Gran Turismo 5 - Page 6

What was wrong with forza2 sound effects?? all the cars sounded great. I'm sure it was a limitation of ps2 hardware but all the cars sounded like tin cans in GT4.

You got that all from a video?

Not true at all.

Ferrari F355 Challenge Arcade/Dreamcast had similar assists during races back in 1999.

There sure is a lot of Forza talk in the GT thread

To be on topic, I think the video of GT5's damage was an early build. Has potential but bumpers were just loose, glass didn't break and no scratches were present. In one of the videos I've seen there was some clipping when the Subbie was coming off the 'top' of another car telling me it's still way early in development. I think even Yamauchi said it was the 1st version of what they want to do.

Yup! I play the hell out of the arcade version of this game whenever I see it. The three monitors, gear box, and clutch make this game rock no matter how old it is.

I was close to buying the deluxe version of this beast a few years back for a really good price. I eventually came to my senses and passed on it, but what an awesome unit.

and no clutch!

I read that over the weekend. I expected it being the 1st rendition of damage which is good news because what was shown was rather lackluster. I wonder how old the build was though because if it's recent, I won't believe GT5 by this year. There's a lot of issues to resolve from more impact being shown to broken glass, from scratches to questions regarding affect to performance. So far it looks good but looks a little early still. 1 video I saw major clipping of the Subbie sliding off of a Lancer's 'back', granted the Lancer appeared not to have any damage effects.

2009 release... I'm ordering my wheel stand this weekend

Yeah, I went to the Mazda Rev-it up a few years back and it was a blast.

Last year, I was supposed to go to the Taste of Lexus where they had an IS-F to race. But I had to move that weekend. And now they have cancelled the event =(

In terms of the timing of release compared to how much more work needs to be done to improve their damage modeling, remember that GT5 (like GT5P) will utilize tons of DLC and patches. They've already suggested as much, and one well-established rumor post on another forum suggested that a series of DLC is already planned (and that you can purchase a lifetime "subscription" at the time you purchase the game).

So it's possible that the game won't ship with damage modeling. Or that it might have a rudimentary system in place at launch. But subsequent patches or DLC may add it. It would be easy enough to include all the performance hits and physics effects without including all of the visible damage, and then patch in the visuals later. Or sell them as DLC for those who really want it.

There's no way I'd trust a company to add promised features after the fact. Certainly not Polyphony "better online and damage are coming to GT5:P" Digital.

Not to be negative but is that calendar Q4 or fiscal Q4? Someone on GT Planet stated that Japan's fiscal Q4 is January to March 31st 2010, and that Sony has been known to use this instead of the calendar version.

Hope that's wrong but until we get the actual announcement I'm not holding my breath.

Yeah, I agree. Based on the PSP comment I do think we'll see it some time before Christmas. I'm not going to be surprised if it's fiscal Q4, though.

December is graveyard time. If a game's not out before Black Friday, it's being sent to the graveyard to be forgotten (Saboteur and Guitar Hero: Van Halen). Holiday purchases have already been made and everyone's out of money. Generally, pubs wait until early the following calendar year if they can't get a game out before the end of November. Sounds like a planned early 2010 release to me. Maybe December in Japan?

But who knows? Sony's done dumber things.

You gotta love being stuck with old DVD's. "Please insert disc 1 again" "Please insert disc 2 now" "Please insert disc 1 one more time"

Plus, not every 360 has a HD. Hmmm... no azroF for you!!

I don't see what's so impressive either. The lighting looks very CG, instead of photo-real, aka GT5P and GT5. Trackside envrionment looks cheesy and Ridge Racery (RIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAACERRRR!!!)

Also, the handling still looks like a needle or nail (HD nail?) is stuck in the middle of each car, and the car rotates around said nail. IMO

Not that Amazon is a be-all-end-all, but...

Gran Turismo 5
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if i can't lay rubber in gt5 then i will consider it a failure. been waiting and hoping for that ever since gt1 released.

agreed

What if they absolutely nail the driving physics, give us upgraded AI, killer graphics, weather, reasonable damage, etc? You'd consider it a failure if you can't leave rubber on the asphalt? I assume you're kidding.

If those posts weren't serious, I'll consider this whole thread a failure.

Show me another game that had its physics/graphics engine altered after it shipped. When the game is done, it's done. They'll sell tracks, cars, etc. but they won't change the physics engine. That's long since done and if they're just taking on damage now, then I have no idea how they'll make it out this quarter. Maybe it'll get pushed back like all those other games.

Doesn't anyone think there'll be a mess come spring 2010 when all these delayed games come out at the same time? some of them were delayed because of a supposed logjam during the holiday season and now there'll be a logjam in the spring.