Camouflaged Corvette C7

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Whose ever video that is, they should get royalties, lol.

 

[KinLM]

Has anybody seen this ?

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121113/CARNEWS/121119951?utm_source=DailyDrive20121113&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=article3&utm_content=20121113-2014-Chevy-Corvette-appears-in-Gran-Turismo-5&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

Word got around pretty quick.

I liked this bit-
"We put a call in to Chevy to ask what the deal was: All they would say is that Chevy is working closely with the Sony to offer players of GT5 an authentic driving experience with the new Corvette. Chevy said more details would be available at a later date." -Jake Lingeman, Autoweek

Sounds good to me.

Hadn't seen this.. But it's amazing.. Thanks for putting it on here.. So now we know that it's not an accident, which, since its PD, was a definite possibility..

 

[Hyped]

Whose ever video that is, they should get royalties, lol.

Considering how it seems that video is getting around, seems like a great idea.

Has anybody seen this ?

http://www.autoweek.com/article/201...s-in-Gran-Turismo-5&utm_campaign=awdailydrive

Word got around pretty quick.

I liked this bit-
"We put a call in to Chevy to ask what the deal was: All they would say is that Chevy is working closely with the Sony to offer players of GT5 an authentic driving experience with the new Corvette. Chevy said more details would be available at a later date." -Jake Lingeman, Autoweek

Sounds good to me.

It's amazing that PD is working so closely with GM on this one, and I can't believe autoweek got Chevy to confirm them working together.

 

[Jaywalker]

Up until bigbears post, this thread could be marketed as a cure for insomnia...

 

[Haitauer]

I think this is down to rivals in two fields of industry. GT5 has always threated Corvette / GM well, and now that the new SRT Viper (by far the biggest competition to the new C7) is so big part of the Forza Horizon adds PD/GM has to make some sort of counter to that. I believe this has been initiated from GMs side. What ever it is I give it a 👍

 

[Brend]

What about a PD-Edition 12 days of Christmas?

'On the first day of Christmas I was gave to me by PD~ A Midfield Speedway!'

 

[nealcropper]

What about a PD-Edition 12 days of Christmas?

'On the first day of Christmas I was gave to me by PD~ A Midfield Speedway!'

God I hope that happens, I love them original tracks. That and apricot hill.

 

[SpartanUK]

I should probably have jumped back here a little earlier considering the direction the thread took, but I have been busy. Sorry guys!

Hmm... let's see...

If you are not interested in driving "just" a C7 Test Prototype (that is more than what the majority of us will be able to do in real life anyway...), I can only suggest to ignore it.

(Or maybe to wait even longer and see... =) )

 

[MetalSonic7]

I should probably have jumped back here a little earlier considering the direction the thread took, but I have been busy. Sorry guys!

Hmm... let's see...

If you are not interested in driving "just" a C7 Test Prototype (that is more than what the majority of us will be able to do in real life anyway...), I can only suggest to ignore it.

(Or maybe to wait even longer and see... =) )

Spartan. You devil. Stop putting me on this emotional rollercoaster!

 

[Whodoyouthink]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but it's quite a new video. A nice real life tease from Corvette:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-CQhimRXyU&hd=1

 

[CodeRedR51]

Kaz just posted about it on his facebook page. I assume this is his page since it's in Japanese and he posts about stuff only Kaz would have access to...

http://www.facebook.com/kazunori.yamauchi.58

 

[RACECAR]

"Content Not Found"

 

[Deko Wolf-GTPT]

I should probably have jumped back here a little earlier considering the direction the thread took, but I have been busy. Sorry guys!

Hmm... let's see...

If you are not interested in driving "just" a C7 Test Prototype (that is more than what the majority of us will be able to do in real life anyway...), I can only suggest to ignore it.

(Or maybe to wait even longer and see... =) )

Agreed. It's as simple as that. There's some cars in GT5 that I don't like that much, rather than complain about their existence, I choice to ignore them and just get the ones I like instead.

Now, it's time for some data crunching...

I can see that this C7 will be available pretty soon, and the actual Corvette C7 will be available a Gran Turismo game at a much later point.

I mean, we are all comparing this mainly to what happen in Prologue with the GT-R, but what about the Toyota GT86? We have every step of this car represented in Gran Turismo ever since its first concept, eventually, the actual car went on sale, but people had a chance to test it earlier thanks to GT5.

Either way, we GT fans appreciate this publicity stunts. They are healthy both for the GT series, and the actually manufacture that you guys work with.

Kaz just posted about it on his facebook page. I assume this is his page since it's in Japanese and he posts about stuff only Kaz would have access to...

http://www.facebook.com/kazunori.yamauchi.58

Can you copy paste it? Sadly the status don't show up to those non-friends with him.

 

[CodeRedR51]

"Content Not Found"

You not have a FB account? Show up just fine for me...

Edit: Not sure how else to link to it...

 

[RACECAR]

You not have a FB account? Show up just fine for me...

I don't. So at least a screencap would do nicely right now

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't. So at least a screencap would do nicely right now

He didn't really say much, and the translation doesn't make sense.

 

[Deko Wolf-GTPT]

He didn't really say much, and the translation doesn't make sense.

If this is a real account, he's probably just saying something like:

"We'll get this at some point"

If it's a fake account, the it's probablly asking:

"Sometimes I seem to get it" meaning, trying the showroom viewer.

 

[Brend]

I laughed too hard at that translation.

 

[Tornado]

I didn't even know Kaz had a Facebook account. I thought he did everything of that nature through Twitter.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Nope, he's got one. And based on what's posted on it, I'm about 90% sure it's actually him.

 

[maxpontiac]

I should probably have jumped back here a little earlier considering the direction the thread took, but I have been busy. Sorry guys!

