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[parker_125]

I didnt even know there was a WRC game coming to PS3, probably will never make it state-side

 

[Northstar]

The official WRC game is slated for December...

Which isn't more than a mosquito on an elephants behind as far as market share.

Judging by their past games it's not exactly an anticipated title.

 

[happycorey]

The 'rumored' release date of TDU2 is a lot more solid than GT5 release date.

 

[parker_125]

The 'rumored' release date of TDU2 is a lot more solid than GT5 release date.

There was no reason for that, there is no GT5 release date. 👍

 

[RedSuinit]

There was no reason for that, there is no GT5 release date. 👍

Wrong, release date is: Sometime in 2010. That has been OFFICIALLY announced by SONY.

 

[parker_125]

Here's an example of a date - 04/20/2010

Sometime in 2010 - Is NOT a release DATE, that's a release year.

 

[alucard0712]

Someone please provide this with a link...and if there's a statement about all cars having the cockpit view, post it. I can't find anything...

In that Playstation magazine with red Enzo on cover.February but someone bought it at second week of January 2010.

 

[Aristedis]

only 170 cool cars???no way this is fake...i bellieve the game is epic..e3 will be gt5 show and the release date very close...the quality will blow as away...thanx kaz and pd

 

[eSZee]

Here's an example of a date - 04/20/2010

Sometime in 2010 - Is NOT a release DATE, that's a release year.

It's a time frame.

 

[parker_125]

It's a time frame.

Or that. Either way, not a release date

 

[happycorey]

There was no reason for that, there is no GT5 release date. 👍

Cool thanks for picking my post apart. It was to be said like, if TDU2 was rumored to be releasing in September, it would likely be a lot more solid than if GT5 were to be 'rumored', or even announced to release in October.

Wrong, release date is: Sometime in 2010. That has been OFFICIALLY announced by SONY.

And you're one of the ones who lives by GT5 was only delayed once, right?

 

[AleksandarSRB]

It is mistake you realy think that only 170 car's will have cockpit?? If that is case why they put half of premium car's in GT5P!!!!

 

[RoadRunner99]

I really hope that 'interior view' is intended to be something like engine view (i.e. after a crash).
Cockpit views, as it was already remarked, were already in about 70 prologue cars (even if they will have a better detail in the final release).

It may be also something lost in translation.. I will not be surprised

 

[yogaflame]

Oh my he needs more time. 6 years is not enough hahaha

 

[AleksandarSRB]

People we have lot of car’s from GT4 in GT5P (Honda NSX, Mazda RX-7, Nissan GTR R34&#8230 and they have interior view… So why other car from GT4 wont have interior??? I think that premium car will have modeled engine and other part’s of car that we don’t see untill we crash car.

 

[dazzi]

Just refering back to the news on the front page, regarding only premium cars having damage... if we look back to 2003.... online was confirmed to be in Gt4 with it having to be fine tuned and taking an extra year. What I think has happend with this is the same thing, confirmations all along the way and then at the end some excuse like 'It couldnt work'. This is in the end what I fear and have been saying for 2 years now, a game can never be worth 7 years of development it just cant.

 

[analog]

Quick question, does anyone know if all the cars in GT-PSP which also are in GT4 have interior view?
If so, they've probably already been modelled, or at least been modelled for the PSP-version.

When this is the case, I can't believe they would go backwards and actually release the first full title on the PS3 with less options than the PSP-version.

 

[RedBaron]

PSP interior views are just dark silhouetes over the screen. It's irrelevant.

 

[G.T.Ace]

People we have lot of car’s from GT4 in GT5P (Honda NSX, Mazda RX-7, Nissan GTR R34…) and they have interior view… So why other car from GT4 wont have interior??? I think that premium car will have modeled engine and other part’s of car that we don’t see untill we crash car.

That's what i think too.
That would also explain the "less details".

