How the hell do I fix the headlights?

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This is really starting to **s me off. I´ve just did the S2 licence on Willow at night and i coulndn´t see anything! This has happened also on the same track at night at the beginners class and sometimes even on the ring. The headlights just don´t light up the road, rather only the surrounding. And yes, i´ve tried to raise the exposure. Is there anything i can do about it? Thanks
 
Sadly no. Either you have to memorize your braking points and apexes, or turn on the driving line.
 
There is a button that allows you to change from high beam to low beam if that helps.
 
sumbrownkid
Sadly no. Either you have to memorize your braking points and apexes, or turn on the driving line.
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Are they kidding me? Looks just fine on this video:

Darragh
There is a button that allows you to change from high beam to low beam if that helps.
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Of course, but thanks anyway
 
HuskyGT
Yes. Wait for PD to patch up the horrible light effects and make them how they were in GT5.
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Actualy, they were terrible in GT5, but at least consitently terrible across the board so it wouldn´t surprise You that much.

Wow, just wow.. I´m surprised however, that I don´t hear many people complaining about it here
 
Rash-182
Are they kidding me? Looks just fine on this video:



Of course, but thanks anyway
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7:00pm. Just before visibility goes to hell. Seriously, I can understand your frustration. I made a mini endurance in that track and had to quit because it was impossible to drive on it.

Call it terrible, call it however you want. Light effect during day/night transitions in GT5 were much better than in GT6. Even driving at the Nurburgring during early hours until about noon is a headache. There is some kind of filter in the game lowering the exposure unnecessarily throughout the track, making some parts incredibly dark, despite the sun is hitting the track. I just hate it... The only solution is setting up weather to 25% so the light all around the track is more neutral and fixed.

But Willow Springs? Nope. There is no fix unfortunately. Avoid it during the night. And in noon which is ridiculously bright.
 
Maybe it's your tv. A lot of TVs vary in contrast, brightness, etc. If you mess around with that it could make a difference...
 
Darragh
Maybe it's your tv. A lot of TVs vary in contrast, brightness, etc. If you mess around with that it could make a difference...
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That is a good temporary solution, but unfortunately it won't avoid the game adjusting exposure automatically the horrible way it does in other tracks. And once you're out of Willow Springs everything will be too damn bright.
 
For me, I had zero issue driving an '89 Miata on hood camera at Willow Springs.

Also, the night sky at Willow Springs doesn't seem very dark, like you would expect in the middle of a desert. It had a pale blue that reminded me of the sky before the sun comes up.
 
HuskyGT
7:00pm. Just before visibility goes to hell. Seriously, I can understand your frustration. I made a mini endurance in that track and had to quit because it was impossible to drive on it.

Call it terrible, call it however you want. Light effect during day/night transitions in GT5 were much better than in GT6. Even driving at the Nurburgring during early hours until about noon is a headache. There is some kind of filter in the game lowering the exposure unnecessarily throughout the track, making some parts incredibly dark, despite the sun is hitting the track. I just hate it... The only solution is setting up weather to 25% so the light all around the track is more neutral and fixed.

But Willow Springs? Nope. There is no fix unfortunately. Avoid it during the night. And in noon which is ridiculously bright.
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Completely agree:tup:
I was so excited about the Daytona Time/Weather (as it was on my wishlist) but its truely awful. :grumpy::banghead:
So glad to have got Willow out of the way!!
 
HuskyGT
7:00pm. Just before visibility goes to hell. Seriously, I can understand your frustration. I made a mini endurance in that track and had to quit because it was impossible to drive on it. But Willow Springs? Nope. There is no fix unfortunately. Avoid it during the night. And in noon which is ridiculously bright.
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But the thing is that sometimes, even on Willow, the lights work good. I´ve tried different cars but with the same result. But thanks for the driving line tip. Disguisted, I´ve done everything on bronze and moving on.

Darragh
Maybe it's your tv. A lot of TVs vary in contrast, brightness, etc. If you mess around with that it could make a difference...
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Can´t be because I am playing on a different TV now (Samsung LCD), while at home on plasma Panasonic..both did the same

EDIT: Wow, somebody actually got through that on gold? *waiting for the real blindsighted simulator meme*
 
I just started playing the game and I noticed this problem on several tracks. Same with the lighting, at some points I am blinded beyond belief, but with the same settings, cant see at night. :lol:

Its a strange change in the contrast or exposure for sure. It is the ONLY game I have played on both systems where this happens.
 
Your only option you have at the moment if you cant win the race is to use the driving line, I couldnt believe what a joke it was when i first witnessed it, I just dont know how this gets passed quality control unless im meant to believe someone at PD tested it and said "cant see #@#@, ok great good to go!" gamers will love it
 
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Rash-182
EDIT: Wow, somebody actually got through that on gold? *waiting for the real blindsighted simulator meme*
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Gold and no driving line. It's not that hard, to be honest. Do some laps in daylight first to learn the track, it will be much easier when you switch to night.

Edit: You can actually fit extra headlights, but only on the Lancia Stratos ;)
 
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Turn the game exposure to +0.5 (quick in-game options) and everything in general will be brighter, it will look better
 
I can imagine it isn´t..the only really bad part is right before the final long turn. But still, how could they even let something like this in the final game? Screw standarts, online and even the sounds, but this is really a gamebreaker

Nixxon: No, it won´t. I had it at +1 and still couldn´t see almost anything. Only time, I am using exposure is around +5 when using the cockpit view
 
I havent really had any problems with visibility at night. except for when I did 24min races with a car that had no headlights at all.

