IMPORTANT - Event Creator, Will Improve The Career

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Dessy182
I'm all for this idea, but you know it's just not gonna happen :(
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It will if enough people want it!
The brilliant thing about this idea is that it would be extremely simple to implement. After all, PD must have had software to produce the events in the career itself. All we're asking is that they copy and paste that software and make it into DLC. Obviously a few alterations would have to be made for various reasons, but this gives maximum playability for minimum development time.
 
Also, in keeping with their "GT Anywhere," idea, why not let us be able to create our events on PC's, and mobile devices, like they said they will be letting us do with the B-Spec races?

Also, how about letting us upload our events, or just let us be able to use them online? So we can race with actual human players, and not just people we are friends with?

Or just create an online mode in the Open Lobby, where we can race the events/championships from A-spec or ones we created with actual players from all over the world, instead of the AI? Also let us win prizes, including credits, paint chips, etc?

Anyway, I also fully support the original idea though. I really hope something like this in incorporated into the game in the near future.

I was just also adding some ideas of my own. If we were able to race these created events or just the A-spec events online with other players, that would add longevity and entertainment to the game, immensely...
 
this is one of the better ideas i've come across so far... i'd like to think (the hapless romantic in me would like to think) that kaz included the course creation feature to support this idea (which he'd thought of a long time ago)... it just doesn't make sense to me that 20 or so bigwigs (apparently gaming gurus) would sit around a table and say - "lets add some more cars, a track creator and a dodgy online mode, that'll keep 'em quite"... surely (there's the romantic in me again), mr kaz has already thought this up (please!!!) and it's just a case of releasing it via an update or DLC.
it's games like GT5 (so BRIMMING with potential) that make me wonder just WhoTF is in charge of deciding what goes into the games we play. the dude at my local blockbuster, no - MY MUM - could think up better stuff than some of the leading developers, honestly.
i understand that sometimes it's not possible to fit all of one's ideas onto one game but, with that in mind (and assuming all of the great ideas in the GT5 Feedback Forum don't make it onto GT5 via an update etc), if GT6 isn't the COMPLETE package taking into account all of the feedback that has been (and is about to be) sent to the brass at PD, i think i may, along with some others, start to lose faith in those who give us games and their motives behind making them.
 
The OP's proposal is the real solution to GT5 from the player's point of view.

I fully support it!

Nevertheless, I think it will be difficult for this to happen. PD/Sony is a business, and they are not just there to fully satisfy their customers, they are there to make money.

I know it may sound contradictory, but a business needs a plan, marketing, hype, not just full instant satisfaction by throwing all the eggs in one shot. Giving everything like that would render GT5 out of "vogue" pretty quickly. Just my two cents on it, and I hope I am wrong.
 
kanjifreak
The OP's proposal is the real solution to GT5 from the player's point of view.

I fully support it!

Nevertheless, I think it will be difficult for this to happen. PD/Sony is a business, and they are not just there to fully satisfy their customers, they are there to make money.

I know it may sound contradictory, but a business needs a plan, marketing, hype, not just full instant satisfaction by throwing all the eggs in one shot. Giving everything like that would render GT5 out of "vogue" pretty quickly. Just my two cents on it, and I hope I am wrong.
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i agree with this point entirely - it's a shame that they are in a position to do so though, moreover, it's a shame that they are exploiting the fact they are in the position they are... if it were a new company/developer who were creating this, their attitude would be slightly different.
it almost feels as if we are being treated a tad mean by the pretty girl at school who won't let us have all of the goodies in one go, just to keep us keen... but still we follow her around, hoping one day we will be presented with the pretty flower she promises us via twitter
 
I'd been thinking of something VERY similar needed for GT4 after all the events were done and waiting for GT5. Recently been thinking the same thing for GT5 now too.

This event-creator is pretty much exactly what we need.

Kudos.

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I've always wanted this, the ability to hand pick which cars the AI drive in a race. Even if it was a basic arcade mode race that didn't give reward money, experience or prize cars. Although of course it'd be better as a proper A spec event.