 

[JohnnyGundam]

calm down people


KY sayed "crash model"

"
Standard models won't have an interior view, less detailing and no crash model. The problem is that premium models take a lot of time to create and we wanted to include many more vehicles than before. To make premium versions of all the cars we want to put in would take ten years or more and I don't think people are prepared to wait long!"


i think it means you can damage them but not totaly destroy them

look crash -->

AND now damage -->

you see .. i think this is what he means

 

[TokyoDrift]

And you're one of the ones who lives by GT5 was only delayed once, right?

Only one release "window" has ever been announced, and that was March 2010 for Japan. This was delayed, and since then there has been no further announcement giving any such release window for any region. So, what's your point?

 

[Neal]

[joke] Eyjafjallajökull Delays GT5 [/joke]

 

[Griffith500]

Just to step back a couple of pages:

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I read it but not sure if I believe it to be fact. The translation says it was said "at the official announcement." So it doesn't tell me where and when. Then it goes on to say "...now a new release list shows that TDU is to get 2 in September 2010 on the market."

Because Google Translator sucks.

Having read it in German, I think it's clear that what parker_125 was actually getting at is that at the official announcement, Autumn 2010 was first given as a target release timeframe;
Then, separately, it mentions that a new date has been "learned / quoted / ex- / abstracted" - all the things that flash up on our BS filter.

The use of the word "list" in this sense actually means "schedule" or something similar - a Release-Liste = release schedule. I.e. it's no better than any other date mentioned by any gaming site / online shop. A native speaker may be better to comment, mind you.

Most canny folk will notice that September is slap bang in the middle of Autumn, and right at the beginning of the fourth quarter...

 

[Famine]

Most canny folk will notice that September is slap bang in the middle of Autumn, and right at the beginning of the fourth quarter...

Only 7 days in September are in Autumn (in the Northern Hemisphere).

 

[AleksandarSRB]

calm down people


KY sayed "crash model"

"
Standard models won't have an interior view, less detailing and no crash model. The problem is that premium models take a lot of time to create and we wanted to include many more vehicles than before. To make premium versions of all the cars we want to put in would take ten years or more and I don't think people are prepared to wait long!"


i think it means you can damage them but not totaly destroy them

look crash -->

AND now damage -->

you see .. i think this is what he means

Yes:tup: I think that on STANDARD car's you can't see engine and other part under hood because that stuff are not modeled!!! On PREMIUM car you will be avalayble to see engine and other parts!!! That is different betwen damage on standard car and crash modell on premium car!!!
Sorry for my english

 

[FoolKiller]

Only 7 days in September are in Autumn (in the Northern Hemisphere).

Nor is it any part of the 4th quarter of the calendar year.

 

[eran0004]

The article is not gone from Autoblog UK. It's right here.

And if it would go away, here is what it says:

Kazunori Yamauchi is the legendary Japanese game designer responsible for the Gran Turismo series. He's notoriously low profile and a legend in his native country, making it very difficult to get an audience with the man who knows all the secrets of the world's most popular racing game - the fifth installment of which is due out this summer.

But we caught up with Kazunori at Snetterton this weekend, where he was trackside to watch the final rounds of PlayStation and Nissan's GT Academy - a competition that aims to turn armchair experts on the Gran Turismo game into real-life racing drivers. First prize is a fully sponsored drive in the European GT4 Cup next season and Kazunori has taken a close personal interest in the event, which attracted entries from almost one million gamers across Europe.

We dragged Kazunori away from studying the dozens of cars in the Britcar pit lane to get his thoughts on the GT Academy and the forthcoming launch of GT5....

Did you ever think it would be possible for an amateur to practice on your game and become a racing driver?

I was pretty confident it would be possible. In my mind before when I was building Gran Turismo, that was definitely something I wanted to offer.

How does it make you feel seeing that happen at GT Academy?

There's a big difference between having confidence that something could be possible and it coming true. Seeing Luca and Jordan becoming racing drivers is actually very moving for me.

Would you like to see similar programs to the GT Academy running elsewhere?

We want to do it in Japan and North America.

