Ranking Gran Turismo’s Weird Special Events

[@shuts]

The one thing I remember from the Top Gear event was the silly ultra-shortcut that allowed you to skip practically the entire lap.

[@CyanRooper]

"Sometimes my genius... it's almost frightening."

[@purwantiallan5089]

And also the Schimmwagen Panzer cars that sometimes appear in the 3rd TOP GEAR TEST TRACK RACE that disqualify the player if they collided with it.

[@aksGJOANUIFIFJiufjJU21]

@@purwantiallan5089 Sometimes? When? They appear in every single attempt

[@user-39q49-0]

Look, the best special event undoubtably would be nascar at Nurburgring

[@CizetaVT]

I‘ve seen Cizeta V16T, I‘m happy

[@venomsnekko]

Roflwaffle: "None of the Goodwood time trials are hard." Me, who spent like 5 hours trying to do them all in one sitting: "... fuckin, yeah?"

[@SuperNoviceDriver]

I remember the Redbull fan car one is pretty annoying

[@Rockport1911]

Yeah It took all of me to get the RedBull car into Gold while playing on RPCS3 at about 40 FPS :) Thankfully the course isnt long...

[@ikaika7439]

Once you get to mercrdes gt3 it becomes hard(at least for me) Especially if you like to run without traction controll.

[@Housesider]

@@Rockport1911 I did it on a wheel on the ps3 years ago and that was alright, but yeah I did it in RPCS3 a few months back and it was a bit maddening with the framedrops and the stupidly blinding darkness from all the foliage on the track lol. The forced ASM just makes it artificially harder.

[@arambojubr]

I recall only the RB one being a pain in the ass.

[@TheKrzysiek]

How did we never get any Top Gear style budget challenges? Compete in a cheap used car under a certain budget Tune a car as best as you can under a certain budget Expensive cars vs cheap cars with tuning

[@CB-L]

*_Budget supercars with absurdly broken internal machinery_*

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@CB-L*Midget 1963 Jumpscare intensifies*.

[@TheTrueBatBrain]

I know car companies want to advertise their best legacy cars and their modern production models in games but it would have been so good for the Top Gear featured games to have at least some of the budget cars they used. Like an old Fiat with unique Boudicea wheel spikes, or a triumph you can stick a mast on which would get caught on tracks which had tunnels

[@dhproductions4212]

I'm never going to forget 100%-ing GT6 during Covid, and having to gold all the moon missions with a wheel.

[@Sapizanza]

Madman 🫴👑

[@gavalant366]

I will never see Sebastian Vettel in Gran Turismo as anything other than the game's unofficial final boss. And it was when he was in his prime no less.

[@CyanRooper]

Imagine if Polyphony Digital released a Sebastian Vettel themed F1 DLC like how they did for Ayrton Senna in GT6. The Vettel DLC could feature all four of his championship winning Red Bulls and the 2008 Toro Rosso that he drove to his first Grand Prix victory.

[@blobbem]

Those damn time trials in GT5 are the only event in all the Gran Turismo games that I've played (all but Sport and 7) where I didn't get all the golds. I think I only got one gold and that was on the Monza circuit because you could cheese one of the chicanes easily.

[@Modi_]

​@@CyanRooperthe 4 wdc winning red bulls are basically the same car with just aero differences.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@blobbemtrue. On Nurburgring and Suzuka, i need to spent 4500 hours before finally got the gold medal and at Suzuka, i got the total time of 2:07.999!😢

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@Modi_the 2013 Vettel's RB9 supposed to be in GT5 or 6 as well.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

If i recall correctly, Top Gear challenge was supposed to be different at one point in development. You were supposed to have a 1v1 race with The Stig himself. A leaked QA build of GT5 from August 2010 further proved this.

[@Theottselmaster]

Wow what a wasted opportunity. Who the hell wanted Samba buses instead???

[@animumaster2905]

@@Theottselmaster kazunoris vision

[@Sonnenaufganger]

@@animumaster2905True

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@animumaster2905Yamauchi's vision in GT5 seem pretty clear.

[@rodsk8dude731]

Hmm, would Barrichello be the first player to beat the events then?

[@SockyNoob]

Fun fact: The lunar rover shares the same engine specs as the Nissan Leaf in the game files. Granted it has an extremely low "RPM" limit to compensate and make it more accurate. If you apply a racing transmission and change the final drive, you can hit around 40 mph on a flat surface. I should know, it's one of the features of my mod, the GT6 Performance Mod. I've thought about adding a lunar rover race tbh.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I also ever drove this LRV-001 in GT6 SPEC II MOD at Kart Space II.

