2 Months In, Feeling Depressed.

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I have played GT5 now for the last 2 months, level 30 A spec, 20 B Spec, done most of the cups and special events, been online, but now have no motivation to fire GT5 back up.

Last time I played offline it started to grate on me how numb the experience is after the initial buzz, the game side is less of an engrossing game and more of a chore to drive around with dumb, unemotional, faceless AI, in sterile environments. Sad really because the physics aren't bad and if there was more fun to be had racing like F12010 it would be a pleasure.

Most of these Problems cant be altered, so maybe ill wait for F12011 to implement better physics or GT6 better offline gameplay and hopefully that buzz and atmosphere to race offline will be there again.

And I know some people will say what about online, but thats not much better, no real structure and outside of bragging rights it too has no real achivement to it.

I think the next time Ill fire GT5 up is for a quick run down the Nurb or maybe if leadboards are added.

Glad I got that off my chest feel better now.:)
 
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Play iRacing you won't come back. I was playing GT5 from day one, everyday all day and defended it from all the haters. But I was naive. After trying iRacing I realized what the haters weren't hatin they were being honest. I keep trying to play gt5 but jut can't get back into it. Something about bouncing off walls like a ping ping ball and still being able to win a race has sort of list it's appeal to me. I hate saying this because I was such a fan but in comparison to iRacing GT5 in 100% arcade. The fact that you can choose your driving view says it all. Can you choose to drive from the bumper of your real car?
 
yeh ive hit the endurance events in a spec and nearly in b spec (lvl 24) and i dont often have too much desire or time to do them and i now mostly go online.
so im currently swapping between doing that and F1 2010. while F1 2010 isnt the most realistic game ever (as far as driving goes), like you said it is fun:tup:
 
If you're depressed because a video game doesn't meet your expectations, you have problems that cannot be solved by forum members. Get outside. It'll be springtime soon.

If you're not actually depressed, look up what "hyperbole" means and stop whining.
 
they just have to make online more offline like.. with more cash, more XP, more interesting events, and features. then people will play online alot more and with more pleasure for sure.. now after some 30 min of racing online in one track I get some 3,000 Cr. and 300Xp <<< lol at that. I have to be at least same as in Prologue 50 000 and when you quit you can buy, sell tune, do alot of stuff and want to go back to online.. even that sad fact that in online custom background music goes away is bothering me, cuz I love to lisen my favorite music in GT. Offline mode is dead for me for month. I completed it in 2 weeks. lol that was dissapointment for sure....
 
shadders84
If you're depressed because a video game doesn't meet your expectations, you have problems that cannot be solved by forum members. Get outside. It'll be springtime soon.

If you're not actually depressed, look up what "hyperbole" means and stop whining.
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Agreed. It's facinating how people become depressed/annoyed when they complete GT5 or run out of things to do. If it was any other game, at this point you'd walk away and play something else.

Ultimately, any racing game is about driving cars around a track. Even once all the events are complete, there are more cars to buy if you want, and plenty of tracks for you to race on. They don't disappear.
 
0boz0
I have played GT5 now for the last 2 months, level 30 A spec, 20 B Spec, done most of the cups and special events, been online, but now have no motivation to fire GT5 back up.

Last time I played offline it started to grate on me how numb the experience is after the initial buzz, the game side is less of an engrossing game and more of a chore to drive around with dumb, unemotional, faceless AI, in sterile environments. Sad really because the physics aren't bad and if there was more fun to be had racing like F12010 it would be a pleasure.

Most of these Problems cant be altered, so maybe ill wait for F12011 to implement better physics or GT6 better offline gameplay and hopefully that buzz and atmosphere to race offline will be there again.

And I know some people will say what about online, but thats not much better, no real structure and outside of bragging rights it too has no real achivement to it.

I think the next time Ill fire GT5 up is for a quick run down the Nurb or maybe if leadboards are added.

Glad I got that off my chest feel better now.:)
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Nobody cares.
 
I know what you mean OP, but it seems gt5 is just not that type of game.

I think we were all expecting it to though.

It seems you have all the other racing games out there that really breathe life and creativity, slick features and just general "coolness" into their games, but then their physics and depth wil be really cheap and nasty, and then you have gran turismo which does everything else good, but none of what the other games do at all.

I was really hoping 5 would be the one to merge the two things together, but it wasn't. Maybe PD will never head that way.
 
I think we need a "my thoughts about GT5" forum. The people who like GT5 can avoid it completely, and those who'd like to talk about their gripes can have proper conversations without being attacked all the time.
 
shadders84
If you're depressed because a video game doesn't meet your expectations, you have problems that cannot be solved by forum members. Get outside. It'll be springtime soon.

If you're not actually depressed, look up what "hyperbole" means and stop whining.
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ok depression might be too strong, maybe I felt ,abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down.

Its not the word necessarily its more the meaning.
 
