Minch00

Don't read into it:

Minch00 (3:10:20 PM): man that's a random as fuck avatar
M PGN2 (3:11:54 PM): ha
M PGN2 (3:12:10 PM): that picture is on this website I use for work a lot
Minch00 (3:12:28 PM): still rediculous

Zapata

I hope people realize i was soooooo kidding

srika

dunno... no plans to get one anytime soon.... I have to do some other things first...

mantis23

what could possibly be more important?

dude, please sit down and reevaluate your priorities.

BEETROOT

mantis23

Logic717

Well I finally got the game lastnight and so far, I don't think any divorce plans are being drawn up by my wife...

My first car was the Legacy Turbo which had a good power to weight ratio, and its pushing almost 420 HP with just a stage2 turbo upgrade and chip, and intercooler. Not bad for my first car . Now i just need to focus on getting my licenses to race in the other series and build up some moolah.

When u win a car in sunday cup, do you have to race all of them over again to get the prize car?

srika

true, true... I don't know what I am thinking....

since you asked - I have to clean my room, pay some bills, finish a song, and run some other random errands.... I've been putting all of this off since about, oh I dunno, Feb 22nd

srika

sounds like a great starting car. yes you have to win all the races again to get the prize car again. it ain't THAT easy to get money :P

BEETROOT

take that legacy and go win the first race in the special condition events (both directions).

you get this cadillac cien that puts out about 950 hp when you buy the supercharger. with that car, you can win the other special condition events easily, and get mega $$$

thats how I started last night, and I went from an 84 rx7 and no money to a garage full of supercars in a few (ok 6) hours.

srika

good advice BEET.... i c u r about to hit 10k... .congrats.

which thread you gonna do it in....

mantis23

i bet he could win capri rally easy mode in the special condition races with that legacy of his (2 races, 4 laps total), and win the toyota rsc rally raid car over and over (worth 265K). (thanks Zap).

Zapata

must pass the thx to Srika....he had pointed it out.

BEETROOT

wow. I would never have noticed. holy crap thats a lot of posts.

Logic717

Preciate the advice, I think I'm gonna try that tonight!

Yep, I'll be trying yours too!

srika

nah... it ain't like that. we're all in this together.

srika

yea right... you knew...

Logic717

HOw are the A-spec points calculated... I know its based on you winning gold, but is it also based on how your car compares to the others in the race? What are those points used for?

MSZ

60 pts. is the default. If your car has the adventage you get less points. More points if your car sucks.

And the points are for BRAGGING RIGHTS only. B-Spec point on the other hand is a lot more useful.

NightHawk CL9

correct, i used a stock s2000 and i was getting 130 a-spec points in the FR races. while i used a caddilac ccien in the MR and i was getting about 3 points.....

srika

more info about A-Spec pts here:

http://gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=53048

guia x

Thanks for the tip. I wish I knew about this sooner. I kept doing the capri rally over and over. I like this way much better. I hate having put a Mercedes in my garage but money is money.

Anyway, after GT, GT2, and GT3, I didn't think I would end up playing this game that much. I practically played GT3 for only a couple days before getting bored. I figured I'll probably just get this one to just add to my collection. I'm actually enjoying this game quite a bit and I look forward to playing it all the time. I started out with a TSX. Kept playing the sunday cup until I could afford the Mugen S2000. Boy that was a lot of hours spent. I didn't know about being able to fast forward B-Spec and definately didn't know about the special conditions event. I knew there must be a better way of making money so I looked it up on IGN.com and this thread.

Now I have a couple pages of cars in my garage. All of them, except for the CLK race car and my original TSX, are the suped up Hondas like the Mugen S2000, Spoon cars, and Mobil and Raybrig NSXs. I don't know but I can't seem to drive anything else other than Hondas. I can't seem to control the other cars as good. I find the S2000 and NSX to be the best handling. I wish the TL was in this game.

Anyway, I'm at work now. I'm dying to get home and make more money so can finish off my Honda garage.

