Ford GT is the worst car in this game

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I can't believe how ****ing ****** it is. You literally cannot win without soft racing tires because the ****ing thing does not turn, and skids out at the slightest hint of steering while braking.

And yes, I have done this race already and gotten first, but have tried doing it without the tires and its not even remotely fun or challenging like some of the other ones, just purely frustrating. pisses me off.
 
I can't believe how ****ing ****** it is. You literally cannot win without soft racing tires because the ****ing thing does not turn, and skids out at the slightest hint of steering while braking.

And yes, I have done this race already and gotten first, but have tried doing it without the tires and its not even remotely fun or challenging like some of the other ones, just purely frustrating. pisses me off.

Voila! Just get Racing Softs, and you can also enjoy life!
 
I can't believe how ****ing ****** it is. You literally cannot win without soft racing tires because the ****ing thing does not turn, and skids out at the slightest hint of steering while braking.

And yes, I have done this race already and gotten first, but have tried doing it without the tires and its not even remotely fun or challenging like some of the other ones, just purely frustrating. pisses me off.

if you put more power under the tires... you should compensate with better tires. the car runs well stock so either you suck or you don't have the right tires
 
Well, just to prove this game is stupid, I put my soft racing tires back on, was in 1st place right at the straight away end of lap 2/start of 3rd lap.

I seriously would love to know how people can win this race with the car stock. its simply un-drivable without upgraded tires, and the upgraded tires make it way to easy.
 
A powerful car on Sport - Anything tires is difficult to put the power down while coming out of corners without wheelspin. The mid-engine layout makes it difficult to keep the car's rear-end contained when braking into a corner. The car's sheer speed makes it easy to under-estimate how fast you're going into the corners, so it might appear as if it cannot brake or turn very well. The Ford GT is a very capable car stock, and in the right hands, is nigh unbeatable. The problem is not with the car -- it's with the person who cannot adapt to the way it drives, and blames their failure on the car, the game, or anything but themselves.
 
I can't believe how ****ing ****** it is. You literally cannot win without soft racing tires because the ****ing thing does not turn, and skids out at the slightest hint of steering while braking.

And yes, I have done this race already and gotten first, but have tried doing it without the tires and its not even remotely fun or challenging like some of the other ones, just purely frustrating. pisses me off.

I don't think you know what that word means. I literally won the race with sport softs.
 
you won the car, stock, no mods, no assists (ABS 1), with hard SPORTS tires? I LITERALLY don't think you did.

Edit: stock are hard sports.
 
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A powerful car on Sport - Anything tires is difficult to put the power down while coming out of corners without wheelspin. The mid-engine layout makes it difficult to keep the car's rear-end contained when braking into a corner. The car's sheer speed makes it easy to under-estimate how fast you're going into the corners, so it might appear as if it cannot brake or turn very well. The Ford GT is a very capable car stock, and in the right hands, is nigh unbeatable. The problem is not with the car -- it's with the person who cannot adapt to the way it drives, and blames their failure on the car, the game, or anything but themselves.

I would love to see a video of it being beat with the car stock. Maybe a wheel would make a difference, but I couldn't say. You can say I'm bad all you want, but until I am proven otherwise, I stand by my statement. Worst car in the game (that I have driven).

When the simple switch from stock tires to soft racing tires drops 48 seconds off my time, its ****ing stupid. The car is garbage without them.
 
I would love to see a video of it being beat with the car stock. Maybe a wheel would make a difference, but I couldn't say. You can say I'm bad all you want, but until I am proven otherwise, I stand by my statement. Worst car in the game (that I have driven).

When the simple switch from stock tires to soft racing tires drops 48 seconds off my time, its ****ing stupid. The car is garbage without them.

Not sure about the racing tyres, but the soft SPORTS tyres seemed a nice challenge. Caught him just on the last tunnel before the entry to the strait. Maybe try the soft SPORTS rather then the racing tyres. I was about 15secs off the leader with the sports hards.
 
you won the car, stock, no mods, no assists (ABS 1), with hard racing tires? I LITERALLY don't think you did.

Can't remember exactly what I put on it, but I never said stock. I said I didn't use racing softs which you claimed were required.