[@Baerenpapa007]

One special event that I ever wanted to come to the series, but never did, would have been the 'Top Gear Sabine Schmitz Challenge'. In regards to the episode where Jeremy Clarkson was barely able to beat 10min on the Nordschleife in a Jaguar and Sabine said: 'I can do that in a van!' and with all the vans added lately, I really feel the need of: Run a lap on the Nordschleife in a Transit Van in under 10min (maybe with an additional Zakspeed Viper as pace car spending slip stream) with tourist traffic driving around.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Even until GT7, Schmitz's top gear challenge still missing.

[@Atilolzz]

We all know the (first) Coffee Break was the event of all time

[@ApocalypseMoose]

Forza Motorsport 4 also had Jeremy Clarkson, ex-presenter of Top Gear, commentate over various cars in Forzavista. Literally no sign of any presenters appeared in GT5.

[@0uttaS1TE]

The Lunar mission is near the top of my personal ranking purely because of the audacity behind it. It reminds me of Hideo Kojima's stuff, especially post-Konami. A lot of his decisions can be explained as "Because I can" and while that can have negative consequences, I can still appreciate that over the same cookie-cutter shit. Which is more than can be said for the Top Gear one. I'd argue that one deserves the bottom position. Forza managed to be truer to the spirit of Top Gear twice over. Hell, Dirt 3 didn't even have the license and created a better special event by recreating the bobsled vs Mini challenge. So what's Polyphony's excuse?

[@senorlechuga8832]

I'm legit surprised why they didn't attempt something like the reasonably priced car segment for the top gear challenge. I mean, it's not better than just 3 races but come on

[@Diptera_Larvae]

Exciting! A Rolfwaffle video on my Birthday!

[@bilbobeuli]

The Grand Tour Special Event is still my favorite gaming experience that I’ve had in this whole franchise. And I’ve been playing since 1999.

[@CarsSimplified]

I really fondly look back on the moon driving event, but at the same time, the low ranking seems fair. Remembering all these really makes GT7 feel kind of dry in comparison.

[@gtpliquid1290]

The scripts for these videos are typically of a very good standard. Just one quibble: Uninterested refers to feeling indifferent or bored, disinterested refers to being neutral or impartial.

[@marciomicio]

As an automotive engineer, I had this idea that I'm pretty sure only polyphony (or other small indie SH would do) :a "special event" where you are going through car development phase! Imagine teaching users how set-up works and affects driveability while framing it as a challenge

[@Jzwiz]

I once had a dirt rally race in gt5 generate a cliff drop off and my car legit fell for half a minute. I was baffled as a kid

[@purwantiallan5089]

The mini map in Gran Turismo 5 Rally Challenge was also very strange as it was in the middle of the screen.

[@AdrianFerrari]

I really remember spent hours on Ayrton Senna and Sierra Rally challenges! They're my favorite too!

[@purwantiallan5089]

It also has complete history regarding on Senna's career history from karting days in 1970s to his death at Imola 1994.😢

[@andre_star7776]

It's always a good day when Roflwaffle uploads

[@Apexseal1]

9:57 thing is though, the novelty never wore off for me with the x2010, I'm practically obsessed with that car.

[@dakzibbon6589]

Especially since it's the fastest car family in the game, with which you can basically cheese all other events that allows this Japanese car into (which is most of them)

[@97Fenrir]

I looooove the x2011. It had a crazy intimidating silhouette with that bare carbon. I was excited to see how far they would take development but it really did kind of end there. The 2014 wasnt *as* nuts as the 2010 and the 2019 was built to be realistic, despite the original 2010 being based around the idea that limits wouldnt be a factor. So sad 😭

[@JohnCharb87]

Special Events: Let's see what happens challenges. Like putting dirt tires on the Impreza or FTO race cars in GT3 and completely dominating the rally events.

[@MikasaNeedMoney]

Great stuff as always mate! One thing I'd like to add, it's probably not one of the criterias you considered when ranking these events, but I think that the demo narration in the AMG Academy truly made it special. The lad on the mic was an absolute treat and actually gave relevant insight/trivia on every part of the event. Not my video but if it was, that would certainly count for a point or two ;) Keep up the great work

[@ThrasherDBS]

Highly enjoyed the Rally and Grand Tour events on my recent replays of GT5. I was happy to find out that my beloved SVT Cobra R was a viable pick for the beginner and amateur levels of the rally events after it very much not being the case in GT4's rally events.

