Hard Seasonal events!

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First off, I do use a wheel and pedals. Logitech GT Driving Force. Not a fan of driving with the DS3. I find that most of the seasonal events are easy to reach gold. Chasing down the top times on the TT leader board is another story. I push myself to improve lap times and with the help of folks on this site i have made great progress. Great tunes and changing my driving style have made a big difference. I agree that getting a time penalty because the AI slam into you is BS. It is what it is and I do my best to avoid this. I know, not always possible. They have a mind of their own. Running these seasonal events is more challenging than playing the in game races. Good way to rack up the credits.
 
I like these challenging holliday seasonals, especially the survival races. Nice to race with AI that can find their throttle and use it.
 
The two overtake challenge's and drift are quite challenge this time, it took me an afternoon to achieve gold. You just have to take many tries to find 'your way' to drive as fast and smooth as you can.

BTW, I use DS3
 
UltimateLurker
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It wasn't a real statistic. :lol: I'm ds3 user myself and i always check the leaderboard to see what is possible with it.
You will often find ds3 players in the top20 of the events.
It's a fact that for the most seasonals there is no significant difference between ds3 and wheel.
Some people use the ds3 as a excuse for being several seconds slower than the top guys, but in fact they are just not as good as they think.
 
yikadaemu
There is a significant difference if you are using a controller or a wheel. From what I have been reading and comparing the two, steering wheel systems seem to gain anywhere from 2 to 4 seconds average per lap against a controller. A steering wheel is far more precise. You can usually get a feel for how it is going to go within the first two laps of the race and dump the race before you invest too much time and frustration. The most fun I have is in the Beg. and Inter. races because of a greater variety of cars with which to work. To me, race cars are race cars, I can set them so they all drive the same. Production rides unmodified are the most fun because you have to learn their strengths and weaknesses. More challenge that way.
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I started using the wheel yesterday but can't manage even reaching bronze in any recent drift trials. I mean I normally get golds. The races are fairly easier but some are still hard.
 
Considering the large payouts for these holiday seasonals, they should be more difficult.

Additionally, I didn't have the XJ13 or the Huayra in my garage until I finished those overtake challenges.

I appreciate the challenge, but I'm glad I have a wheel. I used to be pretty good with a DS3 on GT5, but I've been playing GT6 with a wheel since last Christmas. I'm definitely faster with the wheel now, but my DS3 skills have also declined.
 
yikadaemu
There is a significant difference if you are using a controller or a wheel. From what I have been reading and comparing the two, steering wheel systems seem to gain anywhere from 2 to 4 seconds average per lap against a controller. A steering wheel is far more precise. You can usually get a feel for how it is going to go within the first two laps of the race and dump the race before you invest too much time and frustration. The most fun I have is in the Beg. and Inter. races because of a greater variety of cars with which to work. To me, race cars are race cars, I can set them so they all drive the same. Production rides unmodified are the most fun because you have to learn their strengths and weaknesses. More challenge that way.
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There is not that much time gained with a wheel. I'm not a second faster with the wheel at Laguna Secs. But I am able to string 10 consecutive laps together within a tenth of each other. I cannot get anywhere near that with the sticks. Those consecutive laps help me find those hundredths though.

It also cuts my time in half. I can be as fast in 15 minutes with the wheel versus 30 minutes with the sticks.
In GT5 with the sticks, when I had hours a day to perfect my skill, I got pretty good. Now with GT6 and a DFGT I'm playing a tenth of that and I'm relatively the same level of player.
 
machine1121
Considering the large payouts for these holiday seasonals, they should be more difficult.

Additionally, I didn't have the XJ13 or the Huayra in my garage until I finished those overtake challenges.

I appreciate the challenge, but I'm glad I have a wheel. I used to be pretty good with a DS3 on GT5, but I've been playing GT6 with a wheel since last Christmas. I'm definitely faster with the wheel now, but my DS3 skills have also declined.
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I really can't play with my DS3 anymore after using the wheel. The only problem I face with the new OT seasonal events is the penalty/disqualifying against touching a opponent. I smashed them with silver but avoiding the opponents lacks my speed and preparation for turning.
 
UltimateLurker
The thing I don't like about the Seasonal challenges is that they are unfair. If I hit a car, I can understand a penalty, but if they hit me, I get the same penalty? You can scrape down the side of a car, no problem, but you can't tap their bumper? They give you a massively powerful car that drives like it's on ice skates, and you can't even touch the wall on a super tight track? They make challenges where you have to use the gas and brake at the same time to maintain down-force? I could go on, and on, and on.

Sometimes I think they forgot about us DS3 users too.
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Go play driveclub. I promise you a broken controller within an hour.
 
Seasonal events are just too hard?

You clearly aren't pushing yourself to do better. That's the issue with people nowadays; they want everything to be easy in only a few tries. That's not a challenge, and for a game that deems itself as "The Real Driving Simulator", I think they should impose a few challenges in their game. This weeds out who is willing to try and who is considered a "casual gamer".

I aim for gold anything on Gran Turismo. That calls for changing my driving style, braking points, the feel of the car at hand, and etc. You have to learn how to drive the car, and I'm sorry but if you can't be bothered to learn, then you shouldn't be upset about not achieving gold. You're not going to get it in the beginning, but it takes a lot of practice and repetition to get to your goal.

Now, get out there and try again.
 
Aki Ishikawa
Seasonal events are just too hard?



I aim for gold anything on Gran Turismo. That calls for changing my driving style, braking points, the feel of the car at hand, and etc. You have to learn how to drive the car, and I'm sorry but if you can't be bothered to learn, then you shouldn't be upset about not achieving gold. You're not going to get it in the beginning, but it takes a lot of practice and repetition to get to your goal.

