alrighty then... this thread went WAY off of a pixelized standard and then showing newer polished up cars.. Nor sure where it has gone but I aint gonna read two kid's arguments over something which Obama could even fix.
Some of us need to take a look at an actual simulator, before we start calling GT a sim. I will say however, It is the BEST and most closest game for a console that we have for driving/racing. But lets take a look at something else as to what a sim is.
"Physical simulation refers to simulation in which physical objects are substituted for the real thing (some circles
[4] use the term for computer simulations modelling selected laws of
physics, but this article doesn't). These physical objects are often chosen because they are smaller or cheaper than the actual object or system.
Interactive simulation is a special kind of physical simulation, often referred to as a
human in the loop simulation, in which physical simulations include human operators, such as in a
flight simulator or a
driving simulator."
That came from Wiki. So what that means between the two, is what GT6 is, along with some of 5. GT6 shows an almost entirely new physics engine made to represent reality. So that's Physical sim checked. Then obviously, we people are the controllers. We control the cars in the game no different than we would in the actual seat of our cars.
Now the ambiguity starts. We can go off from this in many directions because that was probably the most vague point I've ever made on these forums. What I would like to see from consoles, is the direct association with their community. More specifically, I want to be able to add things to the game to enhance it from my perspective. There is this wonderful thing on the internet called freeware. It's basically a DLC for whatever game/app/whatever for free that you install yourself. Then you have this magical thing called payware. It's mostly a more higher quality freeware download that you pay for. This is where I think the GT community can run wild. Let devs of their own skill add their own touch to the game, in which it would have to abide by GT community guidlines (because I dont want a gentlemen sausage on wheels) and people could download from it on a market place within the game straight to their ps3 (or if gt6 carries over to the ps4).
PD started (or attempted) to do an interesting feature with photostream on computers from anywhere around the world. If they made a more complex site with a search engine where files could be uploaded where they could be sent to the GT market place where people can download, that's great. Let PD spend time on their high quality projects like tracks and whatnot, but let the community help you.
The only thing that can go bad with this, is that PD will take a break for a day, then a week, then a year. The game goes stale as only the community is uploading while the devs basically look down and say "well it seems they have this under control." That's what I dont want to see..
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