Why max out your cars?

[Ecchi-BANZAII!!]

Engine tune and such is not really that important, but the suspension tune and tranny tune are the two most important for me.

 

[Zuel]

Why modify?

Ask Vettel and Hamilton if, when told there was a way of getting an extra 10th out of their cars by boosting output, dropping the springs or losing weight, do you think they'd say "no thanks mate, I like my car as it is, because it shows off my skills better"

Thought not.

Yes true on areo and suck but the engine and weight can't be touched. So what's the point?

 

[HP]

I tune to experiment & to try get the most out of a car. sometimes I tune to the max for a laugh & sometimes it's to try & win... because it is a game not RL & in the game that I paid money for I can do whatever I far king like unless there's restrictions in which case I adjust.

JAG = Just a game...

 

[MSTER232]

Some people just want to watch the fuel burn.

How wasteful of them! And to think problems like global warming and climate change is going around .

 

[4everstock]

My question goes out to the people that have been enjoying GT from the first GT? All others please don't reply due to your to young to understand or you're pon just going with the flow. For those of us who've been enjoying GT since it first what is the point of tuning the cars to the max, mainly the race cars? Yes I understand to compete with others due to all doing it. Is the competion really that good? Or is it so bad you need the power to get out front and not your skills?

Just a matter of choice.....GT5 doesnt "penalize" you for it, you don't have to go all out to beat the AI cars, but you may want to test yourself to see if you can handle a maxed-out car, 'cause some of them mis-behave with more power
But do you remember, I think it was GT4 that gave you less prize/experience points (the points that didn't have any apparent benefits) if you had more modifications on your car?

 

[Aaronrray]

I can understand tuning a road car to a point to get the best performance from it, though knowing the limit. But overly tuning one to me is not practical in real live or in a game. I see a lot of people working so bloody hard to get an overly tuned road car or race car to perform on the track. To see what the limits are? It’s too late for that once you’ve added all that extra power to it. All that power is only good for one thing going fast in a straight line. If that’s all you want then drag it should solve the problem. Tuning a road car to perform next to a race car is pointless to me as well; I don’t see any logic in it. This is what I see every time I play GT. I see all the cars and race cars some of us dream of driving of getting behind the wheel. I want to get the thought thrill of being behind that wheel of that car is it’s rah form. Being able to compete against another driver in the same car or in a car with in its class, but that will never happen because everyone is so power hungry thinking they can be fastest by having a fast car. The power is not what makes the car fast it’s the driver. If someone had the money to build something with good enough AI to drive an overly tuned car would it be fast? Yeah fast in the wall. I don’t know, I guess a lot of you lost the real joy of cars, and started thinking a lot like gamers rather than drivers.

I hope one day soon I’ll find some people whom will be willing to compete with a normally tuned car or race. If I’m going to get beat I want to get beat by a driver not car against car. That’s 5 year old stuff.
“MY CAR IS BETTER THAN YOU CAR LOOK AT THE GOLD PAINT”
“WELL MY HAS 1500 HP POWER WITH GOLD PAINT.”
“Ok let’s race, vroom.”
“………….”
“I WIN!!!! I TOLD YOU MY CAR IS BETTER THAN YOUR’S!!!”
“I’M GOING TO TELL MOMMY YOU GOT A BETTER CAR THAN I”
“MOMMY BILLY’S CAR IS BETTER THAN MINE I WANT ANOTHER CAR NOW!!!”

LOL, I’m sorry I had too couldn’t hold myself from doing but you get my point.

Maxing out a car is all business, though doing that with a road car and racing it against the fastest race cars is really fun, simply because many of them still seem to have a soul.

 

[dxm8975]

My question goes out to the people that have been enjoying GT from the first GT? All others please don't reply due to your to young to understand or you're pon just going with the flow. For those of us who've been enjoying GT since it first what is the point of tuning the cars to the max, mainly the race cars? Yes I understand to compete with others due to all doing it. Is the competion really that good? Or is it so bad you need the power to get out front and not your skills?

Actually the race cars initially fully tuned up so that they can evenly equal to other adversaries, don't need to be tuned up any more to the extent that it dominates the entire competition, but standard cars which are supposed to be limited the overall spec within the tolerable range of sales with assurance of safety, need to have more horsepower to be able to cope with them... Being too disadvantageous in status of overall performance, doesn't necessarily make the race more challenging as it depends highly on the track at which the contest is gonna be taken place - often lets you end up quiting the race before it finishes.

And there's no rule that you must use a car which yields to others in terms of performance, it's just your discretion what car you go for and how you desire to do in the rivalry.

 

[GenkoMax]

Tune or not tune, you may do whatever you like.
Just from personal experience the car feels to loose it's character when it's maxed.

