E3 2004 on Gran Turismo 4

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Originally posted by trEVO
"from over 80 manufacturers, some of which no longer exist--the cars date back as far as 1886"

1886!! :eek:

That would suggest that the world's first car, (with NEARLY 1 HP, and a top speed of 10mph), the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen 3 Wheeler is in! :

That would lap the Nurburgring in just under an hour and a half!

Can I put a Stage 3 turbo on that, upgrade the suspension and brakes (does it HAVE brakes?) and some OZ Racing wheels?
 
Originally posted by Taowulf
Can I put a Stage 3 turbo on that, upgrade the suspension and brakes (does it HAVE brakes?) and some OZ Racing wheels?

Those gotta be like 40" rims or so :lol:
 
Originally posted by Taowulf
(does it HAVE brakes?) and some OZ Racing wheels?

Haha! The only way to stop it is probably to drive into a wall.
 
How long would it take to get around nurbogring in that! That could be a 1 lap endurance race.
 
Could be a great license test, do Nurburgring in under 4 hours..... :lol: :lol:
 
In a 6-person race, I would like to see who starts quitting first. You see the cars 1 by 1 running off the road, cause the driver fell asleep. lol!
 
I think a thing to remember about cars of the past is that tires were once motorcycle-tire skinny. So their handling is crap compared to race cars today. I think you can apply this to putting on "fat a$$" tires on a 240Z. I knew the handling was tough just by playing "Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero." When I put bigger tires on it, it slided out like crazy. Now I know what you're thinking. "John, you consider TXR realistic?" But, you'd have to do some extra setting up on the car. Now if we can dig up the bones of racing teams in the mid-late 19th Century or the early 20th Century, we may know a little more about racing then compared to now.

Now, to end this reply, there was a commercial for the Sony Playstation 2. Now among the games flashed across the commercial, I seen a guy in a racing suit, driving on the right side of this car in full 3D, with the convertible top down at damn near 50-60 FPS. Now, I'll probably see the commercial 5 or 7 more times when I watch WWE Smackdown! tonight. So answer me this:

Did I see Gran Turismo 4?
 
Did anyone see the "Not only will you be able to see realistically animated drivers inside all of the cars now" This could start a debate about 3d wheels or visible drivers.

I'll take the wheels :)
 
Originally posted by trEVO
benz1886.jpg

How fast do you reckon this'll go on the test course with an Escudo up it's bum? :D
 
I'll take the animated drivers, myself...

IGN Impressions & Info
KY: "Ferrari and Porsche, [aren't] impossible, but in terms of GT4, it won't happen."
with all the eye-candy going on (i.e. 3D spectators) there will be no progressive scan mode
The rotation on the DFP wheel adjusts depending on what car you're driving.
GT4's revised heads-up display includes throttle and brake pressure as part of the setup, and a lateral g-meter.
No flipping of cars
 
Originally posted by Sven
I'll take the animated drivers, myself...

IGN Impressions & Info
KY: "Ferrari and Porsche, [aren't] impossible, but in terms of GT4, it won't happen."
with all the eye-candy going on (i.e. 3D spectators) there will be no progressive scan mode
The rotation on the DFP wheel adjusts depending on what car you're driving.
GT4's revised heads-up display includes throttle and brake pressure as part of the setup, and a lateral g-meter.
No flipping of cars

I don't get how this game could be a library or "documentary" of the history of automobiles w/o Ferrari and Porsche being included. Not even the JGTC cars, as they did with the Diablo race car in the JPN release of GT3? They didn't mention that Lamborghini wouldn't be included however...

Added: Maybe instead of releasing a whole new game like GT5 that includes Porsche, Lamborghini, and Ferrari, once EA's rights to these manufacturers terminates, PD can take it up and release an online expansion based on the hdd. So the players can go online and just dl the new cars.
 
Infina, in an old thread, I said the exact same thing about Ferrari and Porsche. Is it a great shame not to have them into the game as big as GT4 is? To me, here's a little different side of things.

Without Ferrari and Porsche, I think the game will still be sensational. I'm sure that when KY said that Ferrari and Lamborghini are not impossible, in a way, I kind of don't care about the two makes. They have a long racing history, but I'll still stand behind PD here. I think today (considering it's May 14th in Central Daylight Time) is the last day of E3, so maybe what someone else said is true- Polyphony Digital MAY have some big news that will get our blood pumping and our hearts racing (literally). So while PD's task of securing Ferrari and Lamborghini has probably failed for GT4, I tend to look at it this way.

First off, we got a lot of cars dating back to the 19th Century (when the automobile was born). Next, we have a lot of tracks most likely spanning the world with Africa and Australia possible (Kyliami would be a good choice for Africa, if not a Safari or Dakar rally). But to me, I don't really care for Ferrari and Porsche in GT4 as its stands, but for the most part, just hope they will be in GT5. And if you ask me, Ferrari and Porsche's abscence won't hurt GT4 too much. But look at it this way. MAYBE there is a chance that there may be a Ferrari or Porsche "teaser" to unlock in the game, like the Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR of the all-good-ideas-but-bad-execution GT2. And as I said, GT2 had the most easter eggs of any of the GT games. I just hope GT4 won't be as bad in terms of cars and tracks.
 
Well, E3's done for 2004. 2005 should be very interesting. Maybe we can see the first pictures of Gran Turismo 5. It was very nice to discuss this event with you all. Of course, elsewhere on this forum for GT4, there are all sorts of other theads started. Until then, we're waiting until November. But, CAN you wait? Until then, take care and have a great weekend!
 
Originally posted by JohnBM01
2005 should be very interesting. Maybe we can see the first pictures of Gran Turismo 5.

i dont think so, maybe in 2006
 
im guessing 2005 we'll still see stuff for GT4 at E3. but not that the game hasnt been released. im hoping for online support like new cars and tracks, and perhaps photo locals. though im still not sure what the ps2 HDD will be used for, im guessing it will be for something like this, expanding the game. but im wondering how much they can/will change the game with the HDD. mayb patching the game, fixing car stats and what not?
 
Yeah I reckon we'll be seeing expansion packs and stuff about the GT online community being focused on at 2005's E3.
 
Maybe next year we'll see something on the motorcycle game that they are meant to be making. If that is true, i'm not so sure it is.

Maybe the next GT concept. But add-on packs will be cool........if they happen.
 
I don't think there will be a next GT Concept. Whats the point if GT4 will use the HDD and you could just download extra content. Other than the possibilty of this extra content open for downloading I don't think we will see another GT product for the PS2 after this christmas.
 
didnt KY state that this is the last GT on the PS2?
 
Probably, I recall him saying something like that.
 
Originally posted by live4speed
I don't think there will be a next GT Concept. Whats the point if GT4 will use the HDD and you could just download extra content. Other than the possibilty of this extra content open for downloading I don't think we will see another GT product for the PS2 after this christmas.
Actually, future GTC's might be expansion discs that let you save the extra cars to the HDD, and that would be used instead of downloading (or as an alternative to folks without connections...)
 
If there was another GTC (GTC2) it would be a sequel to GTC and it would be another GT game, KY has said there will not be another GT game on PS2.
 
Originally posted by VIPERGTSR01
didnt KY state that this is the last GT on the PS2?

Yes. But don't you understand what he is doing?

Playstation:
Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo 2


Playstation 2:
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
Gran Turismo 4


2 Official GT games for each Playstation console evolution.
 
you forgot GT Concept for PS2
 
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