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What Polyphony needs to realize that not only do they need to listen to us, but that not doing so can be hazardous for the fans who do try this event and as such, they run a risk for legal lawsuits.
Right now, the A-Spec 24 Hr. and to a lesser extend, the 9 Hr. are unnecessarily difficult due to their lengths. Players are left with two choices: One, they risk their PlayStation 3 frying by leaving on their system for days. Two, they can risk health issues by doing the twenty-four hours all in one try. What makes this especially unfair is that as other have said, one racers in real-life Le Mans do not have to do all twenty-four hours, three or four people race. This is why B Spec is more reasonable then A-Spec and in that case, I would be okay with leaving my PS3 on for twenty-four hours. But A-Spec is much more dangerous on the PS3 and/or the person doing it.
From this, you can expect lawsuits to occur soon and if Polyphony do not put in an option for mid-race endurance save for the 9 Hr. and 24 Hr., this will eventually happen. Let's take this as a scenario.
Let's say that a GT nuts decides to go twenty-four hours on the screen with no one to talk to and make sure that no one gets to communicate with him. Late in the twenty-four hours race, while he's enjoying a two lap lead with his Jaguar XJ220 Race Car '88, he suffers from a heart condition that surprises him. Not able to call for help, he slowly stays there, dying. He may have gotten his credit for winning the race, but it cost him his life.
After that causality, the girlfriend returns from a weekend trip (We're assuming that the guy is a recently graduated college student) and sees that his boyfriend is dead. She mourns the death of her and then looks at the television screen. It shows that he made 800,000 in credits and saw that it was Gran Turismo 5. She gets infuriated at the game. She tells everyone she knows that the person who played Gran Turismo 5 is dead and then do some research. She finds out that Polyphony developed the game while Sony published it.
The result? They're busted with a class action law suit. The losers are them and us.
Adding in a mid-race save during the 9 Hr. and 24 Hr. would almost certainly prevent this from occurring.
Right now, the A-Spec 24 Hr. and to a lesser extend, the 9 Hr. are unnecessarily difficult due to their lengths. Players are left with two choices: One, they risk their PlayStation 3 frying by leaving on their system for days. Two, they can risk health issues by doing the twenty-four hours all in one try. What makes this especially unfair is that as other have said, one racers in real-life Le Mans do not have to do all twenty-four hours, three or four people race. This is why B Spec is more reasonable then A-Spec and in that case, I would be okay with leaving my PS3 on for twenty-four hours. But A-Spec is much more dangerous on the PS3 and/or the person doing it.
From this, you can expect lawsuits to occur soon and if Polyphony do not put in an option for mid-race endurance save for the 9 Hr. and 24 Hr., this will eventually happen. Let's take this as a scenario.
Let's say that a GT nuts decides to go twenty-four hours on the screen with no one to talk to and make sure that no one gets to communicate with him. Late in the twenty-four hours race, while he's enjoying a two lap lead with his Jaguar XJ220 Race Car '88, he suffers from a heart condition that surprises him. Not able to call for help, he slowly stays there, dying. He may have gotten his credit for winning the race, but it cost him his life.
After that causality, the girlfriend returns from a weekend trip (We're assuming that the guy is a recently graduated college student) and sees that his boyfriend is dead. She mourns the death of her and then looks at the television screen. It shows that he made 800,000 in credits and saw that it was Gran Turismo 5. She gets infuriated at the game. She tells everyone she knows that the person who played Gran Turismo 5 is dead and then do some research. She finds out that Polyphony developed the game while Sony published it.
The result? They're busted with a class action law suit. The losers are them and us.
Adding in a mid-race save during the 9 Hr. and 24 Hr. would almost certainly prevent this from occurring.
. Try driving a real car (in REAL life) at speed. That requires real skill. GT5 is just a video game. But if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside to feel superior to those of us that refuse to leave our PS3 running for days to complete a video game, then more power to you my friend.
