Gran Turismo 5: March 2010 in Japan
Gran Turismo 5′s release window has just been set to March 2010 for Japan, according to Kazunori Yamauchi at the TGS press conference. This, unfortunately, runs directly counter to everything that we’ve heard so far from a wide variety of sources for nearly an entire year:
November 30, 2008 – Sony executive in Europe mentions GT5 will “arrive at Christmas” during an interview with a financial magazine.
June 4, 2009 – Kazunori Yamauchi states: “We can release Gran Turismo 5 whenever we want.” during E3 interview.
August 2, 2009 – GTPlanet acquires internal company documents which clearly outline the date that Sony expects to release the game (and it was well within 2009).
August 22, 2009 – Kazunori Yamauchi states that “GT5 will be released shortly after this date [October 1st]” during an interview.
August 23, 2009 – Printed material distributed by Sony at the GamesCom 2009 conference clearly indicate the game will be released during the fourth quarter of 2009.
Needless to say, everyone – including myself – are pretty surprised by the most recent turn of events. Was there a problem during the game’s development? Did criticisms of the damage engine shown off at GamesCom send Polyphony Digital back to the drawing board? We may never know for sure.
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September 26th, 2009 at 7:38 pm - #Gudproyect
Aaaaaaagh, I wanted GT5 for this Christmas. Fortunately, I have Need For Speed Shift for playing it while I’m waiting for GT5.
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September 26th, 2009 at 3:04 pm - #viejaloca
To EVERYONE
Look at the thread under GT5. there is a thread confirming that All cars will have mechanical damage and that production cars instead of having no damage, will get scatches on the paint! Maybe that will lift your spirits a bit.
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September 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pm - #oneword
Multiplayer.it: Will we have full Nascar and WRC championships in the game, or just the cars?
Kazunori Yamauchi: There will be full Nascar races in the game. I felt is was necessary to include Nascar in the game. Regarding the WRC championship, we have been trying to add it to series for a while now and finally, we have it. If so, there must be over 20 track!PD can include several tracks in one location.WRC tracks in real life are point to point tracks.(most) (gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=115870&page=146) -
September 26th, 2009 at 11:14 am - #Pedz
I do hope they can atleast change the AI, which has needed major editing since Gt1. The cars dont react as they are said to, they just pummel into the side of you.. Realistic driving ftw… And now 6months+ wait.. the joys of waiting for GT…
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September 26th, 2009 at 6:50 am - #NotaSonyEmployee
“JonnySays Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I dont understand how poeple are still protecting pd or sony (or both) for this mess. the whole pr and marketing is a farce. if they dont know how to create a buzz on a new product, they should look how apple handles such things.”HOW THIS COULD BACKFIRE:
(The following is satire, and not ment to be taken has a personal affront to PD, Forza, GT5, Apple, Microsoft, members of this site, nor any of their affiliated:)GT5: Hi, I’m a GT!
Forza3: Hi, I’m a Forza3!
GT5: Millions of people all over the world wait long periods of time for my creation, because I am so great. Don’t you wish people felt that way about you Forza3?
Forza3: Not really.
GT5: Surprising! Why is that?
Forza3: Well, unlike you GT, My fans know I will make them happy by the end of this year, and I won’t make them wait a half a decade between versions. I can be satisfied with that knowledge.
GT5: Dear me Forza! Isn’t that a bit of a stretch? Isn’t it true that your just fooling yourself rather than admit your obvious inferiority?
Forza3: Sure PC, er I mean GT5, whatever you say……(Mumbles something about false promises, lies, and delusions)
GT5: What’s that Forza3?
Forza3: Oh nothing. Nevermind. Say are you still hinting at a late 2009 release, or has the amusement of that worn off now?…….
LOL, I think the apple marketing could go horribly wrong. Probably should avoid it.
P.S. Sorry couldn’t resist posting this, but has soon has I read the qouted post, something like this sprang to mind, and thought I would share. Do note though, again, it’s satire, and not ment to exspress my actual opinion has to GT5, or Forza (I don’t even own an Xbox360). -
September 26th, 2009 at 2:06 am - #oneword
We dont know releasedate in uk or us.Probably its earlier than Japan..? Never before been, but who knows.
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September 25th, 2009 at 11:10 pm - #OneEyedPimp20
There’s always importing the game. I don’t feel like buying the US version anymore.
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September 25th, 2009 at 10:30 pm - #irishash
personally i’d be truly happy until GT5 was released if PD would only update Prologue with Nordschleife. the only two reasons i don’t still play prologue all the time is too few people playing online in prof. physics games, and no Nordschleife. i know GT5P is just a “demo” but that one track would add more replay value and reboost the scene a bit until closer to release.
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September 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm - #…….
@ jonney: Lag free games will always be impossible not because of the developers but because of distance between countries its called “PING” thats the time it takes for internet data to be transmitted over net lines or satellite. BUT there is one way to counter it but at a cost, that cost will be to disable playing with other countries and only playing in your own country closer to where you live to deter it and play lag-free games. Even playing countries who have the fastest internet in the world – Korea or Japan with America it will be slow, even when Korea, Japan and America have the fastest net but it will be because the distance between each country. Search the term “PING”
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September 25th, 2009 at 7:33 pm - #jonney
i personaly feel that they are delaying it so they can add full damage on all 1000+ cars in the game andtweak the handling and colisions physics than we saw in june where the subaru was just bounching on the wall like a football.
Maybe just MAYBE PD are “listening” to us and giving us the perfect racing game?
