GT5 Wishlist (For everything other then cars)

Okay, Sonzilla had the idea of compiling all the ideas from the Things You Want In GT5 Other Than Cars thread into one whole thread that could be stickied, so that the ideas wouldn't get repeated constantly. I got to page 20, so there may be a few missing. But I'll add them on later (or you can all just resuggest them). So if this could be stickied that'd be cool, GT5 wishlist for cars, everything other then cars then a stickied wish list of tracks maybe?

I skipped the ideas about added cars etc seeing as the whole point of the thread was about everything OTHER then cars...tried to add all I could in, if there's any missing it's not because I thought they were stupid ideas, it's because I've been at it since 3am.

Oh one I did miss out...pit babes and grid girls...dudes...just buy a copy of FHM and get your rocks off on that lol.

·Crash Dynamics - visible and repairable damage, even race ending damage

·Day to Night and Night to Day transitions through the longer races, 24 hour races in particular

·More then just sunny days, full weather transitions along with the ability to switch to wet tyres etc to fit these weather changes

·Better tuning information and how they effect the cars and other settings

·Changes in track temperatures and conditions

·More cars on track, anywhere from a total of 2 on track to 16-20 cars.

·More tracks, including some Class specific ones such as NASCAR, real life Rally trails and more real life race tracks/city tracks.

·A more dynamic AI, drivers that will be more aware of their surroundings and not just bash into other cars. Also drivers that will move out of the way and slow down in a convenient spot when being lapped.

·Improved and user-friendly interface. The ability to navigate the Gran Turismo mode menu a lot better and a lot quicker. Tuning needs to be sped up, Photo mode should allow more versatility in what you can do to your car and replays should also involve more ‘directors’ options such as being able to go frame by frame or adjust the angle etc.

·In 2-player Arcade Mode, allow for AI cars to join the fight too, making 4-6 cars in total (including yourself and your human opponent). Also you should be able to pick said AI cars.

·The ability to repaint cars, either with or without the ‘palate’ available from the manufacturers themselves.

·Skid marks on the track, and ones that stay for more then a lap.

·Reverse/Indicators for free run.

·Arcade Mode – Race creation, selecting cars, track and rulings.

·Drag Racing section

·The AI should be able to adjust itself to compete with the car YOU enter, instead of you having to adjust your car choice to make a race out of it yourself

·Transfer of licences from Gran Turismo 4 to Gran Turismo 5, we’ve done the licences enough already, and they’ll end up being the same with a couple of new ones again

·Return the option to qualify for every race, not just championships

·Maybe break Championships up, leave a week in between a couple of races from time to time, this allows you to leave and race elsewhere (except enter another championship). When the day of the next Championship Race arrives, you’ll automatically be taken there once you’ve done what you’re doing.

·A 3-D garage that you can walk around, look at your cars, take photos and even select cars that way.

·Stats for cars when purchasing one should be presented in an easier way

·A quicker way to switch cars when you’ve reached the racing screen, rather then having to go all the way back to your garage.

·Have an option in race menus with restrictions such as “Cars In Your Garage That Meet Requirements”, so you don’t have to check every cars various stats to find one (EG 3400mm restriction in the Lightweight K Cup)

·A-Spec points should mean more then just saying, “I got 200, I won this really hard race”, maybe even have an actual use or they should be scrapped full stop.

·Give A-Spec points for lower placements

·Far less loading times, no more loading times for almost every single change of screen

·More descriptive race…descriptions.

·If a car is a special car, tell us this and tell us that it can’t be raced…or scrap the special car status and let us race the cars we own.

·More detail B-Spec mode; for example, involve the ability to set up 2 stop or 3 stop pit strategies, how much fuel to put in during the stints (a la Sony’s Formula 1 2004/2005 for PS2).

·Online mode with full world/local rankings ladder, message boards and the ability to chat during the race via headsets. Also setting up teams that you can race under.

·Headlights that actually look like they’re doing something, the ability to use them as your own personal blue flags, to get lapping or slower cars to move slightly out the way.

