Firing Kazunori sounds kind of drastic but it is necessary for GT's future. Just look at what Sony did to Ken Kutaragi the moment PS3 seemed sliding. They fired him! The "Father of PlayStation" fired! Sure but slowly tough decision by new Sony heads brought PS3 back into the game and today it is in the running for the 2nd spot finish. Which is good news if you consider the fact that it was close to being lost in 3rd place. Kazunori surely is next in line to be let go the way he is going. Sony sure wouldn't ask him to mess GT5 up. Somebody got to get to him and give him a series talk on the many issues that is plaguing GT since a long time now. Nobody in interviews has the guts and even dares to ask him a difficult question.
GTPlanet, I feel, can get to him with the goods he needs to know. GTPlanet members should get together and gather up ideas and suggestion in the forum from members and somehow manage to get it over to Kazunori. Either directly on his Twitter or everywhere he will guarantee read it. But, somebody will have to faithfully translate everything into Japanese. We cannot let this curial matter go unchecked or at the hands of some scared translator whose payroll Kazunori controls. Hopefully Kazunori gets GTPlanets letter of suggestions and does some serious rethinking. But, if he does not respond to any of the GT fans concerns then he is making GT games because he has gone insane and not for gamers to enjoy anymore.
Here are my ideas and suggestion for Gran Turismo 5 (NOT GT6 that release for PS4 in 2020):
-GT5 Prologue cars need to be transferrable to GT5 as was promised by developers on video when GT5P launched in 2008.
-Why is there a 100 favorite car limit? Remove it.
-GT5 Updates file needs to be separate from GT5 Install file in XMB Game Utility.
-Bugatti Veyron, Suzuki E Dirt Car standard model needs a Premium Model Upgrade.
-Color number feature remove. You should not be forced to buy a car with the colour you want to use that colour on some other cars wheels or body paint.
-Garage Make option remember when switching between premium and standard cars.
-Car Body Aero Modification keep all modifications for a car without having to re-buy if you switch between different modifications.
-GT5 Online features Quick Race, leader boards
-GT5 Save file Time Played include the actual real world hours played and B Spec days.
-Short cut to all major option top of game screen even during race in pause menu.
-New seasonal Events are irritating and stupid. Why cant you enter the races in cars you own and happen to modify? You can only modify them as PD sees fit and that just BS. Why cant you unselect an engine upgrade or weight reduction to reduce HP? You are forced to buy the car again. If you happen to modify that car to meet the target limit and mess up (engine upgrades that cannot be undone) then you are forced to buy the car again at full price. You get peanuts if you sell the car no matter how heavily modified it is. Yes, you can quit the game before you exit the Tuning Shop to prevent the AutoSave from kicking in but that is again stupid and should not have to be the case.
-Disable auto save feature.
-Test drive any car in the game before you buy feature.
-Hire some game designers from NA, Europe and rest of Asia so they can bring in a more global approach into PDs design making.
-How about race events for every race car manufacturer in the game? This should be separate from A or B Spec but should still give out experience points, cash , cars, and other rewards. Like a race event for Bugatti would be like you start 7th against 15 other Bugatti Veyrons. Another events where you have to beat 15 GTbyCitroen Race Cars in a Pagani Zonda. Maybe even a race where you start 1st against very fast opponents and you have to somehow maintain you lead.
-Why cant you sell your expensive cars? Just remove the gift birthday cars feature and then there is no worries of player exploiting it for easy money.
-Remove shadow from cars as it is destroying the look of each and every single car in the game. Kaz stop being a stubborn youre a grown man that Sony put incharge of a 60 million selling top PlayStation franchise.
-There needs to be more rims to select from including size options.
-Cars in your garage need an oil indicator if it bad or good.
-Why does the oil change guy leave his equipment behind when he is gone replacing the oil? If PD is all about the details, did they get lazy or are just slowing getting blind?
-Stop with the silly BGM feature and let players directly select any music they want to play from XMB within the race or whenever. This is because BMG feature doesnt know which track to play when or what you want to listen to at the moment.
-Car Used Market needs a larger selection and stop repeating cars you already bought before.
-Remove the HDD Indication press OK crap from appearing every time you boot up the game.
-Where is the Gran Turismo Home public space? Does PD even know Sony has a thing called Home going on for them?
-For the track player really want to see in GT5 lets have a vote on the tracks and the tracks with the most votes we will pass it on to Kaz. Mine are from the Gran Turismo 2 Tahiti Road and Tahiti Dirt Route 3 and from Gran Turismo 4 Costa di Amalfi and New York track.
-Option to save the game during the race and you can restart from the exact place, speed, and position you left off.
-Online car selling market place between GT players. Make sure there are no 20 million dollar cars available for $500000. Gift cars cannot be sold here nor price cars. Problem solved. You can sell cars here that you bought but no longer need. This is a better way to sell the car instead of selling it for peanuts in the garage or not being to sell it at all if it is expensive.
-Custom paint and livery design features.
-500,000 engine and body repair needs to be lowered and more time lasting.
-Enable background download of files when GT5 is running.
