Differences in cars / regions

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ClausR
Hi.

I'm from mainland europe (Denmark) but I'm running an english version of GT5.

I noticed at lot of the Premium cars are left side drive, eg. the steering wheel is in the right side. It suddenly struck me: Maybe this is because I'm using an english version? England has left side driving.

So - to all of you germans, french, italian, spanish etc. GT5 fans out there - are your Premium cars mostly equipped with a steering wheel in the right side of the car, or in the left side of the car?

Examples:
Subaru Impreza WRX STI '07 - Right side.
Peugeot 207 GTI '07 - Right side
Ferrari 512 BB '76 - Left side
TVR Tuscan Speed 6 '00 - Right side

Have a nice day!
 
I have no idea why they made those, and other cars, left sided. I know the cars Japan are left-sided, but why would they make Italian cars left-sided ?
 
Well, the TVR is English, so there.

And I'm pretty sure that they drive on the wrong side of the road in Japan as well, hence the setup in the Japanese cars.

I have the Danish / Scandinavian version BTW, and your cars don't seem to be any different from mine ;)
 
I am Canadian, and most cars in my have the wheel on the left side.

That is because PD is japanese, where most cars have the wheel on the right side and that they modeled most cars using the cars they had there.
 
Thanx guys.

This means I'll just have to accept driving the cars as they are. And it does save me the money to a new (CE) version of the game.

Hell, it's a minor thing for me - but still, if cars would be left side steering just by buying a new copy of the game, I would have bought is NOW. :dopey:
 
I think there should be a drive side conversion at GT Auto because many importers of foreign cars offer such services to make the car street legal. Doesn't seem like it would be too hard to flip the y-axis of the cockpit modeling, the right-side wheel cars are completely unusable to me since I'm accustomed to left-side wheels in real life.
 
On a simular note if you are English and use cockpit view , do you too find it odd to drive left hand drive (view) cars as i do it just does not feel right when racing ? I would have prefered an English version of cars driving as should be for my country with the steering wheel where it should be.
 
budious
I think there should be a drive side conversion at GT Auto because many importers of foreign cars offer such services to make the car street legal. Doesn't seem like it would be too hard to flip the y-axis of the cockpit modeling, the right-side wheel cars are completely unusable to me since I'm accustomed to left-side wheels in real life.
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Except for the fact that the dials would be the wrong way around...

I would have thought that PD will have just put the wheel on the side the reflects the country of origin. So a car that is produced or is most commonly seen in a territory that drives on the left (so the most of former colonies, current commonwealth countries or British protectorates) will have the wheel on the right.

Driving a left-hooker doesn't bother me (as someone who drives a car with the wheel on the right side), since it's whhat I have to do if I rent a car when I'm in mainland Europe (though the first few times I did it, I kept banging my hand on the door when I went to change gear).
 
Pretty sure they just modeled whatever car they got their hands on, UK or german, etc.

Rittig
I noticed at lot of the Premium cars are left side drive, eg. the steering wheel is in the right side.
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As a side note, you meant "ie", not "eg". "ie" basically means "in other words", whereas "eg" means "for example".

"I noticed left hand drive premium cars, eg ford focus...." or " I noticed left hand drive premium cars, ie the steering wheel is..."

Just a friendly correction on a common mistake. 👍
 
ScouserInExile
Driving a left-hooker doesn't bother me (as someone who drives a car with the wheel on the right side), since it's whhat I have to do if I rent a car when I'm in mainland Europe (though the first few times I did it, I kept banging my hand on the door when I went to change gear).
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Can't beat that first time you go to put the hand brake on and end up adjusting the seat.

As for the side of the car regional copies make no difference. Japan drive on the correct side of the road like the UK (better access to your sword) so any cars from regions like that are modelled like that and any such as US cars are modelled left hand drive.
 
freedomweasel
As a side note, you meant "ie", not "eg". "ie" basically means "in other words", whereas "eg" means "for example".

"I noticed left hand drive premium cars, eg ford focus...." or " I noticed left hand drive premium cars, ie the steering wheel is..."

Just a friendly correction on a common mistake. 👍
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Thanks!
I'm danish, so english is not my natural language :-)
 
BigYoSpeck
Japan drive on the correct side of the road like the UK (better access to your sword) so any cars from regions like that are modelled like that and any such as US cars are modelled left hand drive.
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You're stuck in the past, buddy. Nobody carries swords nowadays, we carry pistols. Left side steering permits better access to you sidearm, when carried in a hip holster - so it's mainland europe that's doing it correctly.

:)
 
It seems that PD's modelling of cars have been anything but efficient. So if they were going to make two versions of all cars that have two real-world versions, we'd have GT5 in 2014 instead.

It's not just a matter of flipping the y-axis, because a right hand wheeled car is not just a mirror of a left hand wheeled car.
 
Rittig
Thanks!
I'm danish, so english is not my natural language :-)
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Sorry for off topic...but those are abbreviations from Latin expressions that we've adapted to our modern languages,very used in academic circles.
Sounds a little bit nerdy,I know,but just to clarify.👍
 

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