[@bastiaanvink1059]

You might just be one of the most entertaining content creators I watch, thank you!

[@machineaphex]

More Roflwaffle is always a pleasure ❤

[@GranTurismoInvestigations]

Everytime I see a new video from you, I always know I'm going to have the best 30-45 minutes for my whole week. Thank you so much for posting videos about the Playstation era that I grew up playing with.

[@wanabevideographer1613]

Anyone else remember the "glitch" where online you can trick the game to let you drive the kart in open lobbies? That was my favorite glitch, especially with cruising lobbies. Have all these big cars around you then you see a little kart. Or you can race the kei cars/old euros against it. GT5 was/is hella fun

[@Poorgeniu5]

Imo, every Gran Turismo players should play or try Sierra Time Rally with a proper wheel! The wheel itself adds more to the experience and really hone in the arcade vibes! Just remember to tone down the force feedback force to a level you're comfortable with.

[@Recuch]

I think Goodwood event in GT6 would be even more interesting if you were supposed to beat your own time you've set in previous challenge (the first challenge could use generic times so you could set a benchmark time)

[@timothyhartanto]

Roflwaflfle giving us the Grand Turismo content that we need, but don't deserve 🙏

[@wireycoyote3544]

And you giving the comment we didnt need *and* didnt deserve 😂

[@JojtekBarszczyk]

Roflwaffle gives us better Gran Turismo content than Gran Turismo does nowadays

[@nsx_montana]

That Vettel Challenge on GT5 was a very traumatic moment of my childhood haha. But it made me a better driver and it felt soo good to get all the golds on controller after many hours!

[@deanchur]

Polyphony should do a crossover with Sega and license sound effects from old Sega arcade racers. Imagine playing the Sierra Time Rally but every time you go through a checkpoint an announcer chimes in with TIIIIIME EXTENSION!!!

[@purwantiallan5089]

And also collaborated with Nijigasaki High School Idol Club in GT6 to form their very own: Nijigasaki High School Idol Club X2014 CHALLENGE.

[@dietgilroy]

what

[@friskycalibri2293]

I need a Sierra Time Rally x Outrun 2006 crossover now.

[@YoshuaEspínola]

The closest thing there is to a racing franchise having circuits outside of Earth is Asphalt 8 with the Orbital Loop and Terra 9 tracks.

[@danielkarmy4893]

What? I wasn't just imagining things years ago when I could've sworn blind that there was a steering delay on the controller?!

[@sleazymeezy]

So youtube does gaming recaps now (?!) I was in the top 0.2% of roflwaffle viewers. Like damn, thats crazy. I just like listening to you while I play gt7

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

You know what was interesting. Ayrton Senna actually lost a cart race to one NASCAR driver.... Lake Speed, the driver who famously had a SPAM sponsored Thunderbird for Melling Racing (Winston Cup, car number 9, yeah, the one just after Bill Elliott) in the early 90s.

[@fernfernacelli]

Gather ‘round, kids… it’s RoflWaffle time… Bonus note: I thought *for sure* that I was the ONLY GT fan that loved the ‘Number 1’ ranked event… LOVE it. Cheers! \m/,😅,\m/

[@Mikauo_Xblade]

You like rally? Then I strongly suggest to try out the game 'Art of Rally'. It's a fantastic game, perhaps you could even do a video on it?

[@Theottselmaster]

The chase cam mod is

[@ilmarilah1195]

I have it. It’s a good game. This person is correct

[@AdrianFerrari]

Unfortunatelly it's expensive on PS

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

Hardest GT challenges next?

[@Theottselmaster]

The hardest of all: Getting KAZ to do what players and fans actually want.

[@acecarrera1]

Sierra Time Rally is Gran Turismo version of Outrun.

[@KikuraKun]

Good thing SEGA didn't sue them

[@AranOCNC]

That moon one could be really cool in psvr2

[@sleazymeezy]

Its a shame there's no other games (imo) worth buying vr2 for. Maybe tekken, and for those who play it, Minecraft, if that's not vr1

[@eflow_99]

The goodwood festival of speed is easy, until the flipping Red bull car. Took me 4 hours on controller to beat it. Single handedly made me purchase a g29 wheel.

