Paint Shop.

[Mr P510]

Did a search and couldn't find any thread dedicated to this topic as a heading....aaanyway I think this is a great addition to the series.In GT3 I remember growing a bit tired of being stuck with the one colour.It will really enable us to express our induviduality with the apperance of cars,especially with the wheel options(hopefully PD will implement diameter change there as well).Factory and custom paint colour options would be good to keep the purists and ric...errr others happy.I think custom options should only go as far as maybe two tone jobs but the actual colour options should be everything the PS2 can muster.Ok guys, I'm interested in your take on this.

 

[Race Idiot]

I think it will be usefull, especially if you win a car in some godawfull colour. Although I can't see every company going for it though, I mean I doubt mercedes would like to see their CLK-GTR in pink or some other rediculous color. Personally i'd like to get a Focus RS, change it to a white colour and slap on thoe OZ Rally wheels.

 

[Solid Fro]

I think the factory colors are just fine. I don't need a lime green 3000GT.

 

[Eagle]

My god, I almost didn't recognise Viper Zero with his new avatar. Startling.

I'm looking forward to it, being able to change your car based on mood or a team preference, things like that would be cool. I'm not too fussed over what range of colours we get, I think a lot of the time the cars you buy or win could look good in a few different variants. Like for me I own a red and a green FTO LM Edition. I like both, being able to just change from one colour to the other would make things a lot simpler. Look at the people who own 32 Skylines, each in a different colour. How much garage space will such people save? ...Probably none because they'll still collect them up, but the rest of us won't get screwed reloading championships to not only get a specific prize car but a specific colour too.

 

[Solid Fro]

You didn't recognize my friendly demeanor?

 

[Race Idiot]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
You didn't recognize my friendly demeanor?

I hope that was sarcasm.

 

[amar212]

I'm pretty sure that paint option will be avaliable for street cars only. Not sure about the option to paint it in manufactorers color or in some other special color. Guess that first would be cheaper then other one (if avalible). Speculations, speculations.

Would love to see some signature management, though.

 

[Rport03]

Well if they add a paint shop, only limit the colors to what the manufacturer sells a brand new car with.... hey its better than nothing if you ask me...

 

[911_gt3_rs]

The paint shop is good as it will save me garage space, in GT3 i bought the Viper in each colour and had many MX-5's and RuF's among others just cos i wanted different colours. With paint shop i wont need to do this.

 

[Rport03]

Well if the used car feature is in, which they say its supposed to be, then we should be able to change the color, like I won a green Ruf, and man it was ugly... this way i could change that ugly green into a red or white or even blue... to me Paint shop will be a huge plus...

 

[Duke]

I'd love to see a paint shop, even if it was only limited to street cars. Certain race cars with identifiable paint schemes could be excluded, but you could perhaps choose the trim colors on the LM-style cars.

For color selections it would be nice if you could paint any car any manufacturer's color. That would not be hard to implement, since the colors are already mapped in the game. I can see it now: Duke's garage full of Vitz Pink RUFs, Vipers, Integra R's...

 

[the_david]

I like it. Although I can see it being like 5000cr to repaint your car. Maybe they can have a set of racing decals or what not to add to street cars, so your completely rallied out WRX can fit in with the rest of the group... maybe I'm strecthing a little...

 

[T5-R]

Hey I've heard a rumor, in GT4 if you paint 100 cars pink you get a Ferrari!


Seriously though it would be good, especially if you can only win a car once like in GT3. Would be cool also if you could export a car 'skin' to your PC, edit it to your liking (make a race car style paint scheme even) then import it back into GT.

 

[ExigeEvan]

I think it would be good if you could slap your name or a particular number on the side of a car. Also if say in i-link (or online races) you could distinguish which team everyone was from by their paint job.

 

[Rockybalboa2k5]

I'd rather like us be able to buy decals to make the cars look more like race cars, it seems kinda odd to race at Laguna Seca with a plain white car.

 

[greenlightning]

Hey hey, I just want the Mustang Cobra R a differnt color besides red. Paint shop will be great, will be interesting to see how it is implemented. Decals, pin stripes and all the other stuff would be very welcomed. Maybe personal license plates.

 

[godzilla_GTR]

I just want to get a red WRX!!!!How come you can not even buy one in red even though it is like the most common colour?

 

[Uncle Harry]

Maybe the paint shop will be the place you buy the areo parts, body kits etc. It is called paint shop because you have to paint the add ons to match the existing car colour.
It may also be the place to do the Race Modifications.
I will never repaint my Pitz, never.
Lets hope if Paint shop is implemted that PD will not cop out and give us only one car colour in game.

 

[JohnBM01]

I remember talking about a paint shop idea similar to Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3. If technology has its way, Gran Turismo 4 will probably make you be able to paint your car using a mouse instead of the analog stick. I'm not one for PC technology for the PC, but I think it would work very well. You'll have to search, but sometime earlier this year, someone mentioned it.

