Well that's the point dude, he's stated damage would've been in the "next" iteration of the franchise for the past 6~8 years just to make up lame excuses right before the release each friggin time, what makes his claims about GT5
any different exactly, besides the willness of fanboys to blindly believe anything he says?
We're still waiting something as basic as ****ing private rooms (which just for the record and in case you haven't gotten it yet would make the whole Online side of the experience one hundred times better) even netcodes from 1998 have, do you seriously expect them to implement a complex feature such as realistic damage routines? Then you're either in denial or naive.
However please, go ahead and enlighten us.