Seasonal events ruin the balance of the game!!

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Seasonal events just ruin the balance of the game, seasonal events 6 gave me easily a couple of milions which I could spent on any car I wanted and I barely completed the Beginner Series, the same happens with my level, I'm already 22 level on A-spec, it doesn't make sense. Gran Turismo was about trying hard for finally owning a top car, now it is too easy.

On Seasonal events 7 the prizes are about 19,000 credits for coming first which seems like a good decision from Polyphony Digital but again it was too easy to come first. As you may have seen there are races for "300 hp Class" etc. but that's only for your opponents!! YOU can race with any car you like! So I used a 782 hp Corvette, no need to say I was first from the first lap and the rest was just a boring procedure. (Although I must admit I enjoy so much driving with my Logitech DFGT. Everytime.)

Come'on Polyphony Digital! You can make more balanced choices, like big prizes but on races with strict regulations and so on...

What's your opinion on this? Am I the only one thinking the GT5 is a bit unbalanced?
 
steliosthem
Seasonal events just ruin the balance of the game, seasonal events 6 gave me easily a couple of milions which I could spent on any car I wanted and I barely completed the Beginner Series, the same happens with my level, I'm already 22 level on A-spec, it doesn't make sense. Gran Turismo was about trying hard for finally owning a top car, now it is too easy.

On Seasonal events 7 the prizes are about 19,000 credits for coming first which seems like a good decision from Polyphony Digital but again it was too easy to come first. As you may have seen there are races for "300 hp Class" etc. but that's only for your opponents!! YOU can race with any car you like! So I used a 782 hp Corvette, no need to say I was first from the first lap and the rest was just a boring procedure. (Although I must admit I enjoy so much driving with my Logitech DFGT. Everytime.)

Come'on Polyphony Digital! You can make more balanced choices, like big prizes but on races with strict regulations and so on...

What's your opinion on this? Am I the only one thinking the GT5 is a bit unbalanced?
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I think the bolded text is the key to making these events fun.

Just because you can doesn't mean you have to ;)
 
Personally, I like the way GT5P handled things with the PP system. I don't understand why they didn't continue that.

It allowed you to adjust, HP, weight, and tires to fit your driving style. Races could still be won with good driving, but they were always more of a challenge because you couldn't just upgarde a car to the max and blow away the competition.

I assume that maybe their logic was that GT5P was more for hardcore race fans and they wanted GT5 to appeal to the masses.
 
It's better to give someone who's at the beginning of the GT career a boost than to make the seasonal events useless for everybody else, as far as rewards go. In my opinion, at least.

Aside from that... Well, most of A-Spec comes with either no restrictions on the palyers car, so, well, I guess it's in line with that... But I agree that the first set of seasonals was the best in that regard. Then again, they were probably considered to be nothing but quick cash either way...
 
No one is telling you that you have to drive/complete the seasonal events, pepole keep moaning about smallest things in game.........., if you dont like it then leave it (wait next 7 days for new events)
 
alex1369
No one is telling you that you have to drive/complete the seasonal events, pepole keep moaning about smallest things in game.........., if you dont like it then leave it (wait next 7 days for new events)
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We should be! This game has been 6 years in development, we kept reading all over the internet about Yamauchi's perfectionism at least for the last 2 years. It is not a bad thing to demand better seasonal events and better balance in the game. I won't either leave the game nor I will foolishly pretend everything is perfect. That "take or leave it" mentality is totally wrong.
 
steliosthem
Seasonal events just ruin the balance of the game, seasonal events 6 gave me easily a couple of milions which I could spent on any car I wanted and I barely completed the Beginner Series, the same happens with my level, I'm already 22 level on A-spec, it doesn't make sense. Gran Turismo was about trying hard for finally owning a top car, now it is too easy.

On Seasonal events 7 the prizes are about 19,000 credits for coming first which seems like a good decision from Polyphony Digital but again it was too easy to come first. As you may have seen there are races for "300 hp Class" etc. but that's only for your opponents!! YOU can race with any car you like! So I used a 782 hp Corvette, no need to say I was first from the first lap and the rest was just a boring procedure. (Although I must admit I enjoy so much driving with my Logitech DFGT. Everytime.)

Come'on Polyphony Digital! You can make more balanced choices, like big prizes but on races with strict regulations and so on...

What's your opinion on this? Am I the only one thinking the GT5 is a bit unbalanced?
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First off..., YOU made the choice to use that beast of a car (the Vette) in that race. The Seasonal Events can be as challenging as YOU want them to be. In events you can choose powerhouse vehicles and destroy the AI or use a more "appropriate" vehicle to make the race more challenging.

A good example.., the very first Event Race using FF restrictions. I could have chosen one of my upper end FF's within the HP guidelines for this race.., but I didn't. I chose one of my vehicles that was only "slightly" better than the typical opponents. Those races were a BLAST because I didn't hit the top of the grid within the first lap. The races literally came down to the last few turns and my wins were only within a second or two. Now THOSE were fun races.

If you want a challenge.., then make it challenging. No one is forcing you to run these events. Why complain about these events when they're completely "optional".?.?
 
