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Come tell us about the experiences rookies at GT3 had when they first played the game.
Last night I went upstairs for a quick moment after I had just finished an arcade race. I came back and my dad was sitting in the chair with the controller in his hand looking like he didn't have a clue what was going on. He had kept pressing triangle, so he was at the main menu. He continuously pressed triangle in an effort to start a race, so the game cut to a demo of F1 cars at Seattle (you know how that happens when you sit idle at the main menu). Immediately he alerted and asked "Which one am I" and then started pressing buttons at random as if trying to control one of the cars
Once I explained to him it was a demo, I decided to set him up for a little test session at Super Speedway to see what he could do.
I showed him the controls as I set him up with a black Camaro SS from the Arcade Garage (he likes GM). When he first got control of the car, he accelarated down the back straightaway like normal, weaving back and forth. Just as I noticed that the car was topping out at around 112mph, he asked "Is this the fastest this car can go?" Searching for the problem, I found it: He was resting his fingers on the shift buttons (he was using an automatic). For the most part, he kept it off the wall through turn 1, though he would drive erraticly down the back straightaway. Every time he would straighten out on the back straightaway, he would start bobbing his head back and forth and yell out "Driving on the highway........looking for adventure........BORN TO BE WIIIIIIIIIIILD" (he was partially drunk ). He never did use the brakes (like a typical newbie), so he would always crash in turn 2. And he would "lean" into the corners (tilt the controller into the direction of the corner). Actually, he did better than I expected. His best lap was in the 0'48 mark after about 10 laps, then he stopped after he suddenly complained one of his fingers became numb. Heh.
Last night I went upstairs for a quick moment after I had just finished an arcade race. I came back and my dad was sitting in the chair with the controller in his hand looking like he didn't have a clue what was going on. He had kept pressing triangle, so he was at the main menu. He continuously pressed triangle in an effort to start a race, so the game cut to a demo of F1 cars at Seattle (you know how that happens when you sit idle at the main menu). Immediately he alerted and asked "Which one am I" and then started pressing buttons at random as if trying to control one of the cars
Once I explained to him it was a demo, I decided to set him up for a little test session at Super Speedway to see what he could do.I showed him the controls as I set him up with a black Camaro SS from the Arcade Garage (he likes GM). When he first got control of the car, he accelarated down the back straightaway like normal, weaving back and forth. Just as I noticed that the car was topping out at around 112mph, he asked "Is this the fastest this car can go?" Searching for the problem, I found it: He was resting his fingers on the shift buttons (he was using an automatic). For the most part, he kept it off the wall through turn 1, though he would drive erraticly down the back straightaway. Every time he would straighten out on the back straightaway, he would start bobbing his head back and forth and yell out "Driving on the highway........looking for adventure........BORN TO BE WIIIIIIIIIIILD" (he was partially drunk
). He never did use the brakes (like a typical newbie), so he would always crash in turn 2. And he would "lean" into the corners (tilt the controller into the direction of the corner). Actually, he did better than I expected. His best lap was in the 0'48 mark after about 10 laps, then he stopped after he suddenly complained one of his fingers became numb. Heh.
