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I've been really enjoying Gran Turismo 5 since it launched. The combination of realistic racing and an indisputably classy presentation add up to great fun for a certain type of gamer; but as awesome as the game is, it's not exactly the most innovative game we've ever seen. Some recently translated tweets from Polyphony head Kazunori Yamauchi revealed some innovations that were considered but not implemented. Here's some of what we might have seen:
- YouTube video upload feature, this was actually implemented at one point, but it required a lot of time for rendering because of insufficient memory. They're still looking into it, though.
- No HUD option: "they'd like to do something about this in the future."
- Face tracking: "only available in arcade mode due to memory restrictions."
- Open World, "driving around town" option: This is one of the things that they'd wanted to do but were unable to.
Yamauchi also revealed a bit about updates, and what we can expect from them. The next update is coming this month, and will tinker with the mechanical damage system, providing, presumably, more options in mechanical failure. According to Yamauch, new lounge functionality will be added over time, and they're currently preparing a "credits and experience system" for online play. Yamauchi said to wait a bit for this.
So who else has been playing GT5, and what do you guys think?
Source: Andria Sang
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5150777
lol Too little too late. NEXT!
It's Forza 3 FTW (still going strong) until Forza 4 drops in the fall of 2011.
6 years GT5! 6!!!! And this is what we get! BS! How about I pay for the game dollar by dollar as it becomes worth it (which will be never) with each update, until I hit $60.00? lol
SirCitadel
i was playing with the face tracking in arcade mode. its a freakin trip! i really got into checkin out the leather in the backseat of my challenger... obviously i crashed a lot.
smpreet
So far loving GT5. I'm not really one for the silly comparisons between it and Forza, the way I look at it, if you only have one of the consoles you've got a pretty solid choice in driving sims either way. If you have both, like me, then er buy both lol. Personal preference for me is GT however, though this is most like due to being a loyal GT fan since the first game. Don't get me wrong Forza is great but just doesn't catch me the way GT does.
I'm sure with the updates they will do the obvious more cars and more tracks, but I hope they also do other things like perhaps add higher detail versions of tracks. For example Trial mountain, and a few others look like they've just been ported from 4 and had the textures updated, actually in some cases doens't even look like they did that. Same with some of the cars. Hopefully they will patch update some of the tracks already in the game to make them look better on screen, Some of the new tracks look incredible, it's just a little jarring sometimes to then see an older one. Especially on the replays when all of a sudden you see big square shadows flying across your beautifully modelled card, and realize those squares are supposed to be leaves... oh well we can hope, it's only a little nag, driving is better and more fun then ever.
@Magnum50: if you've never played GT before I can understand where your coming from, all the GT games have been like this so the fans are used to it. If you forked out for the PS3 just for this game, I would suggest maybe getting hte logitec force feedback wheel. It does really add to the experience.
Now have to work on leveling up to see if these things I keep reading of better damage modelling when you get higher is true...
Magnum50
Sorry, I'm not so impressed. As a sim racer I was expecting more from GT5, maybe my expectations were too high since I've never played any of them before, always been a PC gamer, bought a PS3 just for this game... it's a game, not a simulation. Along with terrible support for the Fanatec wheel, terrible interface, and way to much to unlock... 5 years? They need another year or two. IMO
jimjohm48
I think they should add the ability to have a restricter plate on/off when using nascar. dont get me wrong going 240 mph is fun, but sometimes i just dont wanna go that fast. and also they need a add-on for the rest of the nascar tracks. if not then i can wait till february to get nascar the game 2011.
FragsDontStick
So they're gonna implement a credit system in the future and expect people to come back and play it? After reading this, I would just wait until it gets all the updates AND the game is gonna be cheaper. More for less.
Ramciosa
I thought I would care about the nonexistant damage. I thought I would care about the premium / standard split, I really did. But then I fell in love with how this game feels. I love that the AI randomly seems to modify their cars so sometimes they just blow you away. I love how cars drive, especially the high end ones. The SLS is absolutely amazing. So for me it can only get better. I love the game already, and if they add more to it I can just enjoy more of an amazing thing.
STCook
I really hope they put in the open world and YouTube features. I think those features would make me want to come back more than I already would have.
MasterNoble6
Jhonax - level 40 unlocks realistic damage, and it will blow you away!
MasterNoble6
Heads up display Go Away please
Dont need to see anything onscreen because its all on my dash instruments.
Was very worried at first because I couldnt find where to turn of Best Line, but there it was right where it always was.
meh on everything else because it would be weird to be driving through rome and suddenly youre at laguna seca... dont see how open world could work
Jhonax
who wouldn't love open world... but i think this would require a lot more memory because of the details they've already incorporated.. what i really would like is the car damage.. come on.. driving head on to a wall at 350 miles would totally cause serious damage to the whole car.. yet all i see is a car still in perfect condition...
ColeBeans
Open world please. That would be AMAZING
phillyguerrilla
i wont be fully satisfied until i see a Gran Turismo MMO! for the greatest racing franchise and modern technology this should not be out of Polyphony's capabilities. with bluray disk and raw processing power, the ps3 would be more then able to support it. this is one subscription i would ecstaticly pay for (and this is coming from someone who cant stand WoW and all those other MMORPG's)
LordBlackass
So you say it's not that innovative, yet give no hint of what type of innovation you would like to have seen incorporated into the game. "JUST MAKE IT INNOVATIVE!".
Three of those four dot points are gimmicks, with the HUD being something the game actually requires.
When it comes to driving simulators it's very difficult to be innovative because they are trying to replicate the real driving experience. Do you ask for an innovative driving experience in the real world (as opposed to an innovative car)? No.
mikemill
I've been loving it... playing the crap out of it. Forza was a cool game in it's own right and I enjoyed it, but nobody makes a racing sim like Polyphony. GT5 is great.
sn4p2k
the 8 gb install is stopping me from even buying the game I have a 20gb ps3 and dont have the room for it
Kazoku002
Saw this on GAF. Hopefully some of these (no HUD option, please) will be added through a title update...
lowkevmic
This is why I love next Gen gaming. Unlike with the old Xbox or PS2, when a game came out back then the finished product was what you got when you opened the case. Now a lot of content that didn't make the cutting room floor can always find it's way back into the game through updates. I really hope they continue to pursue the idea of an open world environment, I think anyone who have played GT wanted to be able to drive anywhere with their car, and the multiplayer possibilities would be endless!!
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