Gran Tursimo 5 A-Spec denies much needed pit stop.

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Is this happening to you?

  • Yes! *Throws PS3 controller*

    Votes: 8 17.8%
  • No *Sips on wine and continues to play using a white glove*

    Votes: 37 82.2%

  • Total voters
    45
  • Poll closed .
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Kibagami_Jubei
Update: Problem solved. For the small percentage of us that did not know (as per poll votes), to receive a pit, slow down and enter the pit trail since the very beginning. Not doing and entering since the very beginning is asking for trouble and will not allow you to receive the pit stop (although I did eventually receive one while doing this wrong for some reason). Original post below of my encounter with this issue, or (in reality) non-issue.

I have kept away from endurance races for the mere fact I am unable to complete them in one sitting. So unless I am not in the know, why does the game allow a pit stop when it feels like it rather than giving it to me when i need/want it like in B-Spec? I needed new tires and fuel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJqXCLq9cwQ

I then am forced to be in red on the fuel guage and I was still denied a pit stop! WTF?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhQP5XfuUU4

I am now forced to 49MPH due to extremely low fuel AND I AM STILL DENIED A PIT STOP!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3EzHMVp7j0

After I am blessed with the option to have a pit stop, I save and quit to resume the game later cuz hey, the mid-race save feature is here and its great to use it right? WRONG! After restarting the game (after eating some much needed food, mmmmmm) I am allowed to resume my game but the pit stop IS SKIPPED and I am left with a car with ZERO FUEL. Car no longer runs and is stalled for the rest of the endurance race!!!!! I never knew you could actually finish 100% of youre fuel in GT. Good thing I wasnt doing the 24 hour one.

(Awaiting Youtube upload completion, then video link will be inserted here)

I know am left to finish the endurance race stalled. I did not want to quit because of hopes of getting atleast some XP points for this madness. As of this writing, i still have left 10 mins left on this 4 hour Roadster endurance race. I am position 12/12 unfortunelty.
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...ok, since i am unable to finish the current lap my car will stay stalled and finishing is not an option

(Awaiting Youtube upload completion, then video link will be inserted here)
 
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entering the pits too fast or at the wrong point will cause you to just drive through the pits. pretty sure your video will confirm this (if you video's yourself trying to pit)
 
entering the pits too fast or at the wrong point will cause you to just drive through the pits. pretty sure your video will confirm this (if you video's yourself trying to pit)

Probably this. Try not to enter the pits through the grass. But until then, the videos needs to be uploaded.
 
Looking at the vid you enter the pits WAY too late, the entrance is much further back, maybe that's the problem?
 
The speed looks fine (50mph is reasonable right?), but you're entering the pitlane by driving over the grass which makes the game resets your car and auto-drive you into the pit. If you enter the pitlane in the correct way, I'm sure it'll work properly.
 
You entered them in the wrong place. Enter at the beginning of the final curve. Also, if you run out of gas, you just go around the track at 50 km/h. You don't stop.
 
Probably this. Try not to enter the pits through the grass. But until then, the videos needs to be uploaded.

Well, when u have zero tread on both front tires aiming for the "perfect" pit stop enterence is kinda hard. If my pit stop is invalid, then why does the game take control of my car and adjusts my speed just to do nothing at the pit?
 
Looking at the vid you enter the pits WAY too late, the entrance is much further back, maybe that's the problem?

yup. you need to enter pit lane, and then your set. trying to get in at the last possible moment does not work in GT5 at all. Be a proper racer and its a non issue.
 
Well, when u have zero tread on both front tires aiming for the "perfect" pit stop enterence is kinda hard. If my pit stop is invalid, then why does the game take control of my car and adjusts my speed just to do nothing at the pit?

Try again entering through the tarmac road into the pits while at the same speed, see if that works. Slow down the car if you have to.
 
Well, when u have zero tread on both front tires aiming for the "perfect" pit stop enterence is kinda hard.

Perfect isn't really relevant. Appropriate is. You're trying to pit in over grass or solid yellow lines - when was the last time you saw a pitlane entry that consisted of a grass verge the drivers had to go over or a solid yellow line?

If my pit stop is invalid, then why does the game take control of my car and adjusts my speed just to do nothing at the pit?

There is a pitlane speed limit. You aren't permitted to drive full blast through the pits if you get the entry wrong...

Enter the pitlane at the right place (broken yellow or white lines - usually yellow) and the right speed and you won't have an issue. Drive into it too fast and in the wrong place and you'll continue to be "denied".
 
Well, when u have zero tread on both front tires aiming for the "perfect" pit stop enterence is kinda hard. If my pit stop is invalid, then why does the game take control of my car and adjusts my speed just to do nothing at the pit?



To be fair its a lot easier to get in the pit lane & do the "perfect" pit stop if you do it in the right place. Its about 18 seconds in in your video
 
The pitlane entrance is at 18 seconds in the video. What makes you think the correct pitlane entrance requires you to drive over grass?

GT5 is not perfect, but you can't blame it in this instance. You're at fault here.
 
@Famine I see. Hmmmm...well, the game eventually let me do it using the same method. I think i nailed it on the second video i am about to post, at this point i did enter the beginning of the pit but touched a patch of grass slighty. I beleive I should have been given this pit, what do you think(after you see the second video)?

