GT5 Latest News & Discussion

[coolboy48]

Not really GT5 stuff but... (tree'd) (treee'd or treeee'd?)

If I remember right, plans for the RSX were completed back in '05, where the nVidia 7000 series was still the generation of it's time. The 8000 series was released near the end of '06 around the same time of the PS3.
But of course, it can be hard to sync and have the latest tech when working with another major company. I believe the RSX was a little cut down compared to the most powerful 7800 series too. Perhaps they felt the unique cpu could balance the weakness?

Another thing some tech sites talked about was the fixed 256 MB of ram for cpu and gpu each while the main competitor's 512 MB total could be split between the 2 uses accordingly. Something like that....

About cross-chat:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-19-why-the-ps3-cant-do-cross-game-voice-chat

It's a lack of ram.

About GT5's 370Z:
No one noticed how the rear wheels lack the additional offset? (Even in photomode.)

About GT5's premium modeling overall:
Ignoring LOD, I still feel that some cars lack a certain crispness or completeness to the visual model like the RS6 mentioned or even the '10 Camaro, '08 Civic Type-R and the S15 Silvia.

 

[Tornado]

About GT5's premium modeling overall:
Ignoring LOD, I still feel that some cars lack a certain crispness or completeness to the visual model like the RS6 mentioned or even the '10 Camaro, '08 Civic Type-R and the S15 Silvia.

This is also true. There are certain cars which, while not bad by any means, aren't of the quality of the rest of them. The R32 Skyline and C5 Corvette stick out in particular. It will be interesting to see what PD will do for the cars of that nature for future hardware.

 

[Griffith500]

The PS3 has only 256mb + 256mb. And according to Sony it can't use CrossVoiceChat, because the made mistakes with how the PS3 uses the RAM.

My english is bad i can't describe it good enough.

I had suspected that might be the case. Basically, by some unknown mechanism, Sony didn't balance the bandwidth with the available RAM properly (less RAM, more bandwidth required to constantly swap out its contents and vice versa.) So it is "crippled" by an apparent lack of memory based on the amount of "information" that is required at any one time in a current-gen game. It still generally copes OK, of course.

Nope. If i remind correct the NVIDIA GPU were already 1 generation ahead of the PS3 GPU at PS3 release. That is outdated.

But if you buy a i7 and a GTX680 you have State-of-the-Art hardware which is not outdated.

Yes it is. Improvements to existing architectures are non-stop. It might be the case that the best value-for-money components stay the same for a few months at a time, or longer, c.f. Intel Core2 Q6600 (technically many of these were taken from stock intended for higher-end chips), Core i5 2500K / 3570K (improved several times in its lifetime) etc. But they're still technically outdated / obsolete.

Also: nVidia GTX690, "Maxwell" and "Einstein" etc.
But nobody cares about the Desktop market anymore, it's the mobile stuff that is really moving.

In short, it doesn't actually matter that a console's hardware will be "obsolete" at launch, just as it doesn't matter that you buy said i5 3570K and a similarly sensibly-priced GPU instead of whatever bleeding-edge SKU has rolled off the line this week. In the case of the console, it'll still be a step-change in performance over what came before. In my case, the i5 would be a step up, too, because I'm due my quadrennial upgrade soon.

 

[Earth]

So Kazunori Yamauchi is in Europe overlooking and judging the Spanish regional finals.

So who's in Japan overlooking and judging the development of Gran Turismo Vita or Gran Turismo 6 👎

I mean this guy is like George Bush, it seems like he spends half the year on vacation.

It seems like he's always racing some event or attending some car show or something else. I mean, what did he tell the crew in Japan to do while he's gone? Model a few more Skylines? My sister is a supervisor at her job and because of that she is extremely restricted to how much time she can take off a year.

My point is, does PD and Kaz really need to be spending all this time and money on the GT Academy? Time and money that could be spent improving the future of Gran Turismo for the enjoyment of millions? Instead all that time and money is spent fulfilling the dreams of ONE person? And not to hate on the contestants but I think one of the winners wasn't even a GT fan, just a guy who decided to try and win it.

