I think people need to look at the improvements over GT5. We've got a few cars now made premium that were standard. Veyron, Ford Gt NS '05, Lamborghini Countach, 1970 Ford Mustang Trasncammer, Shelby GT350 '65.
We have in terms of DLC, the 20 anniverssary cars if you bought the Anniverssary edition. The BMW M4, two Mercedes AMG VGT cars, The Toyota FT-1, Corvette Stingray Gran Turismo Concept '13. We had the Mario Andretti car was this DLC? Also we got the new Redbull cars too.
But if you think about it for a while there are 3-4 more tracks than GT5, Nearly 200 cars that are completely new. But PD still have long way to go to add Supercars and hypercars that should have been in GT5, or GT4.
Customization with the new Custom Wings is a small step forward, but its no where near forza standards. The ability for drivetrain, engine swaps, Drag tyres, Tyre width. Ability to paint mirrors, wings or spoilers, bumpers or hood different colours from the rest of the car. Forza has preset kits for a load of cars to offer different bumpers from different kit companies.
Also engines are suited for replacement from the same manufacturers faster cars. All this GT6 could have have already way behind forza. But the reason why i love GT5. I prefer the physics, simulation to forza. GT6 has taken physics step further with car roll, but we still don't know how suspension is affected.
GT5 we know with ability to test, speedtest the cars performance and test, toe, camber, suspension, aero. We simply do not know how good GT6's physics are until we get something like speedtest to test it. And I'm a Drag racer this means a lot to me to be able to test a car. Still cars are limited to bhp in GT6, like in GT6, some have improved.
So i'm happy in some ways what PD have done to improve GT6. Set aside no speedtest, not many new dlc tracks or cars within 4+ months, lags and hang ups online is all parts of teething problems for GT6. And despite what anyone says including my own impatience with this, GT6 is only just beginning. Or will it fall too soon, because with the PS4 out sony are now devoting a small devision to working on GT7. So Anything GT6 is going to be delayed.
It is confusing with no communication from kaz or PD in general. Maybe the hacks have slowed them down too, so has GT7, maybe they are having issues with the online and community features. What have PD done just recently, they added the data logger, visualizer feature, and the ability to copy and paste tune sheets. GT Academy 2014, Custom Wings. Maybe their are list of other bug fixes too.
What i think. PD is sharing the workload and focusing on GT7 aswell as GT5, is working in response to hacks also slowing them down. They are low on resources or manpower. I can't think what else is happening. But PD promised things some they have delivered no matter how small or how many, but tracks they said every month new tracks added. Well since the release of the game no new DLC tracks have been released but maybe were already on the disc and jsut unlocked?
So this isn't a rant from me just an attempt to give my opinion, or ideas on what has happened and might be happening now and in the future. My impatience is wanting a tree for drag, or a speedtest. That's all i want. Other things would be welcome like new hypercars and supercars that are in forza and the kind of customization that forza sets..
That said Gran Turismo is just a "Driving Simulator" for racing. So does that exclude a game of this genre from receiving the kind of customization Forza gives? I don't know, maybe, maybe not. They are both driving simulators, both have road and race cars. So both working towards a same genre or goal.
If anything PD should be attempting to add the kinds of customization Forza has, In turn Forza should be attempting to compete with GT6 with weather changes, more cars, more tracks. I hope Gran Turismo 7 sees PD finally get closer to Forza. He already talked about adding manufacturers to GT that he's always wanted, that we have wanted.
GT7 should get closer to Forza than any GT has ever been. PD must know this they addressed cars having more bhp, etc.. so they know about this. And kaz even said something once in response to drivetrain or engine swaps and he said "its a possibility" or something to that effect. Engine sounds are also probably being addressed too.