Update 1.21 Released

[Pseudopod]

Look at people pretending to know everything about the feature, including how hard or easy it would be to make, before even using it. Hilarious

 

[MidFieldMaven]

Using something that's not a video game system, to create tracks for a system that plays video games?

I think I need to just be done playing video games now. You know they're doing away with campaign/story modes in a whole bunch of video games that are coming out?

What happened to video games?

 

[Pseudopod]

I didn't invent the numbers though.

Where did you see 100x100 km? I only remember 100km^2 from back in the day

 

[SlipZtrEm]

It's literally just MS Paint but as a course. Go to MSPaint, select the Curved Line tool. Drag a line. Then pull it to the angle that you want. OR, take the standard line tool, then select the Circle tool. Imagine you're pushing that line into a curve with that circle. BAM you just made course maker. Then, add an ability to add an increase elevation with say, the R2/L2 in an area that circle covers. Oh, BAM course maker. Then, you can add trees and ****. Maybe you want smaller circle for tighter corners? L1/R1 affects diameter. That's as stupidly basic as you can get it. It's can be done in freaking MSPaint, man.

Took me 2 freaking years right, I sure are a genius

It worked for Animal Crossing. Mario Paint. Lots of other stuff too but I don't remember. My point is that similar things have been done before with less advanced technology (and less budget - muuuch less budget), so this should be easy as pie.

Wow. The number of complete simplifications and assumptions crammed into this one post is astounding. Impressive.

 

[RACECAR]

Using a phone, to create tracks for a video game on a system that is not a phone...?

Ugh. Fail.

And you say this without confirmation that it won't be able to be done in-game.

 

[Zlork]

There is a russian text everywhere, but whatever.

Green areas - forest, red - mountains, blue - city

Screenshots by Denis Kirichenko

Woo ! Woo! I understand why PoDi favored the tablet !

 

[sanatreides]

That last russian track seems longer than 10 kms.

 

[Robin]

I wish they would release this on the Windows 10 store, why is Windows always neglected despite controlling the majority of the computer market!

 

[zzz_pt]

Where did you see 100x100 km? I only remember 100km^2 from back in the day

Here

Where did you get the 100km^2?

 

[RACECAR]

People need to take a breath. All that's been announced here has been specifically for the App. Nowhere has it been confirmed that you won't be able to use the Course Maker in-game.

GTPlanet brings you an exclusive first look at the new Course Maker companion app for Gran Turismo 6

Literally spells it out right there.

 

[Pseudopod]

maybe maximum track length varies from area to area

 

[trustjab]

@RaY29rus do you think you could do a video of a simple created track?

 

[Pseudopod]

Here

Where did you get the 100km^2?

Turns out i was misremembering it, not you. Oh well.

 

[R5]

@RaY29rus do you think you could do a video of a simple created track?

He couldn't as the game hasn't been updated yet.

 

[RaY29rus]

That last russian track seems longer than 10 kms.

And there is a "too long" error, yep

 

[Suzumiya]

What are the objects that you can place besides rumble strips, @RaY29rus?

 

[Frenzyhero]

edit

 

[zzz_pt]

Turns out i was misremembering it, not you. Oh well.

No problem. I would be good even with the 50x50km^2. ^^ Let's wait and see.

 

[Streeto]

Dont care if the cheapest or the most expensive mobile phone, i dont give a .... about these new mobile devices.
I have an 7 year old SonyErisccon C510 where the battery lasts 8 days. Never changed it and happy with it.
How much the battery lasts on today phones. 1 day if you dont touch it, am i right???

Cuz they are so complicated, you cant even have a normal phone call when you press something cuz everything is on stupid touch

I know what you mean, I was late to the smartphone bandwagon, had an old nokia up until last year.

I only really use my smartphone for calls/txt/music at the moment... oh and navigation apps, that's pretty much it. I don't mess around with instagram and snapchat, it's still solely a phone to me with a few extra handy features.

The battery you are right, but I'm in car half of day for my work, so it's constantly charging anyway.

 

[RaY29rus]

@RaY29rus do you think you could do a video of a simple created track?

Nope, I own an Android device, all screenshots are made by guys from russian GT community who own an iPad

 

[Pseudopod]

I think the PS3 would have had problems dealing with a track area that big. Might be possible on PS4 though, simply because of the massive increase in RAM.

 

[Boxout]

I'm really interested about the whole city areas, like if we'll be able to design tracks that go through them or they're just for the background.

 

[trustjab]

He couldn't as the game hasn't been updated yet.

Not the complete product. Just a video of him creating one with the course maker 'app'. Question has been answered anyway.

 

[Robin]

I really hope GPS does end up included because it's would be the easiest way to get a track made up of a route you drive without having to build it from scratch. Once you have the basic route covered you can then tweak it on the app.

 

[Suzumiya]

I think the PS3 would have had problems dealing with a track area that big. Might be possible on PS4 though, simply because of the massive increase in RAM.

That could be a good point, though you could probably put the same interface somehow on the PS3 instead. Only theorizing.

Or is this the area of the land?

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

The way I see it, I think the app was PD's Author Saving Throw (internet points to anyone who gets that reference) to say to people that yes, the course maker is actually a thing now. I think the intention was that people with the right products (i.e. a tablet) could at least fiddle around with it early and have tracks ready for when the update drops. The app is merely an alternate way of making tracks, and/or possibly opens up new ideas in the future. GPS integration springs immediately to mind.

Despite what the inevitable naysayers will argue, I really doubt PD aren't going to implement an in-game variant. Although there have been questionable inclusions that only a handful of players could really use *cough* data logger *cough*, the course maker is something that they did push massively and the leave it out of reach for so many people would be a disaster.

 

[masterrawad]

I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second.

What's gonna stop me from making a penis-shaped track? Or perhaps a swastika of trees? I feel like the only thing that will ruin the Course Maker is the bad eggs in the community.

 

[Suzumiya]

I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second.

What's gonna stop me from making a penis-shaped track? Or perhaps a swastika of trees? I feel like the only thing that will ruin the Course Maker is the bad eggs in the community.

I don't think you'd really see that unless you are looking down on the track or something. The penis tracks are inevitable

 

[kolio]

I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second.

What's gonna stop me from making a penis-shaped track? Or perhaps a swastika of trees? I feel like the only thing that will ruin the Course Maker is the bad eggs in the community.

Go ahead and make a penis-shaped track. I bet there will be a report button. Just like on the picture share feature we have.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

The battery you are right, but I'm in car half of day for my work, so it's constantly charging anyway.

I use my iPhone 6 fairly regularly throughout the day. It typically needs a charge once every three days. More than happy with that considering what it's capable of compared to some decade-old flip phone.

Of course, a phone isn't of much use in this context...

I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second.

What's gonna stop me from making a penis-shaped track? Or perhaps a swastika of trees? I feel like the only thing that will ruin the Course Maker is the bad eggs in the community.

Have you played Little Big Planet? A report function solves that. It's very similar to GTPlanet, really: the vast majority of the posts are good and above-AUP-board, and the bad ones get weeded out.

What I'm trying to say, of course, is that these games are just stealing our idea.