If you’ve been following the online reviews and chatter surrounding Gran Turismo 5 you know how contentious most of it has been. Between the “fanboys”, the trolls, and the rest of us, it’s very difficult to actually see what most people really think about the game or how it could be improved. It’s even more difficult to pass along your feedback to Sony Computer Entertainment or Polyphony Digital, and – unless they ask you directly for your opinions- your thoughts may just get lost in the noise.
Now, that’s all about to change with the introduction of GTPlanet’s new GT5 “Feedback Forum”. This new site feature isn’t a traditional “forum” or message board – it’s a fresh new way to organize and vote on constructive feedback submitted by the community. You’re allotted 25 votes to submit or distribute among the issues most important to you. The most popular or urgent topics will naturally rise to the top for all to see.
Sony, Polyphony Digital, and Kazunori Yamauchi himself are all well aware of GTPlanet and our large community of die-hard fans who want nothing but the best for the GT series. I’m hopeful our new Feedback Forum will be a valuable resource for Yamauchi and his team as they prioritize fixes and features in GT5’s updates throughout 2011.
The new forum has now been integrated as a permanent site feature (you can find a link to it in the main header of each page), and I will be closely moderating the feedback to ensure it remains as realistic, relevant, and constructive as possible.
Remember, the goal here is to share what you’d like to see changed or fixed in GT5 – not major new features better suited for GT6 (we’ll get to that later). Now, get started voting!
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Hi .also please bring back apricot hill raceway and DRAG RACING online would be so cool …. And the test track
Hi there guys and gals.I have been a fan of gt since the begining.it has aways been way out in front of any game and genre.but there is only a few things that i think could be looked upon to change. 1 is that there is 600 cars that are pointless.17 skyline, 20 civics and so on.Then the other thing is the garage two different parts.i know why but i wont all my cars in one place,like gt 4,and my biggest problem is i want customize my cars so there are a one off.not have 300 cars with the same wheels and spoliers.and when i paint my car i want to see the car with that paint on it,not some small icon.this is not just me i can safely say, I like to spend a hour or so styling and modding my cars .take forza 3 they have kits (3 or 4 per car and more for some models) and even take engines out of cars snd drop them into other cars.there customization is streets ahead of gt which is a shame cause gt is a far better game in every way apart from that.gt is a brand so no change in the tune up side which is the worst of any car game, same as gt 1.Which i did think i hope they get up to speed on that.cause it looks like a playstation 1 game from 1995.and why no racing brakes.for a very serious racing game.Brakes are more important than power in racing.so image if the guys spent some time on these issues and did what we all know they can do.Then they would be no more talk on. Is Gt 5 better than Forza 3 .so no more pointless cars (cars that my mom drives) I want cars i will never own and get or drive.also a paint editor would be nice.like i said before.We all want to style and paint our cars so when we are online we can show them off as unique models . Many thanks paledale78
Brilliant idea with excellent execution. Thanks!
Well been playing a lot and there is room for tweaking :/
1.) The logitech G27 support is awfull ? Starting to get gray hair because of the H-shifter problems. When shifting from 1–>2 the gear goes almost always to N.. The problem is PD:s because shifter works fine in other games. The 900 degree turning should be enabled !? Even a crappy thrustmaster wheel has it enabled, so why not the “flagship” wheel ? Bought the G27 just for GT5 in mind, so very disappointed..
2.) “FULL” tuning for “ALL” vechiles. Im so pissed off because for almost every muscle car i have i have to use some crappy toyota “size” tires !? In a muscle car !? Thats a matter that needs to be changed, really. Why the “original” wheels cant be painted ? Did the coder sleep at work ?
3.) Mechanical damage always ON in HEAVY mode ! And indicators or popups gelling what got broken. Also affecting the vechile. As i know that should not be a problem with the car companys because its not visible damage. That would add the little realism needed for the game. The engine and body repairing just feels fake.
I agree with sk0pe on many levels, many people have their head in the clouds about what PD can and cannot do, and the ignorance in regard to certain (and previously elaborated upon) subjects needs to be filtered out. I will probably be banned from the feedback forum for how I have been dealing with these people, but that’s just my way. I personally apologize for any offense felt, as it is not my intention, but if you ask PD to put motorcycles or Porsches in this game, you are retarded. Excuse my crudely stated disdain, but I would think that the users of this site would be more respectful to the developers by being clear, well mannered, and respectful, not crude and childish.
please get the 2010-2011 DTM cars!!!
