Who will not buy GT6?

[analog]

Maybe it's a bit like this right now, and the Las Vegas strip in GT4 unwittingly a sign of things to come.

Unlike the King, I hope GT will eventually bounce back and not already been made largely obsolete by the "Fab Four".

 

[dice1998]

You're my hero! 👍

 

[IceMan PJN]

Will you buy GT6?

Folks that have read many of my posts here or on GameFAQs would probably be surprised at my answer because 99% of them probably like to label me as a "troll" because I've always been honest and open with my criticisms of Gran Turismo 5 and of Polyphony Digital. However, that's simply the ignorant perspective of fanboys that hate for anything remotely negative to be said of their golden calf. Despite my many criticisms, I've always said that I still generally liked GT5; enough so that I spent at least a few hundred hours with it over the bulk of a year. I just want to see PD's work improve in the future, for the betterment of the franchise and future releases.

Yes, I'll buy Gran Turismo 6. It may not be as great as it could/should be, but I expect it to still be a solid product that's definitely worth playing and a must-own for car and racing enthusiasts. Despite my criticisms of GT5 and PD, I've always insisted that GT5 was still a good product and worth owning/playing.

 

[Samus]

I don't know why anyone bothers replying to vandaliser, his posts are always utterly ridiculous it's not even worth it.

 

[mjm23race]

Sure! I will buy GT6...

After I see lots... lots of reviews about it... LOTS of them...

Yes because so many racing game reviews are worth basing your opinions on.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Yes because so many racing game reviews are worth basing your opinions on.

How are they not?

 

[marchi]

I think we would all agree that it's too early to properly answer this question.

BUT, based off of GT5's launch and disappointment, I believe many of us will take a good look at GT6 reviews before rushing to stores to pick it up.

You got to remember, other racing sims exist and do things better than GT. And GT does things well that other sims don't. However, it's no longer 1998. GT is not the only racer on the market. Competition is good. Hopefully, Project CARS will spark PD to move their behinds.

GT needs a rival on its own platform.

Project cars is no different than GTR was to GT4. It will be a long time before PD take hints off them and it won't spark them to do anything. They main focus should be Forza.

 

[marchi]

How are they not?

You don't quite understand how the review system works do you?

Lets just say that money changes hand for the vast majority of reviews. Its how companies like IGN and Gamespot make their money. Inside sim racing is the same. They get free stuff.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

You don't quite understand how the review system works do you?

Lets just say that money changes hand for the vast majority of reviews. Its how companies like IGN and Gamespot make their money. Inside sim racing is the same. They get free stuff.

I understand how that works, so why not step back and analyze the root of the argument. First off I never use those sights due to the reason you just said, same goes with why I never use these websites and others like them for movies.

Anyways I'm talking about peer reviews and so are others, the type of reviews that help explain the games and save people with experience the time spent buying it when they should probably rent it first. These are the type of reviews you'd find on places such as GTP and other forums, and if you've spent as much time on them as I have you know who is telling the truth and who is blindly faithful to a brand name.

 

[NBAGP5]

I'll wait for reviews and probably even 1-2 weeks after the release and see what people here have to say. I'll probably end up getting it no matter what but I'm hoping for some big strides at least.

 

[boomee]

I dont even know why this question is being askedright now it seems way to early for anyone and everyone to speculate.

 

[thelvynau]

I dont even know why this question is being askedright now it seems way to early for anyone and everyone to speculate.

Its not speculation people are basing this on what gt5 has become and whether they will buy gt6 judged by how gt5 turned out.

 

[zanxion]

All GT3 showed was you didn't need 1000 cars to have a great game. I spent a lot of time playing GT3.

+1 to that!

 

[zuperkiwi]

I will see what GT6 brings... too early to tell.
Couple of things that may influence my choice:
-GT5 is too clean (it's looks just to clean, to saturated; needs dirty tracks)
-A "wow-factor" (Excitement is what I miss)
-Less cars, only premium ones (who needs 800 standard cars? I don't)
-Better AI (get them off rails, make them feel a bump too, instead of just you spinning out)
-No more boring self-generated tracks as Eifel and Aso.
-A wider variaty of tracks.
-No more B-spec ( at least not covering half of the game).

