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FLIGHT50
it was in reference to me. it was figure of speech. if the game is out, in your hands, in your ps3 you mean to tell me your going to be posting instead of playing. sure once everyone gets along far enough they will be on here posting discoveries. but if your on here that takes away time you can be playing. you can post all you want, i will have my face buried it to my copy of gt5 and do what i can on my own. if i need help, then i will start posting again. my time is limited, i work 2 jobs 7 days a week. my free time will not be on here.
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My free time will be limited too, and like I said (in the post you quoted), I'll only be on because my PC and PS3 are essentially side by side. I can multi-task, and I definitely won't be opposed to contributing to things like the prize car thread that's bound to pop up (since I'll be running license tests non-stop until I've golded them before diving in). There will be down times with loading and such, and I won't mind taking a step away for 5 or 10 minutes for a washroom break and a quick check of the boards.

cjmodiano
The only problem with this is Kaz can't be trusted. I'll believe it when I see it. And before you jump on me for saying that, ask yourself what precedent has been set telling you that you can trust him, or that this is the last delay.

So yeah, I'll believe it when I see it on the shelf.
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Eh, I'm here with you. Once we get more confirmation about the discs being pressed, and solid release dates the world over, I'll trust it more, just because there will be little to cause another delay by that point. Once the final pre-release week hits, I'll assume it's a safe bet :lol:.
 
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Love this, got me hypnotized for few minutes :P
 
Can't say I'm surprised at there being no engine swaps.

I wonder if hybrids would even be possible these days? Is there something similar to Gamesharks with PS3? I haven't even looked into it... miss it from the easy days of GT3's, though.
 
R1600Turbo
No engine swaps. :(
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cygnus_zero
Sheesh no engine swaps. Something thats been in forza and many other racing games for years. Id rather them not have spent the time on nascar or karts and finish some of these things that I consider to be more important to what GT is.

In real life you can swap engines, why cant you in this game?
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hardvibes
Oh what the hell no engine swaps!
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Please, at least you have something to wish for when GT6 is released.
To each his own judgement, but I really don't consider this feature as a priority. Not even something secondary.
 
syagre
Please, at least you have something to wish for when GT6 is released.
To each his own judgement, but I really don't consider this feature as a priority. Not even something secondary.
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Its real nice to be able to take something like a civic and put a 300hp engine in it. People do that in real life, its not uncommon at all, so they better not think about running that ps3, it does everything commercial with this game, because engine swaps arent something that is rare in the racing world.

The fact that its not in this game after so long of waiting is actually kind of amazing to me. You know the reviews are going to bring this up when GT's closest competitor has been doing it for years now.
 
cygnus_zero
Its real nice to be able to take something like a civic and put a 300hp engine in it. People do that in real life, its not uncommon at all, so they better not think about running that ps3, it does everything commercial with this game, because engine swaps arent something that is rare in the racing world.

The fact that its not in this game after so long of waiting is actually kind of amazing to me. You know the reviews are going to bring this up when GT's closest competitor has been doing it for years now.
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Maybe, but I think this is a detail that is totally offset by the amount of features that GT has to offer. Besides, it's not like if it were the only possbility you'd have for increasing the power of your engine.
 
cygnus_zero
The fact that its not in this game after so long of waiting is actually kind of amazing to me. You know the reviews are going to bring this up when GT's closest competitor has been doing it for years now.
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See, you could spin this around and say a lot of stuff about Forza, like it not having open wheel cars (for example) when they were in GT4 and three Forza games have been released ever since. There's something positive to mention Forza's lacking for every feature it has over GT5.

Well, you don't have to worrry about reliabilty in the game, so I'm (kinda) okay with not having engine swaps. It should be possible to make enough power from the stock engines, I guess. And since they're not going to go *pop* on you when extracting too much power, that's sufficient, in my opinion.

For the time being, being able to modify the cars' bodies is a nice addition to the game.
 
Someone was actually expecting engine swaps in GT?

Really think about it: Why do people swap engines?

There's 2 reasons I can think of as to why someone would put another engine in their car in real life.

1. They cannot afford to buy the car that has the engine they want in it, but they have a less expensive/older model that can fit the motor they want in it's bay.

2. The old motor in their car is broken and they need a new one and decided to upgrade.

There's also an additional reason that applies to Forza swaps only,

3. To do swaps that wouldn't be physically possible in real life without costing vast amounts of money and the sacrifice of a Bugatti Veyron or two.

