** OFFICIAL Gran Turismo 5 Thread **

[destrekor]

Information released during GamesCom
Kotaku

Tracks: Around 80
Cars: 1000 (830 "regular" ones, 170 with a little more modelling, with their interiors responding to damage, etc)
Damage: Yup, there'll be damage
GTTV: GT's in-game TV show, GTTV, is back (it has Top Gear!), and this time can be ported over to your PSP

Also it is using the same menu system as GT5 Prologue.

On a side note, does someone that is a fan of the game and will be playing it want to create an official thread? I would but my wife shot down getting a PS3 again so I won't be playing it and I don't like making "Official" threads of games I don't play.

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another source with some additional information, apparently a translation from Polyphony Digital's Japanese website.

August 18, GamesCom, held in Cologne, Germany:
Gran Turismo 5 has been announced! Here is the latest information on the game design:

¦ models included
1,000 vehicles
170 Premium new models (full interior modeling, the interior corresponds to vehicle damage)
830 kinds of standard model (some are from Gran Turismo 4 that have been carried over to GT5) [Read: Cars we have seen in GT4 before ]

¦ Courses
60 courses confirmed with 20 or more to be revealed

¦ physical simulation of vehicles
Physics system simulation is brand new
Represented is full fall in vehicles [possibly rollover]
Damage representation (reproduced in full by real-time collision deformation)
faithfully reproducing the behavior of electric cars, i.e. Prius, Insight, hybrid cars and the latest Tesla model

¦ Arcade Mode
Single Race
2 player battle

¦ GT Mode
World Map
My Garage
Car Dealer
Tuning Shop (parts, tires)
Car Washes/Oil Change
Race Championship (Series system, point system)
License Test

¦ Online
Open Lobby
Text / Voice Chat
Private rooms
Online Photo Album
Online Replay Album
YouTube replay output

¦ Photo Mode
Photo Drive (Circuit)
Photo stage (Stage Photo mode only)

¦ Gran Turismo TV
Video output to a PSP or PSP Go®
Progressive Download
Improved
user interface
Continuous Play for videos

¦ Museums
The
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue version, + more information at TGS

¦ Sound
Custom soundtracks (Use songs from your PS3 hard-drive)
Dolby Digital 5.1 and 7.1

¦

User Interface
The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and the same design concept. The icons change color
Able to track the movement of Cockpit Camera interface (confirmed in full 3-D. The camera can be fully manipulated and you can opt to have your head tracked by the PSEye)

That last one is some amazing news.
Who else will be picking up a PSEye for this feature alone?

I've been in love with just how the G25 wheel translates to awesomeness in GT5P. And in short, the characteristics I'm talking about, the force feedback, the way the game world interacts with your wheel directly - it is so well done. Most wheels are going to feel that pretty much the same way, and GT5P more readily makes use of other Logitech wheels through officially supported wheels, of which the G25 is only officially but not-all-the-way supported.

In short, with GT5 carrying over and improving from GT5P, it will be best enjoyed using the wheel, in cockpit view.
If using the PSEye, if the head motion is handled properly, should mean slight movements of the head translate to looking around your sides on screen with little head movement, so as to not require looking away and missing the point of the maneuver - your side views. So awesome because that frees up the two only buttons on the G25, but in the same manner - frees up your fingers from needing to hit a button, keeping locked on the wheel or shifters.

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Updates
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1) Damage Modeling Unfinished

This is good news. After watching the latest videos from GamesCom, it was a little disappointing to see how extremely limited the damage modeling was. The number of cars that [will] have damage modeling will remain the same, but it appears they are working on improving the characteristics and quality of the damage. Either they heard the reactions to what was shown at GamesCom, or they wanted to show what they had so far while continuing the work.

 

[fatpat268]

Oh man, I wish there was one wheel compatible with both the Xbox 360 (for Forza 3) and PS3. I'm already in peripheral hell: 2 Flight Joysticks, 1 Xbox Wireless Steering Wheel, and 2 Street Fighter 4 TE Fightsticks. I don't think I have the room for another steering wheel.

Originally posted by: destrekor

That last one is some amazing news.
Who else will be picking up a PSEye for this feature alone?

I dunno. I'm interested to hear more on how it'll work. I've toyed with the idea of getting a TrackIR for flightsims and ARMA 2, but I've always thought of it being a novelty and not truly robust. Besides, I can't keep my head still anyway, heh.

 

[sammyunltd]

A bit disappointed they aren't gonna change the structure of the GT Mode.

I hope that we are going to have a more elaborate online mode, with championships/tournaments and with full stats/rankings, of course.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: sammyunltd
A bit disappointed they aren't gonna change the structure of the GT Mode.

I hope that we are going to have a more elaborate online mode, with championships/tournaments and with full stats/rankings, of course.

Well, building off of previous releases and teases, the Race Championship additions going to be a huge addition to the GT Mode. They put it under that mode, but it's really an entirely new feature.
Confirmed are NASCAR and WRC.

It'd be great if there are any other FIA leagues (WRC is one), as there is some great GT championship racing under FIA, ranging from sports cars to supercars and the like.

But all these series' will most likely be under the Race Championship heading, along with the typical GT Events. And that'll be great, because I really want to see how the full WRC will play like, if it can improve the rally play to really match stand alone rally games, though those tend to have at least a little arcade flare to them.