[@Sapizanza]

I poped in GT6 after 4 years and as you guess,Sierra was first thing I tried again. Which made me realise how Polyphony used to put "fun" in these games and why GT7 has been tiring me out in any mode

[@purwantiallan5089]

I still remembered a lot about Gran Turismo 5 version of SEBASTIAN VETTEL'S X CHALLENGE. It require 4.800.000 retries before finally got all gold medals, since you cant even left the track even once in GT5 Version of Sebastian Vettel's X Challenge! Lucky that GT6's Sebastian Vettel's X2014 Challenge is MUCH EASIER to get gold medal.

[@siltstridersftw]

Your top three is pretty much the same as mine, I got the platinum trophy for GT6 and I haven't played it since then but I've still got a few events in GT5 to do especially the 24 hour races

[@arambojubr]

The AMG Driving Academy helped me a lot to learn the Nordschleife. If it wasn't for it I probably would never consider it as my favorite track.

[@mattwells1036]

I remember not just beating his time, but catching up to and passing Sebastian Loebs ghost. But i didnt use skid recovery force, I have the menu for 4wd and tcs settings and i just shifted the balance of the 4wd and got more grip that way.

[@Paul_Ehlers]

The Goodwood FOS has always been my favorite. Really enjoyed that. Just felt automatic.. not perfect by any stretch. The Top gear track was a huge let down. Mars was fun but didn't enjoy it all. Agree mostly with your takes.

[@marten6578]

for a game series that sells itself so much on realism, gt5 was incredibly frustrating and unrealistic with some of the events. no time to rewind made 24hr races impossible to beat (mind you, you have to beat same races TWICE because a and b spec races are separate for god knows what reason) and vettel series with the damn x2010 were inhumanely difficult, i never platinumed the game because of them. not to mention other unrelated issues. but somehow gt5 is still in my top 5 gts ever, it's a love-hate relationship.

[@markai4]

I rememeber having so much fun doing the Goodwood time trials

[@storyexe243]

Can't wait for the ranking every car video

[@T0nyGTSt]

i think the funniest thing is the GT6 Senna event did NOT have the McLaren MP4/4 which was an obvious prize for the end car... but they could not get licensing or whatever.... and then the MP4/4 arrives in GT7 a decade later... no fanfare no nothing... you would think PD would like some closure. And that's a central problem with GT7... here's the cars and tracks... no events

[@someonecalledeulogio2280]

The cruis'n arcade franchise did a moon race back in the 90's, also top gear 3000 also tried to do races in different planeta

[@patrickracer43]

I can't believe they did that to my goats Jeff Gordon and Sebastian Vettel

[@captainzib]

I’m so happy Sierra Time Rally is at the top and wish we had it instead of music rally in gt7.

[@revengehunter0184]

I was truly hoping that Sierra would make the top spot. Such a great event. And I agree, I wish they allowed personal rides as well.

[@poodabran]

I wish they included a Subaru special event. They could call it, School Of The Stars!

[@danielkarmy4893]

By heck, though, I hated those karts! I'm not surprised so many champion drivers have emerged from driving those god-awful things, they're impossible to control!

[@TheSameGuySeenInPS4]

Yes! New video!

[@Theottselmaster]

Ahhh my injection of Rolfwaffle GT content is here!!!

[@SockyNoob]

The Sierra Rally truly is amazing. Just a shame they never brought it back.

[@Shaygo]

Everyday i hope that they bring back the Sierra circuit to a new gran turismo, I'd love to experience it with new gen graphics

[@SockyNoob]

The NASCAR cone challenges in GT5 are a pain in the ass without a wheel.

[@aksGJOANUIFIFJiufjJU21]

Its even worse before 2.00 update Idk if it was skill issue or something, but the time seemed to be more strict

[@michaelbrown9031]

Goodwood hill climb must come back. Tie in with the full track and they could play on FOS and revival events

[@SockyNoob]

"Nothing in GT6 is hard". The Redbull X Challenge, the Ayrton Senna Tribute, and the kart races certainly are. And some of the last few license tests are as well.

[@zacariascisneros6399]

The only real hard Gran Turismo is the first one.

[@Cris3tRider]

I hope they bring back the sierra circuit in gt7, it could be the online lobby touge

[@Rockport1911]

I started GT6 on RPCS3, and although the game makes you buy a Honda Fit at the start and the career cant be as great as GT4 Randomizer, I like that the game breaks it up with Missions, License Tests and Special Events between normal races. They tried with the moon races but the rover handles like crap, and getting best times while emulating at 40 FPS made Goodwood a nice challenge :) Sadly RPCS3 cant handle a later version of GT6 with all DLC yet, I would like to try the Sierra Time Rally...

