GT5 Nürburgring GP Demo Introduces “Tire Grip” Penalties
Peter Lyon, a MotorTrend editor who will be joining teammate Kazunori Yamauchi for this weekend’s 24 Hours Nurburgring race, was first to try out the latest demo including the Nurburgring GP circuit and described it as “simply stunning”. His most notable observation, though, was that of a new penalty system:
“New features of the game include a tyre grip penalty which temporarily reduces grip if you go off the track and onto the grass or into the gravel. It takes around three to four corners to retain full grip again. Drivers will also feel like they are in the hot seat when they crash into a guard rail and sparks fly.”
This is excellent news, as the new system sounds much like what happens in real life when tires lose grip after picking up dirt and debris off-track. Several new screenshots have also been released, which I have included below. As always, I’ll post the full 8 or 18-megapixel images in a new post when they are all available.
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May 16th, 2010 at 12:31 pm - #fade006
4 New gameplay footage from Gran Turismo 5 Nürburgring Nordschleife full lap and much moor.
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May 16th, 2010 at 12:05 pm - #fade006
GamePlay of this demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3kV1YJtLoA&feature=player_embedded#! -
May 15th, 2010 at 3:57 pm - #tvensky
I HOPE THIS IS TRUE! << caps lock I know! ;)
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May 15th, 2010 at 11:45 am - #greenhell
Look what I’ve found on YT!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WIBo1gULh0&feature=player_embedded
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May 15th, 2010 at 5:33 am - #lado
i hope that they also add the dirt on the cars from gras or sparks and crud from the track.
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May 15th, 2010 at 5:01 am - #GTP_Hun
@Jordan: Sorry but this is not new, what you call tyre grip penalty already exists in GT5P (although maybe it doesn’t last three or four corners to regain the usual amount of grip, I’d say 1 or 2). Try this: leave the track to the sand trap in Suzuka corner 2 and then try to do the “esses” at your usual speed. You’ll go off again.
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May 14th, 2010 at 10:43 pm - #Mr. Premium
@Bogie 19th: What! Permanent damage? Maybe on soft compound racing slicks, but most tires wouldn’t be damaged that easily.
Then there’s grass; grass wouldn’t damage even slicks! Grass and the dirt beneath it is often softer than any tire in existence; that’s why you’ll notice grass getting crushed into grooves when you drive on it.
Sure there are variables, but it’s completely unreasonable to expect significant grip loss permanently after one off. Even one or two small nicks wouldn’t noticably affect tire performance.
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May 14th, 2010 at 8:45 pm - #GT_PRO
no need to get excited…why do i have a feeling gt5 will look worse or have less cars on track coz of the sheer amount of detail they have put in EVERYTHING ELSE !!!
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May 14th, 2010 at 8:07 pm - #Steady_Dave_2JZ
There seem to be a lot of people saying that this feature was in GT5P.
If you look a few posts up I said it wasn’t as I thought this was the case and still do however seeing as so many people are saying this i’m going to give it a go as soon as i’m at a PS3. I’m not 100% sure i’m right and will be the first to hold me hands up if i’m wrong
I could be wrong completely wrong in my thinking, lol, so will test it out.
On another thought though, I wouldn’t take the words “3-4 corners” literally. I think he just means it takes a while for the tires to get back to normal, and not straight away on not 1 lap, just a reasonable amount of time. Don’t think there will be a program in the game counting 3 or 4 corners until it allows the player to have full grip again, lol.
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May 14th, 2010 at 6:01 pm - #cuco33
Pics look amazing even if straight out of photo mode unedited! I’m not sure about the tire grip penalty. I didn’t notice it in GT5P but its been awhile since I played it at a buddy’s. Depends really but I’ll reserve judgment when I have my own copy to do as I please.
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May 14th, 2010 at 5:29 pm - #noname
BTH, if you lie now… nothing new with the penalty. It WAS present in gt5p . No doubt, jordan, you should know ;) test it :-)
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May 14th, 2010 at 5:08 pm - #BTH-Giotto
Tomorrow around 12 o´clock I will be there to try the demo. Cam is in the car.
I will upload it then.Nice pics, I hope it´s really so good as is written above.
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May 14th, 2010 at 5:02 pm - #Bogie 19th
“3-4 corners sound a bit long to retain the full grip again.”
Well, in real life, many times you have permanent tire damage, and grip is never the same. So it’s more realistic to be 3-4 then less.
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May 14th, 2010 at 4:03 pm - #FORZA_SUCKS
knock the dust off those tires. 10-4 lol
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May 14th, 2010 at 2:40 pm - #Ben Comana
Jordan, do a control acceleration test. The go off into the grass and do it again, you will notice a difference.
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May 14th, 2010 at 2:19 pm - #HAAS599
In GT5:P, I believe your tire do in fact lose performance after going off track. I think the loss of grip is due to loss of tire temperature after going off track.
In GT5, it sounds like your tires will lose temperature and act like grass or dirt is stuck to them which take more time to wear off to get back to maximum grip.
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May 14th, 2010 at 2:16 pm - #iucidium
so which intrepid person is going o the ‘ring to film shizzle??
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May 14th, 2010 at 2:14 pm - #Maz (GTP_Synwraith)
Agreed, I have always noticed the tyre grip reduction in prologue after a trip onto the gravel etc, this isn’t anything new.
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May 14th, 2010 at 1:34 pm - #Timppaq
Nothing new here.. has been always in prologue. Or as long as I can remember.. :D But the pics look great :tup: Hope to see some real news at E3. ;)
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I guess everyone gets it wrong sometimes. Loss of grip after an off road excursion was in GT5P from day one, as everyone as pointed out.