-> If I can recall also, even the GT-R Black Mask back in GT5P demo/spec-I/pre-unveiling didn't have the cockpit view either.
The two GT-R's with no cockpit view:
^ This very car (the Black Mask) was the GT-R before the car got deleted when the production version was unveiled.
Even in Spec III the GTR doesn't have a cockpit view.
(sorry this will go off topic... but...) I think the problem is the fact that, in GT5p.. everyone got used to a cockpit view, not for every car.. but the majority of cars had a dash view..now for GT5, its like they introduced it, and its taken away for say 800 cars...
Personally, It doesn't bother me that much, considering the wait. etcetera...
BUT. and this is a big but, Prologue showed what they wanted to do. Now because of "certain constraints" it has got to the point that it takes too long to do every car "how they wanted to", yes they can recreate every car detailed and completely modeled...
The problem with that is, (I read) A car takes a month to fully recreate and model... now don't get me wrong but I'd love to see every car modeled. That includes inside and out.
But because of the time it takes to do this, It's just not convienient or suitable at this point and time. I think ,personally if they wanted GT5 how they had set out to do it (going by prologue standards) I think it would have meant that it would be truly "next gen" because we would have to wait until they modelled these cars, and for 1000 cars fully detailed, it would take too long for the game to be finished. Obviously it's dissapointing, but to me... every gen has to have a "Gran Turismo"...
Just because they can't match expectation, although that is what they showed with prologue...
I think if they can do their best and bring out a game that is a showcase for them and shows that GT5 is up there with the best and shows that although it's taken longer than expected it is still "The Real Driving Simulator"
To me I just want a game that carries on the GT feeling and attention to detail, yes I agree that "they" put the expectation and raised the bar for themselves, but now.... Truly, everyone can see what they wanted to do..
But Reality sometimes bites back and they had to rein themselves in..
All I want to see now is Gran Turismo back, showing cars as we know the series had done. Yes, some things are going to be dissapointing, BUT the problem I have is the fact that people are ready to write off the series because of something they don't want to "put up" with... TO me I know I'm going to love GT5, but that doesn't stop me looking forward to GT6.
And to me, I just want people to be patient and actually look forward to the next Gran Turismo, not write it off because "thats what is expected nowadays.." but just look forward to a game that has a certain pedigree...