Best way to Utilize Birthday Gift

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Personally, I haven't traded a single car due to using this as I don't deem it fair in that regard. When it affects only me and my gameplay by not trading, I see no problem. When it affects other people you have to do the responsible thing IMO.
 
Just to add my opinion to this BD Gift debate.

In Gran Turismo 4 I did not follow a forum, I did not read spoilers and I did not read guides. I played that game from start to finish and it was only in the 2nd to last race(in the order that I did it at least) that I finally got the car that I wanted. A car that I could've enjoyed all game long. After I won that car you know how many times I played the game again (seeing that I had completed everything). 2 times.

The car by the way was the Nissan Skyline GT-R Race Car (Calsonic) '93.

Had I been able to obtain this car at the beginning or mid-game it would've made my gaming experience more enjoyable.

So for those who are exploiting this to get the cars you really want. Kudos. For those that have done this a few times now to facilitate trades for the cars you want. Kudos. But for those who have done this in excess of 20 times, you're just taking advantage of the system. A certain amount of exploiting is o.k., but not when your motivation is just greed.

That is all.
 
1967 is a good year...

Lamborghini Miura P400 Bertone Prototype
Ford Mark IV Race Car
Ferrari 330 P4 Race Car
Chaparral 2D Race Car

1977 is the Lancia Stratos rally car (only car in that year)
None of these can be sold but nice to have :)

Also 1966 Jaguar XJ13 Race Car seems nice
1971 if you want some muscle cars
1976 if you want the Ferrari 512BB
 
hmm....while I am not liking the exploiting aspect, chances to get a P4 or XJ13 is hard to pass up...might give this a go...💡
 
Just create a PSN ID with the current DAY and MONTH and choose a YEAR of which cars you wish to randomly try to get. Once it hits midnight to another day you have to make a new PSN ID with the proper day if you wish to continue doing so. Once you friend yourself and get your birthday car just gift the car to your main account. Delete your gamesave with your 'birthday' to do it again.

Takes about 5-7 minutes per cycle. :) You can only go up to 1992 because you have to be '18' to create a PSN ID.
 
Ha i made an almost identical thread as this one explaining the birthday exploit and it got closed.I don't see how this one is different.Thread reported.My reason for reporting is that if the mods found my post lock worthy then they should find the same for this one.
 
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Ha i made an almost identical thread as this one explaining the birthday exploit and it got closed.I don't see how this one is different.Thread reported.My reason for reporting is that if the mods found my post lock worthy then they should find the same for this one.

That sounds a bit like sour grapes if you ask me.
 
That sounds a bit like sour grapes if you ask me.

I knew someone would say that sooner or later.It's not sour grapes.If my thread warranted a lock and this one has the exact same content then logic would say that this one deserves a lock as well.
 
I knew someone would say that sooner or later.It's not sour grapes.If my thread warranted a lock and this one has the exact same content then logic would say that this one deserves a lock as well.

What if yours was locked due to replicated forum topics?
 
I knew someone would say that sooner or later.It's not sour grapes.If my thread warranted a lock and this one has the exact same content then logic would say that this one deserves a lock as well.

The reason someone says its "sour grapes" is because it is. You obviously thought it was a good thread or you wouldn't have started one. Yours got shut down. So now you think everybody's should be shut down. That fits the definition of "sour grapes" perfectly.
 
The reason someone says its "sour grapes" is because it is. You obviously thought it was a good thread or you wouldn't have started one. Yours got shut down. So now you think everybody's should be shut down. That fits the definition of "sour grapes" perfectly.

If the moderators thought the content of my thread needed to be locked and someone makes another thread with almost the exact same content then it should be closed too.Yes i do think that threads with the exact same content/topic of a previous thread that was closed for said content should be closed as well.Call it what you will but that's the way it should be.
 
*giggles*

With all this off-topic, Bystronicman is gonna close this thread easily by himself, no need to report ;)

I got some of my favourite cars by Birthday Gift and in a few minutes, my real birthday is coming up, and I will be granted my Stratos! I have a newborn son (4 months soon) and I can not drive all day, therefore I have gotten my LFA and 458 this way ;)
 
Thank you, op! It worked.

Whoever have extra xj13 let me know I will trade for anything. PM ME.
 
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Hmm,

I did this today and got the 2j straight off the bat.

Thing is, the gift to friend option is greyed out/missing. If I click on the car then try gifting it, it keeps searching for friends and never yields any results.

Anyone else having this issue?
 
@jjaisli - That is exactly what I was trying to say. I would love it if I had unlimited time to grind everything out, but I just don't. It would take me YEARS.

About this honor and credibility... please. How is honor tied to any video game? I race clean, but honor? Come on. I spent my money, let me enjoy the game the way I want.
 
Just got my Alfac NASCAR... oh yeah!

Its totally easy to create an under 18 account as long as you have a credit card to back it up. 2010 cars here I come!
 
i used it, but didn't exploit the bug. I used it only once to search for 1 of my all time favorites, and that's the Mazda 787B.
 
Usefull for get cars and money, if you want exp. you must race so ITS PERFECT.

66 for the jaguar
67 for the ford mark, f330 p4 and miura
89 for R390
84 for old rally cars

Also i have and extra 66 Jaguar and extra R390 for someone to trade it.
 
Also i have and extra 66 Jaguar and extra R390 for someone to trade it.
Sorry to pick on your post but I just want to say;

Anyone who uses the Birthday glitch to trade cars is a lowlife.

I asked a couple of friends to borrow a car yesterday and both sent me ones acquired by the birthday glitch and told me to keep them. I used them once in a race and then gave them away to other friends.

I am not saying that I am a saint, but I just think it is wrong to expect trades from something acquired in this way. I know there will be as many people agreeing with me as disagreeing with me, but that is my tuppence.

I say; do not trade, help your friends who may be struggling with this game.
 
im agaisnt this , ill wait till my real birthday, dont like using that kind of ****** tactics , spoils the all game experience in my opinion.
 
I'm a die hard GT fan, but IMO the reward system, and several other aspects of this game, are sorely ill-thought out. In GT4 I would do the same championship over and over because there were multiple cars that you could win and they were all cool and fun to use race cars, touring cars, etc. - I wanted to collect them all and enjoy using them. In GT5, I think they got too caught up with the novelty of some cars and didn't consider that nobody wants to put in 40 minutes of time for a championship in pro or expert with a race car only to find out at the end that the single prize car is a $40,000 base car. That's ridiculous, and I'm down for saving up $$ but at the price of the good cars - $1,000,000+, and the fact that they almost all are unavailable by any means other than getting lucky in the used car dealership, I pretty much won't ever get the chance to enjoy half the cars in this game that I was really excited to see on the car list pre-release.
I'll do this, but it's because I want to enjoy the cars, and PD painted itself into a corner with this - people will do whatever they can to get cars because the system is ridiculous.
 
hmm.... is it just me or is the birthday exploit gone?

Was trying it out again just a while ago. deleted the previous save and restarted a new game, did NOT get a birthday gift
 
you probably did it a day later. you'd have to make a new account with a new bday for the day you are doing it
 
I knew someone would say that sooner or later.It's not sour grapes.If my thread warranted a lock and this one has the exact same content then logic would say that this one deserves a lock as well.

You guys sometimes seem to find logic everywhere you randomly lift up a stone, it seems...
 
hmm....while I am not liking the exploiting aspect, chances to get a P4 or XJ13 is hard to pass up...might give this a go...💡
Just a reminder to those seemingly unaware of the fact that you can obtain a Jag XJ13 without exploit ...

The take it to the track on facebook when completed yields a XJ13 ---> "legally" 👍
 
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