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Gran Turismo 5: Everything We Know

In the world of racing simulators, no series is a highly revered or beloved as the Gran Turismo franchise. Polyphony Digital has proven itself again and again to be the master of the genre, blending fantastic driving models with phenomenal presentation that almost allows you to feel the gas pedal. The studio's love of driving is apparent in every release, and it looks like its next effort will be no different.

sonarus6113d ago

everyones entitled to their own opinion. but i honestly believe GT is the best racing sim ever created

reaferfore206113d ago

Crash damage? I seem to remember reading something about it a while ago. Anyone heard anything about this?

sonarus6113d ago

i heard they would have it. Then i heard they wouldnt cus of lisencing issues, then i heard they would have it but it would be limited to certain cars. Damage modelling would definetly be a welcome addition and would simply make the series greater. But with or without i still believe it is the best racing sim ever

InMyOpinion6112d ago

I like ran Turismo too, but I also think that to cal your game a next gen racing game you need damage models. If Dirt, NFS and Forza can have them, why can't Gran Turismo?

Shadow Flare6112d ago (Edited 6112d ago )

The reason car damage hasn't been implemented in the past is because when Kaz Yamauchi includes a feature in a game, he wants to include it as realistically as possible. Past consoles haven't been able to portray crash damage realistically enough so it wasn't included in past Gran Turismo's

The reason why it hasn't been included in GT5 is because if Kaz included car damage, the entire game engine would have to be rewritten and Kaz likes to do things perfectly. Each car in GT5 takes 180 days to build, it'd be even longer if there were damage

Point in case, GT5 is just to get a clean foothold onto ps3 hardware and do what gran turismo does best. Including damage into the first ps3 title could ruin the whole game as it could lead to HEAVY delays and Kaz would have to be learning both PS3 HARDWARE and the new CAR DAMAGE PHYSICS GAME ENGINE.

So take 1 thing first and learn the PS3 hardware

Then when the cars are all there, i believe Kaz will take the next step and rewrite the game engine to portray car damage as realistic as he wishes

Kaz always wanted to include car damage but it takes alot of time and no consoles were powerful enough to do it realistically enough. However the PS3 is PERFECT for it with the cell processor so im certain Kaz will create a Gran Turismo with car damage. Just not GT5 :(

ps. I know aparantly car companies said they don't want their cars smashed up, but i believe this isn't a big issue. More of an excuse to keep gamers happy really. Just like he said he may include damage as a downloadable feature for GT5, to keep gamers happy

pps. Gran Turismo Rocks

ALIEN6113d ago

GT is the best racing game ever. They better have Crash damage on GT5.

Zhuk6113d ago

I don't think GT is the best racing sim ever, but it is definitely one of the best console racing games ever.

Genki6113d ago

Park any one of your cars in a virtual garage? That's awesome. Makes me wonder what other sort of doo-dads we'll get from games.

I want Kratos Athena Blades on my wall come GoW 3.

peksi6112d ago (Edited 6112d ago )

What if you could access the GT5 online race tracks from Home? Literally walk in as a spectator and watch the race. There could also be big online competitions and even racing seasons with regular practises, warmups and competitions. Just as in real life.

Then I woke up... damn.

edit: 1080p @ 60fps? Those guys can do their coding.

Shadow Flare6112d ago

yeah taht ran through my mind before aswell, its a great idea

I was thinking you could do that with ALOT of games too. If Home was integrated into games like Tekken or like any sports or racing games you could watch everything as a spectator

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 20h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1821d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie14h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere5h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin11h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere5h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Hereandthere5h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

OtterX1d 3h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno1d 2h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno1d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii11h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno9h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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