If GT6 will have some of these points it is almost an instant buy for me.
But, as said, no one knows... till they tell us

 

[schism70]

I'll buy GT6 sight unseen. The series has given me so much entertainment over the years...and still is.

 

[mjm23race]

How are they not?

Most racing game reviews are written by people that aren't solely into racing games.

Even going by reviews from a site like ours isn't reliable. There are going to be fanboys and haters and everything in between. The only person that can give an accurate review is yourself.

 

[Samus]

For me I don't need an opinion based review, just the facts which most half decent reviews give.

 

[KWZX10]

Yeah, it's just about facts, I never care too much for opinions, unless i know and trust the person.
I will read around after a release date and it will be a pretty easy decision.

 

[thelvynau]

I'm surprised at the amount of people who don't understand why some people are choosing caution when it comes to purchasing gt6 given the amount of problems gt5 has faced I dont blame people for holding off.

 

[TankAss95]

I think it's pretty funny that most of the people complaining and being negative about GT6 will probably be drooling and buzzing with excitement as soon as the trailer comes out.

GT5 wasn't a failure. I tend to think that it was rather a disappointment, but definitely not a failure. I'm not going to go on ranting about why it's a failure because we've got enough posts on this website of that nature already. GT5 is the only game I play nowadays simply because I love racing. If GT6 has new or recycled content then I'm fine with that. It'll still be worth every penny.

For those who actively play more games than GT5, or those who own a Xbox 360, I can maybe see your lack of enthusiasm. Then again, I guess that you pretty much love Gran Turismo as much as I do, because your on this website.

 

[mjm23race]

I'm surprised at the amount of people who don't understand why some people are choosing caution when it comes to purchasing gt6 given the amount of problems gt5 has faced I dont blame people for holding off.

I am surprised at the amount of people that act like gt5 is a waste of money. You can't tell me that you haven't blown $50-$60 on a terrible game at some point in your gaming career. Gt5 is not one of those terrible games that gets shelved, sure there are improvements that could / should be made but it still a game that most people play almost everyday a year and a half after it's release. That is sort of something considering the short attention span of games these days. Most people are conditioned to buy the "new" version of whatever game they are playing every year.

 

[mr_serious]

I am surprised at the amount of people that act like gt5 is a waste of money. You can't tell me that you haven't blown $50-$60 on a terrible game at some point in your gaming career. Gt5 is not one of those terrible games that gets shelved, sure there are improvements that could / should be made but it still a game that most people play almost everyday a year and a half after it's release. That is sort of something considering the short attention span of games these days. Most people are conditioned to buy the "new" version of whatever game they are playing every year.

Sadly I have to inform you that we are all different. I very rarely play GT5 at all - something I could never have said about any previous version from GT1 onwards.

Maybe once every three months I do a bit of time trialling for maybe an hour tops. If it hadn't been a present I would have regretted paying full money for it. I certainly won't buy GT6 until I have rented it first.

 

[TankAss95]

Sadly I have to inform you that we are all different. I very rarely play GT5 at all - something I could never have said about any previous version from GT1 onwards.

Maybe once every three months I do a bit of time trialling for maybe an hour tops. If it hadn't been a present I would have regretted paying full money for it. I certainly won't buy GT6 until I have rented it first.

I don't really understand why you detest GT5 that much. It isn't that different from the previous games. Single player may suck, but there's lots of fun to be had online.

 

[CorvetteConquer]

If PD can include MANY of these TGS 2006 planned features, then I think we'd all be a bit happier and optimistic.

 

[mr_serious]

I don't really understand why you detest GT5 that much. It isn't that different from the previous games. Single player may suck, but there's lots of fun to be had online.

I hate playing online unless it is with RL friends, all the previous GT's were reasonably fun in single player mode. This one is terrible, but I gave the reasons why earlier in the thread. No point in repeating them, just read my earlier post if you want to understand my position.

My earlier post

 

[Scaff]

I am surprised at the amount of people that act like gt5 is a waste of money. You can't tell me that you haven't blown $50-$60 on a terrible game at some point in your gaming career.

I have certainly blown money of games that have been a waste in the past, and unfortunately GT5 does come very close to that for me.

