First, the good news: Yamauchi announced at yesterday’s press Q&A session that many updates and patches will be issued at the “first of December” (though it wasn’t entirely clear to me if that literally meant December 1st or early within the month). Polyphony Digital has also posted this notice on their website to reassure us that the game’s online services will continue to be optimized and upgraded to handle the additional load generated by players around the world.
Unfortunately, I have very little else to report from the Q&A session. Sony organizers, sadly, cut the session short, and other press members overloaded Yamauchi with questions that ranged from off-topic to incredibly stupid (“What’s your favorite car?”, “Why aren’t there any Norwegian tracks in the game?”, “Why should people buy GT5 over other racing games?”). I stayed up until 6:00AM the previous night after the launch party, compiling questions for the event, and was extremely disappointed that I was not able to get answers to these pressing issues. Sorry, guys…
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Fear not, Jordan. Your work and effort are still highly respected and admired. We are thankful (and I am speaking for many of us here on GTPlanet) for your efforts. This was still a quality read as usual.
My GT5 is literally updating to 1.02 as we speak.
It’s another 133mb update, anyone know what this includes ?
My GT5 is literally updating to 1.02 as we speak.
It’s another 133mb update, anyone know what this includes ?
has anyone notice that the ’91 Acura NSX has the wrong taillights? also the 97′ Acura NSX has the wrong wheels too. I’m a NSX fanatic but now i’m wondering if other cars are also incorrectly represented in GT5.
It could just be that the car model in the game represents the car from another region
NO the ’91 Acura NSX should not have the ’02 taillights on it, doesn’t matter what region of the world it’s from and the ’97 Acura NSX should not have the ’91 NSX wheels again doesn’t matter what region of the world.
Hey Jordan, i feel for you after all the waiting and anticipation but i had an inkling things would pan out that way. They tend to avoid the hard-line questioning….
I’m not going to fill this post with more whining about shadows & graphical glitches and so forth… i think we have heard enough of that and i think it is becoming tiresome…. I’m going to try and think of some contructive things i personally would like to see added/corrected.. most of which were available on GT5p
* units/measurements no longer extend to actual car information such as HP converted to KW (we work in KW here not PS or HP)
* The car description screen has pretty much everything you want to see at a glance but it does not tell you whether the car is 4, 6, V8 or flat 6 etc (which seems odd)
* The HUD should have more adjustablility other than map size. We should be able to remove some of the information or keep it etc.
* The interiors are still a little too dark.
* Little things like slightly more penetration on the high beam of your car. The beam is wide rather than long.
* Will they confirm the existence of DLC for new tracks & new cars.
The above is well within resonable expectations given it does not attack GT5s engine in any way.
Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication for us fans!
They need to make sure they stop people who aren’t the host starting the race. That’s a fairly major oversight.
i’ve been playing gt5 non-stop since yesterday,i didnt even bother with the online update..i didn’t even know there was problems with the servers until now LOL
Thanks Jordan for all the coverage. The event was very luxurious it seems.
I absolutely respect your privacy, but showing yourself surely won’t decrease the number of GTP readers and members :D
he showed a hairy arm on twitter!
Ah, don’t say that, dude. With comments like this he will never show up ;).
It would be good if he did so because we would feel that he is one of us, GT fanatics, not just a businessman. OF COURSE he loves GT, I’m not doubting it, but we would just be able to feel him closer, more human. But to be honest, he already does a lot on this matter. Maybe I miss a more human side because I’m “latino”. As everybody knows, latinos are very “feeling”, “sensitive”.
I understand the dissapointment, Jordan. But GTP is probably the best compendium to anything anyone would ever want to know about GT5. Most members here have already been doing great job on reporting and responding to issues and questions as well as reviewing the game. Just have a great time in Madrid and I don’t know if you’ve already played GT5 but if and when the time comes, enjoy the game.
Kaz please make it so we can change the wheels on standard cars please!!!
GT5 is the first true installment on the PS3. Don’t you think that the next installment will be vastly improved? Look at GT to GT2. Huge improvement. GT3 to GT4. Great improvement. GT HD Concept to GT5:P to GT TT(Time Trial).
