Yamauchi on GT5′s Mechanical Damage, Updates, & More
Kazunori Yamauchi has been fielding questions from fans on Twitter over the past few hours. The tweets are in Japanese, but with a little help from Google and medhi_san, we can get a pretty good idea of what he’s talking about. Here’s the highlights:
- Flexible camera angles and “dynamic and wide-area lighting needs” are to blame for the sometimes blocky shadows. Yamauchi admits they are a problem and wants to improve them.
- Yamauchi appears to consider the possibility of removing the in-game HUD (heads-up-display features) at some point in the future.
- To unlock the Red Bull X1, you’ll need to complete the “Sebastian Vettel Challenge”, which appears at Level 30.
- Online “lounge” functionality and other features will be added “one by one”.
- Polyphony Digital continues to work on fully supporting the Logitech G25 and G27, though Yamauchi admits he would like a “new steering device soon”…
- Mechanical damage options will be implemented in a new update for GT5 coming “early December”.
- As you may know, many players noticed that GT5‘s face-tracking functionality only worked in Arcade mode. According to Yamauchi, it’s not available in GT mode due to memory issues with the PS3.
- In-game rewards (such as the monetary prize in GT5 Prologue) for your performance in online events is something Polyphony Digital is considering, and may be implemented in a future update.
- Gran Turismo 5‘s official, 2-disc sound-track will be released soon.
- Yamauchi wanted to implement a “free roam” gameplay mode in GT5, where players could drive around, respecting speed limits and obeying traffic laws, and even exit the car to walk around and explore the environment on foot.
- The YouTube replay upload feature had to be pulled from the final version of the game because it took a very long time to render and it consumed too much memory. Yamauchi is still considering it, however.
As always, it is refreshing and exciting to see Yamauchi’s interactions with fans via Twitter. Let’s hope the medium continues to be a valuable open line into Polyphony Digital as GT5 to evolves!
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December 1st, 2010 at 1:52 pm - #Circuit*star
+1
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December 1st, 2010 at 7:00 am - #twinspark24
These PD and Kaz are insanely dumb
What do you mean online features will be added one by one
Whes is the “invite to lobby” function scheduled for? May 2011?5 years development and you can’t invite people?
You can buy parts in the tuning shop for your current car only and you have to go back 3 menus to select another car, then go back to the tuning shop….
the menus feel like Symbian OS. I hope with the next 10-20 updates (and 4 GBs of HDD space) it gets closer to Android 2.2 :)
There is only one teenage programmer in PD and the rest 99% of employess work on useless car interiors
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December 1st, 2010 at 10:20 am - #Khlad
I agree, its soo slow, plus when u are in the online and playing a match and u want to leave the match and pick another room, you return to gt life when leaving the match.
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December 1st, 2010 at 6:56 am - #Skiddy
All I need is more options (like HUD customization, remember -NFS3?), and some bugs fixed (freezing, and minor stuff)
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December 1st, 2010 at 6:05 am - #Tim
Good to know most of the remaining issues are being fixed , the free roam sounds fun though , it will take a test drive unlimited feel, i do like gt5 even with it is small issues , which in reality they are. I don’t think people saying its worse than forza is not fair , i have got both systems GT5 and Forza both have issues.
every car in forza has dashboard and interior but 90% of the non us racing cars do not have working gauges on the steering wheels because Microsoft wont travel to see them. GT5 may have only 200 premiums but they all have working gauges.
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December 1st, 2010 at 6:14 am - #Schwarzenegger
Yes, and the cockpits in Forza are not nearly as detailed as in GT5. The default view (the only view) in the cockpit is like the ‘narrower’ option in GT5. Also, there is some generic cockpits in there.
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December 1st, 2010 at 4:22 am - #Praggia
Earlier I went on a rant…sorry guys. I love GT5 even with all its little issues. Im just a bit disappointed thats all. The thing i love most is the physics model its just epic. being able to hand the tail of my m5 out going round the Hammerhead takes my breath away every time.
