- 1,973
- Florida - USA
- Flsurffisher
For me it's a drag. I'd rather be in A-Spec 90% of the time and not have to grind in B to earn cash and cars. I bought the car game to race a bunch of different cars and that's what I want to do!
Does having to "Grind" to Earn diminish the game for you?
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- Houston, TX
- walterjoe
- IAS EAGLE 5
Yeah I think GT-PSP had it right. The prices for cars were set right and if you wanted to score some quick cash learn to drift and you made some good money. Then just buy the car you want and roll.
I liked that formula, having to do the same race over and over just to be able to afford a car that's ridiculously overpriced is just not my idea of fun.
I liked that formula, having to do the same race over and over just to be able to afford a car that's ridiculously overpriced is just not my idea of fun.
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- albynomonk
The cash grind disappeared for me when I started remote racing.
- 1,473
- Teddy_Bear-420
if you consider playing GT5 a grind them maybe the game isnt for you.
- 1,105
- Bakewell UK
- dunkrez
- spunwicked
I won't 'grind' in a game, GT5 of not. If you are grinding you have reached the threshold of enjoyment the game is going to give. Put it down for a little while. Play something else. Let that 'grinding' feeling go. Why spend free time 'grinding' at GT5? As far as I'm concerned there's only one kind of 'grinding' I'm going to do with my free time 
- 3,131
- GTP_GTPrologue5
- None
I don't "grind", per se. Yes, I do the Dreamcar Chapionship over. And over. And over. But is it no fun? Nah. Normally it's a nice time to hop in a nice racer and make some money while time trialing, with some other albeit slower racers around the track.
Besides, I never even do the last event so it's not too long.
Besides, I never even do the last event so it's not too long.
- 117
- Cork, Ireland
- Nismoe-Dave
Agreed, I would also prefer to be in A-Spec taking part in races as opposed to 'managing' them. It's the lack of content and payout in A-Spec that is the problem.
Looking back to GT4 it was always fun to redo the tuner cup as the racing was competitive and the prize money was good coupled to winning a car everytime - granted it was the same car over and over but you could sell for extra cash. Even if the option was brought back where you could delete the record of having won the race to enable you to take full prize winnings again it would be much better than the current situation.
Looking back to GT4 it was always fun to redo the tuner cup as the racing was competitive and the prize money was good coupled to winning a car everytime - granted it was the same car over and over but you could sell for extra cash. Even if the option was brought back where you could delete the record of having won the race to enable you to take full prize winnings again it would be much better than the current situation.
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- 2,126
- PAWEL17
Gives me an idea, a random championship generator, Or creator, choose the tracks, and cars to compete, and the difficulty you set it to, alongside the length and class of cars, generates you more income. How's that sound. Because grinding can/does make a game boring,
- 3,131
- GTP_GTPrologue5
- None
When youve done everything your gonna find you'll definately have to grind for credits and after repeating it over and over again it gets tedious and takes the fun out of the game.
I hope PD gives us more events for A-spec mode, better EXP and more rewarding credits.
I hope PD gives us more events for A-spec mode, better EXP and more rewarding credits.
- 1,426
- Burammm
It killed GT5 for me. I ran out of things to do far too quickly in this game and redoing the same events over and over got old rather fast.
Strange thing is, in Shift 2 I'm absolutely addicted to redoing the same events many times over... I blame the 'Autolog' feature for this. It means that while you're racing the [great, competitive] AI, you're also racing your friends' record times. Very addictive and highly motivating feature!
Strange thing is, in Shift 2 I'm absolutely addicted to redoing the same events many times over... I blame the 'Autolog' feature for this. It means that while you're racing the [great, competitive] AI, you're also racing your friends' record times. Very addictive and highly motivating feature!
- 1,973
- Florida - USA
- Flsurffisher
Yeah, but the would have the ABILITY to do that!
On the serious side that would be a nice ability to do something realistic like make a course like La Sarthe/High Speed Ring and race X1's for cash. Gives you a way to drive your favorite cars in different settings sort of expanding the # of tracks.
- 1,973
- Florida - USA
- Flsurffisher
Exactly! 👍
A 5 lap autumn ring win with a Prius should yield 5k-10k. I look at it as in beginner you are an average Joe who buys a used car fixes it up and drives it in these little weekend races.
You get known and move to the amateur circuit where the laps are 5-10. More of a club sponsored kind of thing and the payouts should be $20-30k.
You do well then you turn Pro and drive for payouts of $50k-500k.
On Expert your difficulty goes up and the payouts go from 500k 2.5 million.
On Extreme we go to 1 million to 5 million payouts and at
Endurance we go to 5 - 20 million payouts.
