Springs Camber 3. This race is just plain sucky, there's no two ways about it. Hopefully, you're going in with more than a point lead, so it doesn't matter if you win. Getting in 1st doesn't mean squat here: all the cars run in a pack, just like A-Spec, and they'll catch you unless you get far enough ahead so they can't draft you.
If you can keep your driver from doing anything stupid, you can hold mph or so through the big corners, and you'll never need your brakes. I'm not even sure if your commands have any bearing either, as you're going to run at the red line no matter what you do. I just let the race run for about the first 15 laps, then go in and spam "pace up" until the end.
Eventually, you'll win, but I think it took about 10 tries for me. If you don't on the first try, take your gold for the series, change your oil, then come back when you're at HP. Also, if you didn't get gold in any of the races, go on back and catch those as well. Your reward will be It is six races long, and they are long races. Even a 20 second lead is not safe, because sometimes you have to pit and they don't.
The weather conditions change, but you don't know what they are until you've already chosen your tires. I have dreaded this since the moment I started the guide, and 65 pages later, I'm here. No, wait, it's 6AM. I'm going to bed. I'll do it another day. One month later: Ok, I'm back and it's finally time to get this over with. You are going to want to clear your schedule for the next 3 or 4 hours, then clear it again tomorrow for another 6 hours.
That's how long this takes, and it isn't pleasant. Did I scare you enough? Okay, let's get started! First, go get a Formula Gran Turismo. They aren't available at the dealership, but the Online Dealership has them for a cool 5 million credits. It should be in the bottom right corner of the list.
Got one? It's time to tune it. Change your oil, buy a Chassis Reinforcement, and buy some Racing Soft tires. Now, start your race series in A-Spec. This is a must-win race.
Your setup should keep you relatively stable, and faster on the straights. You should be able to overtake all cars by the first turn, and if you can get around your first lap in about or so, you'll have about a 1.
If you can run laps around , you'll build about a 5 second lead and keep it for the rest of the race. A few notes: first, the pit options are mercifully turned off, so burn your tires and gas all you want. Second, the dreaded move with this car is the spinout: don't do it if you can help it. The best way to avoid this is to brake when you're going straight, not in the middle of the turn, and don't try to steer when you're in the grass. Third, there's a stretch of gentle curves right after the sharp left at around the 30 second mark.
You'll be tempted to release the gas through these, but you can do this at full throttle. Fourth, the final section before the straightaway is the easiest place to misjudge a turn and spin out. Fortunately, these curves have a strip of grass on the outside, with some pavement on the outside of that. If you're about to hit the grass, take your thumb of the steering stick and let the car go through the grass before attempting to steer.
You'll avoid a spinout and be able to get back on the track quickly. Now, just keep your interest for the next 25 minutes, and you'll have points going into the next race. Be very careful of the grass and the sand, as one tire off track will usually spin you out and cost you seconds. The two that always get me are the sharp right at about 15 seconds, and the sharp left at about 40 seconds. If you run aggressively, you can run laps in the range, but 's will keep you well in the lead, so it's better to go a little slower and not get off track.
You need to win this one as well, so if you don't have points by the end of this race, you may want to quit the championship and start over. This is the first race in the series that you may lose, so be prepared. If you use this setup, you should be fast enough to be in first place halfway through the first lap, which is where you want to run the entire race. It's just as hard for them to pass you as it is for you to pass them, so if you hit the wall in first, you may just keep your place.
If you hit the wall in fourth, you'll probably never see the first place car again. In fact, I ran laps from all the way up to for the writing of this guide. The second place car never challenged me, but I never got more than 2 seconds ahead either. You can save some time by getting up on the curbstones at the chicane at the bottom of the hill, but don't get too cute or you'll lose time instead. The real key is to brake early, coast through most of the corners, then wait till you're lined up to hit the gas.
This will keep you from spinning out. If you have trouble with this setup, just move on and run this race by itself until you win. There is a school of thought out there that says the best way to set up for this race is to set your Top Speed to about mph, but this usually involves being behind until lap 7 or 8.
