Thoughts on 'Gran turismo anywhere' next month?

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I seriously would like to know how many people enjoy B-spec as a gaming experience.

I find it rather fun at low levels where I need to give actual directions for the bob to win, but passing lvl20 he pretty much can just win by himself given a matching car.
 
ikarys
Dude, seriously take a chill pill.

I've been out for 6 hours, so Bob's been doing his thing.
It's a 9 hour race and I didn't know when I would be home.
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Fair enough mate. Apologies but sounded like a whinge that you were forced to do the 9 hour b-spec during time you wanted to play.
Sounds more like it after one has just read wishlist/complaint threads :crazy:
 
Whatever related to B-Spec it doesn't interest me. It's concept in itself is ridiculous and sick - just my opinion, of course. 👎
 
I'm also rather confused what the point of 'Gran Turismo Anywhere' is? I always thought the primary motivation for providing B-Spec was for people to enjoy watching the (very nicely) rendered cars whiz around the circuit? It was basically a showcase for the cars with a little interaction thrown in to make it a little more competitive. This can be an amusing diversion for short races.

But to run races that you can't see (apart from, presumably, via some simple web-based interface) seems pointless? Even worse if you do have to leave your PS3 for it to work (though I'm not yet 100% sure this is the case). What an environmental disaster all that waste of power will be!
 
You have to leave your PS3 on for this "Gran Turismo anywhere"?? Oh my.. no thanks PD. My electric bill is high enough as it is. 👎
 
CeeJay
You have to leave your PS3 on for this "Gran Turismo anywhere"?? Oh my.. no thanks PD. My electric bill is high enough as it is. 👎
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you don't have to leave your TV on with GT anywhere.... But you would if you actually did the races sitting next to your PS3 so your actually saving money because the races you would be doing with the TV on, you can do with the TV off :P, hense the piont....
 
I think its a cool feature.. looking for to it.. i dont like B-Spec because watching Bob race makes me want to race so i just play a-spec or online ..

So with that feature i can do B-Spec when im out.. awesome :drool:
 
will4noobs
you don't have to leave your TV on with GT anywhere.... But you would if you actually did the races sitting next to your PS3 so your actually saving money because the races you would be doing with the TV on, you can do with the TV off :P, hense the piont....
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That's what I used to do anyway.
Start the race , turn off the tv and come back later.

GT anywhere has always been there.

Don't do it anymore. Fed up.
 
Spagetti69
That's what I used to do anyway.
Start the race , turn off the tv and come back later.

GT anywhere has always been there.

Don't do it anymore. Fed up.
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but with GT anywhere you can control it at work/college through a internet browser, with the TV off.

I am not trying to defend as i think it is pointless because noone wants B-spec. its piontless, kinda like football manager.
 
I like it. i play PS3 with a projector and i hate leaving it on (or even turning it on and off alot) to change bspec races. this will be nice.
 
WTF PD!? Give us more A-Spec events before expanding stupid B-Spec mode. Let us drive the B-Spec races even! It's better than nothing.
 
FYI about Remote Races.

-You and your friend(s) Driver must be shared
-You can not do B-Spec Events
-You can not manipulate your driver (i.e. pace up/down, overtake) This was its fair to your friends drivers
-You Only earn XP for your driver
-You may win only money


It may not be exactly what you guys are expecting, but any new feature is a welcome feature.
 
Schmo
FYI about Remote Races.

-You and your friend(s) Driver must be shared
-You can not do B-Spec Events
-You can not manipulate your driver (i.e. pace up/down, overtake) This was its fair to your friends drivers
-You Only earn XP for your driver
-You may win only money


It may not be exactly what you guys are expecting, but any new feature is a welcome feature.
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whats your source mate, if you can tell me ill add it to the orginal post
 
Schmo
FYI about Remote Races.

-You and your friend(s) Driver must be shared
-You can not do B-Spec Events
-You can not manipulate your driver (i.e. pace up/down, overtake) This was its fair to your friends drivers
-You Only earn XP for your driver
-You may win only money


It may not be exactly what you guys are expecting, but any new feature is a welcome feature.
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will4noobs
whats your source mate, if you can tell me ill add it to the orginal post
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We've know about most of this since the Tokyo Games Show in September direct from PD and Gran-Turismo.com

Gran-Turismo.com
"Rent" AI Drivers to Others, to Gain Experience

There is also a special mode in the Community, called "Remote Racing". In remote racing, when the AI driver and car set public by you and your friend are selected, an event race will start automatically.