With that said... I was going to end the topic, but not yet. A red WRX? No offense to Subaru, but I think they are better known with that blue color as much as Mercedes-Benz is best known for their silver cars. I can't say the same for the McLaren-Mercedes F1 team, however. Not even scratching bronze this year. Anyhow, NOW I'm done. See you later.

 

[Eagle]

Hmm...

I doubt we'll be doing racing modifications at the Paint Shop... I can see it including all manner of things to decorate your car however, like decals and things. I think those would be nice to see. I still want the idea we had from the Personalisation thread ages ago about names on quarter panels/windows/where-ever.

I've reconsidered my position on painting cars colours not normally available. I think that, to buy the car they might have only a certain range because when you buy a new car, you can't choose the pigment exactingly, just whatever is on offer. However when you're getting your car redone you can choose everything to the finite detail.

I wonder if they'll go the NFSU path of letting you paint the rear wing and some other aspects... I can't see that getting implemented atm but I've no idea. I certainly won't use it.

 

[Uncle Harry]

Eagle, I am thinking that if race mod are offered, the paint shop is the logical place for you to do it. That is build your race car then paint it any colour you like and add numbers etc all in one location. It would save menu hopping.

 

[Eagle]

Well, as we've discussed in a few threads, modifications to the car body should be for a performance improvement, they should be functional, not just for aesthetics, so that's why I was thinking they would be in the whatever the Tune Shop equivalent is, not the Paint Shop. Paint Shop to me is more style over substance.

 

[phantasm]

^ agreed. The paint shop will be fun... hey you get to pick your favorite colour, but things that actually affect the car's performance make more sense in the tune shop (or whatever it's going to be called).

 

[Yugo45GT]

Paint shop sounds like a logical idea these days... I mean, with even the NFSU having the option to choose dozens of colours, it seems to me that the leader in the industry, GT4, should give us an option to change the colour of our car and not force us to buy multiple vehicles just because we feel like using a different colour for a change.
However, please no "custom paint jobs" or vinyls - it is a crime how some people can ruin their cars. Lime green with a touch of orange anyone?

 

[Eagle]

I doubt vinyls are something they'd want to include. Maybe some sponsor decals, but vinyls truly are simply rice as Viper so often states.

 

[JohnBM01]

Well when it comes to cars with those color-shifting paints, what about those? I remember seeing a Summit Racing-sponsored drag race car with this color-shifting paint. People may think they are for the import/sport compact crowd (oh, you'd be totally wrong when you play through Gran Turismo 3), but in one way it's a nice touch. I wouldn't recommend it because I haven't seen a color-shifting combo that works wonders. This will impress the enthusiast fans... what do you say that for people who want the color-shifting, that they have to pay for it? Like, let's say a color pack to have several different colors shifting can range from 2,500 Cr for just two or three colors, and can go up to 10,000 or 20,000 Cr for stuff like the Reflex Spice? And any customs can go for 10K a pop. So if a girl wanted to mix red with hot pink, or maybe a Dodge Viper to get "Fireball Orange," they can make their own. And I don't think it can really deplete the PS2's power to do such a thing.

Now, as an alternative to the paint deal, I think there should be an option in which you can configure your own driver plate. I wanted to make this a seperate topic, but elected not to. So, you can configure the driver plate for your car. Look at Speed TC, the BTCC, some GT Race Cars, and that sort of thing. I think a Sega GT installment had those driver plates on the cars, but with no number on them. So you can put in your driver number to make your car a racer and be better recognized. I say driver plates and not like in NASCAR, where you're better known for the number you haul around the race track. The driver plates in road racing are more professional, and GT is a professional game. So it's win-win. Or is it? Reply.

 

[yeti]

I really like the idea of being able to change your number plate to say your name or similar... I did notice in Prologue in the Grand Canyon Rally Track you race Petr Solberg's Impreza and it has his name on the quarterlight windows... But this is obviously just a texture thing and I doubt there's any scope to change that.

However I don't care a great deal for the paint shop... to be honest I would like to be able to change the colour of my car every now and then but am more than happy to stick with the Manufacturer's colours.

C.

 

[Mr P510]

If custom colours are included,how about something like the paint program in windows XP with the raindow display and sliding shader?This would include the 16,ooo,ooo or so colour options the PS2 is supposedly capable of.Maybe I've gone a bit overboard here but you never know.

 

[Eagle]

It all depends on just how rendering colour is done by the game engine, something none of us know. Do they have to create an entire texture file for the car? Would some parts of the car texture be stock and the rest could be changed?

The PS2 supports at least 24 bit colour I believe so it could certainly do it, it all depends on the game engine.

As for buying a range of colours, people are going to scream NFSU. But really, there are innovative things that go into most games, taking the best of those is never a bad thing.

 

[Greyout]

Originally posted by Rockybalboa2k5
I'd rather like us be able to buy decals to make the cars look more like race cars, it seems kinda odd to race at Laguna Seca with a plain white car.

this might be cool if the game implemented sponsorship offers