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Might have to switch on the traction control on this Camero

I switched on the extra car porn (ray tracing) function early. Ooh, I am in eye candy heaven. I really don't find the 30 fps that jarring what with all the motion blur, depth of field etc. Just effects the intros and cinematic replays.

I am also really loving the cockpit view in this. I didn't really take to it in GT sport but this seems a lot easier to see the track.

Might be because of a bigger TV and a fair bit of muscle memory from the courses, either way it is great.

Meant to be a really good entry wheel but the gear paddles are ridiculously loud. I brought my first wheel a month or so back, and got the Logitech G29 which Ive been really impressed with. I think if the paddles weren't so loud on the T248 I probably would have gone with that wheel, as it present options to upgrade pedals.  With the Logitech you are pretty much set in with what you get if you play on console.


When I was doing my research, A lot of people recommended the Thrustmaster RS GT 300 as its belt driven (smoother) and has better force feedback and the option to swap out the actual wheel part for other types of wheel (F1 for example).  But its been quite hard to get hold off in recent months and its about a £100 quid more with a spotty reliability history (which may just be exacerbated by the internet). 

But I been impressed with the G29.  Its made racing games a lot more immersive, force feedback is pretty good and it definitely not just a toy, its a proper piece of kit. Belt driven, and direct drive wheels are really meant to up the ante, but the G29 is still pretty good.   A lot of sim racers still use it, and it seems the biggest upgrade you can actually make is the pedals rather than the wheel itself.  The G29 gets a pretty rough time of it on some message boards, but what swung it is was the YouTube community recommending it a lot as a good entry wheel. Seeing them use it and discuss it, it seemed a solid choice.  

I think in a coupe of years time If I am still using the G29 a lot I will get a DD wheel.  Start cheap, enjoy it. Then go all in.

Really looking forward to the longer races when the rain starts to come into play. The gradual way it builds up/dries out is brilliantly done. Shame the rain effects are a bit underwhelming though.

In the races that apply wear and fuel the weather is very much variable and tyres make a massive difference. I just did one at the Red Bull Ring that started during the day in the dry and finished pissing it down in the wet at night. I thought I'd be able to hang on for the last lap for a cheesy computer game win but the AI that stuck intermediates on was 25 seconds a lap faster than me immediately.

Even though I got mugged of the win on the last corner of the 10th and last lap I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear at how good the weather effects have been implemented.

Yeah the spray and stuff is very well done to be fair. I think it's just everything else looks so good I was a little underwhelmed with the effect. The way it changes the track is amazing though.

Crazy that Drive Club still blows everything else out of the water with rain effects.

Big piece of advice PT 2: Make sure you check the weather radar during the long, wear based races.

I just took my second strategy L in a row. Thought I was being a smartarse by hopping in for a set of intermediates just as the track was wet enough to start throwing spray off my car. Turns out flicking over to the radar with the D-Pad it was just a quick shower and the track dried out rapidly, leaving me to burn out my tyres and beaten down into 3rd on the last lap.

I fucking love this shit.

Oh man, I just managed to use lift and coast in order to stretch 5 laps worth of fuel out into 6 so I didn't have to do another pit stop. This game makes me do a sex wee.

I accidentally found out where the pits is on tokyo expressway. Still won the race though.

I might be able to fall out with the Mrs and get her to stomp up to bed around that time if we've got a few interested.

How do you guys take big banked corners like at Daytona? Just like one big corner or do you take it as two? Just I notice there are several apex markers

A good budget starter is good for me. I had a Logitech Driving Force GT way back on PS3 and it was a noisy bastard but so damn fun. Just a shame I bought it towards the start of the PS4 and it wasn't compatible which proper shafted me.. never bothered with a wheel since.  

The problem with the spray is that it has no effect on the windscreen whatsoever. It looks just weird when it has stopped raining, but the road is still wet. No wipers, not a single drop on the windscreen, while you can‘t see shit on front of you from all the water in the air.

Speaking of rain I tackled the Porsche cup last night at Spa. Does the game warn you beforehand that it's likely to rain during an event? The event started in sunshine and then turned to rain (the dynamic weather looked and worked great btw) and I was caught short on soft tyres. I assumed it was a random bit of bad luck and tried again but the rain started at the exact same point in the race. I then quit out and restarted with intermediates and of course, no fucking rain.

The AI frontrunner, it has to be said, looked completely unaffected by the track conditions despite me slipping all over the place. I guess you have to assume he was on intermediate tyres...