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Firstly I'm not the most literate of people and don't consider myself a writer of any form so I will apologize in advance if this isn't the best reading of posts.
Since the last great title in this series that was GT4, the Internet is the worst thing that has happened to the GT series, and I fear it will also be the end of what was once THEE greatest racing title.
GT1 ,2 , 3 & in particular GT4 didn't have the benefit of " online updates " they had to be shipped in a finished & final state, and GT4 so was.
Sure there were things that it needed and some things that weren't entirely finished, but overall GT4 was a finished title. I don't recall playing it thinking this isn't right or why have they left that out .. or why cant I do this. There were no distracting things that were blatantly bugs and unfinished parts of the game.
So then comes GT5 ..
The release of this game from day one to me and many others felt unfinished / rushed and a cash cow for Sony, and simply because they knew they could update it at a later date.
I can almost hear the conversation had by Sony bosses and Kaz.
" its time we released a GT game on the PS3.. get it to a state that passes as a game with as much content you have ready , put it together and release it to get some cash coming in, we can make updates and patch it later, that's what other developers are doing and PC games have been doing it for years"
Kaz & PD explained that a new engine had been rebuilt and a lot of content had been created and this was some of the reason as to why GT5 was unfinished on release, which to some extent I could understand and appreciate. For GT6 There was no need to release an updated NEW physics engine or new tyre model, the community were not expecting it and it should have waited for the Playstation 4 ,when it was also polished and working fully. However Fixing the bad bits of the GT5 engine should have taken place and GT6 should have been a highly polished version of GT5 with a lot more content like the livery editor / track maker and career racing, for example.
look at the content & how much was produced updated and worked on between gt4 & gt5 .. then look at how little has been done between gt5 & gt6.
Its very poor indeed the little amount of work that has been done in three years, and when I say little amount of work I mean the fixing of the bugs and faults that GT has had for many years particularly in GT5 on top of creating new content and such.
So once again I think Sony had a little chat ... and GT6 was born from what ever was lying around on the PD servers .. with the attitude... We can update it later.. we did with GT5... make something and get it out for Christmas.
On almost the very day of announcing GT6 .. Kaz was explaining a day 1 patch...So almost straight away he was telling us we were getting an unfinished product which would be updated and patched as we go.
I really feel we have seen the end of a finished working title.. and from now on we are continually going to be playing half finished constantly patched & updated excuse for a game, whilst PD & SONY promise the earth to keep you wanting more and keep the cash cow going.
GT5 for me was a pretty bad step in the series of Gran Turismo but I bought it and played it anyway.. I hoped that in tradition the 2nd title on a console would deliver a finished GREAT title especially for the sum of £ 60:00. Unfortunately my hopes were misplaced and they have done it again. GT6 for has failed in a very big way to deliver on its release, and unless the updates and patches come thick and fast with some seriously game & state of mind changing content. I feel my relationship with Gran Turismo will be coming to an end.
I know this is quite futile, but in hopes that someone at PD does actually come on here and read some of these posts, its worth a try.
If you feel you want to contribute to this.. please do.
Since the last great title in this series that was GT4, the Internet is the worst thing that has happened to the GT series, and I fear it will also be the end of what was once THEE greatest racing title.
GT1 ,2 , 3 & in particular GT4 didn't have the benefit of " online updates " they had to be shipped in a finished & final state, and GT4 so was.
Sure there were things that it needed and some things that weren't entirely finished, but overall GT4 was a finished title. I don't recall playing it thinking this isn't right or why have they left that out .. or why cant I do this. There were no distracting things that were blatantly bugs and unfinished parts of the game.
So then comes GT5 ..
The release of this game from day one to me and many others felt unfinished / rushed and a cash cow for Sony, and simply because they knew they could update it at a later date.
I can almost hear the conversation had by Sony bosses and Kaz.
" its time we released a GT game on the PS3.. get it to a state that passes as a game with as much content you have ready , put it together and release it to get some cash coming in, we can make updates and patch it later, that's what other developers are doing and PC games have been doing it for years"
Kaz & PD explained that a new engine had been rebuilt and a lot of content had been created and this was some of the reason as to why GT5 was unfinished on release, which to some extent I could understand and appreciate. For GT6 There was no need to release an updated NEW physics engine or new tyre model, the community were not expecting it and it should have waited for the Playstation 4 ,when it was also polished and working fully. However Fixing the bad bits of the GT5 engine should have taken place and GT6 should have been a highly polished version of GT5 with a lot more content like the livery editor / track maker and career racing, for example.
look at the content & how much was produced updated and worked on between gt4 & gt5 .. then look at how little has been done between gt5 & gt6.
Its very poor indeed the little amount of work that has been done in three years, and when I say little amount of work I mean the fixing of the bugs and faults that GT has had for many years particularly in GT5 on top of creating new content and such.
So once again I think Sony had a little chat ... and GT6 was born from what ever was lying around on the PD servers .. with the attitude... We can update it later.. we did with GT5... make something and get it out for Christmas.
On almost the very day of announcing GT6 .. Kaz was explaining a day 1 patch...So almost straight away he was telling us we were getting an unfinished product which would be updated and patched as we go.
I really feel we have seen the end of a finished working title.. and from now on we are continually going to be playing half finished constantly patched & updated excuse for a game, whilst PD & SONY promise the earth to keep you wanting more and keep the cash cow going.
GT5 for me was a pretty bad step in the series of Gran Turismo but I bought it and played it anyway.. I hoped that in tradition the 2nd title on a console would deliver a finished GREAT title especially for the sum of £ 60:00. Unfortunately my hopes were misplaced and they have done it again. GT6 for has failed in a very big way to deliver on its release, and unless the updates and patches come thick and fast with some seriously game & state of mind changing content. I feel my relationship with Gran Turismo will be coming to an end.
I know this is quite futile, but in hopes that someone at PD does actually come on here and read some of these posts, its worth a try.
If you feel you want to contribute to this.. please do.
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