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what a close call at 5:45 of the video. he did good considering the pressure of being watched.

Good stuff, hopefully I will get it this decade.

I like it. Track has bumps.

I think that’s the first GT5 video I’ve seen with a good driver so far. Not only that, dude knows his way around the Ring. Super smooth.

7.22 at Nissan 370z? LOL. GT5 is arcade

MHG: 7.22 at Nissan 370z? LOL. GT5 is arcade

Arcade with simulation feeling (like Race series) for people who think rFactor and iracing is too hard (and difficult to setup a car/mod), but don’t wanna play with total arcade games.

DrumStick: Arcade with simulation feeling (like Race series) for people who think rFactor and iracing is too hard (and difficult to setup a car/mod), but don’t wanna play with total arcade games.

What a strange post :)

First – maybe you meant the Race Driver series rather than Simbin’s Race series but Simbin’s Race series is just as hard/easy as rFactor.

Second – rFactor has such a broad range of mods you can’t describe it as either easy or hard or a sim or a semi-sim – its all of these depending on which mod you opt for.

Third – do you really think the millions who buy Gran Turismo have even heard of rFactor or iRacing, let alone think that they are too hard?

David Wright:
What a strange post:)First – maybe you meant the Race Driver series rather than Simbin’s Race series but Simbin’s Race series is just as hard/easy as rFactor.Second – rFactor has such a broad range of mods you can’t describe it as either easy or hard or a sim or a semi-sim – its all of these depending on which mod you opt for.Third – do you really think the millions who buy Gran Turismo have even heard of rFactor or iRacing, let alone think that they are too hard?

First: I thinked Simbin’s Race. It’s more easier to drive than the most famous rFactor mods (for example Histor X vs. GT Legends mod). GTR EVO Nordschleife especially user friendly.

Second: You’re right. I spoke from pro mods.

Third: Maybe you’re right.

I’m hoping thats not a stock 370z because the performance of the thing shown there is ridiculously optimistic……

Other than that its nice to see a video with someone who drives it the way it should be. The track itself looks awesome both in terms of layout and graphics, the lighting really shames all our sim versions except Shift.

It’s actually the tuned 370Z with race tires (R1)- the same car in the Indianapolis GT Academy TT (demo). I believe the Portuguese round of GT Academy ran the stock 370Z and the best times were between 8’10″-8’20″. The video above was from the French round of the competition.

Speedo is in KMH.

mikem: It’s actually the tuned 370Z with race tires (R1)- the same car in the Indianapolis GT Academy TT (demo).I believe the Portuguese round of GT Academy ran the stock 370Z and the best times were between 8′10″-8′20″.The video above was from the French round of the competition.

Yeah, that makes more sense for sure because the cornering speeds were pretty crazy

MHG: 7.22 at Nissan 370z? LOL. GT5 is arcade

Our PC sims must be arcade as well because I can do high 7.20s with the R8 in GTR Evo and I know for a fact the fastest real R8 time is around 8 mins
And I’m not even that quick, the fastest drivers could probably still take off 10 secs from my time.

DrumStick:
First: I thinked Simbin’s Race. It’s more easier to drive than the most famous rFactor mods (for example Histor X vs. GT Legends mod). GTR EVO Nordschleife especially user friendly.Second: You’re right. I spoke from pro mods.

Tell you what, if Race/GTRevo/and so on, was a free add-on for rFactor you’d probably never had made your statement about being arcade-ish. Secondly, I’d include LFS as being one other exceptional sim, among the best.

You’re right, LFS looks realistic. My only problem with it: FF effects. After GTR 2 and Evo I don’t feel the car, the bumps, the kerbs, etc. Only center spring. I use Logitech Driving Force Pro. That’s why I didn’t play with it.

I wait GT5 because I don’t have enough time for playing. I need a finished game that doesn’t need mods, extra plugins, configure, etc.

Here’s a video or Lucas Ordonez’s who was last year’s GT Academy winner and who came in 2nd in the FIA GT4 series (with team-mate Alex Buncombe and the Nissan team) in 2009, driving on the Nordschleife : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S-uGdSJyEo

A couple reasons why a PC, console, or whatever type sim game usually ends up with faster track times in the end is…

1) Practice. Believe it or not these young video game kids have more lap time on the ring then 99.9% of drivers on the planet. I could take the week off work and just sit down and run the ring all week. After that short span of time I will have way more lap time than any real driver has ever done over there entire life time.

2) It’s not real. I only race iRacing now and yeah the physics are there but that isn’t what I am talking about. I mean REAL. Real as in, if I stuff this car in the wall I can’t afford to fix this car and race the rest of the season. Or if you are a PRO, if I stuff this in the wall I may not have a paid ride next season. Going 170mph down the main straight and getting the maximum point at which you can late brake into turn one took a week of practice and 1000′s of “100k” virtual race cars getting destroyed. Not that easy in real life. Plus there is fear of death or injury on top of everything else that never plays a factor in virtual racing. It is a huge factor that stops you from going 10/10 on every corner, every lap.

This is why even with iRacing which does the best to give you penalty for your mistakes will still never give perfectly accurate lap times. Same car and same lazer scanned track. Virtual driver after one year will have much faster lap times than real driver at same track with same car. Unless iRacing sends a guy to your house to take your money and snap your legs your next big crash. :)

Been racing SCCA for 7+ years and iRacing for 6 months. Love them both!