Yes, for beginners it is unbalanced ganing a ****ton of of xp and have loads of money at your disposal BUT if you look at the XP required from lvl 27 the old seasonals were completely fair xpwhise and the money was a nice bonus to expand your garage. They should make it more challenging though, only challenge I've had was tweaking for the waterboat race and eventually that wasn't even hard.

If PD had put up a lvl req for seasonals like 25, it would have been fine. now they just made it into another way to grind. I mean when you start the game you're exploring special events and mostly a-spec anyway, so putting a lvl req for seasonal does sound like the perfect solution imo.
 
Luminis
I actually think that's the smart thing to do in this case :D
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Yep, the driver can make it as fun (or as dull) as they want it to be. 👍

I like to start way under-powered and under-tired, and work my way up to a win. Had a ball with the first challenge last night (the FF on Tsukuba). Did it a bunch of times, and probably made less than 100k. Unbalanced? Less unbalanced than grinding Indy.

Stelios, it's supposed to be fun. If you're choosing things that aren't fun for you, like using way overpowered cars for the online challenges, then change what you're doing. The developers made it open-ended so you could make it fun no matter what your skill level.
 
ElSecundo
Yep, the driver can make it as fun (or as dull) as they want it to be. 👍

I like to start way under-powered and under-tired, and work my way up to a win. Had a ball with the first challenge last night (the FF on Tsukuba). Did it a bunch of times, and probably made less than 100k. Unbalanced? Less unbalanced than grinding Indy.

Stelios, it's supposed to be fun. If you're choosing things that aren't fun for you, like using way overpowered cars for the online challenges, then change what you're doing. The developers made it open-ended so you could make it fun no matter what your skill level.
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I do the opposite. I make sure I can win the race by overpowering the car. For the open seasonals up until now, I wanted to make sure that I got the credits and XP before the races went away. I don't have a lot of time to do the seasonals over and over gradually moving up a place or 2 each time I race. If I have time, then I go back and try the race again using the seetings that they provide in the immaculate challenges.

I think everyone that complains about GT5 is missing the obvious. GT5 is very flexible and allows players to play the way they want to play. Sure, by doing it this way they may have produced a game that is not superior in any one area, but they have defintely made a game that is good in a lot of areas and appeals to may different types of players.
 
Poppins
lol shows how dumb i am using a 300 hp car >.>
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don't feel bad i did the same thing, but i also used a car with 301 hp and it was fun. i did find the F1 races were a bit to easy though, they could have been a bit more challenging like the FGT races in A-spec.
 
Unbalance the career? Heck, I can't even muster the strength to call it a career. The single-player career is the signature of GT games - hundreds of hours spent over hundreds of challenging race events.
The single-player offering in GT5 is, quite frankly, pathetic.
 
steliosthem
Seasonal events just ruin the balance of the game, seasonal events 6 gave me easily a couple of milions which I could spent on any car I wanted and I barely completed the Beginner Series, the same happens with my level, I'm already 22 level on A-spec, it doesn't make sense. Gran Turismo was about trying hard for finally owning a top car, now it is too easy.

On Seasonal events 7 the prizes are about 19,000 credits for coming first which seems like a good decision from Polyphony Digital but again it was too easy to come first. As you may have seen there are races for "300 hp Class" etc. but that's only for your opponents!! YOU can race with any car you like! So I used a 782 hp Corvette, no need to say I was first from the first lap and the rest was just a boring procedure. (Although I must admit I enjoy so much driving with my Logitech DFGT. Everytime.)

Come'on Polyphony Digital! You can make more balanced choices, like big prizes but on races with strict regulations and so on...

What's your opinion on this? Am I the only one thinking the GT5 is a bit unbalanced?
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I really cant understand people like you, your moaning its to easy in a 300bhp race then use 783 bhp car. What a plank, try using a car thats competitive and more even then you wont have lots of boring laps.
 
OP, if you think they are unbalanced, why did you do them? They are optional, not required for you to complete the game. I enjoyed all of the seasonals so far, through the expert hall in a-spec, and I am only level 29. It's not like 3 weeks of seasonals will make you level 40 and the game is over. Don't worry about your level, save the money if you want, and enjoy the game.
 
allen-XY
Even with that, it still taking ages to get to the level 40.
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Totally true, the gap between each Level expands on a 128% rate for each new level...so the first levels are easy to attain since the XP gap is not so big, but after level 25 or so, you will see how your progression starts to get slower.
 
No one will ever be happy with the game, there's always some minute, daft reason for a complaint.
 
freight48
No one will ever be happy with the game, there's always some minute, daft reason for a complaint.
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You are exactly right. People will always find a reason to complain. PD is in a no win situation with most of these people.

Me, I just enjoy the game. Sure, it has many faults that I hope they fix but what game doesn't? Constructive criticism will help PD, not the crying that goes on here. That's why the new feedback page is so great.
 
mcsimfan
I think everyone that complains about GT5 is missing the obvious. GT5 is very flexible and allows players to play the way they want to play. Sure, by doing it this way they may have produced a game that is not superior in any one area, but they have defintely made a game that is good in a lot of areas and appeals to may different types of players.
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I have to disagree. How does GT5 allow players to play the way they want when the stupid level system restricts you from what cars you're allowed to drive and what races you can enter? Sorry, but GT 1-4 allowed much more freedom in the way you wanted to play.
 

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