Gran Turismo

[noshog]

Hey Pretoria, you never got back to us ?

Can I ask what the head honcho's at Sony Aus/NZ actually do for us apart from add a extra 5% on to DLC pricing....These guys are just rocking up for their fat pay cheques aren't they, they don't actually give a stuff about us do they ?

Loyalty destroyed..........

[Pretoria]

Sorry,

I still haven't heard anything back yet either 

[charcole66]

Funny thing about GT Academy 2012, there are a few Australians and New Zealanders that have downloaded the game and we are doing quite well in the trophy rankings. As of today we have 4,322 Aussies racing with a total gold ranking average of 9.2, compared to the U.S who have 366,500 players with a ranking of 3.5.

 On the average gold ranking list we are coming in second place with the Kiwis in 6th and the Yanks in 53rd. Don't ask me how the rankings work but it sounds to me that we have a more dedicated and serious racing community that can actually drive. It's not that hard a game to get gold on, beleive me.

[timmy6321]

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charcole66 wrote:

Funny thing about GT Academy 2012, there are a few Australians and New Zealanders that have downloaded the game and we are doing quite well in the trophy rankings. As of today we have 4,322 Aussies racing with a total gold ranking average of 9.2, compared to the U.S who have 366,500 players with a ranking of 3.5.

 On the average gold ranking list we are coming in second place with the Kiwis in 6th and the Yanks in 53rd. Don't ask me how the rankings work but it sounds to me that we have a more dedicated and serious racing community that can actually drive. It's not that hard a game to get gold on, beleive me.

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I would say it is alot like the "CoD Map Pack Effect" that is causing that number.

I am an avid CoD player, and I have a K/D just short of 2.0 (1.91) and with the release of the map packs I am finding myself in lobbies were all the players are 1.5 K/D and up. Becasue they are more hardcore gamers, they have the map packs.

I would suggest it is the same for us Aussies on the leaderboards.

Only the committed (assumption: good) players are going to make sure they download the game. It isnt even marketed here, so the regular gamer wouldnt even know it existed.

This would effect Australia's results in a positive way.

[Lion-Face]

As I haven't seen it announced anywhere, I did another search for GT Academy on the PSStore today, and it allowed me to download it via my NZ PSN account. I wasn't going to bother as I didn't want to make a fake account for a 1 off download. I had tried it a couple of weeks back, and while the NZ store finds it via a search, it told me my region wasn't allowed the item, so I tried out of the blue again today and it downloaded just fine.

[Pretoria]

You are a machine Lion-Face.

Your time on the Twin Ring Motegi to be ranked 54th is insane..

Major props to you 


Also:......

[Lion-Face]

Thanks Pretoria, was fun but haven't played it for a week or so now. I know a high 1:31 is in me but I don't think I will be going back to it. Too busy in GT5 to put more time into GTA

[timmy6321]

Not so bad yourself Pretoria. I only got one clean run in (couldnt be bothered doing more) and I am still a half second off your time.... and I was ranked in the 33000's.

[Pretoria]

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timmy6321 wrote:

Not so bad yourself Pretoria. I only got one clean run in (couldnt be bothered doing more) and I am still a half second off your time.... and I was ranked in the 33000's.

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Thanks mate,

Took me hours to get that time, I was getting more confident & getting pretty close to the cones on a few of the corners. I find it alot of fun & could prolly go a lil faster but, i think i am done for GT:A. just hoping we get the cars & suit now on July 4th or around then


@Lion-Face, what do you have left to do in GT5 ? Must be very close to the Platinum if you ain't already

[Lion-Face]

I have a 2nd setup for GT5 in the garage which is the only place my wheel can go, so I only get limited running with the wheel each week, and because I race in a league, most of my time with the wheel is taken up by practice or racing, as if I don't practice, I fall behind, it's very tight. Last season top 3 guys were separated by 0points and the order was based on number of wins for the season!

As for the platinum, a handful of cars and getting my b-spec guy up to the peak of his career I think is all I need to go on that one. GT6 isn't in sight yet so no rush