Best way to Utilize Birthday Gift

[Maximum Hoonage]

i dont have a birthday, i was created in a lab.

Then you'd have a creation day. Unless you're from the future. Are you a Terminator?

 

[coyote_green]

Klondike- I can understand and respect a guy who wants the thrill of building his garage over the course of months, but I am not that guy. I spent $60 to race, not grind through track after track of AI Miatas and the like to save up money to buy a couple of the cars I want. Let me race! I don't need a story, just give me the keys and let me go online and race my friends. I have been playing racing games since Night Driver on the Atari, I know the tracks. As for the experience thing, they have GOT to get online racing into the mix. I have spent hours not earning experience and it sucks! Basically,some people like to pretend that they are filling their garage with hard earned cars and some of us like to pretend that we are rich and have a paddock full of cars already. I honestly believe that the authenticity and satisfaction is not encoded into the game, but is to be determined by the player himself. Just my answer to your questions. I mean no offense.

PS- Not that it matters, but I am not selling mine, I am filling my garage.

 

[Lamborghini-SV]

Cheer for that hwever i have an alternative seeing as my birthday is not until june. Just keep doing the Like the wind Indy race as you get 70,000 credits + 3564 woth of experience points. Quickest lap time ive done is a 39.180 in my Minolta. you can do it in under 4 minutes. then restart again.

 

[Zaldronthesage]

I know what im doing tonight in the company of a good beer! xD

 

[Doomdayz85]

If you take 1966 as date of birth, there's a chance for you to get the Jaguar xj13 race car '66 wich costs 20.000.000 you cant sell it though.
I tryed 3 times, got 2 honda s800's but the third time i got the Jag.

 

[andrez004]

Klondike- I can understand and respect a guy who wants the thrill of building his garage over the course of months, but I am not that guy. I spent $60 to race, not grind through track after track of AI Miatas and the like to save up money to buy a couple of the cars I want. Let me race! I don't need a story, just give me the keys and let me go online and race my friends. I have been playing racing games since Night Driver on the Atari, I know the tracks. As for the experience thing, they have GOT to get online racing into the mix. I have spent hours not earning experience and it sucks! Basically,some people like to pretend that they are filling their garage with hard earned cars and some of us like to pretend that we are rich and have a paddock full of cars already. I honestly believe that the authenticity and satisfaction is not encoded into the game, but is to be determined by the player himself. Just my answer to your questions. I mean no offense.

PS- Not that it matters, but I am not selling mine, I am filling my garage.

this.

The GT life bug has worn off on me. Just give me the keys. And after I found out I almost have to do b-spec I almost puked. Please Santa bring a patch that unlocks the copy save protection so I can have a perfect game save uploaded to my ps3!

 

[mc959]

If you take 1966 as date of birth, there's a chance for you to get the Jaguar xj13 race car '66 wich costs 20.000.000 you cant sell it though.
I tryed 3 times, got 2 honda s800's but the third time i got the Jag.

Are you sure you're able to sell it? Cause a lot of expensive cars can not be sold and others become worthless if you sell them ex: think i saw a Veyron in the 2nd hand dealership for 15.000.000 but i wanted to sell the one i received and it was worth less then 100.000

 

[iRepDaNAP]

B'day was on the 24th NOV. Picked the game on, you guessed it, the 25th.

I want Kaz to send me a cake as compensation.




No, really.

Mine was Nov. 4th! I think I might have to try this out just once to make up for the one I almost shoulda got!

 

[Doomdayz85]

No i said CAN'T i couldnt sell the xj13, only delete but that would be a big waste hehe.
if anyone knows more good years for more good cars let me know.

 

[surfer6969]

I would use this feature, but, I don't feel like cheating the game, it takes away the point and essence of Gran Turismo, theres nothing better than grinding away just to get a car. Plus I have found that with the American Championship (Extreme) you earn 98,000 every 5 minutes. Just actually play the game and enjoy it for what it is.

 

[Michael_Duffy]

I mean, if you are going to go through all of these loading screens over and over again for 77k a time why don't you just get to the extreme series and win the speedway races that take 4 minutes and get you 89k or 98k depending on which one you do,.

 

[African Kat]

I mean, if you are going to go through all of these loading screens over and over again for 77k a time why don't you just get to the extreme series and win the speedway races that take 4 minutes and get you 89k or 98k depending on which one you do,.

He is probably below level 21 (like the wind) or 23 (indy). This would work well if you are below level 21. Once you're at 21, enter the like the wind race - once at 23, indy is the only wat 2go:tup:

 

[Varegg]

Using the B-Day exploit to gain cash is a waste of time, better to grind for the money and receive the XP in addition ...