This means that the AI driver that you set public might participate in a remote race of your friend, and come back with experience before you even know it.

You can watch the races that you host, but you will not be able to give commands like you can in the standard B-spec mode. This is to keep the matches with the AI driver you borrowed from your friends fair.
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Meh, this is just annoying really since I could have used it for SLS competition might have given me another day, but not much more really. Playing b-spec overnight and setting an alarm for when a race is ending in order to re-start has sufficed though.
 
So it's multiplayer only? But not actually multiplayer because it's completely a.i. controlled? Huh?

Also, the PS3 really doesn't use much electricity, and during the winter it may even help to reduce your heating bill (much like not buying into those high efficiency light bulbs does.) :)
 
vrooom
How can you be defending B-Spec mode? Is there anyone that bought the game for B-Spec mode? Is there anyone who prefers watching the AI race instead of driving the cars? And if you are so bad at GT5 that you can't even gold any A-Spec event is the game worth it for the B-Spec mode? No in my opinion, you shouldn't even bother with a driving game!

You say I am not forced to use B-Spec mode. You are right, I tried it once it was awful and I won't use it again.

Some use B-Spec mode to get more cars and credits. Let me get this straight does this seem logical to you? Having your PS3 on, grinding B-Spec, being unable to watch a blu-ray or play another game, limiting your PS3 life, spending needlessly electrical energy, inflating pointlessly your electrical bill and if we count the total numbers of PS3 on grinding B-Spec hurting the environment without having some fun in return!:crazy:

Way to go PD! You earned a trophy: Global Warming!:ouch:

Instead of tricking some players to needlessly use B-Spec, PD should just increase the credits from A-Spec events and give some proper prize cars instead of Daihatsu Midgets or VW Lupos. :sick:

And I don't give a damn about my A-Spec or B-Spec level. I don't even look at my level! I bought a driving game not an RPG.:crazy:

And when a game developer spends time and money on a feature that no one likes (except maybe the brainwashed members of the GT5 Defense Force) while the core of the game have missing features (lack of cockpits, lack of mechanical damage in A-Spec Races, messed up balance of tires, no adjustable tire pressure, no saving between races and so on and so on) then this developer is no perfectionist but incompetent!:grumpy:

Of course the GT5 Defense Force will just repeat the same stuff about perfectionists and ever evolving game...👎:dunce:
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Have to admit, everything this guy says makes complete sense. It is ridiculous, in this era of environmental awareness that game companies and developers (PD is not alone, T10 does the same junk) create game modes that require leaving your system on for hours, if not days at a time, unattended, basically simming races.

Especially ridiculous when you think that every other sports game in the world allows you to sim a game, or even a race, automatically. Whether it's FIFA, Tiger Woods, Madden, Nascar, NBA 2K etc, etc, etc, you are not forced to actually sit there and watch the game when you sim. It just does it for you.

But these developers think they have to prop up some fraud of a psuedo-economy. So instead of just simming that 24 hour race, they force you to sit there. Otherwise, you might amass a large amount of credits and GASP, actually be able to drive all the cars. The HORROR.:crazy:
 
Part of me was excited by the sound of being able to control GT5 from my phones web browser whilst at work (progressing through b spec mode whilst doing a shift sounds good, being able to select different cars and different bobs to gradually do all of the events whilst never touching the PS3)

But if you cant actually do the B spec events, or select cars in real time, then whats the point? To gain a few B spec XP? That your friend provides the car for? I'm confused!!

If the above is true then I wont be bothering leaving my PS3 on unless I've actually started a proper B spec endurance event
 
machschnel
The above article states that if you leave your Playstation 3 turned on, over the course of a year it will use the same amount of power as FIVE refrigerators!
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I agree it is a total waster of power, though I believe the newer PS3 Slim models use less power.

Maybe it's a scam buy Sony to ensure everyone's PS3 burns out so you have to buy a new one.... 💡
 
Ok everyone is talking about how much energy it will use let me put it this way:

Say you want to grind some b-spec levels (lets say 35), you are obviously going to need to have your ps3 on to play gran turismo in the first place, correct? you will have to leave your PS3 on while grinding, correct?

With GT anywhere it just means you can do B-spec races when you don't have access to your ps3. (e.g at work etc) If you spend all that time grinding with 'GT anywhere' you are still going to have to leave your ps3 on the same amount of time as if you weren't using the 'anywhere' feature.