Not helped by the DLC which (apart from Spa) has also felt like a waste of money.

Gt5 is not one of those terrible games that gets shelved, sure there are improvements that could / should be made but it still a game that most people play almost everyday a year and a half after it's release.

That may well apply for yourself, but certainly it has been shelved for me. I have to be honest and say that it gets put on when an update rolls out and I give it another go. Only to be once again disappointed and move back to rivals that I find have done far more to deserve my time.

That is sort of something considering the short attention span of games these days. Most people are conditioned to buy the "new" version of whatever game they are playing every year.

I'm not one of those at all, the amount of time I have invested in past GT titles is quite frankly a little absurd, and posts and threads on here more than back that up. GT5 simply doesn't offer the overall package that past titles have, and as such GT6 is not an automatic purchase for me (as every GT title has been in the past), next time around its going to have to earn a purchase and its got a lot of convincing to do.

 

[TankAss95]

I hate playing online unless it is with RL friends, all the previous GT's were reasonably fun in single player mode. This one is terrible, but I gave the reasons why earlier in the thread. No point in repeating them, just read my earlier post if you want to understand my position.

My earlier post

Ah. I kinda feel similar with you I suppose, but not to the same extent. GT4 had a near perfect A-Spec (single player I mean) layout. GT5 was far more thinly organised.
I remember a reviewer once said that it was a 10/10 game wrapped up in a 5/10 package. That just sums it up for me. Fantastic physics, graphics, and even in my opinion car selection (mostly) but it just didn't use these good potentials adequately. There is very little interesting "challenge" as such in GT5. Just a time trial around Eiger and a few lap times to beat in a ridiculous 1500hp 545kg sucker car.

PD has no excuse for GT6. They've had plenty of response and seem willing to fulfil customer requests (Spa, Aventador...). Even if it isn't much of an improvement, I still maintain that most of us will nevertheless still enjoy it as a game.

 

[ROYALEFATALE]

if GT6 doesn't have a livery editor i won't be buying it. someone needs to remind PD that it's 2012, this should be a given.

 

[CorvetteConquer]

if GT6 doesn't have a livery editor i won't be buying it. someone needs to remind PD that it's 2012, this should be a given.

KY typically lives a decade behind the times.

The pic I posted was from 2006. 6 years ago! And still, the GT series is without a basic livery editor.

Taking a longer look at it, the left side and some bullets on the right side appear to have been completed. But many of the big ones are missing:

-Club builder

-Team builder

-Coloring/livery editor

-Race builder tool ?

-Plate editor

-Track day (this can be expanded).

GT6, you got some work to do!

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I am surprised at the amount of people that act like gt5 is a waste of money. You can't tell me that you haven't blown $50-$60 on a terrible game at some point in your gaming career.

I wouldn't call it a waste of money at all: I do recognize video games are surprisingly cheap entertainment when I think about the hours involved. Especially since GT5 sure does add on minutes just loading... At every menu screen...

But seriously, it's not a waste of money for me, so much as I just see other games I'd rather buy. Though I can't think of a game I currently own that's left me with so many questions and disappointments (with some admittedly good good bits). I don't buy a whole lot of games, unless I know full well what to expect, and never sell any, so I'm probably not the best example.

Gt5 is not one of those terrible games that gets shelved, sure there are improvements that could / should be made but it still a game that most people play almost everyday a year and a half after it's release.

Describe "most". GTP isn't exactly an accurate view of the average GT5 player: we are, after all, a fan site. Comparing sales numbers to the Academy user number is interesting: the latter is almost at a million players, which is very impressive for a standalone download, but where are "most" of GT5's players? Of course, some regions don't have access to the download, so we don't know all the answers, but like I said, it's interesting nonetheless.

I've played GT5 proper a handful of times in the past six months: twice to race some friends online, and periodically for Photomode stuff. But it very much has stopped being the primary game in the system, which wasn't the case with previous games in the series this quickly after release (except GT1 to GT2, since I really only had this length of time to wait).

I don't really understand why you detest GT5 that much. It isn't that different from the previous games. Single player may suck, but there's lots of fun to be had online.

That's the problem, it's not that different, but the gaming landscape, racing in particular, certainly is.