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Most of the races below will say "Use the Red Bull. Trust me, it's worth the 5 bucks. Again, let me remind you that using this car will also remove any challenge from the races you run with it, so if you want to try some different cars and actual strategy, go for it. Third, if you're going to use a car that isn't the Red Bull, tune it.

For every car you're about to race with, do the following: Go to GT Auto, and change the oil. Then, go to the tuning shop, and get everything it lets you get, including the weight reductions, chassis reinforcement, carbon hood, Level 1,2 and 3 engine tuning, ECU tuning, Supercharger or the highest RPM turbo you can buy , 6 speed transmission, Titanium Exhaust, etc. If you're short on cash, you can generally get everything up to the turbo and still win, the race will just be closer.

Fourth, here's a little B-Spec information: you are training a driver and coaching him through the race, instead of racing yourself. The guy we'll call him Pete, but you can pick your own name , likes to make mistakes, sucks at passing anyone, and generally will make you shout at your TV, but if you put him in a car that's hp more than the ones he's racing against, you will probably win no matter what you do.

Here are a few tips: 1 Before I forget, most of the races in B-Spec have tire specifications that are lower than their A-Spec counterparts. So, if you had a car that you crushed A-Spec on, and it tries to not let you use it for B-Spec, just look at the tire spec under the race event, buy those tires for the car you want, and try again.

It will probably let you use that car. Also like this game, most of them are irrelevant. The only things that matter are the "mood bar," which is the little thing that goes from blue to red on the driver selection menu and in the race, and the little headphones icon when you're racing, which is where you give your commands. Some of the outfits came with later versions of the game, and when you downgrade, if your guy is wearing one of them, your game will get confused and not load.

Second, pick a guy with a natural disposition that's slightly above the midpoint on his mood bar. They run better when they're close to their natural mood, and this range is where you'll keep your driver for most of the races anyway. By the time you need a second driver, you'll be destroying the field anyway, and probably not even watching most of the races, so you'll win by laps even if you try to lose.

Pace him down when he's about to max out on his mood bar, and keep doing this until he finally passes the first place car. After he does this, his bar will start dropping rapidly into the "cool" range. As soon as he gets below halfway, hit "pace up". This will keep him firmly in the lead, and keep him warm enough to drive fast without spinning him out. Keep pacing up when he drops below half, and continue to do this throughout the race. Or, if it's obvious he's not going to lose, just set the controller down and go get some donuts or something.

Then, I spent WAY more money than I could possibly win with this car on every modification they would sell me. This got me up around hp. If you do this, you should now have the truck to win this. Go into your A-Spec race at Laguna Seca and you don't even have to drive well to beat everyone. Then, when you get to Daytona, you'll probably have a bit of an issue, as your top speed isn't high enough to keep up.

You need to make two adjustments in your tuning section. First, under the drivetrain tab, go to your "Torque Sensing Center Differential" tab one of only two times you'll ever use this , and change your torque split to Front "10" and Rear " If you must use the customized one, you can set the max speed up to around mph as well, but the standard transmission lets you get up to around mph at Daytona.

I got out to about a 4 second lead with this and then kept that the rest of the race. Now to B-Spec. I used the General Driving Strategy. My guy slid all over the track, but he was so much faster than everyone that he was still in first by the corkscrew and had a 5 second lead by the first lap.

At Daytona, I left the settings the same, and he ran about the same as my A-Spec race. He won by quite a bit more though, so I guess I have some room to improve! Just remember to keep pacing him up when you get below half, and you'll have no problem.

Incidentally, this is one of my favorite cars to drive in this game, with its retractable spoiler and gazillion HP. Also, if you like launching yourself into the air, this is the car to do it in! I honestly have no idea how I got this car. The boards say "Classic Muscle Car," which this is. Anyway, back to the race. This is the second event that you will need some special help with. I think I won this in A-Spec without tuning anything, but it was after I was a really good driver and I only won by a car length.

The problem is that the Corvettes that you race against have a higher top speed than any car you can get for this, so you have to be able to catch them on the straight stretches at Monza. Go into your tuning and adjust the transmission to mph top speed.

This should be good for the A-Spec Race. Just make sure that once your guy gets into first, he stays above halfway on his mood and puts some distance between him and the Vette. Once you get ahead, you'll win easily.

You will have to drive fairly well to win this in A-Spec, even with your awesome mods to the car, and you'll have to pay attention quite a bit on B-Spec as well.

