25 aspec / 26 bspec - now im bored with this game, anyone else feel the same?

[Lilday]

Im bored of the X1 challenge

they made it 10x harder than it should be. I've golded everything else and this just doesn't compare. stupid.

 

[fitftw]

I have just been buying random cars, completely modifying them, and taking them on random tracks in practice mode. MUCH more fun than struggling with a hard race.

This 👍

 

[BKViper]

It's sad to see so many people have a higher b-spec level than a-spec. Dont you guys like to race?

I don't know about other people's situation, but for me I drive A-Spec with a wheel and pedals setup.
I also live with other people. So when people start going to bed, I stop racing because the pedals and wheel make too much noise. Then I switch to B-Spec with the controller, setup a race, flip over to the TV and watch some shows with my headphones on. Every so often during commercials I'll switch back over to the PS3 and move Bob onto the next race.
So, I get home and 6:30PM, after eating dinner and taking care of things around the house, I might get on A-Spec around 8:30PM - 9:00PM. Other folks are going to bed at 10:00PM. So I switch over to B-Spec. I start work much later than them in the morning, so I usually don't go to bed until sometime between 12:00AM and 1:00AM.
Do the math on those time frames and it's easy to see why I have double the experience level on B-Spec.

 

[knavish]

in regards to the x1 challenge, if i have golded every S license with a DS3, do i have a chance?

 

[BestWorstRacer]

It's sad to see so many people have a higher b-spec level than a-spec. Dont you guys like to race?

Well, the leveling up to race is the cause of boredom.

Grinding to get to the next level is not everyone's cup of tea.

 

[returpack]

in regards to the x1 challenge, if i have golded every S license with a DS3, do i have a chance?

I guess so.
I´m looking forward to try the challenge myself and I also use DS3
Don´t have a single gold on the licenses, though.

 

[knavish]

i thought about buying the logitech wheel but i don't have a perfect sized table to do the job. it's too high or too low. i wish it came with a stand. im sure the other wheels do.

 

[powerslide9]

I'm just starting Bspec and the TV technique sounds like a sweet idea to me! After finishing Aspec up to the lv23 races and special events (most gold, silver on the Merc Nurburg ones) with the controller, I need a change of pace just to regain interest in Aspec. Hopefully, by the time I finish Bspec up to lv24, I can get back to grinding races and getting closer to that lv40 mark.

I had a GT5 poster since 2006 in my room from a Video Games Live show downtown Toronto when I heard of its release. (Right next to the Pulp Fiction and Alexisonfire ones) The anticipation is the reason I am not so critical with this game like most people on the forums are. If you don't like it, stop playing for hours on end. You shouldn't spend time on something or with someone if you don't enjoy yourself.

 

[Tvensky]

it start to get way booring after level 22.. short of events.. why so?

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

in regards to the x1 challenge, if i have golded every S license with a DS3, do i have a chance?

I got all gold in licences and every other event but so far I'm still 3 to 5 seconds away in monza, 5 seconds in Nurb and didnt try suzuka yet.

 

[lwooster]

I personally am lvl 25 a spec and 36 b spec....

Prospect of doing endurance races in a spec is not very appealing to me to be honest....

They take a bit long if you know what I meean and I actually do have a life other than GT5.....

Disappointing really you can't share endurance events with your bob....

Personally I think GT5 is a bit of a let down having waited all those years....

👎👎👎

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

I think Imma try to do the last endurance race with friends etc.. some racing,some watching movies and playing other video game and we switch. Long 24h, the problem is that most likely after 10 hours we wont be in shape to drive anything anymore XD

 

[givmedew]

I feel very disappointed with the overall gameplay! They should have either had more restrictions to make certain races harder/more competitive or they should have added a hardcore mode to every race. The hardcore mode would have restrictions like HP, weight, and tire type so that you had a car that was fair instead of using a decked out super car vs an economy car.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

They should have either had more restrictions to make certain races harder/more competitive or they should have added a hardcore mode to every race. The hardcore mode would have restrictions like HP, weight, and tire type so that you had a car that was fair instead of using a decked out super car vs an economy car.

👍

 

[K BLAK]

Today is December 19. Gran Turismo 5 released on Nov 24, less than one month ago. Too much of a good thing can definitely be a bad thing. If your feeling burnt out of GT5, that's probably because you are. The experience of the game does not need to be compacted into a 2 month experience. Simply enjoy it when you can and it may last you for years.

That may the be reasoning behind the XP system, the Credit Cap, and the inherent difficulty in the entire game.

 

[givmedew]

Today is December 19. Gran Turismo 5 released on Nov 24, less than one month ago. Too much of a good thing can definitely be a bad thing. If your feeling burnt out of GT5, that's probably because you are. The experience of the game does not need to be compacted into a 2 month experience. Simply enjoy it when you can and it may last you for years.