-Damage option selection for every race from Level 1 itself. Not many people get to level 40 in GT5 I imagine.
-Bumper View mode needs the reverse mirror feature.
Thats all I have to say. I hope GT fans respond. I only want GT to be able to compete with Forza, Dirt, Need For Speed in terms of gameplay and not just sales.
GTPlanet, I feel, can get to him with the goods he needs to know. GTPlanet members should get together and gather up ideas and suggestion in the forum from members and somehow manage to get it over to Kazunori. Either directly on his Twitter or everywhere he will guarantee read it. But, somebody will have to faithfully translate everything into Japanese. We cannot let this curial matter go unchecked or at the hands of some scared translator whose payroll Kazunori controls. Hopefully Kazunori gets GTPlanets letter of suggestions and does some serious rethinking. But, if he does not respond to any of the GT fans concerns then he is making GT games because he has gone insane and not for gamers to enjoy anymore.
Here are my ideas and suggestion for Gran Turismo 5 (NOT GT6 that release for PS4 in 2020):
-GT5 Prologue cars need to be transferrable to GT5 as was promised by developers on video when GT5P launched in 2008.
-Why is there a 100 favorite car limit? Remove it.
-GT5 Updates file needs to be separate from GT5 Install file in XMB Game Utility.
-Bugatti Veyron, Suzuki E Dirt Car standard model needs a Premium Model Upgrade.
-Color number feature remove. You should not be forced to buy a car with the colour you want to use that colour on some other cars wheels or body paint.
-Garage Make option remember when switching between premium and standard cars.
-Car Body Aero Modification keep all modifications for a car without having to re-buy if you switch between different modifications.
-GT5 Online features Quick Race, leader boards
-GT5 Save file Time Played include the actual real world hours played and B Spec days.
-Short cut to all major option top of game screen even during race in pause menu.
-New seasonal Events are irritating and stupid. Why cant you enter the races in cars you own and happen to modify? You can only modify them as PD sees fit and that just BS. Why cant you unselect an engine upgrade or weight reduction to reduce HP? You are forced to buy the car again. If you happen to modify that car to meet the target limit and mess up (engine upgrades that cannot be undone) then you are forced to buy the car again at full price. You get peanuts if you sell the car no matter how heavily modified it is. Yes, you can quit the game before you exit the Tuning Shop to prevent the AutoSave from kicking in but that is again stupid and should not have to be the case.
-Disable auto save feature.
-Test drive any car in the game before you buy feature.
-Hire some game designers from NA, Europe and rest of Asia so they can bring in a more global approach into PDs design making.
-How about race events for every race car manufacturer in the game? This should be separate from A or B Spec but should still give out experience points, cash , cars, and other rewards. Like a race event for Bugatti would be like you start 7th against 15 other Bugatti Veyrons. Another events where you have to beat 15 GTbyCitroen Race Cars in a Pagani Zonda. Maybe even a race where you start 1st against very fast opponents and you have to somehow maintain you lead.
-Why cant you sell your expensive cars? Just remove the gift birthday cars feature and then there is no worries of player exploiting it for easy money.
-Remove shadow from cars as it is destroying the look of each and every single car in the game. Kaz stop being a stubborn youre a grown man that Sony put incharge of a 60 million selling top PlayStation franchise.
-There needs to be more rims to select from including size options.
-Cars in your garage need an oil indicator if it bad or good.
-Why does the oil change guy leave his equipment behind when he is gone replacing the oil? If PD is all about the details, did they get lazy or are just slowing getting blind?
-Stop with the silly BGM feature and let players directly select any music they want to play from XMB within the race or whenever. This is because BMG feature doesnt know which track to play when or what you want to listen to at the moment.
-Car Used Market needs a larger selection and stop repeating cars you already bought before.
-Remove the HDD Indication press OK crap from appearing every time you boot up the game.
-Where is the Gran Turismo Home public space? Does PD even know Sony has a thing called Home going on for them?
-For the track player really want to see in GT5 lets have a vote on the tracks and the tracks with the most votes we will pass it on to Kaz. Mine are from the Gran Turismo 2 Tahiti Road and Tahiti Dirt Route 3 and from Gran Turismo 4 Costa di Amalfi and New York track.
-Option to save the game during the race and you can restart from the exact place, speed, and position you left off.
-Online car selling market place between GT players. Make sure there are no 20 million dollar cars available for $500000. Gift cars cannot be sold here nor price cars. Problem solved. You can sell cars here that you bought but no longer need. This is a better way to sell the car instead of selling it for peanuts in the garage or not being to sell it at all if it is expensive.
-Custom paint and livery design features.
-500,000 engine and body repair needs to be lowered and more time lasting.
-Enable background download of files when GT5 is running.
-Damage option selection for every race from Level 1 itself. Not many people get to level 40 in GT5 I imagine.
-Bumper View mode needs the reverse mirror feature.
Thats all I have to say. I hope GT fans respond. I only want GT to be able to compete with Forza, Dirt, Need For Speed in terms of gameplay and not just sales.