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December 1st, 2010 at 3:36 am - #Daniel Learmouth
Keep the HUD, Yammy.
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December 1st, 2010 at 6:11 am - #Schwarzenegger
If anything, there will be an option to turn it off if you want to drive without the HUD. Many people want that, but I don’t think anyone want the hud removed.
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December 1st, 2010 at 3:32 am - #GT52010
I’m just glad the GT5 was released in November and that we didn’t have to wait till Christmas (as originally reported by some outlets). If the updates and patches fix some of the issues with the game, I can say, without a doubt, that GT5 will earn top praise as the greatest console sim racing game of all time (or at least till the release of GT6). Forget free roam and new options, lets just hope they fix the current issues and we’ll all be happy.
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December 1st, 2010 at 11:42 am - #Naqluz
Amen.
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December 1st, 2010 at 3:14 am - #alucard0712
First time I thought about free roam is when I saw E3 2009 trailer…
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December 1st, 2010 at 2:15 am - #Circuit*star
Right at this moment all I care about is the limited options of “STANDART CARS” at least give us the WHEELS EXCHANGE OPTION. Please anybody that can make this dream come true.
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December 1st, 2010 at 3:19 am - #Praggia
So the shadows during replays are crap. The driver animations are disappointing?? whats up with the driver’s hands constantly grabbing at the paddle shifters?? Personally I think they should just have dropped the animated crowds cos they look stupid and use up way to much resources…same goes for when you compete in a special event and you are presented with your car or park your car all unnecessary. Sounds are pathetic as usual only the Lambos sound decent. The Zonda R is the most powerful car Zonda has ever made and the loudest by far er apparently not in GT5. The sounds in Forza and NFS is 100 times better and i am no fan of those two. And during replays your car is barely audible over the rest of the field.WHY WHY WHY!!! is it so hard to get this right? 5+ yrs we have been waiting for this!!! Weather effects are rubbish too doesnt come close to f1 2010. Night driving is a freaking nightmare? What are the headlights simulating, candles in a jam jar? I can barely see 4 or 5 meters ahead of me in the dark at 300+kph at Le Sarthe I was pissing my pants. And why no bonus for ppl who have prologue save data on their systems? And these updates they “speak” of will it be downloadable via PC as i have no internet at home
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December 1st, 2010 at 4:09 am - #CaliBoy1990
@Circuit*star: I can agree with you on that issue……..I don’t care it how long it takes, as long as PD offers DLC for that, I’d get it. =)
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December 1st, 2010 at 5:47 am - #MAidioPT
WTF @Praggia , yes you are a fanboy of these two games. Here you only complained on Replay, shadows etc. That doesnt matter at all. the physics and engine tune is great, and thats GT all about. and sounds, be happy they fixed it a little. and about night racing. try put more bright ingame. because i can drive 400km/h and i see the road so well…
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December 1st, 2010 at 1:50 pm - #Circuit*star
@ praggia Yes i agree 5 years for this update of Gt4 i cant believe it either but I got over it now all i want is more Options for standard cars, because at this point having 800 cars with ugly looking rims and no aero parts on them ut just the wing is so stupid and pointless. This is a Racing game all cars should be able to get aero parts and exchange of wheels.
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December 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 am - #researchALLwars
Circuit*star- we ALL agree. The craptastic wheels that come with most of the ‘standard’ cars are deplorable.
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December 1st, 2010 at 12:49 am - #hardvibes
They should have specified headtraking was going to be available only on arcade mode before!!!!!!I spent 39 euros for that cam! Not to mention that in gt5 it lags and it’s not precise. Is it going to be patched or not?
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November 30th, 2010 at 11:30 pm - #mistamontiel
A 2 disc soundtrack soony enough. Haha. There’s not one soundtrack that’s full. VERY RARE. Let’s hope this one’s unique and complete with every menu and artist tune.
