GT5 B-Spec hints and tips
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ferrisbueller said:
Uhura fighter said:
Double money on B-Spec it appears - sure is at Monza lvl 22 race.
Completed the first Endurance race with B-Spec last night 2hrs 15 mins - for cr28000.
54k now. Forgot to make a note of the XP. Doing the 4hr race now.Completed the first Endurance race with B-Spec last night 2hrs 15 mins - for cr28000.
Check here
I am doing a race now so will check if the xp has changed and edit my post
ETA: XP stayed the same on the races I completed but the cash had doubled.
Edited by Uhura fighter on Tuesday 21st December 00:47
Killer2005 said:
EvoDelta said:
ferrisbueller said:
S3_Graham said:
can anyone help me with the b-spec uk leightweights championship?
my guy is a total pleb and ive given him a few choices, all of which he has royally cocked up. 2nd race is done its the london one im struggling with.
first off he had a near standard elise. no joy, then he tried a 400hp griff 500, no joy. then i upped the elise to 190hp, and he spins from 3rd place every time.
as a last ditch - joke - effort i gave him an 1100hp TVR speed 12, which he used to its full advantage and finished 7th.
really at a loss on this one.
IIRC I used an Elise.my guy is a total pleb and ive given him a few choices, all of which he has royally cocked up. 2nd race is done its the london one im struggling with.
first off he had a near standard elise. no joy, then he tried a 400hp griff 500, no joy. then i upped the elise to 190hp, and he spins from 3rd place every time.
as a last ditch - joke - effort i gave him an 1100hp TVR speed 12, which he used to its full advantage and finished 7th.
really at a loss on this one.
You could try the XJ13
I have to say B-Spec is frustrating. I get the concept and I like the idea of being a race director and freeing up my time, while the cash & cars (should) tot-up, but it's soooo frustrating at times!
Like some of the others on here, I've found that my Bobs (all 3 of the numb-nuts) drive worse than my missus with a Sainsbury's trolley. The sport truck race at Daytona was very annoying. In the end it took every upgrade I could throw at the RAM 1500 (stg 3 lightening, 700bhp) to get him to win. He brakes all over the place and instead of overtaking on the wide track, he just clobbers the back of the others and falls down the order.
Same again with the Supercar Festival on Daytona. Apparently a Veyron is slower than a Corvette and an Esprit, did you know that?? Surprised me too. In the end I gave him the fastest thing I had - a modded Mazda 787 Stealth. Then he won.
In both cases it feels like a sledgehammer to crack a nut and not really in the spirit of the game.
Oh well, I'd best get some decent motors for this water torture.
Like some of the others on here, I've found that my Bobs (all 3 of the numb-nuts) drive worse than my missus with a Sainsbury's trolley. The sport truck race at Daytona was very annoying. In the end it took every upgrade I could throw at the RAM 1500 (stg 3 lightening, 700bhp) to get him to win. He brakes all over the place and instead of overtaking on the wide track, he just clobbers the back of the others and falls down the order.
Same again with the Supercar Festival on Daytona. Apparently a Veyron is slower than a Corvette and an Esprit, did you know that?? Surprised me too. In the end I gave him the fastest thing I had - a modded Mazda 787 Stealth. Then he won.
In both cases it feels like a sledgehammer to crack a nut and not really in the spirit of the game.
Oh well, I'd best get some decent motors for this water torture.
I think the issue with banked tracks is the AI pathing, if there is such a thing?!
If your car is ahead, then it'll corner much faster than if cars are infront, even a good lump in front, they will kind of play it safe. It's almost as if they consider their path through the corner and decide what is appropriate, and if things are in the way on any part of it, then they do odd things.
Ie, Bob drove my Zonda around and braked to about 145-155mph for corners most of the time. I drove it in A-spec on the same tyres and did all corners at about 185-195mph... ok, I moved about lots, sometimes entering and exciting with a weird line through a corner, passing cars mid-bend etc, but the AI just can't seem to use that kind of logic.
Nor can they do a late braking, cut the wrong line in a bend and cause following cars to brake harder to avoid you... ie, what YOU have to do to get a pass in the lisence tests.
