Kazunori Yamauchi Hopes to Achieve “Human Drama” in Next Gran Turismo
Last week, Kazunori Yamauchi joined the European GT Academy finalists at Race Camp and spoke with them, answering some of their questions.
A video of his session with the UK and Ireland finalists has hit the web, which you can see above.
The question that prompted the most interesting response was asked by GTPlanet user and finalist Des Foley (Dessy182), who wanted to know what the next “big step” would be for the Gran Turismo series:
“The next step is exactly what you are experiencing here at GT Academy. Racing is a human drama and I would like to achieve that in the next game.”
Although his answer is classically ambiguous, it likely hints at an evolution of the online and social aspects that were first introduced in the series with Gran Turismo 5. How that will translate into specific features, of course, remains to be seen.
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October 6th, 2012 at 2:22 pm - #SWERV_GRIFFIN
IRacing is very realistic in ONE way, the method in which iRacing drains your wallet of funds for absolutely EVERYTHING that you do in it, is very like real racing. The quality of iRacing’s graphics are very reminiscent of the finest PS2 technology. Hello 5 years ago………
In all fairness, they do have some advantages in the organization of racing, but they are still very controlling. A racer has no doubt who is in control of all things, iRacing tells you who to race with, charges you peanlties if someone else hits you.Etc, Etc.
If it works for you, I urge you to gravitate toward that, instead of trying to evangelize and “convert ” all the GT players to your “new doctrine”..
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October 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 pm - #jdmfn
raise the quality of the standard cars
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September 30th, 2012 at 4:57 pm - #JDMLOVER
Screw all that. Just focus on making up for the shortcomings of GT5. Better sounds, more raw feeling when driving, more camera choices. Just a better looking, better sounding, and feeling racing experience should really be the focus.
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September 28th, 2012 at 2:19 pm - #HarVee
I think what Kazunori means by this when he said it, is that he would like to achieve how real humans react when in a real race car. So basically, The other racers on the track with you, could also become angry at you cutting them off or shunting them, and potentially do the same back to you.
If done correctly, it could make the AI potentially act more realistically and act like as if it were a real human being driving those computer controlled cars.
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September 24th, 2012 at 4:16 pm - #rocketlauncher5
I just hope it’s not like shift 2′s human drama…
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September 22nd, 2012 at 6:59 pm - #mef
this head line makes me laugh every time I go to GTP and see it on the side bar. Yes Kaz, GT5 is human drama indeed but for different reasons you think
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September 18th, 2012 at 8:30 am - #ProjectVRD
Sounds like GT6 will be more orientated for online racing. This could include:
Better use of custom tracks (voting, uploading, sorting)
Online leagues and events
Perhaps a microphone/mic with every copy of the game
Race against other people’s ghost times
Permanent Damage if severe enough
Maybe team capabilities in Rally (Driver + Navigator)
Pit Crew issues
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September 17th, 2012 at 2:09 am - #TOUGE_MONSTER
in game online championships and leagues would be cool
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September 15th, 2012 at 2:49 pm - #steve30x
He already has Human Drama on GTPlanet with GT5.
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September 22nd, 2012 at 7:00 pm - #mef
exactly. story of missed opportunities and missed promises. Not hating, just saying. Kaz is a comedian
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September 14th, 2012 at 7:20 pm - #GT5HAMMERMAN
I hope He means real life car damage, more intense racing experiences, Ai’s that actually try 2 beat u in the races and ALOT more CARS RACING on the TRACKS……. I hope up to 72 cars !!! that would be a huge GAME CHANGER!!!!!!
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September 9th, 2012 at 8:15 pm - #e30 freek
Does he mean that if a player crashes into the back of your Miura your player will get out and teach the other guy a lesson in physical abuse
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September 28th, 2012 at 2:13 pm - #HarVee
Haha. “Grand Theft Auto: Gran Turismo Edition”
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September 3rd, 2012 at 10:48 am - #slidinsidewayz
pay for damages….