I tried the exploit just to check and got me a Chapparal 2J '70 on the third attempt, ugly as %&#£ but a nice car to drive

 

[YouichiHophop]

I've created several extra accounts to collect the Museum cards, but I've got birthday gifts for each of them.

I sent the various cars to my 9-yearold son, he's been thrilled to get them.

I hope no-ones going to tell a 9 yearold that he has to grind A-spec to get fun cars ?

 

[LeMaltor]

I hope no-ones going to tell a 9 yearold that he has to grind A-spec to get fun cars ?

That's how the game is

 

[Exorcet]

I dont get it, why go through all this trouble ?

Not that i really care if someone does it, im just curious.

Do you not enjoy driving and racing in the game ,

Of course not

Do you not enjoy needing to work your garage up

Of course.

The point of the game is to drive. GT Life is perfect example of how to prevent people from experiencing the pleasure of driving. I'm not going to waste my time getting 20,000,000 credits just to buy something that should be available from the beginning.

Online and physics are the games two selling points as far as I'm concerned. Unlocking things just ruins the fun.

Also it seems to me you can easily earn the same amount of credits in less time just by doing a race in the game ?

This may be true unfortunately. I had originally hoped to sell the 20,000,000 cr cars over and over, but I can't. However, it might allow me to trade with others more easily.

Also even if this was a faster way of obtaining credits, you dont earn exp by doing it ?

The ridiculous XP system only matter because it locks cars. Getting around the XP limits is another reason to do this.

 

[Verbal]

I hope no-ones going to tell a 9 yearold that he has to grind A-spec to get fun cars ?

Life in general has a habit of not giving you what you want when you want it, for free. A videogame may be one of the less harmful ways to learn that lesson.

General rant: I wish people would stop to belittle this as an exploit or even a 'glitch'. The game works just fine and as intended. This happens outside the game, in the real world, where you're creating your fake accounts (by the way violating very real TOS). At least call it what it is, cheating.

 

[Exorcet]

Life in general has a habit of not giving you what you want when you want it, for free.

That's rather obvious, but GT5 is not life.

At least call it what it is, cheating.

Can't cheat if you don't get any unfair advantages over anyone. Anyone who uses the acquired cars for single player can't affect anyone but themselves. Those who bring the cars online can't cheat because there are race rules online. It's also a good way to even out with the people who pre-ordered, or whatever, and ended up getting a 787B for nothing.

 

[ROYALEFATALE]

or race american championship for 98,000 in 4 minutes, it takes a lot longer to do this, such a hassle for little reward

 

[Corrigan]

I hope no-ones going to tell a 9 yearold that he has to grind A-spec to get fun cars ?

I hope no-ones going to tell a 9 yearold that he has to work hard at school to get a good job?

There we go.


On topic: My biggest peeve with this cheat/exploit (it is NOT a glitch) is that it devalues the 'bday cars' on the market. For those of us who enjoy spending hard earned credits on nice cars, there's nothing enjoyable about seeing a guy in the Marketplace with 7 Muiras trading them for stuff valued at a fraction of their price.

 

[jjaisli]

Just to throw my $0.02 into the mix...

I'm middle aged. I have a wife. A family. I have my own business and I work about 55~60 hours a week on average. I have very little PS3 time and I usually have to end up 'scheduling' my playtime just so I can fit it in. I've played a few PC sims in the past. And I've owned several racing games on the PS3 (Ferrari Challenge, Supercar Challenge, Superstars of V8 Racing, NFS:Shift, etc). None of them really gave me what I was looking for and I've been sitting on the fence for months, waiting to see if GT5 meets my expectations or I upgrade my equipment and go back to PC sims.

But not having played the GT series before Prologue, the legacy tracks, the license tests, the a-spec, b-spec, etc were all new to me. And honestly, I don't really care. The license test were a bit fun (I haven't completed them). And some of the A-spec races were OK. But in general, I have an aversion to grinding away against a bunch of hapless AI. To me this is (a) boring (b) a waste of time and (c) just not what real racing is all about.

Take a fast car. Make it faster. Now go and drive from last to first in 3 laps. I must be missing something. Really, my passion for racing sims comes from on-line interaction. Racing against the AI is a joke. Racing against other people (real, living, thinking, breathing human beings) is where the real challenge lies.