Your car IS faster on the straights than the other cars, so once you get in front it took me 2 laps , you should put some distance on the field. Just don't let your guy get too worked up, or he'll slide around and crash into the barriers on the chicanes.

The car will handle more like a race car, and you WILL need to do this for the Schwarzwald B event anyway, so you might as well do it now and save the time later. You must have a car that is from or earlier, and I think I won this with the Jaguar, but I had to be really patient and really good, and I barely won when I did.

There's a car in this series called the Chapparal 2J Race Car. From the back, it looks like a refrigerator with a fan on it. You'll see it from the back quite a bit, because it runs fast, turns fast, and accelerates fast. However, if you're willing to skip this race for a while and wait a bit, you'll be rewarded. You will win the Toyota 7 Race Car ' I think this is all they'll let you buy, but if not, buy more!

You should get your HP up to about , and your PP up to about Now, it's time to race. First, go in and set your Top Speed in your Transmission to mph. You'll probably pass everyone on the first turn except the refrigerator car. Then, watch how he runs the race and stay close if you can. You CAN pass him in the Toyota, and this is fine if you want, but I ran a few laps so I knew what the track was like before getting into 1st.

Your car will want to slide all over, so be cautious and stick to the driving line. If You're getting lap times in the to range, you'll have no problem. Okay, on to the next race: Cote D'Azur. Racing fans and IronMan fans will recognize this as Monaco, and it's a bitch to race on, especially when your car is barely fast enough to keep up. First, set your Transmission Top Speed all the way down to mph or so.

To illustrate my point, I ran My winning time, actually, was The difference was that that damned refrigerator car started in 8th instead of first, so he had to come through the field just like me.

I was in first until I hit a wall on lap 3, and whaddya know, there's the 2J going right past me! I was so tired of seeing that stupid fan that I got mad and just rear-ended him as hard as I could, and I ran him straight into the next wall and went by. I stayed about 5 seconds ahead after that. The computer loves to have that 2J start the race in first, by the way, but every once in a while it will stick him back in the pack.

If you are having trouble with the race, go back out to the race selection screen all the way to where you see all 9 Expert Challenges , and try to start again. Eventually, it will start him further back, which will make this easier. Okay, let's try B-Spec. I'm going to do these backwards, because you should have your car still set up for Cote d' Azur. You'll have to use Racing Medium tires, but keep the setup the same. This race is 8 laps, and you may need all of them.

I don't think the 2J is your biggest problem on this race, but you may want to make sure he's starting behind you, just to be on the safe side. Your biggest problem is that your driver is a raving IDIOT, and won't pass another car on this race to save his life.

When he does, he's usually so worked up that he crashes immediately and loses 4 or 5 spots. You could end up in 10th; you could end up in 3rd. It's all about chance. Just keep pacing him down so he doesn't get too crazy until everyone lines up for the big left hairpin at around 45 seconds. Your driver loves crashing into the walls at two places on this track, and the first one is the chicane that comes around the 1 minute mark. Don't even worry about what place you're in, as all the cars drive closely.

The trick is to get your pacing right, then look up and see if your car is competing. As soon as he gets through the chicane, Pace Up once. As soon as that wears off, Pace down again, and maybe even once more. The second place he loves to crash is the last right turn of the track, the one with the bright black and yellow arrows on the wall. As soon as he gets through that turn, Pace Up three times, right in a row. You'll run him super hot, but he'll also do most of his passing here.

That third Pace Up should expire as you're making the turn to the back straightaway, so Pace Down immediately to get him cool for that dangerous chicane. Pace Up again, then Pace Down, then Up three times. Try to get a rhythm and you should see your position improving. Got it? One more time- Pace Upx3, Pace Down on back straight, get through the chicane, Pace Up once, Pace Down once, get through the last turn, rinse and repeat.

And, you will still lose half the time. But, you only need to win once, so go get it. I know we did this backwards, and the Deep Forest B-Spec will probably seem anticlimactic after the craziness of the last one, but I'm OK with this kind of anticlimactic.

Remember to go in and set your top speed back up to mph, and enjoy being in first after a minute or so. The 2J is still lurking out there, so you can't just walk away from this race, but if you Pace Up whenever the bar gets below half, you should win this race by literally a mile. This is surprisingly easy, since you tuned your car and they didn't. I thought it would be harder, but I crushed everyone just like the other races.

