Seattle and New York

[One_of_You]

I wonder why they were removed. I hope they bring them back in some DLC, I loved actually knowing the real life landmarks. That and the Seattle track was straight awesome.

 

[blauster654]

I wonder why they were removed. I hope they bring them back in some DLC, I loved actually knowing the real life landmarks. That and the Seattle track was straight awesome.

I actually think its tragic that Seattle was left out. My favourite track since it appeared in 2. It was my test track. Every car I got was put through it paces on that track. It had everything except long sweeping bends which was just right up my street.

El Capitan is another. I just hope to god that they're made available as DLC.

 

[bodger]

Seattle was ok. The bumps over the tracks were cool.

New York: "meh".

I remember in the trade shows New York was shown with fantastic looking textures, and they had to reduce the quality down quite a bit by the time they got to release. This caused whinging on this forum. Nothing ever changes does it?

 

[HBR-Roadhog]

I liked Seattle a lot and New York was pretty good much better than the New York on Forza but I would rather have El-Capitan than New York.

I also wish they would bring back Motegi and Infineon.

 

[GT_Prologue5]

I wish Tsukuba would have had weather change. They already had the wet track from GT4, now make it rain.

 

[GinoLicious]

Yeah Seattle was an amazing track. I sure hope it comes in an update or something. But then again, all we do is hope for an update for something, leaderboards, etc. LOL.... So i dunno, i guess we can hope? lol.

 

[JAG_-DA-_BEAST]

I live in Seattle and yes I want a cookie, make it chocolate chip.

 

[lancia delta hf]

seatle was my and my mates most raced track, i beat all comers on that track with the delta, i was piffed when i realised it would not be in gt5

 

[lucky206]

I live in Seattle and yes I want a cookie, make it chocolate chip.

Yea, the Seattle track was sweet. But where was the rain? They need to bring it back with weather

 

[lviw]

Seattle is definately being missed by me. I liked it a lot.
New York wasn't bad either, but London Track kinda reminds me of it.

But the track I am missing the most is probably Midfield.

 

[shirakawaa]

I wish Tsukuba would have had weather change. They already had the wet track from GT4, now make it rain.

Yes, another unexplainable loss.
Also, since SSR7 has got weather, why don't SSR5/CSR5 have it too? After all they share the same "theme", and maybe textures. Also there was already SSR5 wet in GT4.

 

[thedeester1]

I liked Seattle a lot and New York was pretty good much better than the New York on Forza but I would rather have El-Capitan than New York.

I also wish they would bring back Motegi and Infineon.

Im with you on the last 2!!!!!!!!!!....Id pay for those as DLC...The others im not so fussed. Your right though El-Capitan was better than New York and I got bored of Seattle. Cant remember if Seattle was in GT1 but it was in most upto 4. One version Hammered it, it was part of virtually every championship. Liked it but got sick of it.

 

[Gohon]

I hated new york. It was a terrible track.

Where is Midfield Raceway, Seatle, Motegi and Apricot Hill

I'd rather el capitan than eiger.

 

[Akmuq]

Motegi and midfield and New York I'm not fussed about.
But the good ones were El Capitan, Seattle and Infinion.
I'm surprised that Valencia didn't make it, but that's terrible so I don't care.

 

[Tommy_861]

El Capitan and Infineon were way better than Seattle, I never liked that track. New York was cool because it was NY but it wasn't much of a good track.

 

[ShadowSports]

I also wish they would bring back Motegi and Infineon.

I dont care for Infineon much, It was an ok Track. Motegi on the other hand was my Favorite track in Gran Turismo 4 I found alot of my Tuning done there aswell. I loved the Combination of Corners. The Sunsetting in the back ground. I miss Motegi Road Course.

 

[MSZ]

I'm going to get flamed on this...but for the 3000000th time: I want the Hong Kong track back with updated landmarks. lol

 

[White & Nerdy]

My theory as to why Seattle is missing is that they finally decided to get rid of the King Dome, but didn't have time to remodel that section in sufficient detail.

 

[Nerine]

One thing you can say for sure...

GTs tracks in general have always been superb.

 

[Cold Fussion]

I'm going to get flamed on this...but for the 3000000th time: I want the Hong Kong track back with updated landmarks. lol

You and I must be the only people who liked the Hong Kong track. I also much prefer the old Rome circuit.

 

[XxTH3_ST1GxX]

Yea, the Seattle track was sweet. But where was the rain? They need to bring it back with weather

agreed, prolly why it was left out. they wanted to implement weather and they couldn't do it in time. that makes me believe that GT5 has much more to offer in the future.

 

[shirakawaa]

You and I must be the only people who liked the Hong Kong track. I also much prefer the old Rome circuit.

Why not have both? A combined version could even be possible as they share part of their layout as I previously wrote. Actually I can't understand why they didn't include both of them beacuse of that. It's not that it would have been too much additional work (since they took the time to go there and scan/photograph the area again for GT5):

But maybe it's off-topic here.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I wonder why they were removed. I hope they bring them back in some DLC, I loved actually knowing the real life landmarks. That and the Seattle track was straight awesome.

I think the intention was to give each game a little bit of a unique feel to it by including circuits that are only driveable in that game. GT2 has Grindelwald, Red Rock Valley and Pike's Peak. GT4 has New York, El Capitan, Citta di Aria and Costa di Amalfi. As the core gameplay model doesn't change too much from game to game, the most popular circuits - like Grand Valley, Deep Forest and Tokyo R246 - remain consant while others are game-specific. I wouldn't be too surprised if Gran Turismo 6 comes around and we discover that Madrid, Cape Ring and Toscana Rally have all been discontinued.

 

[Rekktify]

They should have remade Pikes Peak from GT2, would have been an epic rally event.

 

[andrez004]

I actually think its tragic that Seattle was left out. My favourite track since it appeared in 2. It was my test track. Every car I got was put through it paces on that track. It had everything except long sweeping bends which was just right up my street.

Yeah Seattle had almost everything you would want to dial in your setup. The mix of different elevations and corners would really show what your car had.
If memory serves me right it had a semi long high speed right.

 

[shirakawaa]

Yeah Seattle had almost everything you would want to dial in your setup. The mix of different elevations and corners would really show what your car had.
If memory serves me right it had a semi long high speed right.

One bad thing about Seattle were the jumps in the steep uphill section. I don't think that jumps have a place in road racing in a simulator. Most cars would be out of use after one or two of them.
Same for that jump before the spiral bridge on Cape Ring. No way a race car (or even a normal road-legal sports car!) would survive that undamaged at full speed.
If mechanical damage were fully implemented (in all races, and especially in Time Trials) in GT5, players would be forced to slow down on them in order to avoid destroying their cars.

 

[hsoomal]

agree with eveything on this thread...but what makes me sad is...how big would a track be in terms of download?

can we seriously expect them to do that? I would love it but...just seems like too big of a download...

 

[cleanLX]

I'm going to get flamed on this...but for the 3000000th time: I want the Hong Kong track back with updated landmarks. lol

I loved Hong Kong... then again I loved Paris too so...
I could never find a love for the "jumps" on Seattle... New York was my least favorite... very very simple track in my opinion.

Now Infinion and El Cap were at the top of my list.

 

[Spacegoat]

Please PD bring back Seattle and Midfield Speedway.

 

[dLo GSR]

i too miss seattle. that was my favorite city course.