Now, get out there and try again.
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Well said.
 
Castrol96
I started using the wheel yesterday but can't manage even reaching bronze in any recent drift trials. I mean I normally get golds. The races are fairly easier but some are still hard.
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You were right to trust your feelings (sometimes subjective is objective :lol: ) ; PD says that the 'seasonal' Seasonals were made more difficult because of the high payouts.

You know where they say stuff? Right. That place. :)
 
Some of these challenges took me a good couple of hours practice, but the feeling of satisfaction is much greater when you actually have to do everything perfect . Add a few of us as friends on PSN and you can learn the quickest racing lines for the time trials. Also don't always use the suggested gears, they are sometimes wrong and you can be faster using a higher gear.

For the ten lap races try using a good tune from one of the garages .Priano and Exeter are good tuning shops. Honda hsv 10 worked for me.
 
PD wants to make GT6 players more skillful than other driving simulation. Remember, it's F.I.A. approved simulation racing game ...
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steve nfs
PD wants to make GT6 players more skillful than other driving simulation. Remember, it's F.I.A. approved simulation racing game ...
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So its best to keep practicing, you know I missed about 9 months worth seasonal events. When GT6 was released the first months were fine, I achieved golds in all but sometime in spring this year I gave up. Maybe was my Exams, because I put my PS3 away for 6 months.
 
UltimateLurker
The thing I don't like about the Seasonal challenges is that they are unfair. If I hit a car, I can understand a penalty, but if they hit me, I get the same penalty? You can scrape down the side of a car, no problem, but you can't tap their bumper? They give you a massively powerful car that drives like it's on ice skates, and you can't even touch the wall on a super tight track? They make challenges where you have to use the gas and brake at the same time to maintain down-force? I could go on, and on, and on.

Sometimes I think they forgot about us DS3 users too.
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Unfair or not it forces me te be precise in cornering and fair to the opponent (ai or not).
Easy is only for the ego..
 
Castrol96
.................... I'm pretty much a Pro now....................
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Did you compete in GTA 2014 and if so where did you finish in rank? That's a good benchmark for me to understand your skill level. Then I can offer up some meaningful advice. Cheers.
 
ALB123
Embrace the struggle.
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This. I don't know about you, but the main reason why I play GT6 is to become a better driver, not because it's fun to rack up credits to buy new virtual cars (although it is a lot of fun). If you can't appreciate a challenge, then you have reached a dead end. I spent an hour going at the Mount Panorama overtake challenge without ABS or anything else until I got gold. I can't say it was 100% enjoyable, it was frustrating at times, but the satisfaction I got when I finally managed to cleanly overtake that Aventador on the last corner was priceless. Of course right after that I tried again with ABS and instantly went a full second quicker but it doesn't matter, that's what GT6 is all about for me; challenge, hard work and ultimately pride.
 
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Castrol96
I've been playing GT since 2001 and I'm pretty much a Pro now.
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Clearly you're not quite as good as you think you are.

The top time is 4.5s quicker than the target time... that's plenty of room for anyone to get gold.
 
The more challenging seasonals are nothing more than an opportunity to get better.
I played GT5, but never online. GT6 was my first go at "seasonal" racing. I noticed that they were sometimes more challenging. And some of them still cause me to curse wildly at times. But I stick with it because once I've conquered a race I know I'm that much of a better driver.
These days I'm able to gold any time trial or overtake. But I still am barely capable when it comes to drifting. And the only reason I started drifting was because there was a specific paint chip that I really wanted. I managed to get just good enough to achieve it and the feeling of having picked up a new skill is more rewarding that the paint chip!
But I also know that I'm far from "Pro" at it. Right now I would really like to win that S2000 that is the reward for one of the current drift seasonals. I haven't even come close. So far, in fact, that I'll probably run out of time. But I'm not complaining about it.
The beauty of GT6 is that you can improve on your skills while having fun at the same time.
So long as you have the right frame of mind!!
 
Ed_Night
It's a fact that for the most seasonals there is no significant difference between ds3 and wheel.Some people use the ds3 as a excuse for being several seconds slower than the top guys, but in fact they are just not as good as they think.
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You will generally find 1-2 guys in the top 50 using a DS3, and one guy in the top 100 using the d-pad (wow). Simply put; the wheel allows you to be more precise, so faster times are are almost a given, unless you don't understand smoothness glue.

I know how good I am with the DS3, consistently within the top 400 in the world in the challenges where you can't tune the car. It is what it is, and that's good enough for me :).
 
kapnk006
Did you compete in GTA 2014 and if so where did you finish in rank? That's a good benchmark for me to understand your skill level. Then I can offer up some meaningful advice. Cheers.
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I smashed it all with Golds! Not hard at all. Same with all the GT Academy's.

Stotty
Clearly you're not quite as good as you think you are.

The top time is 4.5s quicker than the target time... that's plenty of room for anyone to get gold.
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No. I'm pretty much fine with the Seasonal's but the problem is being close as 0.5 seconds to gold! Often I reach this record and tend to give up! I just get tired. Drift challenges seem to be fine as I achieve golds sometimes but the new ones are too difficult.
I'll try and upload replays for proof ;)
 
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I don't consider myself a "pro" but I think the difficulty is just about right for GT6.

I've golded every single seasonal event since day one and I'm about an average driver by gtp's standard.
 
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kapnk006
OK, great, so what was your ranking in GTA 2014? Cheers.
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Thanks. "I'm being honest and I'm not trying to hide my rank, I have forgotten it! The problem was I had exams to focus on at the months and I had a quick go on GTA late. So I assume my ranks must have been low to what I could have made it to with my Potential. And if I find it "somehow" it wont be my best. So, there you go.
 

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