NASCAR drivers to be in GT5?

[CJ1234]

Just got my edition of Game Informer Magazine today and they have a little preview on GT5 and GTPSP. Most of it is stuff we already know (NASCAR, WRC, damage, etc.) but I read on and found something interesting. In the preview they have a section on the future of NASCAR in video games. I've taken the liberty of typing up the entire article for you guys.

THE FUTURE OF NASCAR

A few months ago it looked like video game stock car racing had run out of gas when EA Sports announced it ceased production on its yearly sim-based NASCAR title. The license now lives on in Gran Turismo 5, and Blake Davidson, NASCAR's managing director of licensed products, tells us GT 5 is just the beginning.

Sony and the racing association started talks around fall of last year, and Davidson says the footage we saw at E3 "is just a taste" of what's going to be in the game. Although he doesn't know exactly what's going on between Sony and NASCAR's various drivers, Sony is looking into including drivers in GT 5.

NASCAR's deal with Sony is not exclusive, which is the way NASCAR wants it to stay. Davidson says that the association is looking into a broader strategy of multiple stock car titles across different platforms and genres, and it is currently looking at which partners are the best fits for each category.

Sim-racer fans will be happy to hear that this spring NASCAR joined forces with iRacing for an online racing series starting in 2010. Members of venerable racing developer Papyrus are behind the game.

Davidson also says that a PC sim-racing deal is in the works, and that NASCAR hopes to have a console sim-racing game - not including - GT 5 - out in holiday 2010 or early 2011. Could this be the return of EA or even NASCAR Heat developer Monster Games? Davidson says that as far as EA Sports goes, NASCAR is "not having active conversations with them about any sort of sim product."

 

[Eric Demory]

Though I'm not a fan of Nascar. But I think it's cool I might get into Nascar when playing GT5. Whenever it comes out.

 

[paskowitz]

That sounds cool. It would be really awesome if they laser scanned each drivers face (for extra PD OCD accuracy). Maybe thats a bit much. But it would be cool if real drivers were included in GT5. I would love to run Lewis Hamilton off the road.

 

[VenomdanF1]

Do you think PD would put Nationwide(Busch) or ARCA Remax series car in GT5?

 

[Masi_23]

Does this mean we'll have a character in game we can customize? Id like to put my face on my driver and wear a bicycle helmet

 

[IsmokeGT]

uhhh, Holiday 2010??!! or maybe spring 2011?!?!?!

Did I read that right? or is it refering to another game?

Terrible grammar!

 

[StrokerAce]

uhhh, Holiday 2010??!! or maybe spring 2011?!?!?!

Did I read that right? or is it refering to another game?

Terrible grammar!

No you didnt. LOL. The grammar was fine, it was referring to their own NASCAR simulator.

How many nascar threads are there now? Cant this just be compacted with the others?

 

[IsmokeGT]

No you didnt. LOL. The grammar was fine, it was referring to their own NASCAR simulator.

How many nascar threads are there now? Cant this just be compacted with the others?

LOL, maybe English isn't your first language but (-) are not supposed to be used like that.

 

[peter_vod69]

Do you think PD would put Nationwide(Busch) or ARCA Remax series car in GT5?

I doubt it. Outside the states, virtually nobody has heard of the individual lower-tier series. People know what a nascar is though (to a certain extent).

 

[Northstar]

Do you think PD would put Nationwide(Busch) or ARCA Remax series car in GT5?

ARCA is a totally seprate entity from NASCAR and requires a separate license. A lot of people get this confused though since the ARCA series is commonly used as a development series for the Cup series.

As for Nationwide, I would like it just for the new CoT they have.

 

[RACECAR]

ARCA is a totally seprate entity from NASCAR and requires a separate license. A lot of people get this confused though since the ARCA series is commonly used as a development series for the Cup series.

Along with the the fact that "The Sim Factory" already has the license for ARCA as can be seen with "ARCA Sim Racing"

 

[tlongman]

What I would really like to see is something where each race car no matter if its from a officially licensed series or not would have the actual drivers and teams. That way if you were driving for Audi Sport in the 24 hours of Le Mans you would actually wear the Audi driving suit. Another cool thing about that would be looking at the leaderboard afterward and seeing names like Stephan Sarrazin or Allan McNish on there instead of just Peugeot 908 or Audi R10 TDI. I just feel it would be really cool to drive the Corvette Racing C6.R and actually wear the drivers suit to match. To me that would be really sweet.

 

[Duphman]

One thing I have always loved about Gran Turismo is the fact that they embrace the sheer variety you will find in car culture. Whether it is Can-Ams, Group C, Silver State Challenge competitors, and the stock cars you will see every where in amateur racing they try to show a facet of each car clique. Including NASCAR (and I hope they won't just have modern Car of Tomorrows) is just another example of this. The more racing the better.

As for you idea tlongman, what if they included the driver design option from Tourist Trophy dialed up to 11? So you could get accurate Nomex suits for every team. I am just making conjectures.

 

[VenomdanF1]

ARCA is a totally seprate entity from NASCAR and requires a separate license. A lot of people get this confused though since the ARCA series is commonly used as a development series for the Cup series.