Hmm... let's see...

If you are not interested in driving "just" a C7 Test Prototype (that is more than what the majority of us will be able to do in real life anyway...), I can only suggest to ignore it.

(Or maybe to wait even longer and see... =) )

Becareful about saying that SpartanUK. There are several posters here (who I won't mention) who are incapable of that very thing.💡

But since you posted that comment, you have probably already noticed them.

Thanks for your info BTW!

 

[Brend]

Oh great wise Spartan, how we love ye.

 

[CorvetteConquer]

I keep licking my lips !

 

[Brend]

Watch out that can lead to chapping!

Seriously though, this looks like a stunning car.

 

[Griffith500]

Nice to know that PD's famous "6 month modeling time" (which, regardless of accuracy, is at least understandable ignorance to posess) is appreciated so much by people who might as well have looked at the already-available spy photos of the car on the internet for weeks now.

So there was good reason to include it? You know why they included it in the game and didn't tell anyone about it? Because for all we know, it could have been an accident just like it was an accident that it was found in the first place.

They certainly got tons of talking points about the NSX concept when they showed that off in GT5, didn't they? Everyone remembers the GT5 association, and it wasn't in fact generally just ignored entirely in favor of news about the car itself.

By the way:

Since the idea of people thinking that PD would model a car as part of a publicity stunt and then do something weird with their implementation in the game is so daft, isn't that NSX that they modeled and showed driving on a fictional GT5 track so much fun to use in GT5?

You're acting as if this is all so lovingly cut and dried and that makes the original guy so obviously wrong that you can claim that is a "sky is blue" situation, and based on what? One example of precedent from a completely different company that PD has obviously always had a special relationship with?

The guy said it was a waste of time (I don't know what "it" actually is, precisely - which is the core of my complaint; mindless ranting is useless). Where does all of that (above) fit in with respect to that statement? Because I don't really know what you're arguing about any more, and I suspect you might be mistaken about your perception of the whole thing (see below). Besides, I'm pretty sure the NSX will end up in a PD game somewhere, as will the C7 proper.

You're right. What was I thinking. If only I had qualified my statement as being a supposition to make it clear that I was speaking for why he might feel that way rather than conclusively stating why he is. I could have even phrased said qualifier like, say, "If that was the basis for him saying" than my massive gaffe could have been avoided.

Silly me.

Indeed.

Then what was the intended conclusion of "Oh, I didn't realise he'd commissioned PD to make this game for him. I can see why he'd be upset, now, $60 million is a lot of money." if it meant something besides "he wasn't paying for the game's development, so what he says is irrelevant?" Because even seeing it in the context of what Simon said, I'm not seeing how it means anything but that.

The guy said it was a waste of time. I said he is in no position to say whether it was a waste of time. Simon said an employer is in the position to judge whether an employee is "wasting their time".
I would argue that, technically, they're not, because it might be the employee's aim to piss his boss off and get fired - who knows, the guy might think slacking off is a better use of his time because he's stupid; the boss is really only pissed off because he's wasted his own time hiring the guy, not because the guy is supposedly "wasting time". Then there's "time wasting" in sports, for the one doing it, it's far from wasted effort. In that sense, an absence of evidence of PD's actual aim means that no-one can claim, absolutely, whether it's wasted time or not - you might speculate, or fear or whatever, but that's not what happened.

What Simon said implies that the employer is to the employee what the original commenter is to PD, hence the sarcasm.
Obviously I'm not so stupid to believe that if we're not directly funding it, we can't criticise, and I know you rail pretty hard against those that do "think" that.

Perhaps the red mist was a little too thick this time? I'm all for actual, decent discussion about PD's aims here, and I'm pretty cynical at the best of times.


On topic: I'm surprised by how small the car looks in the spy shots. I've never noticed it about the C5 or C6, but I might not have been paying much attention.

 

[DarkAvengerZR1]

@off-topic:

 

[Giygas]

Not sure the Z06 C5 and Z06 C6 would count as Base model Corvettes, I would think those are performance versions. Technically, the C7 would be the first base model Corvette in GT5.

I think the 54' C1 and the 63' C2 are base models, but i'm not exactly sure.

Since the C7 is going to have 450 Horses, would a Z06 C7 have like 600-650 Horses? I'd imagine they would need slightly more power than the SRT Viper to draw more customers. This would also leave a top of the line model to have well over 700 horses, but that comes much later.

And i suppose no one has any info on what this C7 proto would weigh?

 

[RACECAR]

I think the 54' C1 and the 63' C2 are base models, but i'm not exactly sure.

I didn't even think about those. While the 63 could be, I'm not sure about the C1 as it technically isn't the original (assuming you're reffering to the Art Morrison car). Actually, there's also the C3 Sting Ray if I'm not mistaken So that would make 3 base models.

 

[axl54]

I'm a bit out of the loop here. Has it been officially confirmed that this car is coming to GT5? or is it another marketing excersise, like the video footage of the new NSX that never made it into the game?

 

[Deko Wolf-GTPT]

I didn't even think about those. While the 63 could be, I'm not sure about the C1 as it technically isn't the original (assuming you're reffering to the Art Morrison car). Actually, there's also the C3 Sting Ray if I'm not mistaken So that would make 3 base models.

I believe he's referring to this car, Corvette Convertible (C1) '54

I'm a bit out of the loop here. Has it been officially confirmed that this car is coming to GT5? or is it another marketing excersise, like the video footage of the new NSX that never made it into the game?

Someone found it (by accident/luck) in the showroom demo. The car is in fact inside the game already. However, all this is happening before any sort of official announcement is being made by anyone.

So, the car is there, but officially, it isn't.