Photomode overlooked by PD ?

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Yeah, i know, it belongs in the sub fourm, but everyone else is complaining about something so i might as well too,Polyphony needs to give the photomode some love.
- We only have 9 locations, where as we had 13 of what i can remember in GT4. Yeah only 4 more, but they were 10x better locations than GT5's. New York and Shibuya would be perfect in GT5 with it's moving scenery. But we Really, really need the Wind Tunnel, Garage, and Studio location. (the lighted black area in the intro video)
- Standards need to be allowed in photo travel, or alteast have the stupid "Please move a little further away".
The controlable vignette, saturation and white balance should be brought back as well.
- Openable Doors/hoods and trunks, they molded the hell out of them, so why can we only take pictures of it by glitching through it at only 2 locations ?
- Controlable Lighting, if just for photo travel, it'd be awesome. to actually control the lighting in every area, instead of a half-dynamic time where it's only light for a minute then stays dark (Chapel, Red Bull Hangar)

But if you agree fine, it'd be nice for PD to help out a section of the fans, they did in 1.06 with a zoom/pan for the final image, and select multiple images for export so it's a good start. But if you've come in only to complain about how photomode is a waste of time and resources, please tell that to the large community, which is just about as big as the rest of the sections of the GT5 fanbase.
 
Yes?

I thought that GT5's photomode was going to be amazing, considering they invented it. It is good, but it falls short of what I was expecting :)
 
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Yeah, i know, it belongs in the sub fourm, but everyone else is complaining about something so i might as well too,Polyphony needs to give the photomode some love.
- We only have 9 locations, where as we had 13 of what i can remember in GT4. Yeah only 4 more, but they were 10x better locations than GT5's. New York and Shibuya would be perfect in GT5 with it's moving scenery. But we Really, really need the Wind Tunnel, Garage, and Studio location. (the lighted black area in the intro video)
- Standards need to be allowed in photo travel, or alteast have the stupid "Please move a little further away".
The controlable vignette, saturation and white balance should be brought back as well.
- Openable Doors/hoods and trunks, they molded the hell out of them, so why can we only take pictures of it by glitching through it at only 2 locations ?
- Controlable Lighting, if just for photo travel, it'd be awesome. to actually control the lighting in every area, instead of a half-dynamic time where it's only light for a minute then stays dark (Chapel, Red Bull Hangar)

But if you agree fine, it'd be nice for PD to help out a section of the fans, they did in 1.06 with a zoom/pan for the final image, and select multiple images for export so it's a good start. But if you've come in only to complain about how photomode is a waste of time and resources, please tell that to the large community, which is just about as big as the rest of the sections of the GT5 fanbase.
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I've thought the very same thing. Why put so much attention to detail on the interiors if 95% of the time we can't even see it. I also find the ability to not be able to take a standard car into a photo location is rubbish.

Take this for example and try it yourself. Change into ANY standard car you wish, leave the game then return without going into GT life mode. You'll soon see the very same standard car being shown in some of the photo locations in the game, and plus they look fantastic.....I'll never understand PD....
 
Havok_
Take this for example and try it yourself. Change into ANY standard car you wish, leave the game then return without going into GT life mode. You'll soon see the very same standard car being shown in some of the photo locations in the game, and plus they look fantastic.....I'll never understand PD....
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Exactly. they look really good in the travel, and half the time, they're at the locations we can't even get, which is even more of a middle finger to us.
 
Gtuned
- We only have 9 locations
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I have 12 so you have a few more to unlock and most of these one's are dynamic with day/night, moving cars, people, etc I think we've got a good selection, a few more would be a nice bonus though :)
 
I want the wind tunnel location the most. Its just awesome. The other locations you see at the main menu would be nice too. They're in the game, so they just need to be unlocked. Perhaps it requires some hidden thing to be done which nobody has found yet, or maybe its planned DLC in the future.
 
So, what is in the game?

I have:

Piazza de Campo
the Japanese temple
Gion
Hangar 7
Marktgaase
San Galgano
San Gimignano
Lucerne bridge
3 Ahrweiler locations


I really wish Venice wan't taken out. That would've been brilliant.
 
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Photomode is awesome in GT5! Im making millions of pictures! didnt use Photo locations for any of my photos! If you know how to make awesome pictures in GT5 you will love it, if you suck in that area you obviously will not like it!
 
Yes PD do need to add some more features to PhotoMode. Some more locations would be very nice, especially ones with more movement in the back ground. The ability to take photos of the standard cars. A multi car feature would be nice, as would a "white studio room" feature. Lighting is everything in photography, so being able to totally control that would be awesome.
 
