gt5
polycounter lvl 18
so yes the most beautiful game on the sony hardware is getting a whole new look for ps3 tech and it looks spectacular ..
the levels werent as good though , it could be due to the bad cam quality or just wip but the vehicles were awesome
http://www.ps3land.com/news/article167.php
the levels werent as good though , it could be due to the bad cam quality or just wip but the vehicles were awesome
http://www.ps3land.com/news/article167.php
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I love the fact that there's going to be a shitload more cars on the road with you.
GT was hands down the best racer out there for years, but Forza has given it a series kicking. Forza isn't as good in some areas, better in others, but hopefully it will be seen as competition to get Polypohony to push themselves a little more.
I *think* GT5 may get very realistic crash model, they didnt put it into GT4 because the hardware couldnt handle it and they didnt want to use some half assed crashes.
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I don't think it has much to do with the hardware, it's licensing issues that's the problem. Manufactures don't like their cars to get banged up on screen (not only visually, but also in terms of effecting performance), so it's usually difficult to get permission to do that. Now take into account that the GT games have an ungodly amount of cars from a dozen or so different manufactures. That'd be a nightmare to get the proper licensing rights to show damage (and have them effected by damage) for all those cars. Hardware might also be a hindrance, I'm not saying you're wrong, but I think it's more than just a hardware problem.
And of course, all that being said, it is possible that they'll be able to do it in the new one, since they have more incentive now with the new competition.
I think there are smaller car companies that give licences away for free and larger ones who actually pay to get some of their car in game.
*- apart from American manufacturers but there are not so many of their cars in the game anyways
**- BMW had GT4 demo on their stand running with M5 prototype at some car show year or two ago
Either way, I prefer mayhem and destruction over licensed cars so if that was an obstacle, just drop the licenses.
It would make sense for manufacturers to be wary of displaying their automobiles damaged.
It looks like a lot of things are placeholders at this point. While certain models look dense others do not, Some maps didnt look all that convincing but the HDR lighting looked very nice.
Polyphony claimed to make GT5 "100 times more detailed than GT4" so it might be a few years before we see it on the shelves, granted they have a lot of resources from GT4 research sessions that they can use but i'd imagine they'd need to revisit a lot of locations and private car owners to record more audio, video, dimentions and behaviours ...
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* Introduction: A new and addictive set of game mechanics are created.
* Growth: The game mechanics are experimented with and genre addiction begins to spread.
* Maturity: The game mechanics are standardized and genre addiction forms a strong market force. Product differentiation occurs primarily through higher layer design elements like plot, license, etc.
* Decline: The market consolidates around the winners of the king-of-the-genre battles that occurred during the Maturity phase. New games genres begin stealing away the customer base. With less financial reward, less games are released.
* Niche: A population of hardcore genre addicts provides both the development resources and audience for the continued development of games in the genre. Quality decreases.
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Next stage is Nitch if its not already there then its "I don't give a rats rear about GT". Watch as the comments about this release become precise and very nit-pickie about very minor tweaks (or lack of) to franchise. All signs the genre king is overly defined and on its way out.
They're nice; but far too realistic in the handling and no damage.
While the graphics have always been truely awesome, the fact that it's far more about people who love to look at cars than have fun .. kinda made it too nitch
I will most likely end up playing it for 5mins and then go play Rfactor or something and try to pretend it has licensed Japanese cars with turbos. Marf...