Japanese 80's SEASONAL up!!!!

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FLX1981
Eff that ****. 1 hour and its all done and wasnt even that much fun... back when we did the exact same thing in A-spec already! :grumpy: Goddamn, this unimaginative update and then no update to the OCD? I m starting to lose interest. Its just not worth the wait anymore.
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Stopping all updates would be much better, huh? :crazy:
 
weigert
I actually bought the '88 Supra just so that I could use it in the new seasonal events. I found it was too easy to win the new races with the Supra, so I might try and make a challenge of it by using something less powerful next time.
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just use the power limiter to bring it down closer to 180ish horsepower. that should be about the power of the non-turbo versions.
 
toymdngn
just use the power limiter to bring it down closer to 180ish horsepower. that should be about the power of the non-turbo versions.
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I could, but I want to try and use some of the 80's Japanese cars that have been sitting untouched in my garage like my Lancer and Celica. I've never gotten round to using them, so I guess I should test them out to see what they're like.
 
Good combo for these is the 85 RX7 from the OCD +ecu +stage1 weight +sport suspension

If you're good, don't do the ECU.

Lead taken mid lap 5, decent race.
 
I don't know if anyone said this but in the last race it says 3 laps before you pick it and then you have to do 5 laps.
 
If you want a real challenge go with the Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86) 1983. Keep the stock tires on a give it a good tune and it will provide you with a real challenge.
Loads of fun and reminds me of using this car in Grand Theft Auto. It was almost indestructible along with great handling. :) 👍
 
FLX1981
Eff that ****. 1 hour and its all done and wasnt even that much fun... back when we did the exact same thing in A-spec already! :grumpy: Goddamn, this unimaginative update and then no update to the OCD? I m starting to lose interest. Its just not worth the wait anymore.
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One hour that's it ?? I will be spending hours on this trying each and every car that falls under that category. You may want to rethink your reasons for playing this game. You have to get into it dude. :)
 
WRECKU
One hour that's it ?? I will be spending hours on this trying each and every car that falls under that category. You may want to rethink your reasons for playing this game. You have to get into it dude. :)
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I agree. Just the other night i spent 4 hours in the Historic event running and testing various cars. Great fun entering under powered and working for all she has to make it to the front of the pack!
 
WRECKU
One hour that's it ?? I will be spending hours on this trying each and every car that falls under that category. You may want to rethink your reasons for playing this game. You have to get into it dude. :)
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This is exactly what I did with the classic car seasonal. I will do it again with this one. I find it fun to do that.
 
Looking forward to giving these a run.

I would love to see some seasonals with big payouts but setup so that they are very difficult to win. eg. very restrictive PP and you would need to understand how to tune the car to have a chance. I know you can make any race as challenging as you like by under-powering your car but somehow it's just not the same when you can just add a few hp to make up whatever time you need to find on track.
 
wrxkurt
This is exactly what I did with the classic car seasonal. I will do it again with this one. I find it fun to do that.
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I'm not finished with the classic car seasonal! I snapped up the cars from the OCD last night, in case they change it, and haven't had time to race them all yet.

These are great events, but I keep forgetting to go to the new (premium) car dealership.

I find that the driving aids (SRF and ASM or whatever) are default to 'on' in all the cars I have tried. I turn off the ASM from the Racing Assist (RA) buttons, but keep forgetting to turn them off before I start racing. Is there a way to change the default to off or am I doing something wrong here?
 
Someone said "why did they give us the same thing as A-spec?" Different tracks dude. I'd probably only ever race in the clubman cup if they had an event for every track in the game. That would be awesome.

I'm really hoping they'll make these events permanent somehow. I'd love to be able to race these whenever I feel like it. (maybe they'll balance the payout a bit) I'll be sad when they expire. :(

Also, I do kinda like the kart track they used. The section with a series of rather abrupt corners that made it look like half an octagon I think would have been better suited with one long, smooth curve.

I'll be messing around with some of my other suitable cars when I get home. I kinda owned one of the races with my Mutsubishi concept. HSIIR or something like that.
 
For the naysayers...

