Kaz responds "A Little Break" for #7 events

[shade71]

Not quite 36 hours yet Mr Lebowski, sorry...dude.

Actually its at 30.5 hours past the +1 day, or 54.5 hours past the target day.

come on guys, how many times do the exact same arguments have to be said back and forth.... maybe the entire seasonal events sub forum needs to be locked for a day or two....

With the level of moderation this forum gets thats probably the best you can hope for.

The more I read about Shift 2, the more I want it. At least, EA puts finished products on the shelves, not like PD...

Youve already been told EA's track record, they ruined next gen madden and I tried to get on Battlefield Bad Company 2 yesterday and thats all screwed up....again.

I wish everyone on this forum that's bitching about it would open a window or door and go outside there's more to life than bitching about a seasonal event update 👍 If fresh air's not your thing play a different game. *rolleyes*[/QUOTE]

Next time you feel like flaming a thread go open a window instead.

They said Thursday +/- 1 day.
They also said that it would be updated at 10 AM, but that was a typo, so it should be 10 PM.
So the latest time would be Friday, 10 PM.

Its a typo? Really? What official source did you learn this from? Please post a link. It still says A.M. after a week and a half, and two new news topics have been posted about GT Academy in the last 48 hours.

Who says that PD is late, you bunch of no-patience gits? Seasonal Events #6 doesn't end until NEXT Wednesday. Why should there be two Seasonals going on at once?
Think Harder.

Maybe because there have been two going on at once overlapping one another since the second one came out? Remember way back to last week when event 4 closed and 6 opened? Yes Please, think harder.

I can understand this because obviously the sheer abundance of leaderboards on GT5 is putting a strain on the servers.

Seriously though what a disappointment this is. Bad enough GT5 didn't have leaderboards and now PD are taking a break. This is pathetic, im only left with the 24hr endurance events and the seasonal time trials were the only reason why I continued playing GT5.

What an epic balls up PD have made of GT5. In some respects I actually preferred GT5P because at least it had the stock time trials. I don't understand PD they spend 2yrs making tracks such as Rome, Madrid and yet don't bother with other important features. Sorry but PD are out of touch with what the average gamer wants these days.

I have to agree its amazing some of whats missing that seems basic, like lap records on the regular races. But it is on practice mode. To much to list.

A little break?...... Don't say one thing in your news section and then do another! WTF!!!!! Just because "we" your loyal followers, waited 5 years for a game to come out? Don't think "we" can wait for a "little break"! Get on it!!!!! What happened to the Japanese work ethic?????

This ^^

Sick of grinding!!!!! This is BS!!!!!

And This ^^

I love how the immediate feeling is "PD IS SCREWING US". People need to have a little less pessimistic view of everything.

ow do you know they aren't forgoing the usual seasonal event (which is getting a bit boring, its the same thing with different cars every week) to implement some new ones (the fact the OCD is filled with rally cars is promising). Maybe they are trying to push the release of the "GT Drivers Club" forward.

Maybe they really are delayed due to the Japanese holiday, and if so then so be it, big deal. I see people here mention that they should just work through because its a global product. Ok lets see if you say that next Thanksgiving, 4th of July, or Memorial Day. They are allowed to have a holiday too, the world doesn't revolve around the US.

See the next quote below ;

1. There is no holiday in Japan this week.
2. I worked on Thanksgiving Day because I work for a global organization.
3. Why give us a schedule for updates and then fail to deliver straight afterwards?

That's why people are annoyed.

I really don't get the people who come into these threads just to tell everyone to shut up and stop complaining.

What you're saying literally boils down to, "STOP SHARING YOUR OPINION UNLESS IT'S THE SAME AS MINE!!! OR ELSE I'LL GET REALLY ANGRY AND SAY NASTY THINGS ONLINE TO YOU!!!"

It's pathetic frankly. Some of us are annoyed with PD. If you don't agree that's fine, but you can try to be somewhat respectful to other people's opinions rather than just telling them to shut up or "think harder" or any of this condescending and rude BS.

You should be moderating these forums. I recieved a moderator warning for calling out a flamer. Apparently thats all good. There was a nice poem attached to it, it was from the janitor, maybe he'll repost it.

I don't mind, I still have the last 2 weeks worth of Seasonal Events to do.
Some people need to chill out.

Thats cool, I guess....

I don't care if they are late but a simple news update would be nice since the last update said when they would occur.

Why don't the mods do something about the people posting in these threads just to belittle the impatient and disappointed? People with no interest in this topic but post in it anyway are why these turn into flame wars.

