I bought GT6 about a month ago now, I even bought a PS3 to play it. All I can really say is how much of a disappointment it has been. Maybe I have been spoilt because I've been playing Forza since Forza 1 but even Forza 1 is better then GT6. The last GT I played was 4, and to me at the time it was just the best thing in the world ever. I got bored of F4 because I have played it pretty much every day since it first came out so thought I fancied something different. Ive heard from friends that Forza 5 is very arcade too, so wasn't interested in that and then one day I had a brief go of GT6 at friends recently and decided to purchase it for myself.
Now im not talking about Graphics or other things that don't add to the experience. I don't really care what a game looks like if it performs the way it should. Although I have to add the graphics on some of the cars are abysmal by todays standards, as if they have been taken straight from GT3, which just isn't acceptable for such a big budget game.
Ill make a short list now of what problems I have found with the game, this is just stuff off the top of my head, there's plenty more too.
- The engine noises are poor at best, and all cars sound the same with a 'race' exhaust fitted.
- The physics seem really inconsistent.
- The cars all handle wrong. I mean, have you tried the Ferrari f40?
- A lot of the technical data is wrong. Several cars I have owned are in this game and not only do they all handle completely differently, things like the rpm limits and power/torque graphs are all wrong. Trust me, a B5 S4 does not rev to 8000rpm. Then you have stuff like the gear ratio's all being wrong, like in the Mk3 Focus ST. How can a game that prides itself on being a game for 'racers' get things so epically wrong?
- Chassis tuning is either irrelevant or it doesn't work like it should. Ive given up and just use race hard/soft depending on car and track. I know how to set a car up, PD clearly doesn't.
- Performance tuning/upgrading etc is pretty basic and you cant define the characteristics of an engine, nor do they even seem to change in the first place.
- The engines have no characteristics. Try the BMW 120d. It should have a big kick between 2 and 4 thousand RPM then die off. Instead it behaves like every other car in the game, where you need to rev it more to make power and the power builds at higher revs. Also, fully upgrade this car and see what it revs to and have a good laugh as PD seems to have fitted super advanced injectors that can atomise diesel at high revs. Maybe they should let all the car manufacturers know about it?
- The PP system simply doesn't work.
- Claiming 'over 1200 cars' and then offering you 47 different types of the same car doesn't count as 'over 1200 cars'.
- As half the game is imported from GT4 most interiors are missing.
- The aerodynamics system is hugely flawed and inconsistent.
- The 'endurance' races are an utter shambles.
- There's a definite numbness between what you ask the car to do and when it does it. This seems to be even more obvious when driving a car with high aero effects. It means all accuracy is lost and with it goes consistency. Sometimes though, you can put race softs on, and the car becomes so twitchy its undriveable. Maybe its because i'm using a DS3 but if that's the case then surely that's even worse, effectively saying that if you don't have a wheel you shouldn't be able to play properly.
I will leave it at that although there's plenty more I could add but I would be going on and probably repeating things that others have said on here. Its just been a huge disappointment to me. Its like a childhood hero or something, then i've actually gotten to meet them and it turns out they weren't actually that awesome to begin with. Don't get me wrong, the game is still okay, it does have good points too, like a great selection of tracks, but it feels like a last, last gen PS2 game and not just a last gen ps3 game.
I'd just like to add that I'm not some kid just hating on the game because I prefer my beloved Xbox and Forza. I couldn't care less about the console and a game is just a game, there's plenty of others out there. I have a lot of experience with cars, I've been involved in a lot of circuit racing, drifting and even been a big part of the street racing/drifting scene for many years. I have a lot of experience with various cars, both driving, building and setting them up, and am a total utter geek when it comes to everything about cars. I live and breathe cars 24/7 so when a game pops up that offers to fulfil my sad little obsession and then doesn't deliver I can only be disappointed. I can make allowances for simple mistakes here and there, nobody is perfect after all, but this goes beyond mistakes.
Now im not talking about Graphics or other things that don't add to the experience. I don't really care what a game looks like if it performs the way it should. Although I have to add the graphics on some of the cars are abysmal by todays standards, as if they have been taken straight from GT3, which just isn't acceptable for such a big budget game.
Ill make a short list now of what problems I have found with the game, this is just stuff off the top of my head, there's plenty more too.
- The engine noises are poor at best, and all cars sound the same with a 'race' exhaust fitted.
- The physics seem really inconsistent.
- The cars all handle wrong. I mean, have you tried the Ferrari f40?
- A lot of the technical data is wrong. Several cars I have owned are in this game and not only do they all handle completely differently, things like the rpm limits and power/torque graphs are all wrong. Trust me, a B5 S4 does not rev to 8000rpm. Then you have stuff like the gear ratio's all being wrong, like in the Mk3 Focus ST. How can a game that prides itself on being a game for 'racers' get things so epically wrong?
- Chassis tuning is either irrelevant or it doesn't work like it should. Ive given up and just use race hard/soft depending on car and track. I know how to set a car up, PD clearly doesn't.
- Performance tuning/upgrading etc is pretty basic and you cant define the characteristics of an engine, nor do they even seem to change in the first place.
- The engines have no characteristics. Try the BMW 120d. It should have a big kick between 2 and 4 thousand RPM then die off. Instead it behaves like every other car in the game, where you need to rev it more to make power and the power builds at higher revs. Also, fully upgrade this car and see what it revs to and have a good laugh as PD seems to have fitted super advanced injectors that can atomise diesel at high revs. Maybe they should let all the car manufacturers know about it?
- The PP system simply doesn't work.
- Claiming 'over 1200 cars' and then offering you 47 different types of the same car doesn't count as 'over 1200 cars'.
- As half the game is imported from GT4 most interiors are missing.
- The aerodynamics system is hugely flawed and inconsistent.
- The 'endurance' races are an utter shambles.
- There's a definite numbness between what you ask the car to do and when it does it. This seems to be even more obvious when driving a car with high aero effects. It means all accuracy is lost and with it goes consistency. Sometimes though, you can put race softs on, and the car becomes so twitchy its undriveable. Maybe its because i'm using a DS3 but if that's the case then surely that's even worse, effectively saying that if you don't have a wheel you shouldn't be able to play properly.
I will leave it at that although there's plenty more I could add but I would be going on and probably repeating things that others have said on here. Its just been a huge disappointment to me. Its like a childhood hero or something, then i've actually gotten to meet them and it turns out they weren't actually that awesome to begin with. Don't get me wrong, the game is still okay, it does have good points too, like a great selection of tracks, but it feels like a last, last gen PS2 game and not just a last gen ps3 game.
I'd just like to add that I'm not some kid just hating on the game because I prefer my beloved Xbox and Forza. I couldn't care less about the console and a game is just a game, there's plenty of others out there. I have a lot of experience with cars, I've been involved in a lot of circuit racing, drifting and even been a big part of the street racing/drifting scene for many years. I have a lot of experience with various cars, both driving, building and setting them up, and am a total utter geek when it comes to everything about cars. I live and breathe cars 24/7 so when a game pops up that offers to fulfil my sad little obsession and then doesn't deliver I can only be disappointed. I can make allowances for simple mistakes here and there, nobody is perfect after all, but this goes beyond mistakes.
Spring rates are not to spec - change them. A car's graphics aren't up to your standards - sell it. There are 1199+ more to choose from.
