GT6 News Discussion

[NICKname]

and finally;; what do we got??

The Toyota FT-1. Nice car but the update was a little to skinny...

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

So, just read the news about the Zahara de la Sierra track. And, just as I thought from the teaser in the live stream, it's really, REALLY big. Much bigger than the Nordschleife.
And the news about there being five Mercedes-Benz Vision GT cars is still a bit confusing and unclear, but all will be revealed in time.

 

[solidboss07]

I quite happily drive 'standards' and watch their replays in GT6.
As I did in GT5.

 

[Soundtrack]

And the news about there being five Mercedes-Benz Vision GT cars is still a bit confusing and unclear, but all will be revealed in time.

Hurry up only 2 left... http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/sls_amg/gran-turismo-only-2-left-for-sale-733236

 

[NICKname]

Hurry up only 2 left... http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/sls_amg/gran-turismo-only-2-left-for-sale-733236

Ok let me just save up €1 million real quick.

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

Hurry up only 2 left... http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/sls_amg/gran-turismo-only-2-left-for-sale-733236

oh. Now I get it.
You see, I, for some reason, thought that Mercedes-Benz would be releasing 5 more Vision Gran Turismo cars for GT6, and was quite puzzled. Now all is clear.

And regarding the shokunin philosophy

That was very disappointing to hear that one person works on one car. Just further proves PD is really, really mismanaged.

Mismanaged? That depends on your viewpoint. If having teams of people working as fast as they can to gush out as many cars as possible in a month is your ideal dream of management, I wholeheartedly disagree. Polyphony Digital's car modelers are skilled craftsmen; artisans, if you will. Quality matters here over quantity, and much like making a sculpture or a fine cheese, 3D modelling is a one-person job. Personally, I feel that each car should have its creator's name included somewhere in the description, or perhaps a separate section altogether could go into detail about what each member of the team has contributed to GT.

 

[GTboyz]

holy crap, there are now only 2 left of the MB Vision ? damn..

i wanna see how it performs real life.

 

[omnibusse]

It explains why we get that low number of new cars, but I appreciate the "one-man-one-car" policy. To PD GT is not only a game, it's art and therefore it's great to know that they take all the time that's necessary.

 

[snoopybg]

And at the same time other studios model cars much faster with the same fidelity without calling it art.

 

[Freeman_Cruz]

It explains why we get that low number of new cars, but I appreciate the "one-man-one-car" policy. To PD GT is not only a game, it's art and therefore it's great to know that they take all the time that's necessary.

No, is not.

Even maintaining the same policy, Polyphony could produce many more cars if they hire more artists.

Remember that officially Polyphony has 110 employees.

http://www.polyphony.co.jp/english/

Compare that with Dan Greenwalt's statements on Turn10 who are somewhat dated but can be extrapolated.

DG: I'll give you a little bit of nitty-gritty here. So, we had, I think about 24 full-time employees onForza 1. And we then bolstered that staff with probably 70 contract staff that were on for most of the project -- a couple of years. And then we outsourced a lot of our artwork to a group in India and a group in Vietnam. That made it so that all-in, we were probably 200 people, that's my guess.

Then in Forza 2, we got up to about 250. We increased our [full-time] staff, increased our [contract] staff, and increased the number of people in India and Vietnam. And now, for Forza 3, we're just over 300, all-in, with again [contract], [full-time], and a fully-burdened outsource group. And that's been pretty much since the beginning.

We grew immediately, so as soon as we shipped Forza 2, all of the [full-timers] took some time off, the [contract staff] kind of went away for a little bit, we disengaged with our outsourcers, and then within three months, we were back fully-burdened. We were up about 200 people, and 300 within a few months after that.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4144/racing_evolution_forza_3_and_the_.php

 

[Normalaatsra]

I really think fans need to watch the Kazunori documentary, because now I see Kaz in a different light and understand why he does things like the one car, one modeler policy. If you can't grasp the fact, then maybe you're a muggle!!

 

[TheDabbinDave]

Hurry up only 2 left... http://www.jamesedition.com/cars/mercedes/sls_amg/gran-turismo-only-2-left-for-sale-733236

Can't wait to see one cross the block at Barrett-Jackson one day

 

[MadmuppGT]

holy crap, there are now only 2 left of the MB Vision ? damn..

i wanna see how it performs real life.

Unfortunately we'll never know, as they'll be bought and then mothballed never to be driven or see day light again Such a shame!

 

[IneedSchool]

 

[SnakeOfBacon]

Yo dudes! I found some interviews from the Taipei show!

cool! I'll watch them later today when I'm not buggered and it isn't 2:49 AM

 

[sparkytooth]

Yo dudes! I found some interviews from the Taipei show!

Interesting.

 

[Ameer67]

Yo dudes! I found some interviews from the Taipei show!

3:30 - "Using the course maker or course generator mode in-game, you can decorate the track and maybe put like trees on and stuff"

Interesting indeed...But he also said maybe.

EDIT: And that's from the LA show I think.

 

[lancia delta hf]

Maybe we'll get our hands on it in the next 18 months

 

[jonjwlee]

Yo dudes! I found some interviews from the Taipei show!

That's not from Taipei, that's from the LA Auto Show last year.

 

[IneedSchool]

That's not from Taipei, that's from the LA Auto Show last year.

Oh sorry.

 

[eSZee]

Is it 6 actual months, or more likely, 6 months of working man hours?

There's a big difference.

I have assumed it was 6 months of working hours.

 

[jonjwlee]

Oh sorry.

It's okay, we're all scrounging for the tiniest morsel of news from that damn show.

They were pretty interesting to watch anyway, so thanks for putting them up.

 

[sparkytooth]

Maybe we'll get our hands on it in the next 18 months

I predict we'll get it for the second coming of Jesus.

Either that or when I finally get my copy of GT6.

 

[IneedSchool]

It's okay, we're all scrounging for the tiniest morsel of news from that damn show.

They were pretty interesting to watch anyway, so thanks for putting them up.

No problem. I'm currently searching for the newest vids of the game show on YouTube but it seems that all the videos are only about the booth babes. Not that it's a bad thing...

 

[ryebot]

one-person, one-car is a cool idea in concept. you get intimately familiar with that model and all of it's details, but it would be nice if they could increase their staffing or at least contract some more people to help fill the holes in their production team.

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

Problem is finding a competent person who can do the modelling up to Kaz's standard work of art, not many IMO, and working in a Japanese work culture and environment would be a problem of it's own for outsiders ( non Japanese ). I would also guess Kaz wanted modellers who are also automotive enthusiasts and have decent knowledge of car parts as well as meticulous attention to details.

 

[ryebot]

Very true. It's both a positive and negative of Japanese work culture - extremely high-quality, but limited output.

 

[TokoTurismo]

ANo need to save, Just do the money glitch

If it even still works.

3:30 - "Using the course maker or course generator mode in-game, you can decorate the track and maybe put like trees on and stuff"

Interesting indeed...But he also said maybe.

I'm loving the sound of this.

 

[diegorborges]

I seriously can't wait to put my hands on the new Course Generator.

I never tought I would miss Mt. Aso so much

 

[jackargent]

Very true. It's both a positive and negative of Japanese work culture - extremely high-quality, but limited output.

really? Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Panasonic, Toshiba...limited output?