It's split evenly 3 ways: 3 of the events are super easy, 3 are competitive but not hard if you have the right car, and 3 are the most difficult events to win in all of A-Spec or B-Spec. It's not the best car for this race at all, but it's good enough if you buy all the mods and get your HP up to or so. Then, go to your tuning menu, under the Drivetrain tab, and buy a Torque Sensing Center Differential. Now, get ready to race.

The first race is at the Cape Ring. You can be in first by the first turn, and even an OK lap will get you a 10 second lead. The next race is at the Nurburgring. Again, you should have no trouble if you know how to drive this monster by now the track, not the car. For B-Spec, buy the Sports Soft tires and leave the rest of the setup the same.

You can probably set the controller down for the Cape Ring race, but you may want to pace him up once a lap or so, just to keep him interested. Same with the Nurburgring: even with his reluctance to pass, you should be in first by the first minute. The rest is the GDS, but I don't think you even need to watch. If you mod this car all the way up to HP or so, you will crush everyone in this series. You might just lap a few people in A-Spec. In B-Spec, you can just set the thing down and walk away?

You're way faster than these guys. You may have to make another driver, as you need 2 for the first time, and you may also notice your pit options are on for the first time.

Ignore these, you don't need to pit in these races, but you will soon. When you get it through your tuning, you'll be over HP, and good to go. In A-Spec, you shouldn't have any problems, as the better tires make a world of difference. The car does like to spin out, though, when you're coming out of corners. If you want a more comfortable race, you might want to turn on the Skid Recovery Force in your Driving Options. For B-Spec, you'll probably have to watch these races the entire time.

You're faster than everyone, but not by much, so go back to your General Driving Strategy and you'll be fine. They're harder than any of the Endurance races, and I'll list them from easiest to hardest. The first time I did this, I did it with the Shelby Cobra, which was definitely not enough car. Now that I have the right car and the right options, I think it will be much easier.

Your tuning should get you up around HP, and make sure you buy the Racing Soft tires. In A-Spec, start with Indy. This one actually isn't too bad: stick to about mph around each corner, you'll run laps that hover around 48 seconds, and you'll win by 4. Now, there's Laguna. Oh, Laguna! Let me save you some trouble, and say this again. Without it, you'll be all over the place, and the competition isn't very forgiving. With it, you'll win by more than 10 seconds, even if you're not a great driver.

B-Spec time! Watch this whole race, because your driver loves to do really fun stuff like slow down to on the corners if you're not watching. There's not a whole lot of places to wreck the car, so we'll modify the driving strategy a bit to get him out ahead. What you want to do is pace him UP about 4 or 5 straight times at the beginning of the race.

Get him all nice and pissed off. Keep hammering him until he's ahead by about 10 seconds sometime around lap 3 , then drop the controller and walk away. Even his dumb ass can't give up a 10 second lead in 15 minutes, can he? I'll let you know in 15 minutes - I'm watching it right now Well, he did win, but only by 1 second, so you may want to come back around lap 15 and get him interested enough to stay in front. Now for Laguna.

Forget the other 11 cars: your only competition is the damn refrigerator car. If one of those start up front, you'll have to catch him. It is hard to pass, but not nearly as hard as Monaco Cote D'Azur. If you find yourself right up on his bumper, just keep him calm and you'll get him within the first 3 laps.

Then, you'll probably get way ahead, but keep him over halfway on his mood meter or that refrigerator car will catch you very quickly. It is not misplaced. It is not easy. This means no added parts. When you get it, you will start with HP. The maximum is , and the only way to get it is to change your oil.

A bunch. To run the first A-Spec series, changing it once is enough, so go do that. You'll be at HP. Go to the tuning shop. Buy the Chassis Reinforcement, and some Racing Soft tires. Now, you have to tune the car.

This will give you a major advantage, and is one of two races that you actually need to get into all of that stuff. So, if you want to mess around and tune it yourself, feel free. I'm not interested in ride height and toe angles, so I just used a setup from the Internet. That should be enough for now. Next, you're ready to race, so start with A-Spec and pick the series. There are 5 races, and you get points for winning each race, 75 for second, 60 for third, and so on.

You can still win the series even if you don't win all five races, so don't give up if you lose one or two. Also, since everyone is driving the same car, the second place car will not always be the same person. This will help at the end, because you will probably lose the last race at Daytona. We'll get there in a minute. Start with Indy. If you can hold mph through each turn, you can run laps around There's your first points.

