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)