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Why does one car i have loose and another car i have wins. *I play bspec manage my team. I have a car that I fully upgraded and it sucks compared to much lesser cars. The lamborghini race of the g model car. I forget name of car. I upgraded fully and the car has 795hp and comes in 8th if I just let him race. The other cars are all same model but much less hp. How can I loose so bad? It seems the CPU cars are upgraded or something. I don't see how they can be so fast. This goes also for other cars I have upgraded.

*What does the arrow mean next to the drivers name? Sometimes it points up, straight and down.

When driving a race it says you can use up to 2 drivers. what for? I selected 2 and I only saw one car of mine and one driver driving in the race.

when watching your driver race, what is the oil icon for? it's next to the triangle ! *Right above the headphones.

Where is a manual for this game that has everything in it? I don't know what most of the stuff in the game does, is for etc. I need to read a manual for the game.

Is there anyway to set up races to be full length like real life so you have to pit etc? All my questions here are for spec where you are the manager. that's what i play so far mostly.

What does strength and mental strength do/mean? Also that window it has your drivers name and the red and blue bar that the marker moves on. Can someone please explain this and how it affects the game?*

What would cause a car to always be at the max rpm and you have the rpm make a recurring loop noise like it's maxed out in gear? I have my driver drive races and sometimes you hear the motor like it's at the max rpm and just loops. This happens not in max gear, but lower too sometimes. It seems the driver drives much worse when this happens in certain cars. Is thugs because i upgraded the car too much and gave it too much hp or something?

what are all the upgrades for? like turbo boost. What do they do? low rpm, medium and high? Would i want all 3?

What about the engine and exhaust and all of those? How do you know when to upgrade or if it will help or hurt? I upgrade to max hp but it seems the driver is way worse the higher the hp sometimes. Sometimes it seems I have to be more then a hundred hp higher then the other cars to win.*

Why is my driver so stupid yet he's at level 23? He doesn't know when to pass or how unless i tell him sometimes. which is rare cuss i just let him drive without me doing anything. sometimes anyway. My driver gets on a guys butt and touches the car in front when clearly he can pass the car if he went to the side of the car.

When you tell yer driver to pace up, same, or down, what does this all mean and how does it affect the race? I notice pace up sometimes is the only way to get my driver to gain and pass. Sometimes i notice the only way he'll pass is if i say overtake. But then my driver smokes the tires a lot too and fish tis a lot.

When telling the driver to do something it has the timer icon. How long does your command last? If you say pace up will he only increase pace till the timer is done or what? Sometimes in order to have my driver catch up or stay in the lead i have to keep hitting pace up non stop, constantly. but this causes the driver to sometimes do worse. like his temper or whatever goes all the way to the right in the red.

Is it possible to have full length nascar races in spec where i am the manager? or any race for that matter when i am the manager?It royally sucks not being able to pit. That's part of racing.

I notice several bugs like with one screen giving you your cars hp, but another screen is different.*

how often is used cars area updated? does it mater the km for what i think means how many miles are on the car?

how do i know when to do maintenance on a car? like oil change, rebuild engine etc.

Why is it so hard to get cars for certain races? it seems you have to find them in the used cars area or be given one by the computer.*

is it possible to race on easy in arcade and have to pit if the race is long enough? i notice only medium and hard gets fuel depletion option i think.

In the pit strategy window, what is pit stop strength level?

So far I'm loving the game!! I just wanna get a good wheel and chair.
Thanks soooooo much for reading all this and helping. I totally appreciate it.
 
Well here's an edited version of the above post. Most is the same but some is new. I didn't feel like editing it much. I hope someone will please help me who is a newb :).

Thanks.
Joe.
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Why does one car i have loose and another car i have wins. *I play bspec manage my team. I have a car that I fully upgraded and it sucks compared to much lesser cars. The lamborghini race of the g model car. I forget name of car. I upgraded fully and the car has 795hp and comes in 8th. The other cars are all same model but much less hp. How can I loose so bad? It seems the CPU cars are upgraded or something. I don't see how they can be so fast. This goes also for other cars I have upgraded.

when watching your driver race, what is the oil icon for? it's next to the triangle ! *Right above the headphones.