Its easier to just lock em up and start a new one, maybe they work for PD?

The online mode is a massive fail. It's disorganised chaos. Finding a loby, roaming around in free play waiting for the race to start, watching all these other players glitch, twitch and crash in front of me...... I just exit out.
I paid £30. I've had my £30 worth of fun, essentially I have no buyers remorse. However, I'm told there's more to come and given a time frame for it yet nothing happens.

Agreed. Online racing is pretty LOL.

 

[dabest2500]

Anything on SE7 yet?
I can't get on the PS3

 

[Stephen220378]

From Twitter in response to the question on when the #7 events will be up.

ちょっと一休み。(A Little Break) RT @anthonyputson: @Kaz_Yamauchi Kaz, will the new seasonal events be up soon?

What "A little break" means is anyones guess.

Allow me to translate this properly.

"There will be no seasonal events this week because, as with most things in GT5, we've made an arse of it"

 

[fissionproject]

holy freaking cow dude that is a long post

 

[WRECKU]

I just through in my Black Ops disc. Join me for a game.
I feel like B spec Bob and forgot how to play.

 

[grimmi3nl]

@ djedwardsmith

I thing Ben78 is right, Im getting sick of the sauce, bring me the meal!
And also:
Tell me 1 thing the've changed from our feedback.

Uhhhhh, backin up your save game??

And hey, someone found a way to screw with the game (duping anyone) and guess what, PEOPLE START MOAWING that the x2010 isn't exclusive anymore.

Face it, no matter what PD will do, people in the community find a way to f#ck things up and blame PD.

 

[Ben78]

The game knew I was here complaining and I received a F12007 with my level 24 ticket after my b-spec finished the last 24 hour race.

I hope PD doesn't update the game anymore, I like it the way it is right now.

 

[Ben78]

The game knew I was here complaining and I received a F12007 with my level 24 ticket after my b-spec finished the last 24 hour race.

I hope PD doesn't update the game anymore, I like it the way it is right now.

 

[jeremy_craig]

I am also disappointed, not only at this se7 debacle, but at the whole game in general.
Not enough premium cars (they say they'll update later with more but they should have been there in the first place)
Not enough customization (Forza 3 had much, much more customizablity like rim size and weight, tire pressure, custom vinyl, motor swaps, online auctions, etc.)
Not enough regular races in the game and too much b-spec bs and too many long, boring endurance races.
And the list goes on but Im done ranting for now cause my hands are tired from typing.
I hope PD gets their **** together soon or they will be losing another gt fan all the way from the first gt. 2 and 4 were my favorite gt games. I miss nitrous and drag racing too.

 

[andmen]

Looks like we have a lot of pissed off fans. How can they take "a little break" after 6 years of "a little break" ? ....

I wonder if japanese fans are pissed too?

 

[sk83]

its absolutely normal that people behave like that, especially with this respond. its simply unprofessional of the company....however they seem to afford that strategy because they can!

 

[II IVORBIGUN II]

What I find most telling about this little break is how it highlights how flawed the structure of GT5 is. The reason I say this is without the updated seasonal events I can't find much motivation to play GT5.

At the moment im level 35 in A Spec and 31 B Spec with only a few endurances left to do. As I refuse to do the 24hr endurances until we can save when pitting then I have very little to do. My only option is race online (no chance with the idiots) or grind away by repeating events. Now if this was the 1990s or early 2000s then I would be happy repeating events for credits/xp. However these days the likes of Forza 2 and other racing games have shown how playing single player can be much more exciting than just grinding away like you have to in GT5. For example suppose A Spec had leaderboards then because the seasonal events hadn't updated I would of enjoyed replaying A Spec events so I could challenge my friends overall times. This would never seem a chore because your repeating the events to beat your overall times rather than for credits.

This is the main problem with GT5. We don't have enough A Spec events, no career leaderboards. More importantly we don't even have stock leaderboards like GT5P. I found GT5P had plenty of replay value because of the time trials and at no stage did I ever get bored. We even had the online matchmaking servers which were much better if you fancied a race online because you just simply entered the race and away you went.

Im sure their are some people who are happy and content grinding away and absolutely love the gameplay on GT5. Well I feel sorry for these people because you obviously haven't enjoyed some of the racing games that I have played. Even TDU had career leaderboards and so did Burnout Paradise.

