1.01 changed it- I was looking specifically for that when I did my first night race on DEC 6th, and the car directly in front(about 10 car lengths) turns their lights on. I was a little disappointed that only 2 cars on the track are illuminated, but eh.
I can get a video up when I get back home later tonight if you'd like.
If you have the time, that would be great.
No but I'd say you'd at least have to play it a bit before judging that. Playing something and watching it on youtube are very different things. As someone who has played it and put lots of time into it I'd say the night driving and dynamic lighting are breathtaking. Mt. Panorama being one of the best with city lights in the distance and the stars are very beautifully done in this game. GT5 didn't even do night racing this well. Not many games I've played do in fact. They have captured driving at night very well, imo. If you aren't impressed I'd say at least rent it and try it for yourself before commenting.
I've played it briefly in a game shop. I've watched a few other people playing as well. It's nice, and it's very impressive as long as you keep your eyes where PD wants you to.
The thing is, I grew up driving country roads at night. I know where the roads go, and so I'm simply looking for other cars and obstacles. This means I'm not focusing specifically on my own headlights (because anything that shows up there I'm going to notice immediately anyway), but looking down the road for other people's headlight and what they're illuminating. It's just how I learned to drive, and it's an automatic reflex for me.
You cannot use this technique in GT6. You cannot look beyond the range of your own headlights. You cannot judge how close behind you the opponent is by the strength of their lights. It's also much tougher to spot other cars and their position only by brake lights.
There are other things that come into play with night driving that GT6 doesn't allow. I'm sure for a lot of people they're fine with what GT6 does allow. But because I have this reflex to use other cars to expand the information available to me, it's immediately obvious and immersion breaking to drive GT6 at night, or even to watch a video. My eyes unconsciously skip to the next car down the road to look at his cone of light, and finds it not there.
All the other stuff at night is very pretty, I'm not denying. But I end up with this jarred, out-of-place feeling because the game won't let me look where I want to. Clearly I'm in a minority with this, and I don't knock other people that don't have this feeling, but I have no desire to train myself to be a worse night driver simply so that I can get on with a game.
like in GT5