Old car dashboards

[STJ88]

Am i the only one that is worried about the visibility of the dashboards of old cars? Just look at the delta and F40 in GT5p, even at full HD the meters are hardly visable.

PD should realy do some thing about it, and old cars also had lighted dashboards why not use it.

 

[Mr P510]

No matter what the car...the Dashboards the Dashboard. What you see is what you get. Many older cars had small gauges and needles in them.
Maybe PD will adjust the lighting to make older interior views more ledgable.

 

[homeforsummer]

To be fair to PD, in some old cars the gauges and dashboard controls weren't the clearest anyway (I'm thinking Ferrari 512 and Lancia Delta in particular, here) so what PD have done is probably realistic. Also remember that it would be more inaccurate to have the lighting permanently on if the headlights weren't. Some modern cars have lit instruments all the time, but very few, if any, older cars did.

 

[McLaren]

The thing that hurts the 512's dash is that not only is the dash a box shape around it, but also that gauges sit a good distance back into the dash as well.

 

[Sniffs]

hmm, anybody got a photo archive of the interiors? I forgot they did that for 5.

you want invisible? try the steering wheel on the left, and ALL the instruments and the KEY on the right. and that's NOT a right hand drive conversion goof, either

 

[TofuStoreDrift]

The problem is the game's lighting. With just one reflection from the light source dark areas become black. They don't simulate light reflecting off other parts of the interior to light the whole car. It make the visuals look like they're being viewed from a camcorder.

 

[gator of kana]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

 

[peeweegary]

you guys seen the XK dashboard...you can barely see the needle

 

[tupacrulez]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

Failure.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> Something reminds me about this thread:

Mercedes-Benz [W198 I] 300SL

^ I know its an oldie pic, but I think it quite fits the description of this thread.

 

[Mr P510]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

WHAT!!!! For christ sake mate,could you be any more narrow minded?

 

[DKX]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

Who needs technology when you got power and the rarity? Driving old cars is fun because they dont need any computers to have fun with. Plus most older cars look wayy better then the new cars. Look at the Chevelle and compare it to a new Camaro, The Chevelle looks way better

 

[amar212]

Corvette '85. That will be one hell-of-a-dashboard.

 

[STJ88]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

Thats you, but i can't wait till i be staring at a oldscool 80's dash. Like this 80's full digital soarer dash

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

It's not a big issue really, if I drive through a tunnel going through the Brisbane inner city by-pass in a late model Falcon (read BA or BF), I can not see the dash at all, and the tunnels are lit, just not enough to see the dash. In my Ute (because of the aftermarket wheel, see my sig), I cannot see the top of the speedo at all unless I duck my head a few centimetres. Granted, the dash could be a little better in GT5, but it's not hard to not be able to see the dash without lighting. Rainy days are another example.
I think if anything the shadows can be a little bit too dark in the game, that's just my opinion.

Corvette '85. That will be one hell-of-a-dashboard.

Does that mean an '85 Vette will be in the game? (You get lots of inside goss right?)

 

[amar212]

Hehe, no - it's just a pure speculative wishful thinking in the threads' OP

 

[homeforsummer]

I am glad I love the new school cars. I wouldn't be caught dead in an old car not even an old ferrari cause of their ugly interior, I mean come on where's the technology at?

I vote this most narrow-minded comment of the year 👍

 

[Sniffs]

*chuckle* that Vette dash looks like they stole a leftover out of KITT (invisirep to anyone 25 or under that knows what I'm talking about)

that Soarer has the busiest dashboard I've ever seen!

 

[Jim Prower]

22. and I know EXACTLY what K.I.T.T. is. That black, bulletproof, self-driving '84 Pontiac Firebird.

As for dashboard views...don't they give you an in-game HUD? If you're having trouble, just turn that on...oh, yeah, some people like to fool themselves into thinking they're not playing a game...

In reality, you shouldn't have to use the gauges much, anyway.

 

[unv412]

helps with optimum shifting point, but you also tend to revlimit if not to careful during the race.

 

[Jim Prower]

Perhaps PD should have a Racing Interior mod in GT5 proper, with clearer gauges and a shift light.

 

[Viscerous]

Who needs technology when you got power and the rarity? Driving old cars is fun because they dont need any computers to have fun with. Plus most older cars look wayy better then the new cars. Look at the Chevelle and compare it to a new Camaro, The Chevelle looks way better

Both are ugly.

 

[buickgnx88]

Both are ugly.

Lovely insight.

 

[tupacrulez]

^indeed.the guy really did back up his blanket and completely idiotic opinion.

*chuckle* that Vette dash looks like they stole a leftover out of KITT (invisirep to anyone 25 or under that knows what I'm talking about

you mean that awesome assed black firebird form Knight Rider? (I'm 16, BTW)

 

[DKX]

Old Kitt is cool, New Kitt sucks. I'd rather have a Firebird over a Shelby anyday

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

Both are ugly.

You're ugly. I'm just kidding, but the Camaro is in my top 5 or better at the moment for cars I'm seriously considering owning.

 

[Sniffs]

well, I see that Knight Rider has finally saturated pop culture (btw, it's had it's 20th anniversary allready, God that makes me feel BLEEP old). if I remember right, Pontiac and GM wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with Knight Rider boosting their sales (they wouldn't even offer the "bowling ball" hubcaps everybody wanted), though they cashed in on the big sales boost to the second gen f-bird with 77's Smokey and the Bandit!

what I'm running NOW is in the "antique dashboard" class

 

[Mytola]

helps with optimum shifting point, but you also tend to revlimit if not to careful during the race.

Use your ears instead, I'd say. I never look on the tach at all when I'm racing.

 

[unv412]

ye my rev limiter in real life is my wife LOL.Just in real life to get the best out of every gear it helps to shift at optimum revs plus i just love the whole theatrics of it all (needle into the red) and when racing 99% of the time (in identical cars), if you hit the limiter your oponent will get the advantage in speed.

 

[Sniffs]

Mytola: that's how my dad was trying to train me to shift, by ear. unfortunately, by the time I was old enough to get behind a wheel myself, we'd had slushboxes for 10 years!