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[Neal]

...I don't think I've ever had someone banned while I was busy typing up a reply.

"TokyoDrift. Cake or Death?" Sorry, it's a very "Izzard" morning around the house.

Me neither mate!

I thought that aswell Neal, I think that's his 3rd or 4th ban.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4046821#post4046821

I don't know if I grassed him up like. I hope not because you know what happens to grasses round our neck of the woods.

It seems like he wants to get caught, surely no one is so stupid that they repeatedly come back after being banned and post in the same style. I really wouldn't worry about grassing him up, I'm sure Daan had already worked it out or other people had reported him.

 

[hardvibes]

Already banned? Was he TD again?

 

[Neal]

Already banned? Was he TD again?

Yes, he's as welcome as a fart in a space suit!

 

[TouringDevotee]

I thought that aswell Neal, I think that's his 3rd or 4th ban.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=4046821#post4046821

I don't know if I grassed him up like. I hope not because you know what happens to grasses round our neck of the woods.

I should've known it was him. Who else, as a new member, racks up 40 posts in 10 days.

I think the mods have stopped adding his banned persona(s)(e) to the "Banned Users Log." Or if they haven't, maybe they should, as I get that feeling that he's very proud of it. Wasn't he just on as Negativo (now banned)?

Yes, he's as welcome as a fart in a space suit!

 

[JDMKING13]

If the VWs are available, please try to grab cockpit footage.

Sorry bro no VWs.

Great read JDMKING13, I actually went to get a cup of coffee half-way through, to enjoy your experiences in a perfect setting. 👍

No prob man I will be posting more info today. 👍

Try to switch on the high beam lights, please! 💡


Thanks for your well done report! 👍

Man I tried to hit every button to put the light on I will try again on every car.

Rollover video would go down well.

I will try to do it again I dont know if it is enabled in this demo.

Do you mean in replays the movement of the fingers on the paddles is different from when seeing it while driving in real time?

No In this view during replay mode.

Car with paddles such as the ENZO 458 SLS, when watching driver cam you can see the drives place his hand differently, when hitting the paddles when driving each car. Very impressed with attention to detail from PD.

Indeed, I can't agree more.
I will love to drive the 800 standard cars, all with excellent physics simulation.

Yea man those people talking about they wont touch a standard car, or saying PD just wanted to flaunt the 1000 cars, but their is only 200 cars have no clue what they are talking about. I am a huge cockpit view driver. Thats all I drive in online, TT. When i 1st played the demo all I kept saying to myself was I cant believe I get to drive 1000 cars The most important thing is the physics.

Thanks a lot for your post JDMKING13
It's so rich ... I am getting hungry and hungry...

Yea man this game is going to be amazing you should be hungry, it will be a huge plate of food you get to eat.

could u show us those grass and dirt debris please?

No prob man i got you, This was a feature that caught me off guard. I did not know it was going to look so real please don't laugh at me but I actually dodge the screen when it happened.

Would like to see you going down the "Döttinger Höhe" (the long straight on Nürburgring) at full speed and then apply your handbrake. Lets see how (real) the car spins until it stops ?

Thank you so much for comparing the demo to GT5 Prologue JDMKING13.

Although I did like the physics of the TT very much I understand that they will be even better in the final release.

I have to say that by driving GT5P recently I did NOT like these physics anymore. (Especially since I drove TT in December 2009)

For me Racing games are all about the "driving feel" / immersion. So reading about your impressions I have good hopes that GT5 will be... just... awesome.

Trust me you do not have to hope the immersion is top notch better than TT demo the cockpit/bumper cam shakes so much its amazing. 👍

For the 1st time i was able to play A GT game in 3rd person view its the best way they did it IMO. Also hood view was pretty good. Like I said im going back to day to get better footage for you guys November 2 cannot get here any faster.

Edit Damage was pretty cool also. When I was playing with the Autech GTR and hit the barrier right on contact my right finder got bended up, same for the Nascar.

Bent up right fender

Normal fenders

 

[Tenacious D]

Who the hell cares what Microsoft release and why?

I realize he's been banned, but I think a few more pennies are in order here to add more light to the subject.

People should read a few of the posts in response to the posted article, and understand that there are certain companies who do indeed have an almost criminal obsession with milking the consumer. There are the ones who produce games with content on the discs, who then charge you a fee a month or so later to unlock the extra "DLC" which was there all along. There are those who have content held back rather than including it in the game, so they can pad their income with DLC later. Besides M$/Turn 10's tactics with Forza and an apparent inability to produce a fairly bullet-proof game - at least to average console video game standards, there are the $5-10 fees for the extra goodies, some of which was apparently ready to go at the time of release. And if you don't like GT5 having a number of Skylines which are minor variations, why would you be happy to see a company doing the same thing with DLC you have to buy. What's more, why even spend the money for premium versions of a game if you get little more for it than a tiny crown next to your user name? Forza, as a game, I still like. Mostly. Inevitable bugs and flaws, and T10 tactics though, me no like.

