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 23rd, 2011 at 9:04 pm - #gd224
Yea, but it will be harder!
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August 17th, 2011 at 7:54 am - #Caldas
I just don’t understand what’s taking them so long to comeout with the update, previous games had this option I jus don’t understand how these smart guys can’t come out with it faster!
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August 8th, 2011 at 6:20 pm - #Cwlockhart5150
This is all I need to finish the endurance races. Leavin the system on for a week on the psx may have been no big deal. But the ps3……..
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August 8th, 2011 at 12:04 am - #Jon64½
I’m not sure if this has already been stated but, it shouldn’t be too hard to implement this feature because technically, if you can pause the game in the middle of an endurance race, aren’t you in a way saving it? If you can pause the race all of that information is being stored at least in RAM until you un-pause it right? So why is it so complicated to write that information to the hard disk? I’m sure there’s way more too it than that but it seems like it’s taking longer than it should to make this happen is all I’m saying. I don’t really care either way though honestly. I suppose it would be nice when I eventually get around to doing those races.
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August 7th, 2011 at 7:06 pm - #doodooshorts
this site is more informative than granturismo.com…..PD really needs to get their crap together. i would be embarrassed if another site had more info than i did even on my own product.
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August 12th, 2011 at 8:22 am - #D X S O
Absolutely right.
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August 6th, 2011 at 10:07 am - #Gt5 nut
Tubers
I just meant I hope they won’t be too long with it
And your comment didn’t even make sense
“not it doesn’t”
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August 4th, 2011 at 9:53 am - #Gt5 nut
I want this so much
I hope ‘under development’ means almost finished-
August 6th, 2011 at 7:48 am - #Tubers93
Not it doesn’t, it means “In Progress”
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August 4th, 2011 at 6:51 am - #Zoot
I’d say it was probably deleted to avoid the big time royal clusterfark flame war that follows simular comments lately. Won’t be surprised if this goes bye bye as well. Can’t say has i’d blame the admins either. Always seems to end up childish, messy, and filling half the page, yet nobody ever wins.
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August 4th, 2011 at 6:52 am - #Zoot
Ment for Sam above. ^^ Sorry
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August 4th, 2011 at 4:36 am - #Sam
Am I dreaming or did someone erase my post? Truth hurts that much ?
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August 4th, 2011 at 5:03 am - #________
Your dreaming. WAKE THE #$%& UP! Your late.
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August 4th, 2011 at 5:10 am - #666
More often than not, it’s not what is said that gets it deleted, but how it’s said………
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August 4th, 2011 at 6:30 am - #Sam
666-> True. But I don’t think I was insulting… Just saying that GT5 is an unfinished game with a messy framerate and a total lack of vision.
The way Yamauchi treats the GT community is a real shame: that man should quit gaming…
9 months and still no new car/track?! Worse: no real information on what’s coming next…. how can you people not see it’s condescending ?
One day, we ll learn how messy GT5 development was, with bad choices from the very start (remember Yamauchi saying he wanted the player to be able to drive in some kind of open world… well i wouldn’t be surpised to learn that they tried to do it…and gave up in front of huge obstacles.
Seriously there is nothing in GT5 that justifies 5 years of development… The framerate ruins the graphics and resolution efforts. what’s the use of being fullhd if the framerate is so messy? what is the benefit of a 60fps engine if it keeps tearing and fluctuating between 46 and 55? The visual confort is ruined. You can love GT5 and PD ….but you have to admit these facts.The rain effect is so bad (look at F1 championship to see what a nice rain effect is…), man: even the tune shop menu (with one and only car turning around) has tearing!
And m only talking about technical flaws (bad framerate is unforgivable)… don’t get me started on game mechanics (where is the “vision” yamauchi talks about all the time? all I see is a 5 years old mechanics with the slowest menus ever in videogames…Soon, Forza will beat GT just like Fifa beat PES: and that will be because of a blind community who is not vocal enough.
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August 4th, 2011 at 8:41 pm - #CorporateHammer
Wow, glass half empty over here.
Obviously you have been trying to play a driving simulator without a wheel. That’s too bad as you might just maybe see the brilliance GT5 has to offer. On a side note F1 2010 is not running in native 1080p and well someone rating a game based on DLC….. LMAO
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August 5th, 2011 at 6:30 pm - #Sam
Corporatehammer-> I have 3 wheels at home…and a wheel stand pro. I ve been playing Gt on wheels since the first one… Almost never played with a gamepad… And what does it have to do with my complaints btw? You think I don’t know GT5 offers the best driving feeling and car physics ever (except maybe some simulators on PC)? But is it a good reason to neglect everyting else? To release n unfinished, untested game? To note provide anything REALLY new in 9 months?
Asfor the DLC: it just shows how PD is condescending with its community…and their (mis)communication is the worst part.
Come on! Even GTplanet had to do a massive survey to centralize and prioritize the complaints! I had never seen this before! Are you THAT blind?