I'm fine with people tuning, I do it all the time. (Be it mostly suspension oriented.)
The only thing that annoys me is seeing a car that's fine the way it is, with RS's on it and tuned to the max. And despite that, watching the driver endlessly spin it on every corner.

Eh... Tuning within reason I suppose.

 

[Mac K]

Why not just let people play the game how they like it?

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Personally, I like the experience of driving a car fully stock to get a feel for it, but I will tune cars for the fun of tuning, and in the case of my F40, so that they are quick enough to be competitive. The Audi R8 V10 is also fun to tune because it can beat most prototype race cars.

 

[4everstock]

the thing is, the game is challenging like that in the early stages, where you have limited money and you have to to make the best decisions with how you spend your money modifying, with the limited money you have and then have to drive your a$$ off.

but after a while when you get great, and you're a "high-roller", money is no object (especially after big payout seasonals), you can modify how ever you wish......you become spoilt.........so as the saying goes- "with more/great power (and money) comes more/great responsibility"!!!!

 

[DLR]

Because, and I know how crazy I am, I find it more interesting when I'm in my stock Gallardo and I'm fighting for the lead with a fully modded Dodge SRT4....

 

[Menown]

I never add any tuning parts. If I pick out a Ferrari 458 to drive, it is because I want to drive a 458. A Ferrari 458 with another 300hp isn't a 458 anymore, it is something else. I want to drive the cars as they are, I find that enjoyable. I don't hold anything against the Max Tune people, GT is about making your own fun.

 

[Psycho Turtle]

Simple, because I can.

 

[Aaronrray]

I never add any tuning parts. If I pick out a Ferrari 458 to drive, it is because I want to drive a 458. A Ferrari 458 with another 300hp isn't a 458 anymore, it is something else. I want to drive the cars as they are, I find that enjoyable. I don't hold anything against the Max Tune people, GT is about making your own fun.

There's a reason why many people own more than one of the same car, one for business, one for fun.... And in the case of the McLaren f1, another in LM spec.

 

[050999742]

It's such a shame so many people have such a lack of respect and maturity.

Personally, I accept that most car manufactures know better than me, most of my cars are stock and I have no need to tune, and the ones I do tune are lightly done so, sports exhaust kits, for example.

 

[CNSpots1]

Reminds me of a Ford GT I have in my garage that I tuned all the way... almost 900hp of junk... lol... All it does is spin... and in real life that is exactly what happens too...

tell that to the mazda 787b i whooped at laguna seca in my ford GT. and the chap 2J.......and the nissan r92cp...

EDIT: and i can drive in the rain without TCS and get no wheelspin.

 

[DLR]

tell that to the mazda 787b i whooped at laguna seca in my ford GT. and the chap 2J.......and the nissan r92cp...

EDIT: and i can drive in the rain without TCS and get no wheelspin.

Well aren't we special...

Was this online or in A-Spec?

 

[Exorcet]

the thing is, the game is challenging like that in the early stages, where you have limited money and you have to to make the best decisions with how you spend your money modifying, with the limited money you have and then have to drive your a$$ off.

You can't lose money though. The beginning of the game is more like grind until you can enter better paying events. You can spend like a fool, it won't really keep you from advancing, unless the only thing you buy is karts.

It's such a shame so many people have such a lack of respect and maturity.

Personally, I accept that most car manufactures know better than me, most of my cars are stock and I have no need to tune, and the ones I do tune are lightly done so, sports exhaust kits, for example.

First off, you're not modifying a real car, so whatever is great about the real car doesn't really apply. Same for tuning.

Second, makers never make cars for 100% performance. If you can't improve on a generic road car you might not know what you're doing. This includes super cars. It can be as simple as buying a manufacturer's own aftermarket parts.

 

[Jubby]

It can be as simple as buying a manufacturer's own aftermarket parts.

Good point, and it's actually a money-making scheme. If they put a CAI (just to name a random aftermarket part) on a car at production it costs X. If they sell it post-production, they can sell it to a dealer for 2X, and the dealer sells it for 3X. For the people who get someone to install it... it keeps going up.

To answer the OP; I just enjoy messing around with cars and going fast. It's that simple for me. If I want to drive a stock production car, I will. If I want to drive with minimal tunes, I will. If I want to see how hard I can push one of the many cars to the maximum tune and then the limit, I will. I'll enjoy it all.

 

[4everstock]

It's all a matter of choice.....your own....it's your game/career to advance at the rate you want to and your cars to do whatever you want to do with ........

 

[CNSpots1]

Well aren't we special...

Was this online or in A-Spec?

online(it was a one-off. i doubt i could replicate the results again). i was offline doing a laps at spa when i decided to try a lap in the rain on RS tires with no TCS

 

[Zuel]

tell that to the mazda 787b i whooped at laguna seca in my ford GT. and the chap 2J.......and the nissan r92cp...

