This editor admits to being a long-standing fan of the Gran Turismo series and am out-of-my-brain pumped about GT5's release this November. And I find the below shots of the game's car damage model a tad disappointing.
Polyphony seems to have told its polygons to bend all over the place with complete disregard for the way actual metal dents, and the differences between metal panels and plastic bumpers, which tend to bend or crack completely.
There's also no effect on the game's textures, so cars are all bashed up but the paintwork remains flawless.
The result? Look at that shot of the mangled Ferrari 458 Italia. It looks like it's made of Play-Doh, or has been left out in the sun too long and is melting. And check the video below of the same car; 30 seconds in the camera switches to the above-car view to reveal a polygonal mess.
Not impressed. The game will still be awesome, and it's good to at least have SOME damage in the series at last, but games like Burnout Paradise raised the bar - a bar we thought Polyphony would reach effortlessly.
which probably explains why it only crashed once. The conference consisted of a series of live demos showing off a slew of new features in what will be one of the final big information releases before the game ships in November.
