GT6 ingame commentating
- Thread starter The Flex
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- Azle, Texas, USA
- GTP_KinLM
- KinLM
I'd like to ask you two things.
1. Why would you want this? I can't see it doing anything other than distracting me.
2. How in the world do you expect them to implement this when:
A) All driver's names are random.
B) There's 1,200 cars.
It would take ages for them to make it to where it would be any good. And PD don't have the time for that.
It's possible. But they'd have to do so much work, I don't see why they'd do it.
I mean, come on. Why would you want commentary for a 3 lap race? It's not like they can announce caution flags or anything.
I wouldn't be quite as opposed to a crew chief/engineer like you have in the F1 games where he at least tells you semi-important stuff. But that wouldn't work in GT because he wouldn't have anything to talk about.
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- Feldynn
Depends on what you mean by "Commentating" really.
If you're talking about TV style race commentating, broadcasters talking about what's going on all over the track, who is passing whom, distances between and wotnot then probably not. It might work on a replay maybe but it's probably not something that would be useful while racing, if anything it might prove more distracting. It works in sports games but I don't know that it would work in something like GT.
If you're talking about team commentary, say like a spotter telling you there's someone to your left / right or other actually useful information like that then yes perhaps that might be worth considering.
If you're talking about TV style race commentating, broadcasters talking about what's going on all over the track, who is passing whom, distances between and wotnot then probably not. It might work on a replay maybe but it's probably not something that would be useful while racing, if anything it might prove more distracting. It works in sports games but I don't know that it would work in something like GT.
If you're talking about team commentary, say like a spotter telling you there's someone to your left / right or other actually useful information like that then yes perhaps that might be worth considering.
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Because, aside from a useful spotter, the whole concept is devoid of practical gameplay benefit. It might be fun to have a barely comprehensible commentary on the track's PA system, assuming it has one, but not beamed directly to your ears.
It's worked in the past with various arcade-style racers, but I don't know how it could be made to fit with the tone of the series.
It's worked in the past with various arcade-style racers, but I don't know how it could be made to fit with the tone of the series.
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The use of gibberish (not recognisably; simply incomprehensible commentate-y voice sounds), and a sort of excitement scale according to what's going on on-track (that the spectators also respond to) would be easy to get non repetitive with syllable-scale "phrase" synthesis. Not sure how interesting or convincing that would be, though.
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- Brankston
- gokartman
If it had a switch that could turn it on/off then maybe (If they did it properly, not just reading driver positions out at the end of a lap). The MX-5 Tsukuba 4 hours enduro event would be horrible if the commentary was on all the time.
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- Minnesota
- TJ136
Even worse with 24 hour enduros...
Who is pitting, who spun out on turn whatever, who is going slow, rain is starting track wetness at 1%... etc.
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- Arizona
- maxpontiac
I do not want a commentator, no matter how prestigious to ruin my GT experience with annoying statements and generalisations (think FM5 trailer).