I've been talking with some of my regular online racing buddies about having endurance races of 2-3 hours, with pitstops, day to night transitions in classic cars for more than a year--closed lobbies, no assists--as real as we can make it. We were talking about it LONG before video of the P4, XJ13 and Ford GT 40 showed up. When they did, I thought PD had made them just for us. Oh yes, this is what we've been waiting for.

But then, come to find out that you need 20,000,000 credits each? Please. This is a joke. Look guys, it's a game. And I don't have time to grind away for 75~80 hours just to earn enough credits to buy these cars. If PD offered them as pay DLC, I would gladly pay it. But I bought the disc. They're on the disc. And if the exploit allows me to get my hands on them in a perfectly legal (although a bit tricky manner), well, then I'm going to do it. It's just a means to an end. I don't care about 'trading' the cars () or whatever some people are worried about. If running the same offline race over and over and over again for 5 hours makes it more legitimate in some people's eyes, well, they're welcome to their opinion. I wish I had that much free time.

I went and got the 60s racers I wanted. And I'm happy I did because I suspect this exploit will be plugged in the next update. And when I have time, I'll try and build on my offline career. But it would have otherwise taken me a year or more to earn the credits. And I'm not willing to sacrifice spending time with my family to do it.

 

[daspianist]

By now anyone reading this thread know of the Birthday Gift exploit. If you don't I have a walk-through below.

What I have not been reading on here is that you can easily delete the Save Data Utility and go right back into GT5 using the same account and do it countless times on the day of your "Birthday".


Step 1) Create new user

Step 2) Go to "Sign up for Playstation Network"

Step 3) Set your birthday to the current date and then set birth year to year of the cars you may want, (For best sell-back value I have found 1944 is the best year you always get the Volkswagen Kubelwagen typ82 ‘44 which sells back for $77,000, if you know of a better year please share)

Step 4) Finish creating the account all the info can be fake just make sure to have a matching State and zip-code.

Step 5) Send a friend request to your main account, sign in to you main account and accept the friend request, sign back into the Birthday account.

Step 6) Start Gran Turismo 5, go to GT mode and go through the menus get your "Birthday Gift".

Step 7) Go to the "Used Cars" buy a car.

Step 8) Go to you garage and give your "Birthday Gift" to your main account which in most cases you can sell.

Step 9) Quit the game and erase the "Save Data Utility" on the Birthday account. Then start at step 6.

You can use this all day and rack up tons of money if there is a better way to do this or a better year to use please let me know.

Thanks for the in depth explanation. Guess Im gonna try for some LFAs this time around.

 

[klondike]

The ridiculous XP system only matter because it locks cars. Getting around the XP limits is another reason to do this.

But there are some things in the game you cant bypass. Tracks and cars wich unlocks from doing the special events.

 

[Neal]

***reasoned common sense***

+rep

Good point well made 👍

It is just a game so each to their own on how they want to "unlock" the content on the disc they have already paid for. I understand that people are a bit miffed that it is devaluing the trade market but the trade market has been created by the community by exploiting the gift system that PD included, PD has not provided a trade market.

Also there will be cars that aren't be attainable by the birthday exploit (e.g. X1) that will be a huge reward to the people who earn them so it doesn't totally devalue your garage.

 

[theevilgenius88]

I just 'won' the 20.000.000 ferrari and ford on the 2nd and 5th try.

 

[BrosifDuder]

Just to throw my $0.02 into the mix...

I'm middle aged. I have a wife. A family. I have my own business and I work about 55~60 hours a week on average. I have very little PS3 time and I usually have to end up 'scheduling' my playtime just so I can fit it in. I've played a few PC sims in the past. And I've owned several racing games on the PS3 (Ferrari Challenge, Supercar Challenge, Superstars of V8 Racing, NFS:Shift, etc). None of them really gave me what I was looking for and I've been sitting on the fence for months, waiting to see if GT5 meets my expectations or I upgrade my equipment and go back to PC sims.

But not having played the GT series before Prologue, the legacy tracks, the license tests, the a-spec, b-spec, etc were all new to me. And honestly, I don't really care. The license test were a bit fun (I haven't completed them). And some of the A-spec races were OK. But in general, I have an aversion to grinding away against a bunch of hapless AI. To me this is (a) boring (b) a waste of time and (c) just not what real racing is all about.

Take a fast car. Make it faster. Now go and drive from last to first in 3 laps. I must be missing something. Really, my passion for racing sims comes from on-line interaction. Racing against the AI is a joke. Racing against other people (real, living, thinking, breathing human beings) is where the real challenge lies.

