It seems that there’s a massive problem with Gran Turismo Academy time trials. According to Jalopnik, drivers can simply skip two corners completely to get the fastest time available. It’s not really a cheat as anyone could do it, it’s just a great example of horrible programming in a game. They didn’t even take into account actual race rules or physics in a major portion of the game. That then completely defeats the purpose of having the track at all, doesn’t it?
The GT Planet forum is littered with things like ’epic fail’ and ’cheating’ but really, it falls to the programmers who made the game, the quality assurance team who didn’t do ample testing and hundreds of game testers that were probably used. They simply missed what is one of the most important things in racing, staying between the lines.
Check out the videos I nabbed from the forum. They have the top three times in video and you can see the shortcut used.
Now don’t worry. The game has been fixed, the times tossed and the track reconfigured. How that area was ever allowed as valid for racing in the first place is simply beyond me. But again, ample quality assurance is seriously lacking in some recent Sony-sanctioned titles. Just wait until you hear my DC Universe horror stories.
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