Great idea, but it needs heavily moderating to tighten up on the following:
a) Duplicate topics being started.
b) Spamming of the ‘please vote on xyz’ brigade.
c) Bad grammar and spelling.
d) Irrelevant comments not related to the topic on hand.
Comments need to be kept on topic at all times, otherwise the signal/noise ratio goes up.
I think people also need to keep in mind that some things being requested/voted on are achievable and some are not – its unlikely that PD are going to suddenly release 800 cars as premium models, however they may release a DLC pack with a couple of new premium models. Think logically about the request – PD may be a profitable company dedicated to working hard and giving pleasure to its many customers, but they cannot bend time and produce the impossible.
THIS ^ THIS ^ THIS
Too many wishlist ideas, too many votes wasted on ideas that have already been stated can’t happen. Like i seen “Porsche cars in game” had 800 votes – He doesn’t have the Porsche license you ignorant people that keep asking for this. Porsche has never been in gt and it’s not about to be, RUF is a different story.
Needed to be Moderator Submitted ideas, so that the idea’s posted were actually realistic and achievable and would actually HELP improve the game instead of adding to the whinge fest that goes on at this site.
Love the idea jordan, it’s a great idea but imo it is badly implemented.
This is an excellent idea, so long as the feedback is in the spirit of the game, if the top suggestions are to make the game more like “Need for Speed” or the like, then the potential voice the forum creates isn’t worth it.
Use your votes wisely and make GT better, if you want a different style game, go buy NFS, Dirt, etc…
Great idea
But I think the first page needs to be on some sort of rotation.
It allready rotates based on the number of votes. That’s the whole point. The most popular make the first page, and rotate off it when more popular ideas come along.
Great feature Jordan!
This is a real constructive way for the whole community to brainstorm and vote for the best ideas.
Still I would suggest some mods (ofcourse;)
In “most wanted cars” it should be limited to one spesific car, per post.
Not like “porche anything” or “BMW E30’s”
It’s better to specify “BMW 325iX E30” if thats the car you want….
Not likely PD to implement a whole range of cars based on our requests.
Agree?
I thought they can’t use the name PORSCHE due to liscencing so they are running them as rare RUF cars that I’ve seen show up once at the UCD
This is best thing GTPlanet did this 2011 year!!! Thanks so much! I hope alot Kaz and his team PD will look into this seriously…
Great idea, but it needs heavily moderating to tighten up on the following:
a) Duplicate topics being started.
b) Spamming of the ‘please vote on xyz’ brigade.
c) Bad grammar and spelling.
d) Irrelevant comments not related to the topic on hand.
Comments need to be kept on topic at all times, otherwise the signal/noise ratio goes up.
I think people also need to keep in mind that some things being requested/voted on are achievable and some are not – its unlikely that PD are going to suddenly release 800 cars as premium models, however they may release a DLC pack with a couple of new premium models. Think logically about the request – PD may be a profitable company dedicated to working hard and giving pleasure to its many customers, but they cannot bend time and produce the impossible.
Please click on the “Report” button next to any topic you see that shouldn’t be there. Errant posts will be cleaned up about once a day.
I think this could be a good idea – use this first round as an idea-gathering exercise, then come back for a second round with the questions collated and a selection of the most popular/practical ideas. Would improve s/n ratio.
Would love seasonal events time trails / drift trails results to filter by PSN friends list.
I’m never gonna compete with the top 100 – but I’d like to try to beat my friends.
This is a superb idea. Thank you so much for this invaluable opportunity to tell Kaz & PD what changes/improvements we’d like implemented.
I agree, just posted my ideas :D
1. bad Car engine sounds (nsx type R) check with real thing!
1.5 Pay DLC cars with 100% authentic sounds!
2. split screen 2 player replays
3. Adjust tracks for rain/night or transitional
4. Adjust gear ratios?? not just final drive
5. G25 steering tightening
Wow My Drag Racing Post Has 1200 Votes OMG!
Ind Its In The DP :)
it got my vote;)
rim selection needs to go back to the way its was is gt4 and every car should be able to put on rims and carbon fiber hood and color the rims also that’s it.
This is a great idea, but has been badly implemented. The mods should have come up with a list of the most important issues (perhaps after an in-forum consultation) and only these should be voted on.
As it stands there are:
* Too many duplicate issues.
* Too many badly-worded, semi-literate ideas (which would frankly be embarrassing to show to PD).
