Step right up folks! Name that Useless Content! Contest

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Comrades! When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and ladies and gentlemen, do I have much lemonade to offer!

As you all know, Polyphony Digital has gained the notorious reputation of dishing out content who's demand is nill. Trading value caps, paint chip system, random OCD and UCD, Ten million MX-5's and Skylines, and faulty racing suit system! :yuck: My friends, you all know these useless dents that GT5 has implemented, confusing them for vanguardist gaming design, yet PD has not stopped adding them. So in the spirit that Mr. Kazunori has announced impending new content (be it in the form of new seasonals, a new patch, or DLC), no doubt he and his crew will throw something utterly useless to us.

So! We can play a little game, and have a little fun with the lemons that are bound our way. :sly: I call it;

Name That Useless Content!

These are the rules:

Name a feature that you think will be added, and it must contain at least one the following criteria;
1) It must not contribute to the game in any way. (example; the paint chip system that limits the number of coloring options).
2) It must have little to no demand (as a guideline, it must be on the 5th page and behind in the Feedback poles in the event that it IS in some sort of demand by a small minority). (example; treating racing suits like paint chips, a limited good).
3) It must break some unbroken feature already implemented in the game that is enjoyed by GT players. (example: messing up the AI).
4) It must take away an already implemented feature that is actually good.

It must contain all these criteria;
1) You cannot guess that it is a new seasonal. It is far too predicable and general. But you can guess what kind of seasonal will be added (a new FIAT seasonals for example).
2) Only one feature per post (and you must declare explicity that you are submitting a guess). You cannot post multiple features in a single post.
3) You cannot repeat a guess that someone else has already posted.

Tips; because of the guesswork nature of this contest, try to keep it relatively simple, nothing to elaborate or huge, that will increase your odds of winning.

The winners wil be the first 3 posts that guess correctly a useless feature that is to be included in the upcoming batch. Said 3 winners will have the right to request and receive any tradeable car of my car collection (or I can merely buy you any tradable premium one). All the cars I own have all tires and non-permanent tuning upgrades installed in them, and are all restored and in perfect condition (as if they were 0 driven, except for a restored engine that was once broken, giving a bit more of hp). The car's body and wheels can be painted in any color that you request, I have all matte and chrome colors available, and I can upgrade them with permanent body and motor upgrades if you wish. :)

The Contest will expire when the upcoming content arrives, and the winners determined! However, I will extend the contest if the batch of content is far too small (only 1 or 2 small features implemented).

Feel free to discuss possible features. Anything not declared as an explicit guess for my little game will not count. But id love to see some discussion going on. ^^

There it is folks, good luck on your guesses, and lets have us some fun. :dopey:

EDIT:

Participants

And here I will begin stating the ones who have submitted their guesses in order of posting times, just to insure we keep things tidy. :)

- Peterjford: pit cams
- aarro: optional top up or down roofs in premium covertibles
- JaiAE86: optional types and colors for leather interiors for Ferraris (You sure you wanna keep it to only Ferraris? I'll give you the sporting chance to apply it to all cars if you wish, hehe).
- ChicoMaloXD - optional steering wheels for premiums
- Crazed_Coupe - optional fog lights
- ucwepn - optional carbon fibre for roofs and trunks
- ZDUPH - Age my bobs that insure driving like grandma and grandpa (time out, last I checked, aged folk are wackiest drivers I know. 0.o; )
- rocko100 - Super mega titanic spoilers (couldn't help it comrade, heheh)

Most of you didn't declare explicitly a guess, but for the sake of having many contestants, I will add them. If you wish me to remove your guess on the basis that you wish not to participate (and why would you suggest that is beyond me when a free car is out there for the taking ^^ ), do state so.

Lets keep em coming!
 
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Here is my guess on a new "feature" added in the next patch. This feature will be available during a replay. With this new feature you will not only be able to view the other cars on the track, or view the race from their perspective, but you can now also view all of the cars pit crews! Yes, "Pit-Cam" comes to GT5. Just imagine the excitement of viewing a 5 lap race at the High Speed Ring through the lens of a camera pointed at the pit crew standing around with nothing to do. You can also switch to other team's crews and watch them doing the exact same thing! Unfortunately this feature will not work in a race where you actually make a pit stop, but they are working out the bugs in that and hope to make that feature available soon.
 
The feature everyone has been waiting for is... The ability to, on convertible cars, race with the top up or top down! (Only for premiums, of course). Totally pointless, but I could see PD do it.

Edit: Okay, I've been bashed for this post a few times, so its time to straighten things out. Yes, I think this would be a very cool feature to have, and I'm hoping to be able to do this in GT6. I just think that PD could fix some things in the game before adding something like this, which is why I entered it. Plus, I figure I may actually be onto something here.
 
