GT5′s NASCAR Cars Get “Smashed Into Little Pieces”

Gran Turismo 5 April 30th, 2010 by Jordan

In an interview with Japanese show “Love Cars!”, Yamauchi hinted at updates to GT5‘s damage modeling:

“In GT5, NASCAR cars will able to smash into little pieces – some the size of a bolt.”

This sounds like a significant progression from what we’ve seen on the WRC cars so far, and it actually isn’t the first time he has mentioned a more violent damage model. He also states he will be able to reveal the release date of the game “soon” (presumably at E3 in June). The problem is that this interview is on video, so we can’t rely on bungled Google translations to see if there’s any other tidbits that we might be missing. You can see the full unedited clip right here, so if you speak Japanese, please check it out and let me know if you hear anything else of interest.

Thanks to Denur for the tip, and Famine for the clarified translation above!

UPDATE: Although we are still waiting for a trusted source to confirm the complete contents of this interview, some have cast doubt regarding the reliability of Yamauchi’s quote above. Until we have confirmation otherwise, it’s best to assume this was never actually said.

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May 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 am - #

Dim

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH bolts & nuts …

now, can we have a release date please before WE go nuts?
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 am - #

Ner0_sol03

Is there another link I cAn watch this video ??? Or is it already on YouTube?
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:25 am - #

Bernd

@J.P.- Totally agree. PD would be dumb to show every detail that long before they release the finished game, so other developers can copy it. I bet, GT5 will be jawdropping in every aspect. It’s coming – soon !!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 pm - #

Denz

None of this is true.
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 am - #

JayKayEm

Does Sony have an English speaking PR department or are we struggling to de-code some japanese? Sony PR = Joke.
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:37 am - #

Big Ron

“though,there is a possibility that I failed to hear”

There is no fact in the video, so you cannot hear it ;)
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:21 am - #

esegk

Please tell me when(what time of this video) he referred about NASCAR (and its damage)
I heard whole of it, but couldn’t find.
though,there is a possibility that I failed to hear….
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:26 am - #

JesseDeya

So Japanese speakers have confirmed this is in fact not a correct translation. Shame.

Jordan, might I suggest you quickly update the article before this becomes yet another joke against GT5?
May 2nd, 2010 at 7:39 am - #

tvensky

lol, GT5 will get worse for alot of people, some will read, “ohh, smashed into little pieces” and when you see it it will be like a WRC joke damage :) hope not!
May 2nd, 2010 at 5:59 am - #

Big Ron

I am wondering, where this news or information come from, while some Japanese user here can not find any sentence about Nascar or damage model in the video?

I think, this news is just a false translation like some translations ago and end up in an untrue rumor
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:08 am - #

J.P

@CeeJay, you’re such a dick!!! The reason we haven’t seen these features is because if they gave away all of the features of the game already, there’d be no suprises when it gets released!! There’s so many dense people posting on here…
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:33 am - #

DomoChan

Lol, somebody got self owned…. took one REAL japanese to stuff a mouth
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:28 am - #

esegk

@Dom
I am Japanese,
but I couldn’t confirm,couldn’t find

When he referred about NASCAR??
May 1st, 2010 at 11:54 pm - #

ElieTheBear

HARD TO NOT FOLLOW THIS GAME EVEN IF THERE IS NOTHING TO FOLLOW
May 1st, 2010 at 10:27 pm - #

Geo_212

@UCLA’09

I saw that race, too, it was quite incredible when that guy slingshot past the guy in first place to win! Also, my uncle hates #48 (the Lowe’s guy), so I hope he’s in the game so I can “accidentally” smash him into the wall. Haha
May 1st, 2010 at 9:12 pm - #

Hernan

meh, more words….
May 1st, 2010 at 9:05 pm - #

CeeJay

GT5 is the greatest racing game EVER… in words and theory. Every video of GT5 we’ve seen has NONE of the features that people are talking about (real damage, weather, day/night). Why in the world should I believe this stuff after all of these years? Show it, dang it! >_< ugh. E3 cannot come soon enough!
May 1st, 2010 at 8:12 pm - #

CCJ

quote

My other friend who knows japanese talking with me to translate it..He translate abit and he continues

-well so far their discussing how they are translating the physics of the real cars to the game this time

-well to be more precise their talking about traction & body roll
their —now saying how the ps3 is the only console that can run the physics and even a good PC would struggle

-now about efficent streamning of the physics data using the consoles cels and also how it would work over the internet

-going into more detail their explaining that with the improving broadband they are able to allow more & more players to race each other.

-They say that their have been problems with wall bouncing & spinning other drivers out in prologue and this will be addressed for sure by the time of release
May 1st, 2010 at 8:02 pm - #

Pedro Couto e Santos

This has become utterly ridiculous. Seriously… are we hanging on to every little bit of mis-translated information while we endlessly wait for a game that should have come out years ago?

Either Yamauchi has OCD and simply cannot let go of the game until it’s perfect, which… let’s face it, it will never be, because perfection is unattainable or Sony is being inconceivably greedy in waiting for the absolute best time to release this and sell an a**-load of consoles.

Either way, we’re being treated like Pavlov’s dog, fer chrissakes.
May 1st, 2010 at 6:39 pm - #

blackjack

Awww, thanks for the positive feedback people, through this “extended” waiting period, any chance to have a laugh is most appreciated IMO. Knowing that there’s like minded fans out there with a sense of humor makes the waiting less banal.