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MrGrado, thank you for creating this thread. With all the negativity around here, this is a breath of fresh air. 👍 I recently made a list for my group showing the improvements that will have a positive effect on our groups' online racing, it's copy/pasted below. It mostly pertains to online racing, but figured this would be a good place to share it.
1. All cars are available in the dealership, no more having to "gift" people cars and having to keep those cars under the trade limit. Should make getting a field of, say, vintage Japanese cars together a lot easier.
2. We can now hold proper qualifying and dictate how long the session is, and it seems to work.
- There is also an option to hide all the other cars during qualifying so you don't get balked by traffic. 👍
3. A results screen is displayed for qualifying, should make for a nice screen shot in a thread.
4. We can make pit stops mandatory and I believe even dictate two tire types.
5. Once you enter the track you are "entered" in the race (unless you uncheck the box) and even if you're in the tuning screen or "watch race" screen when the race starts you'll still be on the grid. So you don't have to scramble to get on the track before the timer runs out. I'm wondering if this also means it holds on to your time when you exit to the lounge instead of resetting it like it did in GT5. But I bet if you uncheck the "entered" box it does clear your time.
6. The timing monitor now shows green (personal best) and purple (overall best) sector and lap times, a very nice addition. It also shows what tires you're on and how many pit stops you've made. I think it might even show when someone is in the pits. You can also change views in the "watch race" screen.
7. Better physics. It's easier to control and correct the cars now, especially under braking. I think this will lead to cleaner racing and more enjoyable races. I think the blind spot indicators will help with cleanliness too, even though they're a little hard to see at times.
8. Shifter karts! Seriously, they're awesome. All the karts are much more enjoyable. But for some reason you can't take them on any time change or weather change tracks, which rules out some good kart tracks (ARM, Tsukuba)
9. Cars don't have to be broken in anymore, but changing the oil right away does still increase PP a little. So buy it, change the oil and take it racing!
10. You can now undo engine/weight/body modifications instead of them being permanent like before. So getting a car into a tuning prohibited race should be much easier.
Nice touch. 👍
