starting car?

[Jump_Ace]

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[HashiriyaR32]

Honda Integra=JDM

Acura Integra = American Market, different headlight design.

Honda Integra Type-R is hottest:tup:

Acuras dont exist in Japan.

Starting Credits, GT5P had like what 15-18k with NO used car dealers, so we might get 10-12 with used dealers.

35 is wayy too much, you can practically get a new sports car.

Edit: just checked GT5P IS 35K, with no used lots so maybe 15-20 with used lots??

A bit of trivia for you. The slim lights you see on JDM Integras are actually a result of a mid-life refresh in around '98. Before that, all Integras of that generation (no matter where they were sold) had the 4-eyed headlights. North America didn't get the revamp.

 

[RobGT81]

mx5 or rx7. Integra type r is a good shout though.

 

[Dapper]

In the context we're talking about, it's the only definition.

So, what the intended audience is, US in this case, defines what country the manufacture is from. Good one!

In the context of a game based on reality, it is a Japanes car sold in America. It is not American.

 

[ismellbacon611]

i wouldn't mind a used audi a3, tt, or s4 as a first car in the game

 

[Khaddar]

It really depends on the credits I guess. Cause ideally, I would love to start with a Nissan Skyline GTS-t Type M R32, you know the 1989. Reason being is that I had a lot of good memories with that car in GT4.

I dug out the PS2 and fired up GT4 today for the first time in a long time, mostly just to have a look around the car dealers. Aside from being surprised how little I'd actually played it compared to earlier GTs, and how many cool cars there were that I'd forgotten, I found that I'd used the '89 GTS-t Type M as my starter car in GT4. Always enjoyed the RWD Skylines in the GT games.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

A bit of trivia for you. The slim lights you see on JDM Integras are actually a result of a mid-life refresh in around '98. Before that, all Integras of that generation (no matter where they were sold) had the 4-eyed headlights. North America didn't get the revamp.

Close; the 4-eyed look was only on the '93 and '94 models in Japan, the Type-R brought the more conventional lights in when it showed up in '95. Come to think of it; the Integra really lasted a long, long time, with only very minor exterior detail changes over the years. My mom still drives her fairly clean '95 around and it still feels pretty good.

So, if the starting amount is 10K, I imagine there won't be a lot of Premiums available. The Cappucino, some Keis, and maybe the FC or 3rd gen Supra? An older NA Miata? If it's 35K like Dave mentioned, that really cracks it wide open; you could get a nearly new 350Z, STI, or Evo for that price. Which seems like overkill for the beginning. Hmmm...

 

[CaptainFederal]

I dug out the PS2 and fired up GT4 today for the first time in a long time, mostly just to have a look around the car dealers. Aside from being surprised how little I'd actually played it compared to earlier GTs, and how many cool cars there were that I'd forgotten, I found that I'd used the '89 GTS-t Type M as my starter car in GT4. Always enjoyed the RWD Skylines in the GT games.

Yeah, the RWD Skylines were awesome. Especially, the R32s and R31s . Not to mention they got you pretty far into the game with a used car. I remember my first one was black. Would love to buy it again.

 

[brensta76]

Hey all, For my first car depending on what I can affored. I wil be going for either the Mazda RX-7 Savanna(FC), Toyota AE86 Sprinter or the Toyota Supra Mark III Turbo A..... I remember these cars being in gt1 & 2 and They were all great starter cars....

 

[XxTH3_ST1GxX]

I'm going straight to the used car showroom and buying a Celica GT-Four St185! hopefully its a premium car being that it was in the TGS Trailer

 

[FlourescentBlak]

^ Good call, I'll use it for ralley racing.

 

[stig's helmet]

maybe an old evo also

 

[alba]

Japanese car for sure. Hopefully an STI or MX-5 we'll see

 

[pikalulz007]

It's gotta be Japanese, but I don't know any specifics yet.

 

[eSZee]

So, what the intended audience is, US in this case, defines what country the manufacture is from. Good one!

In the context of a game based on reality, it is a Japanes car sold in America. It is not American.

Close; the 4-eyed look was only on the '93 and '94 models in Japan, the Type-R brought the more conventional lights in when it showed up in '95. Come to think of it; the Integra really lasted a long, long time, with only very minor exterior detail changes over the years. My mom still drives her fairly clean '95 around and it still feels pretty good.

So, if the starting amount is 10K, I imagine there won't be a lot of Premiums available. The Cappucino, some Keis, and maybe the FC or 3rd gen Supra? An older NA Miata? If it's 35K like Dave mentioned, that really cracks it wide open; you could get a nearly new 350Z, STI, or Evo for that price. Which seems like overkill for the beginning. Hmmm...

