Hello everyone!
I see you have a lot of questions to ask and we can answer all of them!
So let's go,I will try to answer main questions here
1)Ripped cars/Cars from GT Series
Now let's make it clear -
using ripped cars is illegal.
And since we won't any trouble,we are making models ourselves from blueprints and photos we can find on the internet or request from car manufacturers. Sometimes,we are using GT5/GT6 photomode to take a closer look on cars and detail but of course,since this is a multiplatform game,we can't make cars look too good.
It takes us a lot of time to make a single car,especially when it comes to the newest cars,but we are working every day to make our dream game come true.
If you want,I can post more development images to proof that It's true.
As for the Gran Turismo models - I ( Nikita,I'm sorry but I'm the only english-speaking member in the team )
loved to help other people to take their hands on theese models because I was literally bombed by emails to make a tutorial and I love GT series as much as you do.
So,I've made a tutorial and suggested to make a racing game based on the IGNITION's engine for people who want it,not like a big commercial project and of course,completely free,just for some people on forum to have fun.
We even have some concept-art with GT1 and GT4 Cars,but we decided to focus on IGNITION (make one thing at the time)
It was just a funny thing to do and could look like this
2)Licencing and real cars.
Beleive it or not - We have contacted almost every car manufacturer listed in beta car list about getting licences for the game and most of them are happy to give us a licence
for free. Ford was the first company to say "Yes" and their support was amazing!They sent us a contract after just an hour of conversation!
If we will not be able to get some licnces - we will just cut the cars out of the game.(It's that simple,but pretty sad)
It's a very unique experience to have business with people from the top companies.
3)Budget
Some of you can't really beleive that 600$ can do something for a game like this.
And yes,
of course It's not enough to develop a AAA racing game,
but it's enough to make a step in the market and take a place there.
We want to show others,that the game can have soul and be interesting even when it comes to free games.
Nowadays,market is full of free games with bad optimisation,expensive DLC's,double-currency politics and more,and when it comes to gameplay - they're usually boring.
But we want to step in the market with a
free game which has
no microtransactions and other things like this. It just ruins a game.
We want to make a quality product and show that even a small indie team can make something good and
share it for free with everyone!
The only reason we are not on kickstarter is that Russia is in the list of unsupported counties by them and we can't make someone else (for example, someone from USA) go and raise money for the project because it woukd be just too much risk, and we don't want any trouble.
4)Team
There are currently 3 people in our team and some enthusiasts are helping us in development too.
In our country we are old enough to do business and other stuff like this,so there's no problem in that.
I saw this thread a long time ago and I was suspicious, but I never bothered to post about it. I was suspicious, because on Chrome, I have an extension called Web or Trust. It tells you if the website is safe, trustworthy, etc. The reputation of sites is given from rating by users of the extension. When I went to Ignition's site, this was what it said.
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We didn't knew about this plugin at all,so the only way it shows you this statistics I can imagine is that the website is built on a free hosting. Seriously,have we scammed anyone?
I've nothing against the guy or his game, I didn't even notice who the OP was when I posted initially, the topic just caught my eye but it was clear looking through the OP and the website something is very wrong here. No real explanation is really needed except for whether the cars are ripped or not.
Even if they aren't I'm afraid the project is still a phoney. A big fat phoney.
Of course it seems wrong and strange,actually I would be worried about many things too on your place,because of the crappy website and very big things promised,but when it comes to this point,would we really spend more than a year to build this game from nothing?
This is a very long time and a lot of work,and it wasn't started like "oh,let's make a game,guys!"
It all began years and years ago when I first met 3D modelling and started learning with my friends.
It was a very long way,from simple shapes to cars and buildings,mods for games such as gta sa and others and finally,we are here,making our own debut in gaming market. And we won't stop here,we will go and publish a qualit prodict and share it with everyone - that's our goal!
We don't want to be like everyone else,we want to make something really good and enjoyable!
I'm sorry if I haven't answered all of your questions at once,we will write you tommorow again with some sweet news and more detailed answers,but we hope that will clear out some things for you!
We really like the fact that you've got questions to ask,this gives us a chance to make this game even better together! (as it was mentioned in the OP,one of our key features - connection with community)
Thank you for all your support!
Team IGNITION
