PD visita España: Discussion about Ronda, Gemasolar, and Ascari Track!

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ImaRobot
I'm not sure how well you stack up as a driver, so please dont take this the wrong way
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I struggle. :lol: Even after racing pretty much every day for more than a month, my lap times can vary +/- 2 seconds on tracks of moderate length like Suzuka. Part of it is that the suspension model is much like the one we're getting in GT6. I had mentioned rather glibly months ago that it feels like I'm racing on mattress springs, but for me it's true, and this is a good and bad thing. The good is that the cars feel very lively. The bad is, ZOMG, do the cars feel lively! I often find myself gripping the MS wheel controller fiercely because it's such a struggle when I'm close to other cars or a wall, trying not to hit them.

It's still fun, I'm not going to quit, and I do like to drive in the midst of a pack of bots because they make for interesting replays and photoshoots. But after getting knocked around one too many times, I have to dial them off so I can get away from them for a while and calm down.

I'm very curious what the bots will be like in GT6, because PD is supposed to be making them at least a bit more human and agressive. It should be fun to see what that means. And then there's that alternate universe in Forza 5, and bots with the old Drivatar A.I. algorithms learning from me and some of the other drivers around the world. I don't know if I'll pick up The ONE this Christmas and F5... and a wheel (gah! cost) or not, but at some point I know I'll want to, if for no other reason than to see how awesome the Livery Editor is in HD, and what new customizations there are.
 
Amazing. Another thread taking off-topic into yet another FM vs GT comparison, when the OP has nothing to do with that. The same expected usernames involved, too.

:rolleyes:

Take it to the proper threads, folks. The warning has been repeated far too many times.
 
Oh yes, here I am ranting about how Forza so totally sux. :p

Fine, as far as I'm concerned, the stupid thing doesn't exist anymore. Satisfied?
 
Sorry! Sorry... :bowdown:

You gotta have a sense of humor about things. :D
 
Well Ronda might not be in game after all.
Today the delegate of Tourism, Isabel Maria Barriga, expressed his disappointment to understand that "someone has placed their professional interests or above the good of the whole city." His comments have come after some publish media that it was official that Ronda had been chosen as the venue to host the event, scheduled for early December.

Barriga argues that "there is still no official statement from the multinational Sony confirming that the world premiere of the video game will take place here" and has gone beyond stating that "this information could jeopardize the final choice after a hard work Tourism teamwork between Ronda and the agency Ascari Last Lap ".
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http://www.charrytv.com/noticias/ro...smo-6-sony-playstation-kazunori-yamauchi_1884
 
Daverytimes
The hell does that even mean (the comment by the delegate of tourism)
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GT6 was apparently going to be officially released ("premiere") in the city of Ronda, Spain, home of the Ascari Race Resort (you know, where Clarkson films his DVDs). Sony seemingly haven't confirmed to the tourist board that this event is going through (they would need to, since the city would need to prepare for the massive influx of gaming journos and everyone turning up to the event).
 
No conclusion the track or area wont feature in gt6. Just expressed disappointment theres no confirmation of a reveal of gt6 there.
 
Johnnypenso
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Think it's a she...
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Seems they're taking this pretty seriously, the article says that they're thinking of naming a street after Kaz...
 
The Stig Farmer
GT6 was apparently going to be officially released ("premiere") in the city of Ronda, Spain, home of the Ascari Race Resort (you know, where Clarkson films his DVDs). Sony seemingly haven't confirmed to the tourist board that this event is going through (they would need to, since the city would need to prepare for the massive influx of gaming journos and everyone turning up to the event).
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Ah, thank god it's just that. I thought that they were talking about the possibility of removing that area from GT6.
 
Nice dig. Give me a couple of minutes and I'll translate the entire article so we can clear it all up 👍. After all, it's the something that can be remotely considered GT6 news.
 
Wow, nice work! 👍
It's sad that we know more from poking around by ourselves than we do from officially given information.
 
The Stig Farmer
GT6 was apparently going to be officially released ("premiere") in the city of Ronda, Spain, home of the Ascari Race Resort (you know, where Clarkson films his DVDs). Sony seemingly haven't confirmed to the tourist board that this event is going through (they would need to, since the city would need to prepare for the massive influx of gaming journos and everyone turning up to the event).
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Makes sense.
 
CharryTV.com
Barriga: “It’s not official that Ronda will host GT6’s worldwide premiere”


The more than possible world premiere of GT6 at Ronda has caused some grievance between the government and Ascari, the company that began contacts with PlayStation so that our city could host one of the most hope-giving touristic projects for the area in recent years and that could only report benefits to its hurt economy.

Today the delegate for tourism, Isabel María Barriga, has showed her disgust saying that “someone has put his particular or professional interests above the welfare of the entire city”. Her declarations arrive after some media published as something official the fact that Ronda had been chosen as the venue to host the event, planned for the beginning of December.

Barriga says that “there’s still no official communication from Sony that confirms that the world premiere of the videogame will take place here” and she has gone further affirming “this informations could endanger the final decision after all the hard teamwork between Turismo de Ronda, Ascari and the Last Lap agency”.

“In this work team we asked for confidentiality at all times and some inexact informations have been leaked”, reasons why she stated that “if one day I get proof of the identity of that person or company, we’ll take measures about it. Neither it’s official, neither it’s only Ascari who would get it”, she emphasized. According to an Andalucian government official “Ascari has done an excellent job, but the town hall could’ve played a fundamental role in case we are able to convince Sony”.

Ascari sources have denied that the company leaked the announcement from PlayStation, although they’ve said they won’t emit any official communication denying the truth of the published information.

About the posible selection of Ronda, Barriga stated that it “would be very important, because it would be publicity we could never afford and the arrival of around 300 journalists from around the world, with all the effects that has”.

In the upcoming days the decision from Sony will be known, although facts like the naming of a street city with Kazunori Yamauchi’s name, creator of the legendary Gran Turismo franchise, or the confirmation of dozens of rooms in various hotels at Ronda, indicate that negotiations are going very well.
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So, there you go. TL;DR: Ronda may or may not old the world premiere for GT6 and Sony is supposed to make an announcement about...well, something, "in the upcoming days".
 
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I tend to think that all that hesitation on Sony/PD's part comes from the fact that they themselves did not or still do not know what the final day one product will contain in respect to Ronda and the new course creator. And it would be kind of ridiculous, if they hold the launch event in Ronda and all there is on day one is a photo location.
 
Good news on the News page about Ascari! Glad to see more interesting tracks appearing. I thought I read that Ascari was built featuring great bits of other tracks?

Just need a nice tight track like the good old Motorsports Land for low HP cars or small agile cars.
 
Ascari sounds like a great addition. Personally, I've never even heard of it till now!
 

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