I hope this is something that gets picked up.
 
I too think this is a great idea.

They could tailor credit and XP rewards to the length and difficulty of the race to keep them in line with current A-Spec races.

Possibly make level or license restrictions on the type of events you could create. That way begginers can't make events for F1 cars with 1million credit rewards.
 
Mcjoz88
Also, in keeping with their "GT Anywhere," idea, why not let us be able to create our events on PC's, and mobile devices, like they said they will be letting us do with the B-Spec races?

Also, how about letting us upload our events, or just let us be able to use them online? So we can race with actual human players, and not just people we are friends with?

Or just create an online mode in the Open Lobby, where we can race the events/championships from A-spec or ones we created with actual players from all over the world, instead of the AI? Also let us win prizes, including credits, paint chips, etc?
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Using PC's and mobile phones for this would be hard to implement, but great if it could be done. And giving online functionality to the A-Spec events (with or without AI) is an excellent idea.


HortusIX
surely (there's the romantic in me again), mr kaz has already thought this up (please!!!) and it's just a case of releasing it via an update or DLC.
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If I'm honest, I'm pretty sure he has thought of it at one point. I just hope he likes the thought of it.


kanjifreak
Nevertheless, I think it will be difficult for this to happen. PD/Sony is a business, and they are not just there to fully satisfy their customers, they are there to make money.

I know it may sound contradictory, but a business needs a plan, marketing, hype, not just full instant satisfaction by throwing all the eggs in one shot. Giving everything like that would render GT5 out of "vogue" pretty quickly. Just my two cents on it, and I hope I am wrong.
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HortusIX
i agree with this point entirely - it's a shame that they are in a position to do so though, moreover, it's a shame that they are exploiting the fact they are in the position they are... if it were a new company/developer who were creating this, their attitude would be slightly different.
it almost feels as if we are being treated a tad mean by the pretty girl at school who won't let us have all of the goodies in one go, just to keep us keen... but still we follow her around, hoping one day we will be presented with the pretty flower she promises us via twitter
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As much as we all don't like to think about it, this is true everywhere to some extent. Nobody likes sandbagging, but it sure does make the next version look better when it comes around. Well, even if that is the case, that's what DLC is for :)


hugh777
great idea man I think that if this theory is implemented, GT5 will be a better experience as a whole
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Me too :dopey:


GTP_FastM3
They could tailor credit and XP rewards to the length and difficulty of the race to keep them in line with current A-Spec races.

Possibly make level or license restrictions on the type of events you could create. That way begginers can't make events for F1 cars with 1million credit rewards.
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Licence requirements always made sense in the past; I don't really know why they were changed. If credit and exp rewards were calculated by the system itself, it would certainly make the career a lot more fair and balanced than entrusting us with it.


TonyLomas
I've always wanted this, the ability to hand pick which cars the AI drive in a race. Even if it was a basic arcade mode race that didn't give reward money, experience or prize cars. Although of course it'd be better as a proper A spec event.
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Arcade Mode isn't nearly as open this time around as in previous games, and nor is the career. This is certainly the best way of opening up both to their full potential.
 
you may have already mentioned this (or maybe somebody else has)... but wouldn't it be great if this sort of 'custom-build-championship' were available as a feature in the online multiplayer mode too (i don't mean being able to share already created events, which you did mention, but to scale down the creativity and include an option to simply host a championship which would be created in the race lobby with options to include the obvious such as tracks, laps, car restrictions etc).
it's something i put across in a thread on the official GT site as i think it would add more to the online mode. it would include somthing akin to what you're saying about having some sort of system in place to regulate the rewards handed out at the end of the race and championship. speaking of which, you mentioned that it wouldn't be a good idea to be able to choose the prize cars that would be attained as a result of winning the championship/winning the races in the series, but how about just being given a gift car ticket, the level of which would also be regulated/'decided' by the same system which would regulate the credit and XP rewards...?
just an idea.
 