Of course alot of this is speculation, Kaz could work 12 hour days for 360 days of the year for all I really know...but it is just irritating seeing Kaz running around doing this and that while we're closing in on 2 years after GT5's release with him refusing to say anything on the future of the franchise.

I mean it feels like Dan Greenawalt has been at every E3 for years promoting a new Forza with new content or modes or something. When was the last time Kaz has been at a game show?

The lack of news is just killing me. All we get is "maybe" or "we'll see" or "I can't talk about that"

 

[FoolKiller]

Because PR for the game is a big deal? Take Kaz's events and speaking engagements, which are all tied to the Gran Turismo brand and compare that to any other game developer traveling to various trade shows and interviews and I bet time away from being head of production is similar. The difference being that a monthly interview with gaming blogs has far less impact on the GT brand than car enthusiast award shows and having former players successfully compete as professional racers.

If GT was the COD of racing games he would be at gaming events instead. But it is not the height of the everyday racing game. It is a niche product that mostly draws in enthusiasts, to the point that some people buy Playstation setups just for Gran Turismo. I've been to some of these events. None of the Sony or GT crew are sitting around going, "I'm living the dream, braugh.". In fact, when I met Lucas Ordonez he wanted to talk to me about GTPlanet and us enthusiast gamers, and a guy from Sony (may have been Nissan) was handing out GT5 swag. Then back at the Nissan booth they had GT5 rigs setup. Video games setup at a Le Mans race. GT5 games. Not Burnout, not Ridge Racer. The only other game setup I saw was a guy selling racing seats.

And what did those setups offer? A tryout for GT Academy.

It is all one giant advertisement for GT5. You don't see Dan Greenwalt placing in a professional race. How much has to do with the fact that he is more game developer than true racer? How much of Kaz's racing experience goes back to Japan and is used to affect the game design?

Is part of it Kaz living his dream? Sure. But does his experience of the dream help simulate that dream better for the rest of us. Definitely.

A lot of people talk about comparing Forza to GT and GT has a larger die hard audience. And when you ask them why they prefer GT you get a number, myself included, that admit to the faults but say there is just a certain feel to it. It just has...something. Perhaps that something is the result of Kaz's input.

Or maybe I'm not fussed because I have been a production manager and I know that it can be done over a great distance. I managed a team in India at one point. I took off from work for two weeks when my daughter was born. But I had a remotely linked laptop. Unless your job involves physical labor on physical objects that cannot be digitally transmitted a production manager can and does take care of other company stuff outside the office.

I have to believe a tech-based company can find ways to use GoToMeeting.

 

[mcfizzle]

He was at a Game Show in Spain last weekend. And before that the Tokyo Game Show. Does he have to appear at every game show even if they have nothing to announce?

Edit: TGS was probably 2010, not last year.

 

[Tornado]

So Kazunori Yamauchi is in Europe overlooking and judging the Spanish regional finals.

So who's in Japan overlooking and judging the development of Gran Turismo Vita or Gran Turismo 6 👎

Probably whoever he put in charge in his stead. Or maybe he's just getting updated while he is doing this.

My point is, does PD and Kaz really need to be spending all this time and money on the GT Academy? Time and money that could be spent improving the future of Gran Turismo for the enjoyment of millions?

Who is to say that GT Academy doesn't do that? In addition to what Foolkiller said, the thing was free for anyone with a PSN account. Allowing millions of people a chance to play a free current demo of GT5 can do wonders to draw in people for the series in the future who ordinarily might not have ever bothered.

 

[CorvetteConquer]

Tokyo Game Show 2012. I imagine it will be mentioned there. Maybe a new trailer showing off some cars/tracks.

It would be great to know which system GT6 is designed for.

 

[alonsof1fan91]

Oh nevermind I see he's talking about remote play.

Yep, got a Vita last weekend, was disappointed to find out that remote play doesnt really work for most games. I would love to try GTpsp on it because of the second stick + the vita improves graphics a little bit (you can use a bilinear filter, dont know what this means but for my eye it improves graphics )

 

[amar212]

Does he have to appear at every game show even if they have nothing to announce?