So now without this update all im left with is just 2 time trials, boring B Spec, or grind away for a pityful amount of credits, xp. The physics might be excellent on GT5 and so are some of the tracks i.e Rome, Madrid but my word did PD make a right cock up of the rest of the game!

 

[Chuck Finley]

i still love the game to the fullest. someone has to mention that gt5 is still the best racing game out there. otherwise we all would do something else then wait desperately for new challenges to come!!!!!

cant stand all the whining and complaining anymore. that just sucks!

 

[Devedander]

I wish they had at least not closed the previous events... there were a few golds I was still working on...

 

[Mr P]

What I find most telling about this little break is how it highlights how flawed the structure of GT5 is. The reason I say this is without the updated seasonal events I can't find much motivation to play GT5.

At the moment im level 35 in A Spec and 31 B Spec with only a few endurances left to do. As I refuse to do the 24hr endurances until we can save when pitting then I have very little to do. My only option is race online (no chance with the idiots) or grind away by repeating events. Now if this was the 1990s or early 2000s then I would be happy repeating events for credits/xp. However these days the likes of Forza 2 and other racing games have shown how playing single player can be much more exciting than just grinding away like you have to in GT5. For example suppose A Spec had leaderboards then because the seasonal events hadn't updated I would of enjoyed replaying A Spec events so I could challenge my friends overall times. This would never seem a chore because your repeating the events to beat your overall times rather than for credits.

This is the main problem with GT5. We don't have enough A Spec events, no career leaderboards. More importantly we don't even have stock leaderboards like GT5P. I found GT5P had plenty of replay value because of the time trials and at no stage did I ever get bored. We even had the online matchmaking servers which were much better if you fancied a race online because you just simply entered the race and away you went.

So now without this update all im left with is just 2 time trials, boring B Spec, or grind away for a pityful amount of credits, xp. The physics might be excellent on GT5 and so are some of the tracks i.e Rome, Madrid but my word did PD make a right cock up of the rest of the game!

Ditto 👍

 

[andersbratlie]

What I find most telling about this little break is how it highlights how flawed the structure of GT5 is. The reason I say this is without the updated seasonal events I can't find much motivation to play GT5.

At the moment im level 35 in A Spec and 31 B Spec with only a few endurances left to do. As I refuse to do the 24hr endurances until we can save when pitting then I have very little to do. My only option is race online (no chance with the idiots) or grind away by repeating events. Now if this was the 1990s or early 2000s then I would be happy repeating events for credits/xp. However these days the likes of Forza 2 and other racing games have shown how playing single player can be much more exciting than just grinding away like you have to in GT5. For example suppose A Spec had leaderboards then because the seasonal events hadn't updated I would of enjoyed replaying A Spec events so I could challenge my friends overall times. This would never seem a chore because your repeating the events to beat your overall times rather than for credits.

This is the main problem with GT5. We don't have enough A Spec events, no career leaderboards. More importantly we don't even have stock leaderboards like GT5P. I found GT5P had plenty of replay value because of the time trials and at no stage did I ever get bored. We even had the online matchmaking servers which were much better if you fancied a race online because you just simply entered the race and away you went.

Im sure their are some people who are happy and content grinding away and absolutely love the gameplay on GT5. Well I feel sorry for these people because you obviously haven't enjoyed some of the racing games that I have played. Even TDU had career leaderboards and so did Burnout Paradise.

So now without this update all im left with is just 2 time trials, boring B Spec, or grind away for a pityful amount of credits, xp. The physics might be excellent on GT5 and so are some of the tracks i.e Rome, Madrid but my word did PD make a right cock up of the rest of the game!

Second that!

 

[megastrive]

What I find most telling about this little break is how it highlights how flawed the structure of GT5 is. The reason I say this is without the updated seasonal events I can't find much motivation to play GT5.

At the moment im level 35 in A Spec and 31 B Spec with only a few endurances left to do. As I refuse to do the 24hr endurances until we can save when pitting then I have very little to do. My only option is race online (no chance with the idiots) or grind away by repeating events. Now if this was the 1990s or early 2000s then I would be happy repeating events for credits/xp. However these days the likes of Forza 2 and other racing games have shown how playing single player can be much more exciting than just grinding away like you have to in GT5. For example suppose A Spec had leaderboards then because the seasonal events hadn't updated I would of enjoyed replaying A Spec events so I could challenge my friends overall times. This would never seem a chore because your repeating the events to beat your overall times rather than for credits.