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November 30th, 2010 at 11:04 pm - #Yaycandy69
i remember the one gt5 video and being able to race against the stig. is that even in the game. i remember hearing about it and also seeing it
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November 30th, 2010 at 10:54 pm - #BWX
Kaz’s best days as a game designer are behind him. GT5 is great, but it could and should have been so much more. He wants to waste time on free roam when we need more tracks and he can’t even find time to fix G25/ G27 support?? WTF.
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November 30th, 2010 at 10:35 pm - #Erick
Honestly, if they go through with the free roam idea, that would be the best thing that would happen in the Gran Turismo series. I’ve always had hours of fun just cruising around in games like Need For Speed Underground and Midnight Club LA. Sure their arcade games but that’s what was a turn down. We all have to admit this. Sometimes we forget the race in Gran Tursimo and go backwards cruising around experimenting with the physics doing attempting to do donuts and such.
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November 30th, 2010 at 8:37 pm - #seinfeld
Did anyone ask about the gear ratio issue?
The rest of the questions were great thanks Jordan for posting them, Its appreciated
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November 30th, 2010 at 8:32 pm - #Madman Apex
one thing i wish they would fix is removing the ability to have TCS and ABS on car that dont have them in real life. such as the 99 viper GTS. racing cars in certain racing series dont have them. almost every single old car from 1980 and before do not have ABS and TCS. if they can make it so that certain cars can and cant be turbocharged because they believe that is more realistic then an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA 1600 from 1965 shouldnt have TCS or ABS.unless it actualy does in real life and i doubt that. same goes for having automatic transmission or manual. im just saying.
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November 30th, 2010 at 9:19 pm - #Nato_777
It’s also odd you can upgrade the ECU on old models that would never have had an ECU.
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November 30th, 2010 at 10:43 pm - #John
I don’t see why you’d want to remove that ‘OPTION’
Its not to be realistic, its to give those who are less skilled the ability to drive the cars without losing it every corner.the more options that are able to enabled/disabled the better.
if GT was a full on hardcore sim, it probably wouldn’t be anywhere near as popular as it is, and possibly wouldn’t even be around anymore.
as for upgrading the ecu on old models, perhaps consider it as an upgrade to EFI :P
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December 1st, 2010 at 4:07 am - #CaliBoy1990
@Madman Apex: Well, I think it should be available for every car like it always has been{I think}, but I guess if PD wanted to be more realistic and only restrict it to cars that actually had it as a real-life option…….then, more power to them! =)
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December 1st, 2010 at 6:39 am - #LuckyRod
What I would really like would be a button “aid as in real life” Then I would have ABS on cars that do have ABS and no ABS on cars that don’t as default. After that I still could change them if I wanted because right now I’m not driver good enough and I can’t drive with G27 and ABS completely disabled.
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:51 pm - #Anderson
Everything look good in this game
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December 2nd, 2010 at 9:47 am - #CarlDx
I agree…
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:35 pm - #BZSIN
I hope they work out the problems with the YouTube uploader, because it’s a feature I was looking forward to.
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:21 pm - #dearlybeloved
I want him to inplement proper custom soundtrack playback, the water effects, the shadows, replay features, tuning options, get rid of the stupid lap invalid feature in time trials. At last I will be able to listen to daiki kasho’s 5ou on d!splay in all its high quality on cd.
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November 30th, 2010 at 5:58 pm - #Latetzki
I like that free roam mode!
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:11 pm - #sw1tch
Nothing about the leaderboard? :(
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November 30th, 2010 at 7:14 pm - #dave
I like the traffic light cruising around the city sorta concept… it would be quite a driving simulator… but then there better be inclusion of turn signals. get out of the car and walk on foot…eh… i’ll take it if it doesn’t add too much to development time… i good thing i see w/ this is allowing you to pan around your car to check it out at diff. angles. like driving it to a gas station to fill up and you get out. there’d also better be some bikini girl car washes. GT-XXX!
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Bit of a lame excuse for the shadows. The fact is, if you strip back the driving, this game is a huge disappointment and a lesson learned for SONY.