I just got this game and i totally blow at it!!!

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I have played Gran Turismo 2 for a while now so i decided to get PS2 and Gran Turismo 3 Aspec. This game is hard :mad: . First : dont flame me for bein a newbie ! . Second : What car should i start out with. And Third : what races and stuff should i do?? Please help me cuz i've been neglecting this game for GTA3 and FFX :D .
-GTperson
 
this game is awesome, especailly when u get to go faster. it starts off alittle slow...

buy the miata, do the first 3 races on begginer...the sunday cup. Win the Tureno, sell that buy some things for ur maita.....do the next 3 races, win that car...sell that and buy more and etc. etc. till u have enuff money to buy a good car like the mustag SVT!
 
umm..the one u can afford. the cheapest one so u can fix that **** up
 
Buy a Miata that you can afford, race the Sunday Cup many, many, many times, until you're good enough for the Clubman Cup (and trust me, it's a pretty big jump!). After you've mastered the Clubman Cup, everything should fall into place. ;)
 
I had an amazingly rough time starting this game when I first picked it up. Here are a few things to help you out.

This game is won in the corners. It's great to have a 1000+ hp car, but if you can't turn it, you'll get slaughtered. Spend more time learning corners than messing with settings, and you'll improve faster.

Brake early. goes hand in hand with cornering. You can't turn if you're going too fast. the blinking red light between the dials really helps out.

Slow in, Fast out. The sooner you get back on the gas, the faster you'll be able to go. This builds off of breaking early, and cornering.

My advice is get all golds on the B license and you'll win a Mazda Miata. give it an oil change and super slick tires. Then run the Roadster endurance race. This will drop 100,000cr in your account. You can then pick up a Lancer, or Mustang. These 2 seem to be the popular choice for your second car.

Just my 2 cents. BTW I'm on my third time through it.

Enjoy,
AO
 
If you go for the Lancer, Get the EVO7. Yes, it is uglier than the EVO5 or EVO6, But, it is a fair bit faster, and some of the races you will only win by a few tenths. The EVO 7 will give you a slight advantage.
Tested a fully-modded EVO6 against a Fully Modded EVO7. The 7 was more than 0.5 sec faster in the 0-400M sprint and a second faster around Midfield.
 
Hrrrm. That's odd, because the Evo VI RS is a fair amount lighter than the Evo VII. I have a stock Evo VII that I won and the fully modded Evo VI that I won it with. I'll have to try modding the VII up to the same standards and see if I can determine a difference. I really like my Evo VI - the RS model, not the GSR. It's 60+ kg lighter than the GSRs and has nearly identical power figures.
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Originally posted by Der Alta
You can't turn if you're going too fast. the blinking red light between the dials really helps out.
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Lots of wisdom from Der Alta. Good advice; heed them well.

By the way, Alta - what does the blinking red light mean? You don't mean the shift light, do you?

This is the hardest lesson to learn - sometimes you gotta be slow to be fast! My limited autocross experience has taught me that.

As far as game strategy, I would not repeat the way I started the game. I dove right in to simulation, bought a car, started modding, etc. I've wasted time and money that way. If I was doing it again, I would start with the licensing exams at least through IA or S. These are kind of like driver's school, and really focus on practicing the fundamentals. Mastering them is tough (I have mostly bronzes) but they really do help you understand specific areas of car control that you can put together on the track.
 
Neon: I was thikning the blinking shift light. When first learning the game the light helps find shifting points.

To be honest I've never used it. Find it rather annoying. I grew up learning how to drive tractors and snowmobiles. Neither of which used a transmission, so I listened to the sound of the engine to give a sense of speed. In my daily driver, I never use the tach, only listen to the sound of the engine.

I grew up in the backwoods, driving on many one-lane dirt roads. Other cars, animals, people, kids on bikes were the standard. With both eyes glued to the road you had to learn to shift by sound. More than once I had to walk a few miles to get a tractor to pull my car/truck out of the ditch, or mud.

