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[NihilismOnToast]

Bonsai:

Banzai:

I think you mean more like the 2nd one.

I think Mr. Hand-Shaking Man should try Yamauchi-san as a challenge.

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[SuperCobraJet]

The controller choice has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Its the same as "Guns don't kill people, people do".

One can be as inept with a wheel, as with a game pad.

 

[chepu]

So... if they choose to put bricks instead of cars, that'll be OK with you as long as you'd have, let's the 100+ bricks on thrack at the 24h Nurburgring?

There, I fixed it for you.

By the way, You Sir, made me LOL like never before while talking about GT5

 

[maxpontiac]

IMS (In my speculation) this is how its going to go:

GT5 will have a basic yet fully functional livery editor. It will mostly consist of predetermined basic shapes (ie no flames or tribal). There will also be logos "GT" "Manufacturer's name" etc.

We will be to paint our car (wheels to) using a color wheel. Patterns (ie CF) will also be able to be applied.

As far as customization is concerned I do not think we will see NFS levels or even really FM. What we will see is the standard rims and wings for most cars and certain cars will be able to get an special made body kit. For example Renault Clio would then turn into the Clio concept by PD. Other than that ground effects like in FM are possible but IMO unlikely.

BUT... the real coup de grace will the performance customization, which will be very realistic and highly customizable on a level not yet seen before. What has me thinking this is KY/PD's constant trips to SEMA. He has also mention a couple times that he want real world performance parts in the game. Different types of superchargers (centrifugal vs sequential), brakes (steel vs carbon ceramic), turbos (variable vein vs twin scroll), and so on. IMO this takes what has always been the most fun in GT, tuning, to the next level.

All complete speculation.

An excellent post, that in all likelyhood will be how the game is done. If this is indeed the case, I will be happy.. very happy.

I am sure however, there will be a few posters on GTPlanet who will find something to complain about.

Again, great post!👍

 

[CTznOfTime]

Agreed with Paskowitz and MaxPontiac 👍

 

[NoonenF1]

The controller choice has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Its the same as "Guns don't kill people, people do".

One can be as inept with a wheel, as with a game pad.

Yeah, I play GT with a DS3 still, because even with a wheel, GT is just a video game. I'll save that $300 dollars for a wheel and spend it on a new set of tires for my 125cc racing kart!

 

[Coiler]

How do you guys think - is intro going to be rendered or made of game engine ? For some reason I would like it to be rendered...

A remake of GT1 would be awesome, or something like the supra from GT3

 

[eSZee]

A good write-up from Sim HQ who I remember at some point last year (at around Forza 3's release), one of its writer mentioned that until GT5 incorporate damage into the game, it will always be an arcade racer (not an exact quote).

The first rally clip is using a g25 or g27 is it not? They only said DFGT in the snips cool posted.

 

[Tenacious D]

Some thoughts on the SimHQ article.

Those of us with higher-end racing controllers such as the G27 and Fanatec PWTS or GT3RS were a bit underwhelmed by the DFGT, but that's not an issue for the game itself. We just hoped that the force feedback response on those products would be a bit more robust.

Those who think the DFGT is lame are most likely playing on ferocious FFB settings, and don't like playing without a clutch and H-shifter. I own a G25, and the DFGT is so close, and much more compatible with GT functions, that my G25 is gathering dust right now. I will have to advise you wheel guys though, that if you play on very high feedback strength, the wheels are going to wear out faster. Something to keep in mind.

What little we did see of GT5 was impressive — particularly the graphics and car variety, and certainly seems to have physics and eye candy on a par with GT 5's main rival, Forza Motorsport 3.

Bottom line: Once you try it, it seems to be on a par or just a tad better than FM3. Some things we liked more, some less, but it felt really good, and better than GT5Prologue.

Personally, I think this boils down to "Cockpit view is neat in both games." It seems with certain folk that being surrounded by a roaring cockpit makes up for any number of shortcomings. I noticed this with some of my friends who played my (ignored) copy of PGR3. Even as atrocious as PGR is at simulating a car on the road, they fell in love with it when they discovered interior view. And of course, this is with the wimpy MS FFB wheel. Go figure.

The graphics in F3 are great and all, but honestly, there's faint comparison to GT5.

Having gone back and forth between Forza 3, GTR Evo, Live For Speed and Prologue, I didn't feel all that much similarity with the sims and Forza. It was... similar, but something didn't feel sim-like to me. Maybe it was the always present driving aids some of you complain about. Prologue though was close. The TT Demo, much closer. It had its own issues, but wow, was it remarkably similar. And it had nothing to do with a cockpit full of engine grunt.

The car felt and drove as expected, demonstrating understeer, oversteer and power-on oversteer in an intuitive way. Although the physics engine of GT 5 has been extensively reworked since GT5-Prologue was released, the game still had a too-faint feel to the force feedback repsonse and wheel resistance.