As for Nationwide, I would like it just for the new CoT they have.

Sorry, I didn't know, thanks. I not much of a follower of NASCAR or those other series.

 

[Bogie 19th]

Are we gonna get 40+ cars on the track then I assume?

 

[Dave A]

No, you won't get that with toes graphics, a computer is only so powerfull. There's a reason they stopped at 16 and that's becasue it's as far as it can go without bogging the processors down. I'm suprised they got 16 to run as well as they have, you consider games like Forza 3 on the 360 can still only manage 8 not to slag for Frza 3 I'm sure it'll be a great game but in terms of processor power I don't see an increase in grid sizes from GT5 as a likely outcome.

 

[Bogie 19th]

I see. I just assumed 40+, at least in NASCAR, because that is what NASCAR races consist of. I knew the rest of the game was 16. Just wasn't sure if they made an exception for the NASCAR collection of races.

 

[WallRunner]

This is news? The E3 trailer showed Gordon walking down the tunnel, and the on-track screens showed each driver having his real-life helmet and Driver Suit.

From,
Chris.

 

[RACECAR]

This is news? The E3 trailer showed Gordon walking down the tunnel, and the on-track screens showed each driver having his real-life helmet and Driver Suit.

From,
Chris.

It might have been just the driver suits just there for the trailer just like with the Ferrari California video where the driver wasn't wearing a helmet, but I do agree.

 

[PSNkilluminati]

so nascar was put in the game around fall 08. but since they have to create only one car type they should be able to put in many cars.

 

[Duphman]

so nascar was put in the game around fall 08. but since they have to create only one car type they should be able to put in many cars.

Could you explain your logic please? You seem pretty learned in game design. I on the other hand know very little, so any enlightenment is good in my eyes.

 

[peter_vod69]

Could you explain your logic please? You seem pretty learned in game design. I on the other hand know very little, so any enlightenment is good in my eyes.

Because the mechanicals and bodyshell of all the nascars are essentially the same, the only difference is the paintwork. In modelling terms this would be known as the "skin" of the car.

 

[L8 Apex]

Because the mechanicals and bodyshell of all the nascars are essentially the same, the only difference is the paintwork. In modelling terms this would be known as the "skin" of the car.

Each manufacturer has a different shaped nose and rear side windows, as well as different engines. It's not quite a spec series, but it's very, very close.

 

[kohanson]

I believe the maximum number of nascar cars they can put it is 16 as seen from the trailer.

 

[dj4monie]

Kind of late to the party. When I heard NASCAR might be in GT5, my eyes rolled for a few good reasons.

But let me start off with the positive -

The COF will make it simple to model all the cars and paint jobs available. Is there any difference between the cars now, especially that NASCAR has pulled back on Toyota's power advantage?

I think it will be fun to sling (its not pretty) the COF around some of the more exciting road courses around the world! I have always said and I agree with Midweek Motorsports that races at Rockingham in Britain and EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany would pack them in, if only just to see them live and up close instead of on cable tv.

I also feel they should run on at least one road course in Europe, maybe Brans Hatch...

But for us, we would be able to setup our own series that is MUCH better than the actual series since it would be WAY more balanced in terms of courses run.

Now the bad news -

This mean more ham-fisted driving from EA Sports NASCAR Game refugees, you know people that like to play the game like they do Burnout...

Thankfully GT5 will have private rooms and I'm sure clans. While I'm still getting my head around racing with living people in ToCA 3 I'm doing okay even if I haven't won very often (only been booted twice, once for connection problems...)

 

[RACECAR]

This mean more ham-fisted driving from EA Sports NASCAR Game refugees, you know people that like to play the game like they do Burnout...

Contrary to what you say(or appear to be saying), there are actually very clean drivers. I know of many good examples as I'm in a League running two series. Not everyone whos played EA sports NASCAR games are wreckers.

 

[Eric Demory]

"Nascar is with people drivin' 500 miles, in a circle... THEY'RE MAKIN' A LEFT TURN... THEY'RE MAKIN' ANOTHER LEFT TURN... THEY'RE MAKIN' ANOTHER LEFT TURN... I WONDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT. Let's go to commercials, YOU AIN'T GONNA MISS A 🤬 THANG!" - Jeff Dunham

 

[Northstar]

The COF will make it simple to model all the cars and paint jobs available. Is there any difference between the cars now, especially that NASCAR has pulled back on Toyota's power advantage?

Toyota only had a power advantage in the Nationwide and Truck series'.

"Nascar is with people drivin' 500 miles, in a circle... THEY'RE MAKIN' A LEFT TURN... THEY'RE MAKIN' ANOTHER LEFT TURN... THEY'RE MAKIN' ANOTHER LEFT TURN... I WONDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT. Let's go to commercials, YOU AIN'T GONNA MISS A 🤬 THANG!" - Jeff Dunham

"SILENCE.......I kill you"-Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Jeff Dunham is the best.

 

[TheDabbinDave]

so nascar was put in the game around fall 08. but since they have to create only one car type they should be able to put in many cars.

The 4 brands are slightly different so they are not clones. Hoods are different as are the C pillar windows.

 

[Duphman]

Ignore this.