Real Life Racing Teams in GT5???

[Peter]

So, here's how it goes. You're a racer who takes part in multiple types of racing. You race in JGTC, WRC, NASCAR, LMP, WTCC, etc. You can join teams that are in the real things and get payments that differ from which team you race for. NOTE: These payments do not include the money you get for your place in each race. You could probably even create your own team even if it is just you. Good idea or not? Post your opinions down there.

 

[Northstar]

No, that would ruin what GT mode is.

 

[Tenacious D]

I think this really suits Career and Season Mode more than GT Mode. But then again, in a race, it would be cooler if you were facing off against a seasoned racer with a certain racing style and personality, no matter which mode you were in, even Arcade. Anyway, you can see how I voted.

One thing I would add though is that I would like the freedom to create my own "team," even if it's just me.

 

[Peter]

One thing I would add though is that I would like the freedom to create my own "team," even if it's just me.

Idea added.

 

[RACECAR]

Now this idea I like. I've done something similar in Grid so I diffenately for it. Only thing I say though is if its in a Career mode, I'm perfectly fine with it.

 

[Demon Drone]

Yeah the option to create you own racing team could really improve the immersion factor of GT5.

 

[yaoming3000]

i think it would turn the game into tony hawk or skate, where its all about getting sponsors and a little extra cr. The rewards would all be the same too i'm guessing so there really isnt much of a point (to me at least)

 

[Tenacious D]

To go along with this, I'd like a range of driver levels, from talented but young upstarts, through seasoned semi-pro racers who drive like they know a thing or two about winning races, to full pro racers, named from real life leagues if possible, serious opponents you'll have to keep on your A Game to beat. And this really does fit well in a Season and Career Mode structure.

Speaking of Season Mode, I was afraid someone would jump on this idea...

A certain other game previewed at INC Gamers

Another welcome tweak is the new Season mode. The last game’s “deep, broad” career mode (we’d go with “dense” and “unfocused”) is being overhauled in Forza 3. Although we’re told it will include 200 events, Greenawalt explains that the game will look at your driver profile, your performance and your cars and then choose the three most relevant events for you to take part in. The Season mode will also feature guidance and voiceovers by “the voice of motorsport God” Peter Egan, adding some silver-tongued gravitas to proceedings. Anything that can break the repetitive cycle of career mode racing is a good idea as far as we’re concerned.

However, while these concessions to accessibility might be the focus of Greenawalt’s presentation, what we take away from the hands-on is something different. Forza 3, auto-braking or not, moves along at a frightening pace. We’re told the game is the only driving game to be released this year that will run at 60 frames-per-second at 1080p. “If you can’t run at 60 frames per second, you’re not a great racing game,” Greenawalt tells us before firing a couple of broadsides at the competition. “Other racing games hang their hat on one feature. ‘Oh we’ve got a cockpit view and it’s really immersive and...and we’re done.’ That’s not Forza,” he says. “We’ve got the best physics, the best graphics, the most cars, the most tracks...we’re trying to redefine the racing genre.” We’ll let you know how they get on.

Kazunori-dono, I hope you have something of a Season Mode which is really like a season of racing in a league, even if it's a smallish one. I really want Gran Turismo to be the first game with an actual racing season, for those who want the full banquet of racing.

 

[Earth]

Tenacious, when you say season mode, are you meaning a proper full blown season surpassing a simple 10 race GT style championship?

Also, Voice overs in Forza 3. Something I wanted in GT5 for a loooong time now. I'm impressed. I wanted GT5 to feature voice overs in this fashion. Kazunori Yamauchi keeps talking about the human element, but still the GT world is silent.

Also don't know why he's comparing Forza 3 to GT5P. Maybe because it's useless to try and take GT5 on, so comparing Forza 3 to GT5P would be more of an even match?

 

[Radracing]

I would like to see teams formed by geological location and in different classes. This way we can actually meet up with members of our teams and class on particular local events held and this would better promote our racing teams and bring people out of thier homes and have LAN meets. Even if GT5 has thier own tournaments GTPlanet would benefit from organising such events. If we can grow our own racing series it would increase our influence through sponsorship and maybe afford a national meet or even global competition.

 

[Vincent]

Tenacious, when you say season mode, are you meaning a proper full blown season surpassing a simple 10 race GT style championship?

Also, Voice overs in Forza 3. Something I wanted in GT5 for a loooong time now. I'm impressed. I wanted GT5 to feature voice overs in this fashion. Kazunori Yamauchi keeps talking about the human element, but still the GT world is silent.

Also don't know why he's comparing Forza 3 to GT5P. Maybe because it's useless to try and take GT5 on, so comparing Forza 3 to GT5P would be more of an even match?

If amar's information is accurate, the GT world will be silent no more with GT5, at least in the online portion of the game (he references the ability of players to talk to one another, I assume that would be voice chat and not text chat). As for voice overs in the offline portion of the game, that is something I'd like to see, but I am curious as to where PD ranks it in terms of what features to add at what point.

 

[Tenacious D]

Tenacious, when you say season mode, are you meaning a proper full blown season surpassing a simple 10 race GT style championship?

