If you're a gold member on Live, you should have access to the demo today. If not, silver members will get it Friday, tmk.

 

Thanks for the headsup. Ill be d/l'ing it in a few.

 

yeaaaapppp

i would definitely love to see a 3G tl in the game... 4g tsx being there is cool but...

acura's on the posted car list is missing segments of needed cars (3g tl 3g tl) =(

 

The demo is now up for everyone.

 

I know what I'll be doing all day before work today

 

The demo is downloaded and I should be able to take a break around 11 to check it out.

Reviews I've read are negative for the most part, people complaining about "assisted" steering...which is something I care nothing about, especially when the game is OBVIOUSLY more focused on eye candy and I have no intention on dropping $300-400 on a wheel set up.

Im pretty excited to get my own personal impressions of the game and new lighting system.

 

so now it's too easy to drive? lol

 

I hope that "feature" can be turned off.

 

I'm playing the demo right now. The feature can be turned off.

Overall the game is gorgeous, everything about it, but I don't like how the cars feel. The steering is all over the damn place. I can't correct myself through a corner without spinning out.

 

Its assisted by about .000003%, so you wont notice.

If you didnt notice it in FM3 or GT5, than you wont notice it here.

 

IIRC, there was a setting in FM3 to turn it off. I never drove with it on.

 

Its probably got a bit of a learning curve...

 

I don't know if I don't like how the car feels, if I just don't like the subaru or ferrari (usually true, not a fan of awd or hypercars), or if it was 2 am.

 

I kinda want to know what they mean by assisted steering. Any console controller needs quite a bit of help before it is even usable. I used my 360 controller with LFS, Sim bin games, and rfactor. To make them usable you need to mess with the dead zones, steering sensitivity, speed sensitive steering, and counter steer speed. Otherwise you are just pushing your tires over the pavement at full lock 90 percent of the time.

 

They are saying with all of it turned off, its still there.

Now...

I just played the demo for about an hour. Im playing on a pad.

Surprise. I love it. Its better in just about every way. There seems to be more immersion, really noticeable in cockpit. The sounds are miles more realistic, although still not on par with PGR3. You can actually hear the cars idle. There are pretty awesome ambient sounds throughout.

I really like the handling. I like how you can't control a drift in a 500hp Ferrari. I certainly can't in real life, and I feel the game is true to what would really happen. It feels very natural, even on a pad. Snap oversteer is amazing. Weight transfer is amazing.

I cant wait to play the real deal on tracks I've already been on to really compare the differences. The Alps track is pretty, but it doesnt do much for me.

 

another thing...exhaust burble.

Love it in real life....love it in the game.

Get the 458 up to revs/speed in a higher gear and let it wind down there is burble all the way. Beautiful.

 

I think they chose Alpine because it's very easy to learn. Lots of banked sweeping turns.
Just for the heck of it I recorded my first lap, since I play all of my console games through my capture card anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQIICXN8q0

Yay sound. I have allot of gripes about gt5, but the only one I can't get over is the audio.

 

Was your car modified? Seems way too easy.

 

The AI is on super retarded. I didn't have time to try the other 4 settings.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvimE...ayer_embedded#

 

I know what I will be doing tonight

 

No mods in the demo.

I assure you it isn't easy with everything off, and AI hard.

 

Best. Commercial. Ever.



....in the world.

 

The driving feel does take a while to get use to, but I like it more than FM3. This time around, it seems throttle input is required much more than in FM3, even with some driver aids on. The M5 in particular, because I can see the car's tail breaking loose even with TCS & what not on.

BTW, if you guys want to turn off the music, just hit the guide button & play a custom song. If you don't think you have any, hit the "Play All" option to be sure. If music starts playing, pause it, close the guide, & presto.
What's funny is that the lead guy in charge of the sound is from Bizarre Creations.
You'll have to send me your Gamertag sometime.

 

Yea, I knew he was doing it...but its still not quite the good. They shined in providing awesome sound changes in different views as well as engine and tire noises against different asphalt, etc. I love how gritty FM4 sounds though. The Zonda rocks.

Gamertag is MableGT. I wanted MarbleGT, but I misspelled it and didn't catch it. I know.

 

Has anyone done the rivals yet? The Pagani is awesome! Love the flames shooting out the rear

 

Yes this is my favorite part and particularly my favorite car to drive in the demo is the M5. The fact you can now use the throttle to control the car so much like you should be able to is great. I think I spent a good 30-45mins just driving the event with the M5 over and over again.

Now just need to figure out where I can order the Fanatec CSR Elite wheel from.

 

Where are you getting the M5, in Rivals mode?

 

He passed 11, supposedly equally equipped, cars in less than 20 seconds. He spun several times and they didn't pass him. Seems easy.

 

I thought it was fairly easy as well.

 

Yeah M5 and Pagani Zonda are in Rivals Mode.

 

So want to build one of these

 

The only thing I would do differently is flip the pedals upside down.

I built a cheap wheel/shifter stand out of PVC pipe for less then $20. For a stand like the one pictured, it shouldnt be that expensive - aside from the seat. You could get a cheap seat out of a junkyard or peruse CraigsList for one.

Hes also got the rumble seat thing on there.

This is the type of seat I really want to build:







http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=914885

 

at that seat setup

 

Seen that before. It's awesome.

 

That is genius.

 

Yea...after getting used to the new physics, its pretty easy.

 

I can't even count how many times I have hit rewind when trying to look behind me..... wish they wouldn't have switched that.

 

The demo kicks ass. Am I the only one who uses the manual with clutch feature? Special people are lame.

 

No, you're not special.