Where in A-spec can you run an 80's car with 200hp and win $74k??? That logic is ridiculous. This is WAY more interesting and entertaining then grinding LTW-Indy over and over and the payout is the same! I just don't understand that the problem is?

No one is saying they are perfect, I'm still waiting for races where I can use these ridiculous, un-sellable prize cars, but I'm really enjoying the new races. They allow me to use some fun, inexpensive cars that I wouldn't otherwise have any real "use" for and actually make money... not $3k a race in Clubman.

As for lacking the gigantic XP payouts, I can't remember the last time I saw user online who wasn't at least in the high Level 20's... and most are in the 30's. Why should PD keep jumping everyone up to the highest level quickly? What's the gain in that for the? (or for you for that matter.)

I think if your only goal in Gran Turismo is to reach the highest level and hit that 100% as fast as possible then you are missing the forest for the trees.
 
MR2 is one of the nicest things I driven in the game. 👍

Blitz24
Am I the only one who saw the mistake with the Eifel Kart Track? The menu says 3 laps but you run 5.
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VeyronR8
I don't know if anyone said this but in the last race it says 3 laps before you pick it and then you have to do 5 laps.
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Err, the opening post guys!
 
wrxkurt
On a overkill note, I used the 1985 Mitsubishi PAJERO Rally Raid Car for a couple of races. I also used the Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX. I have about 15 more cars to try. I will make this fun like I did the classic car seasonals.
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Yeah I used the Pajero on the Eifel track it's awesome fun!
 
These events are a lot of fun. I'm buying absolutely rubbish cars, not to mention butt-ugly, and actually enjoy driving them.

Before these events I wouldn't even have considered snapping up an 80's Celica or Skyline and even have fun racing other junkboxes with it.

But... Geez... In the 80s the Japanese had some god-aweful car designers... Ugh...
 
I bumped the MR2 up to 390pp... kept the comfort softs... it's great!
 
WRECKU
One hour that's it ?? I will be spending hours on this trying each and every car that falls under that category. You may want to rethink your reasons for playing this game. You have to get into it dude. :)
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Totally agree with this post. Get into it, try out all those cars!
 
brambos
But... Geez... In the 80s the Japanese had some god-aweful car designers... Ugh...
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Not just the Japanese. American and German cars of the era generally weren't much to look at either (c.f. the Audi Quattro or Lancia Delta). Styling between the 60s (still influenced by the likes of Raymond Loewy) and the present era (shaped by aero look) was a vast wasteland.
 
saintadjg
Its alot better than nothing,and the after sales support for this game is like nothing i've seen before so
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I agree. I have definitely gotten my money's worth out of GT5 👍

I started out going for credit to get all the fast, hi credit cars..., now I'm having so much more fun driving cars that at first i though where "beaters".
 
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Toyota sprinter trueno...American version was my first car about 15 years ago. I love the fact it's in game an I can drift with it. I had to gold gild it with paint.

The decent payout of these challenges coupled with my favorite car makes this seasonal my fave.
 
Sporin
For the naysayers...

Where in A-spec can you run an 80's car with 200hp and win $74k??? That logic is ridiculous. This is WAY more interesting and entertaining then grinding LTW-Indy over and over and the payout is the same! I just don't understand that the problem is?

No one is saying they are perfect, I'm still waiting for races where I can use these ridiculous, un-sellable prize cars, but I'm really enjoying the new races. They allow me to use some fun, inexpensive cars that I wouldn't otherwise have any real "use" for and actually make money... not $3k a race in Clubman.

As for lacking the gigantic XP payouts, I can't remember the last time I saw user online who wasn't at least in the high Level 20's... and most are in the 30's. Why should PD keep jumping everyone up to the highest level quickly? What's the gain in that for the? (or for you for that matter.)

I think if your only goal in Gran Turismo is to reach the highest level and hit that 100% as fast as possible then you are missing the forest for the trees.
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Well Said Sporin!! :)
 
Not sure I'm adding anything new to the argument on XP but I'd like to share my thoughts.

