I am grinding B-spec right now, so that I can get an X2010. I think it's about 14+ hours of straight grinding to get from level 31 to level 32. I am doing it by having Bob drive the FGT that I also had to grind using a RM'd ZR1 in order to raise the credits to afford. All in all, I think this is costing about 7 days of leaving the PS3 on 24/7 in order to "earn" the X2010 so that I can enjoy driving it when I want.
All I wanted was to be able to use any car this game has in fair and competitive online matches and to be able to practice with em like I want offline. "Grinding" to me is doing somethine I dislike in order to attain something I want. I don't think a game should be "grinding". You shouldn't have to "earn" anything by throwing away a ton of your time doing boring repetitive **** because it gives you the most credits and exp. The cars should just be there for you to pick and choose and drive. I would never grind a-spec like I am doing on b-spec. And I think grinding b-spec is just wasting electricity and the world would be better off if were just gifted the damn cars already. I mean, really....how does starting an endourance B-spec race and then shutting off your tv and going to sleep, waking up to the race being completed and getting 1/20th closer to completing a level make sense or makes anyone feel like they earned anything other then a trophy in how to be wasteful?
Well the developers clearly made the game for you to progress and earn cars, not to have them all unlocked from the start. What a novel concept, it's just like any other game out there (you have to progress to unlock things)! Just because you want the car NOW doesn't mean the developers must give it to you NOW or that you deserve to have it straight from the start.
As far as B-Spec is concerned, such a shame that you just earn money and cars for doing nothing eh? I can't believe you're upset that you can earn stuff for letting your PS3 run when you're not using it.
I'm not saying whether it's right or not or whether or not it's time for change, but GT has never been about having all cars unlocked from the go. Even in Arcade Mode so why would you assume they owe you all cars from the start?
And as much as you guys want to blame PD to make it seem like it's not an exploit or as though you're not exploiting out of choice, well you're wrong. It's clear that they tried to take measures to prevent duplication and abuse of the gifting system by not letting you share saves between PSNs, whether they patch this or throw in the white towel realizing that people will always find something to exploit is another question. Please enough with the annoying justifications trying to make PD the bad guys. Why the heck do you guys all get so angry when someone is upset about you exploiting the game? Especially when they worked hard to get something and you came in and got it for nothing, it's understandable that they are upset and they don't want these exploits to be done. Just because someone is upset with you does not mean you need to attack them back.
And just so you don't think I'm all high and mighty on you, I used the Birthday exploit while it was still easy and I admit that. I'm not going to try to justify it by saying PD made the game too hard blah blah blah I was forced to do it and I will not be offended if someone tells me that I didn't deserve or earn my 330, XJR-9, R92CP, Peugeot 905 because they are right. I did it because I wanted more cars as fast as I could get them, yes I exploited the game for that, no I didn't earn them and no I don't deserve them but yes I am happy that I have them.
Lastly, you guys aren't the only ones with jobs, families or other more pressing things to do than play a video game. I know very well how it feels to grind real life and even during those times I didn't need to unlock everything right away to enjoy MW2 (weapons), SF4 (characters), GT5P (cars) nor did I need to finish other games quickly (GOW, HAWX, Red Dead, etc). When I had the time (which was rare while doing 80 hour weeks) I sat down, played the games I enjoyed the most and the parts I enjoyed the most. If I didn't have something unlocked, well I spent a little time whenever I had free time working towards unlocking it. That's just the way games are.
