They can certainly acquire rights to older cars. If Project CARS on a budget less than 3 million euros can afford to license the 2008 BMW F1 car then PD certainly can as well.
Yes, but you are assuming that the licensing cost will be the same for PD as it is for the developers of Project cars. Most likely, it is not, PD likely have to pay more as GT reaches a wider audience. Even if it's a deal on a % per unit sold, you have to consider that Gran Turismo has significantly more content and so the price of the game would have to rise to accomodate the cars in the game, as they will have many other similar licenses in place. That may not be an option for PD as Sony are probably strict on the pricepoint of the game, to stay competitive with Forza on the Xbox 360 (They wouldn't want GT to be £10 more on release, it could deter potential buyers). But other games with less cars in the game don't need to do this, so they have less restrictions on making license deals.
It isn't an option. Codemasters holds the gaming rights, which means F1 can't appear in GT6. There's nothing PD or Sony could do about that.
The price doesn't matter since Codemasters already holds the license
Codemasters may hold the rights but with their permission, PD/Sony could buy out the licensing contract they have. But there are two problems with this; a) Codemasters are unlikely to relinquish the exclusive license and b) Formula One Management would likely want an extra fee as i'm guessing the current license isn't directly transferrable.
In short, PD/Sony could get the license deal, but it would be very expensive. For reasons listed above, they almost certainly can't afford to license F1 without pushing up the price of the game significantly.
Does no one understand that these cars you're suggesting aren't a possibility because of licensing? PD Has to make originals, or we won't get them...
FOM only holds the rights for the cars from the current season and the season preceding it. Any car from 2010 or earlier is currently fair game for any developer providing they get the license from the team (Or the holder of the rights for the car).
Well as we have Renault sport and Ferrari and McLaren and Merc. We could have a grid of those.
👍 Further licensing talks would have to take place to get the F1 cars in the game, but it is a real possibility. But as I stated in my previous post, there
could be licensing issues concerning the cars racing eachother.
You still don't get it do you? ALL F1 cars and their designs are protected by licensing imposed by FOM (Formula one management, Ferrari is exempt to this, hence the F10 & F2007 in GT5).
Kaz said that PD wanted to put more F1 cars in GT5, but the licensing prices are unreasonably high. I don't know how many times I have to say this and how many threads I need to post it on before people understand that officially licensed F1 cars (other the Ferrari) aren't going to be in GT franchise anytime soon (unless Bernie Ecclestone dies. Even then, still a scarce possibility)
No, FOM only hold the rights for cars from the current and previous seasons. Yes, Ferrari are exempt, but the likes of Williams, BMW and Mclaren have all licensed cars for other games.
In reference to my previous post, I am curious. Can anybody think of a game out at the moment which allows the racing of official F1 cars against AI opponents? (With the obvious exception of officially licensed F1 games). Even GT5 did not include an event for the cars to race eachother, despite having them in the game. But games like iRacing, Simraceway etc. allow online racing between the cars.
