Porsche will not be in GT5

[Jay]

but am disappointed by not having night racing or weather.


there. now read that outloud.

You should read it outloud properly

"Forza will have the 906 & the 956, but am disappointed by not having night racing or weather."

Take note of his post where the periods/full stops are.

 

[RACECAR]

And for shunning PD, they get the banhammer: Porsche offices raided

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/20/breaking-porsche-offices-reportedly-raided-on-suspicion-of-stoc/

20 dollars say the German state prosecutor is a Gran Turismo fan

If thats true, then thats one way of getting the inside scoop

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> Looks like if Porsche is confirmed not to be in GT5...the thread should renamed and be locked (or be moved to the future GT6 forums). So much for antisipation I guess.

-> As of the moment Che and the gang (along with its fanboi fans) at the Forza camp are celebrating that they still have Porsche exclusivley within their hands.

 

[blue night]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=155668

PORSCHE OFFICE RAIDED AND VW BUYS THEM OUT! Okay so if you read the article through edmunds and keeping up with this mess you would know that Porsche tried to buy out VW but in a turnaround event VW IS ACQUIRING PORSCHE!!?

Now what's in Gran Turismo games? Volkswagens! So my questions is once this deal goes through at year end, will PD be able to put Porsches (which are owned by VW) into GT5? Probably through DLC cause the game may be ready to release by then.

 

[Jay]

Porsche's license is apparently with EA, VW becoming a majority shareholder wont change the contract with EA I'm sorry to say and obviously Sony/PD are not willing to do what EA wants in order to aquire rights to include Porsche it seems.

 

[sesselpupser]

Porsche would be nice and all, but I'd settle for just Ruf and 9ff, possibly Gemballa but probably not.

One problem with this, though: As Evo magazine demonstrated a while ago, most of these tuning companies fail to deliver an actual upgrade. Yes, they're more powerful or more track-oriented (and almost always incredibly ugly), but they're not actually better to drive. Porsche works hard to ensure the RR layout works, then by adding whatever it is they add or taking away whatever it is they take away, the tuning companies can never really match Porsche's originals.

That said, I'd absolutely love to drive the 9ff GTR9... However, I'd also really, really love to try the GT3 RS. Shame, really, but hopefully the F430 Scuderia will fill the VW Beetle on steroids shaped hole in the line up...!

P.S. As far as Ruf is concerned at least (and I'm sure this also applies to many of the others as well), every car Ruf modifies or produces gets it's own Ruf VIN, so it's no longer a Porsche, it's a Ruf. I'm sure I read the same in an interview with Manthey, so perhaps the rights to, say, Manthey's 911 RSR (for example) will belong to Manthey rather than Porsche, in the same way the BMW McLaren F1 was listed as a BMW rather than as a McLaren.

P.P.S. I'd personally love it if PD managed to get the rights to most of, if not all the Porsche modifiers so GT5 can have more Porsches than Forza 3 does, even without the license.

 

[Antti-san]

P.P.S. I'd personally love it if PD managed to get the rights to most of, if not all the Porsche modifiers so GT5 can have more Porsches than Forza 3 does, even without the license.

Yeah, me too! 👍

 

[blue night]

Hey could you guys do me a favor? If any of you subscribe or just read a certain video game magazine, could you write to them and ask them to figure out this "deal" Porsche has with EA? I'm curious to the terms so I'm going to write Game Informer but they may skip over my letter and not notice it. I just think this "deal" doesn't make sense at all cause I've seen Porsches in other games then EA games like Forza and even GRID...which is by codemasters a company that shouldn't have as much influence as PD.

 

[Tomaz]

Besides EA, Turn10 also have license for Porsche cars.

 

[DJMaky]

I don't believe it until I see it. In the game.

 

[Jay]

Besides EA, Turn10 also have license for Porsche cars.

Apparently Turn 10 got the rights from EA and are currently have restrictions on FM3 PR photos with Porsches.

 

[McLaren]

P.S. As far as Ruf is concerned at least (and I'm sure this also applies to many of the others as well), every car Ruf modifies or produces gets it's own Ruf VIN, so it's no longer a Porsche, it's a Ruf. I'm sure I read the same in an interview with Manthey, so perhaps the rights to, say, Manthey's 911 RSR (for example) will belong to Manthey rather than Porsche, in the same way the BMW McLaren F1 was listed as a BMW rather than as a McLaren.

Manthey would probably not work because Manthey is a factory team & was entered by Porsche themselves, in the 24H of Nurburgring 4 years ago.