OP maybe its your TV. I had alot of really bad issues when I first started playing. Day time was over exposed and night was too dark then I messed with the settings on my tv and it all pretty much got sorted out.
 
The problem with Willow Springs is that, unlike any other track, its in the middle of a desert with nothing for your light to hit. Because of this, your lights just seem to not work. If there were trees, a wall, etc. you would see a bit better.
 
As I´ve said earlier.. sometimes, even at Willow, the headlights work just as they should..same on the ring. It isn´t the case of exposure but rather of the simple problem, that for some reason, sometimes they just don´t work. I can post a video when I get home from work. And again, in my OP I´ve said, that they do light up the surroundings (best seen on the tighter right hander), but not the road itself
 
Never had any problems... nurb is perfect, race there often at all hours and light situations.

Willows have that realistic glare that is what you expect on a track in the midle of nothing with sun in your eyes... It's like what you get driving a real car in such a situation
 
eran0004
Edit: You can actually fit extra headlights, but only on the Lancia Stratos ;)
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Whats up with that?
And also the the Quattro S1, only have a couple of lights working. Why?
If I want to do this I should be able to with all the lights the S1 have.
 
Akvarius
Whats up with that?
And also the the Quattro S1, only have a couple of lights working. Why?
If I want to do this I should be able to with all the lights the S1 have.
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The Alpine A110 have six lights. The main pair are for high/low beams while the other two pairs only comes on in rain, like fog lights I suppose. Maybe it's the same with the Quattro?
 
Rash-182
I can imagine it isn´t..the only really bad part is right before the final long turn. But still, how could they even let something like this in the final game? Screw standarts, online and even the sounds, but this is really a gamebreaker

Nixxon: No, it won´t. I had it at +1 and still couldn´t see almost anything. Only time, I am using exposure is around +5 when using the cockpit view
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Do you really need to ask that question? Of coarse it made it into the game, the game is a half finished rush job to get it out the door, it does not surprise me at all simple things like this were overlooked.
 
Then PD needs to add this car in the game for the willow springs black hole race. WHat's funny is that its a NISSAN (Patrol) and its not in the game.

 
I looked into this last night as I wanted to see if anything had changed since last I drove at night. It hadn't.

There is clearly a problem at Willow and Ascari with the way the headlights work. But the tracks are driveable if your TV is set up properly and the room lighting isn't too high and overpowering it. Nürburgring has no issue, and I don't recall any other tracks I've driven being a problem in the past. It does vary substantially from car to car, so some may be more of an issue. The 1970's Trans Am has fairly dim headlights but I found it quite manageable.

The lights work a bit strange in GT anyway, as the headlights tend to light up a far broader area than they really should. At Nürb, they make everything for half a mile in front of you shine like it's day, but without them it's pitch black. Driving with a NASCAR stock car is far darker than real-life and undriveable. They may have been trying something different with the new tracks, resulting in the headlights not shining nearly as much as they should, but the track being much lighter without them. It is dim but very driveable with the NASCAR car at Willow at 23:30, yet headlights don't help much and the view is very dull and flat overall.

I tried driving this morning with ambient light bouncing off the snow and shining through my curtain, and Willow is more difficult, but turning up my TV's backlight or brightness takes care of it. TV settings are paramount here, since most TVs come from the factory with far more contrast(and effects that increase the contrast) than necessary, particularly in the blacks. This helps them stand out in a crowded display of multiple TVs competing for your attention, but looks horrible for actual viewing and needs to be turned off. In some cases it is not even possible to adjust without getting into a special menu that they hide and may require searching on the internet to get into(and may have some adjustments you don't want to mess with). We should all tell the manufacturers that this is terrible and buy TVs with this in mind, but most people don't bother even if they are aware.
 
But this is the thing with saying my TV needs to be set up correctly, not a single other thing I do on my tv has this much trouble with brightness. Not a single videogame/movie/tv show/web browsing.. nothing. I'm playing Thief on my TV and it's played in shadows and darkness and I have absolutely no issues getting around or playing the game. The ONLY item I run into trouble with crushing darkness is GT6. In most games when I adjust a brightness it makes things brighter without totally destroying the picture. In GT6, with the EV setting (not really a brightness setting) it may make things a bit easier to see in darkness but the brightness of much lighter objects just get blown up and washed out meaning I'm constantly changing the EV settings. It's very frustrating and like I stated before, this is the only game I have any sort of issue with.
 
Akvarius
And also the the Quattro S1, only have a couple of lights working. Why?
If I want to do this I should be able to with all the lights the S1 have.
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eran0004
The Alpine A110 have six lights. The main pair are for high/low beams while the other two pairs only comes on in rain, like fog lights I suppose. Maybe it's the same with the Quattro?
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If I remember correctly, the extra lights on the S1 only works at the 24-minute races. I don't know how it is online, because I haven't tried it online in dark
 
I have yet to have a problem with this. The only game where I've ever had to change the brightness/contrast is in fact during a couple of moments of The Last Of US. After a small tweak to my TV settings, have never needed to adjust them again. Check the contrast on your TV.

I also think some people are forgetting what it's like to be doing >120mph in the pitch black in the middle of nowhere that has zero lighting and nothing for your car headlights to bounce off of; you can't see jack in terms of distance and things come up on you very quickly.

Your best bet overall is to take the car you need and practice on the track at a slightly earlier time. Even if you're struggling to see for whatever reason, muscle memory will help a lot.
 
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