Doom878

Whew. I thought I was the only one that got bored of GT3. The races get montnous and I hated getting the crap cars instead of F1's on those endurance.

guia x

Yeah GT3 is probably the one I played the least. It collected dust in a hurry. I can't believe GT4 actually pulled me away from playing RE4 (I guess it also helps that it's my second time going through RE4).

jiggaman

what car should i use to beat the European Touring Car Championships in B-Spec mode and get some cash!

srika

The Mercedes CLK-DTM Touring Car, modded to all hell. Win it in the Mercedes section, umm... I think the 2nd race. One of the races in MB section.

AS3.0CL

i won the toyota minolta, that car does own almost everything, but can i win the 24 hour nurburgring endurance race with it. what car should i get so it would be a snap or will this do just fine? what car did you use if you have completed it?

srika

yeah I used the Minolta Toyota for 24Hr N-Ring, it owned. by the end I was like, I dunno, 9 laps ahead of 2nd or something. I mean, my Bspec driver was.

Black CL-S 4-Life

Just won the Minolta Toyota and it kicks ass. Now I'm ready to take on the GT Championship.

danny25

I don't get those a spec points sometimes. I just got 74 for an Aston Martin race where I won easily by 5-6 seconds. But other times the race will be worth 40-50 points and I won't have a chance.

rdml07

For Option Stream Z, I think using hard or super-hard for the rear tire is the best choice. For the front, use the medium....so the cars still could turn with more speed. Yea, changing the gear settings probably would help.

rdml07

I'm working on Formula GT myself....using B-spec ofcourse. Too many races with too many laps. I have three more races left for the championship and i get another Poly Formula + lots and lots of money

BTW, I always lose on Super Speedway....no matter what.

Doom878

Wow. No response for 10 hours.

Well I'm probably the least furthest considering I just bought my copy on Saturday and have only played a couple hours. I got A and B license and used the Sunfire GXP to win the Sunday cup so I got about $14k. I'm considering the following for my first car:

S14 with like 200hp/200lb/ft (assuming turbo) for like $8k
Skyline GTS-T R32 for like $12k
Save a little more for VR4 for like $16k

I used the R32 on a license test and it understeered like crazy in Trial Mountain. I obviously favor RWD in this game because I wet my pants doing the RX7 on NRing. I'm leaning towards the S14 and boosting it more. I also remembered how the Daisin Silvia from part 2 dominated most of my mid-level races. The VR4 is a favorite from part 1 but might be a little heavier. What you guys think?

And I think that in B-Spec the driver is just a dumbass at 1st. In the same Sunfire I owned in for the Sunday Cup, my driver finished 3rd. :wtf: It says in my status his Level is 140 which I'm assuming is beginner. What levels are you guys who've been using B-Spec?

And yes, the License tests were wayyyy more fun than frustrating. I was laughing when eating dirt in the NRing. I'd be on controller 2 or 3 by now if it was part 3.

dabuda

tried the b-spec mode last night. easy way to get money but kinda takes the fun out of playing the game. if you're just having the cpu drive the car for you then what's the point?

Zapata

did some license tests last night. Kept spinning out with the lancia rally car is the s4 test or something. Was very lazy and not on my game so i can see why. Completed the clubman cup race and won the mazda speed 6. Nothing too exciting Not sure what car i will attempt to race with next. Most likely will take another honda. Perhaps go full tilt wit the CLS. Dunno...really liking the s2k so perhaps i'll stick with it and see far it'll take me

rdml07

It did understeer during the Trial Mtn license thingy. But if you buy the car, you could fix the understeer easily by adjusting the ASM. Lower number for the oversteer and higher number (such as 16) for the understeer side. That should help fix the problem. If I were you, I'd prolly pick the GT-R since its alot faster than the Silvia. But thats just me. When I first started the game, I bought '90 Mazda RX-7 GT-X and didnt buy a car til I had enough to buy '99 Nissan Skyline GT-R N1.

Also, I do not recommend using B-Spec at a early stage (unless you have a car that outruns the opponents by at least 30 seconds...maybe alot more. My B-spec's level is about 5600 and I rarely lose the race. I could put it on 4th pace(I forgot what its called....the one below the Hard Push) and still runs without spinning in gravels.

rdml07

Fifth installment of the Black Beauty series....





Specs are the same as the regular Formula Gran Turismo

Zapata

very sexy......

Doom878

So the black version is the same of the regular one?

srika

got GT4?