·Prize cars should match the race, no more stupid cars for big races, if we race hard and fast we want something worth it in the end

·More varied restrictions, bring back the more varied BHP restrictions from GT2

·Tyre pressures; being able to change them and see pyrometer readings after a few test laps

·Body kits, no ricer stuff though.

·Engine swaps

·Less jumps I race tracks (unless it’s actually there on it’s real life counterpart)

·Able to use the garage in LAN races

·Personality added to AI drivers, names and traits maybe. Add a grudge/rival system.

·More expensive modifications

·The rallies should actually BE like rallies, a race against time with just you on the track stage by stage. Full World Rally Championships

·More ways to squeeze power from your car and more tuning settings

·Sponsorships from manufacturers/tuning companies.

·Targas

·Mid race saves during particularly long races when you pit (not nice being half way through a 24 Hour race and something goes wrong.

·Bring back the full racing modification option for road cars

·More manufacturers (I know this means more cars, which is against the point of this thread but eh well)

·Integrated Time Management; An inbuilt clock (although accelerated) that means some races and tuning shops will be closed off at certain times.

·Better values on car sales

·More details weight reduction modifications, you pick what you want taken off/replaced

·Branded aero-kits (such as C-West)

·Different sized fuel tanks for different cars, they don’t all have the same sized tanks. Realistic tyre wear.

·More rims and neons

·Touge and Drifting races

·More accurate engine notes

·Superstox

·Better driving physics

·More adjustments to be made in pit stops (such as tyre pressures)

·Car descriptions

·Being able to select more then one car to take into photo mode/runs (instead of having to rely on races or Photoshop to add more cars)

·More endurance races, and varied and exciting ones at that. Not the ones that get boring (as they can do in it’s current format)

·No more “-----“ values for concept cars when selling

·Bathurst

·Harder to earn credits

·Smoke (for tyre spins and light crashes) that actually sticks around and is effected by the wind

·D.I.Y Track Creation (preferably in arcade mode)

·Better introductions to races, small sequences at the beginning of a race where the grid is full with mechanics etc.

·More detailed track information, including over-taking points and highest speeds achieved

·Formula 1 Car specific – The ability to actually change types at least

·A cockpit view (and a detailed one at that)

·Muscle cars should be able to do wheelies instead of burning out up to 5th/6th gear

·Ability to personalise paint schemes on a PC and transfer them to GT5

·Ditch the 5 Second Penalties

·Mid-Championship saves without having to retreat to the garage

·Bring back the load option

·A drivers POV, seeing from inside the helmet, and how the bumps, gravel and G’s effect the driver (a la Formula 1 2004 for ps2)

·Active wipers and rain drops on the windshield when raining

·Free roaming camera in photo mode

·Be able to go 1 on 1 with your B-Spec driver in tests and train him in the best way possible, by taking him on.

·A universal on/off switch for driving aids

·Scrap yard where you can buy cheap engines from, do them up, and put them into a car

·Templates for what modifications to add--example Stage 1-4 tuning which would include the group of parts that would fit into the stage you choose...like a Stage 1 Turbo + Sports Intake + Semi-Racing Transmission + Small non-rice wing. Etc.

·More real companies in the Tuner Village

·Selectable pre-set settings for acceleration, rally and max speed

·Customisable soundtracks

·Driver teams and pit crew skill increases over time

·More realistic car value depreciation

·Full season/career mode

·Control of your driver RPG style (though surely this turns it more into a version of Driver no?)

·Give your driver your face by taking a picture and uploading it via a USB pen

·A realistic in game clutch

·AI cars should have the same physics as your car

·Torque steer

·Doughnuts and full burnouts

·Announcers/commentators for before and after races

·Co-drivers for rallies (providing they decided to go to a stage by stage mode)

·Better sound effects

·Racing against your own cars in your garage in arcade mode

·B-Spec mode should STAY in fast forward B-Spec, even after pits, unless you yourself change it.

·Downloadable add-ons (such as more tracks)

·More visible changes (for example, when you change and exhaust, it should look different)

·Having to refuel your car after a race in GT Auto

·Bigger and more realistic crowds

·Your pit crew celebrating on the pit wall when you take the chequered flag in victory, maybe even a podium sequence?

