Should PD Put the Deltawing in GT5?

[Samus]

Isn't it rumored that Porsche doesnt want their cars in the game because of this. Rumors...

No.

 

[Kurei]

It'd be interesting to see, so yeah, it'd be cool to see in GT5, but would probably be better suited for GT6, yada-reason-yada

I'd like to see the RTR Mustang or Ruf RGT-8 (V8 Porsche/Ruf WHAT? )

Until either of those happen, I'll just enjoy my C6 'Vette (which turns just fine ) on the Nordschleife 👍

 

[parabulla]

I'm not going to say what PD should do with their game, but YES I would be thrilled to drive that unique creature.

What other cars in the game would it compete with? In other words, what else would have similar speed and handling?

Simply put, it's an LMP car. I've heard the car described by media reports and in interviews with the team as "half the weight and half the power" of a traditional LMP car.

I won't embed a video here and start a trend of clutter, but here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_INdbXMqsw&feature=share&list=PL239B84BD346EEEFA

 

[Samus]

It competes with LMP2 cars but it is not legally in that class.

 

[Mr Nerv]

If PD put the DeltaWing in GT5, I'd do the same thing I did with the C7 Proto; Take it to Trial Mountain and see how well I can roll it.

Despite this... I don't think it's needed. (It's a Nissan, but NOT a Skyline...)

No, it's Nissan powered and developed! It's an Aston Martin car by design...

It competes with LMP2 cars but it is not legally in that class.

I believe it ran in a class of 1 when Mr Ordoñez scored a 5th Place Finish at Petit Le Mans, I watched part of that race on MotorsTV in October, it did keep up with the top class racers too. I wonder how many Porsche/BMW drivers thought "...ah, there it goes past again..."!

 

[MichoRexo]

If PD put the DeltaWing in GT5, I'd do the same thing I did with the C7 Proto; Take it to Trial Mountain and see how well I can roll it.

Isn't it rumored that Porsche doesnt want their cars in the game because of this. Rumors...

No.

 

[Samus]

What are you rolling your eyes at? There are no rumors like that. Porsche isn't in GT because EA own the exclusive rights and PD have never struck a deal with them.

 

[MichoRexo]

Im saying rumors have done nobody any good. I wouldn't have posted anything about price tags unless I had a quote and link from someone at Nissan. Just saying. Im still waiting for the quote from the allmighty moderator, by the way.

 

[playnthru]

Isn't it rumored that Porsche doesnt want their cars in the game because of this. Rumors...

I thought it was because they are overpriced Volkswagons.

 

[Tornado]

Im still waiting for the quote from the allmighty moderator, by the way.

DeltaWing?

If the rumours I've heard are true, there's not a chance in hell. It might be a Nissan-engined car and driven by a number of Nissan factory drivers, but Don Panoz holds the licensing rights and it's rumoured he requires $1m for licensing.

Of course he might be persuaded to make a deal, given his car's relationship with Nissan (engine, drivers, factory support) and Nissan's with Sony (GT Academy).

I wouldn't be so quick to judge.

Firstly, yes, I imagine Nissan might have a bit of lean. Secondly, MS may have the funding for this but I seriously doubt they'd go for it for one car. FM just isn't that much of a money-spinner for them - only one in every nine consoles has a copy of any one of the games, on average, though it could be as little as one in twenty X360 owners being FM players. The gross profit on FM is of the order of $25m, over the seven years the series has been going - around $3.5m a year. The odds of MS wanting to throw a third of the annual profit from FM on one car, unless it significantly enhances sales from the existing 5-10% range of all console owners, is slim.

But they do have an ALMS deal (Don Panoz again) and DeltaWing will be racing in Grand-ALMS in 2013, allegedly...

It took me less time to find those two quotes (searching for nothing more than "Deltawing" and "Famine" in the username spot, which only brings up 3 results; though "deltawing licensing" brings up the same results) than it did for you to type up your failed attempt at satire, so what's your excuse?

 

[r3dnekteddybear]

I dont think they should put the car in the game.

 

[MichoRexo]

...what's your excuse?

There is none for me. I was simply trying to encourage Mr Simon here to make a formal post like so.

As for people being able to drive the car in a Gran Turismo game, well, Lucas is a winner of GT Academy, so that is always a possibility.

https://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turis...e-kazunori-yamauchis-2012-gtplanet-interview/

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[Tornado]

Perhaps asking for a source of the rumor have worked, then.

 

[MichoRexo]

Not quite. Im still curious as to where this $1m number was pulled from. All I've been able to find are posts within the community. None with a link, by the way. It's starting to look like it has a brownish hue to it...

Regardless, I'll stop flooding the thread. Yes, I want it on GT5 as DLC. Mainly because I dont want to buy a new console just to get another racing game and pay another $20 ontop of that for DLC. GT5 all over again...

 

[FabFreak]

I'm shocked to see so many "yes" votes.

 

[Polsixe]

It won't appear in any game as long as the rumoured 1 million USD licence fee applies.

Even with the Nissan logo all over it?

 

[Polsixe]

It's a Le Mans car, and I expect it's numbers to be as out of wack if it shows up as every other Le Mans Car. If it came in the same way as the R10 TDI (e.g, not too unrealistic power/torqe levels) then it would be brilliant. Any more power than that thing already has is a recipe for disaster. It only weighs, what, 500ish kilos?

At 300hp and 500 kg it would be a 640pp GT5 car, should be good to go against that level, a step below the 700 Pp LMP cars.

 

[Furinkazen]

Why are some people so against it? Give me a VALID reason why...

 

[Samus]

Even with the Nissan logo all over it?

Yes because it's not really a Nissan.