All of these added new elements to the series than their predecessor. GT2 added more tracks, wet gameplay, and more cars. GT3 added more physic options, the use of wheels, and better graphics. GT4 added even better graphics, more rally options, more cars and tracks, photomode, and many other things. GT5P added in car cameras, true drifting, and HD graphics. GT5 added rain, snow, damage, 3D HD graphics, uber realistic photomode, NASCAR, WRC, Super GT, and many, many other things.
All Forza has done is started on XBOX with a slightly above par racing title. Forza 2 improved the flaws of Forza, and Forza 3 just built on Forza 2.
Forza, Gran Turismo, and even Need for Speed: Shift are all great simulators. Some do things better than others, but some fall short where others shine. Gran Turismo has been the longest running of the series, so therefore, they’ve had the most opportunities to improve their formula. Gran Turismo, despite the rating, is NOT for everyone. For people just wanting to crash cars, and cause massive carnage, go play Burnout or something among those lines. Gran Turismo is for the driver, the racer, and the collector.
Rant done,
scooter1265
PS for God’s sake, quit complaining about the shadows. It’s a game, not a real car. If you want realism, go race real cars. Geez.
Perfectly definition. Make mine your words: “Quit complaining about the shadows. IT’S A GAME, NOT A REAL CAR. If you want realism, go race real cars”. Gran Turismo 5, for that one that REALLY loves the series, will be AWAYS 10/10. And that’s it.
Agree with your rant, but please don’t put Need for Speed in the category of simulators, that game is a complete fail.
physics = 9/10
engine sound = 7/10
graphics = 6/10
online = 6/10
fun = 8/10
it will all change to 10/10 on ps4
GT5 looks like GT5 in Photo Mode. In Photo Mode, the sketchy shadows are still there, and screen tearing wouldn’t be visible in a still shot. I don’t know who started these ridiculous rumours about PD releasing fake screenshots.
PLEASE!!!could you tell me why i don’t have Nurburgring in my tracks????i only have nurburgring GP and D
Easy…play hard and you got it…
Just kidding…play in the Mercedes AMG Academy and complete the 2 first “categories” and you got it.
(of course get at least 12 level or more too…so you have to play the game)
Nurburgring is just amazing…i have Stealth and Chrome edition and made a run with the Mazda 787B…wow…i did 6:22…to slow i know but in my first time with the car…so…:P Top speed 345km/h (Stealth car)
I can’t believe the PD press release says to disable the internet connection. All I have to do to stop the crashing is just to sign out of PSN, then decline the requests to sign in that it makes (it does ask three times, so it’s persistent!).
Does anyone want to know why no Norwegian tracks are in the game? Ask something more relevant because Norway isn’t in the world of motorsports.
Interesting Quintin03, very interesting indeed.
Peter Solberg is just another bum then? He only pwned WRC for a few years but he`s nothing special according to you then? :)
And what about Fredrik Sorlie who won the 1996 Formula 3 at Silverstone, with only one set of tires for the practice, qualifier AND race?…
Then he went back in 2004 and won the Drift Competitions D1UK at Birmingham, and got to third place on D1UK Silverstone with his 170hp corolla vs 500hp skylines?
Owh and did I mention it was only his 5th time drifting a car?
This was filmed by JDM Video Option with Nomura Ken reporting the whole ordeal, I dont know what your country meant for the motor sport world but here, these 2 achievements arent exactly meaningless.
But ok, what about when D1GP champion from 2 years ago (Daigo Saito) went with the NORWEGIAN JDM Garage STARTED DriftMonkey cloths brand`s show car and teared up Norwegian tracks? What about the European Drift Championship, where the owner of the Norwegian JDM Garage is personally contesting and is pretty high up in the rankings?
What about Fredrik Aasbo? Heard of him? In Red Bull D1 Championship 2010 he got Best Amateur award, back in the days he used to kling onto Ueo Katsuhiro`s arse as well, whereas US drifters just crashed trying to follow him into the entry.
And this year he stuck onto Griffin and all those fancy US drifters, frustrating the heck out of them, with a Supra that was stock except 380bhp boost up and a nice paintjob?