This is the way that I drive in GT3. Always listening to the sound of the engine. I've got the PS2 via fiberoptics into a dolby 5.1 surround system so it helps. most of the time the sound is right on. Although it was tough stepping into the Audi TT as it has a quick redline and short rev limiter.

On a side note, my mother has destroyed 5 Dodge Neons. Don't know how she affords the insurance.

AO
 
Ahh, so. I thought you were mentioning it in context of braking. That's why I was confused.
I also shift by ear and find myself already just depressing the upshift button when the first blink pops up.

So, I gather your mother likes Neons, even though she is mean to them. They are fairly safe cars for the occupants but do tend to sacrifice themselves in a collision. How has she managed to kill five of the poor things?
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Lovely back roads of Vermont. 2 were done with deer (both 4dr models), T-boned going through an intersection was the third (Coupe), and two winter involuntary off road trips took out the 4th (Sport :( ) and 5th (4dr). She's driving her 6th Neon now.

My biggest complaint against it was the placement of the headlight switch. Wayback when... I was driving her second one, late at night, rallying up a back road, I took a corner, and slid a bit in the seat (Seatbelt wasn't tight enough) and my knee hit the light switch. Nothing like doing 50mph on a one lane dirt road and having the lights go out while taking a sharp corner. Scared the crap outta my brother in the passenger seat.

Actually the blinking light does help when braking. As you come closer to a corner the flashing sppeds up, alerting you to shift. Can be very useful.

I haven't tested the EVO's as much as Gil has so I'll stick with his advice. I do enjoy the EVO 6, haven't tested out the EVO 7. Soon...

AO
 
Originally posted by Der Alta

Actually the blinking light does help when braking. As you come closer to a corner the flashing sppeds up, alerting you to shift. Can be very useful.

AO
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I'll second that one. My tips suggestions would be (when you are starting out) to spend time in the Time Trials - one of the easier ones like Midfield is a good one to start (since it's the first).

The light will flash to indicate when you should start braking, and a little number will come up to suggest what gear you oughtta be in.

I spent more time riding the walls when I first started... The day I noticed that little blinking light was the day I started shredding my previous times.

:D
 
I'll have to look at that light better. I was under the impression that it just indicated that you were getting close to the rev limiter.
 
The light blinks when you near a turn coming off a fast strait and it just so happens on most tracks that is the point when you red line or come near the red. I dont think its telling you to start braking.
 
Well, that's what I thought. But I guess the little number does recommend an up- or downshift, and what gear.
 
Yeah it does but, someone on this site has convinced everyone (almost) that the red light means brake, F1 cars have a red light that flashs, but it means your redlinning, and that means you get off the gas or you need to adjust your gearing so your car still accelarates before you reach the braking point. Im with you on this one.
 
That red blinking light IS signifying that a brake and/or downshift is necessary for the corner. I could be doing 50 mph, in third gear, doing 5000 rpms, and it will blink right before a corner. Of course that blinking is paired with the gear number beside it.

If you are driving into a corner and you are in 5th gear, the little lights started blinking frantically, and the number 2 is beside it, well let's just say you're pretty much screwed!!!

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Okay, major confusion here on the red light.... I'll try to clear it up:

When a little red dot starts blinking, that signals that you should upshift, because you're on the red line. When you see a red number, that is the recommended gear to be in. When you see a red number that is flashing, that means you should start braking, in addition to downshifting if you haven't already done so.

So, the red dot means nothing... it's when the gear number starts flashing; that's what indicates it's time to brake...

Otay? :D
 
Hmm...

Well, since it's not documented anywhere - If you see something blinking out of the corner of your eye, stand on the brakes.

If you can actually divert your eyes to look, it will also suggest what gear you should be in. (although, sometimes I think it says "lift"? I dunno - my TV isn't high enough quality to read it. )
 
The best thing to do, not that u have to do it, is go to the license center and get all golds on license B. Not only it will give u a free miata, but u'll get to learn most of the courses and beginning driving techniques.
 
cheers 4 that i knew about the red light, but not about the flashing numbers. That should hopefully make the stock RGT a little easier to race with!
 
Ya, I can't believe how much of a difference it makes when you actually stay on the course for the entire race.

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