This is the main problem with GT5. We don't have enough A Spec events, no career leaderboards. More importantly we don't even have stock leaderboards like GT5P. I found GT5P had plenty of replay value because of the time trials and at no stage did I ever get bored. We even had the online matchmaking servers which were much better if you fancied a race online because you just simply entered the race and away you went.

Im sure their are some people who are happy and content grinding away and absolutely love the gameplay on GT5. Well I feel sorry for these people because you obviously haven't enjoyed some of the racing games that I have played. Even TDU had career leaderboards and so did Burnout Paradise.

So now without this update all im left with is just 2 time trials, boring B Spec, or grind away for a pityful amount of credits, xp. The physics might be excellent on GT5 and so are some of the tracks i.e Rome, Madrid but my word did PD make a right cock up of the rest of the game!

Ditto 👍

I wholeheartedly agree, and I'm in the same boat, only lvl 29 1/2, wanting to (unlock legitimately(sp?) and therefore) drive the X2010. I realise I have some specials and a few licences to gold but they won't give me the xp needed, I need near enough 250,000 and I'm not driving around Indiana again and again. I enjoy online racing, its the best part of the game but again, the rewards are pitiful. I feel genuine sorrow for people grinding to unlock the nurburgring 24hr.. I was counting on the seasonals and I'm extremely disappointed. Little break = My arse.

 

[Praetorr]

To kind of add to all this...

People often make the comment in topics like this, "why don't you guy's just stop playing and leave the forums if you hate GT so much?!"

The answer is, because we LOVE GT5. It's like a friend you see going down the road of hard drug use. If you didn't like him or didn't care (IE he wasn't a friend) then you wouldn't care what he did. The fact that he's your friend more or less forces you to get in his face and tell him to stop.

It's the same with GT5. I love GT5, at least the good parts of it. The gameplay is stupendous. The premium cars, while too few in number, are gorgeous to look at. The general style and presentation of the game, while convoluted, is lovely.

Because of this, I want PD to do right by the fans and by the game itself and get some content out there. The physics are made, cars modeled, bugs tested, music added, etc etc. Making events should be, relatively speaking, the easy part!

If we didn't love GT we wouldn't care, that's the bottom line, and I know that I'm downright craving more events and more to do. Because frankly, I've already done all the special events and races I have available to me (barring certain tedious things I simply will not do--like 24 hour endurance races). I want more!

I know the inevitable response to this by the pessimists will be, "well... that's great you want more, but you're not entitled to it if PD doesn't want to produce it."

True, but that doesn't make me stop yearning for it.

 

[megastrive]

To kind of add to all this...

People often make the comment in topics like this, "why don't you guy's just stop playing and leave the forums if you hate GT so much?!"

The answer is, because we LOVE GT5. It's like a friend you see going down the road of hard drug use. If you didn't like him or didn't care (IE he wasn't a friend) then you wouldn't care what he did. The fact that he's your friend more or less forces you to get in his face and tell him to stop.

It's the same with GT5. I love GT5, at least the good parts of it. The gameplay is stupendous. The premium cars, while too few in number, are gorgeous to look at. The general style and presentation of the game, while convoluted, is lovely.

Because of this, I want PD to do right by the fans and by the game itself and get some content out there. The physics are made, cars modeled, bugs tested, music added, etc etc. Making events should be, relatively speaking, the easy part!

If we didn't love GT we wouldn't care, that's the bottom line, and I know that I'm downright craving more events and more to do. Because frankly, I've already done all the special events and races I have available to me (barring certain tedious things I simply will not do--like 24 hour endurance races). I want more!

I know the inevitable response to this by the pessimists will be, "well... that's great you want more, but you're not entitled to it if PD doesn't want to produce it."

True, but that doesn't make me stop yearning for it.

👍 It's also the reason for all these threads and traffic

 

[James_Julie]

Heres my 2 cents, well thanks kaz, maybe i'll take "a little break from gt5 when tdu 2 comes next week and then continue it till shift 2 arrives, i was hoping for the seasonal events because i'm close to 32 but not that close and the seasonals would have put me there but now i have to grind so as i mentioned im taking "a little break" from the 10th of this month don't know how long the break maybe.

 

[VINCE__]

So when are the Seasonal Events #7 Coming out. I forget.

 

[elohim]

What I find most telling about this little break is how it highlights how flawed the structure of GT5 is. The reason I say this is without the updated seasonal events I can't find much motivation to play GT5.