If that's not bad enough, there's the arrogance of Turn 10 people evangelizing a game which is hardly the competition killer they make it out to be. Add to that the fact that MS employees have been caught red handed trolling game boards, up to and including (former?) Turn 10 community manager Che Chou.

Just imagine if Polyphony US heads like Taku Imasaki or Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, or Playstation US folk did the same thing on XBox forums. Do you think we would hear the end of it?

How quickly did we - some of us, anyway - forget that Polyphony almost doubled the content in GT5 Prologue for free? The equivalent to seven Forza car packs and a track.

Yes, SONY is in the game to make money. Duh, they aren't a charity any more than McDonalds is, and McD isn't trying to manage a vast gaming network for free. But those of us with our eyes open can see pretty plainly that business isn't always business.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I wish though that GT had some kind of community thing going on. Yes we are the GT community, but there is no interaction. Where is the fan requests that they speak of? Where do they get it from?

Even if there isn't much interaciton it's clear by the content that GT5 has (dynamic weather, day/night cycles ect.), that PD is pretty well tapped into what we want.

 

[Metalmurphy]

So you can really see the damage in cockpit view? That's pretty sweet. I wasn't expecting that to happen to be honest.

 

[hardvibes]

Yes, he's as welcome as a fart in a space suit!

You made my day

 

[fitftw]

even though most of us will never see or need them, it would be cool if they implemented reverse (backup) lights on all the cars. Or for cars like the Miata, I'd like to choose soft-top, hardtop, or no top.

 

[Khaddar]

The fact competition exists at all can only be a good thing from the perpective of consumers on either 'sides' as there's a choice and both products have to compete and therefore are forced to become better products in the process.

I strongly believe in this. However unpopular a view it might be here, I am certain that the level of competition provided by Forza is a key reason that GT5 is as rich in features as it is, and judging by comments of those who've played the demo, as improved in driving feel as it is. The period since GT4 is the first time that PD have had any real competition in this genre (and yes, I did play Enthusia) and it really seems to have brought out the best in them.

And although I don't get an allergic reaction or develop Tourette-syndrom each time the name Forza is mentioned, I do find it rather curious and funny it comes up so much in the GT5 section of this forum.

GT5 is brought up on the Forza forums at about the same rate. I think it says more about forum-reading gamers in general than it does about either GTP or FM.net members. There are of course logical reasons for Forza to be discussed on here, as for GT on there, but sadly most of the posts on either forum mentioning the other game tend to be lacking in logic.

I should've known it was him. Who else, as a new member, racks up 40 posts in 10 days.

Me. Plenty of interesting discussions to join in with here over that time, and of course plenty of pointless internet arguments to try to stay out of too

 

[JDMKING13]

So you can really see the damage in cockpit view? That's pretty sweet. I wasn't expecting that to happen to be honest.

I know it was so sweet, beacuse it bent up right on contact I was like. That car you have for your Profile pick was giving me a great battle. 👍

even though most of us will never see or need them, it would be cool if they implemented reverse (backup) lights on all the cars. Or for cars like the Miata, I'd like to choose soft-top, hardtop, or no top.

This has been confirmed we are getting reverse light. 👍

 

[RACECAR]

It`s too late Forza 3 review embargo was 19 days before its us release !

And?? Who cares? I don't.

 

[Perkel]

hey we should clearly put a wall between game itself and PR form Turn 10.

Game is good PR is horrible. Also this is GT5 news thread so Forzza talk should be in orher topics...

 

[McLaren]

Unless you have MS stock somewhere, you can't be serious about that statement. We are consumers here, and we happen to react badly to bull$%µ.

Hence the part where MS executed this move poorly.

However, the idea behind it is a legit & well common one in the world of business. For the people trying to discredit MS for doing it & believing Sony are not in the world for money need to a huge dose of reality.

Being in the business for the dough is one thing. Coercing your consumers in rebuying a year old product (that some have paid double price for) is another thing altogether.

Again, the reason they executed it poorly by throwing away their main fanbase.

Now, consumers tend to be a stupid entity that will gladly pay up for an unfinished product, then pay again for things what should have been included in the first place (effectively doubling the product's price). It is despicable yet acceptable for companies to exploit the stupid among us.

I think the line should be drawn when blood is pouring out of your A%ùµ. And that last MS move IS quite bloody.

Once again, poorly executed plan as I said.

I do not disagree that MS ripped off its bigger fanbase. I'm part of it. I'm as irked as the next guy that they pulled this stunt.

However, to say, "LOL, typical MS fail at beating Sony" shows how smart some people in this thread are, not realizing that the idea behind what MS wanted to do is clever. That's my point.

