Taking Turns

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Hello forum. I am delighted to be here were I can learn more about this magnificent game. I picked up GT4 about a year or so ago and loved it to death. I bought GT5: Prologue on New Years Eve and also loved it. Though I got quite a bit rusty for not playing a game in the series for many a month I am still recovering. I need some help with some basic turning. (Taking Turns, no pun intended for my name.) GT5P did not include a driving school like they did in 4 so I hopped in the game rusty.

I need help on how to turn nicely and gracefully. I always end up sliding and spinning out of control. I am a realism freak so I started with no driving aids/help what so ever and that made it harder.

Sorry for such a stupid question, am a newb. Thank's for any and all replies.

Taking Turns
 
Ease on and off the gas coming in and out of turns.


I could imagine what happened when you went to register.
"Hmmm, what's a good username.. I can't think of one. I'm having trouble taking turns sooo.... 'Taking Turns' it is!"
 
well on entry of the corner you should sort out your breaking and changing down gears before turning the wheel then let the cars downforce do the work until the midpoint of the corner and then you nail the throttle using maximum width of the track on exit

you can save time heavily on breaking as late as possible and putting the power on as early as possible
 
The balance of the car is crucial to how it carries itself around the corner so that the front of the car slips at the same rate as the rear, A good example of a well balanced car is the Nissan GT-R

Remember that practice makes perfect

you have to be on the limit of the breaks to achieve the full potential to do this you need to feel how hard you can press the button before they lock, you will learn how much you can get away with practice
 
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Go onto the tunning section of this forum. Maybe grabbing a couple of good tunes from there will help you get better quicker. I know it helped me quite a bit. As far as turning in and exiting out of turns try braking early first and gradually accelerate out. Once you are used to the car physics, start to apply your brake later and later. If you find yourself having to slam on the brake, try to keep the car as straigh as possible. Hard braking while turning, is a recipe for disaster. Hope this help and welcome to the forum man.
 
My tip is to avoid trail braking when you are just learning, Try to be braking on the straights before turning in as the tires can only hold so much load at once. Then fade in on the gas after the apex if you feel the car trying to slide. If you think you have ample grip hammer down.

GT5's Physics engine is slightly different it has a tad bit more grip IMO, so dont give up hope.
 
I'm a newb as well, and what works (somehow and sometimes :lol:, I'm still learning) for me is following the drive line, keep the steering as straight as possible when braking, be smooth with your controls (don't be afraid to ease of the gas), and knowing the limits of the car you are trying (I reccomend Fuji F and Daytona Road for doing this, go mad, drive stupid, and know what your car can and can't do).

Greetings from a fellow learning driver, and welcome to :gtplanet:!
 
Which ever way you get advice off people from this thread is going to be advice on how they go quick. Everybody has different driving styles some, like me go for a smooth style which you achieve by keeping the speed of the car all the way through the corner and letting the car do the turning with using as little work on the wheel as possible but you can adopt a more aggressive driving style where you purposely apply over steer to turn the car into the corner more sharply and go through more quickly like Lewis Hamilton in F1

you have to work out what suits you best
 
yes steer as far possible to the opposite side of the corner and use all the width if its a hairpin and here is another tip for hairpins if you go deep into the corner then turn this is better than going round the hairpin hugging the kerb all the way around but with most other corners you change the trajectory according the corner because ultimately you want to carry as much speed as you can through the corner
 
you can adjust the rear brakes to grab harder than the fronts if you need oversteer, opposite for understeer. if you need lots of oversteer in a turn you could approach the turn and start turning slightly before you hit the brakes. when you hit the brakes after turning with rear brake pressure higher than the front it will help you oversteer. This works good with a car like the 599 with understeer. slight toe out at the rear will induce oversteer. if the car naturally oversteers and you want to tune it down you can toe in the rear wheels a bit. toe out on the front end will help pull it around turns a bit better. dont use too much toe out in front unless you're on a track with a lot of hairpins then toe out on front and back. if you're oversteering on a car you can adjust the downforce on then apply more downforce to the rear so on and so forth
 
My main advice is: Brake, then turn, then mash the gas.

But you need more specific help for each course and each turn. So don't be afraid to use the driving line feature to learn each track and maybe check some of the record time replays to see how other people go fast.

I also find the gear indicator light super handy for learning a track. (In case you aren't familiar with it, when the number near your gear indicator is blinking you need to start braking and should end up in that gear number by the time you're taking the turn.)
 
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