I think it lets you accelerate better, though, so if this works for you, do it. Then, get started. This race isn't all that bad, but you probably won't run away from anyone either. It's actually OK to run around 3rd place for most of the race, so don't be nervous if you aren't in front by the first turn. Track Notes: make sure you use the camber on the first hairpin to spin you around for the end of the turn. Also, there are bumps on almost every curve that will push you into the sand, so make sure you're staying as close to the inside of the turns as possible.
Your race strategy will vary depending on what position you're in. If you're ahead, run nice, steady laps around and you'll stay there. If you're behind, don't panic. You can catch these guys pretty easily, as long as you don't push too hard and make things worse for yourself. The other cars love to spin out towards the end of the race if you're watching them, so be patient.
If you're way behind like 10 seconds or more , it's time for a Hail Mary If you line the car up where you know the road will be, you can get through here at about mph and make up at least 3 seconds on the other cars. Be extremely careful doing this, though, because all sorts of horrible things will happen to you if you get it wrong. I wouldn't try this unless you're either really good at it, or you are in 9th place or worse with 5 laps to go.
Hopefully, you'll have at least points by the end of this race, with a lead somewhere around on second. Before you go to the next race, make a note of your score, and the score of the second place driver. It is totally possible to get 12th place on both of the last two races if you're unlucky, so, having a big lead right now is paramount. Let's see what we get, shall we? As it turns out, all my tips were unnecessary! Just go in and adjust your Top Speed to mph.
The weather is variable, but doesn't make a hill of beans difference: just use your Racing Soft tires. If it's dry, you'll run laps around and be competitive. If it's raining, you'll run laps around and lap the field twice.
I don't know what to do with this whole page of text that I wrote about tires and race strategy, but I think I'll just leave it in. I'll block it off, though, so if you don't care about my writing, just skip to the next race, and thanks for bearing with me. First, change your Top Speed up to mph. Now, by the map on the pre-race screen, you'll see a little icon that looks like a tire with some raindrops and a percent value. This is how much rain is going to be on the track.
If it's anything in between, leave the Softs on and hope for the best. Start the race. If you're lucky, the race conditions will be the same as what the pre-race screen told you. The sad part, though, is that it's often wrong, leaving you with the wrong tires and no choice but to run a lap with the bad ones and pit on the first lap.
Let's go through all 4. Just run about on every lap and you'll win comfortably. I actually did this while talking to my mom on the phone it's Mother's Day, you know and ran laps around , but every 4th lap or so I'd crash. The outcome was still never in doubt. The other cars kind of suck at this as well, so that's also good. If you try to accelerate and you are in 4th gear or below, you will spin out. Make sure, then, that you are either going dead straight when you mash the gas, or you are very gentle with your accelerator, because the walls aren't very far away.
You need times right around to stay in the lead, but you can go all the way down to if you're good, so don't get too discouraged if you get a little behind. You went and put your rain tires on, and now it's dry! You are so screwed! When you first start, all the cars are going to go right by you, you will have to slow WAY down on curves, and you'll be lucky to get around the track in less than 2 minutes your first lap.
Have no fear, all is not lost. Just get around the best you can and get into the pits at the end of your first lap.
By the time you get out, you'll probably be around 45 seconds behind. Sounds depressing, huh? Well, the AI has a nice little surprise for you - he'll slow down until you catch up! Seriously; he'll run around or for you until you aren't in last place any more, so if you can get times around , you'll catch him in 10 laps or so. The 11th place car will be about 12 seconds behind 1st, and once you catch him the leader will speed up again, but by now you have plenty of time.
I ran right around or and took first on lap As soon as I did, they stayed right behind me the rest of the race, even though I was running the same lap times.
Finally, the weird AI rules benefit me! I ran my first two laps around average, and was leading by 20 seconds! So, given all the scenarios above, wouldn't it make more sense just to forget about the weather and leave the Racing Soft tires equipped?