Hey, thanks for reviving the thread!

The ability to create a straight-up championship in online mode is an excellent idea. It'd be so much easier to organise championships on the forums or among friends, especially if we can save the race series and point scores, then come back to it later. That would give lots more freedom within online play.

But not at the cost of offline play! An single-player event creator is really what we're looking for here, to extend the career mode. Not trying to play down your point because it's a great idea. In fact, the two could both be developed and released together! Come to think, that would cater for pretty much everyone with the game.

Oh, and a gift car ticket? I never thought of that before. That could work pretty well because it doesn't guarantee a rare or expensive reward. I reckon that could be implemented without unbalancing the career too much.
 
Wow, AWESOME idea! One thing I never understood is why there isn't an Event Synthesizer this time around, it was one of the greatest things of GT2, and I think there was something along those lines in GT4 too (can't remember). So this would practically be a GT2's Event Synthesizer on steroids! Again, this would be AWESOME, this has to be the best idea on GT5 I read anywhere!

PS: In case you can't remember the Event Synthesizer, it was that thing you unlocked when you got the S License!
 
Never read the OP fully but the subject is one I feel strongly about and agree 100%.
 
Wow, was this in GT2 as well? I never got that far in the game - all I remember is running the Daihatsu Midget race and reloading until I got an easy track (I was about 8 at the time):)
I'd get back into that if the disc wasn't scratched beyond repair >sniff<

...Anyway, thanks for the interest!
 
PedanticNerd
Wow, was this in GT2 as well? I never got that far in the game - all I remember is running the Daihatsu Midget race and reloading until I got an easy track (I was about 8 at the time):)
I'd get back into that if the disc wasn't scratched beyond repair >sniff<

...Anyway, thanks for the interest!
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Yeah! It was, for me, the thing that most added replay value to the (already awesome) game! It was just damn hard for me, at the time, getting the S License. I think my mild hate for Laguna Seca began then, you had to run a lap there with a Team Oreca Dodge Viper, and I just couldn't control the car. If I remember correctly, I never even got Bronze in this test, there was a sort of "consolation prize" they gave you if you came really close to the bronze time, which was really nice :)

... And my memory staggers me at times o.O Why couldn't I remember stuff like this when I was having some exam at University?


Anyways, having this in GT5 would be EPIC!
 
Larkas
Wow, AWESOME idea! One thing I never understood is why there isn't an Event Synthesizer this time around, it was one of the greatest things of GT2, and I think there was something along those lines in GT4 too (can't remember). So this would practically be a GT2's Event Synthesizer on steroids! Again, this would be AWESOME, this has to be the best idea on GT5 I read anywhere!

PS: In case you can't remember the Event Synthesizer, it was that thing you unlocked when you got the S License!
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i'm pretty sure there was something like this gt1 as well... no?
after you completed the whole game (in terms of winning competitions and events) there was a new feature unlocked which was meant to be more of a challenge because it allegedly pitted you against harder competition. it was still fairly easy though, unfortunately.

@ pedantic nerd... i understand that your idea is targeted at extending the single player a-spec career mode. this is great.
i feel, though, that most people play online as (most) human competitors are a lot more difficult competition than that found in the a-spec mode. an 'ultra-hard/are-you-insane?' option would have to be included to make the single player a worthy challenge for most of the people i have come across in online lobbies so far.

as for the online championship mode, i guess a longer term points recording feature would be great as well (for those who wish to spread a championship over, say, a fortnight), but i meant the sort that could be experienced in one session... this would/could mean higher points/credits rewards and would have the added benefit of saving time setting up each individual race as is currently the situation in online multiplayer mode.
 
You know i just posted something about an idea of this sorts on another thread and lo and behold theirs a whole thread on it.

OP great read and an absolute must have!!!!! I had no idea forza 3 had something like this in place, got to admit im jealous lol.

Anyways this is a thread that deserves reading by more people
 

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