The problem with that is that's grinding, and it isn't really open to individual interpretation.
Still grinding. Like I said, doesn't matter how you want to rationalize it but if you're okay with doing it then that's perfectly fine - you're just playing the classic "I enjoy it, so how can it be considered grinding?" card.
Has this argument ever worked for anyone?
It's a serious question. If you consider playing GT5 "grinding" i.e. doing the same repetative thing over and over again with no enjoyment what so ever then why exactly are you playing GT5?
I have waaaaay too many things that I can be doing with my life to waste it playing a video game I am not enjoying. I have bought more than a few games in my time that I thought were dull and whilst I could finish them it would just be "grinding" out the finish.......know what I did? I stopped playing them and moved on to something else.
If GT5 feels like a grind then just stop playing it. Seriously...... lifes too short to waste playing a game you are not enjoying.
Really?? I agree it is fun to do time trials on the Ring, but there a 0 "races" in GT5 that are fun, the A.I. ensure that. There are only a few that are challenging, not because the A.I. are better, but because they get artificial boosts to handling and acceleration.
I thought the Lamborghini race would be competitive, but I entered a 70hp increased LP 640 and watched as the same version of the car in the A.I.'s hands accelerated away from me on the straights, just stupid. Make them take corners at reasonable speeds and it would be fun maybe.
I began grinding as soon as I put GT5 in and had to wait 45 mins for it to install, and have wasted 100s of hours since then in loading screens, it all grinding all the time.
We obviously have different versions of the game since I have been able to find plenty of races that I have found fun. Granted sometimes car selection is a very large part of that.
I spent last night running the 4 hour Nurburgring endurance for the 5th time. How that race can be described as anything other than fun is just beyond me. It's hardly the only one.
On the subject of "grinding" vs "playing the game".
I have been playing GT4 from the day it was released until the day GT5 came out. Here was me thinking that I was "playing the game" and having a damn good time doing it. Who knew that infact I was spending 5 years "grinding"