http://www.racesimcentral.com/news/2010/08/gran-turismo-5-first-gamescom-update/
Heres his notes from yesterday..
- there might be additional online content/DLC coming; its a possibility
- theres still lots to be uncovered about GT5
- it was Kazs idea to include the Top Gear Track because he watches/likes the show
- Top Gear opens up the GTv franchise to a new audience
- the SLS that can be won with the SE competition will be open to everybody and everybody will get a chance to do well in it, its not driving skills only
- track editor may or may not be in
- PSP integration is still unclear whether you can sync your garage and how but theres definitly going to be some sort of integration
- hes not the best driver but hes good enough; some people at the Sony office dont want to race because theyre embarrassed of not being a good driver
- you dont have to go through a driving test if you want to get into working for Sony/PD
- Europe marketing with licensing, legal, etc.
- no Porsche because of tight agreement with EA; but theres Ruf; and there might be a change later on
- but they do negotiate Top Gear and Red Bull Racing in Europe
- Standard vs. Premium: there has been confusion but it will all be cleared by Kaz later
- his favorite track: Silverstone; in the game: Tokyo; favorit car: Lamboghini Stealth fighter
- SE will be very limited but will include everything; all the pre-order special cars, all the goodies
- there was not a lot of information about GT during the press conference because of time contraints and because more will come in the breakout session later
- when asked about trying out a Standard car he pointed me towards the Jaguar; he said its sort-of
Standard although it said Premium
- Kaz is going over tomorrows presentation today so hes not at the conference
The Demo:
- no time limit
- carts were playable on one track
- day/night transition in Toscana
- no real damage
- only premium cars
- new build that was just delivered
- another build will be used at the Sony booth later
- lots of cars, lots of tracks (full list in demo)
- photo mode checked:
- choose location
- choose camera position
- photo effects (like Sepia or monochrom)
- not usable with just a wheel as analog stick is missing
- track maker that was not usable
- arcarde mode
- my GT not usable
- News
- GT TV
- options in race: driving line on/off; map orientation; map size
- 3D demo used different glasses then what we received for the big screen demos
- Toscana w/out driving light in the dark in 3D was cool