Yes I do. I wouldn't be disappointed if it was a simpler formet because I know lots of gamers suffer from ADD and can't sit still for a two hour enduro. But what I want in Season Mode is a racing season in various classes, and now obviously with Nascar and WRC. I want to race for a series of championships when I get done with GT Mode, or want to take a break from it and do something with some meat in it. Just like when I play a hockey game, I want to play a full season and go for the Stanley Cup. And with several types of racing in GT5, I want to conquer the world of racing. All the way, baby.

I also want a Career Mode which gets me there, but that's another story.

Nice avvie, by the way.

 

[-ultraflow-]

Yes, Fantastic idea!!!

 

[Watevaman]

Anything that gets me closer to a real racing simulation (yeah, I know GT is about driving, not racing) is fine by me.

 

[HRT-Scibba-GTR]

Yes i would love to see some real life race teams in GT5 ike the V8SuperCars TOLL HOLDEN RACING, TEAM VOLDAFONE, FORD PERFORMANCE and JACK DANIELS RACING these are some of the real life race teams.

 

[Tenacious D]

I'm hoping for some V8 Supercar love myself.

By every class of racing, I mean including tuner cars, in a hobbyist slash semi-pro league resembling the SCCA in America. So you could have seasons encompassing:

• Tuners, 300hp class
• Tuners, 400hp class
• Tuners, 500hp class
• Super Tuners, 600hp class
• BTCC / WTCC
• NASCAR
• WRC
• V8 Supercars
• Touring Car: LeMans / DTM / ALMS
• Super GT
• Formula 1

I think that would be sufficient. And yes, I'd race every single season.

 

[Northstar]

I'm hoping for some V8 Supercar love myself.

By every class of racing, I mean including tuner cars, in a hobbyist slash semi-pro league resembling the SCCA in America. So you could have seasons encompassing:

• Tuners, 300hp class
• Tuners, 400hp class
• Tuners, 500hp class
• Super Tuners, 600hp class
• BTCC / WTCC
• NASCAR
• WRC
• V8 Supercars
• Touring Car: LeMans / DTM / ALMS
• Super GT
• Formula 1

I think that would be sufficient. And yes, I'd race every single season.

No prototypes?

 

[Tenacious D]

D'OH!!

Uhm...

• Prototypes

My badness. By the way, I'd leave motorcycle racing to Tourist Trophy 2.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

So, here's how it goes. You're a racer who takes part in multiple types of racing. You race in JGTC, WRC, NASCAR, LMP, WTCC, etc. You can join teams that are in the real things and get payments that differ from which team you race for. NOTE: These payments do not include the money you get for your place in each race. You could probably even create your own team even if it is just you. Good idea or not? Post your opinions down there.

Uh, how does that work? You just join a team and get money? For what purpose? And how do you get around everyone wanting to join the same team? Last time I checked, hundreds of thousands of users do not fit into a two-car team.

 

[Tenacious D]

Uh, how does that work? You just join a team and get money? For what purpose?

I think this would really only work in some kind of Career / Season Mode. It's something to give you more of a feeling of being in a racing league. As posted above, GRID had something similar, and it was one of the good features of the game. Online, you would probably join a team and wait for a server to come up where you could use that team, or you join a server and choose from the open slots.

 

[Zuel]

I'm hoping for some V8 Supercar love myself.

By every class of racing, I mean including tuner cars, in a hobbyist slash semi-pro league resembling the SCCA in America. So you could have seasons encompassing:

• Tuners, 300hp class
• Tuners, 400hp class
• Tuners, 500hp class
• Super Tuners, 600hp class
• BTCC / WTCC
• NASCAR
• WRC
• V8 Supercars
• Touring Car: LeMans / DTM / ALMS
• Super GT
• Formula 1

I think that would be sufficient. And yes, I'd race every single season.

D'OH!!

Uhm...

• Prototypes

+1 Much agreed.. I really like the idea though I think it should be in Season and Career modes. If would be very nice to have season and career on-line. It would make it more challenging to have your own team.

 

[Racer Dee]

i voted yes. i would love to see real-life racing teams in GT5....but only on racing or touring cars only.....like Super GT(formely known as JGTC),WTCC,F1 etc.

but for those unmodified stock cars,i would go with the old format,NO Teams!!

 

[TheDabbinDave]

What about the GT1/GT2 classes from ALMS or the Grand Am series? In GT5P, a Tuned Vette being neutered to 600PP is insanely stupid. Never mind, that was HP, not PP.

 

[Tenacious D]

I think GT classes would be great. Anything Polyphony can squeeze in is going to keep us racing, possibly for years and years. The bigger and more comprehensive GT5 is, with more to do, the more fun we'll have, and the easier it will be to wait for GT6.

 

[Strittan]

Kind of a good idea, but if someone at PD see this and thinks the same, the game will be even more delayed.

 

[Zuel]

Kind of a good idea, but if someone at PD see this and thinks the same, the game will be even more delayed.

They may have already done it.

 

[RedBaron]

They may have already done it.

I fear that they didn't and fear even more that PD will miss their chance and unleash GT4 game with better graphics. Hope they won't.

 

[Tenacious D]

I've only been discussing my idea for Season and Career Mode for four years now. If someone from Polyphony hasn't seen it by now, they're blind to this place.