I believe I did an ECU tune, air filter and perhaps the catalytic converter in addition to the sport softs. ABS1 on a dualshock3.

It understeered quite badly, but if you slow down more for the corners it's not that bad.
 
Perhaps instead of blaming the car you should do what most of us do with cars that are "difficult" to drive and PRACTICE. The only way to get to know a car is to drive it. For one, you probably shouldn't be braking in the corner, but braking before the corner, coasting through, and accelerating out of it. Secondly, you are probably going into the corner way too fast. Also, if you're using a DS3, you might be hammering the throttle too much, causing you to lose traction. I'm not the best driver but I can tell you I have driven far worse than the Ford GT. It's probably one of my favorite street cars to be honest with you, can be fun to drive when you get to know it.
 
I can't believe how ****ing ****** it is. You literally cannot win without soft racing tires because the ****ing thing does not turn, and skids out at the slightest hint of steering while braking.

And yes, I have done this race already and gotten first, but have tried doing it without the tires and its not even remotely fun or challenging like some of the other ones, just purely frustrating. pisses me off.

You suck at driving.

just slamming on sports medium is enough to win.
 
Perhaps instead of blaming the car you should do what most of us do with cars that are "difficult" to drive and PRACTICE. The only way to get to know a car is to drive it. For one, you probably shouldn't be braking in the corner, but braking before the corner, coasting through, and accelerating out of it. Secondly, you are probably going into the corner way too fast. Also, if you're using a DS3, you might be hammering the throttle too much, causing you to lose traction. I'm not the best driver but I can tell you I have driven far worse than the Ford GT. It's probably one of my favorite street cars to be honest with you, can be fun to drive when you get to know it.

I'll just end after this post. The point of my rant/frustration is that you take the stock car and its impossible, you throw new ties on it and crush the field by 45 seconds.

I am not here for the typical "L2P" speech and I really think people aren't understanding me. I am by no means great at this game, but I am halfway decent. I encourage you guys to go try it, stock car, no mods, no assists, abs1, (I used a controller) and report back to me how you did. I believe you will change your tune.
If you still feel I am wrong and that the car doesn't suck in context of the challenge, the price, the lack of "fun'ness", etc. then we can just agree to disagree.
 
You can throw less powerful new tires on it, instead of going straight to the softest tire possible you know?

as i said sports medium makes a close race.
 
I'll just end after this post. The point of my rant/frustration is that you take the stock car and its impossible, you throw new ties on it and crush the field by 45 seconds.

I am not here for the typical "L2P" speech and I really think people aren't understanding me. I am by no means great at this game, but I am halfway decent. I encourage you guys to go try it, stock car, no mods, no assists, abs1, (I used a controller) and report back to me how you did. I believe you will change your tune.
If you still feel I am wrong and that the car doesn't suck in context of the challenge, the price, the lack of "fun'ness", etc. then we can just agree to disagree.


I already did.
Won with nothing but sport mediums. No other mods, assists, or adjustments, and with the DS3.

I thought it was the most fun race of the Seasonal 3 races.

However I did not win it in 2 or 3 tries.

I ran the the race all the way through several times learning the tendencies of the car and practicing the line, braking, speed to run and the throttle control necessary.

Kept running it and improving. After about a dozen or so runs I won it.
This is how to improve your driving skills.

Your own first statement should tell you something.
The gap between the tires is not where the problem is.
Its somewhere else.

Possibly you are new to the GT games or you never attempted the 200 A-spec races in GT4. Those races challenge you to drive, at times a severly handicapped car and yet find a way to win.

This race is child's play compared to many of those.
I understand your comments. They remind me of the old saying:

"If it was easy, anybody could do it"

Challenge yourself, and you will become a better driver, and the game won't become boring so quick.
 
Ford GT is one of my fav cars.

It's just like others said, you only have to adopt to the way it handles.

I remember Mazda Furai on Daytona like the wind, I f!@#$ up sth and it couldn't take any turns, it was like on ice driving, it took me week to finish the race with gold, but i did it.

Anyway, i'm a big fun of GT series since ps1, and still a noob to tuning.

regards
 
The sound of the Ford GT is just amazing (with 5.1). The car isn't the easiest to control but that is to be expected in a mid-engined super car.
 