I thought so. If you brake on a curve, you'll spin out. If you accelerate on a curve, you'll spin out. If you catch a tire on the grass, you'll spin out. When you spin out, you'll lose 10 seconds, at least.
The other cars are screamingly fast, so it's going to be a tight race even if you run well, and you probably won't because you've been racing for 2 hours straight. There are two ways to approach this race. First, keep your setup the same as Monza, and keep your Racing Soft tires on regardless of the weather.
The more it rains, the better your advantage, but remember that you must accelerate gently if you're in 4th gear or lower. You'll need 's to stay in front on a dry track, which will be hard. You'll only need or so on a wet track, which you can beat by 15 seconds easily on soft tires.
The other way is to take advantage of a little programming error. When you are in the pre-race screen the track wetness indicator will tell you how much rain there is. If you don't like the setting, go into the settings screen and back out. It will change randomly until you get the conditions you want. If you sit and watch the number, it will move, giving you a preview of how much it will change.
Now, you want one that's going to cross a threshold amount during the race. If you get this and start the race, eventually the other cars will have to pit to change their tires, and you'll obviously keep your racing slicks. This will give you almost a full minute advantage.
It may take many resets to finally get the right conditions, but if you can't seem to win any other way, it might be worth it. Once you finish these 6 races, congratulate yourself on completing the biggest challenge in A-Spec. If you didn't get first on a few races, go back in there and get them one at a time.
Then, turn your PS3 off, because I don't think you want to start B-Spec until you've gotten some rest You will have to be there to babysit the whole time, so get some food or coffee or whatever you do on the couch for 5 or 6 hours. I actually started calling all the friends that I haven't talked to in a while, because you don't really need to concentrate.
You just have to be there. It's annoying, to say the least. Each race is lo-ong about 45 minutes to an hour , and boring. It's also slightly unfair, because most of the races will require your guy to pit, but the other guys won't have to.
So, you have to build a pretty big lead to absorb this handicap. You'll hear talk about putting medium or hard tires on your car, but disregard this: the soft ones are the only way to go. You'll just have to know how to drive without burning them up, but you're already 19 pages into this guide, so you know I'm going to tell you how :. Start with an oil change. Then get into your tuning.
Make sure you have your Racing Soft tires. I'm doing this with no oil change HP and a level 12 driver, just to make sure these settings will work for you. Keep him from red lining by pacing him down when he gets to the top of his mood bar, and he'll probably be in 5th or 6th when the pack thins out.
If you start to get into lap 7 or 8 without moving, redline him on all the sections except the squiggly one before the straight. When you make a pass, pace down immediately to give him a break.
Ideally, you want to be in first by lap Now, whenever he gets below half, pace him up. You need to build a lead, because you will have to pit before the end of this race.
You should see your lead increase by about 2 seconds every lap. Keep doing this until about lap Then, tell your guy to pit. This is the most nerve wracking part of the race, because you get to sit still and watch all those guys go by. I made it worse by accidentally getting 47 liters of fuel instead of the recommended 21, thanks to an ill-timed phone call from my wife you can't pause during B-Spec, by the way.
I came out about 20 seconds behind, and in 7th place. Even with all of those issues, you now have brand new tires and the other guys don't. You should make up that 20 seconds within about 6 laps, and end up winning this race by at least 45 seconds, so don't freak out if you come out of the pits way back in the pack. Race 2: Indianapolis: Probably the easiest of the 6 to win. Change your Top Speed to mph.
You will barely have to touch the controller for the first 8 laps. If he starts getting behind, pace him up, but he should pass a car every one or two laps at the end of the straightaway. If you're not in first by lap 8, start getting aggressive. You want to be number one by lap 10 or so, then build your lead by keeping him above half for the next 13 laps. Again, your pit lap is Again, you might lose first place, but again, you'll have fresh tires and they won't.
You should win this race by almost a minute. Get your Spring Rate back up to I will tell you right now that you probably won't win this race during your championship series. If you can place 5th or better, your points will be good enough to win this championship, but you'll probably have to come back and do this a few times before you get 1st.