I've been talking with some of my regular online racing buddies about having endurance races of 2-3 hours, with pitstops, day to night transitions in classic cars for more than a year--closed lobbies, no assists--as real as we can make it. We were talking about it LONG before video of the P4, XJ13 and Ford GT 40 showed up. When they did, I thought PD had made them just for us. Oh yes, this is what we've been waiting for.

But then, come to find out that you need 20,000,000 credits each? Please. This is a joke. Look guys, it's a game. And I don't have time to grind away for 75~80 hours just to earn enough credits to buy these cars. If PD offered them as pay DLC, I would gladly pay it. But I bought the disc. They're on the disc. And if the exploit allows me to get my hands on them in a perfectly legal (although a bit tricky manner), well, then I'm going to do it. It's just a means to an end. I don't care about 'trading' the cars () or whatever some people are worried about. If running the same offline race over and over and over again for 5 hours makes it more legitimate in some people's eyes, well, they're welcome to their opinion. I wish I had that much free time.

I went and got the 60s racers I wanted. And I'm happy I did because I suspect this exploit will be plugged in the next update. And when I have time, I'll try and build on my offline career. But it would have otherwise taken me a year or more to earn the credits. And I'm not willing to sacrifice spending time with my family to do it.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

 

[Arc]

1992 is a better year. You can sell the F40 for 135,000. I am grinding the b spec, to level 30, I wanna see how hard the Vettel challenge is.

 

[daspianist]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

👍 *12,500,000

Honestly, I'd be happy to grind away if some of these race tracks were randomly generated, and it'd be an unique experience each time. But the Indy500 over and over and OVER again?

Nein nein nein nein nein!!

 

[strtgng]

Just to throw my $0.02 into the mix...

I'm middle aged. I have a wife. A family. I have my own business and I work about 55~60 hours a week on average. I have very little PS3 time and I usually have to end up 'scheduling' my playtime just so I can fit it in. I've played a few PC sims in the past. And I've owned several racing games on the PS3 (Ferrari Challenge, Supercar Challenge, Superstars of V8 Racing, NFS:Shift, etc). None of them really gave me what I was looking for and I've been sitting on the fence for months, waiting to see if GT5 meets my expectations or I upgrade my equipment and go back to PC sims.

But not having played the GT series before Prologue, the legacy tracks, the license tests, the a-spec, b-spec, etc were all new to me. And honestly, I don't really care. The license test were a bit fun (I haven't completed them). And some of the A-spec races were OK. But in general, I have an aversion to grinding away against a bunch of hapless AI. To me this is (a) boring (b) a waste of time and (c) just not what real racing is all about.

Take a fast car. Make it faster. Now go and drive from last to first in 3 laps. I must be missing something. Really, my passion for racing sims comes from on-line interaction. Racing against the AI is a joke. Racing against other people (real, living, thinking, breathing human beings) is where the real challenge lies.

I've been talking with some of my regular online racing buddies about having endurance races of 2-3 hours, with pitstops, day to night transitions in classic cars for more than a year--closed lobbies, no assists--as real as we can make it. We were talking about it LONG before video of the P4, XJ13 and Ford GT 40 showed up. When they did, I thought PD had made them just for us. Oh yes, this is what we've been waiting for.

But then, come to find out that you need 20,000,000 credits each? Please. This is a joke. Look guys, it's a game. And I don't have time to grind away for 75~80 hours just to earn enough credits to buy these cars. If PD offered them as pay DLC, I would gladly pay it. But I bought the disc. They're on the disc. And if the exploit allows me to get my hands on them in a perfectly legal (although a bit tricky manner), well, then I'm going to do it. It's just a means to an end. I don't care about 'trading' the cars () or whatever some people are worried about. If running the same offline race over and over and over again for 5 hours makes it more legitimate in some people's eyes, well, they're welcome to their opinion. I wish I had that much free time.

I went and got the 60s racers I wanted. And I'm happy I did because I suspect this exploit will be plugged in the next update. And when I have time, I'll try and build on my offline career. But it would have otherwise taken me a year or more to earn the credits. And I'm not willing to sacrifice spending time with my family to do it.

Exactly!

 

[tribolik]

There we go.


On topic: My biggest peeve with this cheat/exploit (it is NOT a glitch) is that it devalues the 'bday cars' on the market. For those of us who enjoy spending hard earned credits on nice cars, there's nothing enjoyable about seeing a guy in the Marketplace with 7 Muiras trading them for stuff valued at a fraction of their price.

Damn and just traded in my holidays apartment/flat for 2 miuras and a P4