That may the be reasoning behind the XP system, the Credit Cap, and the inherent difficulty in the entire game.

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The problem for me is there is no inherent difficulty!!! I have not been truly challenged except in the historic race using the Chaparrel 2D but even that wasn't hard enough I beat it on my first try. Then like the wind was kinda a challenge because I had to use the Veyron in the first race and then the Chap 2D in the Indy race which was very hard but didn't use ANY skill becuase to be honest unless you have a wheel you cant call the sixaxxis on an oval track "SKILL" it's luck/fast enough car. Plus the computer is stupid on INDY the cars slow down a lot for the turns but all the cars in like the wind can actually go full throttle around the entire track. Which is why I could win with a 43 yr old car!

 

[the Interceptor]

It's sad to see so many people have a higher b-spec level than a-spec. Dont you guys like to race?

Good question actually! I'm 21 A-Spec / 22 B-Spec. Do I like to race? Generally: yes! In GT5 ... not really.

The A-Spec mode is just designed too badly. In earlier GTs, I loved to buy cars I always wanted, to tune them to my liking and to complete the appropriate racing series, even if I had done those before.

In GT5, said racing series are badly designed (false tracks, unpredictable grade of tuning of the opponent's cars, bad AI), it's actual work to gather the credits for said cars (too low credit profits, prize cars only winnable once and not sellable with profit), and the cars may be hard to obtain (standard cars via the used car dealer). I don't mind when a game consumes time and gives me a good challenge, but this game does neither for any acceptable reason, nothing I can see anyway.

So basically, I have to invest a lot of time and work into the game to get anywhere, and it doesn't really pay. So I let my B-Spec guys gather the credits and the experience, and I spend the money on the things I like. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing, but it's the way the game talks to me right now. But this is the reason why, the PSP version aside, GT5 is the least appealing Gran Turismo for me at this point.

 

[PS3LUV3R]

The only thing that kept me going in A-spec (haven't touched B-spec yet, level 2) is the thought of driving the X1. I'm level 27, and I could get to mid 28 today, but for that I have to a Laguna Seca endurance, grind a lot on Indy in Extreme series, then do the Indy 500.

Doesn't sound like a good time to me. I wish there were more events so we wouldn't have to do events over and over. I just did Laguna Seca endurance last night :/

 

[albiorix]

It just seems like gt4 had a lot more variation in races and way better prize cars. Gt5 seems to make you obsess over xp and that's about it. I still don't understand the point of the xp. If you're good enough, why can't you do a race you want to do? GT4 had 52 manufacture specific races. Where have they gone? The developers couldn't modify a bit of code and make this experience more interesting? I mean they basically repeated all the code for the standard models from GT4. What's the deal?

Watching a rerun of the FIA GT world championship last night with the Matech ford GT placing second,I think it was San Luis, those last a little over an hour. Why can't we have some of those? instead of these endurance races that are seemingly pointless for rubbish cars that you're going to have to repeat anyways because your xp is to low.

Variation is what made past GTs fun, now we have all become XP whores worried about wondering how many hours it will take to reach a new level. On a lighter note I do enjoy the drift option. I completely agree with Interceptor as he stated above by the way.

 

[knavish]

i blame games like call of duty. this whole xp thing is rediculous. newer games seem to be plagued by this.

 

[Sm0k3:D]

I don't mind XP.
Take a car you like, and search a good race to test it. Improve your skill... Improve your setups... Try to beat your own best laps, or your friends best laps...
Just enjoy driving. If you rush for XP you will get burned soon.

Of course, all this would be more interesting with leaderboards. We don't have this at the moment... But when you recive a SMS with a car, a track, and a time... There's some fun work to do in order to send back a SMS with the same car, the same track and better time.

 

[stadti]

i blame games like call of duty. this whole xp thing is rediculous. newer games seem to be plagued by this.

What's the deal with call of duty and xp? The Level/XP system was "developed" in the first computer games in the late 1980s. But then it was only implemented in RP games where it does make sense. However in Racing games, what's the reason for that?

The number of XP does not say anything about the experience of a player. In past GT games the licenses took the XP part, which does make sense because those evaluate your experience level and help you to increase it. But what's your skill level after driving indi 500 for 6 times because you need to grind it?

I would say if PD want's to improve this game they have to kill the xp system, increase either the credits won by a race or give us the possibility to rewin cars and kill the premium/standard cars. Of course premium cars look DAAAAAMN good but why did they make this differenciation? They should have made a compromise and lowered the details of the premiums and increased the details on the standards. But this list of improvements for this game is endless, I could write several pages and I'll spare you that.

However it's sad that a GT game needs improvement in a couple of dozen points. It would be sad for every game after a developement phase of more than 6 years.