Havok_
I also find the ability to not be able to take a standard car into a photo location is rubbish.
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I don't like it either, but I think we all know why they did this. If people can get up close on those Standard models, the poor quality of them will be glaringly obvious. This is also why they don't allow you to get very close to them in the race replay photo mode.

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Photomode is awesome in GT5! Im making millions of pictures! didnt use Photo locations for any of my photos! If you know how to make awesome pictures in GT5 you will love it, if you suck in that area you obviously will not like it!
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They still don't let you get very close to the cars. I want to get a lot closer than what the race replay photo mode will allow. This makes it not-so-awesome.
 
I agree.

Seeing the various places that your car is at when you start the game up just makes you upset that they aren't in photomode.
 
I think when PD designed the locations they didn't think about it from a lighting point of view, many locations are nice in itself but the lighting are very similiar, with not much diversity.

And many of the locations need some normal mapping on the environment texture as well, I was expecting no less than perfection is what is basically a rendering engine, but some sloppy texture work stood out like a sore thumb when the car looks pretty perfect, the texture in the chapel for example is pretty inexcusable for how small that environment is.
 
Agree completely. I haven't touched it yet, but like Havok_ mentioned above, the game will stick your current Standard car in a Photo Mode location. And they look great! In a tweet, Kaz mentioned rethinking the whole Standard/Photo location issue, so maybe we need to make some more noise about it.

I also think unlocking Photo Mode locations is a crock. They should all be available, or open up as you progress, not be based on some stupidly hard accomplishment.
 
one thing also is that it would be nice to have and HDR setting, for people less skilled in photoshop such as me lol
 
Yeah, there are still some missed features. Like said, to set the daytime by myself would be awesome. I am sick of the Red Bull Hangar and the church ruin to get dark very fast.

Also I am wondering, why there are almost only city and tourist locations in photo mode.

Why isn´t there anything for race cars like the pit garage in the intro demo or for some rough photo style like industrial places or ruins.

Who the hell thinks, that taking a shot of a race car on market places looks stylish?
 
Locations I would like to have for phototravel:

- Warehouse
- Windtunnel
- The new pitcrew
- Standard photostudio background like in the dealershop.

I think they hold these locations back for later DLC.
 
I just want the Nurberg castle ruins location that has been modeled in the game since GT5P. How hard would that be...
 
The photo mode is pointless without better camera features. Yes you have f-stops and shutter speeds, but no ISO setting. I could do so much more with an ISO option.
 
But like, shouldnt photomode be last on their priority after fixing the racing game part first?
 
Yes, I definitely agree what you have said about the Photomode.
 
If a car had a electric spoiler, example a LFA, we could deploy or retract for some pics, it would be great.
 
The photomode feature is cool, sure it could use some more love, but i honestly think i would rather they work on other areas of the game before focusing on this.
 
Once again PD fail to make the most out of what they've got, supprise-supprise! Hopefully the game will grow in the right direction via updates, only problem is they can also remove features via updates too.


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Gtuned
- We only have 9 locations, where as we had 13 of what i can remember in GT4. Yeah only 4 more, but they were 10x better locations than GT5's. New York and Shibuya would be perfect in GT5 with it's moving scenery. But we Really, really need the Wind Tunnel, Garage, and Studio location. (the lighted black area in the intro video)
- Standards need to be allowed in photo travel, or alteast have the stupid "Please move a little further away".
The controlable vignette, saturation and white balance should be brought back as well.
- Openable Doors/hoods and trunks, they molded the hell out of them, so why can we only take pictures of it by glitching through it at only 2 locations ?
- Controlable Lighting, if just for photo travel, it'd be awesome. to actually control the lighting in every area, instead of a half-dynamic time where it's only light for a minute then stays dark (Chapel, Red Bull Hangar)
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1. Kyoto - Gion, Bern - Market Street, Ahrweiler - Town Square, Ahrweiler - Street, Ahrweiler - Gate, Ahrweiler - Winter, Kyoto - Shoren-in, San Galgano Abbey, San Gimignano - Town Square, Siena - Piazza del Campo, Red Bull Hangar-7 and Lucerne - Chapel Bridge make 12 locations.

2. Doubly agreed. But can't the filters in the game do it for you?

3. Like the idea of it, but adding it in would make for a huge update.

4. Again would take up space and I can live with waiting for the right lighting for the most part.
 
nickg07
But like, shouldnt photomode be last on their priority after fixing the racing game part first?
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The photo mode is the second biggest feature of Gran Turismo since GT3, so it is very important for an huge number of players.
 
And we need chicks in photomode.
Chicks and cars = winning combo.
 
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