TGS Interviews: Yamauchi Talks Standard Cars, Damage, GT6 & More
The first batch of Kazunori Yamauchi interviews are finally getting published from last week’s Tokyo Game Show 2010! Here’s a translated transcript of GameBlog’s video interview above, kindly provided by our own RoadRunner99:
[GameBlog Fr] What are the reasons you are made to postpone the date of Gran Turismo 5 release many times?
[KY] For the West, we never announce a date. So the things have followed their course as it was scheduled. And of course, is always the same thing: I always want to continue working on it, but people around me stop me! It must stop at some point or another.[GameBlog Fr] Are you really satisfied now? or you still want to do more?
[KY] I always want to do more, of course.
[GameBlog Fr] You mentioned the concept of premium cars. can you tell us more?
[KY] Standard cars are actually cars from previous games in the series. We had less work to convert them to the PS3. They were included to provide a greater variety in the cars. Premium cars however, are like a glimpse of the future of the GT series. Moreover, and we have mentioned before, we may have gone too far into detail on PS3. What we have done is perhaps more appropriate for a future console.[GameBlog Fr] Does that mean that only premium cars will have a damage management ?
[KY] The damage will affect the two types of cars but they “express themselves” differently depending on the type of vehicle. The premium models have a damage model much richer. But all will damage.
[GameBlog Fr] You have presented a new mode, the “special events”. Those will they take the form of appointment on the internet?
[KY] Yes, it’s that![GameBlog Fr] Such as to compete against Sebastien Loeb?
[KY]Yes, quite[GameBlog Fr] How much physics has been reworked in relation to GT5 prologue?
[KY] Characteristics and movements of tires, and suspension have been changed profoundly since the prologue. One could say that this is totally different.[GameBlog Fr] after a well deserved holiday, do you leave immediately on GT6, or do you have other projects in his head?
[KY] I actually enjoy working. So I do not tend to want to take a Holiday. And of course there are still many things I can do for Gran Turismo. This will probably lead me to begin the development of GT6. Whatever happens I can assure you that waiting for GT6 will not be as long as that of Gran Turismo 5.
Peter Lyon – who was one of Yamauchi’s teammates when he competed in the Nurburgring 24 Hours race this year – has also put together an interesting interview as Yamauchi discusses GT‘s relevance to real world racing. It’s a great read, and you can find the full article at MotorTrend. Here’s a brief excerpt:
“It was only when I launched the IS F over the Nurburgring’s numerous jumping spots (in the real race) that I realized the landing areas were not all flat, as I originally thought in the game,” [Yamauchi] says. “Some landing patches are sloped to the left, some to the right. This is just one of the many challenges of the track, and amendments I will make to the game. As I pushed the car around the 15.5-mile track, I also realized that some details were different. Some trees which drivers use for cornering or braking markers were not quite in the right place, while some small buildings need to be adjusted too.”
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September 22nd, 2010 at 2:59 pm - #F.G.
GT5 will not be the king of racing games. Why? Because there’s no such thing you idiot.
Mr Frappy has to be a girl. He HAS to be. I refuse to believe that any male would whinge and whine that much. You behave like a little sulking girl.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm - #ponyhorse
as long as there is an audi r8 with interior view I am happy. like who seriously is going to collect all the cars in this game? its sad how people say there are better racing sims, yet cant even name one. (that is as good looking as gt5 ,almost lagless & realistic)
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September 22nd, 2010 at 1:43 pm - #DarthStig1
Not sure what’s up with the timing of this commenting system?
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September 22nd, 2010 at 1:41 pm - #DarthStig1
I hope the physics are similar to the time trial demo – the way the car behaves on track is wonderful, even though its harder.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm - #Praggia
Hey any idea if we can select our own playlist from music stored on ps3
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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:21 am - #Craigles
3-2-1 argument
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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:20 am - #Craigles
Previous comment was to Lone_Racer
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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:16 am - #Craigles
The fastest production car ever created (although it isn’t anymore because the veyron has been replaced with another veyron) should deffinetly be a premium if a vw camper van is, dont you think?
