Aids, on or off?

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ABS, on or off?

  • Yes, cause I'm a pro!

    Votes: 23 56.1%

  • No, are u mad?

    Votes: 18 43.9%
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Afro1

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For most of my A spec carreer I've been using aids to help me along and it the game at times felt too easy. I just started driving with the aids off and it feels great! When I have the driving line off racing requires more track memory then just looking closely at the line and braking when it tells you too.
Then you got the ASM which keeps the car from spinning out and when I took that off the game felt really realistic.
However, I do like to keep ABS on most of the time, the braking feels completely different when you take it off.

Anyway, I was wondering who else drives with aids off?
Was I the only one using the driving line, lol.
 
i tend to stick to ABS on 1 all the rest off in A spec and sometimes depending on which car i use ASM on in online races. Regarding the driving line i leave it on to know where the AI are heading for into corners.
 
same as you Afro, just starded to play around with these aids..
first racing line off whitch added a lot to the excitement
and now trying to turn down/off more and more as im getting better at the game
Some cars only come to show their true potential now.. quite nice..
 
How do you guys keep your tires from spinning like crazy on take-offs? Im also tryin to turn aids off 1 by 1 as I get better but the spin recovery seems like it's needed.
 
I play with a DFGT,

I have the following settings for pretty much every car:

Skid Control: on (I am new with the DFGT and this setting makes it so a newb like me can drive well).

TCS: 1 or 0 depending on car/track/tires
ABS: 1
everything else off
 
throttle control is very important 👍
A wheel normally helps because you can control the throttle a little more
Either than or be gentler on the analog stick 💡
 
Wish there was a way you could turn Traction Control permanently off istead off having to go into the option menu every time you start a race to do so.
 
NOS Waster
throttle control is very important 👍
A wheel normally helps because you can control the throttle a little more
Either than or be gentler on the analog stick 💡
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Great idea! I need to start practicing with the sticks intead of using the buttons. Thanks!:cheers:
 
@CrashEndBurn: Yeah, cars can feel pretty much the same with aids on.
When you take it off they have there own style.

@Sweetjones: What Nos said. I had that problem aswell, just gotta be gentle with the throttle.

@Jlsl: It usually saves the settings for me, don't know about you.
I think it resets back to on when you reset the game.

@Strela: meh, indianpolis is a hard track anyway. Can't get the braking down.
 
I still use the driving line. Not so much for where I should be on the track, but where my brake points are at the end of straights.

I'll turn it off once I better learn the tracks. :dunce:
 
Aids are like training wheels on a pushbike or water wings for swimming - great for learning the basics but, after a point, they'll stop you getting any better.

I use abs1 and that's my whole concession to laziness. Everything else is off. If I want the car to drive itself I have B-spec for that.
 
Never use them simply because they slow me down . ABS stops me from threshold braking and traction control stops me from effectively rotating the car with the throttle and the others just as bad. Even at level 1 these things step in too early and I find them very intrusive.
 
I have the ABS set at 1 and i use the driving line , i have tried it with the line off but can't seem to find my braking points consistently enough , the line gives an indication but you can still tend to brake later than it suggests. Everything else is set to off and use manual gears.
 
The racing line feature is such a destructive "aid", it teaches you nothing but train you to drive with "low eye" and teaches you how to totally disregard the essential skills of identifying reference ponits for track driving and racing.......
 
I drive with ABS 1
TCS 0-3 depending on the cars, some cars I just cannot handle (the yellowbird comes to mind).
Driving line on untill I get a good feel for a track.
 
gatesrex91
I play with a DFGT,

I have the following settings for pretty much every car:

Skid Control: on (I am new with the DFGT and this setting makes it so a newb like me can drive well).

TCS: 1 or 0 depending on car/track/tires
ABS: 1
everything else off
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I have a DFGT as well, everything off except ABS on 1.

Also in the settings for the wheel (in the GT5 settings/options menu at the start screen) I have put my wheel to "simulation" and Force Feedback to 5.

Putting the Force Feedback to 10 to get more rumble actually gave me less rumble, so I am wondering if my wheel is going broke or if that would just be too much for the PS3/DFGT too handle. Anyway, FF at 5 is ok, really depends on the car how much feel you get.
 
sinner
ABS 1, everything off.👍
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Same! 👍

I wish there was an option to disallow automatic transmission too. Just having that option alone, would increase the quality of online races one-thousandfold! 💡 👍
 
Rocket Punch
The racing line feature is such a destructive "aid", it teaches you nothing but train you to drive with "low eye" and teaches you how to totally disregard the essential skills of identifying reference ponits for track driving and racing.......
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I had never looked at the driving line like this before but it now makes sence to me. I have been using ABS-1 all others off except line on for breaking points, manual shifting. I will try and see if I can now get used to no line. I would rather learn that just follow a line.
 
simplsimon
I had never looked at the driving line like this before but it now makes sence to me. I have been using ABS-1 all others off except line on for breaking points, manual shifting. I will try and see if I can now get used to no line. I would rather learn that just follow a line.
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If you are absolutely new to a track? yes, the driving line will give you an "idea" but I would stop using it as soon as possible and start training yourself to look for reference points like where to brake, where to start turn in, where is the apex and where your car needs to be at exit.

Brake markers and distance borads are there for a reason, and they ain't putting them up for decoration. People win races not because they did one fast lap, but because they did 50 repeatable and consistently fast laps.

Racing after all is a science.
 
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TCS 1 gives you launch control, so i use that on all cars pretty much, Only time i go above 1 is for monster hp cars that are just too wild the 599 on anything but soft racing tires comes to mind, where i turn it up to 3.

ABS 1, cept on stock cars since ABS 1 turns on that stupid default traction control that slows the car way the heck down.

Skid control for the rally challenges, and use it for the FGT just to make it so i do not smash something if the cars goes nuts all of a sudden and kills me.
 
I use ABS 1 on all modern roadcars and turn it off for classic cars and race cars. ABS off requires some work on brake pressure/balance with most cars though.
 
Absolutely NO Skid recovery.
No ASM
No TCS
ABS set to 1.
No driving line. You are supposed to find it yourself by besting your own time ;)
Where is the satisfaction of finding the fast line on your own if you have some blue/red color on the track? It's like riding a bicycle with training wheels

It's all good fun after that ;) 👍
 

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