Gran Turismo 5 is (Still) “90%” Complete
In what is presumably the last of Kazunori Yamauchi’s round of interviews to emerge from his time at Snetterton, he’s made a comment regarding the development status of the big game:
“Gran Turismo 5 is about 90 percent finished. There are currently around 140 people working on the project.”
That arbitrary number doesn’t mean much, but some of you may recall that’s the same thing he told USA Today back in January at CES 2010. At the time, though, the game was set for a March release in Japan, and we all know how that turned out. While these numbers were most likely pulled out of thin air, the lack of progress could be due to a significant setback in development or features have been added or improved. Regardless, we do know that it still won’t have everything that Yamauchi wants (head over to Edmund’s Inside Line for the full interview):
The developer claimed the driving simulator would not be released until it “satisfied everyone’s wishes and then exceeded them.” He admitted that not everything he had hoped for will be included in the game but wouldn’t elaborate on what was missing. Instead, he insisted that GT5 marked the most significant step forwards since the original game was launched in 1997 and that the introduction of online gaming had, “dramatically changed the way the game is designed.”
So, what’s getting left out? Did head-tracking get the axe? Perhaps it’s the rumored track-editor? (Please, no!) While that’s a little worrisome, improvement in online functionality is probably the most anticipated aspect of GT5, so it will be interesting to see how it’s eventually incorporated. Thanks to Loren for the tip!
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May 9th, 2010 at 3:07 am - #terminator363
@dustyr
You understand it’s an estimate they say just to get you exited thats what Best Buy does if you go to their site it clearly reads Gran Turismo’s release date will be on June or somthing rather. But you get the idea don’t beleive everything you hear and read. Wait for an OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from KY.
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May 8th, 2010 at 8:28 pm - #dogsDay
Sony has been a pain in the a** for quite some time now. I was lured into buying the PS3 for three reasons – Media Player capabilities, YellowDog 6.0 and Gran Turismo 5. Sony did not kick against the installation of YellowDog – they were silent until they’ve sold enough.
Now to my disappointments:
1. I found out the hard way that PS3 cannot play even the most popular .mkv file. A media player that costs 20 bucks can do it painlessly.
2. Its over two years now I bought my PS3 with the hope that Gran Turismo will soon be released. The Prologue version is ok, but it was not this version that made me buy it. I don’t usually play games but I made Car-Race an exception. I gave up waiting some last month, now I know that I will have to do without this game because the PS3 no longer has a place in my sitting room. Why? Just read the next reason.
3. Recently I was forced to install the latest PS3 Software, and by doing this I lost my YellowDog partition which took me lots of hours to install and configure. I needed the YellowDog installation to browse the web with FireFox. My daughter plays Little-Big-Planet online; you cannot imagine how she felt when I initially rejected the software which was one of the requirements to keep her online activities. I didn’t have any choice but to accept, thereby forfeiting the possibility of using other OS such as YellowDog.
All wouldn’t have mattered so much but for the last reason.
I was fed up so I kicked the PS3 out of my living room and built myself a HTPC last month. Guess what, I enjoy high quality Blu-Ray (Avatar was WAO!), I enjoy HDTV, the system plays ALL media files thrown at it, streams online media (Maxdome, CNN-Videos, YouTube, online radio, etc.), I enjoy the simplicity and efficiency of Firefox, I play light Games (NFS Shift, Dirt 2, Grid) with fantastic Resolutions and at the same time silent – PS3 is far much louder.
My HTPC is perfect now and I couldn’t have asked for more! I must agree that it takes time and energy to configure one, but when you are done and your system is backed up (you really do not want to do this twice); you will be dammed for enjoyment.
What the hell was I thinking buying PS3? One word; “MISLED”. -
May 6th, 2010 at 8:17 am - #Bpa94
All I see in my head at this point is Kaz standing on his desk with a copy of GT5 yelling out “you can never get this!” in Borat’s voice :p
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May 6th, 2010 at 7:09 am - #fade
@DIM
Fair point, Codemasters produce solid race games, but that’s my point, they are nothing more than “adequate” and not the type of game you can really deeply delve into over a long period of time. I was disappointed with the content in Dirt 2 (limited tracks, very arcade car handling) even though I got it for less than $20.
I think Need for Speed Shift had much better car handling and physics, hell, even Project Gotham Racing did. I can’t speak about Grid – I only played the demo of that and didn’t like it.
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May 6th, 2010 at 3:40 am - #Cruiz Dwyer
I think E3 will have 20 or so minutes dedicated to GT5.
I expect it to be a reveal on its features, also being shown to the audience.
But goodness… I want bots in the 2 player offline multiplayer mode, please!!!