Where is a manual for this game that has everything in it?*

Is there anyway to set up races to be full length like real life so you have to pit etc? All my questions here are for bspec where you are the manager. that's what i play so far mostly.

What does strength and mental strength do/mean? Also that window it has your drivers name and the red and blue bar that the marker moves on. Can someone please explain this and how it affects the game?*

What would cause a car to always be at the max rpm and you have the rpm make a recurring loop noise like it's maxed out in gear? I have my driver drive races and sometimes you hear the motor like it's at the max rpm and just loops. This happens not in max gear, but lower too sometimes. It seems the driver drives much worse when this happens in certain cars. Is this because i upgraded the car too much and gave it too much hp or something?

what are all the upgrades for? like turbo boost. What do they do? low rpm, medium and high? Would i want all 3?

What about the engine and exhaust and all of those? How do you know when to upgrade or if it will help or hurt? I upgrade to max hp but it seems the driver is way worse the higher the hp sometimes. Sometimes it seems I have to be more then a hundred hp higher then the other cars to win.*

Why is my driver so stupid yet he's at level 23? He doesn't know when to pass or how unless i tell him sometimes. which is rare cuss i just let him drive without me doing anything. sometimes anyway. My driver gets on a guys butt and touches the car in front when clearly he can pass the car if he went to the side of the car.

When you tell yer driver to pace up, same, or down, what does this all mean and how does it affect the race? I notice pace up sometimes is the only way to get my driver to gain and pass. Sometimes i notice the only way he'll pass is if i say overtake. But then my driver smokes the tires a lot too and fish tails a lot.

When telling the driver to do something it has the timer icon. How long does your command last? If you say pace up will he only increase pace till the timer is done or what? Sometimes in order to have my driver catch up or stay in the lead i have to keep hitting pace up non stop, constantly. but this causes the driver to sometimes do worse. like his temper or whatever goes all the way to the right in the red.

Is it possible to have full length nascar races in bspec where i am the manager? or any race for that matter when i am the manager?It royally sucks not being able to pit. That's part of racing.

I notice what seem to be a bug like with how many miles a car has driven. It said one of my cars has driven more then 1000 miles but I seriously doubt vie driven that car that much. **

how often is used cars area updated? does it mater the km for what i think means how many miles are on the car?

how do i know when to do maintenance on a car? like oil change, rebuild engine etc.

Why is it so hard to get cars for certain races? it seems you have to find them in the used cars area or be given one by the computer. Is there anyway to search for a country or model? Or can you sort like that? I have no clue what car is what country except the us and maybe japan. If gt doesn't sort or let you search then they must add it. It makes finding the right country or model near impossible. Took me days to find one car I needed for a race. Well over an hr in real time.*

I hate driving at night in the rain in one of the early aspec races. You couldn't see the road far enough in front of you. So I quit. Not sure if I'll go back to it anytime soon.

is it possible to race on easy in arcade and have to pit if the race is long enough? i notice only medium and hard gets fuel depletion option i think.

In the pit strategy window, what is pit stop strength level?

Anyone notice miles driven for cars is broken? I've got cars with over 1000 miles driven yet that's impossible for me right now.*

So far I'm loving the game!! I just wanna get a good wheel and chair.
Thanks soooooo much for reading all this and helping. I totally appreciate it.
 
Well here's an edited version of the above post. Most is the same but some is new. I didn't feel like editing it much. I hope someone will please help me who is a newb :).

Thanks.
Joe.
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Why does one car i have loose and another car i have wins. *I play bspec manage my team. I have a car that I fully upgraded and it sucks compared to much lesser cars. The lamborghini race of the g model car. I forget name of car. I upgraded fully and the car has 795hp and comes in 8th. The other cars are all same model but much less hp. How can I loose so bad? It seems the CPU cars are upgraded or something. I don't see how they can be so fast. This goes also for other cars I have upgraded.

It's not all about horse power, think about tyers and suspension

when watching your driver race, what is the oil icon for? it's next to the triangle ! *Right above the headphones.

when your car has done his share of miles you'll need to change the oil, that's when the oil icon wil turn on

Where is a manual for this game that has everything in it?*

there is a in game manual, look at the left of your GT-life screen.
Or you could buy the Prima game guide


Is there anyway to set up races to be full length like real life so you have to pit etc? All my questions here are for bspec where you are the manager. that's what i play so far mostly.

