Tourist Trophy: The Real Riding Simulator, General info and discussion

• Critically-acclaimed development team: from the developers of Gran Turismo, the best-selling worldwide racing videogame franchise with more than 44 million units sold.
• Real-life simulation: perfected game physics, graphics and the balance of the rider versus the bike are accurately captured to offer the most authentic motorcycle racing simulation available.
• Motorcycles: Tourist Trophy features more than 100 licensed motorcycles from more than a dozen worldwide manufacturers that include BMW, Honda, Ducati, Buell, Kawasaki, Triumph and more.
• Courses: Tourist Trophy features more than 35 international courses that include closed-circuit and city tracks. Introduction of new tracks and the return of popular tracks from the Gran Turismo franchise include Tsukuba, Laguna Seca, New York City, Suzuka and more.
• Game Modes: Tourist Trophy offers two modes of play, Arcade Mode and Challenge Mode. In both modes, players have the opportunity to select their bike, track and difficulty level.
  • Arcade Mode: players have access to a quick race for single-player or two-player battle. In two-player battle, players have the option to race in split-screen.
  • Challenge Mode: it serves as a career mode for players to earn their way up the ladder by participating in the license school missions, various race events and more in an effort to upgrade and unlock new bikes and related accessories. The license school will include various tests that will strive to better the player’s driving skills in driving a motorcycle in various conditions and at various speeds, taking into account the rider and their riding style. Upon obtaining a license, players will have access to various race events based on engine class (250cc to 1500cc), course selection and more. In between race events, players have the opportunity to participate in a Time Trial on various courses to improve lap times and access their garage.
• Photo Mode: To further improve their racing skills, in Challenge Mode, players have access to Photo Mode, which allows them to take snapshots of their favorite bike and race gear by freezing frames of an actual race from a replay. Upon taking a photograph, players have the opportunity to save it to a Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation®2) or a USB storage device and share it with friends. After doing so, players can have the opportunity to print photographs directly from their PlayStation 2 USB port by using a printer that includes a PlayStation driver, such as Epson’s PictureMate.
• Licensed Accessories: With the incorporation of the motorcycle driver, players have access to a wardrobe where they can customize their rider by selecting from numerous licensed helmets, suits, shoes and more to further authenticate the riding experience
• Rider Editor: Players have the opportunity to customize their riding form through a variety of parameters, whether it is preference to riding “out” verse “in” and so forth.
• Customization: Players have the opportunity to earn credits and upgrade their motorcycles to enhance performance of their bike.
• In-Game Soundtrack: Tourist Trophy will offer a selection of original and licensed tracks.

a6m5

I didn't see anything groundbreaking in the article, but I'll just highlight the interesting parts(there isn't much):

The control of the bikes will be affected by the "riding form" of the rider.

It will feature from scooters(mopeds) to "monster bikes".

In the interview, KY recalls how he wanted to make a bike game someday. When GT4 was finished, he figured it was the right oppotunity for the P.D. to make the game. Then he talks about how motorcycle racing is so different from the automobile racing, and he wants to show the uniqueness of motorcycle racing. KY also says that he "knocked" on the automobile culture with the GT Series and lot of people responded. Now he wants to do the same to the motorcycle culture, and he can't wait to see how people will respond to it.

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911_gt3_rs

I wonder if this will turn me into a bike lover? Despite not really being into bikes at the moment i still feel an air of excitement about this game,, simply because PD is doing it (weird really).

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erm...me :scared:

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, after reading John's post im wondering just how many bike we will get on track. I honestly can't imagine it being 20+.

Just think of the 'special' cars in GT4 and open tops. The 'special' ones being those like the Caterham and the Prowler with exposed suspension and their motion capture drivers only being allowed in time trial mode. And open tops only being allowed to race one on one, due to motion capture drivers.

After watching the video several times the suspension activity look to be very fliud and lifelike and the motion capture on the riders seems very detailed (i'm sure i can just about see a twist of the throttle in one part). The bikes also look at least aas detailed as cars in GT4. All of this detail is kind of expected in a 'GT' game but what implications may arise in terms of the ps2's capabilities? I suppose with bikes being more compact than cars the 3D modellers at PD may have been able to spare a few poly's but that may not be a given, due to the exposed nature of bikes and all of the other 'fiddly bits' of a bike such as the handle bars, brake levers, exhausts, engine manifolds etc., looking at tiptopcreams image it seems they haven't exactly scrimped.

The video was cleverly made but pay attention and there is never more than two bikes on screen at once .

This may end up being a ps3 title and the video just using GT4's graphics engine in the same was as the Vision GT trailer did.

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911_gt3_rs

Shameless quote of myself, sorry but it was at bottom of page and i thought i made some relevant pointes and don't wan't thwm to be missed

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VIPFREAK

Man, this is so hipocritical and the mods will hate me for it but someone create a "What bike do you want in Tourist Trophy" thread!

I want This!!!

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BMW318_DRIFTER

I'm not overly interested in bikes but I think this will be awesome. The only odd thing will be driving them with the DFP.

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