YET, at the next moment, they can drive on the limit so well, brushing barriers while doing powerslides around Monaco at 100mph, consistently. Eeek
It's that inconsistency that provokes my annoyance, because you see them being so good, then next moment they are driving like your mum!
Dave
If your car is ahead, then it'll corner much faster than if cars are infront, even a good lump in front, they will kind of play it safe. It's almost as if they consider their path through the corner and decide what is appropriate, and if things are in the way on any part of it, then they do odd things.
Ie, Bob drove my Zonda around and braked to about 145-155mph for corners most of the time. I drove it in A-spec on the same tyres and did all corners at about 185-195mph... ok, I moved about lots, sometimes entering and exciting with a weird line through a corner, passing cars mid-bend etc, but the AI just can't seem to use that kind of logic.
Nor can they do a late braking, cut the wrong line in a bend and cause following cars to brake harder to avoid you... ie, what YOU have to do to get a pass in the lisence tests.
YET, at the next moment, they can drive on the limit so well, brushing barriers while doing powerslides around Monaco at 100mph, consistently. Eeek
It's that inconsistency that provokes my annoyance, because you see them being so good, then next moment they are driving like your mum!
Dave
What did everyone use for the B Spec Supercar Festival at the Nurburgring Gp track?
So far Bob has failed in
1) 600bhp Gallardo - which he also took the time to completely smash up too
2) Vette ZR1-RM - 6TH
3) Audi R8 V10 Chrome Line - last after 1 1/2 laps
4) 458 - Last
5) GTR Academy Versson - 9th after stacking it whilst chasing 2nd
6) Murci LP670 SV - better result in second, but on his second go he was leading and decided to crash and park up so eveyone can pas
So far Bob has failed in
1) 600bhp Gallardo - which he also took the time to completely smash up too
2) Vette ZR1-RM - 6TH
3) Audi R8 V10 Chrome Line - last after 1 1/2 laps
4) 458 - Last
5) GTR Academy Versson - 9th after stacking it whilst chasing 2nd
6) Murci LP670 SV - better result in second, but on his second go he was leading and decided to crash and park up so eveyone can pas
Z. Papp is really starting to get on my nerves.
He is absolutely useless around Monaco, useless.
He is in the Toyota 70 Race car and can't do better than 5th. He's lapping around 4 seconds a lap slower than the leaders. This is a level 16 event and he is a class 21 driver.
I put him on an oval race in the FGT and he built up a lead so left him to it. Came back a few laps later and he was lapping 2 seconds a lap off the pace with what was a previous gap of 10+ seconds now under 2!
He is absolutely useless around Monaco, useless.
He is in the Toyota 70 Race car and can't do better than 5th. He's lapping around 4 seconds a lap slower than the leaders. This is a level 16 event and he is a class 21 driver.
I put him on an oval race in the FGT and he built up a lead so left him to it. Came back a few laps later and he was lapping 2 seconds a lap off the pace with what was a previous gap of 10+ seconds now under 2!
Killer2005 said:
What did everyone use for the B Spec Supercar Festival at the Nurburgring Gp track?
I can't remember, but probably my Mazda 787B. I'm so cheesed off with Bob messing up events in decently superior machinery that I've taken to giving him the best car elegable for any event. Usually that means LM race cars, as even when he pootles around the corners, he can fly down the straights.Am really fed up with B-Spec, so I just want it done and out the way as soon as possible, hence giving Bob LM cars where possible.
LandR said:
Tried twice more today around Monaco,
4th and 9th.
He keeps crashing on lap 7 of 8 at the bus stop.
Three times in a row he has done it now!
Max downforce, gear to 160-ish max. Red arrow from the start. 4th and 9th.
He keeps crashing on lap 7 of 8 at the bus stop.
Three times in a row he has done it now!
Blue arrow from the Loews hairpin onward. Red arrow all the way once you're through the swimming pool. Took me about 12 attempts.
LandR said:
I put him on an oval race in the FGT and he built up a lead so left him to it. Came back a few laps later and he was lapping 2 seconds a lap off the pace with what was a previous gap of 10+ seconds now under 2!
Left to their own devices, they all do that. Generally when other cars close in, they speed up and if overtaken will retake. You can't leave them alone and expect 100% success unless your man is lvl 25 plus IME
Found this http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/941103-gran-turismo... as a good explanation of B Spec - seems to fit with my experiences.