·Ability to turn on/off – Headlights, wipers, radio, fog lights and hazards

·Real tyre makes such as Michelin and Bridgestone

·Wheel rotation according to the car, if it doesn’t go 900 degs, don’t let it

·Car windows can be opened/closed with realistic noises

·Real life based reliability

·You choose the car packages when purchasing a car

·3-D showrooms

·Used car auctions

·Auto-Trader etc

·Aerodynamic failures

·Pace cars, flags and stop go penalties (even disqualifications)

·Realistic changes in seasons (spring through to winter)

·Point to Point races

·Mileage percentage counter

·A directors mode

·Overall graphics improvement

·Ditch Auto Save all together

·You get to decide the colour of your prize car

·Single view replays in Arcade Mode multiplayer

·Ability to turn things such as damage on/off

·Wider range of saveable settings

·Show A-Spec points before entering the start of the race

·You should be able to put in more microchips and program them, unless the car uses a traditional carburettor

·Ability to choose your cars occupants

·A more map based GT Mode map, with countries and their respective events/tracks there

·Part failures (engines, hydraulics, steering, suspension etc)

·More off road racing (not just rallies)

·Cars that don’t have TCS and ASM for real, shouldn’t have it in game

·Ability to set up own Autox

·When you run out of fuel, you run out of fuel, not go around at 50mph until you pit.

·Tyre failures

·Dyno tuning

·Ability to do up/replace older engines that are losing power. Realistic power degradation…a car that’s been used extensively for years isn’t going to lose power etc just because of dirty oil, it will lose power through engine wear too

·More choices of Super Charger

·Better animations in car wash and oil change or none at all

·Summary of game progress

·Sorting cars into folders or preset lists. If not, when you sort a car list by a particular parameter…it should stay that way until you return and change the parameter

·When buying parts, you can checklist a few parts and buy/pay for them at the end all in one go

·Some parts shouldn’t be so effective until other mods have been bought. (EG better brakes should work as well unless you buy tyres that are likely to work well in unison)

·Remove the annoying gravitation effect every car seems to have

·In house garage and personal mechanic, cheaper but requires big bucks and possible sponsorships etc. When you’re having engine or other big tune ups, that car should be unusable for a few days to represent the work being done

·More transparent windshields etc on cars

·Scrap the rallies (and by that, surely, scrap Rally cars)

·If a rally car is mostly used on dirt tracks…LET IT BE WON/BOUGHT WITH DIRT TYRES DAMNIT! (My own personal gripe)

·Equal representation of countries cars wherever possible

·Better error/bug testing when the make the game

·Adjustable racing lines to suite your car in B-Spec mode

·Ability to make practice runs on split sections, not just whole laps

·Video sequences when you crash, such as emergency crews, pace cars and recovery vehicles.

·Various different dials/speedometer styles

·More advanced lap analysis

·If you mess up the settings on your car, and you push too hard for those settings to handle, you should suffer consequences

·Calendar based races, and a 365 day cycle in the used cars instead of 700

·More cars in dealerships, less in used cars

·More laps in races, no more 2 lap outings. Number of laps should depend on the size of the track, and the competition you’re in.

·Customisable AI levels (such as aggressiveness)

·You decide what size wheels go on a car…want 17 inch on the rear and 13 on the front? So be it.

·Paint should be deposited on walls when you scrape past them, along with the scrape marks visible on your car

·Possible race weekends, so you go through a sequence of practice 1, practice 2, qualify then race with the option to skip any of these when you want to

·Lap or time based qualification

·Cars should be realistic in their engine car and oil kindness

·When sorting cars through aspiration, there should be an option of Both for those that can take both NA and Turbo

·Quicker motions when changing Gear Ratios

·Bring back the slightly more distant Chase view

·Hill Climbs

·Be stricter on cutting corners and wall riding by adding something that’s a bigger penalty for trying to cheat races

·Fuel should cost

·More versatile wings, ability to choose the height of the arms and colour of the wing itself

·Different pace cars for different competitions/regions (The skyline for say Japan, but for an F1 championship the Mercedes Pace Car)