Maybe their adding weather effects to boot?
i tell you what, if gt5 had weather effects, night and day racing, full damage on cars from cosmetic damage to interior damages on the engines etc etc. Have at least 16 player racing online, custo private lobbies run in dedicated servers, force people to use certain settings ie everyone must drive on manual in a custom lobby i create. Lag free racing. Practise, quali and race sessions all in one for online play, A tool to create your own possible custom track and last but not least, handling and physics that are as good as GTR Evo.
have all those features and i am happy to wait until 2012 for this game.
^Thread
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September 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm - #Sam__ NY
WHAT!!! (thanks for the link zx10rking) but it says according to PD and GT.com that GT5 has under 30 tracks!!! and under 80 variations. thats sad considering the time and work PD put in to this game in the last 6 years. hope we get more tracks via download from psn.
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September 25th, 2009 at 4:48 pm - #viejaloca
Dan Says:I agree; this is quite frustrating as I was psychologically prepared, by this site and from SONY’s promotional material, for a Christmas release. With all of the waiting and build up, I wasn’t happy to see this.
But, I will wait. I will get on with my life knowing that Polyphony are doing whatever it takes to get the best game possible out to us, and that when it does come out, at least with six of the tracks, I will be disproportionately good at them.
Come on guys, who’s up for a bit of CoD?
Dan’s right, it’s not like GT is the ONLY game we play. there’s other awesom games out there to keep us distracted from GT. But I would like to know why they delayed it/
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September 25th, 2009 at 4:43 pm - #Sam__NY
ill just get NFS Shift to keep me occupied till then.
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September 25th, 2009 at 2:35 pm - #ZX10RKING
How odd that since the tgs announcement, ‘game’ now have it listed for release on 09/12/2009 http://www.game.co.uk/PS3/Driving/Racing/~r342247/Gran-Turismo-5/
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September 25th, 2009 at 12:57 pm - #irishash
to all you guys who keep saying “PD are perfectionists, i’d rather them release it when it’s complete rather than release it earlier and have people complain” you have to understand that no matter when this game comes out, people are still going to complain. therefore the argument is pointless.
i’m starting to debate buying GT5 at launch unless there is at least an update to GT5P prior to it’s release, and/or a huge info bomb before TGS ends. i’ve had enough of these empty promises directly from the lead dev himself. i’m still waiting for the promised updates we’d get for GT5P from a year ago which included a damage model. PD needs to stop misleading their customers, and realize that brand loyalty only goes so far after 5+ years of waiting and deceit. time to release some concrete info *that we haven’t already heard/know* and a new demo or update for GT5P. i barely even play GT5P anymore because there’s barely anyone playing online that’s not in a beginner race. PD has to know that the longer it takes for this game to come out, the higher the people’s expectations will be, which makes it easier to disappoint. Here’s hoping PD knows what they’re doing.
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September 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pm - #P3nT4gR4m
So we’ve been in dev for 5 years and the game is currently 65% done, right? Hate to piss on your parade but that puts the release date some time late 2012 or early 2013. 20 tracks? Am I hearing this right? 20 tracks is a joke. Okay it’s not as funny a joke as the 3 tracks and a couple of dumb ovals that appeared in prologue but it’s up there.
I remember way back when GT1 came out. It came out of nowhere and took the world by storm. Tell you what I’m pinning more hope on some other outfit releasing somethig that blows GT5 out the water than I am on the PD’s latest turkey. Their chief is too busy running around schmoozing and PR-ing the automotive industry to give more than a passing thought to his bread and butter.
Hell he was too busy pretending he was running a teevee studio a couple of months back and look at the whirlwind success that one turned out to be. Not saying I called it at the time but, hey, I called it at the time. I think if and when GT5 comes out it’ll be adequate but nothing special. Anything new like weather or damage or whatever will be half arsed if that. PD are playing way too much catchup at this stage in the game to pull a rabbit out the hat.
All PD have ever done is very nice looking car models and tasty physics. Now they’re messing about with crap like collision physics and damage models and I’m beginning to wonder if they haven’t bitten off a bit more than they can chew. I think come march 2012 or whenever this dinosaur finally rolls off the shelves most of the cars and tracks will be premium downloadable content cos that’s what floats Sony’s boat these days and the game itself will be graphically next-gen compared to GT4 but that’s about it.
I’ll still buy it, if and when. Cos that’s enough for me but if anything else comes out in the meantime that’s worth playing (fingers crossed) I might not bother.
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September 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pm - #Chris
5 Years In Development 5 Times better Than Forza ;)
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September 25th, 2009 at 12:32 pm - #JDigital
PD = LAME
Plain and simple… Sony is following closely in suit, maybe Sony execs should go slap some heads at PD and get this title out already…
Hire more people, change the management, ban Kaz from jetting around the world doing shows and shit…
Make something happen already…
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September 25th, 2009 at 11:47 am - #Kingpin
Very sad what happend to us at the moment, BUT it will be better for us, in fact a better game ! 6 months guys, life goes on !
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LOL, we should send this whole comment list to Mr.Yamauchi and see what he thinks about wasting 6 more months on his bonsai tree, instead of GT5.
And then you wonder why PD isn’t going to make more money than Forza (or should I say Fauxza). It’s an entirely more superior game than Forza, yet they seem scared they won’t beat it. THEY’RE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, WHO CARES, JUST GET THE PS3 PEOPLE TO BUY GT5. So instead of selling and making buckets of cash on Christmas, they’re gonna bomb it in March. WHO THE HELL BUYS GAMES IN MARCH?!?! St.Patricks day people?