A lil bit confused,concerned and dissappointed..

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Hello again,

this was my recent thread in which i tried to get some info in advance:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=271512&highlight=offline+cash



Back then, i didn't have PS3,but i bought it just to play GT for some time and then sell it.


I wanted to play it just OFFLINE!! beacuse i don't like to race with others so i have some question that will determine my future actions..



1. Is there any point to play it offline? Is the career mode similiar to GT 4 or it is short?



I ask this because i don't see any manafacture races..



2. If i must play it online,can i play just against AI or i must play with humans?



Don't get me wrong.. I do not have anything against humans,but when i play i want to relax and not to get crazy because i can't win or if somebody push me off the track etc..


Thx in advance and kind regards from Croatia..
 
nkavcic
1. Is there any point to play it offline? Is the career mode similiar to GT 4 or it is short?
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You have A-Spec mode (you drive), B-Spec mode (you instruct and train an AI driver) and you have Special Events.

A-Spec mode and B-Spec mode contain the same races with the same entry criteria (some have car limitations) and you can do them over and over again as many times as you like. There are 9 series at each level, Beginner, Amateur, Professional, Expert, Extreme and Endurance.

Special Events are a series of short, themed races. Some use karts, some use rally cars, some use the Red Bull X1/2010, but they only pay out the maximum prize money and XP once.

There's also the Licence Tests, which, like Special Events, only pay out the maximum prize money and XP once.
nkavcic
I ask this because i don't see any manafacture races..
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There aren't any.
nkavcic
2. If i must play it online,can i play just against AI or i must play with humans?
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You can race online with humans or you can set up remote races where one of your B-Spec drivers can race against up to 15 other B-Spec drivers (you have to add them and they can only come from shared B-Spec drivers from people on your friends list).
 
Oh i see..

That means that GT5 does not have big career with many variations like GT2 or GT4..

Am i right?
 
There's plenty enough to do in offline mode. I've been playing it almost daily since release date, exclusively offline, by choice.
 
Thank you all...

I will definitely consider my options because this is not what i was after for when i bought PS3..


Damn online playing is something that will force me to stop playing obviously -.-




Thx again and see ya maybe if they do something for somebody who like me,prefers offline vs online play :)
 
You can play online against AI through the seasonal events, there is also the bi-weekly time trials which don't involve competing against real people directly.
 
Something I wondered about, quite a long time ago! See this
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=184844

I created a list of things to do, I have not used online racing at all, and have no intention of doing so (seen my son try a few times, and it put him off GT5 completely)

GT5 can be a huge game, although a little imagination is useful. I've started again, and am basically just doing seasonal races, with different cars - seeing how low a PP I can use. Then going into photo mode to try to capture some decent pictures!
 
Playing online is fun. If you open up a room you can turn "disable collisions" on and that will stop cars from smashing into each other.

When your online people will hit you clean or dirty, its racing, it happens.
 
1. Is there any point to play it offline? Is the career mode similiar to GT 4 or it is short?

Yes, there is a point to play offline because you level up your A-spec and B-spec and you get trophies if you complete offline.



I ask this because i don't see any manafacture races..



2. If i must play it online,can i play just against AI or i must play with humans?

I believe you have to play with people. Nothing is wrong with them to be honest sometimes there will be the odd troll but most times you really get to have fun when you have a mic and a good buddy along side you.
 
I only play online. It took a while but now I have a great bunch of guys that I race with every night.

But, if that is not your thing you should still logon every day to keep your online bonus. This will double the money and experience you earn on every off line event, plus it will allow you to play the online seasonal events. These events aren’t with real people.

Do not worry about joining an online room with real people accidentally. You will always be asked if you want to join [psn name’s] room and you can click no.

Personally I hate racing the artificial intelligent drivers, and think you should try driving with real people, but if not, you should still get your PS3 on line for the extra money and the ever changing seasonal events.

How ever you do it, the important thing is that you have fun doing it. :)
 
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Are you saying you're playing it offline just because you do not want to race other people, or because your PS3 will not be connected to the internet? There is a lot that GT5 offers from being online that has nothing to do with racing other people.
 
Broseph
Are you saying you're playing it offline just because you do not want to race other people, or because your PS3 will not be connected to the internet? There is a lot that GT5 offers from being online that has nothing to do with racing other people.
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If you read his first post he mentioned that he does not likeplaying online because of people trying to ram him and trolling him. I play online everyday and it does happen and all you have to do is ask the room host to kick him. Its common to have tankers oonline and they will not go away.
 
^ if that's the case, some people's responses here are a bit incorrect. They can still do seasonals, they can still do time trials, remote b-spec racing, they can still make use of the login bonuses, the online car dealer... all they have to do is not enter the online racing lobby. Their game is still technically "online", they just aren't racing against other people. People were answering the OP's question as if he/she wasn't going to have the game connected to the internet at all.
 
Broseph
^ if that's the case, some people's responses here are a bit incorrect. They can still do seasonals, they can still do time trials, remote b-spec racing, they can still make use of the login bonuses, the online car dealer... all they have to do is not enter the online racing lobby. Their game is still technically "online", they just aren't racing against other people. People were answering the OP's question as if he/she wasn't going to have the game connected to the internet at all.
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That is online but that's not online players. He doesn't want to join online because he can't win because people push him like I said before trolls and people misbehaving.
 
That's... what I just said. What he was trying to ask, basically, was "is there still enough to do if I don't race other people online". But people (both in this topic and his previous topic that he linked to) were answering him as if he had asked "is there still enough to do if I play the game offline". I'm not commenting on what the topic creator has asked, but the responses other people were giving him. They were answering the wrong question.
 
I don't race against others online either, but I still play online - I do the seasonals and time trials.
 