If you can't win at Indy, don't go on to the next one. Just practice here until you're handling the car well, then start your series again. Next up: Grand Valley. You can use the Settings tab in the pre-race screen to adjust your tuning before this race. Now it's time for a bit of coaching. As Jeff Gordon has no doubt told you many times, "remember, the car is heavy. Don't pass anyone on the outside of a curve, lest they bump you and put you into 's. If you're going around a curve, and you're in 1st or 2nd gear, you MUST feather the gas carefully, get straight again at the end of the curve, and only then can you accelerate for real.

Be patient on this race - it may take you a lap or two to get used to this stupid car and take the lead. Once you do, you should have no problem staying in front, as long as you watch the driving line and be judicious with your gas pedal. The win here will give you points, and at least a 50 point lead. You actually don't have to make any changes for the High Speed Ring: there are only 6 turns on this whole track, and you only need your brakes for 4 of them. Take the first one full speed, the second around 3rd gear somewhere, then drop to 70mph for the third and 83mph for the 4th.

Full speed for the little right turn there, then down to 3rd gear again for the last one. You'll be 5 seconds ahead by lap 3, and finish with another points. Next up: Laguna Seca. Drop your top speed all the way down to mph, as you need more acceleration than top speed here. Your superior knowledge of vehicle tuning will give you more hole shot than any car on the course, and even average laps should find you ahead of the field by 5 seconds or more each lap. Remember, though, to be easy on the gas through corners, or you'll plant a pound kiss on one of the walls and fall way behind.

Boom, another points. If you are coming into race 5 with points, you should be home free, as I doubt the same guy got all 4 seconds. You want a lead that's more than points, because then you'll gold the series even if you finish dead last at Daytona. And you may finish dead last at Daytona. It's OK, it's easy to do. All the other cars will be in one big pack, so they can draft and drive faster than you. You'll drift as you're going through the turns, and all it takes is one dude to clip your quarter panel and you're barrel rolling to loserdom.

If you miss a turn, the whole pack will get too far ahead to draft, and you'll lose like 2 seconds a lap all of a sudden. It's cool, just finish your race, take your gold, then come back when you have more hutzpah and some free time and get this gold separately.

If you want to try for it now, though, I won't stop you. Set your top speed back up to mph. Keep your left tires on the yellow line at the bottom of the track as much as possible.

Don't ever take your thumb off the accelerator. If the pack catches you, and they will, let them go by. Get up and draft the left-most column, and pass them on the left. Just keep the shuffle going, don't try to block anyone, and don't get up near the wall. If you can survive until lap 9, it's time to plan accordingly. If I'm back in the pack, I try to pick off the 3rd place car by the middle of lap 9 by gently nudging him as I go by. This leaves 2 cars to draft in front of me.

On the first turn of lap 10, I go by the car on the left, or both of them if they're in line, and then I try to block the crap out of anyone coming up. Half the time I waste the whole race by getting spun out, the other half I knock them back and win by a few tenths.

Once that's done, take your gold trophy and go back to GT Auto. Change your oil. You'll get up around HP. Try Daytona again by itself. Win or lose, change your oil. Keep doing this until you're at the maximum HP. Now, you have your best chance to win, so go in there and get 'er done!

I've also found success by changing my top speed up around mph, but it seemed like it was all pure chance anyway. Okay, the good news is, you're done with A-Spec. The bad news is, you're only halfway done with this friggin series!

Time for B-Spec B-Spec Walkthrough - I have to throw a little disclaimer in here, which applies to the next race as well. I have now played through this game 2 full times, and all of my drivers are at level I can't remember all the details when I did this before, and I doubt your drivers are that high as you're reading this, so please bear with me if it's a little harder for you than it is for me.

I'm going to re-do this to make sure all the setups and strategies work, but I may find it easier with the higher level driver. Okay, let's get started. Start with a full HP on your car by changing the oil. Go into your tuning page and reset everything to the default.

Under Transmission, set Top Speed to mph. Set your Camber to 2. Now, go in and start the Series. Your first race is at Indy, and the GDS should work fine.

If he doesn't seem to be passing anyone by the 3rd lap, go ahead and pace him up constantly for about 3 laps and see if this gets him ahead. He can hold more speed in the corners than anyone else, so once he gets in front you can let him cool down a bit. Just watch the speed through the corners: if he's getting below , pace him up again. On to race 2, which is at Grand Valley. You're basically going to re-tune your car, and I'll use shorthand to keep the space down. Top Speed Your number one concern in the first half of this race is tire wear.