·More races for the trucks

·A bonus (such as Race Series Editor) that can be unlocked at the presently unoccupied 75% completion mile stone

·Customisable licence plates

·Replays able to be uploaded through a USB pen instead of Max Dive

·More realistic dirt marks up the sides of cars, namingly in rallies

·More active life around the track

·Ability to name tune settings such as “Drift, ¼ Mile, Race” etc instead of A, B and C

·Ditch 24 Hour races

·If they don’t scrap rally races, at least improve them vastly

·Upload a racing team logo

·No rolling starts without a parade lap or something first

·Take off invisible barriers, if you fall off a cliff you should have to either restart or be plonked back on the track where you came off (like McRae)

·Ditch B-Spec

·Ditch the G-Force gauge

·Driver and crowd injuries/deaths in big accidents

·Car ignition

·Four wheel “Tour De France”

·Online GT4 “Autotrader” where you can transfer cars to memory sticks and trade over the net

·Increased Brake Disc choices (soft, med, hard)

·Displacement available for more cars

·A simpler, smaller and more out of the way HUD

·Increased Data; Track records, car records and race records

·A better live timing system

·Decals

·Realistic NOS systems

·Salt Flats speed test area

·A clutch at the start of the race, similar to the F1 system, along with ready set go lights that’ll change at different times on different tracks, testing your reactions

·More random Used Car Lot

·More tracks that suite the slower cars

·Realistic Wheel Pricing

·Hot lapping and time trials in GT Mode

·Ability to go on tests for teams (much like F1 2005’s career mode)

·Driver stamina

·A cars personal race history

·More then 10 cars in the free run time rankings

·Brake wear and dust

·Pit crew **** ups

·On F1 cars, suspension failures

·Flat spotted tyres maybe?

·GT5 Play list used in conjunction with iPod

·All tracks available for 2 Player mode and drivable in normal and reverse

·The horn

·N2 Tyres as default for normal road cars

·Car design

·Adjustable steering sensitivity

·Required to buy an automatic gearbox if you want to use automatic transmission

·Race entry fees

·Misting kits for forced induction

·Victory video sequences or something

·If B-Spec Bob remains, and also still holds his Machine/Course Skill Attributes, I'd like to know what cars and tracks he's been in/on so that I can pick other cars and tracks to further widen his skills

I agree 100% with everything you said! You should be able to do real burnouts (in rear-wheel-drives) by holding the gas and brake, thats how you do them in real life. Also, i hate when you're trying to powerslide and you quickly press the handbrake, but it sends you into the wall with your wheels locked up!

Theres already a thread like this..

How about being able to purhcase different fuels? Say ummmm, Aircraft fuel? 125/140 Octane! It's available for race cars in the real world!

*hands Yoda some glasses* Read the top line for me please.

It's a compilation of all those ideas so people don't keep repeating the same crap over and over and so if someone wants to read it they don't have to trudge through 60 pages of ideas only to find a lot of it is just people arguing about one idea or another.

Also this could've been stickied...don't see why this list would be any less important then a cars wishlist.

All I ask for is one thing: true-to-life car sounds. NFS:MW managed to pull it off fairly well. C'mon PD, take it to the next level.

buickgnx88

I agree 100% with everything you said! You should be able to do real burnouts (in rear-wheel-drives) by holding the gas and brake, thats how you do them in real life. Also, i hate when you're trying to powerslide and you quickly press the handbrake, but it sends you into the wall with your wheels locked up!

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Nope, in real life you have a system installed in your car where you dissconnect the rear brakes when you press a button, a bit like a handbrake but it locks the front wheels only instead of the rear. Then you do a burnout. A system like that has no place in Gran Turismo, it has nothing to do with any form of motosport, drifters don't use them, drag racers don't use them, road racers don't use them, off road racers don't use them ect. All it does it lets you burnout until your back tyres explode. Also you do not powerslide with the handbrake, the handbrake is meant to lock your rear wheels,it's what it was designed to do. You can initiate a drift with the handbrake but not a powerslide, and drifting takes practice to do.