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May 6th, 2010 at 2:30 am - #Dim
@fade
Codemasters has been producing solid racing games for many years now and so far the game looks gorgeous on the various previews and videos. Don’t mix it up with NFS which is fun but very shallow.
Obviously you cannot compare F1 2010 with GT5 (different type) and even more when we haven’t played both games.
But Codemasters has been giving us frequent and very informative updates on game features in a period of about only few months + WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE a release date.
GT5 is a complete P.R. mess and if at least we had something more specific and detailed on its features (let alone a release date) I would be the first to shut-up.
I think everybody is fed up of yet another GTR/tokyo track footage.
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May 5th, 2010 at 8:22 pm - #BWX
“”"JordanSays: May 5th, 2010 at 12:48 am I think you’re thinking of those screenshots of the online race menu options, where weather conditions are shown for the local track. No video of dynamic weather has ever been released.”"”
Nope it definitely wasn’t just screenshots. It was a video I saw on Youtube while searching around by myself a few weeks ago. The people were talking about dynamic weather and navigating through the dynamic weather menu while talking about the feature in some detail. I figured everyone else must have seen it so I didn’t pay much attention to it.. I’ll try to find it again..
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May 5th, 2010 at 8:00 pm - #AK
When ever it comes out on which ever console 3 or 4 most likely 4 I’ll buy it. Lucky thing I didnt waste money and buy a ps3 yet
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May 5th, 2010 at 7:51 pm - #AK
Sometimes I watch Speed channel and pretend Im watching Gran turismo 5
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May 5th, 2010 at 7:48 pm - #GMDLONDON
Hmmm, I don’t like the fact that GT5 was promise to be release in March and still not there, I don’t like when people spit the word even if its only a word.
This is the longest time we have to wait for proper racing game for SONY PS3 and my speculations are Sony is doing with Kazori what he want, I just hope they using vaseline.
NFS Shift is parody of simulation game but at the moment is beter then nothing
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May 5th, 2010 at 3:50 pm - #fade
@DIM
There were always games with more features than GT.
Just as there were always real time strategy games with more features than Starcraft.
Just as there are phones with more features than the iPhone.
Just as there will always be people who use tech-specs and bullet points to decide things without considering more humanistic features such as refinement, quality, polish, depth – which arguably can take more engineering and development time.
F1 2010 will be an enjoyable but probably quickly forgotten shovel-ware product in the bargain bins come January 2011 with everyone hoping F1 2011 will be better. Just life Forza 3. I don’t think GT5 will be a flash in the pan when it eventually surfaces.
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May 5th, 2010 at 3:42 pm - #Pedz
Aslong as it still has the ability to play the game with real friends sat next to me, ill love it =].
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May 5th, 2010 at 2:04 pm - #Shiro
What a great step forward
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May 5th, 2010 at 1:21 pm - #Crispy
@Steady_Dave..
Couldn’t agree with you more mate!! It’s been known since the build up to GT2 that it probably isn’t a great idea to take anything Kaz says too seriously, especially regarding release dates.
I’ll admit I bought my PS3 when I did with GT5 in mind, but I have plenty of other games to fill in the time til it finally gets released, and also a life!!
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May 5th, 2010 at 11:20 am - #Ner0_sol03
This is disappointing very.. If there is no dynamic weather or livery editing or any other feature that will make the game diffrent from Amy other racer out there then ky should just stop now
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May 5th, 2010 at 9:08 am - #Steady_Dave_2JZ
Has no-one got anything better to do that moan about this game all the time?
Does anyone remember the other releases of GT? This is what they do!
I was dissapointed when March was dropped for the release but not angry. I’m sure this game will be great.
Oh and don’t believe the 90% stuff. He won’t have calculated the progress of every little thing that’s going on and comeout with that figure. That just means it’s pretty much ready, just final tweaks.
Seriously though cheer up people, yes we’ve seen little but what we’ve seen has been amazing!
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May 5th, 2010 at 8:00 am - #Berlino Bear
@ gazcanuk…
ahhh. The Oracle speaks. I missed the 7.30am deadline for putting the bins out this morning, so I will wait for next year now. Makes sense to only do things on an annual cycle.
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May 5th, 2010 at 7:27 am - #gazcanuk
This will drop no earlier than March 2011. Sony want to release this in March. They missed the deadline this year, will refine the game further with a worldwide release March 29th 2011.
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May 5th, 2010 at 5:22 am - #Rob
E3 should bring alot of footage of things we havnt seen yet , And hopefuly an official final release date so we can pre order it. Just think. Dog fights with Ferraris and Astons and Lamborghinis around the Top Gear test track!!
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It takes the same amount of time to finish the last 20% of a project, as it does to get to the 80% mark. The last 20% is polishing, which means we have only seen half of what we will see in terms of visual quality. This will be amazing!