Aftermarket Wheels

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i just started playing gt5 like 4 days ago, and i found the aftermarket wheel selections kinda suck.

To anyone that's been playing long enough, do you guys know if pd will, or have updated this count as you level up ? i really hate the selections they have. gt4 pwns gt5 when it came to the wheels. I mean, they even threw in the Volk Racing brand, but my god they look like crap.
 
Some wheels are great, some are bad.
But since you can only put ones on a car I bet you'll choose well.
Also, some cars' stock wheels > aftermarket.
 
jgda9rs
i just started playing gt5 like 4 days ago, and i found the aftermarket wheel selections kinda suck.

To anyone that's been playing long enough, do you guys know if pd will, or have updated this count as you level up ? i really hate the selections they have. gt4 pwns gt5 when it came to the wheels. I mean, they even threw in the Volk Racing brand, but my god they look like crap.
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They change depending on the car you are trying to chuck them on. Some ave a rather limited selection while others have far more options.
 
It seems that you can put the Prodrive wheels on everything.
 
So if I buy the black wheels (don't know the name of them) and put them on say, my Ferrari Italia, then I can no longerput them on other cars?
 
Yeah sure you can...its not a one set of wheels per game sort of thing, its only some cars can fit certain wheels. Say...you cant fit some of the wheels you can put on a Maserati GT on a Copen, because of PD trying to be realistic about wheel sizes and lug nuts or something...
 
80Y 2C2
Yeah sure you can...its not a one set of wheels per game sort of thing, its only some cars can fit certain wheels. Say...you cant fit some of the wheels you can put on a Maserati GT on a Copen, because of PD trying to be realistic about wheel sizes and lug nuts or something...
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It's not even that though, there are definitely wheels in the game that I have for my car (in real life) that aren't available for my car in the game. It seems rather arbitrary.
 
Yes - arbitrary is a good word to use in this situation. I agree.
 
Probably won't, considering there to busy trying to implement worthless features that nobody wants
 
Yev
Some wheels are great, some are bad.
But since you can only put ones on a car I bet you'll choose well.
Also, some cars' stock wheels > aftermarket.
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Is there somewhere that you can see wheel stats? How can you compare them?
 
i wish they let us keep an inventory of the ones we already have, like they did in gt4.
and it's so stupid that you can fit motegi wheels on some expensive cars. no offense
but doing that is like wearing sneakers with a suit.
 
tgrey
weight, rim size, width, offset... you know, the important things? how they look is irrelevant.
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Ohh right, right
 
Speaking of wheels. Why do we need different color wheels in the selection, when we can paint them anyway?
Is it because on some if not most cars you would only have a choice of 3 wheels?
 
tgrey
weight, rim size, width, offset... you know, the important things? how they look is irrelevant.
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All the wheels are the same in this game, they just look different.
 
I think they meant that the aftermarket wheels change performance in real life.
 
tgrey
That's lame, in the gt auto section it's suggested that they affect performance. :grumpy:
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I doubt it. Even the aero parts don't really do anything for your car.
but then again i haven't tried installing the spoilers yet. they're butt
ugly.
 
jgda9rs
I doubt it. Even the aero parts don't really do anything for your car.
but then again i haven't tried installing the spoilers yet. they're butt
ugly.
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Actually, from what I can tell the aero parts usually allow you to adjust downforce, which effects handling in turns.
 
yeah, the wheel selection is crap. i hope they correct this.
 
jgda9rs
I doubt it. Even the aero parts don't really do anything for your car.
but then again i haven't tried installing the spoilers yet. they're butt
ugly.
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Rear wings add rear downforce, but front splitters don't do anything unfortunately.
 
tgrey
weight, rim size, width, offset... you know, the important things? how they look is irrelevant.
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It's too bad they didn't incorporate this since you can effect the handling balance by staggering wheel sizes for more under/oversteer or altering the slip angle by changing the offsets, or more grip with beefier rear tires.
 
Derrict
It's too bad they didn't incorporate this since you can effect the handling balance by staggering wheel sizes for more under/oversteer or altering the slip angle by changing the offsets, or more grip with beefier rear tires.
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Exactly. Plus decreasing the rotational mass and unsprung weight can make a huge difference in performance and handling.
 
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