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I have my doubts the cars will dig in and cartwheel down the track. That TGS vid it just kinda slid around and then flipped back right side up like a sailing boat.

Well the Fiat has a round roof

You can see a car flip here :)
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Well the Fiat has a round roof

You can see a car flip here :)
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Meanwhile, inside the red nascar...

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Remember folks, dodgy motion control and racing don't go together!
 
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Something just happened to me on Prologue, and I'm not sure if this is incredibly old or something: it's idling right now while I'm on the computer. I happened to look over, and there was a screen that said "Museum" and an old photograph of the Schwimmenwagen, with a little info blurb below it. Odd...

Under the options you can tick the boxes for content you want to watch in the idle phase (demonstration videos).

Untick everything except "Museum" and then press "O" on the mian menu (it will prompt "Do you want to start the demonstration?" message, press "X" and enjoy :)

Prologue packs lots of unique content that many players are unaware of, such as real-life-track videos for example, that some of my friends who were playing Prologue from the start weren't even aware of.
 
Just watched the rollover video! :lol:

Prologue packs lots of unique content that many players are unaware of, such as real-life-track videos for example, that some of my friends who were playing Prologue from the start weren't even aware of.
Indeed, those videos were a nice touch, I hope they'll make a return in GT5. 👍
 
Would be cool if, as part of each "Premium" car, the game came with a little video about the car. I remember Need For Speed 2, I used to just love watching the videos about the cars :)
 
Would be cool if, as part of each "Premium" car, the game came with a little video about the car. I remember Need For Speed 2, I used to just love watching the videos about the cars :)
I don't see any need to do that if the car descriptions from GT1/2 return. ;)
 
Under the options you can tick the boxes for content you want to watch in the idle phase (demonstration videos).

Untick everything except "Museum" and then press "O" on the mian menu (it will prompt "Do you want to start the demonstration?" message, press "X" and enjoy :)

Prologue packs lots of unique content that many players are unaware of, such as real-life-track videos for example, that some of my friends who were playing Prologue from the start weren't even aware of.

Cool, I never thought about that. Thanks Amar 👍

I don't see any need to do that if the car descriptions from GT1/2 return. ;)

Which they definitely should; considering they're all there for PSP, it's gotta be small work to do the rest for the new cars in GT5!
 
Which they definitely should; considering they're all there for PSP, it's gotta be small work to do the rest for the new cars in GT5!
I know, that's what I was saying! ;)
 
I know, that's what I was saying! ;)

:cheers:

Just throwing it out there for the people who skipped PSP and might not know! I've wasted good chunks of my battery getting into a habit of just reading. Hopefully each car actually has a unique one instead, though (the Alfa 147 2.0 and GTA sharing an info page,for example). It was definitely cool that fantasy cars even got little blurbs.
 
I don't see any need to do that if the car descriptions from GT1/2 return. ;)

Yeah, I'm just reminiscing... in NFS2SE you had real footage of the cars driving, but I suppose GT5 graphics are better than real life, so... ;)
 
Because any normal person wouldn't pick the worst car to drive on a demo that they might only get one go of :)

The worst car? Why? Because it's extremely small, cute and slow? Doesn't mean it can't be fun.
People rightfully get enthused whenever the McLaren F1 is mentioned, what most may not know is that both Gordon Murray ( designer of the F1 ) and Peter Stevens ( stylist of the F1 ) are huge Fiat 500 enthusiasts both owning several examples ( Murray at point even made a version himself with a bike-engine ) and Gordon Murray actually claims it's essentially a small sportscar in the way it handles.
Enzo Ferrari owned an original Mini Cooper which he used as a daily driver, not because he had to as he obviously could choose any Ferrari, but purely because it was fun to drive ( and practical no doubt ).
Small cars are also fun simply because there's more of the road/track left to drive on compared to a bigger car, and a car isn't automatically rubbish because it's unable to reach a certain speed.

