Private Rooms Online Play?

[Zetec-ss]

does anybody know the date this will happen? or an estimate?

 

[JackM]

does anybody know the date this will happen? or an estimate?

A non-educated guess would say it might be sometime in April. For a couple of reasons.

i) I read once (on this forum I think) that there will be a car update on the 17th. So it may come with that.

ii) It is such a gaping void in the online experience that obviously needs to be plugged, and we hear that PD sometimes have a gander at these boards, and will no doubt have noticed the out-cry.


... my opinion anyway.

 

[Zetec-ss]

any ideas on how many extra cars are going to be in the update?

 

[Beerz]

I thought this thread was about Private Rooms Online Play, not car lists...

 

[dark_ruffo]

My guess is that Private Rooms will arrive when Home arrives.

 

[JackM]

My guess is that Private Rooms will arrive when Home arrives.

Whats Home? Just a home page for GT?

any ideas on how many extra cars are going to be in the update?

Absolutly no idea. Just take that as rumour, theres nothing official on it that I know of. So don't get your hopes up.

 

[Zetec-ss]

home?

 

[dark_ruffo]

Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY2vwlh5-g

 

[JackM]

Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY2vwlh5-g

God, this 'community' concept is really getting milked isn't it

 

[Beerz]

Yeah, it sucks.
It doesn't even have advantages or anything, and it's exactly the same thing as the 360 has...

Are you serious?

 

[dark_ruffo]

For me it will be a waste of RAM, but yeah, Sony wants to milk it as much as they can.

 

[BloodyJesus]

@JackM

Where do you read that there's a car update ? Could you please post me a link ? Thanks in advance

 

[JackM]

@JackM

Where do you read that there's a car update ? Could you please post me a link ? Thanks in advance

Sorry mate, I really can't remember. I just remember reading it on here somewhere.

Maybe a search of 'April 17th' may get you somewhere, and just look through the newer threads that come up.

Edit: I may have mis-read or mis-understood what was said, so like I say, just take that as a rumour with no basis. I'd hate to get peoples hopes up over nothing.

 

[Hereward]

Hang on, you want private rooms but think the Idea of Home is a bad one? Little contradictory do you not think? One advantage of Home is you can meet up with your friends then go as a group to play say GT5p, This forum could in theory have an apartment within Home where all the forum members could drop in at anytime, meet up with other forum members, have a chat and them nip out and have a few races with each other. The apartment it'self could have members best screen shots up as pictures on the walls, and members videos on TV, around the place........If you feel this is Sony "milking the comunity idea" I fail to see how? It's free and of course you don't need to use it. Home will be a much needed system which will make the whole experience of online play including that of GT5p and GT5 so much more easy and enjoyable.

 

[JackM]

One advantage of Home is you can meet up with your friends then go as a group to play say GT5p, This forum could in theory have an apartment within Home where all the forum members could drop in at anytime, meet up with other forum members...

Isn't that what this forum does anyway?

 

[RedOak]

This forum could in theory have an apartment within Home where all the forum members could drop in at anytime, meet up with other forum members, have a chat and them nip out and have a few races with each other. The apartment it'self could have members best screen shots up as pictures on the walls, and members videos on TV, around the place........

Thatd be awesome!

 

[JackM]

Thatd be awesome!

You've got to be kidding!

That's this site.
You can put up your pictures, you can put up your videos, you can chat with other members.

That's the same mental diarrhea as the idea of driving to the different tracks on GT and have an open world thing. Ridiculous. Unnecessary.

 

[driverx]

personally i think home is a great idea and Hereward give u all of the advantages so there is no need for me to add

 

[Hereward]

Isn't that what this forum does anyway?

Ahh yes but Home will save me typing LOL plus We cant just pop into a race at the drop of a hat, have a game of pool, chess or one of the many arcade games which could be scattered around the apartment LOL It could be like GT planet in 3D and on a hefty dose of hallucinogens LOL

Oh yeah putting up forum race results on the wll would be easy and sorting out any arguments could be done very quickly....on the track LOL

 

[JackM]

Ahh yes but Home will save me typing LOL plus We cant just pop into a race at the drop of a hat, have a game of pool, chess or one of the many arcade games which could be scattered around the apartment LOL It could be like GT planet in 3D and on a hefty dose of hallucinogens LOL

Oh yeah putting up forum race results on the wll would be easy and sorting out any arguments could be done very quickly....on the track LOL

Well, horses for courses I guess. At least it'll be available for people who want it, so I can't knock Sony for providing a service.

No matter what my judgement is

I've only seen the YouTube video that was linked to earlier, it just seems like 2nd life, but with more 'Sony' logos

 

[Hereward]

The Idea of a GT Forum apartment within home was just an example of how Home could work within the GT5p senario. The forum you are on now has one huge advantage over home, I'ts a huge searchable database of GT information, you can ask a question and eventualy someone will come online with the awnser. JackM if you have a friends list with people in it and you want to get together with some or all of them to then play an online game then thats one of the basic features of Home. Currently doing such a simple thing with the XMB can be converlouted to say the least! Home will make playing online with your friends easier. Whats not to like about that? The video shows you what it will look like, go check what it actualy dose I assure you theres somthing in there for everyone! Looks Like second life but it's there to interface people with games where 2nd life is just a glorified chat room. LOL

 

[Vincent]

I think it would be extremely cool if GTP were to have its own counterpart in home; it certainly is possible. A place where you can meet not only friends but a group of people who truly are serious about their racing, where you know that you will find a clean race and a real challenge. (: Perhaps I'm being a bit too Romantic.

 

[bevo]

if you want to race friends online now go to the site xlink. i'm not positive if it works on gt5p but i know it worked on gt4. i use to race my buddies in n.y. and i'm in ohio. it's complicated at first but you will get the hang of it. you race online using system link.

 

[d123456]

They should make a 2p online mode, where you and a mate can race online against others.
How about that!