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Oh, I'll go ahead and poke some sticks into the fire as I don't want to go to bed, why not?
It certainly beats backing up previous points...
The thing is, these car companies are going to design outlandish concept cars anyway. This is a way for them to produce concepts that don't take forever to realize and aren't insanely expensive, unless they want to go that extra step and produce a physical model like Mercedes did. They get their concepts, done virtually and much more affordably. But there is one difference, in that we get to play with their creations.
I refuse to believe you actually think turning some designer's drawings into 3D models in a video game for the PS3 is a better approach than using a dedicated platform for rendering.
I recognize this is a different horses/courses scenario, but frankly I'm not too thrilled at the idea of getting to play with their creations, for the simple reason that the creations don't have to have any basis on reality. See the Nike car, see the X2010 at it's most extreme performance capabilities; the Merc VGT has a made-up specification simply for the sake of it. It's no different from that Devel Sixteen vapourware car, where the "creators" make up increasingly outrageous performance claims.
The car companies are the ones who are clamoring for the opportunity. More participated than were approached for the idea. If you guys want to blame anyone, you have to include everyone.
Anybody but Kaz/PD, naturally. The ones who came up with the idea.
And just briefly on the Nike 2020, that was a bit much.However, the Technological Singularity is going to happen at some point and things are going to be a little crazy, unless God comes back and makes us humans and computers play nice together. Regardless, technology is going to explode to the point that the Nike car may just be a toy, as almost anything will be possible.
So, was the technology that the Nike car ran on real or no? Simple question.
Adding an old BMW would further pad the car list on their never-ending quest for highest number just as much as adding a concept car. n+1 is still n+1.
You're being intentionally obtuse if you think adding something like an E30 is the equivalent of adding a second Merc VGT with a naff wing.
All cars begin on the drawing board. Or made up chapters if you prefer that terminology. Merc VGT is hardly a wipeout creation, and it is now being produced in limited numbers.
...by a company with no official association with Mercedes. And yes, I recognize all cars begin on the drawing board. I'd really rather wait until they're finished, though; which is sort of ironic, given the unfinished state of GT6 itself...
I'm sure plenty of enthusiasts would prefer exclusive concepts, as opposed to another supercar which is already featured in other games.
Certainly some would, yes. Though you're very much misunderstanding me if you think I'm talking about supercars...
I don't think Kaz wants that. Didn't he say in one of the interviews from years and years and years ago that in order for a car to be in GT it has to have some sort of significance to him, mostly, and the car culture?
So while we may get an ordinary car here and there, he probably wants cars that have some sort of impact. Race cars, flagships, spaceships...electrics and hybrids.
Which almost kills the VGT project anyways; these cars have very little impact on car culture, by dint of existing almost wholly within the realm of GT itself.
Though even with that reasoning, I still see the Honda Element in the game...