- 1,973
- Florida - USA
- Flsurffisher
A perfect racing game for me:
Win an event and move on. I may have to run it two dozen times to finally win it but then I can buy the next car and move on. I may have to come back to it 1 or 2 times to earn enugh to buy the next car but that should be it! I should have to run the race 10 times.
I should be able to get through all A-events in about 2-4 months.
Then when I've finished career mode I just want to drive for FUN, online and redo events, create tracks and race or drive PURELY for FUN.
Not the way this game is set up.
Win an event and move on. I may have to run it two dozen times to finally win it but then I can buy the next car and move on. I may have to come back to it 1 or 2 times to earn enugh to buy the next car but that should be it! I should have to run the race 10 times.
I should be able to get through all A-events in about 2-4 months.
Then when I've finished career mode I just want to drive for FUN, online and redo events, create tracks and race or drive PURELY for FUN.
Not the way this game is set up.
- 467
- THE_LAST_FAOLIU
This whole grinding thing is a farce. It's extremely uncreative. It's a time sucking vampire developed to give value to pixels. With games that have content, it isn't so bad - for GT5 its ****ing terrible.
I've wanted this sort of thing for ages. The basics are already there with a similar setup as the online options, only difference is the other 11 drivers are AIs. It could be easily done and with a bit of common sense the rewards should be easy to set up (altho I doubting PDs common sense levels at the moment if I'm honest).
I havent been playin as much lately, think a mixture of uni work and having reached a point where I cant spend time doing the endurance races the now.
Would love a custom championship creator. And even the ability to clear the wins from the races already competed in. Like you could in GT3, where you'd start a championship again, and you'd have the option to start from scratch, allowing you to win the price money, and the cars again. Combined with a leader board of you and your mates, it would give incentives to drive different races again, challenging with lower spec cars, and knowing you are getting the full przes again. They'd have to allow you to sell off your cars though. Too many are locked in the game, and cant be sold to generate crdeit.
Would love a custom championship creator. And even the ability to clear the wins from the races already competed in. Like you could in GT3, where you'd start a championship again, and you'd have the option to start from scratch, allowing you to win the price money, and the cars again. Combined with a leader board of you and your mates, it would give incentives to drive different races again, challenging with lower spec cars, and knowing you are getting the full przes again. They'd have to allow you to sell off your cars though. Too many are locked in the game, and cant be sold to generate crdeit.
I don't even like the term 'grind'.
I'm not in a hurry to finish the game. The longer I play it, the more value it has to me.
I enjoy the racing and running different cars. If I run a race in a different car, then it feels like a different race to me.
The online racing and seasonal events add some variety to the game, but I would still play it without them.
I've been playing this series since the original Gran Turismo was released, and I hope I can still return to GT5 a year from now.
I'm not in a hurry to finish the game. The longer I play it, the more value it has to me.
I enjoy the racing and running different cars. If I run a race in a different car, then it feels like a different race to me.
The online racing and seasonal events add some variety to the game, but I would still play it without them.
I've been playing this series since the original Gran Turismo was released, and I hope I can still return to GT5 a year from now.
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- Burammm
- 3,300
- England
- shepzki
Grinding is not really needed to buy any expensive car, they can all be obtained for free through a gift ticket. The only reason I grind now is to keep my money topped up to be able to buy the different coloured variations of cars I like in the UCD.
- 1,097
- Jyväskylä
- djinline-FIN
Grinding doesn't grind my gears and I don't go grinding my teeth when grinding as I'm not going to buy all the cars, just the ones I really do like, staying pretty much under 1 million credits. The seasonal Lightweight K-Cup event grinding is massive fun, far from boring.
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I don't mind grinding a little bit but GT5 takes it to the extreme. I don't mind going all the way through A-Spec (except endurance) few times, but there is a point where it gets stupid. I haven't played for a while because I'm tired of doing all the extreme events over and over and over and over.
Also I do it for XP to unlock races and other events. The cash aspect doesn't bother me as much.
Also I do it for XP to unlock races and other events. The cash aspect doesn't bother me as much.
- 10,558
- Columbia, MD.
- Parnelli_Bones
I'm one of two (so far) who love grinding. Ha ha. I tend to race the same races over again, even back when I was in earlier GTs. I love racing. The trick is you have to make it challenging for yourself everytime.
The problem with people who hate grinding is they overkill their car (creating a boring race). The cars people grind to achieve should be expensive and take a long time to attain...that's the way it is. Some cars cost a lot of money. :shrug: I would agree that it would be nice if in B-spec mode we could fast-forward the race, though.
The problem with people who hate grinding is they overkill their car (creating a boring race). The cars people grind to achieve should be expensive and take a long time to attain...that's the way it is. Some cars cost a lot of money. :shrug: I would agree that it would be nice if in B-spec mode we could fast-forward the race, though.
