Gran Turismo 5 Mid-Race Saves “Under Development”
Kazunori Yamauchi is back in action on Twitter today, re-confirming one of the most-asked-for features in Gran Turismo 5 is still “under development”. Via Google Translator:
Saving [in] the middle of the race is under development.
Being able to pause, save, and resume a race at a later time has been on player’s wish-lists since the series first introduced endurance events. Sure enough, not long after the launch of GTPlanet’s Feedback Forum – where the community can vote on what features they’d like to see implemented or changed in GT5 - “In Race Saves” quickly jumped to the top, having now received well over 9,000 votes.
However, as is usual, it is still unknown when such an option will become available. While this isn’t the first time Kazunori has mentioned in-race saves, this should provide re-assurance for those of you who are so eagerly awaiting the feature.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 11:57 am - #sumbrownkid
Wow that picture really fooled me into thinking it’s the real deal.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 8:04 am - #Vin1021
Oh,c’mon! Really?!? Do you guys honestly think we’re going to see any updates of real importance anytime soon? One thing Yamauchi is great at is bs’ing. I can’t believe we have not seen any new cars added to the lineup yet. Last year there were talks of having 10,000 cars at our disposal. There were cars like John Shepherd’s 7 second drag Eagle Talon, Buschur Racing’s time attack EVO, and a long list of other high powered tuner cars. Don’t get me wrong, these cars would be more for the “wow” factor than anything else. Lets be honest,not much you can do on a track with a 1,300whp AWD 1st gen DSM other than some sick launches and insane wheelspin but it would have been pretty cool to play around with.
Someone also had mentioned that Polyphony was toying with the idea of giving gamers the ability to have their own vehicles featured in the game for a fee. Sounded like BS at the time but I figured hey,it’s 2011. Who knows what they are cooking up. -
August 2nd, 2011 at 2:59 am - #Praggia
They should bring back the GT2 feature where you could skip to specific laps in a replay not forward/rewind.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 2:43 am - #Sy
What about being able to fast forward/rewind a replay!?
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August 2nd, 2011 at 12:02 am - #Jtimex
No way… How many votes it haves again?
Its over 9000!
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August 1st, 2011 at 7:54 pm - #Positive Lock
This well definitely help tor the endurance races. Though personally I could care less if it allows you to do other races in between. The whiole concept of the GT series is to be a real racing simulator. This is coming from a person that has spent months and years saving to put together a racing cockpit (so glad I have it now). That is just my opinion though
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August 1st, 2011 at 11:59 pm - #Bu++ers
A very well stated opinion. And with all that time you spent to make a racing cockpit, you now use GT5 for what it’s meant to be used for – racing!
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August 1st, 2011 at 7:32 pm - #ICEYOU
Don’t forget Japan is sinking, so the best thing for PD to do is move out of Japan and come to america.
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August 1st, 2011 at 10:20 pm - #CorporateHammer
LOL on a light hearted note, America is also sinking and not from nature. I highly doubt any company wants to enter a country drowning in debt and illegal aliens.
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August 1st, 2011 at 7:25 pm - #Foxiol
Very nice. I´m still waiting to finish only 24hs races in the game.
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August 1st, 2011 at 6:38 pm - #Snakecla
Can i have new engine sound..,gt500 sound Are orribile!graphic is ok bat sound engine no.sorry bat i’m italian boy.
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August 1st, 2011 at 5:41 pm - #Nappa
Vegeta, what does the scouter say about how many votes it got?
ITS OVER 9000!!!-
August 1st, 2011 at 11:57 pm - #Bu++ers
hahahahaha
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August 1st, 2011 at 5:24 pm - #trdscionxb2
I hope it is soon, I don’t know about everybody else, but I can’t race 24 hours & my ps3 is too old to be on for 24 hours.
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August 1st, 2011 at 4:42 pm - #TGR_Kefran
I thinks it will be too late: Carreer mode adjustments are something that should be available soon enough after the game release.
It will soon be one year that the game has been released. The carreer mode is what it is.
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August 1st, 2011 at 1:22 pm - #nascarfan
if kaz is really gonna do this then, psn will have to put a update for a “in-game save file” for gt5.
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August 1st, 2011 at 12:27 pm - #Peperisi
I guarantee 1 of the updates would upgrade some cars to premium, if you look at the used cars dealership they all have an S which stands for standard, so why would they put that if you can only found S cars…? Huh
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August 1st, 2011 at 12:40 pm - #Tesla99
Im pretty sure it has been like since in the UCD since launch…
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August 1st, 2011 at 7:33 pm - #Bubblelly542
@Peperisi I bet they do that to fool stupid people like you.
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August 1st, 2011 at 11:56 pm - #Bu++ers
Tesla99 is right. But I believe a lot of the OCD cars will be made premium because a lot of them in the past OCD updates have been what people consider to be classics and the Veyron. Kaz said when the game was released that PD was going to upgrade some standards to premium because of some classics that should be premium.
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August 1st, 2011 at 12:10 pm - #GTP_Jump_Ace
I can understand this being popular, but what we really need is to have PD take out these uber-long Enduros. Do I actually get better by lapping the AI 40 times? No, and it would be no different than me just turning laps for fun on my own to concentrate consistency or try different driving lines, or see if I can race for X hours in a row.
We need more tracks, returning classic tracks and a better replay system, these are FAR more important that this.
Jerome
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August 1st, 2011 at 1:52 pm - #AnPrionsaBeag
A1+.
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August 1st, 2011 at 11:52 am - #denjel
The only thing i really need is to be able to save at least 3 setups per car!
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August 1st, 2011 at 11:49 am - #MilkMan
How hard can it be…
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August 2nd, 2011 at 1:43 am - #º
Depends on it’s atomic makeup, and how you temper it.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 5:08 am - #strikey182
DON’T SAY THAT!
I read that in Clarksons voice, whether you intentionally meant it as a topgear quote or not, so i had to reply hammond style-eee :D
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August 11th, 2011 at 10:51 am - #Driver’s Driver
When you say that, it will be hard!
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August 1st, 2011 at 7:47 am - #tabofu
Good, as long as your just saying…
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August 1st, 2011 at 11:54 pm - #Bu++ers
hahaha i didn’t expect someone to say this and with a rhyming name. 10 points to Gryfindor!
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August 1st, 2011 at 6:38 am - #jabofu
Something that should be in the game from day one. Just saying.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 11:52 pm - #MoLieG
Amen
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I’ve completed the le mans 24 hours on a and b spec but really don’t want to put my poor ps3 and eyes through 24 hours + of the green hell. Hope this update is soon. Hope they have been working on standards to premium, more tracks and more visible tuning/personalisation available for the cars.
Looking forward to what’s in store for us!