You absolutely must keep this dude from burning out the tires. You'll be spending at least the first 4 laps in the middle of the pack, which means your guy will be red-lining all the time. There are two sets of S-Curves to watch for: one at about 40 seconds, and another around Pace down right before these, and get him as low as you can so he doesn't spin out.

After the second set, go ahead and pace him up a few times in a row, then right back down again for the first S-Curves. Keep an eye on his pace: if he's pushing the cars in front more than being pushed from behind, your strategy is working fine.

The thing about this race is that the other drivers will burn their tires up by about lap 5 and start careening all over the place in the last half of the race. If you still have good tread, you'll go right by them quickly. Once you're in front, keep him around the midpoint on his mood meter. You have a faster car, but the dude sucks at passing, so this strategy seems to work the best. Hopefully, you'll be at points, but even if you end up 5th or so, you still have a great chance to take the series.

Next Race: High Speed Ring. Spring Rate Everything else the same. You'll probably get shuffled to the back when this race first starts. That's fine. There's a checkpoint at about the 30 second mark, and you want to pace down through this so you don't burn your tires. Then, run him as hot as you want all through the rest of the race. You probably won't make much headway until lap 5 or 6, but when you do, you should start moving up pretty consistently.

If your tires are still good, you'll be in first by lap 8 and once you get in front you'll never look back. I personally didn't touch the controller at all except the one time every lap, but if you see him hitting walls and dropping back, you may want to slow him down a little. Be patient, and remember that you are the fastest car out there. This is another one that I win consistently every time with this setup. Usually I have about points in the series after these two, and I try to get another 50 or so at Laguna, which gives me more than a point lead heading into the final race.

Next Race: Laguna Seca. Top Speed mph. This is a surprisingly easy race, actually. Use your GDS and you'll see a steady climb up through the ranks.

Your driver will get up on someone's bumper, ride them for a bit, then pass them and move right up to the next guy. He stays surprisingly cool, so you may even have to pace him up while he's in traffic. If you are having trouble moving through the pack, the best place to run him hot is right from the 30 second mark to the corkscrew.

That usually gets you a pass if you've been waiting too long. Be patient, though, you may not get into first until lap 8 or 9. Once you do, keep him at least a little warm to finish the race. Next Race: Daytona. 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.

Every aspect of Gran Turismo is designed to simulate the experience of racing, and that sense of realism has only increased now that the series has made the jump to the PlayStation 3. In this roundup, we take a look at some of the racing wheels options on the market and how they can improve your racing performance.

The wheel features force feedback and analog buttons. Despite the budget price, it does also include a set of pedals and a shifter, hence the name. The greatest advantage here is price.

But as with most things in life, you get what you pay for here. The 3 in 1 Racing Wheel doesn't offer anywhere near the build quality or responsiveness of more expensive models, and should really only be considered by those on a tight budget. Have you played Gran Turismo 5? YES NO. Was this article informative? Has anyone been able to use the head tracking feature with GT5? I bought this with the playstation move bundle just so I could try and use the head tracking feature in the game I know I could get the camera separately btw , but for some reason it does not work.

I've already checked the manual and all it says is too enable it in options menu underneath "Devices". The only option I see tho is to calibrate the device and to set face angle, sensitivity, etc This all works so I know the camera function activates also I've has used the motion tracking with the move games too. My question is has anyone been able to use the head tracking and if so, what do I need to do to properly enable it if I haven't done so already or if there is some option in-game that I missed?

I've already tried searching but it seems like I'm the only one with this specific problem that has questioned it, so any help would be appreciated! Yes head tracking does work, but not like most expect. You cannot look out hte side windows, it just turns your point ov view a few degrees.

I think it works pretty good kind helps the feel of the game. You just need to mess with your settings for the eye, in game. Nnamz 11 years ago 3. I have the same problem as you TC. My camera works fine, but I can't get the POV to change even a few degrees. EasyToTalkToIty 11 years ago 4. Ok Thanks guys for the replies! I guess I didn't know what the tracking actually did so I just assumed we could look out the windows while in the car with it. But I will keep messing with the settings though and see.

Thank again for the help guys! Nnamz 11 years ago 6.