Out of the Prologue cars, you have the
15,000-35,000 cars(all are over 25,000)
-Alfa 147
-Citroen 4C
-Focus ST
- Honda ITR
-Atenza sport
-RX8 type S
-Cooper S
-Swift Sport
-MK4 GTI
-MK5 GTI
and the 15,000 and under cars(barely under 15,000
-Cappuccino
-Cervo SR

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Well, Prologue's prices probably aren't indicative of the prices in GT5: Without the used car lots of a full game, older cars (like the 'Cino and mkIV GTI) get their "new car prices", similar to how the prices changed from GT4 to PSP. At least that's been how PD typically deals with them.

Then again, we don't know if there will be a, uh, premium, on Premiums. Will they charge more for the higher quality models? Will the last-gen ones get a discount? Or maybe the idea that Premiums won't be available in the Used lots is true too. It really changes the strategy when approaching the game. I won't be buying many (if any) Standards on my first run through until I'm satisfied with trying all the newly available cars, so I hope I'm not forced to pick one in the beginning due to lack of competitive options.

 

[Racin'Jason]

i hope they make some classic japanese cars like the FC3S, S13/S14, 180SX and AE86 premium. i would be a shame to not model these fun cars but give premium model status to things like that VW van or the Nazi army vehicle. UGH! i shiver at the thought of it!

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Whatever car you get for getting all Silvers on the licence tests. Worked wonders in GT4.

 

[FlourescentBlak]

I might even do that. Silver is easily attained.

 

[Antti-san]

i hope they make some classic japanese cars like the FC3S, S13/S14, 180SX and AE86 premium. i would be a shame to not model these fun cars but give premium model status to things like that VW van or the Nazi army vehicle. UGH! i shiver at the thought of it!

Not wanting to start an argument, but the Wehrmacht was mostly made out of the same kind of people that you'd find in an Allied army. Not every German was a member of the NSDAP back then or shared the Nazi ideologies, you know.

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

Not wanting to start an argument, but the Wehrmacht was mostly made out of the same kind of people that you'd find in an Allied army. Not every German was a member of the NSDAP back then or shared the Nazi ideologies, you know.

why does it matter if it is a nazi vehicle anyways, you can enjoy their engineering without sharing their ideologies

 

[Antti-san]

why does it matter if it is a nazi vehicle anyways, you can enjoy their engineering without sharing their ideologies

Well duh, that's what I was saying!

 

[xNEVER-ONEx]

Well duh, that's what I was saying!

i was trying to add to your argument, but i guess i quoted the wrong person

 

[yellowclone]

Then again, we don't know if there will be a, uh, premium, on Premiums. Will they charge more for the higher quality models? Will the last-gen ones get a discount? Or maybe the idea that Premiums won't be available in the Used lots is true too. It really changes the strategy when approaching the game. I won't be buying many (if any) Standards on my first run through until I'm satisfied with trying all the newly available cars, so I hope I'm not forced to pick one in the beginning due to lack of competitive options.

I asked the same thing a few weeks ago when some people were 100% positive that they would never drive a standard car in the game. I even asked, what if it was required for a license test, and I never got a response. I don't think, though, that PD would want to force people to start off in a standard car, since they obviously are not very proud of them. We know that atleast 1, '90 RX7 is premium, and I think that will be well within the starting credits, as it has been in all the other games.

 

[El Drifto]

Hopefully they have my daily drive, the Alfa 156 V6.
If not, I'll go for the 147.
If not, it will be a WRX/Evo/Civic/Prelude.

 

[lbsf1]

I want a really bad car. I want an old stock banger to start off with and to do banger racing with. Or even better like real racing drivers do start with a go kart.

 

[TK42OnE]

This was mentioned a few posts ago, but I can't figure out how to quote from my iPod.

Whether or not premium cars would be available in the used car dealerships. I hadnt thought of that before and it definitely effects how I'll choose my first car.

But I wonder if there will be those once in a blue moon rare cars in the used car dealerships and if they will be standards too? Can anyone remember what some of those rare cars were. I'm drawing a blank.

 

[eSZee]

I asked the same thing a few weeks ago when some people were 100% positive that they would never drive a standard car in the game. I even asked, what if it was required for a license test, and I never got a response. I don't think, though, that PD would want to force people to start off in a standard car, since they obviously are not very proud of them. We know that atleast 1, '90 RX7 is premium, and I think that will be well within the starting credits, as it has been in all the other games.

We also know about the 1988 turbo A supra, early-mid 90's EVo and gt-r.

 

[VillageBC]

Merkur XR4TI/Ford Sierra Cosworth is my hope... Recently sold my XR4TI's as I didn't have time/money to maintain them but I want one in game!

82-85 Celica-Supra is another choice, since I owned one and it treated me well as a daily driver and track day car.

 

[SCUD77]

I have no idea