Maybe it will help?
B spec Historic grrrr!
Maybe it will help?
B spec Historic grrrr!
Wish I had read this ages ago, its taken me ages to work it out by trial and error. I trained e savage upto 26, then realised you could put lower drivers into races with him. They're now all gaining loads by putting them all into the endurance races, I have been leaving my PS3 on over night and leaving them to it. I get my main driver to lap the hoards a few times so they have a comfortable lead, then leave them to it. Wake up in the morning and they've all increased by a big margin.
I'm only on 29, when do you get to start using them in a-spec races?
I'm only on 29, when do you get to start using them in a-spec races?
nickythesaint said:
Wish I had read this ages ago, its taken me ages to work it out by trial and error. I trained e savage upto 26, then realised you could put lower drivers into races with him. They're now all gaining loads by putting them all into the endurance races, I have been leaving my PS3 on over night and leaving them to it. I get my main driver to lap the hoards a few times so they have a comfortable lead, then leave them to it. Wake up in the morning and they've all increased by a big margin.
I'm only on 29, when do you get to start using them in a-spec races?
You don't. I'm only on 29, when do you get to start using them in a-spec races?
Here's a question for you... My B-Spec team are clearly tired. All of their statuses show "orange down arrow" and when I put them into a race, they drive like they're asleep. Now that I'm on the Extreme races and wanting to get them to Enduro (to earn money basically), they need to be on the top of their game (ha, ha, as if!) to win.
I've not played GT5 for a while now and haven't touched A-Spec for weeks, so I did 3 races the other night to see if me driving would count as a "rest" period for them and perk 'em up. It didn't. They're all still on the downward slope and can't win for toffee.
So the question is, when the B-Team are cream-crackered, what perk's 'em up?? I'd sack the lot of 'em, but I can't bear the thought to training newbies to get up to the current L16-19 of my current squad!
I've not played GT5 for a while now and haven't touched A-Spec for weeks, so I did 3 races the other night to see if me driving would count as a "rest" period for them and perk 'em up. It didn't. They're all still on the downward slope and can't win for toffee.
So the question is, when the B-Team are cream-crackered, what perk's 'em up?? I'd sack the lot of 'em, but I can't bear the thought to training newbies to get up to the current L16-19 of my current squad!
I think you just need to race them and let them finish, even if it's repeating ones you've already done or not finishing first. Go for an easy win such as the turbo championship in pro using something like the Toyota 7 or Minolta Le Mans car which can be won in A Spec I think, they'll lap the field pretty much so can be left to their own devices and within a couple of races will turn around and be level or on the up again.
Newbies can be bought up to speed in a similar way, whack one in say a level 18 race with a must win car and he'll level up to 10-15 or so pretty quickly, within 5-10 races.
Newbies can be bought up to speed in a similar way, whack one in say a level 18 race with a must win car and he'll level up to 10-15 or so pretty quickly, within 5-10 races.
Edited by LocoBlade on Wednesday 16th February 12:08
Cheers for the hints! Maybe that's where I was going wrong, when I put Bob in an Extreme race and he started doing badly, I aborted and chose another car / another bob and tried again.... I never let them finish.
Also, I seemed to remeber that when they started going orange, I left them alone and used another Bob for a while, thus resting them......
Edited to add:
As suggested, I picked Bob1 and set him off around Daytona in the 787. After 4 races, he was horizontal blue, then after another couple more, he was finally "arrow up". Interestingly, while doing nothing, Bob2, Bob3 and Bob5 has also perked up, but Bob4 (the lazy git) remains in decline.
So, I guess that's it then - both rest and racing will revive Bob, sort of!
Also, I seemed to remeber that when they started going orange, I left them alone and used another Bob for a while, thus resting them......
Edited to add:
As suggested, I picked Bob1 and set him off around Daytona in the 787. After 4 races, he was horizontal blue, then after another couple more, he was finally "arrow up". Interestingly, while doing nothing, Bob2, Bob3 and Bob5 has also perked up, but Bob4 (the lazy git) remains in decline.
So, I guess that's it then - both rest and racing will revive Bob, sort of!
Edited by 356Speedster on Wednesday 16th February 20:29
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