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September 3rd, 2012 at 10:47 am - #slidinsidewayz
well if they were to do that then it’ll be alot better because personally i belive it’ll force alot of these ignorant drivers to stop ramming people and actually start racing the right way… after all it is the real racing simulator… most of these immature people just join lobbies, get a really fast car and speed around the track slamming into people but if they did this they woun’t have any cars left to do so with.. thus for in the long run, weeding out the good racers from the bad…
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September 1st, 2012 at 9:25 pm - #ICEYOU
Does he mean by adding a more story esque campaign mode.
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September 1st, 2012 at 11:05 am - #Roger the Horse
Gran Turismo 6 pits you as young racing driver Elisabeth Elevan, as you attempt to infiltrate the North Korean state racing team and find out what the isolationist state is really up to, only to discover something truly shocking.
‘It’s all just a joke.’ Elisabeth can not believe anyone as she attempts to become the most successful racing driver in the world, but is she really that good, or are her suspiciously bad opponents only a set up to make her believe that she is better than she really is, and when the martians invade, will she be able to defeat them?
That’s drama isn’t it?
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September 3rd, 2012 at 9:01 am - #Jareski
You sir, should be the head of The dev team!! I’d play that!
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August 31st, 2012 at 9:30 pm - #Guildenstern
If I wan’t Human Drama I’ll go live the REST OF MY LIFE! I play GT5 to play race car. If I wanted a damn social interactive people thing I’d play iRacing, If I wanted some kind of crappy “storyline” I’d play F-1 or some crap.
I just want to get in my virtual hot-wheels cars and go for a race, not to pretend I’m a super duper racecar driver, not to socially interact and measure my self up against others, I just want to go play racecar!.
Make better race classifications (so I can make my car competitive as opposed to way overkill or way under-kill) , make an offline event creator so I can do things like Spec Miata and other CLASS related events on MORE TRACKS, and Bring back the damn qualifying!
Oh yea and Tire Pressure, the most Basic and Fundamental car setup control. Get that in there already.
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September 1st, 2012 at 2:08 pm - #MeanElf
I think watching the vid above, it’s clear he’s talking about precisely that sort of thing – making the experience more like the GT Academy and less like an easy competition.
I don’t really get where people are thinking this is going to be story based – that’s more the area for Codemasters to exploit.
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August 31st, 2012 at 9:14 pm - #driftking9
I would definetly love to see some drama, crashing your car and having no money to repairing it, that would be a great idea!
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August 31st, 2012 at 9:32 pm - #Guildenstern
I used to play Need for Speed 4, having to pay to fix your car really stinks.
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September 2nd, 2012 at 8:39 am - #MeanElf
Birds of Steel uses this, you need to pay for repairs to your aircraft after online combat missions. It fixes itself after six hours for free, so the feature’s only there to encourage people to use other aircraft in the meantime.
The feature in BoS caused some controversy but works well – it might not be a bad idea in GT6 therefore, making people use other cars instead of their go-to beast.
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August 31st, 2012 at 3:55 am - #TokoTurismo
Are we going to have a new GT Life mode that’s a open city world to use this “human drama” thing with, along with other features?
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August 30th, 2012 at 2:00 pm - #HaylRayzor
It’s completely irrelevant what other games are doing. All that matters is reality. What matters is making GT6 the most realistic RACING simulator. Racing isn’t just driving the car. Hopefully his real world experience with racing will lead to a more complete racing experience in GT6.
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August 30th, 2012 at 7:16 am - #nurburgring
The best for me will be if they do organize online racing (real people, no AI) events the same way they they do with the time trial or drift events.
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So why is fallowing this series like trying to decipher the Da vinci code? … why is all the information on upcoming content always from vague statements like this … or from ongoing online rumors? why the secrecy to begin with?
try iRacing, the human drama is already there… its called racing.. the one thing GT5 fails at IMO… but it could be great, just not without realistic crashing, consequences and dedicated servers… I’m assuming, rather guessing this is what he’s talking about but who the hell knows… all I know is that when I look at gt planet i get rumors, on iracing I get exactly what’s going to come out for the foreseeable future, there are no secrets…. I know the Lotus 49 is coming out soon, a few new tracks… with about a dozen others in development, I know about the contracts with new car manufacturers… I pretty much know everything they are and are NOT working on….. gt5 …. gt6 even? .. not so much.