@DoctorFouad
That's your point of view, not the truth.
FM3 came out in October 2009, so you think, that then they took a look at Forza features and decided in 1 year, inject all this content to differentiate itself? Nah, getting influence from a competitor, having it already planned or trying to meet fan expectations are different things.
You talk like PD were trying to put out GT4 HD instead of GT5.
1/ Yes of course it is my point of view, what else would it be ? I dont work at polyphony, its a guess, thats why I said : I believe that...
2/ You didnt understand my point : forza 3 influenced GT5 development, it is my opinion, especially the online functionality, the AI and the damage. After forza 3 gamers expectations rised considerably for what they expect from a racing video game.
if forza didnt have damage and rich online functionality, ps3 gamers would have been less disappointed by the lack of those features in GT5...but the fact forza 3 already has thsose feautures and already is out in the market, polyphony digital couldnt ignore anymore the demands of fans...the risk would be : less commercial success for GT5....polyphony cannot afford that...
people sometimes ignore a basic fact : polyphony digital are developers, they do what they do to gain money, yes thats true !
another basic fact people sometimes ignore : the success of gran turismo franchise is not indifnitely guaranteed whatever polyphony do to the franchise. yes thats true ! if polyphony fails the expectations of its fans, they will simply go away and not give their money, with NO MERCY at all...(look for example what happened to the football game PES, or the tomb raider franchise, or crash bandicoot...etc)