GT5P: Trial of the Time Trial

It’s annoying being beaten by yourself

Yesterday evening I noticed a post on the Playstation Community Gran Turismo Forum about a “Time Trial” event that is being held. Even though it was already on week 8, and I obviously missed the first 7 trials I thought I would have a pop at this to see how my times compare with other drivers.

After only 18-20 laps I found myself in the top 20 driver on the London Reverse, Citroen C4 combination. Fantastic I thought; I can do well here. However shaving those last few tenths and hundreths of a second off my time was getting a lot harder. You have to hit every braking point and every apex perfectly on every corner, and all in one good lap. Much like a qualifying session but you have much longer to do it in of course.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (GT5P) – First Impressions

After a very long wait, I finally laid my hands on GT5 Prologue. I have been a fan of the Gran Turismo Series since GT2 and have been eager to play the new GT5P. I will go into more detail when I have had more time to play the game.

I use the G25 Steering Wheel to play Gran Turismo and only did a couple of races with the pad as the Wheel adds another dimension to the game and it just isn’t the same without. I set everything to Professional with all Aids turned off (ABS set on 1 in Quick Tune though as it’s too sensitive otherwise)

Playstation 3 (P3)

Playstation 3

Originally I always wanted a P3 for one reason only, the Gran Turismo Series! For anything else I always had the Xbox 360 which is brilliant as well, especially for online gaming. The downside of course is the Xbox live subscription fee.

Now that I finally have the Playstation 3 I don’t feel the need for the Xbox 360 anymore. The games play just as well on the P3 and so far I find some play even better with the Playstation Controllers. The big downside of course is that there are less people in the online community but on the other hand, it’s free!

Anyway to combat this, let’s just say, lack of gamers, I am looking at starting a gaming group for P3 gamers of similar interest to myself. Check out my “The Big Friendly Gaming Group” page for more details!