Advice to Those Who Think GT5 Will be Very Difficult

[JamboGT]

Use brakes. Period.

I guess that is the only and best advice you can give to someoone in realms of Gran Turismo games in general.

This^^^

 

[Korndawg]

I'll second (or third?) the brakes thing. I don't know how many times I've watched beginners just tap the brakes, slam into the wall, get mad and quit a race/ test. Many people don't realize GT is a SIMULATOR, if you drive like you would in Need For Speed games and just try to throw your car around the track, you will get very frustrated very quickly.

And the manual gear changing is a must for anyone looking to improve their game. It will take a little while to get used to, but once you can always remember to up/downshift it will pay dividends. Acceleration and deceleration are improved, and you will have more control over over/understeer. If you start to oversteer and think you'll lose it, just upshift early, your tires will regain traction, and you'll have that split second to get yourself straightened back out. Can't do that (to my knowledge) with the AT option

 

[AERO_HDT]

My advice is don't take yourself too seriously, don't take the AI too seriously and make sure you have a stack of fun. If it gets too much for you, play another game for a while and sleep on it.

I bet you'll be back for more the next day!

Cheerskis!

 

[mr_VOLCANO]

As said, dont settle with bronze in licence test. I wish there will be different difficulty in GT mode, because one difficulty like in gt4 would not satisfy everybody. Gt4 was way to easy, just use another car you say? But i want to race same cars as A.I and still have a close fight.

 

[s15specr]

My advice would be in rwd cars learn to and practice controlling slides 👍, its not easy at first but you get the hang of it- i found it hard after moving to dfgt. This is important in racing in gt because if you go into a little slide then regain control it costs you half a second, if you spin off the track it costs you the race 👎

 

[Heath_1]

I've been playing GT since the release of the Original Gran Turismo Demo.. So a long long time.

I have some advice to offer to beginners or less experienced people. Before you even think of going to Gran Turismo mode, go into Arcade and spend some time racing different cars on different tracks, if you preffer auto then fair enough but my advice would be to try different cars in Time Trial with manual gears. MT is far easier than you think and will probably get you a better lap time. I always used auto gears for a long time, probably until GT2. I always use Manual gears now because you can select what gear you feel is right.

Saying that, dont always use the gear that the game tells you to (the red number that flashes and tells you what gear to go in) get a feel for the car and track, because you might be able to use a higher gear and pull away from the corner quicker.

 

[EJRocky]

Don't settle for Bronze is a good tip. Part of your betterment in GT has to do with adapting and improving your abilities. As a multi-year veteran of the Gran Turismo series, even I tend to go back to license tests to do better. My biggest accomplishment in any racing game in GT or TT was going All-Silver in Tourist Trophy. I've never All-Gold a single license test set. That even includes that one silver for the A-License in GT3 (the one with the Camaro at Seattle is still a silver). I tend to have a "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" feeling within me that I tend to level up my abilities with experience. My experience makes me better able handle a car around a track. Sometimes you need to run extra races just to give you a little more confidence in passing license tests with better results. Don't settle for Bronze. It's still an accomplishment even if you go all bronze in the B-License tests. You should even be able to knock out a silver or gold pretty easily.

As far as doing them in general, every GT is a new experience. I don't trade over licenses or resources from another GT to another. And you'll be unable to do this for the PS3's GT5. Since every GT is new, treat it as a new experience. Everyone goes from nobody to champion through hard work and dedication. If you don't have both, stay FAR away from GT5.

Well said, John! 👍

I, personally, am very much looking forward to GT5's license tests. Even if I was able to, I wouldn't transfer my all-gold licenses from GT4. I've heard much about GT5 having upgraded, more realistic physics, and the license tests are a great opportunity to get used to a new GT's handling model.

In fact, I'm not going to let myself go online racing until I've got all golds 👍

I'll be looking forward to the online, though. In previous offline GTs, I've had to win every race, to get every gold, and every possible reward. Because, then, in my mind, it's not truly 100%. I'm a perfectionist.

It'll be great to finish 2nd, third, any position in a race, and it wouldn't really matter...!

 

[clacksman]

As I use a controller, not a wheel, there was no hope in **** that I could keep up.

Just about freaked completely out ... until I saw the post date.
This thread is now on its third life ...

 

[Heath_1]

I probably should have mentioned that I always use a controller also. So by using a wheel you'd get better laptimes.. at least 5 - 7 seconds quicker than the controller. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[MrBurnout]

I probably should have mentioned that I always use a controller also. So by using a wheel you'd get better laptimes.. at least 5 - 7 seconds quicker than the controller. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Maybe in a 20 lap race. In GT5P (which is the 1st one I've played with a wheel) the difference is no more than a second a lap, usually much less.
This estimation, however, excludes laptimes in a Z06 or other absurdly powerful RWD cars on N1 tires, as I'm pretty sure that those are much easier to control with a wheel.

Back on topic, though - I will also have to say that using brakes is by far the most important thing to learn for people, at least for those who have grown up playing Need for Speed, which requires absolutely no braking.