Has your IRL driving been effected by GT5 release?

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I know mine has.

Yesterday I was driving my '02 wrx home from work, I found myself drafting a semi truck for about a mile, I used to do this a lot when I had a big ass yukon to increase mpg but since I've had my little wrx I haven't done it at all until yesterday.

Another one from yesterday. There's a really fun exit on my way home, I usually down**** to 4th edge off onto the exit, downshift to 3rd and then gracefully enter the merge lane, floor it, wait for turbo lag then I'm up to speed, no braking necessary. I do this everyday. Yesterday I downshifted to 3rd right off, floored it, braked hard, heel toed down to 2nd took the turn at 40mph started to floor then saw a 3 series bmw in front of me merging soooo slowly, I instinctively shouted "mother****er dirtying up my line!". Has GT warped your daily driving as bad as it has mine?
 
Keep it on the track or otherwise safe environment, please.

I'm not gunna lie and say I don't heel and toe into corners on my daily commute when it's completely unnecessary. I wouldn't say it's because of GT5 though, I've always pretended I'm a racecar driver :)
 
I find myself overtaking people on the inside line when thier entering a drive-thru... they usually swear at me :)
 
hahahaha! That's nuts!

I unknowingly was going over the speed limit and got a ticket yesterday. Clocked 65 in a 40.. I don't know what happened! Just blanked because I was excited to come home to play GT5! lol Funny thing is, I didn't even feel bad about the ticket. haha Ah well, I'm sure I'll feel bad when I have to go pay it.
 
I'm not sure if it's affected my real driving, but the other drivers seem to have worse AI than anything anyone has said about GT5.

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It's pretty snowy where I live. When I go to work and pull into the parking lot, sometimes my car begins to fishtale/drift and i control it fairly well after playing this game on the snow rally courses.

I like how we all think going 55 behind a semi truck is drafting...but it is so much fun.
 
Save it up and go autocrossing. Do a few autocrosses, get to the point where you're really driving at 10/10ths, and you'll find yourself behaving MUCH MUCH better on the street -- mainly because after you've really truly driven a car at the limit in a controlled environment, you'll realize how incredibly stupid it is to do so on the road.

I'll drive at 7/10ths or 8/10ths on a public road, but I don't fool myself into thinking that I'm acting like a race car driver. Even when I've done a track day on a road course, I didn't go beyond 7/10ths or 8/10ths, because stuffing up a $30,000 car in real life really sucks (unlike GT).
 
Yep went to look in the rear view mirror on the highway yesterday, as I looked I reached my left thumb over to the bottom button the Dpad..... turns out I dont have a DFGT installed in my car.

That was one of those "youve got to wake up" moments. Still got a laugh out of the terrified look my girlfriend gave me after I told her. She was on edge for the rest of the ride.
 
I am not saying I do it on purpose...it's just on the rare occassion that I do fishtale in the winter, I am more prepared to handle the situation.
 
timf08
It's pretty snowy where I live. When I go to work and pull into the parking lot, sometimes my car begins to fishtale/drift and i control it fairly well after playing this game on the snow rally courses.
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Oh yeah, I live in Colorado and have a nice set of yokohama snow tires it's a fun combo. :)

I get the other dude telling me to save it for the track, you're right, I shouldn't endanger other driver's, and honestly I don't. Tailgating a semi isn't really dangerous for anyone but me, but you're right about heel toeing, I shouldn't do it when others are around.

Another question, do any of you guys have homemade tracks? When it's really late at night like 3am, I'll take my wrx out and run a lap or two around cheeseman park, Coloradoans know what I'm talking about. There are speedbumps everywhere so you can only link a few turns together at a time but it's still damn fun, not really unsafe either, crosswalks have huge speedbumps under them at this park so there's no way I'm going to fly over them.
 
jbrennen
Save it up and go autocrossing. Do a few autocrosses, get to the point where you're really driving at 10/10ths, and you'll find yourself behaving MUCH MUCH better on the street -- mainly because after you've really truly driven a car at the limit in a controlled environment, you'll realize how incredibly stupid it is to do so on the road.