Yeah Quintin03, Norway is nothing to the motorsports world, I`m sure you did all your research before posting something you were absolutely sure of, on a public wall…
Well thanks for the effort Jordan. Stupid people ruin everything.
(sorry for being off topic)I love gt5 since i was a baby but… sorry to say forza got them… i play both games and have both systems, so i compared them..
-Forza has way deeper engine tuning. and swaps (all cars can have turbos!!!!!
-Forza has way better engine quality sounds
– GT5 has better graphics (only on the premium side)
– I think engine tuning is where it all matters… becuz in forza you can tune your car to the highest racing machine.. For example in gt5 i already bought a nice civic and tuned it to the max. (300hp and change), but in forza its deeper than just adding a vague stage 3 engine mod… Thats fake… fake is the oppposite of similator… But in forza my civic had 500hp with ease. (no engine swap either)!!!
– Forza also has better damage modelling…( scraped paint.. and such).. i love gt5 and im not a spammer but…. kaz got way more thinking to do…
-Gt5 has better car physics by far!!!
PLease comment back and let me get your thoughts.
Why aren’t there any Norwegian tracks in the game?
Its not a bad question!
“Why aren’t there any Norwegian tracks in the game?”
Excuse me..
According to my stupid Norwegian gaming magazine, Yamaguchi said earlier that the game would come with a scandinavian track, which was thought to be a Norwegian track, but theres no scandinavian track in the game, therefore that might be the reason that someone asked.
Don`t be too quick to judge a relevant question :)
I had a feeling you would struggle to get questions answered, and it would be cut short. Shame!
Sometimes these press events remind me of political party events where people are planted in the audience to ask the right questions, that THEY want! Or am I being paranoid?
Well if you’re paranoid, then so am I, because I had the same thought.
It just seems really fishy (for lack of a better phrase); that a bunch of people are called on and ask some stupid, conspicuously irrelevant and inconsequential questions, and then the session is conveniently cut short before any real journalist is able to ask any of the glaring, obvious questions that thousands of loyal customers who’ve waited a long and ridiculously drawn-out half-a-decade-and-then-some for this game would like to have answered — in spite of how uncomfortable Sony, PD or Kaz might feel when confronted with them.
GT5 is visually a dreadful game.
There are no excuses for the shadows, for the blocky rain, snow and sand on the cars. The flicker shadows. Objects disappearing on the track. The flat textures on the scenary. The 5 polygon people. And the single light during the races.
For 6 years… And this?
They just used the GT4’s PS2 engine, and just spiced up 200 cars… They should be ashamed of themselves. It’s corperate fraud. The final game is nothing like the screen shots and videos they were boasting about.
And what do they care… They’ve their money from pre-orders…
I know….just look at photomode! (sarcasm)
I play the game. Too take pictures I go to my friend’s real sport’s collection.
Let me add be clear. On physics, the game is brilliant. Photmode, digitally wanking ecstasy. Visually during races… It’s need for speed back a few years back.
Yeah I know…the game looks horrible. Sometimes I can even tell the difference between the game and real life – unacceptable.
Haha, yeah right… I think you’re right, Benny44! People, stop complaining already, this game is THE best console racing game by far. And yes, I do have Forza 3 and 2 as well and the only thing better in it is the livery editor (on which I’ve spent dozens of hours) and the storefront. GT5 is just superior, in terms of graphics (both, in-game and photo mode), sounds, presentation, physics and general gameplay (and GT5 supports G25, 3D & Headtracking!!).
One last time: STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SHADOWS etc, PD are limited by the PS3 hardware as well, not just their skills or whatever!
I am more that happy with the game, even after waiting for almost 5 years. If you’re not, too bad, at least try to appreciate the effort and dedication they’ve put into the game.
I wish navigation was easier in the game.
I think the navigation is great GT5. The navigation in GT4 was dreadful.
It is truly a shame that you didn’t get to ask any questions. Cos knowing all the hard work you put into this site, I’m sure you would have a fair few hum-dingers that would be great to have answers to.
Fingers crossed we can get you to Japan to visit PD and ask the pressing questions!
