Got bitten by The Bug today.

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First of all, hello to everyone.

I'm apparently an utter newbie when it comes to this game. Even though I had spent years with GT2 I didn't see the real point of GT5 at all, I played it like any other car game. I play from the 3rd person view with the driving line and with traction control. I bought cars which I tuned to the maximum and destroyed the opponents in most of the A-Spec races. I found it rather boring and dull. I play with a DS3, so that doesn't help either. I had no idea the oil change feature had a point.

Then I found this forum and by reading what people have written here, I realised this game can be approached from a completely different angle. I started buying new cars (incl. UCD & OCD), and the only things I did to them was getting some new rubber (SS) and an oil change. At this point I realised I might be on to something.

Come this morning. I did the new time and drift trials and bought some cars from the UCD, one of them being a white 1999 Subaru Impreza Coupe WRX TypeR STI Version IV (holy hell that's a long name). Which was when it struck me. I have wanted to practice The Green Hell for a while now, and this car seemed perfect for it. I opened the practice mode and chose the normal Nordschleife. I then turned off the driving line and the traction control, I also changed to the roof view.

Three hours later I find myself still doing that "one more lap", I had had a massive urge to pee for over 45 minutes and I was hungry as a kid from the dark continent. Yet still, one more lap, freaking ghost car is getting away from me! I hated this track before.

So, to conclude and not make this a blog post. Tell us how you really got into this game and are you still passionate about it?
 
Rented it from Blockbuster before they went defunct to try it out. Like the graphics; hated the slow, slow cars in A-spec beginner. It grows on you.
 
Just wait until you get one of those:

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The Ring is magical when 12 of them are on the track at the same time. ;)
 
You'll be needing to get yourself a "mygranturismo.net" account soon to keep tabs on your cars and see if you want to trade anything for something better Impreza super touring is a nice car as well and also the CLK TOURING Car is awesome on the ring.
Check out Zegolfmans garage in my Signature give me a pm if you need help or advice( dont open tickets straight away) lol.
 
Just got my 100th car :) There's nothing really special about the Impreza I mentioned, it was just the car that got me inspired by the Ring.
 
No way a game like this can be beaten. This is a game for who love cars. It's the way you approach the game that makes it. So you can enjoy even beginner races (try FR challenge with a BMW 120d!) because cars are that.... fantastic. No matter of how many hp you have in the engine, no matter how it sucks cornering, no matter how fast or slow it is. Just give me an engine sound and a road, just make me control the thing on its limits.

And yes, hotlapping Nurburgring can be so addicting 👍 because the perfect lap can be your 3rd, or your 99th.
 
Exactly. I love cars with a great passion, every single thing about them makes me smile. Whenever I listen to that BRM race car soundtrack (it's on youtube, go find it) I get shivers all over my body. That's why I'm so happy I finally got into this game like it's supposed to be gotten into.
 
Well, you can complete it - certainly. At least when it comes to statistics.

Yet, having all cars and winning all races just isn't what Gran Turismo is about. :)
 
Mr. S
Just wait until you get one of those:

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The Ring is magical when 12 of them are on the track at the same time. ;)
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Too bad it ain't premium :(

Sort it out, Polyphony 👍
 
I bit the bug back. No bug bites me and gets away with it.
 
I was starting to get bored of GT5 myself, till I got hooked cruising around La Sarthe in a ZR-1 RM. For some reason it just was calling me. Now I spend an hr each night just going around La Sarthe in it with time change and full weather. My wife says the time/weather change is annoying, but thats only cause I have it set to 60 time change so I get a few sun rises/sets. But she also says she hasn't see anything like the sun rising after a light rain at 200mph.
 
He has seen the light, hallelujah!
 
Eezee
I opened the practice mode and chose the normal Nordschleife. I then turned off the driving line and the traction control, I also changed to the roof view. Three hours later I find myself still doing that "one more lap"...
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Try it with a Premium car, totally stock, with cockpit cam, & all HUD turned off next time on the Nordschleife, just for the immersion factor.


:drool:
 
Yeah, I bet that's even more awesome. All I want at the moment is a way to hook up a G27, which in this appartment is impossible :(
 
Got into the game after watching YouTube videos 5-6 months before release.

I was amazed by what I saw that I had to buy a PS3. So I did and patiently waited for GT5. By my luck though, I hardly got to play it on release day since I had to go with my dad out to California for thanksgiving directly after school.

But, I got hooked fast. Now after learning the in's-and-out's of the game (well...most of them anyways), I'm still hooked, though I don't play it as much now. The physics are (IMO) the best any console game has to offer, as well as the top-notch graphics that make late-afternoon/night time at the 'Ring look damn near real.


Some people call it junk, others call it half-done. I call fine enough. (BTW, watching the demo play while typing this...and a '70 Challenger is beating a '10 Camaro in an epic battle on the 'Ring around sunset. No wonder I love this game :drool: ).
 
Mr. S
Just wait until you get one of those:

The Ring is magical when 12 of them are on the track at the same time. ;)
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That thing looks awesome lol, I have never seen it in the ucd, what kind of benz is that?
 
190E touring car. I have only seen it twice in the UCD and bought it the first time it came up
 
I haven't felt that with GT5... I had it with the previous games, but not this one.
 
Try turnning off the hud once you get used to not using aids. It is awesome on a wet track at dawn! One of the best things that came out of one of the updates.
 
The best thing is joining one of the leagues on here. Last week, we were racing IS-F RM on sport softs on Le Sarthe (excellent combo by the way, try it out!) and the second race was 10 laps. I was battling for the entire 10 laps with one guy, we were side by side into the Ford Chicanes on the final lap, but their was no way I would be denied, it was just the adrenaline rush of it all made me come home before him.

At times, this game can be epic. Another good combo for racing is a heavy tuned 370Z, sport softs, on Indy Road.
 
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