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[355 boy]

Try it with an F1 car - next to impossible...

should make it a comp - fastest time round trial mountain with a cone using an F1 car...

[Ivan]

Originally posted by pRy

BTW.. you seem to suggest you can switch from Auto to Manual while still racing, how do you do that? I thought that could only be changed in the out of race settings?

Hey gang,
What I meant was - when you are in manual the cpu still starts the car for you at the start. So let that momentum carry you into the first corner before shifting yourself.
pRy,
Remember I threw my controller down in an earlier post and thought I broke it? It was because I was a tenth off as well.
I'm off again gang.
I had the holiday off but, now it'll be awhile before I post again. pRy before I come back I expect you to have the super license.
So here are my stats:
Complete 70%
Total money won $10,736,500
Race wins 360/360 100%
Cars owned 84
Total miles raced 10,928.9
Car value $37,868,380
Bonus Cars won 88
Trophies 383
Money in the bank $5,807,994

[pRy]

Ivan, I won the super licence I won it a week or two ago.. scroll up in this thread ;)

Finally did it! I am still trying to win my first F1 car.

[Shiftin]

I got it about 2 weeks ago. The game is extremely cool. But........and this sucks big time. Today i have cut myself with a stanley-knife in my left thumb. And it's pretty bad, I sliced half my nail of. And yes it hurts. So guess what, i won't be able to play the game for days (weeks?). I tried but it just hurts too much. I tried the stick, but it didn't work. I kept saying to myself, mind over matter, mind over matter........But it hurts too much. The only remedy is drink half a bottle of scotch so the pain stops, but then I am way to drunk to play. Do I sound desperate? I am...I want to race....

<---wish i had a working one.

[Superbar]

Shiftin, get yourself a wheel! It's more fun anyway....

[Shiftin]

Originally posted by Superbar
Shiftin, get yourself a wheel! It's more fun anyway....

Yeah, u are right. But I already have a Microsoft Sidewinder FF steering wheel attached to my PC. I play Colin McRae and NFS Porsche Challenge a lot. But I reckon that steering wheel doesn't fit the PS2? Or does it? (would be the best news in a week)

Besides that, my livingroom isn't that big and it already looks like a tech-center. So adding another steering wheel would be to much. But i agree it's more fun.

[The Kanisteri]

Completed whole endurance serie and what I got?

One freaky Formula car and zero credits...(except race win)


Well perhaps when I will complete whole professional serie I hope I get more KICKS ou of the game...

status:
All licences
Begingers level completed
Amateur level completed
Rally level completed
Endurance level completed
Arcade mode completed (professional)

90 cars (7 F1 cars)
83,9 % completed

left: Formula Gt series, Gt cup series, Tuscan challenge, Elise cup, Italian avant garde(?).

and Time-attack in arcade mode.

[Cobra]

Just got the PS2 and GT3 this week and already my lil'bro acquired all the licenses! Have to say that this game is awesome!!

[theMot]

The game is class. Got my first F1 car the other day and also a Toyota GT one

Does anyone bother with the car setups? I find i just stick on a good set of tires up the power and go for it.

[Shiftin]

Originally posted by Wolbo
So is GT3 an arcade type of game or a realistic sim like GPL. How do the two compare ?

I don't know GPL, so I can't compare them. On the PC I play Collin McRae rally 2.0, NFS Porsche Challenge a lot. But GT3 is the best IMO. Just because the cars are so cool looking. Besides that it's great to tune them, shop for wheels etc. The car handling is pretty ok, I think though I haven't played the game with a steering-wheel yet. These things together with the sometimes absurd speeds (400km/h+) make the game a must for car and driving fans. But to answer your question, I think the game has a bit of both, relalistc and a bit of arcade.

[MattFoster]

We got it on Friday and I am hooked.

The graphics are un-****ing-believeable!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got all the licences except the S class ones

One myself a XR8 by winning an Enduro race this arvo. WOOHOO!

I have got my Yellow EVO V maxing out a 337Kph on the Test Course, I can't believe it either.

[Cobra]

Whats cool is the replay of your race laps, the headlight cluster on the Ruff RGT looks so fackin real enough to take a bit at!

[Linus27]

Well just to add my thoughts on the game and I am more of a simmer than anything else being a massive GPL player.

GT3 when I first played it was wicked. The graphics are ****ing amazing and the feel of the cars is not bad. I long for a sim that models things like hot hatches etc on the PC. So had a few races and thought this is fun but then things started to annoy me.

The AI are as dumb as you like. They don't even know you are there and this simply ruined it for me. Driving next to another car and they just drove straight into the side of me because they were programmed to get back onto the same line. Also, out braking into a corner, they still turn in and hit you. Even if you are ahead they still turn in and hit the rear half of the car. Very dissapointing.

The tracks also felt very arcade like which I hate.

What I did then was set up a Clio spec race at Monaco and it was great fun but in the end I was playing with the AI. I could had got past much earlier as I was much faster but I knew I would be hit or turned in on so I just waited for the exact moment.

So, fun but very frustrating. If the AI was good I would go out and buy a PS2 and GT3 tomorrow but I know I will get very frustrated and bored with it very quickly just because the AI is so programmed, predictable and fixed.

Also tried F1 2001 and this was terrible, simply terrible. Not even worth mentioning.

[Jerry Lee]

Linus27,

Which F1 2001 did you try? Was it the EA Sports or the other one?

[Linus27]

Jerry

Ah, not sure. It came with that F1 2000 DVD. Had a green cover and I think Murrey was doing the commentry. Does that help.

I am so annoyed that GT3 has crap AI. It was so much fun to drive.

[Jerry Lee]

I just start doing the rally races. I really really like them because the controller vibrates the WHOLE time...;)

[Linus27]

PERVERT ALERT

[StickShift]

I'm at 38.7 percent completion.

Milestones
-I have passed all the licenses
-I have completed all the Endurance Races.
-I have won the Formula GT Series (except the Monaco race)
-Have all the Formula 1 race cars, except the F/86
-got my Supra RZ at Turbo level 4 to 268 mph.
-Still have my PT Crusier (I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out why too.. go figure.)

[The Kanisteri]

:yawn:

88.5 % completed

About 100 cars. I just dump lousy cars...
Beginner, Amateur, Rally, Enduro levels completed

Two GT championship tournaments left (10 races with 10-15 laps each) and two Formula 1 tournaments left and i'm on halfway on the Dreamcar tournament (7 races, 15 lap each).

And I have question for you pals:
What car has reverse + 7 gears in the GT3? And where to get it?

[JForce]

In GT2 the Castrol Supra had 7 gears. All the cars have reverse. Use the triangle button. I haven't heard of any cars in GT3 having 7 gears, but I've got plenty that could use one...

[JForce]

Look at the date on that last post!!

What a thread killer!!

[The Kanisteri]

JForce,
You won't kill that post...

[The Kanisteri]

And btw, GT3 don't have any car with 7 gears and reverse. :
It is a bug.