I bought GT5 on the premise of being able to 'drive' so many different cars. It's advertised as such. However, unlike GT4 (the only other version I have owned), you can't do this 'out of the box' - you have to earn them via XP and then buying.

I'd be perfectly happy if all the cars were available in arcade mode. I appreciate the dedication that people give to earn level 40 and the points/awards/rewards that brings. I do respect it. But I just can't commit enough time (or maybe skill) to achieve that myself and so I cannot enjoy the cars that I bought the game for.

The high levels of XP that the previous seasonals gave enabled me to get to level 29 and more importantly for me gave me the points I needed to get the cars I wanted to drive. That's all - I just want to experience them. But with the new structure and payout I can't realistically hope to earn the 20mm to drive the X2010

The new seasonals are good - I enjoyed the historic ones - but I can only dedicate the time to run them once. I would like to see them keep this structure as (to me) they are keeping with the ethos of A-spec.

But - if they are kept this way, please continue to strengthen the games appeal to more casual racers and release all (or more of) the cars into arcade. That way I can enjoy the game and the cars as I originally expected AND (dare I say) the more evangelical members of the forum also win by retaining the structure and integrity of A-spec and on-line racing.

Sorry for repeating what's been said in many other posts, but wanted to defend these fun races and also suggest my solution.

Regards

JAJ
 
Garagiste
MR2 is one of the nicest things I driven in the game. 👍





Err, the opening post guys!
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He edited in that information AFTER I had made the post mentioning it.
 
jajamj2
Not sure I'm adding anything new to the argument on XP but I'd like to share my thoughts.

I bought GT5 on the premise of being able to 'drive' so many different cars. It's advertised as such. However, unlike GT4 (the only other version I have owned), you can't do this 'out of the box' - you have to earn them via XP and then buying.

I'd be perfectly happy if all the cars were available in arcade mode. I appreciate the dedication that people give to earn level 40 and the points/awards/rewards that brings. I do respect it. But I just can't commit enough time (or maybe skill) to achieve that myself and so I cannot enjoy the cars that I bought the game for.

The high levels of XP that the previous seasonals gave enabled me to get to level 29 and more importantly for me gave me the points I needed to get the cars I wanted to drive. That's all - I just want to experience them. But with the new structure and payout I can't realistically hope to earn the 20mm to drive the X2010

The new seasonals are good - I enjoyed the historic ones - but I can only dedicate the time to run them once. I would like to see them keep this structure as (to me) they are keeping with the ethos of A-spec.

But - if they are kept this way, please continue to strengthen the games appeal to more casual racers and release all (or more of) the cars into arcade. That way I can enjoy the game and the cars as I originally expected AND (dare I say) the more evangelical members of the forum also win by retaining the structure and integrity of A-spec and on-line racing.

Sorry for repeating what's been said in many other posts, but wanted to defend these fun races and also suggest my solution.

Regards

JAJ
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Here, here. Well said that man. 👍

As soon as I saw 'Japanese 80's' I was instantly up for it, not because I could build up XP or credits but because I could dig out cars I don't often get the chance to thrash. Brilliant fun! \o/
 
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The xp is horrible. At least the tracks are fun...something new to grind at least. Unforunately, at that rate of xp gain, it will still take FOREVER to hit level 40.
 
This event makes me want to break out my "Initial D" videos.
 
I must say that I am enjoying this latest Seasonal waaay more than I anticipated. In fact I am now scanning through the Used Car Lot to find another "old" banger to throw around the tracks. Even if I don't win, I'm have a hoot oversteering my way around the track on wollowing old suspension, trying to perfect my drift or laughing at the terminal understeer of the various cars on offer.
 
zippy_the_cat
Hmmm, out of 320 cars in my garage, I had a grand total of ... wait for it ... yep, six that qualified for this one. You're not gonna be hearing me ask Alex for "Japanese Cars of the 80s" when I finally make it on Jeopardy.
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:):):)

I had 2! Both looked rubbish so I bought the Fairlady from the Nissan Dealer, chucked some sports tyres on and a decent gearbox in, and breezed the first race.
 
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