 

[Destinkeys]

I hate to say it, because i WANTED this game to be everything it was hyped to be. Prior to GT5, I have been playing Shift, and was disappointed in the handling and wheel controller implementation, and also by how many exploits and popular cheats were unpatched online, and the whole online racing was a piñata-fest or simply driving hot laps because no one could keep up with you.

But, overall, I have to say I had much more FUN playing Shift. Yes, GT5 is starting to get BORING. B-Spec is an abomination. Put it this way. No driver EVER quits racing while he is still competitive and winning races to go manage a race team of MORONS that can't win without a good 100hp more than the competition. Drivers become race managers AFTER they are too old and slow to be competitive any more!

I simply don't get it. I could put together 100 new events, specifying all KINDS of cars and tracks that are completely ignored by the game, in an afternoon. Viper Spec. Skyline Spec. ALMS Spec (with different classes to race around - imagine driving the Audi TDI around a field of AI prototype AND GT2 and GT3 cars with heavy penalties for touching them). Drag racing on the Sarthe No chicane straight. Rally with RWD cars only. All the events we already have, but on different tracks.

As long as PD weren't so stupid as to make the game completely impossible to add events to (they had better NOT have done that!) slotting in 100 new events should be child's play. Don't need a car as a prize for them all. Credits is fine. If I've got enough different events to drive that I COULD get all the cars (or a sizable number) by prize credits without repeating certain events OVER and over and over and over, just to get those credits the hard way, this game would be GREAT.

But, after I had run the game through on Shift, there was a simple to use online system, easy to find fun races, easy system to ensure at least a BIT of equality between opponents, and I haven't played the offline game in Shift for 8 months or more. Didn't HAVE to. Didn't NEED to. OK, DLC added a bunch of cars and a few tracks, and I did those offline events that came with them, but online was still 99% of what I played. Online in GT5 needs to improve enormously PRONTO. I hate to say it, but every evening I am getting more and more tempted to put the Shift disc back in the old PS3, and go and have FUN again. At least, for all it's problems, I NEVER felt it was 'work'. Grinding for credits because there aren't enough events to not have to do that, and no credits for online success make GT5 'all work and no play'👎

 

[knavish]

The number of XP does not say anything about the experience of a player.
I would say if PD want's to improve this game they have to kill the xp system, increase either the credits won by a race or give us the possibility to rewin cars and kill the premium/standard cars.

i pretty much agree with this entire statement. in call of duty, just because you are a 4 star prestige general and have every unlock doesn't mean anything and chances are it means your worse than others. i know this is true from playing them online on both pc and ps3.

the leveling system in newer games disturbs me because everyone is so directly focused on upgrades and experience that they forgot why there were playing it. a good game does not need unlocks or leveling systems in my opinion. i know its subjective...

i remember i played quake 1 3.3.12 ctf and twctf for 7+ years. there was no unlocks or leveling system in that game. look at cod black ops. just rehashed crap.

 

[Masi_23]

Try joining racing leagues. Check the 'Online Racing' section.

I'm one of those guys who plays the game solely for its Online community. Im on lvl 18 (mainly because of the special challenges) with only 2 events on A-spec done. Im level 0 on BSpec. I just cant stand playing with the AI. I have about 8 Super GT, four NASCaRs and a few more Racing cars ive acquired through trades with birthday cars. I've spent zero cr's for those things

If you're interested, i have an online series up: World Super GT Championship

 

[Faria0808]

I started to play B-Spec when i reached level 25
i don't want to do 2 9h races, 4 indy500 just to reach level 30

 

[brambos]

...But this is the reason why, the PSP version aside, GT5 is the least appealing Gran Turismo for me at this point.

I actually liked the PSP version quite a bit, for what it was. Ofcourse it was a simple, scaled down GT experience. But at least there they had an excuse for stripping away stuff you'd expect in the big console GTs.

And even in the PSP version we had proper dirt/ice/snow/rally tracks to enjoy. The lack of this in GT5 is quite frankly unforgivable. They have them sitting on the shelf and simply didn't put them in.

Also, on GT PSP the credit rewards were such that at least you could create a nice collection of cars relatively quickly. For me that was one of the best parts of it: the ratio of racing to shopping was quite nice. No unreasonable grinding needed to get anything.

It was less of a disappointment than GT5.

 

[kurtzenter]

I feel very disappointed with the overall gameplay! They should have either had more restrictions to make certain races harder/more competitive or they should have added a hardcore mode to every race. The hardcore mode would have restrictions like HP, weight, and tire type so that you had a car that was fair instead of using a decked out super car vs an economy car.

Absolutely! Too easy 80% of the time. AND I'm playing most of the tim with the DualShock, my G25 only comes out when I play with friends.

 

[kekke2000]

in regards to the x1 challenge, if i have golded every S license with a DS3, do i have a chance?

GT5 S License is the easiest license of all GT's to get all golds...

 

[cairnz]

The more i play the more i want to play.