* People are likely only to vote on the issues on the first page, leading to a ‘snowball’ effect for these whilst other issues are ignored.
* Too many issues that seem more like a wish-list and are totally impractical.
So, great idea, but it needs to be looked at again.
+1
what about leaderboards this game needs them so bad. And also some kind of car class
I read this post yesterday and immediately voted for “Bring back all the classic tracks”. Surprised to see that this topic disappeared somehow. Is this one already completed by PD? Or was accidentally deleted?
It was deleted. Please vote on individual tracks here.
The thing is, now the feedback forum has become a place for people thinking “Hmmm, let’s think of the most pointless idea that no-one else has”.
eg: Air bag deployment and Remove Nascar etc
Makes a mockery of a great idea.
And the number of repeated ideas!
I’ve seen “make the standard cars premium” about 7 times already. Don’t you people search first?
Great idea and thanks for the opportunity. I’ve just used up my votes!
A word of caution against being too optimistic – I think GT5 is broken in so many areas that some major cures will have to wait for GT6.
THIS is a brilliant idea at last the opportunity to finally “speak” direct to Kaz & PD. Hopefully this will filter through to the patches that we receive.
I’ve seen a lot of unrealistic threads like “Make all cars Premium” what will happen to this threads?
I also saw an “accepted thumbnail i guess not all the threads with most votes will make it. I hope this can really improve GT5 and future GT games : )
LoL you guys stole my great idea about community feedback and votes.
Great idea Jordan. I truly hope that this benefits GT5 and not newer releases. There is hope for GT5. Unfortunately those without internet can not feast on the patches and DLC that can save this game. Sony can however release a bonus like disk that update for those without internet connections.
Thank you!
Can it be 25 votes per month or something.
How about you get 10 extra votes a month?
And have the same 100 people keep voting all thier votes on the same unpopular idea untill it gets passed up to the top of the list? I think that would just screw things up.
System is completely useless for PS3 browser, rest of GTPlanet works fine with PS3 browser.
great initiative!
i just voted with all my 25 votes :p
I like the 25 vote allowance it makes the individual choose what is most pressing. Keeping the system from inflating and better feedback on what really matters.
Yeah i have to agree with this, what an incredible idea and what a straight forward way to express your feedback. IMO PD will react to many things here that are do-able.
Why is it trying to get me to download a file when I click to post a comment??
Hey Jordon, absolutely love the idea! But do you know for sure if PD or Kaz or even Sony will take notice? I sure hope they do.
Fantastic. Yes!! I hope PD & Kazunori take notice.
Good Ideal Jordan,
However will and is going to just be cluttered. Someone should moderate or limit the number of topics to vote on. To many topics that should just be combined even if they are not 100% the same, the main part of the topic is the same.
Best idea ever! now…voting…
Great idea, but you should to explain in the new how many votes you can give in each option (to not to start to vote without know this information).
I see a problem: most voted feedback has more possibilities of to be voted. because are showed the first, and mayority of people will not waste time looking for minor-voted feedback.
this is a good idea i ain’t got enough vote tho :( love GT5 so if they do any of these things it will be a bonus :) i have loads of things i personaly would like too see :)
I think mods should have listed all of the popular ideas themselves so people wouldn’t submit so many duplicates. And show like the top 50 on the first page so you don’t have to go through so many pages. And have separate sections for “existing things that need fixed” and then “what extra cars/tracks do you want?”
As it is, someone from PD will come here for the “expert opinion” and say, “ok, so they want more cars and tracks… for free. what a surprise :-/”
The biggest feature I want is multiple tunings + stock option (regardless of “permanent” mods), but what are the chances people will go to page 18 and vote it up, assuming anyone has votes left?
Great idea that needs some cleaning up.
Perhaps you can implement a sorting system? As it now stands it appears everyone will only vote on the first page items. This may result in a “bulldozer” effect b/c many people may not care to scroll through 20 pages of listings to place their votes and only look at the first and or second page.
Perhaps have a way to list by votes and by thread title/keywords? ideas listed by entry date (oldest to newest and newest to oldest)? I’m sure others have some other good systems to implement.
I have the #1 topic on there but how does it become “completed” or “accepted”?
Great idea!
I just went and voted and I noticed a ton of duplicate ideas which I reported. But I imagine there will be many more to come, hopefully someone will find and combine the duplicates so the votes will be counted.
Thanks for the reports of duplicates, please keep them coming – it’s a great help to me.