At the moment im level 35 in A Spec and 31 B Spec with only a few endurances left to do. As I refuse to do the 24hr endurances until we can save when pitting then I have very little to do. My only option is race online (no chance with the idiots) or grind away by repeating events. Now if this was the 1990s or early 2000s then I would be happy repeating events for credits/xp. However these days the likes of Forza 2 and other racing games have shown how playing single player can be much more exciting than just grinding away like you have to in GT5. For example suppose A Spec had leaderboards then because the seasonal events hadn't updated I would of enjoyed replaying A Spec events so I could challenge my friends overall times. This would never seem a chore because your repeating the events to beat your overall times rather than for credits.

This is the main problem with GT5. We don't have enough A Spec events, no career leaderboards. More importantly we don't even have stock leaderboards like GT5P. I found GT5P had plenty of replay value because of the time trials and at no stage did I ever get bored. We even had the online matchmaking servers which were much better if you fancied a race online because you just simply entered the race and away you went.

Im sure their are some people who are happy and content grinding away and absolutely love the gameplay on GT5. Well I feel sorry for these people because you obviously haven't enjoyed some of the racing games that I have played. Even TDU had career leaderboards and so did Burnout Paradise.

So now without this update all im left with is just 2 time trials, boring B Spec, or grind away for a pityful amount of credits, xp. The physics might be excellent on GT5 and so are some of the tracks i.e Rome, Madrid but my word did PD make a right cock up of the rest of the game!

Took the words from my mouth, seriously I have 3 races left in aspec 9 hr, and both 24 hr races. I don't want to play them until I can save because I'm in college and have way more important things to be doing like studying and preparing for my GRE's. Plus I have a original 60 gig and don't want it to fry so they better make us able to save during these long races. Seasonal events were all that mattered to me now until they fix that, I'm on level 34 A-Spec and 35 B-Spec so literally I have nothing at all to do...Hurry up with those updates PD and make sure you follow the feedback sections. You don't need to email certain people survey's instead read that section its all there. That's what we want, THE GAMERS the people who've supported your game for years. What you thinks best for us isn't people are telling you clearly in the Feedback section what they want. Remote play B-Spec should not be a priority. PD needs to get their priorities straight period.

 

[redrumerog]

It looks as though we'll all have to wait for next weeks update for our seventh event, maybe we'll get an eighth or better? but that is just speculation.

http://www.mygranturismo.net/9353

 

[zqxwjv]

"A Little Break"

Translation:

The staff at PD has been busting their collective asses for six years only to find out that they have spent a lot of time working on fringe features that few fans really care about. This has resulted in a lot of stress for many employees and and consequently management has decided to put current existing commitments to customers on hold so that the entire work force can go on an all expense paid trip to the Philippines - PD gone wild !!

 

[Jashmid]

My GT5 gameplay is now down to two or three online free run sessions at the Ring every week for fun. Not racing. Just free run, different car every lap. Was really looking forward to this week's event to level up to 32 for the 4hr event. But that's not going to happen apparently.

No way in hell I'm going to grind the boring 4hr Mazda race or the oval thing. 4hr nurburgring and I'll be pretty much done with a spec too.

 

[Aus_Azn]

This is bull. I would have hit 30 and unlocked the X2010 event. Complete and utter bull.

 

[smrtb0mb]

PD should add a "Event Creator" feature so we could create our own race series, with or without restrictions. The guys who do the Immaculate Challenges for example, I'd subscribe to any events they might create. Bind that feature to the track creator and provide some way to "subscribe" to someone's content or download it off the web, and the community could generate its own races forever.

For people who are giving up on the game because of the Seasonals delay, you need to add online friends that you can trust to have good races with. I think that's pretty much essential to any racing game and ends up being the most rewarding part of it.

 

[Kwicko]

So when are the Seasonal Events #7 Coming out. I forget.

Dang, for a second there I thought you were reposting another Tweet from Kaz!

 

[hardvibes]

Seriously, I stopped playing GT5
1) I can't do endurance races until I get a patch with the save feature
2) I can't play online because it's BROKEN: it's full of morons, there are no penalties, and most of all the lag is horrible!! (and no it's not my connection, I don't have any problem in fm3's multiplayer)
3) the last seasonal events are frigging boring!!! PD bring back the restrictions, would you???

 

[Kwicko]

PD should add a "Event Creator" feature so we could create our own race series, with or without restrictions. The guys who do the Immaculate Challenges for example, I'd subscribe to any events they might create. Bind that feature to the track creator and provide some way to "subscribe" to someone's content or download it off the web, and the community could generate its own races forever.

You've just answered why that will never happen.