Anyway: GT5 still offers moments of pure magic (Lambo at night in Italy….arg!!!)…but it’s far from enough.
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August 4th, 2011 at 12:59 am - #Jtardex
And they certainly wouldn’t do it over the PSN. That’s like calling the bank to tell them your coming to rob them, posing for the security cams holding the money, then offering to let the bank manager have a copy of you photo id….stupid troll. lol.
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August 3rd, 2011 at 11:01 pm - #SpreadVirus
I’m actually willing to complete both 24 hours events, maybe 1 in 3 or 4 days and the other (probably the epic Nürburgring) in a whole day. I know it sounds insane, but that’s what the 24 hours endurances are meant for; and to those wondering, I’m pretty aware that it will be ferocious to do it alone. So I’m counting on my little 12 years old brother, several coke cans, a dozen of oversized pizzas, a (very) good excuse to my mother and a lot of patience and luck. Very great picture by WeShallNeverStop, pretty professional take. Audi rules!!!
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August 3rd, 2011 at 10:43 pm - #Jtimex
From my previous statement i just wanna say that i didnt really expect any of you to believe as this is the internet
Add me on playstation network if you are actually interested: Jtimex.
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August 4th, 2011 at 12:53 am - #Facepalm
You do realize PD pays very close attention to this site, and therefore no PD employee is going to come here, announce themselves as a PD employee, and offer to leak information, don’t you?
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August 4th, 2011 at 1:00 am - #Jtardex
Uhhh, and they certainly wouldn’t do it over the PSN. That’s like calling the bank to tell them your coming to rob them, posing for the security cams holding the money, then offering to let the bank manager have a copy of you photo id….stupid troll. lol.
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August 4th, 2011 at 1:10 am - #You FAIL
They wouldn’t go arround posting “first” in the other articles either. (and failing at that also) (ROFL)
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August 3rd, 2011 at 6:58 pm - #euros only
“Mid-Race” sounds like we would have to do half the race before being able to save. How is that going to be of any help when we have to do it for 12 hours straight before being able to save?
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August 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm - #Gt player who gets out & pushes
That’s great but will they do it as they have said it multiple times just think about it
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August 3rd, 2011 at 1:47 pm - #j8mie
Until this feature has been put in place I will not be playing GT5 again. I really need those endurance races and have no intention to leave my PS3 on for a solid 24hrs.
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August 6th, 2011 at 10:13 am - #Gt5 nut
Yeah, I completely agree
In my opinion they should never have released the game without this feature and all their manpower should be going into making in race saves possible
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August 3rd, 2011 at 9:08 am - #Madman2k10+1
GTR2 any one?
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August 3rd, 2011 at 10:51 am - #Chad
You can save enduros on GTR2 at any time, including the “super complicated” task of remembering exact car positions, with grids of 30 or more cars, with awesome physics, day night transitions, incredibly competitive AI, etc…
But, as much as I love GTR2 and other PC offerings, this is GT5 we are talking about… A world where a guy called Kazunori turns any simple thing into an incredibly time consuming and complicated process, especially being able to put priorities in the right order… Thus, clothes and helmets first…
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August 3rd, 2011 at 10:53 am - #Chad
“First” in this guy’s mind means over 8 months after the game was released, that is.
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August 3rd, 2011 at 5:13 am - #gast1976
Yes what can we have for the next update ????
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August 2nd, 2011 at 9:54 pm - #Amac500
How if only we could actually make enduros competitive. Add Prototype and GT classes at Le Mans and Nurburg perhaps.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 7:28 pm - #smelly bullcrap pile
Could you please let us all in on “what it would be”? That would be the best thing you could do for the community. You might just save numerable lives by halting GT5 suicides
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August 2nd, 2011 at 8:56 pm - #Denz
LOL
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August 2nd, 2011 at 5:28 pm - #Jtimex
I know what kaz is planning on the dlc, i work on poliphony digital as an engineer but im aware about the new things that kaz wants implemented in upcoming updates and patches, reply me if you wanna know what it would be, for now im pretty sure the next update with some cool features ill be released around august 28.
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August 2nd, 2011 at 6:10 pm - #strikey182
*sniff sniff* huh.. whats that smell?
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August 2nd, 2011 at 7:45 pm - #CorporateHammer
Smells like the Internet LOL
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August 3rd, 2011 at 5:04 pm - #º_º
Kaz just fired him for incorrectly spelling the company name…………..
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August 3rd, 2011 at 5:14 pm - #º_º
I know this beacause I work there has a file cabinet and all the important papers get stored in my pants, including Kaz’s awnser to the meaning of life, and Kaz’s design diagrams for an organically propelled single rotating disc transportation unit. Reply if you gullible and want to know more.
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It is good to know that this feature is confirmed to be coming and I am happy for it :) I think PD should also change the AI of the INDY 500 race to Formula GT cars rather than Le Mans prototypes since the FGT cars are closer to the real life indy cars