Since it's more related to this thread, I'm responding to you here
@queleuleu:
Please, some actual news for GT players. Not another project with a manufacturer or something related to eSport gamer/ GT Academy finalist with a $1000 wheel. Just for us the casual pad player since GT1.
I mean, strictly speaking, this is for casuals too. It's for everyone that plays GT — whenever GT Sport actually becomes available, that is.
But I think I know what what you're saying. The relationships Polyphony has built within the auto industry are impressive — this project, working with Bugatti to unveil a VGT that signalled the next steps for a very exclusive company — but these relationships seem to benefit PD more than they do the end-user. Obviously it's hard to gauge that: I'm watching how this news is received on our Facebook, and the biggest takeaway is that people just want a release date.
That this particular VGT will be produced in the real world is great — Fittipaldi is a modern legend. But as
@Imari mentioned, this also stretches the definition of what the Vision GT program is all about. It's now quite clear this is a marketing exercise first: it's unlikely the car was designed for the games
before being turned into a production reality.
Not that that's a bad thing in and of itself:
we had an article on the increasing importance of video games for manufacturers a few years back. Games are one of the best ways for a company to get word of a new model out, and for a start-up like Fittipaldi Motors, pairing up with the biggest name in the genre is a smart move.
Also, no active aero? Interesting indeed. It's actually a very clean design, unlike some other VGT cars...
