Cars with unusual traits

[dr_slump]

Direct your attention to the door handle... What window would the be reflecting?

Yeah, when I look a bit longer on it then it really could it be.

But the question is if it's always reflecting the outside regardless of the viewing angle.
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[Schwadegan]

Yeah, when I look a bit longer on it then it really could it be.

But the question is if it's always reflecting the outside regardless of the viewing angle.
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I think that might be the case.

 

[Smuttysy]

(Edit - Wrong thread. oops!)

 

[omgsean1]

The Peugeot 905 Race Car '92 and Bentley Speed 8 Race Car '03 (LMP series) have glow in dark racing number on side of door and fender.

 

[Bushby_23]

The Peugeot 905 Race Car '92 and Bentley Speed 8 Race Car '03 (LMP series) have glow in dark racing number on side of door and fender.

It's not glow in the dark; they physically light up. Majority of the lmp cars should have them, as do some of the older cars. Even the mkiv gt has a light for its number.

The car has windows.

Yes, but not ones where a floor should be

The reflection is generated by rendering into an environment map, which is updated according to the car's location. Usually, these maps only contain the "distant", static scenery, but not always.
The real limitation is self-reflection, as would be necessary in the interior shots, and would require ray-tracing / multiple or per-polygon maps in order to account for the close ranges and wide angles / parallax involved. Either that, or they have a pair of maps, one for the exterior (still visible from the interior) and one for the interior, which will be grossly inaccurate because of the closeness and parallax involved, but possibly tolerable. Of course, that requires more memory and some way of knowing which parts should receive interior reflections, and which parts the external - think open-top cars, areas near windows etc.

Basically, it's a deliberate performance decision that is by no means unique to GT.

That was the first reason I came up with, just a performance decision. Makes sense too, because you'd think that most photomode photos would be exterior shots.

 

[Morgoth_666]

The reflection is generated by rendering into an environment map, which is updated according to the car's location. Usually, these maps only contain the "distant", static scenery, but not always.

...[PS3 character limit]...

Basically, it's a deliberate performance decision that is by no means unique to GT.

I know I have seen this type of thing in other games as well, it is sensible when you think about it but quite odd when you see it. My recent favorite example was from F1 2010. When racing, you could see track features reflected on your car. Which was fine except you could see the reflection of the curbs on the opposite side of the inside wall of the cockpit, after travelling through the sidepod! Very amusing. You could actually use it to help determine your car's position.

I would be surprised if there aren't more of these on other cars in GT5, for the most part reflections seem surprisingly good at least while driving.

 

[MasterFocus]

The '11 Mini Cooper S has illuminated interior door handles

 

[aadil717]

Direct your attention to the door handle... What window would the be reflecting?

The car has a Panoramic Roof?

 

[SVX]

The Daihatsu OFC Concept car- Rev gauge goes anti clockwise.

 

[CAM]

The Daihatsu OFC Concept car- Rev gauge goes anti clockwise.

How I didn't notice that, I don't know. I must have driven a thousand laps in that car doing that Kei Cup seasonal .

 

[Recon]

The Daihatsu OFC Concept car- Rev gauge goes anti clockwise.

I've always been looking at the picture of the car on the dashboard, which is also pretty unique.

 

[Bushby_23]

The car has a Panoramic Roof?

Yes, but not in the floor as well.

 

[Griffith500]

The car has a Panoramic Roof?
[pics]

Yes, but not in the floor as well.

Yeah, the reflection is clearly of the cobbles at San Gimignano, not the sky or anything else.

To repeat the clarification, for those that don't know, the car does not draw itself into its own reflection map, for several reasons - it all basically comes down to performance, though.

 

[analog]

The Daihatsu OFC Concept car- Rev gauge goes anti clockwise.

The TVR Tamora and Aston Martin DB9 also have rev counters which go anti clockwise.

 

[Dennisho]

you can switch the rear light ON on the march 12SR when you're using R Gear

 

[aceospades]

the speedometer in the new Toyota GT-86 illuminates when light hits it. You have to drive during the night to see it

 

[RacingManiac]

New DLC's Golf R has working fuel consumption readout in the center LCD in the interior, just like the real car...not sure if the figure is accurate but it changes based on gear, throttle...etc....Scirocco R's does not work....

 

[QB1o]

if you paint a premium ford GT with no stripes, it magically gets stripes.

 

[Superhero Wally]

You can add a wing to the 2005 Audi R8 LMP (GT4 paint scheme) for $200,000. There is no visual change, but you get an extra 20pts. of downforce to work with on the rear end.

 

[Forster]

You can add a wing to the 2005 Audi R8 LMP (GT4 paint scheme) for $200,000. There is no visual change, but you get an extra 20pts. of downforce to work with on the rear end.

Isn't that because Audi refined the wing during the season to generate more downforce and this is what it represents?

 

[Nismo34]

You can add a wing to the 2005 Audi R8 LMP (GT4 paint scheme) for $200,000. There is no visual change, but you get an extra 20pts. of downforce to work with on the rear end.

The same for the C60 pescarolo.

 

[Smuttysy]

The VW Scirocco and Golf R perform street magic!

A couple of oddities I've noticed with the two new VW's from the latest DLC. When switching between high and low beams, the placement of the light in relation to the road changes, but there's no sign of any change in lighting from the car. No secondary lights or additional luminescence from anywhere, witchcraft!
Also, they seem to have the "standards" level of visual damage, in so much that the cars "smudge", whereas in my experience most of the other premium cars have flapping bumpers at the very least!

I haven't checked the rest of the DLC cars yet, but I wouldn't be surprised to find the same thing with those too. (I have a sneaking suspicion there was a rushed "that will do, now ship it" attitude involved)

 

[Supermelon]

On the Golf R the rear fog light turns on when its raining.

 

[hazzy]

From what I've seen, the TC cars have premium damage.. but on topic! The loctite NSX is at least the only racecar I've seen with differently colored rims ( white front rims, beige rears), and the lupo GTI cup car has a floating banner on the window! Take it on a track and use the roof cam, you'll see it several cm above the windshield

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

From what I've seen, the TC cars have premium damage.. but on topic! The loctite NSX is at least the only racecar I've seen with differently colored rims ( white front rims, beige rears), and the lupo GTI cup car has a floating banner on the window! Take it on a track and use the roof cam, you'll see it several cm above the windshield

The Mazda BP Falken RX7 also has different colored wheels. On a side note the Loctite NSX had the same colored wheels pre 2.02 update. Somebody must of brought it to Kaz's attention. The way it is now is correct in real life.

There's a couple more cars with different colored wheels, but I can't remember 'em right now.

 

[Nismo34]

ARTA Garayia thing (Premium GT300) has its rear lights flash when you flash the front lights. Pretty cool.

 

[Azure Flare]

The GT300 RX-7 (the premium one) doesn't have a driver's side window.

 

[dudeondacouch]

The Mazda BP Falken RX7 also has different colored wheels. On a side note the Loctite NSX had the same colored wheels pre 2.02 update. Somebody must of brought it to Kaz's attention. The way it is now is correct in real life.

There's a couple more cars with different colored wheels, but I can't remember 'em right now.

Doesn't the AEM S2000 have different colored wheels front/rear?

 

[88FoxBodyFan]

Yep, regarding the AEM's rims, the fronts are black and the rears are gray.

 

[Dan360]

The Audi R8 Race Car (Audi PlayStation) has different coloured tailights than the typical red tail lights, it looks like a pink/purple tint. Also, the unique tail lights in night-time conditions make the spray look orange-y.