GT anywhere - 20hours leaving your ps3 on to get to level 35 (hypothetically), but you will be somewhere else controlling bspec with your browser.
Sitting in front of your TV - 20hours leaving your ps3 on to get to level 35, but you will be sitting next to it all the time

your only going to be using the same amount of electrictity as if you were sitting next to your ps3.

if your that bothered don't use the new feature

not a massive energy/cost difference
 
sk0pe
As for the grinders...lol well what do i say? Ever hear of special events, licenses, the races in A-Spec you don't like, Seasonal Events. I'm at level 33 and haven't had to re-do a single race , I REALLY REALLY don't know what this grinding nonsense is about. If your trying to just get to level 40 as quick as possible then yeah your gonna have to grind, but if you sit back and enjoy the game, play through the different content you will see there is no need to grind. Why the rush to level 40 anyway? You hoping for a certificate for your wall? The game doesn't change at level 40, so just enjoy it.
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No need to grind? well thats because your at level 33.

Im level 35 and I have achieved Gold on everything including the Vettel challenge. The only events im left with is the 9hr/24hr Endurance which I refuse to do or re-run A Spec events. You say you haven't had to re-run events but trust me you will have to do if you wish to obtain more credits or exp.

The bottom line is A Spec was badly designed, rushed, not properly tested and B Spec is a complete an utter waste of time. You mention GT5 will see many updates but what about those who do not have access to the internet and cannot recieve these updates. Sorry but when you pay £40 for a game you should expect a finished game and GT5 certainly wasn't finished.

Such a shame because I know numerous friends who purchased a PS3 specifically for GT5 and yet have already traded GT5 in. I shall list the reasons below.

1. All like me only had endurance events left but because we have the older PS3 consoles we refuse to risk these blowing up.

2. As they couldn't progress anymore with career they could hotlap instead on the time trials. Well the answer is no because GT5 only has 4 time trials and the stock time trials that were in GT5P are missing on GT5. These friends are DS3 users and don't stand a chance on the time trials. At least with GT5P you had standard physics for DS3 users.

3. Maybe race online instead? Well no because this was a farce. As the matchmaking servers aren't in GT5 like GT5P your only option was to create a room where people kept quitting or join someone elses empty room.

So as you can see my friends were left with very little to do and quickly became bored. Im afraid the offline side of GT5 is shockingly bad and it appears A/B Spec took 2 mins to design. The online aspect of GT5 is also primitive and very outdated. Infact GT5P was much better online. The lack of leaderboards is simply shocking and we even don't have a leaderboard for the Top gear TT.
 
proving that some of the early reviews were pre-emptive, inaccurate write-ups of a game that has grown considerably since release
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Really?

Because I am pretty sure they were none of those things and they were accurate portrayals of what the game was at the time you were going to shell out your $$$ for it.

So are you saying that reviews quoting the number of maps in BFBC2 were inaccurate and preemptive becuase we now have more maps?

Give me a break... PD dropped the ball and released a half baked game... now they are picking up the pieces but that in no way invalidates the reviews that came out at launch... it only goes to show the importance of actually releasing a finished product as you don't ge ta second chance to make a first impression.

What was the appropriate thing to do for reviewing GT5 then? Wait until PD said "we won't be releasing any more updates or patches" and THEN review it?

Seriously...
 
will4noobs
Gran Turismo 5 continues to evolve well beyond its initial release, proving that some of the early reviews were pre-emptive, inaccurate write-ups of a game that has grown considerably since release.
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That's not how reviews work.

For example, let's say there's a movie just now hitting theaters and you're interested but you go to some reviews to find out if it really sounds like something worth watching. As it turns out, the thing was absolutely terrible, and the reviews reflect this. Now, fast-forward about ten years and the film has been heavily edited and is supposedly a much better production that's actually worth watching. Should reviews of the initial release have been put off for ten years to see if it can be edited into something half-way decent somewhere down the road? Of course not. Reviews are and must be based on what's there at that time and not on what it might be in the future.

The same goes for a video game. Reviews are and must be based on the product that's there at that moment in time, and not put off for months or even years to see what it might eventually become and not based on speculation as to what it may eventually be. GT5 had no choice but to be reviewed based on what it was in November 2010, and not on what it might be in February 2011, May 2011, November 2011, 2013, et cetera.
 
I don't see the point of this, honestly. You can set the PS3 up to run an event before heading out to work or school or wherever you're going right now. Only time I see this coming in handy is when you're gone for vacation or a trip or something. Even then, why would you be on your computer setting up races when you're on VACATION. Smells like a gimmick and a waste of time.
 

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