Jordan, did they at least pick you up with the SLS AMG ? :)
That is BIG SHAME and UNACCEPTEBLE the differentation of standard vs premium cars. I drive from cockpit view …
This is NOT Forza beater game unfortunately …
Moreover I prepared my own review and the Forza wins by 0,2 point … no comment for 6 years development …
Lmao in my review forza lost in terms of sound…graphics (their cars looked like gt5 standards lmao) other than forza has a livery editor… I can’t find anything more superior than gt5
Hmmm …
In my review : Forza sounds > 10; GT5 > 6
Every car has cockpit view … ( if you can drive only from cockpit view you will appriciate that !!! )
Tuning gives you more freedome in Forza 3 …
Forza has 120 tracks ( GT5 half og it ) …
Graphics is sligtly better in Gt5, I agree …
BUT GT5 has dinamic weather system, dirt, snow, track maker … they are on the same level all in all …
BTW I have both systems ( Xbox and PS3 ) …
The forza sounds doesn’t sound well imo. And relays looked rubbish in forza.
Thanks for making the effort Jordan. We are all very grateful for the amount of work you put in to this site and keeping us updated with breaking GT news.
I’m pleased you were able to attend the party in Madrid, it seems somewhat fitting. Just a shame this press Q&A session wasn’t more informative.
It’s nice to know that PD are still working on this game, and lets hope they address some of the issues that have been raised, such as graphical shadow glitches etc.
I’m not really having much of a problem during online races, just people keep on crashing into me. Other than that, there have probably been twice where I needed to quit due to it wouldn’t load during online race. I had a blast playing the game since I got it.
i wish that they would do an update for the integration of the mp3 player feature. the best one that i have come across is the ‘Hustle Kings’ in which you just have to go and press the Home button and choose your tunes and also it has a mini-player as well. I was really hoping that a excellent implementation would have been created for GT5.
I’m sure those asking stupid questions are people who have no idea or haven’t played the GT series extensively. Might be the same people who are giving GT5 a low score.
Sorry to hear you couldn’t get your questions in. Can’t believe they asked so many lame questions!
Why should you buy GT5 over other racing games? Really? Isn’t that pretty much what they explain at every conference? Don’t get me wrong, I’d be interested to know what Kaz’s favorite car is, but I honestly care more about the game!
I wonder what all the future patches entail. I’m surprised no one else other than Jordan decided that the gameplay itself is more important than Norwegian tracks lol.
Anyhow, at least you got to go!!
Thanks for all the kind words, guys. Despite the disappointing session, it was still an amazing experience and I am very thankful to have the opportunity. And they handed me my GT5 press kit, which I got Kazunori to sign, so it is hard to complain!
No problem, we’re just glad you got to experience it! We know you have to put up with some unruly, unappreciative users on the site from time to time – It was nice of Sony/PD to show you thanks for us & make your inconveniences worthwhile and hard work rewarded ;).
He says what his favourite car is in the Top Gear Magazine article. Can’t remember what it was but it’s in the forums.
Thank you very much for keeping us updated, Jordan :)
Kaz has mentioned in the past that his favorite car is the Ford GT.
No worries Jordan it’s a shame you weren’t given priority. Thanks for all your reporting from the launch party. We all appreciate it.
there there Jordan, the sony reps know that true substance is dangerous at times…
those stupid questions remind me of space balls “im surrounded by assholes”.
it’s understandable that polyphony dont have the required server power as it is hard to tell how many uber powerful servers you will need because it depends on how many people will be playing at what times and how often etc… all hard things to predict as humans arent always rational.
anyways its nice to know why i was having issues loading things, guess i will just stay out of the PSN for the time being :)
Wow. People were quick to read this.
(Sorry to be off topic)I love gt5 since i was a baby but… sorry to say forza got them… i play both games and have both systems, so i compared them..
-Forza has way deeper engine tuning. and swaps (all cars can have turbos!!!!!
