Here's what I was thinking they could do for GT5:
1) This is sort of like the night - day racing, except that the time of day you race would determine the race (i.e. Race at 10 p.m., it'd be night time, or race at 10 a.m., and it would be day time). If freaking Pokemon could do it, I'm sure GT5 could have it.
2) Real-time weather conditions. Say you go to a race, and it's cloudy with a 50% chance of rain. Well, there'd be a 50% chance of it raining during the race. I think it'd be kinda cool to be racing, then have it start raining, forcing you to change your way of driving on the fly.
3) Going along with the first two, they would have to incorporate real working headlights and windshield wipers. Like for them 24 hour races, when it starts getting a bit dark, you turn on your headlights, and when it starts raining, turn on your windshield wipers.
4) Region oriented tracks. For example, you would travel to different countries racing their tracks. Like if you traveled to America, there'd be two types of races, Circuit, and Street (like Laguna, and New York, respectively). Travel to Japan and it'd be the same thing, Circuit and Street, and maybe Mountain (like Suzuka, Hong Kong, and Akagi, respectively). So it'd sorta be like traveling around the world competing in all sorts of races.
5) Not damage per se, but something along the lines of a damage meter would be fine. Like how much the damage meter has on it would indicate how much you spend, or if you max it out before the race is done, then you'd be done for that race. Sure, it'd be a pain in the butt, but it'd separate the men from the boys
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6) Racing grids that closely match your PWR, and no car restrictions. That way you can take your favorite car and enter it in all the races, instead of having to buy one car to enter only one race.
That would be my ideal GT5. Now if it actually happens, I could only hope for...
1) This is sort of like the night - day racing, except that the time of day you race would determine the race (i.e. Race at 10 p.m., it'd be night time, or race at 10 a.m., and it would be day time). If freaking Pokemon could do it, I'm sure GT5 could have it.
2) Real-time weather conditions. Say you go to a race, and it's cloudy with a 50% chance of rain. Well, there'd be a 50% chance of it raining during the race. I think it'd be kinda cool to be racing, then have it start raining, forcing you to change your way of driving on the fly.
3) Going along with the first two, they would have to incorporate real working headlights and windshield wipers. Like for them 24 hour races, when it starts getting a bit dark, you turn on your headlights, and when it starts raining, turn on your windshield wipers.
4) Region oriented tracks. For example, you would travel to different countries racing their tracks. Like if you traveled to America, there'd be two types of races, Circuit, and Street (like Laguna, and New York, respectively). Travel to Japan and it'd be the same thing, Circuit and Street, and maybe Mountain (like Suzuka, Hong Kong, and Akagi, respectively). So it'd sorta be like traveling around the world competing in all sorts of races.
5) Not damage per se, but something along the lines of a damage meter would be fine. Like how much the damage meter has on it would indicate how much you spend, or if you max it out before the race is done, then you'd be done for that race. Sure, it'd be a pain in the butt, but it'd separate the men from the boys
.6) Racing grids that closely match your PWR, and no car restrictions. That way you can take your favorite car and enter it in all the races, instead of having to buy one car to enter only one race.
That would be my ideal GT5. Now if it actually happens, I could only hope for...
I could live without actual modeled damage, but it'd be nice to see cars roll, spin, do donuts, and have pile ups on the track. Like instead of seeing the damage, the cars could just lose functionality in certain parts. Like in the Codemasters racing games (TOCA, Colin McRae) you could lose certain gears in your transmission or even have the engine completely go out. But seeing the kind of fanbase that the GT series has to cater to, I doubt we'll see anything like that. Speaking of transmission, I'd like to have a neutral gear as well as being able to shift into reverse. A gated shifter and clutch pedel support would also be nice, but KY says he doesn't want to implement that until they can get the perfect steering wheel system for it, such as like force feedback/cable driven pedals.
