Weather Forecast

[acjy1985]

I have had a look and cannot find a question like this for GT6. Do you think there should be a weather forecast? I am thinking particularly for endurance races. I am currently 22.5 hours into the Nurburgring 24hrs in GT5 and it started off bright and sunny so I set the car up with a nice balance so it could run well in the dry but still be ok in the wet. It has rained for around 14 hours so far and if I had known this I would have set the car differently.

I am not talking an exact weather forecast but maybe just an hourly overview like you get if you check any weather website. Or maybe in an ideal world a race engineer who gives you F1 style "Rain expected in 15 mins. Moderate intensity for 30 minutes"

 

[sk8er913]

I have had a look and cannot find a question like this for GT6. Do you think there should be a weather forecast? I am thinking particularly for endurance races. I am currently 22.5 hours into the Nurburgring 24hrs in GT5 and it started off bright and sunny so I set the car up with a nice balance so it could run well in the dry but still be ok in the wet. It has rained for around 14 hours so far and if I had known this I would have set the car differently.

I am not talking an exact weather forecast but maybe just an hourly overview like you get if you check any weather website. Or maybe in an ideal world a race engineer who gives you F1 style "Rain expected in 15 mins. Moderate intensity for 30 minutes"

LOL put like 40% chance of rain at 3 PM. Then by 5 PM there's only a 20% chance of rain. lol

 

[acjy1985]

LOL put like 40% chance of rain at 3 PM. Then by 5 PM there's only a 20% chance of rain. lol

That'd be good enough to make an informed decision, don't you think? 👍

 

[IceMan PJN]

I actually like this idea.

 

[MeanElf]

It's a good idea, but I'll give you a quick forecast for both of the 24hr races...it'll bucket down for most of it...happened every time I did them

Expect rain on Suzuka too.

 

[another_jakhole]

It's a good idea, but I'll give you a quick forecast for both of the 24hr races...it'll bucket down for most of it...happened every time I did them

Expect rain on Suzuka too.

It's probable that it'll be more refined this next time around. I find it annoying that on custom tracks it's always overcast with partially clear skies when you're in a lobby, but the weather conditions are always clear when you're offline.

Good idea though. I wonder how it'd be implemented since this is a pretty damn reasonable and reasonably ideal feature to have in a racing game with time change and weather features.

 

[MeanElf]

I suppose the game could respond to triggers, as the build up to rain is usually gradual enough...skies getting darker and the like. The trigger could flash up a five minute warning of impending rainfall.

In truth though, I don't pit rain rain slicks until rainfall is at about 60% before that I keep it on Intermediaries. The forecast would be handy though if the rain is only going to be temporary as I've been caught out like that before, having to pit again to switch back to Intermediaries when the track started drying up just after I fitted the rain slicks

 

[A_Higher_Place]

I wished and hoped for a location finder weather system. I mean that... I wanted the real weather to be expressed in game. If it was raining outside, it's raining in-game.

I think it would be cool. With an option to randomize it, or straight up turn it off of course 👍

 

[MeanElf]

I remember that our group had an enduro on the Nürburgring and we tried to match the weather as close to the real time event as we could - it certainly added to the day.

 

[ZoidFile]

I wished and hoped for a location finder weather system. I mean that... I wanted the real weather to be expressed in game. If it was raining outside, it's raining in-game.

I think it would be cool. With an option to randomize it, or straight up turn it off of course 👍

Now that you mention it.
Wasn't a feature like that planned/rumored for GT5?

Wasn't there even are box in prologue that show the time and weather on certain locations? I think something like this should not be that hard to implement.

 

[JohnScoonsBeard]

It would be handy to have as long as it can still get it wrong Michael Fish style.

That would need hurricane simulation though.

 

[MeanElf]

Maybe the feature could have Michael Fish announcing the forecast and it'd be up to you if you believed him or not

 

[Lord Protector]

Yeah. I like the idea and I think it'll be in the game since it already says time of day and the cloudiness if I'm right.

Also, in the first post, there is mentioned that the guy set a car for dry conditions, but still would be decent in rain. What I think is, we should be able to go to pits and re-set the car if it goes rainy. This would go with random engine failures - the car has to go to pits and get repaired, or retire the race. Just as it it in real 24h races.

 

[Johnnypenso]

I have no idea what she's saying and I don't care, but she'd be a perfect GT6 Weather Girl:

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[QuikSlvr223]

I always thought it would be awesome if PD used real time weather data for the track you're racing on. Then you could check a Nürburg forecast and tune accordingly for your 24h run.

 

[acjy1985]

I always thought it would be awesome if PD used real time weather data for the track you're racing on. Then you could check a Nürburg forecast and tune accordingly for your 24h run.

I think Microsoft Flight Sim had this feature, so assuming your PS3 is connected to the internet I can see no reason why this couldn't work. However with game saves mid race, that could mess it up a bit.

 

[snowgt]

I think Microsoft Flight Sim had this feature, so assuming your PS3 is connected to the internet I can see no reason why this couldn't work. However with game saves mid race, that could mess it up a bit.

That's a good point. Saving mid-race would not work with that.

Another would be...no races on Nürburgring between December and March, because of snow on the track. (or on Eiger, Matterhorn, between October and May )

"Real" weather is just impractical.

 

[Pilitev]

That's a good point. Saving mid-race would not work with that.

Another would be...no races on Nürburgring between December and March, because of snow on the track. (or on Eiger, Matterhorn, between October and May )

"Real" weather is just impractical.

Just turn the real time weather option to "off".

 

[VBR]

Being able to change between A, B & C settings whilst in the pits, in response to weather changes would be a nice addition too.