Great idea, but why not incorporate the user identities from the forum itself? That should also be used when commenting articles. This is supposed to be a community, isn’t it?
I think thats how it works, I punched in my ID for gtplanet and got in.
If PD don’t hire 2-300 more people they just won’t be able to do quality games anymore. At least not under 6-7 years. And no, GT5 is not quality. This feedback thing is a great idea from GTPlanet
Agree with your last statement… but what exactly makes you an authority on the subject of the amount of people and time it takes for PD to develop their games? Have you spent the last decade producing your own fantastic race-sim franchise? Hmm…didn’t think so.
I’ve developed games (in college) and design/model 3d environments….so YES more staff would be helpful for any and all of these suggestions to come through. Simply put: it does take time!
….and man power
First og all: I really like the idea.
But since I don’t have a youbook or facetube account or any of the other ones you can use to login, I have to use my email-adress and a username. That leads me to the following questions:
1) Who sees my adress? I would be fine if it stays ‘within’ gtplanet but I have heard of this uservoice company the first time today
2) If I can (as it seems) put in any email and username I like, what’s keeping me from logging in several times and use way more than 25 votes?
3) Was there no such system that could have been integrated with the existing user database of the forums?
Well points 1 and 3 might be considered a bit paranoid but point 2 might put the validity of the whole thing in question, in my humble opinion at least.
+1 to all 3 questions, I’m confused as to why it doesn’t just use our GTPlanet logins.
You could create multiple accounts to vote, but the system will identify anyone who tries to abuse this mechanism and their subsequent votes will be blocked and deleted automatically. Anything odd or wacky will get deleted by me, of course. You can read UserVoice’s privacy policy here. This was the fastest and most economical solution for me to get such a feature online.
Alright, I can live with that.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I would like specific driving aids for each car. When do you see tcs and abs ect on a ferrari F40 (my fav car in gt5) I do already do this with cars but i always find myself putting abs on online because everybody else keeps abs on for old cars.
Great for this to be here. One thing is even if there is a ‘new’ tab etc, there should be better advertising for lower voted ideas, so not just the top ones get all the attention.
Excellent feature Jordan. Features like this are why this site is still great 10 years down the track.
Great stuff GTP !!
Brilliant idea !
how can i show my comment?
What a fantastic idea! Jordan, you’re a genius.
I posted an idea for an event creator in the forums which received a ton of support, but the thread literally died once we discovered we couldn’t take the proposition any further.
This section will be a great way for people to get their voices heard both by other members and PD themselves.
I see, that is good news we just hear all sorts if claims these days. It’s hoot to know that this community/feedback thread are atleast on their radar
Great idea
Just wondering when you say “Sony, Polyphony Digital, and Kazunori Yamauchi himself are all well aware of GTPlanet and our large community”
How do you know that??
Jordans only met the man, and had conversation/interviews with him…..that would kind of require some awareness on Kas’s part. ;)
I see, that is good news we just hear all sorts if claims these days. It’s hoot to know that this community/feedback thread are atleast on their radar
Jordan this was a great idea! Hope that PD and Sony listen to us!
A great idea indeed, sure enough to please GT Fans
awesome!
FPV F6 Typhoon pleaaaase!
Great idea, I love it.
i don’t have a facebook account or something like this , i would be happy if someone can post for me
youtube upload feature
!!!! DLCs !!!! (not free dlc’s ! )
online groups/clans with leaderboards
cars: CLK DTM AMG, P
Brabus cars or SL 65 AMG Black Series
2011 SLK and/or CL/S 63 AMG
tracks: spa, a REAL rally track like monte carlo (GT5 would be the best rally game if it would have a real rally track )
Hockenheim and/or Istanbul
ps: a real rally track is the most important thing for me ( and DLCs ) , we have awesome rally cars but bad rally tracks
@ ICEMAN
I agree.there’s a lack of rally in GT5 compared to other GTs.
Simply brilliant. Thank you for giving me the chance to voice my opinion in a contructive manner, and one that will hopefully find an ear! Brilliant.
And vote for my feedback.
Hey Jordan, Can you make it work like “PlayStation.Blog Share” site? It will be great that way.
Seems to be a clone of that. Which is good because its a nice system.
this is a good idea
A very good idea*
This a great idea Jordan, top stuff mate! Focusing all the criticism into constructive feedback for Kazunori San & Polyhony Digital can only be a good thing, way to go.
EXCELLENT idea and execution