Great summary 👍

Good Ideal for this thread, would be better if the ideals could be grouped together into categories, would make it easier for everyone to find and easier for yourself to go back and add or change.

Looking at some screenhots of Gran Turismo HD, it looks like there will be 4+ cars in 1 rally race, thats crap, there should be a set time to beat in rallies.

I would like to see a way to pause an endurance race, kinda like when you are between races in a championchip series in GT4, where you can shut off the system and continue the race where you left off but you have to complete the race before starting another one.

How about the classic LeMans running start for maybe a 24hr endurance for classic racecars?

And also I would like to see reverse lights, and like in Enthusia when you pause in the middle of a race and you are in the third person camera the 4-way marker lights flash...thats cool!

Woah! awsum thread! I would like to see your garage get bigger as you progress. At the start you start of with a ok garage and then when you get into more races, get more cars, more sponsers etc you. get a larger garage with mechanics, dyno etc. Or how about you can put your car, say in HKS tuning garage and they do up the car to your requirements or how much money you are willing to spend

Some really good ideas there. BBut also some fairly average ones IMO. Eg. I don't want it to take 15 minutes to run 1 3 lap races due to some of the new ideas. Good thread though keeps it all nice and ordered

how about qualification in LAN mode?

live4speed

Nope, in real life you have a system installed in your car where you dissconnect the rear brakes when you press a button, a bit like a handbrake but it locks the front wheels only instead of the rear. Then you do a burnout. A system like that has no place in Gran Turismo, it has nothing to do with any form of motosport, drifters don't use them, drag racers don't use them, road racers don't use them, off road racers don't use them ect. All it does it lets you burnout until your back tyres explode. Also you do not powerslide with the handbrake, the handbrake is meant to lock your rear wheels,it's what it was designed to do. You can initiate a drift with the handbrake but not a powerslide, and drifting takes practice to do.

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Actually, the device you are talking about is referred to as a line lock, or roll control. It is a solenoid plumbed into the front brake line to hold pressure while the pedal is released. Drag racers use them for burnouts, and sometimes staging. However, you are correct in that it really doesnt serve a purpose in this game.

Number one on my wishlist, telemetry. All good racing games should have one.

greenlightning

Good Ideal for this thread, would be better if the ideals could be grouped together into categories, would make it easier for everyone to find and easier for yourself to go back and add or change.

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Good point, I'll work on that tonight and add what else has been suggested so far

Yeah after you revise it into categories this needs to be stickied.

I mean the other thread hit over 1200 post's about the same thing SOUND SOUND AND SOUND.

I wish they could like mix it with TT and add in bikes. Also I wish that they could let you be able to select wings from the manufacturer.(I.E. On the 2002 STI it has a low wing, you should be able to change it to the other big one like what mine has)

B.T.W. In my GTO I just hold the gas and brake and it burns-out, but I have to turn off TC with the button by the shifter

I dont think damage would be a good idea, I mean damage doesn't add any cool or enjoyable stuff to the game.
However, that option would be nonesense because most of us now how to drive without crashing into everything, damage options would only annoy GT-newbs.
Its just totally useless, I mean, wow you have a damaged car so what?

Thats as useless as the refresh option and the engine wear thing in GT4....

Its not really useless, because it will make your car perform better. It stiffens the body and makes it turn much better. Try it yourself, go buy a used car and drive it, then refresh it and drive it. It will drive MUCH better.

Damage creates an extra dimension to the racing, the whole action/reaction effect takes on a much bigger role when damage is included. Personally I would love to see damage make an appearance in a GT game along with an in car view.

Some of the ideas i really agree! but, do not ditch the 24 hours races, and B-Spec, but drivers stamina okay totally fair but not a-spec, its you that is driving so you know how long your stamina is. Commentators naaah, not my thing and a 3-d garage, a LOT of loading time i tell you. and damage YES! you should have on/off device for this. But i like your ideas totllay fair

djblackmon

Its not really useless, because it will make your car perform better. It stiffens the body and makes it turn much better. Try it yourself, go buy a used car and drive it, then refresh it and drive it. It will drive MUCH better.

