Grinding and Practicing

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First off, I am by no means a 'top-notch' driver, nor am I anywhere close. I do however only use Racing tires on real Race cars (or RMs or cars I have chosen to get as close to Race Spec as possible that aren't RMable- like the RUF RGT or ZZII or something like that) and even then I only use Racing Hards.

Anyways, there is a lot of talk about Grinding in ridiculously overpowered cars for the sake of 'earning' money. My approach has always been to try to get a legitimate win, using the same tires as the competition, etc. I usually give myself a handicap of 50-100 PP, but since I am no Stig, I don't get first too often. I do, however do races over and over, slowly improving lap times and tweaking my tuning, and I realized that it results in me amassing large amounts of money as though I were grinding.

Just wondering if anyone else approaches things similarly.

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I know others prepare their cars similarly, but from I have read, it seems like they are better drivers than I, and defeat the AI anyways.
 
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First off, I am by no means a 'top-notch' driver, nor am I anywhere close. I do however only use Racing tires on real Race cars (or RMs or cars I have chosen to get as close to Race Spec as possible that aren't RMable- like the RUF RGT or ZZII or something like that) and even then I only use Racing Hards.

Anyways, there is a lot of talk about Grinding in ridiculously overpowered cars for the sake of 'earning' money. My approach has always been to try to get a legitimate win, using the same tires as the competition, etc. I usually give myself a handicap of 50-100 PP, but since I am no Stig, I don't get first too often. I do, however do races over and over, slowly improving lap times and tweaking my tuning, and I realized that it results in me amassing large amounts of money as though I were grinding.

Just wondering if anyone else approaches things similarly.

Edit:

I know others prepare their cars similarly, but from I have read, it seems like they are better drivers than I, and defeat the AT anyways.
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You go faster with a shirt on. :p
 
Well, somehow I did the opposite thing.
I set the car within the same range with AI, if I won easily, then I reduce my car performance, race again, over and over until I find the race is most challenging. Once I found it, I note down the arrangement and then give it to my friends to try it out.
 
diptob79
Well, somehow I did the opposite thing.
I set the car within the same range with AI, if I won easily, then I reduce my car performance, race again, over and over until I find the race is most challenging. Once I found it, I note down the arrangement and then give it to my friends to try it out.
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Yeah, I guess by tuning I mean just adjusting suspension and things like that. I have some sort of inferiority complex after spending too much time watching really fast replays on youtube and comparing laptimes, where I feel like I must FORCE myself to be as good as the other people. Maybe I should just slap on that turbo and catch that stupid Zonda and Mclaren F1 that keep embarrassing me in the Supercar Seasonal.
 
Adrenaline
I'd be much happier if there was a payout for laps run in practice mode. :(
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It wouldn't make any sense, but i would also love to have this, even if it was something small, because recently, i have been just doing time trials.
 
It depends on my mood. I always try to match my tyres with my opponents while PP is something I like to use as an advantage or disadvantage.
 
True GT5 story... I was losing races in the Supercar Festival Seasonal Events (back when I disabled Traction Control and ABS) in my McLaren F1. Since going back to default settings (TCS at 5; ABS at 1), I've been winning. Part of the reason was that I was using Racing tires for my McLaren F1. Just yesterday, I was on Sports Medium tires. I lost on that generated Eifel course by 20 seconds trying to keep the McLaren on the road- all because of switching to Sports tires.

I say if your car was tuned for racing rather than being a "sports car," slap on some Racing rubber and go get after the win. That was one of the fallacies I faced playing Gran Turismo 4- where the majority of races required Standard/Sports tires. Vastly tuned cars could be overbearingly crappy to drive if they handle better on racing tires than with Standard/Sports tires.

So what I've learned was that you basically tune your car to your heart's delight. So what if its performance far overshadows the competition? They should have brought better cars! :) If there are no Performance Point restrictions, and if there are no real restrictions on what cars to bring, bring your finest four-wheeled weapon to the fight and go all out for the win. That's what I would especially recommend if you keep losing a certain race and want to dominate so that you don't have to race it again.
 
Yeah. I know I could easily dominate with race tires or adding a wing for more aero, but something about it is less fun for me if I haven't been desperately trying to beat the race for like 3 hours straight.

The other annoying thing about the Supercar Festival is the lineups. I made probably close to 100 attempts yesterday and the day before (I got a 1000 ticket, haha) in my GSX-R/4 and a detuned ZZ-II, but could never get anywhere near the ZOnda or F1 in first and second places. They just built up too much of a lead while I was fighting through the pack. I could gain a few seconds on them here and there, but with only 8 laps, I never caught them. Then I did it again, no Zonda, no F1, but an Enzo and XJR and some others... I was in first by lap 3 or so, and then dominated for the rest of the race. How hard could it be for PD to make all the cars in a race competitive with each other, and then I could just tune to match all of them?
 

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