Yes, because he is the Vice President of the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

 

[sinbad]

Yep, got a Vita last weekend, was disappointed to find out that remote play doesnt really work for most games. I would love to try GTpsp on it because of the second stick + the vita improves graphics a little bit (you can use a bilinear filter, dont know what this means but for my eye it improves graphics )

Does the second stick have analogue function, though? Pretty sure that would need a patch from p.d, maybe there is one, but I like the sound of it.

 

[isamu]

Haven't been keeping up with GT related news at all so, any word on whether or not GT6 will be coming to PC once next gen hits? Would love to be able to play it on PC.

 

[amar212]

Haven't been keeping up with GT related news at all so, any word on whether or not GT6 will be coming to PC once next gen hits? Would love to be able to play it on PC.

There was no word, ever.

And as long as Polyphony Digital is the first-party studio of SCEI and have 3 most-important men in SCEI directly on their Board, I sincerely doubt you'll see any of Gran Turismo instalments on PC.

But you already knew that 👍

 

[ch3ng]

Haven't been keeping up with GT related news at all so, any word on whether or not GT6 will be coming to PC once next gen hits? Would love to be able to play it on PC.

GT is and will always be a PS console/handheld exclusive.

Sony bought Gaikai that means it has a 5% possibility to arrive for PC in my opinion.
I think they'll use Gaikai for PC games and PS3 games first. That could mean that the PS4 is backward compatibel, because it could use cloudgaming for PS3 game.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Good news, even the most "breathtaking" simulator of all time, iRacing makes people believe that no car will have steering wheel turning more than 900 degrees, even I personally own 2 cars which goes way beyond that.
Reason why you cant see GT5 driver doing more than 4 degree turn is simple, it's called animation, and is not that simple because people in RL has different methods to turn cars completely from side to side (One arm or with both arms)
for comparison, in FM4 the driver makes 2 degree turn and cant even do a proper gear change.

Worst post ever.

iRacing's cars don't have more than 900 degrees because they don't have more than 900 degree's. Simple, they are race cars. Presumably you own a Twingo and a Micra then? Not to mention the only wheel that goes pat 900 is the T500RS.

 

[Griffith500]

Yep, got a Vita last weekend, was disappointed to find out that remote play doesnt really work for most games. I would love to try GTpsp on it because of the second stick + the vita improves graphics a little bit (you can use a bilinear filter, dont know what this means but for my eye it improves graphics )

Bilinear filtering is often used as a simple texture interpolation scheme.

What this means in this case is you're rendering at whatever resolution GTPSP runs at, then upscaling that to whatever resolution the Vita can manage. In doing so, you're interpolating between the pixel values in the source linearly (i.e. by straight lines) in both (screen) directions. It's just typical one-word substitution for a fairly simple concept that takes too many words to describe in any situation...

A great demonstration of how this sort of manipulation works, plus more general detail on texture filtering, here. Of course, in games, the process occurs in both directions (on-screen up- and down-scaling of textures on polygons to fit the rendering resolution).

 

[TheDabbinDave]

There was no word, ever.

And as long as Polyphony Digital is the first-party studio of SCEI and have 3 most-important men in SCEI directly on their Board, I sincerely doubt you'll see any of Gran Turismo instalments on PC.

But you already knew that 👍

Sadly, this could also be why there is no urgency to drastically improve Gran Turismo?

 

[DaveS1138]

So Kazunori Yamauchi is in Europe overlooking and judging the Spanish regional finals.

So who's in Japan overlooking and judging the development of Gran Turismo Vita or Gran Turismo 6 👎

I mean this guy is like George Bush, it seems like he spends half the year on vacation.

It seems like he's always racing some event or attending some car show or something else. I mean, what did he tell the crew in Japan to do while he's gone? Model a few more Skylines? My sister is a supervisor at her job and because of that she is extremely restricted to how much time she can take off a year.

My point is, does PD and Kaz really need to be spending all this time and money on the GT Academy? Time and money that could be spent improving the future of Gran Turismo for the enjoyment of millions? Instead all that time and money is spent fulfilling the dreams of ONE person? And not to hate on the contestants but I think one of the winners wasn't even a GT fan, just a guy who decided to try and win it.

