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I would like to propose the following discussion on the subject of Gran Turismo and the motosports series.
I wonder why PD-Sony doesn't strike full deals with the three major Japanese leagues: Super GT (GT 500 and GT300), TCR Japan Touring Car Series and Super Formula (Main and Lights).
The question does not demand a simple answer - "Because not! Because Kaz don't want to"
Given the evident national affinity between these brands and PD, bearing in mind that the GT franchise is perhaps the greatest instrument for disseminating Japanese automotive culture around the world, it is very curious why PD has not yet managed to obtain a complete license for these series for the GT games.
I mean a complete deal in the sense that PD could have access to all the cars and tracks on the current calendar in these series, as well as access to legendary cars from the past, just as Assetto Corsa has with GT Challenge, Motorsport Games has with the WEC, Turn 10 has with IMSA, anyway.
Needless to say, this would be of great commercial importance for the worldwide spread of Japanese motorsport. Needless to say, fans of the GT franchise would be delighted with the many cars and tracks available to the Japanese series.
After all, without PD maybe we wouldn't be curious about what happens in Super GT and Super Formula.
I don't know if this is a matter of Kaz's personal taste, who, eventually, wants his work to have its own identity, without ties to other brands and, therefore, "spiritually" lose its moral value by serving as an instrument of marketing to other businesses.
I don't know if this is simply a budget issue. That is, PD-Sony has never been able or considers it commercially irrelevant to close full deals with the three Japanese motorsport series.
Importantly, every day we see competing Gran Turismo games striking full and exclusive deals with American and European motorsport series. And that could be preventing GT games from getting immediate access to more modern race cars.
In this line, it is likely that one of these competing games may, in the future, close exclusive agreements with Super GT and Super Formula, and the GT franchise will also be without access to Japanese racing cars.
By the way, in particular, it is very curious that SUGO, TOKACHI and OKAYAMA and other circuits never appeared in Gran Turismo.
I wonder why PD-Sony doesn't strike full deals with the three major Japanese leagues: Super GT (GT 500 and GT300), TCR Japan Touring Car Series and Super Formula (Main and Lights).
The question does not demand a simple answer - "Because not! Because Kaz don't want to"
Given the evident national affinity between these brands and PD, bearing in mind that the GT franchise is perhaps the greatest instrument for disseminating Japanese automotive culture around the world, it is very curious why PD has not yet managed to obtain a complete license for these series for the GT games.
I mean a complete deal in the sense that PD could have access to all the cars and tracks on the current calendar in these series, as well as access to legendary cars from the past, just as Assetto Corsa has with GT Challenge, Motorsport Games has with the WEC, Turn 10 has with IMSA, anyway.
Needless to say, this would be of great commercial importance for the worldwide spread of Japanese motorsport. Needless to say, fans of the GT franchise would be delighted with the many cars and tracks available to the Japanese series.
After all, without PD maybe we wouldn't be curious about what happens in Super GT and Super Formula.
I don't know if this is a matter of Kaz's personal taste, who, eventually, wants his work to have its own identity, without ties to other brands and, therefore, "spiritually" lose its moral value by serving as an instrument of marketing to other businesses.
I don't know if this is simply a budget issue. That is, PD-Sony has never been able or considers it commercially irrelevant to close full deals with the three Japanese motorsport series.
Importantly, every day we see competing Gran Turismo games striking full and exclusive deals with American and European motorsport series. And that could be preventing GT games from getting immediate access to more modern race cars.
In this line, it is likely that one of these competing games may, in the future, close exclusive agreements with Super GT and Super Formula, and the GT franchise will also be without access to Japanese racing cars.
By the way, in particular, it is very curious that SUGO, TOKACHI and OKAYAMA and other circuits never appeared in Gran Turismo.
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