-Forza has way better engine quality sounds
– GT5 has better graphics (only on the premium side)
– I think engine tuning is where it all matters… becuz in forza you can tune your car to the highest racing machine.. For example in gt5 i already bought a nice civic and tuned it to the max. (300hp and change), but in forza its deeper than just adding a vague stage 3 engine mod… Thats fake… fake is the oppposite of similator… But in forza my civic had 500hp with ease. (no engine swap either)!!!
– Forza also has better damage modelling…( scraped paint.. and such).. i love gt5 and im not a spammer but…. kaz got way more thinking to do…
-Gt5 has better car physics by far!!!
PLease comment back and let me get your thoughts.
You really wanna know what I think? You’re a freaking idiot… GT5 is so much more professional than Flopza!
I’m agreeing with occasionalracer. I will agree that Forza has better damage but it doesn’t have what a real racing sim needs to – accurate driving physics. To me GT5 is a game for adults, not kids. Forza’s handling is about on par with GT2. These are two very different games. If you want to paint your car pretty colors and crash a lot, play Forza. If you want to get as close to real driving as you can, play GT5.
I understand where your coming from but gt5 is missing the point of engine customization.. I dont care about a stupid paint job.. But i do care about performance.. why cant you turbo a corvette? Thats unrealistic_—-not simulator content… there needs to be more emphysis on how you tune your engine.. stage 3 engine mod is not real! but putting different types of pistons are.. get what i mean.. engine tuning is too dull
Using stage 1, 2 and 3 tuning just basically means you dont have to go through so many options to install all the new pistons etc… Its not that its unrealistic, its just grouping everything under one roof. Its like buying a PC, most people buy the whole package, but you can buy each part separately but of course its going to be harder and longer to buy all the parts, GT5 goes with the shorter option of the whole package. So I don’t think you can say its unrealistic in that respect.
So basically its faster to tune, which I like, I don’t really want to sit there choosing everything, I’d rather get to the racing =].
As Pedz says, Stages is just a way of grouping all engine mods into one upgrade. In my experiance this is more realistic anyway, when most people upgrade their engines they do it in stages. Theres no point pulling an engine apart to just change the pistons when you are planning on changing con rods and valves a few weeks later… GT5 is more realistic in this way.
I dont know why Vettes dont have turbo options, but im not a Vette fan so im not really bothered!
well you cant turbo alot of cars and thats unrealistic…every car can have a supercharger or turbochrager with the right tune… what happen to that…
and your not going to have stage 3 parts in a corvette and ONLY making 700hp!!! thats fake. v8 cars make that type of horsepower with ease… sorry to make this sound like a total criticism, but im just these things out there for intelligent responses. And what about the cars sounds? Not enought rumble… Some still sound like vacuums. Let me know what yall think. (no real turbo sound or Bov)
You have to keep in mind that GT5 stands for realism, and even though turbo kits are available for certain cars in real life, that never translates to putting the power to the tarmac on courses with corners. All that ridicules power is often useless and I believe PD thought about it, and made their decisions on usefulness. If you want 700+ps on a Corvette you will not win any races, unless it’s Daytona or a drag strip maybe, same goes for your 500 ps Civic of yours….just retarded. Use cars that were built to handle approximate hp range. Tuning is great but to try and make some sort of supercar out of a four banger is not reality.
okay occasional racer- you got me on the tuning.. now what about engine sounds… gt5 is lacking alot when it comes to this… dont lie… and the turbo spool up sounds like ….. ****.. sorry to say.. Most v8 cars dont have enough roar, and v10’s sound just a lil better..
Seriously I don’t like forza’s engine sounds…they sound good but dull!
Well if u say forza is dull. Than how dull is gt5 car sounds…think about it
I really hope they eventually bring out some more tracks and cars with DLC (Australian tracks and cars maybe?)
As for the patches, make the opponents harder!
I raced arcade with all simulation settings on against professional difficulty AI and lapped every racer by the 8th lap. That’s a joke. What’s going to happen in the 24hr Nurburgring race? Win by 10 hours?
Apart from this, fantastic game. LOVE it
Speaking of Australian tracks, I’m actually surprised that Bathurst has been overlooked in the GT series considering it’s quite a famous track worldwide or even the Albert Park GP track. With only America, Japan, Germany, France and Italy represented in the game, you would think PD would want to add more real tracks from around the world. With that said I strongly believe that any track DLC released in the future will contain some of the lost tracks from GT4.
