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Detroit, 6:15 AM
Sun Nov 22
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And we're going to have to keep our PS2 systems, because the old games don't work on the PS3
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Of course you could say that the PS3 overheating issues are so bad that the nomex is necessary...
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I agree with you on the suit, though.
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The never ending wait is causing expectations to sky rocket.
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Sure, it's a great source of entertainment, but really, why bother when you can get out there and do it yourself?
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are we still doing that?
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Nevertheless, once I got my driver's license at the tender age of 16 years and three days old (along with my first speeding ticket), I have not played a single driving simulation game, as I could get off my ass and drive for real any time I wanted to. Granted, I wasn't exactly driving Porsches, but I could (and did) earn money, spend it on parts, build up my car, and race it.
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Yeah, but I can get up and race for an hour before I go to work. Of course I can go to a track day, but it's expensive, far away, expensive and takes the whole day (plus prep time). GT5 isn't perfect, but it lets get in my racng fix when I want it. It also allows me to drive a bunch of cars I wouldn't normally be able to drive.
I've raced off-road (Baja 500 style) as well as flat track & TT on bikes.
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You're not actually driving. You are pressing a few buttons and moving a joystick around. You may not be able to go to a track day all the time, but that just means that the occasional times that you can are all the more fun. You may not have access to the turns of the Nurburgring, but that doesn't mean you cant find yourself a windy, mountain road (unless you're in the midwest) or an empty, abandoned stretch of road in the midwest (they exist, dammit, I've seen my share of them).
No, it isn't as exciting as we imagine an actual race track would be. But it is a lot more interesting than a video game.
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You need a wheel to play GT. Ok, you _can_ play with a joystick, but it certainly doesn't make for a very good simulation.
Personally, I mostly play GT during the winter when my car sits, resting comfortably on it's summer performance tires, safe from all of the salt on the road and the people who can't drive.
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Will this be available for xbox too?
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that and out-running 400whp horsepower Mustangs in my Dodge neon... you can't quite simulate that feeling.
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still a Neon. I just cannot let that go.
I would rather eat people alive in an E30.
got an extra $20K for an Alpina B6?
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fast is fast. I have out-run Audi RS4s, no problem.
so yes, its just a neon.
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My friend Benjamin says my Saturn SL2 with it's shot suspension can whup your Neon and it's shot supsension.
Let the craptacularness begin!
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