DS3 user here as well, stock car, no oil change, everything off except ABS1 and sports soft, got 1st on first try... Sports soft was actually a little overkill so medium would have make it a real great race.
 
I will agree that the Ford GT sucks, for some reason. the balance is terrible. but it is capable of winning in stock form. also, the Ferrari Enzo is surprisingly trash in GT5, too. but the japanese made NSX handles like a dream....hmm......*strokes beard*
 
i thought it wasn't bad won the race with just sports softs nothing else was absolute breeze, oh btw is this a kid who made this post? whats with all the !!!!! and ranting, maybe spend less time on here and more time getting used to the car might help :sly:

EDIT: it isn't the worst car in the game maybe try a daihatsu midget or something with less than 20bhp im pretty sure the gt40's better.
 
Won with nothing but sport mediums.
i thought it wasn't bad won the race with just sports softs

I've won it with sports softs. I've won it with sports hard with light assists. what I am trying to do is win it in the stock form no assists (abs 1), and every time I do I am amazed at just how bad of a car it is. Again, talking the STOCK tires (sport hard) no assists. and the thing handles like an m1 abrams on roller skates. With sport softs/mediums its still handles like ****, but the race is winnable. With racing soft the thing is laughably easy, like "I'm gonna let it run while I take a piss real quick" easy.

Of course it beats a daihatsu midget (etc) head to head, but for being a high-end new car that one could reasonably have high expectations for, the ford GT sure drives like ****, especially when a lot of other lower-end cars drive a hell of a lot better *cough*the Japanese ones*cough*

My apologies for ranting. I'll go away now.
 
Whhhaaaaattt?! Ford GT is a phenomonal car. Its superbly balanced, magnificent torquey engine, looks great. Sure, if you give it full beans on corner exit it'll bite ya but which mid engined supercars don't?

I promise its your driving style which needs adjustment, nothing wrong with that car bone stock. Sport softs are easily good enough to win the race, clearly possible with mediums, hards are a real challenge. Racing tyres make it way too easy.
 
You basically disagreed with me then reiterated every point I have made.

Sport softs are easily good enough to win the race, clearly possible with mediums, hards are a real challenge. Racing tyres make it way too easy.
- you

STOCK tires (sport hard) no assists. and the thing handles like an m1 abrams on roller skates. With sport softs/mediums its still handles like ****, but the race is winnable. With racing soft the thing is laughably easy
- me
 
Ford GT is one of the superb handling cars that I've ever played in GT5. Just change tyres to soft racing and do some mods to lift hp, you'll win it. Btw, first post after more than 6 years inactive.
 
the thing handles like an m1 abrams on roller skates. With sport softs/mediums its still handles like ****.

LOL very true. Out of the box I hated too, it really needs some serious tuning to make it manageable. With a controller it must near impossible to drive because with wheel/pedals I'm at like 70% throttle on corner exit with some aggressive LSD settings. The other thing making this hard is the elevation changes, there are certain places on course where the car tries to kill you. Once you learn to back off or upshift to control wheel spin it becomes much easier. This is one od those cars tbat goes fast if you drive it slow. I'm a bad driver but won with sport mediums, custom tranny, and the following suspension settings:

-8 / -5
9.2 / 8.4
4 / 4
4 / 4
5 / 7

Alignment
2.0 / 1.0
-.30 / .30

LSD 35 / 55 / 5

Brakes 4 / 8
 
Worse than the RUF Yellowbird??

The Yellowbird's back end breaks free changing gears going down a straight!!!
 
I find the Ford GT an amazing car, especially when you spend money on tires. Drifting is great, exceptionally obedient. I love it and is almost as good as my ZR1.

Another complaint. Filed in my C:\Documents and Settings\Cool Story Bro
 
If you think the Ford GT is bad, go drive the Lambo Gallardo for a while. It is way more extreme at the behavior than the GT. After driving the Lambo for a while, I just got back in the GT and with minimal mods (ECU, racing air filter, and sport cat conv) was able to win the seasonal event on the 3rd try. Straightline braking and smooth throttle was definitely the key for me. Once I got that down, I was able to keep the car under control.
 
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