How closely do you believe the dynamics of these racing cars can be recreated in a game like Gran Turismo?

From my own racing experience, I don't think there is any discrepancy between the two. It's very good learning material! Jordan and Luca are proof of that. And I know that Sebatian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton play Gran Turismo all the time.

If Gran Turismo is already so realistic, how can you improve it?

The game will evolve again. We're bringing in damage models to the car, and that's a very important part of it. And night racing, too.

What new circuits and cars would you like to recreate in the new game?

We haven't announced what tracks are going to be included in the game yet, so it's hard to answer. We're definitely having the Top Gear test track though!

Can you explain more about the difference between premium and standard cars in the new GT5?

Standard models won't have an interior view, less detailing and no crash model. The problem is that premium models take a lot of time to create and we wanted to include many more vehicles than before. To make premium versions of all the cars we want to put in would take ten years or more and I don't think people are prepared to wait long!

You seem to have an obsessive attention to detail when it comes to cars. Has that always been the case and have you lost any of your passion after so many years of doing this?

Personality-wise, that's how I've always been. Details are very important to me in every area of life. However, cars are mysterious things. Many things can start as a hobby and then can become your job - but once they become your job, it's easy to get bored and lose interest in them. Cars are different, though. Everyone I know who works with or around cars for a living seem to get more and more interested in them. It's a rare thing. When I go to motor shows, the crowds gathered around the new sports cars include a lot of old men! It proves that interest in cars never fades.

Would you consider developing a game about anything else?

If I were to make a different game, it would probably be an adventure or role playing game.

What cars do you have in your personal collection?

Nissan GT-R – I was involved in its development, which was a dream come true. Ford GT, Porsche GT3, Mercedes SL AMG and a Honda S2000 racing car.

What's been your biggest crash?

It was on a big ring road around Tokyo. I blocked it. Very embarrassing.

What's the future for the Gran Turismo brand? Is there room for expansion away from just games?

Good question. I think in making Gran Turismo a lot of opportunities have arisen. These are great chances to do new things. Helping develop the Nissan GT-R just came along by chance, it wasn't planned. So I'm not sure about the future of Gran Turismo. I'll always be open-minded, curious and interested in new things, as they arise in the future.

What's your best lap time around the Nurburgring Nordschleife on Gran Turismo?

I think it's in one of the Group C prototype cars: 6 minutes 30 seconds.

And in the real world when you've raced there?

Haha. 8 minutes flat

 

[eran0004]

And I just found another interview on the web. According to Google it is only an hour or so old.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/251008/kazunori_interview.html

I found this interesting:

A Japanese release date of March was announced for GT5, but this didn’t happen, can you offer any explanation why?

Deciding a release date for a game is always difficult, as it’s not something I can decide on my own. The agreement on a date comes between various parties at Sony, and it’s not necessarily a date I would be hoping for.

Would you have liked GT5 to be released by now?


Actually, I think that March would've been too early. We could have produced the game in time to make that deadline, but the finished product wouldn’t have had everything that I wanted to include.

 

[Neal]

Nice find 👍

Interesting acknowledgement at the end of the article! I wonder what Jordan’s involvement was???

Thanks to: Rupert at Jardine International and Jordan at GTPlanet

Also

We have seen preview pictures and videos of Gran Turismo 5 that feature new cars such as the Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo and Mercedes SLS. These are pretty exciting models - are there any more cars that are still to come?

Yes, we’re holding back more exciting models for when the game is released.

and

Are there any car makers that won’t be appearing in GT5 that you’d like to see in GT6?

GT5 will have a few historic models in it, but looking back at automotive history there are a lot of cars that would be nice to have. I couldn’t narrow it down to one manufacturer, but Porsche is definitely at the top of my wish list.

 

[Delphic Reason]

And you're one of the ones who lives by GT5 was only delayed once, right?

Sony has only announced ONE official release date (March), which was delayed. Care to elaborate how that would imply more than one delay?