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Yes I know that, but why does the chassis wear out? Yes its realistic, but its just annoying not more. Like engine wear, we all know that engine wear is realistic, but why in a game? I like realistic features in a game like real life physics, real life engine performance etc... but that stuff is just kinda annoying.

I like GT because its more realistic than ae. NFS, who likes wearing out engines and wearing out chassis?

Damage creates an extra dimension to the racing, the whole action/reaction effect takes on a much bigger role when damage is included. Personally I would love to see damage make an appearance in a GT game along with an in car view.

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I have no problems with damage included in GT4 but its useless....but for driving just for fun it may make sense, but I dont crash enough to make damage that useful.

However, if its included or not, I dont care too much about that feature but PD should spend that time for more cars!

Michael88

Yes I know that, but why does the chassis wear out? Yes its realistic, but its just annoying not more. Like engine wear, we all know that engine wear is realistic, but why in a game? I like realistic features in a game like real life physics, real life engine performance etc... but that stuff is just kinda annoying.

I like GT because its more realistic than ae. NFS, who likes wearing out engines and wearing out chassis?



I have no problems with damage included in GT4 but its useless....but for driving just for fun it may make sense, but I dont crash enough to make damage that useful.

However, if its included or not, I dont care too much about that feature but PD should spend that time for more cars!

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Well GT4 is a simulation, so PD tried to make it as real as possible with things they consider "necessary"

djblackmon

Well GT4 is a simulation, so PD tried to make it as real as possible with things they consider "necessary"

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But its still strange, if I wanted to make a simulation engine & chassis wear would be the last thing I would think about..

However, somewhere I read a post that GT5 will have real damage anyway.

A more organized dealership. New would be the entire current lineup, and only that. Classics would be the best cars from at least two decades ago. Special models would be all the tuner cars, concept cars, and racing cars. Special models would be concept cars and racing prototypes if the idea below is added.

Trim choices. The car you select is the base model, and then you upgrade it as desired. You would have the base model, the performance models, the tuner editions, and the racing editions.

No replicas. Because the game itself creates digital replicas of the cars, it isn't necessary to have digital replicas of real replicas.

No vans, and a limit on trucks. Trucks would be limited to sport trucks. The Ram would be limited to the Rumble Bee and Daytona. The F-Series would be limited to the Lightning. The Colorado would be limited to the Xtreme. The Silverado would be limited to the SS.

More racecars. Every car used since 2000 in the Speed WC, ALMS, Grand Am, Rolex SCS, DTM, ETCC, V8 Supercars, and BTCC.

how bout V8s that actually sound like V8s??

even in GT4 some of the cars sound like utter crap. I hope by GT5 they get it right.

Where shall i start, if i list everything i wanted my post would be longer than the 1st one, with no repeats!

More real life circuits, particularly Spa.
Being able to use all different on board cameras seen in racing on TV...the centrallly positioned WRC style on board cam, the Nascar style roof cam, wrc style roof cam, BTCC style passenger seat cam, bonnet cam, and when your in the drivers seat, should be able to adjust seat position etc. Which brings us onto the whole thing on driving side, should GT5 have a cockpit view, when we buy road cars, we should be able to choose LHD or RHD versions of the car.
I also think something like Forza, you choose what country you live in at the start, so for me England, and from there you could have say a local track, for example id have Silverstone, then that being the track that primarily your race team is based or the circuit you can instantly access for test runs. Then say you wanted to buy an Australian car that cant be bought in England, for example FPV GT, you have to pay extra for it being an Import and conversion to RHD etc.
Also following on from the selecting where you live thing, in a championship when you come to race on your local circuit, so for me Silverstone, you could have a small video indicating its your home race, shots of the crowd and stuff, maybe even a louder crowd, something that makes your home race feel like your home race.

Sound is big. The Cuda sounds wayyy different in real life than in GT4. But I think my burnout/smoke accumulation idea still stands. I can do a burnout in any car with enough HP stock. Just turn off TC, Rev it up, punch it, wait for tire squeel, then gently apply a little brake and full throttle. Its easiest with a Dual Shock 2 controller.