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Uscbryan
Play iRacing you won't come back. I was playing GT5 from day one, everyday all day and defended it from all the haters. But I was naive. After trying iRacing I realized what the haters weren't hatin they were being honest. I keep trying to play gt5 but jut can't get back into it. Something about bouncing off walls like a ping ping ball and still being able to win a race has sort of list it's appeal to me. I hate saying this because I was such a fan but in comparison to iRacing GT5 in 100% arcade. The fact that you can choose your driving view says it all. Can you choose to drive from the bumper of your real car?
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Previous GT's have been fun and challenging as a console racer-driver, not a pure sim.
If your looking for the pure sim, then you are right, Iracing is where you need to be.

GT5 is a small step toward a pure sim, but still far short, which doesn't bother me.
Unfortunately it's also a big step back from fun and challenging which earlier games had in much more abundance, which does bother me.
 
Dont worry shadders84 I now havent played it for a few days got some good old fresh air.

I feel in high spirits; satisfied, blessed, blest, blissful, blithe, can't complain, captivated, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, content, contented, convivial, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exultant, flying high, glad, gleeful, gratified, intoxicated, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughing, light, lively, looking good, merry, mirthful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, peaceful, peppy, perky, playful, pleasant, pleased, sparkling, sunny, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, up, upbeat, walking on air.

It might be a coincidence, not sure.:)
 
0boz0
ok depression might be too strong, maybe I felt ,abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down.

Its not the word necessarily its more the meaning.
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Lol obozo dont take some people here too seriously. They love jumping the gun with analysis when all youre trying to do is have a casual discussion on forums.

I used the word Morals" in one of my thread titles recently, and all the anylysts thought I was having a moral dillemia about duping, like it was on the same level as the meaning of life, even though I never said that. Pretty funny thread if you find it.
 
In a way I feel similar.

I found it was because I was on it too much, after playing TDU2 for a few days, I returned and now love the game again, for now anyway.
 
0boz0
I have played GT5 now for the last 2 months, level 30 A spec, 20 B Spec, done most of the cups and special events, been online, but now have no motivation to fire GT5 back up.

Last time I played offline it started to grate on me how numb the experience is after the initial buzz, the game side is less of an engrossing game and more of a chore to drive around with dumb, unemotional, faceless AI, in sterile environments. Sad really because the physics aren't bad and if there was more fun to be had racing like F12010 it would be a pleasure.

Most of these Problems cant be altered, so maybe ill wait for F12011 to implement better physics or GT6 better offline gameplay and hopefully that buzz and atmosphere to race offline will be there again.

And I know some people will say what about online, but thats not much better, no real structure and outside of bragging rights it too has no real achivement to it.

I think the next time Ill fire GT5 up is for a quick run down the Nurb or maybe if leadboards are added.

Glad I got that off my chest feel better now.:)
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I feel your pain. You are not alone for I have similar feelings towards GT5. I had high hopes for an accessible racing game for the masses, but the compromises have my 'pendulum of racing game I want to play'(tm) starting to move back towards racing sims.

If PD could tidy up the problems with going off the track into the gravel pits and grass that would go a long way to making online racing more enjoyable. As it is now when people go into the gravel traps they do not loose any speed (contrary to what the pits do in real-life to save the pilot) and can stay in the race....rubberbanding at it's worst! haha
imho, ymmv
 
0boz0
ok depression might be too strong, maybe I felt ,abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down.
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"2 Months In, Feeling Reduce"
"2 Months In, Feeling Darken"
"2 Months In, Feeling Damp"

Or my personal favourite

"2 Months In, Feeling Throw Cold Water On"

0boz0
Its not the word necessarily its more the meaning.
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If you're going to make a point, make it correctly. Meaning is very much dependent on word choice.
 
blue_thunder
"2 Months In, Feeling Reduce"
"2 Months In, Feeling Darken"
"2 Months In, Feeling Damp"

Or my personal favourite

"2 Months In, Feeling Throw Cold Water On"



If you're going to make a point, make it correctly. Meaning is very much dependent on word choice.
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And the same word can have multiple meanings. It's up to the reader to have a level of understanding to know what a word means in the context used. To believe the OP was really medically depressed by a game probably shows more of a lack of understanding by the reader than that of the OP.
 
Uscbryan
And the same word can have multiple meanings. It's up to the reader to have a level of understanding to know what a word means in the context used. To believe the OP was really medically depressed by a game probably shows more of a lack of understanding by the reader than that of the OP.
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Depressed has very few definitions. The defintion used in this context is obvioulsy the one associated with medical depression. Whilst all readers in the forum clearly understood the OP's intentions with the use of the term 'depressed', it still doesnt make it the correct term to use. This is what people - including myself - were pointing out.
 
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People use depressed all the time when they aren't really depressed. Maybe it us an American thing. I hear people saying it for things they obviously aren't really depressed over but use it as a stronger word than disappointed or sad. I mean I didn't really think the OP was depressed in the medical sense so obviously some people can kind if see the context in which it was used. But like I said there are people from all around the world here and maybe it is an Ameican thing to use that word and not mean it at face value.
 
If you're feeling depressed then turn off your PS3, go outside and enjoy the day. Get away from the TV every now and then. sheesh
 
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