I don't have 24/7 internet so 99.5% of my ps3ing is offline
gt5 is a prick to lvl 40 offline, I've had gt5 since mid 2011 and look at my sig for lvl details.
Ah! A soul brother.
Never fear. It can be done. GT5 Version 1.0 is one of the most brutal and obsessive racing/car-collecting games to beat and complete.
For those that don't believe me - wipe your PS3, disconnect it from the internet, slip in the original disc and start playing - and keep on playing till you pass levels 35 for both A-Spec and B-Spec. Then we'll talk.
It's a whole different game.
I have never connected my game to the internet - though I'm very nearly there - I wanted to progress as far as possible in the game before I went back to the buffet and turned famine into feast; from what I hear GT5 online is a veritable smorgasbord of credits, cars, and automotive mayhem.
I have beaten all the races except for the 24 Hr Enduros, and the FGT; though I have an FGT I've not really been ready enough take that tour yet, and am leaving it for some vicarious enjoyment later.
I've earned millions and bought or won almost all the cars that are available in the game offline - no trading, buying, glitching, duping, sponging, etc, etc.. . . just grinding, watching the UCD, spending judiciously, selling when I have to, and also being rewarded tremndously by the game's almost intuitive grasp of how I'm personally playing the game.
I've heard people say the game 'almost reads my mind'. Play long enough like this in the one mode, unadultrated by patches, repatches, tweaks, and glitches, and you will find that it does seem like the game reads one's mind; my analysis of it so far is that the game reads your inputs - and outputs appropriately. It's not
totally random. There is an
If P/Then Q at work here.
An example - let's say you are trying to beat 'Like the Wind' - keep trying to win it long enough in an 'unappropriate' car - and suddenly you'll find the 'appropriate' cars appearing in your UCD. Or it just happens to be the moment you win a #1000 ticket - and 'voila' - there's the LMP you need.
Do the DTM 10 times, and look in the UCD - DTM cars!
First principle of the original game is judicious money management (destroyed by online seasonals).
Second - follow the flow of the game - get your licences, and do the specials and watch the money and cars flow in (I think
Mr. Slow who runs on a budget knows this stuff well.)
Third - Get yourself a car ( e.g. Ford GT) that can beat the Indy at the American C'Ships, and grind that - it's quick enough money, and after every five races watch the UCD.
The way you cycle the UCD matters. Skip steps and it snaps back into malaise. Play it right and you'll find the oddest cars pop-up amidst the usual background of 'stocked' cars. (This is why no one's list seems to match exactly.) Skip the temptations, they'll be back - get the cars you only really need. Save the money and don't spend till you've passed the 10 M mark - then relax - you have enough money now to buy most any car you need, and if that Bentley Speed 8 pops into the UCD you are ready. Maybe after 10 M you can 'force' the UCD to spit out what you want, by trying the right races, or doing the 'right' thing. The UCD is watching. All the time. And so is the Santa Claus who hands out Gift Tickets and that Pot-of-Gold #1000 Ticket. You may be surprised by the very car you are hunting for.
In addition - grind the races you like racing - use different cars - and through this process you will start to earn money, cycle the UCD, and also do lots of racing - The Euro C'Ships, DTM, and Like the Wind also pay well while giving you opportunities for close racing in several different cars. Get yourself a car that can beat the Dream Car C'Ships - and rake in the money everytime you complete - 4 consecutive wins and you can even abort from there and pick up the Series win.
Fourth - leave the New Car (Premium) dealers alone. Remember these cars are all yours - safely stored away in the NCD, not taking up space in your garage, and the only thing you need to take one out for a spin is to buy it. When you need it. You still 'own' it - it's on the disc. And in the game. Yours to look at - like it's in your garage. Don't take one out unless you want to.
Fifth - Train your B-Spec bots appropriately - and is it your imagination or do they (and the AI that races against you in A-Spec) seem to pick up on your racing habits - and get as only as good as you? Judge for yourself. Let them loose whenever you have time in the right cars so that they can earn money for you and keep cycling the UCD - the PD Cup and Dream Car C'Ships are good choices for reaping a couple of million per day via B-Spec bots.
Yeah. The Offline Game is murder. Did I say that before?
These are some of the tips I have to offer to get you unstuck. Don't give up on the game.
It can be very rewarding later.
Strange thing, - get past Level 35 - and suddenly you'll find you have a driving sim with all the goodies in line, a seemingly enigmatic and intuitive interface - and one you'll keep going back to for an endless variety of driving/racing fixes. And yes . . . suddenly the AI seem to adopt 'personalities.' Actually it
is only one AI - split into different fragments - the whole of it making this quirky personality called GT5 that I battle with - for everything. Sometimes I beat it. That in itself is a fix.
I gave up daily playing about a year ago . . . but I still boot the disc up now and then to give me the thrills (and cars, and handling, and graphics, and outright playful game-interaction) that only GT5 can give me.
I'll be ruining my game soon - there is no way to savegame my progress in V 1.0. As soon as I go online and loose my virgin GT, I know that it's going to be a whole different game. Add people. And Marketing.
Don't give up - you ain't really stuck, just impatient. Keep playing the game. Nice to know there is another madman around.
Just watch out for Article 6, Section 13 of the Manual. That's where the
real frustrations begin.