One nice thing is that you won't have to pit. One small problem is that you can burn your tires out before the race is over, but I've found this only happens when I'm losing anyway. A bigger problem is that it's damn near impossible to get your driver to pass anyone.
The biggest problem is that the cars in front of you run way faster than the cars behind you. The first time I did this, I was in second by lap 7. I spent the rest of the race trying to pass that last car, and we were keeping a pace that began lapping other traffic! However, the car immediately behind us was about 30 seconds behind by the end of the race.
So, if you want to win, you need to get into 1st place, then conserve your tires and you'll be fine. When the race starts, immediately press "Overtake. Now, your driver likes to screw up in three places: the right turn around the 20 second mark, the chicane at the bottom of the hill, and the last right turn before the lap is over. Count back about 10 seconds from each of these places, and Pace Down if he's at the red line. Now, right after those three spots, of course, are the three best places to pass in the game.
As soon as you clear each one, press Overtake if you're right up on the car in front of you, and Pace Up if you're not. As soon as you pass someone, Pace Down immediately. You should move steadily through the pack using this strategy, and the rest is up to you.
If it gets up around lap 20 and you're still not in first, I usually get angry and spam the Overtake button for about 3 straight laps. I usually crash, but I have gotten lucky and made some passes while doing this. One note on the Top Speed: every guide I've seen for this race tells me to set Top Speed at either mph or mph. I haven't won with that strategy ever, and I can't figure out why. You'd think the increased acceleration would make it easier, since you don't need the top end at all.
What I think is that the lower acceleration keeps your driver from spinning out the tires, which makes them wear slower. Whatever the reason, mph has always been the magic number for me. Good luck! Race 4: Nurburgring: Same setup as race 3, but much easier to win. Your driver likes to wreck in the high speed S for some reason, but so do the other drivers, so don't get him too worked up going through there. You also will have to pit once, and out of superstition I usually choose lap Then, use the settings trick to pick your race conditions: I like the dry track myself, so let's do that.
As far as I know, you can keep him at the Red Line for the entire race without any ill effects. I was a little nervous at first, because I blew the chicane on the first lap and was 12th the whole way, but keeping him at the red line got him in first by lap 7.
When you do finally pass the last car, you'll probably trade places and battle for a few laps. This is normal, because he'll keep catching your draft. Eventually, though, you'll get far enough ahead and he'll disappear like a fart in the wind. You will have to pit once, so how about lap 23? At this point, you should have won 4 of the 5 races, and have a score around If the same guy didn't hog all the rest of the points, you should have a cushion of more than points going into the final race.
If you want, you can skip the next race then and still win the championship, but you might as well give it a go, right? Race 6: Suzuka- Ahh, the last race. Leave your setup the same and get ready for a relatively easy one. Use your settings tab trick to make sure you get a dry track, and get going. Out of curiosity, I ran my driver at the red line, spamming Pace Up and Overtake, for the first six laps. He made no errors and was in first by the end.
So, I don't think you'll have much trouble. Build your lead once you're in first, and don't worry about tires: you'll need to stop for gas once anyway. Might as well make it lap 23! That's it, you're done. Go back and finish any race you didn't get first on, and get ready for the endurance series! Before I move on, I want to say thanks to you, who are reading my stuff and hopefully getting some help from it.
It has been quite fun, as it's totally different playing the game when you have to teach someone how to do it. Thanks again, and good luck with the rest of your Gran Turismo experience!
You can use the Red Bull car for 8 of the 9 races, so winning isn't a problem. As soon as you are at level 28, do the Indy in A-Spec, as you will win your Jaguar Race Car and you can go back and clean up all those races you skipped. The Roadster 4 Hour Endurance is easy by this time, as the Roadster TC that you've had since the beginning is much faster than the other cars out there.
In B-Spec, though, I found it easier to pace up until I lapped the second place car, then I set the controller down and watched Netflix for 4 hours until the race was over.