Heard the same thing at the show. I drove the Cup cars at Indy, several times. That report is still in guod's hands, waiting to publish. I didn't have to steer to the right in order to drive straight (ie, no staggered or asymmetric chassis setup) but other than that the car felt like a high-fidelity racing sim in terms of grip in the corners and over/understeer.

If PC sim fanatics are this impressed with GT5 in this build, we should be in GT heaven when the game ships.

 

[eSZee]

The commentators said that in the US more people had watched the USA-England game live in TV than NBA four final games put together ... I wonder if this is even possible...

Very possible. Basketball is not what it was 10 years ago. Th rating are not that great. 4 nba finals games is what 30-35 million? With the huge amount of immigrants in the country this is no surprise at all. I know many people who watched the game wanting US to lose and man who watched and cheered them on.

 

[SuperShouden]

GAH! I don't think Soccer has anything to do with GT5. I also believe that there is a thread for that in the Rumble Strip.

 

[wajdi1977]

Please give me Laguna Seca in gt5!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_zQlVbxAQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=DdHlG6N9Y2w&feature=recentf

 

[Zonda_Guy]

Please give me Laguna Seca in gt5!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_zQlVbxAQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=DdHlG6N9Y2w&feature=recentf

I don't think they would forget Laguna. That's almost like forgetting Nurburgring.

 

[GTP_ADE]

Some thoughts on the SimHQ article.


Those who think the DFGT is lame are most likely playing on ferocious FFB settings, and don't like playing without a clutch and H-shifter. I own a G25, and the DFGT is so close, and much more compatible with GT functions, that my G25 is gathering dust right now. I will have to advise you wheel guys though, that if you play on very high feedback strength, the wheels are going to wear out faster. Something to keep in mind.

Well said, I have a DFGT and have spent the last 5 months upgrading it for
GT5. It now has proper carbon fibre paddles, spring stiffened brake and accelelerator peddles and a spring loaded sequential gear shifter mounted on the left. The difference this has made is amazing, and Im glad GT5 is coming soon or my rig will end up with wipers and doors.

 

[d3br34k5]

GAH! I don't think Soccer has anything to do with GT5. I also believe that there is a thread for that in the Rumble Strip.

And the best part is the chance to support this great community which will only grow in talent and scope once GT5 is released. Trust me, the good parts of this website are buried under this front page of GT5 threads.

I can't say I've posted much in the off-topic forum, but I'm happy to have the option.

The organization and level of class found when competing in the Weekly Race Series', for example, was enough for me to throw some money Jordan's way. That and his donations towards the fight against Alzheimer's Disease.

GT5 is going to rock for GTP sanctioned events and being ranked #1 in division 1 gold, here at GTP, is a true accomplishment. 👍

Keep the news flowing in.

 

[Coiler]

Some thoughts on the SimHQ article.


Those who think the DFGT is lame are most likely playing on ferocious FFB settings, and don't like playing without a clutch and H-shifter. I own a G25, and the DFGT is so close, and much more compatible with GT functions, that my G25 is gathering dust right now. I will have to advise you wheel guys though, that if you play on very high feedback strength, the wheels are going to wear out faster. Something to keep in mind.



Well said, I have a DFGT and have spent the last 5 months upgrading it for
GT5. It now has proper carbon fibre paddles, spring stiffened brake and accelelerator peddles and a spring loaded sequential gear shifter mounted on the left. The difference this has made is amazing, and Im glad GT5 is coming soon or my rig will end up with wipers and doors.

Pix dude pix !!!!!

 

[CodeRedR51]

Yeah, I play GT with a DS3 still, because even with a wheel, GT is just a video game. I'll save that $300 dollars for a wheel and spend it on a new set of tires for my 125cc racing kart!

I disagree with you. Pilots have to train in simulators before they can fly, right? Same with NASA astronauts. Police officers have simulator training now days. I think since buying my DFGT, that it has helped me quite a bit with my real car on our local track days. 👍

Pix dude pix !!!!!

And a tutorial please. Thanks.

 

[CoolColJ]

Re the DFGT FFB, I don't think it's to do with DFGT itself, but GT5 FFB code, even in the Time Trial the FFB, while better than Prologue, still felt a bit numb. The strength was fine, the detail was lacking

In Enthusia, you can let go of the wheel coming out of a turn and it spins, like in real life, to help you correct the drift, but it the Time Trial it was very weak

And these other wheels have more motors

 

[Tenacious D]

I have a DFGT and have spent the last 5 months upgrading it for GT5. It now has proper carbon fibre paddles, spring stiffened brake and accelelerator peddles and a spring loaded sequential gear shifter mounted on the left. The difference this has made is amazing, and Im glad GT5 is coming soon or my rig will end up with wipers and doors.

If you could post some sort of guide and source for parts, I'm sure we'd all give you kudos and our girlfriends. Well... okay, maybe not the girlfriends... besides, I'm lacking one right now anyhow.

 

[alucard0712]

I don't think they would forget Laguna. That's almost like forgetting Nurburgring.