If you can think of anymore reasons please let me know. If not, then consider those three reasons and remember what it is GT represents and then ask yourself how on earth engine swaps would fit into Gran Turismo.

1. You can own as many cars as you want in GT, so if you see the car with the engine you want in it... you can most likely go out and buy it. Plus that car would better honor the engine since it was designed to have it in the bay.

2. You can easily go out and buy another version of your car that's no longer working at the expected level of performance.

3. Gran Turismo pain-stakingly replicates a cars real-world performance in the game. In order to successfully duplicate how a car would drive with a specific engine in it would involve them going out and actually driving a car that has the swapped engine inside of it. (Granted, they DO have performance modifications and I doubt they drive a few hundred turbocharged cars every day... so there is an argument for swaps.)
 
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I thought Kaz had a system that all they need to do is input in the parameters and that's it.
According to th TG mag.

It wouldn't be that hard to do.
They made an X1 and they haven't driven it.

Oh well.
 
Snaeper
Someone was actually expecting engine swaps in GT?

Really think about it: Why do people swap engines?

There's 2 reasons I can think of as to why someone would put another engine in their car in real life.

1. They cannot afford to buy the car that has the engine they want in it, but they have a less expensive/older model that can fit the motor they want in it's bay.

2. The old motor in their car is broken and they need a new one and decided to upgrade.

There's also an additional reason that applies to Forza swaps only,

3. To do swaps that wouldn't be physically possible in real life without costing vast amounts of money and the sacrifice of a Bugatti Veyron or two.

If you can think of anymore reasons please let me know. If not, then consider those three reasons and remember what it is GT represents and then ask yourself how on earth engine swaps would fit into Gran Turismo.

1. You can own as many cars as you want in GT, so if you see the car with the engine you want in it... you can most likely go out and buy it. Plus that car would better honor the engine since it was designed to have it in the bay.

2. You can easily go out and buy another version of your car that's no longer working at the expected level of performance.

3. Gran Turismo pain-stakingly replicates a cars real-world performance in the game. In order to successfully duplicate how a car would drive with a specific engine in it would involve them going out and actually driving a car that has the swapped engine inside of it.
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Snaeper
Someone was actually expecting engine swaps in GT?

Really think about it: Why do people swap engines?

There's 2 reasons I can think of as to why someone would put another engine in their car in real life.

1. They cannot afford to buy the car that has the engine they want in it, but they have a less expensive/older model that can fit the motor they want in it's bay.

2. The old motor in their car is broken and they need a new one and decided to upgrade.

There's also an additional reason that applies to Forza swaps only,

3. To do swaps that wouldn't be physically possible in real life without costing vast amounts of money and the sacrifice of a Bugatti Veyron or two.

If you can think of anymore reasons please let me know. If not, then consider those three reasons and remember what it is GT represents and then ask yourself how on earth engine swaps would fit into Gran Turismo.

1. You can own as many cars as you want in GT, so if you see the car with the engine you want in it... you can most likely go out and buy it. Plus that car would better honor the engine since it was designed to have it in the bay.

2. You can easily go out and buy another version of your car that's no longer working at the expected level of performance.

3. Gran Turismo pain-stakingly replicates a cars real-world performance in the game. In order to successfully duplicate how a car would drive with a specific engine in it would involve them going out and actually driving a car that has the swapped engine inside of it.
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The main reason real life racers do engine swaps is because there are much better body-to-engine combinations than what are provided by the manufacturer for certain makes and models . Like dumping a Prelude engine into a Civic DX.
 
Engine swaps have been possible with hybrid codes in all the previous GT's and in my case, Polyphony put a 6 speed gearbox instead of the 5 speed and an engine that sounds wrong and revs to the wrong values so is the wrong engine for the model car I own, so I've used used various nefarious means to get my car in game as much like the one in real life.

Also I'm tempted to do an engine swap in real life and GT5 could give me the best impression as to what effect that is going to have without actually driving the real car.

So yes I believe GT5 needs engine swaps.
 
Ahjumbie
The main reason real life racers do engine swaps is because there are much better body-to-engine combinations than what are provided by the manufacturer for certain makes and models . Like dumping a Prelude engine into a Civic DX.
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Yes, reason #1 on the list. Unless you're implying that the Prelude is not supposed to be one of the best FWD vehicles ever made, which I've heard that it is. In GT, instead of simply modifying the Civic, what's stopping you from going out and buying the Prelude?
 

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