I'll drive at 7/10ths or 8/10ths on a public road, but I don't fool myself into thinking that I'm acting like a race car driver. Even when I've done a track day on a road course, I didn't go beyond 7/10ths or 8/10ths, because stuffing up a $30,000 car in real life really sucks (unlike GT).
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Agreed, I've only pushed my car to the limit once and that was on a mountain road, I hit some gravel and almost went off the cliff, like not "whew! That was close!", more like *SCRRREEEEACH* cloud of smoke dissapates, total silence.

I need to chill on my driving....

Sorry for double posting, I'm on a smartphone.
 
i got a ticket after i went and bought a PS3, GT5 and a small LED LCD TV. 221 dollars killed my wallet even more after i just spent 600 dollars -__-. this was last week btw lol.
 
RustyNut
...but you're right about heel toeing, I shouldn't do it when others are around.
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Essentially all of my downshifts are rev-matched downshifts. When you spend a couple of years with a daily driver which has a racing clutch installed, rev-matching just becomes second nature. It's not an aggressive thing at all, it's actually the opposite -- taking care of your clutch and transmission, and keeping the car from jerking unnecessarily when the clutch engages. And if you're downshifting while braking, rev-matching means heel-toeing.

Once you get to the point where the motions are second nature, then not rev-matching, or not heel-toeing, just feels awful.
 
jbrennen
Essentially all of my downshifts are rev-matched downshifts. When you spend a couple of years with a daily driver which has a racing clutch installed, rev-matching just becomes second nature. It's not an aggressive thing at all, it's actually the opposite -- taking care of your clutch and transmission, and keeping the car from jerking unnecessarily when the clutch engages. And if you're downshifting while braking, rev-matching means heel-toeing.

Once you get to the point where the motions are second nature, then not rev-matching, or not heel-toeing, just feels awful.
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Plus rev-matching just sounds so nice. :sly:
 
Not in the slightest. I'd have to say the older Gran Turismo games had an effect on my driving though, particularly GT4. The older ones definatly had an effect too but I really didn't start driving till around 2003ish
 
euros only
Simply put no
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euros only
Simply put no
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Lol, why am I not surprised that's coming from a German? ;)

My girlfriend's friend from Germany came out to visit a few months ago, she really wanted to drive on big ol' Amurrican roads so obviously I let her drive my car knowing how high Germans set the bar for driver's tests. She drove very disciplined, she was an excellent driver! I wasn't surprised, just impressed, gotta hand it to you guys, you can really churn out some highly disciplined, competent drivers. :)
 
RustyNut
I know mine has.

Yesterday I was driving my '02 wrx home from work, I found myself drafting a semi truck for about a mile, I used to do this a lot when I had a big ass yukon to increase mpg but since I've had my little wrx I haven't done it at all until yesterday.

Another one from yesterday. There's a really fun exit on my way home, I usually down**** to 4th edge off onto the exit, downshift to 3rd and then gracefully enter the merge lane, floor it, wait for turbo lag then I'm up to speed, no braking necessary. I do this everyday. Yesterday I downshifted to 3rd right off, floored it, braked hard, heel toed down to 2nd took the turn at 40mph started to floor then saw a 3 series bmw in front of me merging soooo slowly, I instinctively shouted "mother****er dirtying up my line!". Has GT warped your daily driving as bad as it has mine?
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No, I dont drive IRL as in GT5..
 
90% of my driving is off-road so it really doesn't apply for me as the only way I know how to turn is with my right foot which usually doesn't bode well in the game. I have been going faster I've noticed, but I think it has more to do with getting a new set of rear tires on the truck the same day I bought the game. Perfect slides through a turn every time now.
 
I spent all day today driving my Kia Sorento in sport mode (auto-shift). I always drive like a racecar driver because my life is consumed by racing so I wouldn't say GT5 has changed anything.
 

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