 

[Dari]

Gran Turismo Forever

 

[erwos]

Pretty sweet! Was kinda hoping for remote play, but I guess it's not to be.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Scouring for release dates it seems a lot of rumors are strongly indicating it will be released this year, December 29th. Some retailers support that date, when I was in GS yesterday picking up Wolf I asked and they said Feb 3, 2010.

Perhaps they are all just being wishful, but I would really appreciate seeing GT5 sooner rather then later.

Still trying to find out for sure which tracks are going to be in, I think it's safe to say we will have all the stalwarts, would like to see which new ones will be added. I'm assuming a good chunk of the new tracks will be NASCAR and Rally tracks, I've seen rumors floating of at least one drag strip in the game also and based on the GT5P I'm sure we can expect some tracks akin to London which are much better suited for drift courses then anything else.

Would be nice if they add a series mode to GT5 for online play, the off line content seems to be incredible enough though, I honestly wouldn't mind paying for that later as DLC TBH.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

That video of damage that is making the rounds seems to have one race car vs one normal car. Only the race car seems to be damaged, the other car looks like it is invincible. I would rather have no damage then only have damage on some cars in some races.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

80 tracks is dope.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

Although that kotaku link makes it seem like there is damage on EVERY car but only some cars have interior damage modeling... If thats true then I am a beleiver again! GT5 and Kaz are my Gods!

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
Scouring for release dates it seems a lot of rumors are strongly indicating it will be released this year, December 29th. Some retailers support that date, when I was in GS yesterday picking up Wolf I asked and they said Feb 3, 2010.

Perhaps they are all just being wishful, but I would really appreciate seeing GT5 sooner rather then later.

Still trying to find out for sure which tracks are going to be in, I think it's safe to say we will have all the stalwarts, would like to see which new ones will be added. I'm assuming a good chunk of the new tracks will be NASCAR and Rally tracks, I've seen rumors floating of at least one drag strip in the game also and based on the GT5P I'm sure we can expect some tracks akin to London which are much better suited for drift courses then anything else.

Would be nice if they add a series mode to GT5 for online play, the off line content seems to be incredible enough though, I honestly wouldn't mind paying for that later as DLC TBH.

December 29 is just a placeholder date, since it's the last tuesday of the year.

It would be incredibly foolish to release such a high profile game a few days after christmas. If they were to release the game in that time period, it would be before christmas. But that's not going to happen.

My guess when it'll be released? May 2010

 

[BenSkywalker]

Releasing it on December 29th may not be as bad of an idea as you think, gift cards are increasingly popular and it would be a very good way to drive both sales of the game and sales of the system. Sony is clearly stacking Q1 of next year with exclusive titles, it seems they are positioning themselves to go from price drop bump into holiday sales mode and then to sustaining momentum based on exclusive titles. Not saying GT5 will hit 12/29- but I can see why they would do it that way given their current approach.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

Ign interview confirms damage on certain sets of cars NOT on every atleast not yet. But they say Kaz says he is not sure which sets of cars will have damage and which won't. Hopefully he changes his mind and puts it into every car.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

Oh and No porsche in the game. possible they may include it as DLC

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Sadaiyappan
That video of damage that is making the rounds seems to have one race car vs one normal car. Only the race car seems to be damaged, the other car looks like it is invincible. I would rather have no damage then only have damage on some cars in some races.

The video in question

 

[Sadaiyappan]

Actually the video I was looking at was this one: http://www.gtplanet.net/new-gr...mo-5-damage-images

It is a stock car vs a race car, you can tell that only the race car gets damaged, it is CLEAR that the other car has no visible damage despite hitting the other car and I think parts of the wall.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

Okay I'm having some problems linking to it properly. but it is on the news section of the GTplanet.com site, BUT it is not the first video, it is the second video on that page so you have to scroll down

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Sadaiyappan
Okay I'm having some problems linking to it properly. but it is on the news section of the GTplanet.com site, BUT it is not the first video, it is the second video on that page so you have to scroll down

This is the one.

 

[abhinit90]

Originally posted by: Sadaiyappan
Oh and No porsche in the game. possible they may include it as DLC

most probably will be there named as RUF

 

[Sadaiyappan]

RUF is not same as Porsche. I want to see classic ferrari vs porsche battles with cars from different time periods on classic tracks.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

GT coming soon

 

[Baked]

I really believe Porsche will appear in the retail version of GT5. I mean if VW, Audi and Bugatti are in it, I don't see how Porsche won't be in it. Man, driving that Carrera GT will be awesome.

With the release of PS3 slim, Sony really wants to ride that momentum and boost their market share. Now we all know MS is lowering their Elite X360 to compete with PS3 slim and that they'll release Forza 3 this year. So it's very likely that Sony made Digital Polyphony work overtime and finish GT5 for release this year. Damn, maybe I'll pre-order GT5 at amazon just in case.

 

[Sadaiyappan]

As of now, Porsche is not in the game. I don't have the link, but Porsche Will not be in the retail game. Kaz specifically said somewhere that he couldn't get Porsche. BUT i guess it's still a possibility for DLC.

 

[Baked]

Check out this video review of the Logitech G27 wheel. DAMN! Imagine playing GT5 with that on your lap.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Baked
Check out this [=video review]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5-BowDSEc0[/l] of the Logitech G27 wheel. DAMN! Imagine playing GT5 with that on your lap.

Just a G25 with the helical gears...not much improvement other than noise probably.