The McLaren was listed under BMW because that particular F1 GTR is owned & licensed by BMW Motorsport. BMW was already in the game, so it more than likely, wasn't difficult asking to use one of their own supported race cars. Had PD attempted to use the Davidoff or the Loctite team cars, they would have needed McLaren's approval along with the team.

 

[cudadude2]

Porsche's license is apparently with EA, VW becoming a majority shareholder wont change the contract with EA I'm sorry to say and obviously Sony/PD are not willing to do what EA wants in order to aquire rights to include Porsche it seems.

ive seen this alot on these boards but have never seen any proof. is there a website that shows this conrtactural language or is this a urban myth?

b

ps not picking on you jay

 

[RACECAR]

I'm still wondering what "Exclusive deal" Porsche has. Until I get definate word that they will not be in instead of "likely", I'm gonna keep my ears open.

 

[Tomaz]

Sony should suggest that Porsche breaks the contract and Sony pays the globe. They have enough money.

 

[RACECAR]

Sony should suggest that Porsche breaks the contract and Sony pays the globe. They have enough money.

Or have Bounty Hunter holding a thermal Detonator.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Or Sony should hire Chris Hansen to negotiate for them..."Why don't you take a seat?"

 

[sesselpupser]

Manthey would probably not work because Manthey is a factory team & was entered by Porsche themselves, in the 24H of Nurburgring 4 years ago.

The McLaren was listed under BMW because that particular F1 GTR is owned & licensed by BMW Motorsport. BMW was already in the game, so it more than likely, wasn't difficult asking to use one of their own supported race cars. Had PD attempted to use the Davidoff or the Loctite team cars, they would have needed McLaren's approval along with the team.

Oh I see, I was under the impression that Manthey was an independent Porsche tuning outfit running as a privateer team. My point was, though, that there must be some race versions of Porsche-based cars, whether they're actual Porsches owned by someone else (a similar arrangement to BMW's F1 GTR) or re-classified tuner's cars, so that we might theoretically be able to get something pretty close to a GT3 RS or a 911 RSR. I'm sure the Gunnar G-99 (which I just found via Wikipedia) wouldn't require a Porsche license, for example, though this is a fairly extreme example because it's pretty much a replica of a 911 GT1 and not an actual GT1 at all.

 

[Lucas]

"What don't you take a seat?"

Meme FAIL, .

Anyways, it's no big deal if Porsche is in the game or not. With that said, I think this thread should be locked, if nobody opposes. 💡

 

[sumbrownkid]

I meant to type why...stupid me...

 

[Kryz11]

Porsche is dumb to just sell license to certain games, PD would do one of the best ways to laser scan Porsche and make it look as sexi as possible with good detail.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Well maybe Porsche are big time NFS and Forza fans...

 

[Lucas]

Porsche is smart to just sell license to certain games

Fixed that for you. Is it the fact that it sells it to certain games, or that it doesn't sell it to GT5 that makes you "angry"?

 

[blue night]

Well maybe Porsche are big time NFS and Forza fans...

and they are fans of GRID? As well? I enjoy driving my 911 GT3 in it.

 

[FLASH48]

Hate to see people sad, so i hope Porsche is in GT5! And like Mr KY has said, he likes surprises!

 

[SUPER NUMBBER]

I wouldn't hold my breath. I think it's clear that Porsche has made some pretty bad business decisions as of late.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> From my last post, I forgot some more Porsche alternatives:

Sportec

TechArt

Rauh Welt

^ So many choices!

 

[RedBaron]

I just hate that ten years persisting excuse.

 

[Jay]

ive seen this alot on these boards but have never seen any proof. is there a website that shows this conrtactural language or is this a urban myth?

b

ps not picking on you jay

To be honest I haven't either (thats why I say apparently ) apparently Che from Turn 10 said it in one of his posts.

 

[snowgt]

Porsche's license is apparently with EA, VW becoming a majority shareholder wont change the contract with EA I'm sorry to say and obviously Sony/PD are not willing to do what EA wants in order to aquire rights to include Porsche it seems.

That, sadly, is true, because existing contracts do not cease to be valid, because the company is being taken over (and VW is Porsche's legal successor once the take-over goes through). The question is more like, how long is the "exclusive" contract valid?

Nevertheless, for the years to come there is a good chance of other choices being made by the VW/Porsche management. Remember that basically all VW-brands are part of GT with the upcoming release. VW itself, as well as Audi, Seat, Lamborghini, Bugatti (maybe also Skoda?). Would only make sense to strive to have Porsche included, as obviously VW management sees GT as a helpful marketing tool.