[@KikuraKun]

Yeah. It's better to buy a hardware console. They're dirt cheap anywhere and you can do the mod if you want to.

[@Rockport1911]

@@KikuraKun Of course that would be the way to go, but I travel alot for work and a laptop is much more practical. Right now I can play all the great old gems from PS2, PS3 and XBox on one machine. In many cases I have an enhanced experience over the original console. Iam eagerly waiting for a PS4 emulator to display DriveClub :)

[@stormdesertstrike]

@@KikuraKun Its impossible to find legit Sony DS3 controllers nowadays though.

[@KikuraKun]

@stormdesertstrike You can resort to use DS4 controllers. It works on most PS3 games. If it can't, well, there's always an adapter.

[@kayto101racer]

Well, I didn't expect my old PSN name to appear in this video.

[@las10plagas]

haha I just got lvl 40 in GT5 today, so I'm able to do the 24h Nordschleife endurance race 🥳 from 39 to 40 was a grind without online features.

[@Shades_]

The lunar mission is one of the best "special" missions imo

[@Phonixrmf]

Wait so canonically in the lore the Apollo astronauts was the first members of the Gran Turismo Association??

[@JimKara04]

Say whatever you want about GT5 and GT6 for me they tried to do something different from the franchise...

[@Jend_rek]

I wish i could replay all of these😭

[@SportyYT5000]

There is my top 10: 1. Sierra Time Rally 2. Senna's tribute 3. AMG Driving Academy 4. Gran Tour 5. Redbull's challenge 6. Vettel's Challenge 7. GT Rally 8. Sebastian Loeb's Rally 9. Top Gear 10. Lunar Exploration

[@drs5099]

Man I miss the PS3 era of GT, despite it’s flaws Great video as always!

[@martinleland3969]

Got gold on that redbull event with a controller🔥

[@erwangodbille2877]

no one talks about the tokyo geneva concept ...

[@splatpro957]

4:54 nfs nitro on the ds let you race on the moon

[@karleditor7283]

Make some more ps3 era gran turismo videos I really enjoy watching it, It brings back good memory of it

[@Yosuf06]

I wish PD make the Sierra circuit again in the GT7.. 😔🙏🏽.. It was an amazing circuit compare it with Nürburgring.

[@Holy-RomanEmpire]

what do you get for completing all the lunar stuff with gold?

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

So the Grad Tour is basically The Run but legal cuz Gran Turismo

[@twingolord]

why didn’t they just make you the star in the reasonably priced car? I feel like that would give it a strong theme

[@bruce_pain]

So what we can see is the more context and visualisation put into something the better it is. Why would have thought? (Modern racing games don’t)

[@bantuatha]

It is only matter of time for ranking all of License test.

[@GT2OOO]

I love Gran Turismo but the series is the perfect example of missed opportunities and untapped potential. Just take a look at GT7's career mode

[@fuzeyontv528]

Thats it, im plugging my ps3 back in :D

[@Seanimus]

I would have thought that the music rally would have count🤷

[@joegaines8448]

I wish they keep league mode around for future gt games shame they tossed those idea in the trash for bo reason eh?

[@t-gre7016]

I know I'm probably in the minority here but i honestly would love to see Nascar come back into Gran Turismo. I played the Nascar part way too much when I had the GT6

[@RealStreetPA]

I just want shuffle racing back man 😢

[@911_GT3_RACE_CAR]

Karting experiance,Grand tour and rally from GT5 is the best special event (Its my opinion if you don't agree tell me why and which was the best?)

[@hazy33]

Oh wow didn't know about the Sierra Timed Rally event. Think I need to dust off GT6, thankyou!

[@bernardlaus9996]

I'm sorry to say that about difficulty level but it's insane to reach bronze. I feel pain, frustration, angryness...So I abandon the idea that it was made for fun. Or is it the PS3 controller ?

[@bartoooooooooo]

very cool

[@mathaios_c]

Sierra ❤😢😢

[@nigeljohny5977]

27:53 Verstappen overtaking Piastri Brazil 2024

[@yassineelb.4078]

Bro you forgot the Lewis Hamilton Time Trial

[@christopherortiz9330]

Sierra was the greatest.