👍 or Tsukuba

 

[sems4arsenal]

I read a while back about a racing series (possibly indy)that there will be gt5 demos when the series visits laguna seca and Road America .

 

[SuperShouden]

It would be nice to see Road America in GT5. Too bad that Sebring didn't have a GT5 tent...maybe next year? Or maybe at Ocktoberfest.

 

[GTP_ADE]

Well said, I have a DFGT and have spent the last 5 months upgrading it for
GT5. It now has proper carbon fibre paddles, spring stiffened brake and accelelerator peddles and a spring loaded sequential gear shifter mounted on the left. The difference this has made is amazing, and Im glad GT5 is coming soon or my rig will end up with wipers and doors.

I disagree with you. Pilots have to train in simulators before they can fly, right? Same with NASA astronauts. Police officers have simulator training now days. I think since buying my DFGT, that it has helped me quite a bit with my real car on our local track days. 👍



And a tutorial please. Thanks.

Have put some pics in an album on my profile, didnt put them in here so no grief from mods for posting in the wrong thread. Check them out and let me know if you like it.

 

[analog]

Did not mean to ruffle anyone's feathers but I will also admit to being a bit of a "Wheel Snob". When you look at the box GT comes in it says "The Real Driving Simulator" and having never seen a car on public roads driven by a controller, outside of MIB II, I see the use of a controller in Kazunori San's vision come to life as wrong. It's almost as if GT were being reduced to nothing more than another driving "video game". May as well just play NFS or GTA.

Nothing wrong with a bit of snobbishness IMO when it only extends to voluntary choices people make ( although buying a proper wheel is still out of reach for a lot of people ).
I know that when I do buy a wheel and experience GT "how it's meant to be played" like you say I'll probably get hooked as well ( therefore it's probably a good thing I don't try it ).
Although I do believe GT isn't exclusively meant to be played with a wheel ( even Kaz himself recently admitted only using a controller when playing at home ) and even with a controller I know it's much more than just another video game.
Forgive me the poor analogy, but I guess it's somewhat ( only somewhat ) similar when I order Chinese food and it includes chopsticks.
I'm one of those people who never got get the hang of those but I haven't really invested time in it but when I do ( similar to investing money for a wheel ) get to use it, the experience will probably be "superior" to using knife and fork.
Still tastes the same though........

 

[mykem]

Nothing wrong with a bit of snobbishness IMO when it only extends to voluntary choices people make ( although buying a proper wheel is still out of reach for a lot of people ).
I know that when I do buy a wheel and experience GT "how it's meant to be played" like you say I'll probably get hooked as well ( therefore it's probably a good thing I don't try it ).
Although I do believe GT isn't exclusively meant to be played with a wheel ( even Kaz himself recently admitted only using a controller when playing at home ) and even with a controller I know it's much more than just another video game.
Forgive me the poor analogy, but I guess it's somewhat ( only somewhat ) similar when I order Chinese food and it includes chopsticks.
I'm one of those people who never got get the hang of those but I haven't really invested time in it but when I do ( similar to investing money for a wheel ) get to use it, the experience will probably be "superior" to using knife and fork.
Still tastes the same though........

I don't think Kaz plays much GT at home When you have two Ford GTs, a Porsche 911 GT3 and a few version of the Nissan GTRs etc., I doubt he'd spent time on a video game. I do believe when he says he use it as a training tool for the Nurburgring races and for that he's more than likely using steering wheel rather than controller.

 

[D.Pritchard]

Well said, I have a DFGT and have spent the last 5 months upgrading it for
GT5. It now has proper carbon fibre paddles, spring stiffened brake and accelelerator peddles and a spring loaded sequential gear shifter mounted on the left. The difference this has made is amazing, and Im glad GT5 is coming soon or my rig will end up with wipers and doors.

Where did you get the info to do these upgrades? would love to up the spring strength but have not found a spring to do it with that suits me.

Saw our picks. Looking for something a little different. Nice work though.

 

[GTP_ADE]

Where did you get the info to do these upgrades? would love to up the spring strength but have not found a spring to do it with that suits me.

check out the pics on profile. I used 2 springs on the brake pedal and 1 on the accelelerator. Standard clutch return springs.

 

[D.Pritchard]

Banzai:

I think you mean more like the 2nd one.
I've never been hit by a miniature tree yet.

Yeah, yeah, the spelling editor said it was wrong as -ZAI and I believed it.

Been landscaping a long time, as you know, and I've never had a dust-up with a Mini either. Now full size or even a dwarf, yeah we've had tussles.

 

[Dave A]

It wasn't just the "sai" / "zai", you spelt it Bonsai and what you meant to type was Banzai.

Here endeth the lesson.

 

[Dravonic]

It wasn't just the "sai" / "zai", you spelled it Bonsai and what you meant to type was Banzai.

Here endeth the lesson.

Fixed

EDIT: It turns out spelt is also right