you know,…… A LOT of people buy Forza and don’t race at all, they just Paint and do vinyls or tune. Pretty strange, but I guess to each his own…… and to be fair I did spend more time designing than I did racing in Forza 3, but thats because the racing sucked.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:57 am - #Progress823
fordskydog
Apr 26 – 10:48 am
Stfu.I hate aspec. It’s so boring setting my tire to race soft for everything and using the max pp allowed and beating the field by a minute. Its just such a grind. At least I should be able to do other things while all this is going on…
I would never want to race you in one of my rooms lol…you would not survive the first turn…
“set pp to max and slap on race softs”…. How juvenile.
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April 26th, 2012 at 2:03 pm - #TokoTurismo
fordskydog hates A-SPEC!? You must be kidding and not be serious right? I just laughed. fordskydog makes a new record for that.
GTPlanet Globle News Report: (Female voice) On todays news on April 26th 2012. It occurs that “fordskydog”, had said in the news section that he “hates” A-Spec, to try and shut everyone up. Now, the GTP Members are trying to ask him many questions for some answers in the questioning room, as to why he hates it so much. We’ll return shortly with “fordskydog’s” answers after these messages. *smiles at the end*
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:52 am - #Kratos_Q8
how the **** do people injoy this Bull****-spec !!!!!!!!!!!!
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:49 am - #fordskydog
I like bspec. There is room for both. Quit complaining.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:44 am - #tillbot8
I’m sorry but this is PD not listening to their fans! If their would of been 1 or 2 B-Spec events ever then that would of been fine. But
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:39 am - #another_jakhole
Come on, man. Don’t attack other members like that.
@tillbot8
The game mode is in the game already, so it’d be silly not to add a Seasonal Event for it from time to time. People DO use B-Spec. Believe it or not, some people don’t even use GT5 for racing or driving. Photographers use it for that sole purpose. They’re not even close to being in the majority, but this game was made to be used for all kinds of purposes. -
April 26th, 2012 at 12:10 pm - #Pit Crew
@fodskydog dude dont dis peoples moms or family just because peoples dont agree with your skewered logic. your problem is you cant tune worth Shugar Honey Ice Tea.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:41 am - #HKSBro92
Dear PD,
Don’t put B-spec in GT6.Thank you.
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:42 am - #TheKitten
B-Spec Was Amazing in GT4 But Ruined it GT5 :)
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:49 am - #HKSBro92
Yeah I miss the fast forward option.
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:51 am - #fordskydog
Dear pd, please keep bspec and keep updating it like the rest of the game.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:27 am - #HKSBro92
@fordskydog Are you high or something? Notice how you’re the only person on this site defending b-spec….
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:40 am - #another_jakhole
I don’t agree with the way fordskydog’s going about this, but he has a point when he says “keep updating it like the rest of the game”.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:33 am - #Biggles1961
I really cannot believe all the whiners! GT5 is a brilliant game! Gaming has really come a long way in a really short time. Perhaps it’s time to get of the couch and get a life!
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:41 am - #TheKitten
Totally AGree Agin
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:06 am - #SimonK
You have something brown on the end of your nose.
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:23 am - #researchALLwars
lol! Simon, be nice!
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:52 am - #fordskydog
Yeah! Long live bspec and the rest of the game too.
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April 26th, 2012 at 11:41 am - #another_jakhole
simon has something packed up a hole really tightly.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:33 pm - #MadmuppGT
But if I get off the couch and go outside I cant play the awesome game your telling me to play…
… OH GOD, IM CONFUSED!
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:31 am - #TheKitten
Dr.Frogg And Who COmplaining or Not listening
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:29 am - #DaScouser101
My names g murphy 2 haha
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:25 am - #TokoTurismo
I agree with both Lupo & MuoNiuLa. Jordan has every right to voice out his opinion, and I highly agree with him as well. This site isn’t yours xGuNzABLaZiNx now is it?
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:53 am - #fordskydog
Voice YOUR opinion, fine. But don’t try and speak for everyone.
I love bspec too.
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:16 am - #GMurphy
This is pretty frustrating because im doing the monaco race and everytime my driver goes to pass on certain corners he smashes into the walls and spins out putting me straght back to last :/
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April 26th, 2012 at 9:07 am - #MadmuppGT
same here, and its not like he bounces back, he’ll keep the power on like he’s hoping the wall will move… my level 36 BOB has done this about 3 or 4 times in this race… surely its a glitch, not even BOB can be that stupid
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April 26th, 2012 at 8:07 am - #Lion-Face
Why is it unfortunate that B-Spec returns? I think it’s great we get new events every week to play with over a year after the game came out! Keep it up! I tend to complete the B-spec seasonals more so than the A-spec anyway
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April 26th, 2012 at 10:53 am - #fordskydog
Yay bspec!
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:59 am - #DaScouser101
was that to me thekitten ?
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:56 am - #Dr.Frogg
I have paid $60 for this? What a rip-off.
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:48 am - #DaScouser101
i dont agree with most of the moves pd make but i do think all the whinners and complainers will eat there words 1 day soon and i cant wait :D:D:D:D
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:44 am - #DaScouser101
1 thing i dont get is why dont pd have blogs on there site for us to complain and voice our opinions instead of us using a none sony site i never understood this maybe if they had 1 out views would be looked at more than gtp (love gtp best site) just saying though
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:46 am - #TheKitten
Agree Again Maybe just because many ppl spam like BAttlefield lol
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:43 am - #TheKitten
Many people who work at Polyphony Digital suffered great personal loss during the tsunami, losing many family and friends. Say whatever you want about the game, but your comments suggesting these people were not affected by that horrible natural disaster are inaccurate, insensitive, and inappropriate.
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:43 am - #DaScouser101
iat least some 1 does lol
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April 26th, 2012 at 7:44 am - #TheKitten
TO MANY WHINNERS
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I want to race on those tracks, not my BOB