Oh yes, almost forgot, after it went awfully quiet on the roll over front ( only saw it in one trailer ) and I feared they may have ditched it alltogether I'm very pleased to actually see some gameplay footage which confirmes it I hope.
So yes, OMG ROLL OVERS.:D
 
After sampling the laser scanned version in that Ferrari Virtual Academy thing, I don't think it's that great :)




He's also in the Famitsu GT5 clip
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OMG what an voice this girl has :scared:
 
Most fun I had driving was in smaller cars (my Datusn 1200, a Mini, Renault 4, Dyane, 1st gen Clio, 2nd gen Starlet, etc...), many very underpowered but huge fun.

As many have said before, it's much harder to squeeze every bit of speed and fun from a small underpowered car, than to just use huge power to burn rubber of achieve some stupid top speed.

I only drive a heavy, not so small engined car today, because I need the space almost daily.

Give me light and nimble any time.
 
Would be cool if, as part of each "Premium" car, the game came with a little video about the car. I remember Need For Speed 2, I used to just love watching the videos about the cars :)

👍 I never forgot those videos on NFS2.
 
The worst car? Why? Because it's extremely small, cute and slow? Doesn't mean it can't be fun.
People rightfully get enthused whenever the McLaren F1 is mentioned, what most may not know is that both Gordon Murray ( designer of the F1 ) and Peter Stevens ( stylist of the F1 ) are huge Fiat 500 enthusiasts both owning several examples ( Murray at point even made a version himself with a bike-engine ) and Gordon Murray actually claims it's essentially a small sportscar in the way it handles.
Enzo Ferrari owned an original Mini Cooper which he used as a daily driver, not because he had to as he obviously could choose any Ferrari, but purely because it was fun to drive ( and practical no doubt ).
Small cars are also fun simply because there's more of the road/track left to drive on compared to a bigger car, and a car isn't automatically rubbish because it's unable to reach a certain speed.

Oh yes, almost forgot, after it went awfully quiet on the roll over front ( only saw it in one trailer ) and I feared they may have ditched it alltogether I'm very pleased to actually see some gameplay footage which confirmes it I hope.
So yes, OMG ROLL OVERS.:D

would you try my 500€??
it's very fun! (more than 350 o rx8, guaranted!)
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If anyone is interested in getting an idea of what Toscana is like:
http://vimeo.com/15480369

Beautiful...

Quite. I'd certainly love to go back, probably after I've seen more of the country. 👍
That may be a few years off yet, though.

👍 I never forgot those videos on NFS2.

I did! So thanks to Punknoodle et al. for the reminder! :p

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I was worried about the sudden absence of "rollover", but it's good to see it back. It may have been removed because, perhaps, like me, PD feel it's a bit trivial / childish to list "rollover" as a game feature, when it's already supposed to have a fully-featured physics engine...
 
I wish for a car museum with first person view like the one Project Gotham Racing had, which also allowed you to test the cars in a test track.
 
With every road shot in that Toscana video, I was expecting a rally car to wizz by! haha :D
 
would you try my 500€??
it's very fun! (more than 350 o rx8, guaranted!)
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Is that a real Abarth? Or are the stickers there just for aesthetical purposes? Whatever the answer, it is indeed a beautiful car!

Most fun I had driving was in smaller cars (my Datusn 1200, a Mini, Renault 4, Dyane, 1st gen Clio, 2nd gen Starlet, etc...), many very underpowered but huge fun.

The worst car? Why? Because it's extremely small, cute and slow? Doesn't mean it can't be fun.
People rightfully get enthused whenever the McLaren F1 is mentioned, what most may not know is that both Gordon Murray ( designer of the F1 ) and Peter Stevens ( stylist of the F1 ) are huge Fiat 500 enthusiasts both owning several examples ( Murray at point even made a version himself with a bike-engine ) and Gordon Murray actually claims it's essentially a small sportscar in the way it handles.
Enzo Ferrari owned an original Mini Cooper which he used as a daily driver, not because he had to as he obviously could choose any Ferrari, but purely because it was fun to drive ( and practical no doubt ).
Small cars are also fun simply because there's more of the road/track left to drive on compared to a bigger car, and a car isn't automatically rubbish because it's unable to reach a certain speed.

