[General Discussion] Playing with a walkthrough

Originally Posted by Torte

2. Understand game mechanics better, thus making me a "pro" for show (racing/fighting/LG games etc.)

This is usually what does it for me. For Gran Turismo or Initial D (word) there is almost no way I'd spend the time figuring out on my own how to play the game. Those games are painfully tedious when you are bad. Reading about where to take the curve at what speed and with which car set-up makes it so much easier to get to an enjoyable skill level.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

For Initial D everything is in japanese, so the walkthroughs are pretty handy with helping figure out the effect of each new part you are getting, as well as whether or not you should go for them (they are awarded after a certain number of credits).

As far as racing theory in general, I guess you are right that most games are similar and common sense, but I have just picked up the genre as a whole a couple of months back, and walkthroughs were very helpful in getting familiar, especially in GT4.

There's nowhere I can't reach.