I see, using my initial line of response back at me...very original

No, I'm not laughing. All I see here are childish little kids having a laugh and a joke at Microsoft and Forza fans, conveniently ignoring the fact that they themselves are acting like pathetic SONY and GT5 fanboys.

Who the hell cares what Microsoft release and why? So they upset a few fans by releasing a game with a few exclusive cars. **** happens, they can deal with it I'm sure. Things get upgraded and updated all the time, and you either buy into it, or you don't. If you choose to be an early adopter and lose out because of that, tough. That's life, and laughing and joking at their expense is ridiculous. What impact does this have on you and your purchase decision regarding GT5? None, but it makes you feel good, right?

Sorry, logic is not allowed in this part of the forum. Only comments about "LOL GT5 wInz!"

 

[Jordan]

Also, an interesting tidbit on GT5 from Jordan: The Review embargo will be lifted on October 28th.

Sorry for any confusion, but I didn't actually say that. In my comment, I only mentioned the official GT5 Launch Party in Madrid will be on the 26th. I don't know when the embargo will be lifted because Sony denied my requests for a review copy of the game.

 

[juelz2009]

hi there havent been on the forum for a long time i take it the master car list wont be updated or may be later on?

 

[blaktek]

Aaand Snip...

I'm sorry I failed to see the distinction you made between the action and it's execution, my bad. We agree on most of the subject, after all.

I'll admit I tend to react more violently when T10, MS and FM are involved. It's just that the cocktail here leaves a very bad taste (bad PR, bad commercial conduct and not that stellar of a game) that does not encourage me to be subtle in my judgments.

I'm sorry if my previous post came out a bit harsh and aggressive. That's too bad you had to experience the rip-off attempt first hand, though.

 

[scope72]

Sorry for any confusion, but I didn't actually say that. In my comment, I only mentioned the official GT5 Launch Party in Madrid will be on the 26th. I don't know when the embargo will be lifted because Sony denied my requests for a review copy of the game.

That surprises me.

 

[MmmmBeeeer]

Sorry for any confusion, but I didn't actually say that. In my comment, I only mentioned the official GT5 Launch Party in Madrid will be on the 26th. I don't know when the embargo will be lifted because Sony denied my requests for a review copy of the game.

They're just afraid you'll spill the beans on us

 

[Perkel]

That surprises me.

yeah it's weird... biggest forum/site there and they won't give gtplanet review copy ?

Maybe they are scared that GTplanet won't hold review emabrgo..

 

[Owen.C93]

I was actually going to see if GTPlanet could get a review copy earlier, but couldn't find a decent way to contact the right people.

Such a shame.

 

[Neal]

Maybe they are scared that GTplanet won't hold review emabrgo..

Perhaps but in reality GTPlanet has proved to be one of the few sites that can hold their water where GT5 is concerned!

I'm quite disappointed by that, shame on you Sony

 

[Zimmerd]

Yes indeed,
as far as I know... GTplanet has always respected embargo's set by PD or Sony.
So I don't really understand why GTPlanet isn't awarded a review copy.
GTPlanet is like a gift to them. Advertising that doesn't cost anything for PD.

 

[SCUD77]

yeah it's weird... biggest forum/site there and they won't give gtplanet review copy ?

Maybe they are scared that GTplanet won't hold review emabrgo..

OR maybe theres another reason.

 

[PirateThom]

I can't think of any specific reason.

There's the obvious things like they have no faith in the game and don't want the biggest collection of GT fans with their hands on a copy, so to speak, or they're afraid that if the review embargo isn't broken, direct feed videos from the game will be made available or unlike your IGNs it's harder to track a copy to a smaller site like this but they all seem.... unlikely.

 

[Jedi2016]

I think it's more that we're not a review site, or a gaming news site, like IGN or Gamespot. We're a GT fan site. Yeah, we're the biggest and best, but we're still just a fan site. I don't recall instances in the past where a single-game oriented fan site has ever gotten an early review copy of a game.

 

[Owen.C93]

We wont exactly help sales, people who read this site are probably going to buy it anyway.

 

[Lilday]

If they send it to IGN etc they have a team of reviewers who all give their opinions and views.

With GTP it would have to be sent to one individual...and what if they didn't like it and gave it a bad review? They can't give every member of GTP a copy and so the opinion that would be provided would be biased.

 

[PirateThom]

If they send it to IGN etc they have a team of reviewers who all give their opinions and views.

With GTP it would have to be sent to one individual...and what if they didn't like it and gave it a bad review? They can't give every member of GTP a copy and so the opinion that would be provided would be biased.

Actually, IGN assign games to specific reviewers, most sites do. The thing to remember, a review (unless stated otherwise) is always one person's opinion and never the consensus of the site as a whole.