Finished GT-R seasonal events. quite okay, not as hard as the 370z events.

Invince_Z : Is the GT Academy prize ticket transferable? Because i have two extra (copies) ticket since i played GT Academy on three separate accounts.

GTA ticket not transferable. I tried on the first 3 tickets already: leaf, silvia '94 and '02.

I played on 2 accounts

What I do is share car online using one of the account, hence keep the other ticket in mint 0/0/0 condition

not sure...try see if can use it as gift to friend or not

This post has been edited by Invince_Z: Aug 2 2012, 06:18 AM

The seasonal Japanese 80's first track Tsukuba is difficult. Try to win without the city turbo '83 starting 1st.

havent tried that yet. planning to do so this week.

yup quite challenging...starts with 30 seconds behind

i had to use silvia rally car to win

My best using tuned down Honda Civic Mugen Motul '87 to 420pp (with Miata as first) is 0.48x seconds behind in 2nd place Make few mistakes around corners. I guess can win, if drive perfect 5 laps. Will keep retry, quite challenging.
The MX-5 (NA) Special '89 from NCD, is slower than the Mugen Motul.

But if first car is City Turbo II '83, gold already by >3 seconds (non-alien)

I usually pick cars that 80% of the allowed PP and try to win the race.

This Tsukuba is different, you should try it
Condition is, City Turbo II '83 must not start from 1st place.
1st place must start with MX-5, miata, or the <forgot what> GTs-R 32 or something like that.

I think some alien tai-kor here, sure can beat

Later if you win, post some training pic/video, ok ?

i did tried the mugen civic but understeers badly with comfort soft...so i try use FR cars only

heh heh i'll try imho the key to winning in Tsukuba is having a short gear ratio. Installing custom transmission wont raise the PP of the car.

The weird thing I notice is, Skid Recovery Force (SRF), if I set to Off, it will understeer a lot.
If I set to 1, it will oversteer, but good to slide little bit to take sharp corners like Tsukuba, then full throttle power out from corner.

Weird, right ? Shouldn't SRF=Off, it should throw the back easier ?

heh heh... mine installed custom trans, lowered to 180km/h. But ratio I don't know how to adjust manually Perhaps you can start give some tips on what it is. What impact for low or high gear ratio by + or - it ? Seriously, I don't know how it works, even reading from internet also confusing.
I tried messing before, but on Nurb ring long straight, the top-speed does not go higher, in fact the car is slower

Anyone received this email ?

"

Dear GT Academy participant,

Your Online ID: aaron5829

Congratulations! Your excellent driving skills and outstanding performance in GT Academy 2012 have placed you in one of the top 20 in your region against other racers!

As a reward to your exceptional performance, we will be sending you an exclusive GRAN TURISMO 5 Spec II(Asia Chinese+English Version) with producer Kazunori Yamauchi’s autograph !

To ensure you can enjoy this free gift, please send us the following information to psn@sceh.sony.com.hk on or before 31st July 2012. If we do not hear from you by 31st July, your prize will be forfeited.

1) Your home address (We will deliver the prize to this address)
2) Your contact number

Note: Please make sure you provide us with accurate information. We will not be liable for any loss or failure in delivering the prize due to incorrect information provided.

If you have any enquiry, please contact our Customer Service Center.
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Still havent received my copy..

This post has been edited by aaron5829: Aug 6 2012, 03:36 PM

the simple way to adjust the gear ratio -

1. determine which is the longest straight on the track.
2. If you car red line at (for example) 9K rpm on 6th gear, then you should adjust your the final gear ratio so that you maxed out the rpm just about when you are braking for the corner at the end of that longest straight.

don't know if legit. I've heard of the prizes given out, but I'm nowhere near the top so haven't paid attention much to it.

by the way, does anyone here have DakarGelb paint chip for BMW?

Me not alien fast enough
Therefore, did not receive such gift.

Err... let's say my final gear is 3.410. Current max at 250km/h. Let's say it can go until 280km/h.
So, do I tune it up or down ?
up = 3.42 ? 3.43 ? or much higher 3.50 ?
down = 3.40 ? or much lower like 3.20 ?
Or based on the top-speed indicator as stated ? I try to follow that, but my car after modify final gear ratio only, the top speed from 250, goes down to 235-245 only

the email is legit.

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Added on August 6, 2012, 4:19 pmits hard for me to explain because i'm not that expert on that subject matter, but from wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gear_ratio



The easiest way is not to look at the numbers, but at the graph on the transmission menu. the closer the gaps of the bars on that graph, the quick your gear shift will be. But if you set the gears to close to each other, you will end up with a lower top speed because you will red line faster.

For beginners liek me, i usually meddle with the top speed column, so the game automatically adjust the gap between the gears. Expert liek to meddle with the gear ratio, for example if track C has many medium speed corners (3rd & 4th), you might wanna have a wider 3rd and 4th ratio.

This post has been edited by evoHahn: Aug 6 2012, 04:19 PM

I wasnt even fast... only got 1:32:something... lol

yeah... I normally just change the max speed km/h only, and let the ratio auto-calculate.

wider ratio, means the RPM will drop lower when upshift ? Hence loss power ? Shouldn't it be closer ratio ? So that exiting corner, can accelerate faster and upshift while maintaining power ?
Unless my understanding is wrong.

Your excellent driving skills and outstanding performance in GT Academy 2012 have placed you in one of the top 20 in your region against other racers!

Top 20 in region, not alien ?

wider might not the correct term, but what i getting at is that some corners you dont have to brake and shift down, just it is adequate just to shift down a gear. for example the 150r at the suzuka circuit can be driven at full speed with the correct gear ratio