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The option to choose the type and colour of leather on your Ferrari like in real life, we need that!

Ah, but you would have to collect "leather chips" in order to change the colour of the leather. :sly:
 
Changing the Steering wheel of your cars for the ones already in the game like the MOMO's or the GT ones ;)

The option to choose the type and colour of leather on your Ferrari like in real life, we need that!

I agree, It would be cool to choose the color you want or even paint it using any of the Paint Chips!.
 
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It's not possible for them to implement an addition to the game that doesn't brake rule 1, so it would have to be the removal of something....
 
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This thread just proves some people have unrealistic expectations of a game (or of Polyphony Digital) to perfectly suit their idea of what GT5 should have for fun. I think some of these comments are decent ideas, whereas others aren't even smart/funny at all. Everybody wants something different from everybody else, so stop thinking PD will deliver the perfect game that's only for you to enjoy.


The option to choose the type and colour of leather on your Ferrari like in real life, we need that!
Different stock Paints sometimes usually have different interior colors. That was an unexpected feature PD had of one of my ideas of what GT5 would include before it was released.
 
This thread just proves some people have unrealistic expectations of a game (or of Polyphony Digital) to perfectly suit their idea of what GT5 should have for fun. I think some of these comments are decent ideas, whereas others aren't even smart/funny at all. Everybody wants something different from everybody else, so stop thinking PD will deliver the perfect game that's only for you to enjoy.

I don't think this thread is meant to be serious, easy up a bit man.
 
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I don't think this thread is meant to be serious, easy up a bit man.
You're honestly right, but this thread does have a bitter taste to it. Although it isn't meant to be serious, some replies are a representation of the negativity that gets thrown at PD for giving us a content loaded game with unexpected features that affect the replayability of the game in a good way. Not for everybody, but most people look at the bright side of things. At least this has ALL been through updates.

For example:

The feature everyone has been waiting for is... The ability to, on convertible cars, race with the top up or top down! (Only for premiums, of course). Totally pointless, but I could see PD do it.
This man think's this is totally pointless. How about for pictures (photo taking skill you don't have)?
 
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I present... WINGS AND SPOILERS BIGGER THAN YOUR CAR :dopey: So much downforce, your car flips! So much drag, reduces speed by 50 mph! Car in your rear-view mirror bothering you? Well worry no more, because you will have no rearward visability! What is this amazing product called you ask? It's called (drumroll) SUPER WING!*
*avalible at walmart

:lol:
 
I'd rather official leather from the car company in question.

The option to choose the type and colour of leather on your Ferrari like in real life, we need that!
Different stock Paints sometimes usually have different interior (leather) colors. That was an unexpected feature PD had of one of my ideas of what GT5 would include before it was released.

PD did exactly that. Kind of exactly.
 
You're honestly right, but this thread does have a bitter taste to it. Although it isn't meant to be serious, some replies are a representation of the negativity that gets thrown at PD for giving us a content loaded game with unexpected features that affect the replayability of the game in a good way. Not for everybody, but most people look at the bright side of things. At least this has ALL been through updates.

For example:


This man think's this is totally pointless. How about for pictures (photo taking skill you don't have)?

I would like the feature in photomode at least.
 
Oh you guys are soooo terrible... hahahahah, I loving your ideas!!

Leather seat chips, pit crew cam, age my bobs, brilliant brilliant brilliant. JUST the things.... we don't need.

Still, admittedly, something like custom leather or carbon rooftops and trunks, and option for convertibles (exposed or closed) aren't too terribly useless. BUUUUUTT, they still fullfill the criteria for all I know. ^^ Keep up ladies and gents.
 
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Do you like Nissan Skylines? Do you really like Nissan Skylines? Do you really really really really really like Nissan Skylines??? Sick and tired of only being able to drive 60+ Skylines in one game?

Polyphony Digital presents... THE GRAND NISSAN SKYLINE UPDATE!

Not only do you get to drive every single version of the Nissan Skyline over the years since it was intelligently created.

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What was that?

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So what the 🤬 does this mean?

It means that every single Skyline ever sold to anybody in the world has been recreated in the magical world of Gran Turismo. Literally hundreds of thousands of Skylines will be included in this update. If you own a Nissan Skyline then I guaruntee that PD has (or will) at some point go to your house every night for 3 months and recreate your Skyline on Gran Turismo 5. I honestly can't wait for this update as I'm all too excited to see the joy that it will bring to Gran Turismo fans across the globe.
 
How about Hydraulic..I will be bouncing all the way to the finish line..coming in last but coming in in style.
 
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