A quick note on leveling up- This is the first time that experience points should become a problem, as the gaps get HUGE to get to the next level 39 to 40 is over 7,, Originally, this made the game immensely boring, but it one of the later updates, Polyphony saved the day. For A-Spec, this shouldn't even matter, because the Special Events and License tests also add to your experience. For B-Spec, it's a completely different matter. Then, after that race, I spent at least 60 hours grinding to get to level 40 for the Nurburgring.
Some suggestions- The fastest per hour rate for experience comes from the Indianapolis race in the Dream Car Championship in the Extreme Series. In 13 minutes you get just over 70, experience points. If you are going to be next to your Playstation anyway, do this race and just keep hitting the start button as soon as you finish.
If you're going to be in the house, but want to do something else, do the Indy in the Endurance Series. The race takes just over 2 hours, and gets you about , points. Just start the race and come back every 2 hours to restart. If you have a day job and no wife that likes to play Dragon Age , I suggest doing the 9 hour race at Tsukuba. You get about 1. If you're really going to be gone for a while, try the 24 hour LeMans race. You get over 5 million for this, but it takes you guessed it 24 hours.
Also, the game has a tendency to forget that you were getting a bonus, since the race starts one day and finishes the next, so what I do to make sure I get my extra 2. I turn off the system, then start the game again and continue the race. That way, if I lose my bonus, I can go right back to the suspended race and get it again.
When all of these ridiculous races are done, congratulate yourself on finishing A-Spec and B-Spec! You're welcome to do all of these in a row, but they get pretty boring after a while.
You need at least a bronze in each test to be able to move to the next group. The tests fall into two categories: timed events and "glass car" races. The timed events are pretty self-explanatory: get from start to finish in a certain time. The "glass car" events are ones where you have to place first in a race or part of a race , but you will be disqualified if all four of your tires go off the track, or if you make hard contact with the other cars. Letting two tires go in the grass is acceptable and sometimes necessary , as is mild contact with the other cars.
Generally, bronze times are very easy to get, silver times become easy after some practice, and gold times are very strict and difficult. So, don't feel bad if you don't gold everything right away. Some of these took me as much as 5 or 6 hours, and even then I barely got them. Also, unless otherwise noted, you will be using the default settings for the driving options. It is rarely necessary to change them, although I would suggest playing with them if you're stuck on a time.
It might not improve your time, but you'll be amazed how much faster you run when you set them back like a baseball player swinging with 3 bats on deck. One other note: when you pass a series of tests with all Bronze, Silver, or Gold medals, you will get a prize car. Some of them are basically useless, but some of them are among the best cars in the game.
I've listed the ones below that you'll be using for other races, so if you have limited time and energy, focus it on the tests that earn you these cars: 1 Get all Silver on your International B License and get the Daihatsu OFC Concept ' Just mash the gas as soon as you can, then mash the brakes at around I watch the clock instead of the car on this one.
Then adjust your braking point until you get the gold. Test 2: Steering- Again, Simple. No braking, steer smoothly, watch the ghost car to see if you're ahead. This is a good time to note: if you hit the gas pedal right as the "1" disappears in the countdown, you will start faster. I suggest playing with your own timing on this one, as you can see how much faster you start against your own ghost.
Test 3: Out-in-out: This will be easy after a few tries. Test 4: Braking into a Corner- This is a little harder, but not too bad. Come in with your left tires just inside the driving line, hit the brakes right about when it tells you to, and brake down to about 40mph.
You should be able to hit the gas immediately, as you're right at the apex. So, plan on being here a while, and count yourself lucky if you hit it early, because this test SUCKS. With that said, here's the general strategy: the first part of the race, just stick to the driving line and be as smooth as possible.
Then, start changing your line a little and see if you're ahead of the ghost car when it's time to brake. Trust me, you'll have many, many tries, as the second part is the hard part. However, don't discount that little gap you get at the beginning: that's your 4 one-thousandths that will get you this gold. Okay, now the tricky part. You see that strip of stuff on the left that looks like astro-turf? Get your left tires right on it, and when you get about a half-car length before the end, mash the brakes and cut right.
