For example, Toyota Supra 93-98 max hp figures:
GT1: don't remember
GT2: 1071hp
GT3:900ish hp
GT4:850hp
GT5:725hp
In real life, the opposite is happening with the Toyota Supra 93-98-
1997- 500hp
1999-1000hp
2005- 1500hp
2011- 2000hp
100,000% agree with you. This is something i've been getting increasingly annoyed/disappointed with for years. Its the same for Skylines in the game too. In GT1 i have a 950hp or so R32 GT-R, in GT5 it can barely make it to 700hp?
I have a mate who is building a 1,500hp R32 GT-R (for drag racing and to maybe one day try break the NZ land speed record of 353km/h or so). Yes, it has had reliability problems, but when something breaks they find the cause and replace it with something better. Eventually (unless they run out of money) it'll get to the point where its semi reliable.
Video of the car in its 800hp tune (racing me in my Skyline GTS):
Its 740hp (with wheelspin) dyno run
Its 1170hp drag race (destroyed a couple of pistons after second gear, but still won the event) And after new paint job
Personally i love the videos on the net of Skylines launching like the vid above, and always try replicate it in games - but its hard to when you can't get anywhere near the same amount of HP sometimes...
Ok, I think Pd has wisely chosen to put a damper on what horsepower can be extracted out of each car to IMPROVE the overall experience and realism of the game. Your example of these one off tuned Supras and many many others tuned rides that reach ridicules horsepower is just not realistic in a controlled racing environment.
- Realism? There are likely thousands of high hp Skyline's, Supra's Mitsubishi GTO's etc around the world now. Are they not real?
- One off's? See my comment above...
- Not realistic in a controlled racing environment? Who says we want the high HP for racing? We could want them for top speed runs,
ships and giggles, or for time attack events. There's heaps of 800/900hp Skylines/Supras etc which compete in Time Attack battles in Japan.
Okay, you will buy Supra in GT5 and mod it to death (2000hp) and WHAT'S NEXT? You will drive it for like 20 minutes then "meh! next..."
But it'll be a fun 20 minutes. It could be just like the TVR Speed 12 when you modify it, no traction until fourth or fifth gear. Useless for very competitive racing, but great for top speed runs and
for FUN.
You could (as i have done a few times) enter your 1020hp Speed 12 against race cars that only have a max of 500hp. Walkover, right? Turn off traction control etc and it won't usually be a walkover at all. Generally it takes a few gearchanges and gentle accelleration around corners to keep it in a straight line
with traction. Thats the fun part. During the easing of the accellerator, the AI cars catch up to you/get away from you.
So your 20 minutes estimate may be
your fun factor length, but for others - like me - it'll be hours.
I think some of you guys are forgetting its a game. I would love 1200-2500 BHP cars just for the amount of laughs i know i would have. So i can learn to tame them and then become a better driver in the process. Games like GT5 are all about fun not 100 percent dead on physics accuracy.
Remember its a game have fun and dont complain about it.
Everyone notice the words i've bolded?
IT
IS
A
GAME
!
Games are about having fun.
Your idea of fun in a GT game may just be racing with low hp cars against high hp cars. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be drifting around the tracks. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be taking nice photos of cars. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be drag racing in the game. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be tuning cars for each track to set the best lap time possible. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be racing online with others around the world. Great, nothing wrong with that!
Your idea of fun may just be creating high HP monster cars that are a real handful to drive, but great fun at the same time. You may enjoy trying to tame them while going around a track. Great, nothing wrong with that!
See where i'm going with this?
Enough said.
P.S. ITS ABOUT FUN!