EDIT: and i can drive in the rain without TCS and get no wheelspin.

If you have the diff setting all the way down to 5 you wont get the wheel spin and you not getting the full performance of the car which is still defeating the purpose.

 

[Schwartz]

This is just the second GT game I've had (Ive been playing videogames all of my 16 years of life) but your question is really about all online games: Why do people make online less competitive and boring (everyone ends up with the same stuff). I think I've come up with a philosophy. It's the same as any other competition. Take baseball into example.
1. Everyone wants to be the best.
2. Someones discovers steroids can help.
3. he shares it with others.
4. All players want to keep up and keep their jobs in the MLB.
5. Baseball turns into a lopsided slugfest.
6. MLB notices bad effects on health and bans it.
7. Now they are having trouble getting rid of it, especially since you often can't tell who has taken it because you can cheat drug tests.

In GT5 you dont have a choice but to do full upgrades to keep up with that ONE MOTHER *****R who did it first or else you look like you suck. Besides, adding horsepower on GT5 almost always makes it faster because GT5's tuning is unrealistic.
It's human nature to do anything and everything to be the best, making everyone do it (me being guilty of this too), coaxing the world into upgrading everything in GT5. You know, full upgrades arent purchased just because someone thinks they are a badass.
Hows that explanation?

 

[HP]

Good point, and it's actually a money-making scheme. If they put a CAI (just to name a random aftermarket part) on a car at production it costs X. If they sell it post-production, they can sell it to a dealer for 2X, and the dealer sells it for 3X. For the people who get someone to install it... it keeps going up.

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To answer the OP; I just enjoy messing around with cars and going fast. It's that simple for me. If I want to drive a stock production car, I will. If I want to drive with minimal tunes, I will. If I want to see how hard I can push one of the many cars to the maximum tune and then the limit, I will. I'll enjoy it all.

= 👍 👍 👍 👍

 

[Energizerrr]

It's such a shame so many people have such a lack of respect and maturity.

Personally, I accept that most car manufactures know better than me, most of my cars are stock and I have no need to tune, and the ones I do tune are lightly done so, sports exhaust kits, for example.

👍

Same here except when I'm racing online.

This is just the second GT game I've had (Ive been playing videogames all of my 16 years of life) but your question is really about all online games: Why do people make online less competitive and boring (everyone ends up with the same stuff). I think I've come up with a philosophy. It's the same as any other competition. Take baseball into example.
1. Everyone wants to be the best.
2. Someones discovers steroids can help.
3. he shares it with others.
4. All players want to keep up and keep their jobs in the MLB.
5. Baseball turns into a lopsided slugfest.
6. MLB notices bad effects on health and bans it.
7. Now they are having trouble getting rid of it, especially since you often can't tell who has taken it because you can cheat drug tests.

In GT5 you dont have a choice but to do full upgrades to keep up with that ONE MOTHER *****R who did it first or else you look like you suck. Besides, adding horsepower on GT5 almost always makes it faster because GT5's tuning is unrealistic.
It's human nature to do anything and everything to be the best, making everyone do it (me being guilty of this too), coaxing the world into upgrading everything in GT5. You know, full upgrades arent purchased just because someone thinks they are a badass.
Hows that explanation?

Agreed but, I haven't raced much since 2.0 and I know they added "prohibit tuning" option which is the best thing since smoked cheese as far as I'm concerned.

 

[1COGTfiend]

Why not?

 

[kennylmao]

I do it just to go as fast as possible. Let's say I'm doing an event at Trial Mountain in my maxed out 458 Italia and I smoked the fellow at first place during the second lap and still have three more laps to go, then I push the car to the limits to try to get the fastest lap time possible. Then, I switch to a maxed out 430 Scuderia and try to beat the previous car's fastest time. It kind of makes grinding more enjoyable and at the same time keeping the time I use to grind at a minimum.
(Because if you use a slightly modded car to do it, the time it takes you to complete the race would be longer since your car is slower.)

I also do it so that I can try to TAME THE BEAST.
Driving well + all aids off + 900HP RWD monster = I am the KING!

I also create a bunch of 'superlight' versions of the supercars I have. Max out the weight reduction, buy all the best flywheel/clutch/driveshaft, racing softs and only an oil change. Just to get the true feel of the engine's power. 👍

Just my two cents.

 

[CNSpots1]

Another reason to max out your cars is

BECAUSE RACE CAR

 

[Schwartz]

Agreed but, I haven't raced much since 2.0 and I know they added "prohibit tuning" option which is the best thing since smoked cheese as far as I'm concerned.

Smoked cheese... okay... wtf is smoked cheese???