The pitlane entrance is at 18 seconds in the video. What makes you think the correct pitlane entrance requires you to drive over grass?

GT5 is not perfect, but you can't blame it in this instance. You're at fault here.

I would like youre opinion on my second video pit enterence. I guess I was not doing it proper yet again? I did touch a patch of grass again but i did go in early. Does this justify a pit denial in youre opinion?
My apologize, it is actually the 3rd video I am speaking of. At this point i was doing a forced top speed of 49MPH and i think i got in pretty good.
 
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Yeah, you need to go in at the entrance of pit road, look for it on the right hand side of the track just before the last turn.
 
Golden rule in avoiding the glitch: Get on pit lane when it shows up, and slow down as soon as possible.

If you're up multiple laps, then no need to risk it.

In both of those videos, you revealed the main culprit of why the glitch is occurring.

I would like to suggest a sticky'd thread where these videos are posted, and give an insight into why this glitch occurs.

Hopefully this cuts down on threads asking why this glitch is occurring.👍
 
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You're still going across the grass.
PD should atleast give me a heads up that I am doing something wrong via a pop up message or the like. Something as simple as "Pit stop should be entered at below XXMPH and entered since the start of the pit enterence". If I drive in reverse on the track, guess what? I see an icon in the middle of the screen letting me know I am doing something wrong. Since I do not get this message, I am lead to believe I am good. My eventual allowed pit stop did not deviate from previous ones, I wonder why I allowed to do so that time.
 
Golden rule in avoiding the glitch: Get on pit lane when it shows up, and slow down as soon as possible.

If you're up multiple laps, then no need to risk it.

In both of those videos, you revealed the main culprit of why the glitch is occurring.

I would like to suggest a sticky'd thread where these videos are posted, and give an insight into why this glitch occurs.

Hopefully this cuts down on threads asking why this glitch is occurring.👍

If you mean the glitch when resuming the race, it happens at random, regardless of how fast or slow you enter pit road or where you choose to suspend the race.

Love the drawing by the way Lancer. :lol:
 
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Actually the glitch happens at random, regardless of how fast or slow you enter pit road or where you choose to suspend the race.

Love the drawing by the way Lancer. :lol:

Really then?

Are there any videos up on Youtube that this glitch occurs by random chance?

I've tried, but failed.
 
I never had problems with it, all you got to do is enter the pit at the "entrance." Do you even see it the entrace or you just ignore it?
 
Really then?

Are there any videos up on Youtube that this glitch occurs by random chance?

I've tried, but failed.

I've had it happen multiple times on the 9 hours. Even after slowing down to an appropriate speed, which by the way, more often than not, when the AI takes control of the car it actually steps on the gas for a second or two before the pit prompt comes up, so you might end up saving the race when the car is accelerating instead of cruising on pit road. I always wait until the car is cruising down pit lane on the front straight but it still happens once in a while.

A patch is all we can hope for. Either that, or get good at the spin-out technique to make the AI drive onto pit road again, that's what I did.
 
Common sense... Gray stuff is good, green is not.

I should note that I am a Gran Turismo vet since the original and I have always blasted my way into pit stops like if I were playing Crusin USA(doesn't have pit stop but you hardly use you're breaks in the old arcade classic ). No problems until now. Must be something in the updates. Also, in the Extreme Series, there are events where pit stops are needed like the Formula GT championship (I think). Never had problem using my unorthodox technique (fast and late entrances). I think i would have learned by now If I were truly doing something wrong back then dont you think? If this is due to the recent updates and now requires us to enter pit stops like we would be in real world, then they should also include disqualifying me from a race when I use another car as brakes while doing a high speed turn. I have no problem doing a pit stop "properly". I love GT and the people over at PD but we should have been given a heads up of some sorts that were/are (if this is truly is not a glitch) doing something wrong.
 
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PD should atleast give me a heads up that I am doing something wrong via a pop up message or the like. Something as simple as "Pit stop should be entered at below XXMPH and entered since the start of the pit enterence". If I drive in reverse on the track, guess what? I see an icon in the middle of the screen letting me know I am doing something wrong. Since I do not get this message, I am lead to believe I am good. My eventual allowed pit stop did not deviate from previous ones, I wonder why I allowed to do so that time.


Well, if it were to stay true to the racing regs, the game would give you a penalty - drive-thru, stop-n-go, or even DQ for repeated instances of breaking the rules. Would you like that better?
 
It's all you. Take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming PD.
Now start over and try again with some feeling.
 
Well, if it were to stay true to the racing regs, the game would give you a penalty - drive-thru, stop-n-go, or even DQ for repeated instances of breaking the rules. Would you like that better?

Not a bad idea there. Some events could be true to life, maybe not all of them (maybe even a separate series dedicated to this) but to give a sense of realism, I dont see why not.

It's all you. Take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming PD.
Now start over and try again with some feeling.

Again, I have no problem doing a pit stop "properly" :dunce: if that is the problem, I will try this the next time the game is popped in. But since the game doesnt tell me im doing it wrong and does allow me to go into the pit stop (without stopping and since the AI takes over) how the heck should I know it wants me to be perfect. Again, also, using the same method I used all these times it did eventually give me the pit menu. How do you explain that?
 
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