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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:09 am - #Zero
@ Berlino Bear. No one knows if standards and premiums will be mixed together in the gameplay. But I’m sure they are. I mean y not? Just as someone mentioned before there is a “standard” car in prolouge. The GTR Proto. That car looks almost or just as good as premium cars. Just the black tint give them away. To answer on the physics if u played the TT demo at the start of the year you will know the physics are a notch better and also if you live in the U.S. you can try the E3 demo they have at best buy. Its different then prolouge. It feels more realistic.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 10:59 am - #acevt06
OHh man can this game just come out… im out of cum 8===D
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September 22nd, 2010 at 9:50 am - #j8mie
“Whatever happens I can assure you that waiting for GT6 will not be as long as that of Gran Turismo 5″
Didn’t he say the same thing between GT4 and GT5? ;)
I’m not holding my breath or thinking about GT6 yet. If GT5 lasts me halfway to GT6 release I’ll be a very happy man.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 7:38 am - #Berlino Bear
Anyway… does anyone know for sure if Standard and Premium cars will be seen on the track at the same time? I don’t think I have seen either way on this.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 11:06 am - #occasionalracer
Well that would be a hell of a limitation as to how to play the game. I couldn’t possibly imagine that will be the case. PD would get death threats for a long time.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 7:18 am - #Macgtdesign
Will be MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH CLUTCH in Gran Turismo 5??? It’s the only thing that matter for me now, after all the gourgeous things that was showed. Can anybody answer that question??
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September 22nd, 2010 at 8:46 am - #Paulo
If you are asking will there be clutch support for GT5 with such wheels as the G25 and G27, then YES is the answer, since GT5 Prologue supported this feature =)
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September 22nd, 2010 at 6:47 am - #tvensky
The “mysterious 6 page interview” ^^
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September 22nd, 2010 at 6:19 am - #Woggster
I just pray that the cars in GT5 actually sound like they do in real life!
Also why the hell doesn’t PD use laser scanning technology for their tracks? It would make them so much better & accurate (i thought they wouldve deffinitely been using it).-
September 22nd, 2010 at 6:53 am - #tvensky
There are a hell of more options to scan the surface (not only laser scan) I think PD will do the best they can in this area.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 4:37 am - #Latetzki
It should’ve been Mikko Hirvonen instead of Loeb :D
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September 22nd, 2010 at 4:55 am - #FDM73
who will have 7 world titles and who has non? Mikko is a fast driver and a nice guy but next year he will not stand a change against Ogier, Latvala, Solberg and Loeb.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 4:33 am - #LIVEfromNY
The only thing that really matters at this point is the fact we will be getting our hands on the game in 5 weeks… How about we reserve our judgements until we can play the game?? m’kay??
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September 22nd, 2010 at 4:30 am - #DoctorFouad
GT7 on ps4 would be Unbelievable !!!! with only 512 mo of RAM polyphony achieved 16 cars, 720p-1080p, 60fps, dynamic weather cycle, dynamic day/night cycle, damage, great smoke/dust/particle effects…etc etc etc
with 2 GO (or more) of RAM on ps4 and a graphics card more powerful than the latest geforce/AT cards of taoday (which are at least 10 times fore powerful than the graphics card of ps3)…I cant imagine what polyphony could do !!! Maybe we will get for the first time in history a video game difficult to distinguish from reality(at least in replays)
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September 22nd, 2010 at 2:47 am - #gtone339
Good news for most of us I presume.
But the time for us to wait for GT6 will be after GT5′s release. So during that time we will be on GT5 until kaz announces the date for GT6.
Bring on GT5, november 2, 3 and 4 of 2010.
Racing game of the year. :)
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Hey any idea if we will be able to listen to our own tunes while racing?