Oh yes, almost forgot, after it went awfully quiet on the roll over front ( only saw it in one trailer ) and I feared they may have ditched it alltogether I'm very pleased to actually see some gameplay footage which confirmes it I hope.
So yes, OMG ROLL OVERS.:D

I drive a Mini every now and then from a family relative. It's a 90's Mini 1.000 c.c. edition that was released then ('91 I believe). That small engine in that chassis, and that direct steering it's utterly fun! You're pushing it at 70 or 80 km/h and you're enjoying yourself like you're driving a race car!

I also used to have a small Ford Fiesta, 1.25 Zetec, 75 hp. It was small and not that economical, but boy I am still yet to drive a better fun city car from recent years!

So I completely agree with Burnout and Analog: small cars (engine and/or size) can be as fun as larger sport ones. It all depends on the cars we are talking about.

@ BurnOut: You had a Datsun 1200? Those are iconic cars! Still widely used today in historical racing events (next to the old Escorts Mk.I), which does say a lot about their "character"!

One of my "dream" classic cars is the "mighty" Datsun 1600 SSS :drool:
 
I tested one of the modern racing BMW Mini's a few years ago ... and I hated it.

The original Mini's have so much character 👍
 
would you try my 500€??
it's very fun! (more than 350 o rx8, guaranted!)

Yes I would definitely try it ( thanks for the offer ;)) but to be honest even when someone offered me a drive in an Austin Allegro or any Communist-era Lada for example I also couldn't resist.
All I'm trying to say is that the Fiat 500 is a great drivers car despite not being a performance car according to those who could know.
Even if it weren't, and that's why I used the other two examples mentioned above, some cars may actually be fun because they're crap ironically.
The 500 obviously isn't ( one of Dante Giacosa's masterpieces ) but a crap car with a poorly designed chassis can actually be a challenge to drive properly ( or fun screwing up ) in a game.
 
@ BurnOut: You had a Datsun 1200? Those are iconic cars! Still widely used today in historical racing events (next to the old Escorts Mk.I), which does say a lot about their "character"!

One of my "dream" classic cars is the "mighty" Datsun 1600 SSS :drool:

I have :sly: a 2 door. Waiting his turn to get restored. My wife's Dyane Nazaré took precedence. Talk about under powered! But a least it does not roll over. Ever.

edit: they were our first cars and we never sold them. I learned to (really) drive on my 1200, and never, ever, ever crashed it. And trust me I pushed it hard many times :scared:

I tested one of the modern racing BMW Mini's a few years ago ... and I hated it.

The original Mini's have so much character 👍

The '90 edition (Mk VII) was the original thing, only better wheels and such. The new "mini" weighs more than twice the original one. Nuff said there...
 
The '90 edition (Mk VII) was the original thing, only better wheels and such. The new "mini" weighs more than twice the original one. Nuff said there...

Apparantly the new Mini has almost the same wheelbase as the seventies Austin Maxi ( the top of the range Austin model of the time, with the original Mini being the entry level model ).
 
Apparantly the new Mini has almost the same wheelbase as the seventies Austin Maxi ( the top of the range Austin model of the time, with the original Mini being the entry level model ).

Even the Maxi was lighter than the new "mini". And around the same hp...

edit: apparently they have a lot in common in terms of engine/weight specs:
Mini One 1.4: 1,4 liter petrol / 75hp / 1100kg
Austin Maxi: 1,4 liter petrol / 74hp / 980kg
 
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Just wondering if anyone knew where to find how many pre orderes there have been total for all versions coming out. Think they hit the $100,000,000 mark? That would only be like 1.6million of the $60 versions being pre ordered and with as much hype about this game I would be suprised if they dont have that many pre orders.
 
it is not an Abarth (the original 595 Abarth cost more than 30k €), but is funny enough, had a great "power" oversteering (with 20-25 HP, mine is tuned!!), but it is not so easy to drive the pedals are small and too near each other, to change gear you have to do it in two time (push clutch, put in neutral, release clutch, accellerate, push again the clutch and insert next gear, if you can...the same to shift down).
 
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