Bathurst would require adding a bunch of ‘those cars’ to go with it really, I think Surfer’s paradise would be better, considering what the surrounding cityscape would look like in GT graphics, bathurst would just be another countryside location.
I liked the Midfield track, hopefully it will come in a DLC/update. It’s great that Trial Mountain is there, Trial Mountain is the king of the GT tracks imo, if you could hold the global track record for a track, Trial Mountain is the classiest.
Melbourne can’t afford to keep the F1 and could lose it as early as after 2011 (despite contract) so there is no chance of albert park appearing any any future game for a long long time.
I hope Kaz reads this and understand the real fans are here. Not at Gamespot, IGN or wherever.
Give Jordan a one-to-one interview!
Awesome. Good to see that they’ll do something about the huge server load that will happen over christmas. 1st post I think!
No apologies needed Jordan. I’m surprised such specialist press such as your esteemed self would get lumped in with the run of the mill press that ask questions that can be answered with minimal research.
Every time it keeps getting shorter and shorter. Unlucky Jordan! Perhaps we should try to get him to answer stuff directly to GTP through translator-san online or something? Like a written interview?
That would be great. I mentioned I’d love to visit to PD HQ while chatting with Translator-san, and he said that would be great…now I’ve just got to get to Japan. :)
Way to work that in Jord ;)
That would be amazing if you could get a lengthy 1 on 1 interview. Especially since you represent such a large, die-hard community of GT fans. You definitely know what to ask!
Jordon, is it possilbe that since you got into the interview but couldn’t ask your questions that you write them down or email them and get a few answered.
I’m sure given that you were allowed to ask questions and the session was cut short and stopped you, that you can get away with a few.
Even if you shortened them to more generic factual ones rather than indepth.
i.e. rather than asking about the types of tracks available, just ask ‘Will you be releasing more tracks for GT5?’. Might get them to answer as its a pretty blunt brief question, either yes, no, or haven’t yet decided.
On a 3rd thought, maybe if you post some questions we can use our force to bombard them with the set of questions until a reply is recieved?
lol translator san
hopefully the patch will also adress the graphical glitches…
Gonne be another 100 comments about shadows again then…
oh wait, someone already beat me to it!
The shadows aren’t as bad as I thought they would be from some of the videos I watched but if you get the right view they sure look weird.
Standard cars look a lot better than I thought they would too.
Did anyone notice when doing rally/rain/snow races that the dirt/precipitation doesn’t spray off of the back of your car on your rear-view mirror?
I’m loving the features in the game already, the cars and the tracks. Not too bothered about the shadows either, but I’d like them to do something about the horrendous screen tearing. I’t goddamn awful.
Jordan you’ve done more then enough for us, any questions about gt5 we will find out from the game XD
I think there is the system limitation… The game is for years in progress they cant fix the shadows with one patch now…
Accept it…
And GT6 on PS4 will look like GT5 in photo mode ;)
put the screen under options on “reduced flickering” (if you have a hdtv based on interlacing, and not on progressive) and that helps the general flickering aa in the distance, shadows indeed a bit less flickery…
that is btw in the options in gt5 not yr tv
Just read in a forum on gran turismo official site. Someone has rang Sony about sign edition competion doesn’t start till 10th of December and codes will be activated then . This was from one of the member but it has been announced officially yet though
I do hope so.. If your in a night race and the tyres smoke up, then you can see horrible clear blocks around the outline of the car, where the smoke should be.
What about the tyre smoke!! There’s no tyre smoke in the real view mirror. That’s a big issue, also there are no tyre marks left on the track another issue. These need sorting asap
**Rear view (not real view)
Lol ebgames selling signature edition for $300, they are always such a-holes ripping people off.
@ RTSolvalou;
re “a-holes ripping people off”: there’s a certain phenomenon that regulates the actions and reactions of vast networks of people engaged in interpersonal exchange.
Perhaps you’ve heard of it; it’s called **supply and demand**.