Broseph
That's... what I just said. What he was trying to ask, basically, was "is there still enough to do if I don't race other people online". But people (both in this topic and his previous topic that he linked to) were answering him as if he had asked "is there still enough to do if I play the game offline". I'm not commenting on what the topic creator has asked, but the responses other people were giving him. They were answering the wrong question.
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I misunderstood him. Well then if that is the case then there is certainly enough to do even if he does not race online. Online is to have fun and be the best that you can be.
 
To all that who thinks that i can't go online because i jailbraked the PS3 (which i didn't :) ):


That is not the point and i can prove it. I have original GT5 Academy Edition which i bought a week ago..

Send me PM and i will find you,no problem there..



My point is:


GT 1,2,3,4 were games that i absolutely love.. Lots of cars and big career and stupid AI but something that relaxed me a lot.

Online gaming is something that you must be always concentrated because one mistake and you are down..


I don't like to compete because as many of us ''older'' guys know, everything in life is about being better than others..


Gaming for me is = RELAX and be 5 minutes ahead of AI etc etc.. It gives me wings if you understand me..



Second thing is that if you wan't to be competiteve racer you must have a wheel. That meens investing another 100-300 euros (500 bucks approx) and i am not crazy to spend that money for something that will make me interested for couple of months..


I have that personality and i am not a kid anymore so..


To conclude:


Thay had blue ray disc and a lot of space to satisfy both (online and a small group of us which likes stupid AI :) ) and they did not do that.

I know that the trend is to play online,but i am not a person who must have everything that is new and shiny :)
 
^ the bottom line is there is a lot to do in the game without racing against other people. I think the only thing that GT4 had that GT5 does not is the manufacturer races. On the flip side, there are a lot of things that GT5 has that GT4 did not. There's a huge supply of seasonal events that's getting bigger all the time. There's a fairly diverse section of special events with unique challenges. You can even use the course creator feature to make tracks and race on them versus AI cars if you want.

If your PS3 is connected to the internet so you have access to seasonal events, I'd say there is more content in GT5 than there has been in any previous GT game. And that's single player content, without ever racing against any other people.

As far as the wheel thing, the only thing in the game that you (almost) need a wheel for is the vettel challenge. Although that is still doable with a controller, just with a lot more effort/skill.

As you said, GT 1,2,3,4 had lots of cars and big career and stupid AI. GT5 has all of those things as well. Without racing other people.
 
Broseph
^ the bottom line is there is a lot to do in the game without racing against other people. I think the only thing that GT4 had that GT5 does not is the manufacturer races. On the flip side, there are a lot of things that GT5 has that GT4 did not. There's a huge supply of seasonal events that's getting bigger all the time. There's a fairly diverse section of special events with unique challenges. You can even use the course creator feature to make tracks and race on them versus AI cars if you want.

If your PS3 is connected to the internet so you have access to seasonal events, I'd say there is more content in GT5 than there has been in any previous GT game. And that's single player content, without ever racing against any other people.

As far as the wheel thing, the only thing in the game that you (almost) need a wheel for is the vettel challenge. Although that is still doable with a controller, just with a lot more effort/skill.

As you said, GT 1,2,3,4 had lots of cars and big career and stupid AI. GT5 has all of those things as well. Without racing other people.
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Ok.. I see..


Maybe i will give it a try than :)



Can you use online cr for buying cars offline and opposite?

Can you drive cars that you bought online in offline mode?
 
nkavcic
Ok.. I see..

Maybe i will give it a try than :)

Can you use online cr for buying cars offline and opposite?

Can you drive cars that you bought online in offline mode?
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Yes to all
 
Ok.. thx..

Heh,now i have a mountain to climb :S

I must read a lot of threads to help me to get online and not to get lost :S


If anybody read this and is willing to help me in this,please send me a PM because i don't like to open a thread for every single question that i have and i feel kinda stupid if i do that -.-


My main concerns for online playing is to get of course (money or CR) and to register so that i can download cars (i have 2 papers for some cars that i can download because i bought the game and maybe i will have trouble to do that.. )


To conclude for now:

If anybody has a little time to explain me some basic stuff,please send me PM..


Thanks in advance.


Mods can lock the thread or move it to junk :)
 
The credits are universal online and offline. Normal career, special events, seasonals, online dealership, etc. are all there together right there on the main menu page. You have access to everything from the main game menu.

If you don't want to race against other people you just don't click on the "online lobby" icon. There's nothing aside from racing against other people in the online lobby, so you won't be missing out on anything else by not entering it.

I think where your confusion is coming from is that you think being online means you have to race against other people. In actuality, there is a difference between "being online" and "online racing". Being online does not equal having to play with other people, being online just means having the game connected to the internet so that you can use additional content not included with the original game. It has no bearing on whether or not you're racing other players.
 
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Broseph,thx man for your advices and for trying to convince me to go and play online :)

Can i send you PM so that you can give me some starting points if you got some time and nerves for noob players :) ?
 
Broseph
Sure, you can send me a PM if you want. The real question is, will I reply to it? lol
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Hehe,true :)


Your call on this mate :)


But,whatever you decide,thank you for all your help and explanation till now :)
 
You should check out the B-Spec subforum. You can have a stable of your own AI drivers and earn credits with them, even when you don't have the game running. You set them to "Online" mode and other people run races with them. I would recommend having at least 2, so that you get the benefit of having them. There's some good info in there, plus a lot of people to connect with for B-Spec Remote Races.

Edited to add: Just to be clear, other people can race your drivers at any time. You can be playing GT5 at the time, be playing a different game, be sleeping, or even be in Argentina. As long as the drivers are set to Online (also called Shared), they are available for others to race.

You can run your own races with your friends' drivers too. Check it out. It's a good way to earn credits.
 
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