VGChartz Official Gran Turismo 5 Thread!

[lestatdark]

ithis said:

lestatdark said:

Well that's it folks. I really want to thank all of you that supported me in this endurance and I hope I have done a good enough job to provide you with accurate descriptions of what was my experience in one of the most extenuating races that exists 

I will probably be doing a similar report when I finally hit level 40 and race the Nurburgring 24H. I hope to see you all then 

 

Bravo dark lestat, you are awesome :).

Q: I presume you did not have the reduces rain slippery thing on. But then it is strange that you didn't need the rain tyres while raining heavily as you said. That's not too realistic. Plus you said that there were times when you spun out a lot. I don't know what a lot means in your book (I presume 2 -3 spins seing as you are ace at this), but didn't you damage the car at all? Were you lucky not to hit something or was there no damage? Or did you fix it in the pits?

Did you save the progress of just went to XMB?

Nope,  I don't think Slippery reduction is available for GT Life mode, I've only seen it for Arcade mode. 

Neither do I use Skid Recovery Force, the only assist I use is ABS = 1, mainly because of a bug that's present in almost all wheels, except the Fanatec GTS, where with ABS = 0, even a slight touch to the brakes locks them up.

Most of the times I spun out were either on the Mulsanne chicanes or on the porsche curves, so I had a lot of track and sand exits to avoid clipping the barriers.  My car got damaged, mostly due to the initial bumps in the rain and from trying to take corners too hot while going over the kerbs, which ruined my suspension. 

Plus, over 5000km really takes a toll in your engine power. After finishing the race, going back to GT Auto and doing an oil change, the maximum power was of 762 BHP, where at the start of the race was 831 BHP. 

I saved the progress after finishing the race.