You can not set up your own races in B-Spec

What does strength and mental strength do/mean? Also that window it has your drivers name and the red and blue bar that the marker moves on. Can someone please explain this and how it affects the game?*

mental and fysical strength are pretty selfexplainatory, the bleu and red bar shows the drivers attitude

What would cause a car to always be at the max rpm and you have the rpm make a recurring loop noise like it's maxed out in gear? I have my driver drive races and sometimes you hear the motor like it's at the max rpm and just loops. This happens not in max gear, but lower too sometimes. It seems the driver drives much worse when this happens in certain cars. Is this because i upgraded the car too much and gave it too much hp or something?

It would mean you've the rev-limiter fiddle around withe the gears to increase the max speed, if it happens in a lower gear you might have lost tracksion which would mean the tyres are turning freely

what are all the upgrades for? like turbo boost. What do they do? low rpm, medium and high? Would i want all 3?

Googl it


What about the engine and exhaust and all of those? How do you know when to upgrade or if it will help or hurt? I upgrade to max hp but it seems the driver is way worse the higher the hp sometimes. Sometimes it seems I have to be more then a hundred hp higher then the other cars to win.*

Why is my driver so stupid yet he's at level 23? He doesn't know when to pass or how unless i tell him sometimes. which is rare cuss i just let him drive without me doing anything. sometimes anyway. My driver gets on a guys butt and touches the car in front when clearly he can pass the car if he went to the side of the car.

that's why you're his manager

When you tell yer driver to pace up, same, or down, what does this all mean and how does it affect the race? I notice pace up sometimes is the only way to get my driver to gain and pass. Sometimes i notice the only way he'll pass is if i say overtake. But then my driver smokes the tires a lot too and fish tails a lot.

Look at the bleu and red bar

When telling the driver to do something it has the timer icon. How long does your command last? If you say pace up will he only increase pace till the timer is done or what? Sometimes in order to have my driver catch up or stay in the lead i have to keep hitting pace up non stop, constantly. but this causes the driver to sometimes do worse. like his temper or whatever goes all the way to the right in the red.

Is it possible to have full length nascar races in bspec where i am the manager? or any race for that matter when i am the manager?It royally sucks not being able to pit. That's part of racing.

in the endurance series there is the indy 500

I notice what seem to be a bug like with how many miles a car has driven. It said one of my cars has driven more then 1000 miles but I seriously doubt vie driven that car that much. **

how often is used cars area updated? does it mater the km for what i think means how many miles are on the car?

how do i know when to do maintenance on a car? like oil change, rebuild engine etc.

Check BHP regulary

Why is it so hard to get cars for certain races? it seems you have to find them in the used cars area or be given one by the computer. Is there anyway to search for a country or model? Or can you sort like that? I have no clue what car is what country except the us and maybe japan. If gt doesn't sort or let you search then they must add it. It makes finding the right country or model near impossible. Took me days to find one car I needed for a race. Well over an hr in real time.*

I hate driving at night in the rain in one of the early aspec races. You couldn't see the road far enough in front of you. So I quit. Not sure if I'll go back to it anytime soon.

is it possible to race on easy in arcade and have to pit if the race is long enough? i notice only medium and hard gets fuel depletion option i think.

In the pit strategy window, what is pit stop strength level?

Anyone notice miles driven for cars is broken? I've got cars with over 1000 miles driven yet that's impossible for me right now.*

So far I'm loving the game!! I just wanna get a good wheel and chair.
Thanks soooooo much for reading all this and helping. I totally appreciate it.
I answered what I knew.

for a lot of things goes, find out for your self and use the search option on this forum:idea:

enjoy
 
Dude, in all that time you took to write this you could have just poked around in the game's menus and you would have learnt almost everything you asked. Some people...
 
I found the manual and some of what I asked after I posted. Not some people. I just happened to find these in the manual after I posted. Sorry.

However the manual spear give me enough info sometimes so I really understand.

One thing I don't understand is my cars can go way faster then my driver is doing. This is upsetting. I know the ferarri 76 model. The first one in the dealership. I know it goes faster then 156 which is all my driver gets. I don't get it. He doesn't go as fast as cars can.
 
Jeez, stop bumping. Your thread is bad.

Read the forums like everyone else.
 
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