Of course alot of this is speculation, Kaz could work 12 hour days for 360 days of the year for all I really know...but it is just irritating seeing Kaz running around doing this and that while we're closing in on 2 years after GT5's release with him refusing to say anything on the future of the franchise.

I mean it feels like Dan Greenawalt has been at every E3 for years promoting a new Forza with new content or modes or something. When was the last time Kaz has been at a game show?

The lack of news is just killing me. All we get is "maybe" or "we'll see" or "I can't talk about that"

So you're complaining that he is spending too much time away from the office and then you end by complaining that he should spend more time away from the office.....erm....ok.

 

[Zuku]

The only things that need improving left are the cars becoming premiums and tracks from older games added on really.

Some stuff won't be changed because to change it would be that difficult.

I'm happy with GT5 don't get it twisted, but I know the things like longer career mode, smoke on the track problems, shadows etc. That probably won't be addressed until GT6.

 

[Spagetti69]

So you're complaining that he is spending too much time away from the office and then you end by complaining that he should spend more time away from the office.....erm....ok.

Wow that went totally over your head didn't it.

 

[RACECAR]

So Kazunori Yamauchi is in Europe overlooking and judging the Spanish regional finals.

So who's in Japan overlooking and judging the development of Gran Turismo Vita or Gran Turismo 6 👎

I mean this guy is like George Bush, it seems like he spends half the year on vacation.

It seems like he's always racing some event or attending some car show or something else. I mean, what did he tell the crew in Japan to do while he's gone? Model a few more Skylines? My sister is a supervisor at her job and because of that she is extremely restricted to how much time she can take off a year.

My point is, does PD and Kaz really need to be spending all this time and money on the GT Academy? Time and money that could be spent improving the future of Gran Turismo for the enjoyment of millions? Instead all that time and money is spent fulfilling the dreams of ONE person? And not to hate on the contestants but I think one of the winners wasn't even a GT fan, just a guy who decided to try and win it.

Of course alot of this is speculation, Kaz could work 12 hour days for 360 days of the year for all I really know...but it is just irritating seeing Kaz running around doing this and that while we're closing in on 2 years after GT5's release with him refusing to say anything on the future of the franchise.

I mean it feels like Dan Greenawalt has been at every E3 for years promoting a new Forza with new content or modes or something. When was the last time Kaz has been at a game show?

The lack of news is just killing me. All we get is "maybe" or "we'll see" or "I can't talk about that"

I'm sorry, but this just comes off as another angry rant at how the game is not like "The other one" and that is somehow "Disrupting" things without actual proof. As mentioned, GT Academy is essentially a huge marketing tool for GT5 (look at huge attention it got last month in comparison to Forza). I hope you also took into consideration that Kaz has obligations outside of PD, like his Vice president position at SCE as mentioned by amar212

 

[Spagetti69]

Kaz should stick a note under the fridge magnet.

I need x amount cars
X amount tracks.

See ya in six months. Luv K xx.

He hasn't got to wipe there arse for them. He can bolt it all together when He gets back from his modelling shoot or what ever.

 

[DaveS1138]

Wow that went totally over your head didn't it.

Nope pretty sure I got it.

Kaz spends half the year on vacation grumble grumble moan...
The office is lost without him grumble grumble moan...
He should go to more game shows grumble grumble moan...

 

[Griffith500]

It's almost as if telecommunications were never invented.

 

[trk29]

I think the point that Earth was trying to make is that we hear more about the maker of GT doing anything and everything besides making GT.

Serious question: How many Q&A's has Kaz attented to talk about GT5 in the past 5 years?

 

[Spagetti69]

I think the point that Earth was trying to make is that we hear more about the maker of GT doing anything and everything besides making GT.

Serious question: How many Q&A's has Kaz attented to talk about GT in the past 5 years?

Ding ding we have a winner. Lol

Edit. I think vita is under NDA at the moment. He's ducking questions.

 

[Nielsen]

Wow that went totally over your head didn't it.

Ding ding we have a winner. Lol

What's your plot?

 

[TheDabbinDave]

What's your plot?

We lost it.

 

[amar212]

What's your plot?

Spageti just wants that maintenance happens every day.

I agree with him

 

[Jaywalker]

There is such a thing as delegation...