The magic number on the hairpin is 36mph. If you can hit the apex of the curve, with your right tires on the curbstones, you are in great shape. Then, just hit the gas and go to the finish! A note about driving options here: if you're stuck at, say, It didn't help me, but I've seen other posts where this seemed to put them over the top.
Good luck, and let's move on to Test 6! First off, get your left tires into the grass. You'll want about half of the car off the track going into the braking point. You should see a little protective piece of asphalt that comes up before the right turn, and you should see it get about twice as big.
The goal here is to have both left tires on that piece of asphalt. As soon as the rear hits them, you should be able to brake and turn enough to keep at least 50mph through the curve, and when you get down to 50, you should be able to accelerate the rest of the way. If you brake too early, and your tires are still on the grass, you'll skid, so don't do that.
If you brake late, you'll end up off the track. That's all, but this one took me an hour or so before I got the line. Test 7: High Speed Driving Lines and Throttle Control- This challenge will be very frustrating at first, but once you get your lines and your times, you'll drop like. So, if you're stuck at The course is basically 6 turns: Left 1 , Right 2 , Left 3 , Left 4 Right 5 and the big right at the end There are many lines that work to get gold on this challenge, as the big trick is not disqualifying yourself, but here's the one that worked for me.
My inside tires were in the grass on every corner. But you only need one gold, and that's how I got it. I tapped the brakes a little for turn 2 and came through at around 71mph, then immediately cut into turn three with a little late braking about 64 MPH. This is where you win or lose this challenge, in my opinion, because if you're going fast you'll probably slide a bit through the gap going into turn 4.
I actually didn't brake at all, I just let off the gas for a second and let the car drift right into that turn. I was back on the gas through 5, which took me wide enough to get in deep at turn 6 with only slight braking about 64mph.
The key here is the line, because you can carry so much extra speed if you're right on the edge of the curves. Your car WILL slide. That's great, if you're a Burnout transfer like me. Just start inside the driving line, let it slide, get your car pointed right, then hit the gas. You'll get a great line into the second corner, and get gold by a tenth or so.
Enjoy the 12 seconds of fun! Test This one's actually pretty easy, as well. Just find someone's tailpipe to suck on, don't hit them when you pass them, stay on the bottom through the corners, and you should be in 11th by the back straight, 5th going into the last corner, and sling right on by at the end! You made it through the first Only 50 to go Just push the gas down and don't steer.
Watch the clock, and when it hits It might take a few tries, but not very many. Test 2: Approaching a Blind Corner- This looks scary, but it's really only one corner. You'll want to brake late, around the overhanging orange sign that says " If you hit the edge of the curve at 67, you can accelerate all the way through and never let off until the gold.
I beat this by. Test 3: Cone Slalom- This one's a bit tricky, and may take some practice. Plus, you have to focus the entire time, so checkpoints are useless. This one is more feel than anything, so it's hard to guide, but here are a few tips. First and I think this goes for every race , if you wait until right about when the "1" disappears on the countdown, you'll start a little faster.
Keep watching the ghost car to see what timing works for you. Second, you don't need your brakes to complete this challenge. Third, you don't need to take your finger off of the gas until the 5th set of cones. Then, the last 5 turns are like a karting race: hit the cone, get off the gas and turn, when you start to skid, accelerate. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.
Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. It responds to changes you make to the car as if it were the real thing. You could spend the rest of your life in the garage, tinkering with different cars, and never run out of things to do. There is a mind boggling number of cars and karts available for upgrading, and there are several layers of upgrades each car can have.
One very minor flaw in the game is that only about of these cars have the full treatment in terms of the raw beauty of their renders, while the rest look like more typical playstation cars. A couple of the tracks are also less visually stunning, but in many cases this is understandable. Gran Turismo 5 has an online option, and this option is refreshingly stable.
The online portion can handle up to 16 cars, and seldom crashes despite this number of people in the game. This is a great opportunity to truly test modifications in these cars, and see how they stack up against each other. Online the game is a straight up racing simulation, but even then the game manages to pull off a few interesting additions.
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