I never really got into the Gran Turismo series until GT3-Aspec came out for the PS2. I found that the first two gran turismo games where rather dull and boring, but there was something unique for GT3 that made me go into the Simulation genre.
Since then, I had the impression that racing was all about getting the turn in very precise manner, knowing when to brake and that's it. Let the car do its thing and you just worry about not hitting the wall when you turn.
Right?
heh..
Well, seeing devoted fans of this series posting videos of themselves in youtube, i feel rather embarrassed to know that I can't, for dear god, drive a car manually on the nurburgring without any assists on (no traction control, ABS, Anti-slip and etc), or do a lap with 16 other cars around you and still get a great time.
When I did the first AMG test on the nurburgring in GT5. I took off all of the Aids and made the car manually. At first, i did just fine, I kept the car on the road, hit the apex and I was in the right gear for most of the time. But, I was arriving at the finish line very, very, very slow and for that it just disqualified me instantly. So, i turned on the aids but kept the car in manual. The difference was dramatic, I instantly got a silver, but I was no where near the gold.
No matter how hard I tried, I can't reach past the silver trophy. I guess there's a limit somewhere and I hit it.
Maybe some people are just naturally born with the talent to drive insanely good and get all of these tests and special events gold. But for others, such as myself, I feel like I'm going to miss out some of the content because of my incompetence.
I heard that you have to get all gold to unlock the 24hr Nurburgring track, which sucks, because I can't!
Since then, I had the impression that racing was all about getting the turn in very precise manner, knowing when to brake and that's it. Let the car do its thing and you just worry about not hitting the wall when you turn.
Right?
heh..
Well, seeing devoted fans of this series posting videos of themselves in youtube, i feel rather embarrassed to know that I can't, for dear god, drive a car manually on the nurburgring without any assists on (no traction control, ABS, Anti-slip and etc), or do a lap with 16 other cars around you and still get a great time.
When I did the first AMG test on the nurburgring in GT5. I took off all of the Aids and made the car manually. At first, i did just fine, I kept the car on the road, hit the apex and I was in the right gear for most of the time. But, I was arriving at the finish line very, very, very slow and for that it just disqualified me instantly. So, i turned on the aids but kept the car in manual. The difference was dramatic, I instantly got a silver, but I was no where near the gold.
No matter how hard I tried, I can't reach past the silver trophy. I guess there's a limit somewhere and I hit it.
Maybe some people are just naturally born with the talent to drive insanely good and get all of these tests and special events gold. But for others, such as myself, I feel like I'm going to miss out some of the content because of my incompetence.
I heard that you have to get all gold to unlock the 24hr Nurburgring track, which sucks, because I can't!
