Vintage Formula 1 cars in GT5?

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From the official Sony GT4 site:

"Gran Turismo 4 is a journey to discover cars - the history of the automobile and its evolution to modern-day vehicles."

So PD likes cars with historic value, and Gran Turismo is supposed to be a sort of automotive history lesson. Good. That means PD might be interested in doing this in GT5:

How about including a half-dozen or so Formula 1 cars from back before race cars became rolling billboards, circa 1954 to 1958? Not familiar with them? Check these beauties out:

http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/57maserati250f.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/58vanwall.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/55mercedes.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/57ferrari801.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/58lotus16.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/56ferrarid50.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/54mercedes.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/54maserati.htm
http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/voitures/56brm25.htm

Are they too cool, or what? C'mon, you've got to agree that a vintage F1 class in GT5 would have to be a major hoot.

PD now can put animated drivers in open cars, so that's no problem. However, I would think that changing the looks of the pit crews would be a big deal. The 21st-century crews of GT4 would look pretty odd servicing a 1955 race car, but hey, we put up with empty pits and invisible pit crews in GT3, so I guess we could live with it.

And for that matter, we could live with thoroughly modern tracks like those in GT3 and GT4 as well. Asking for 50s-looking tracks in GT5 would be too much.

However, asking for those great old cars would not be too much. It would add a lot to the game.
 
Would be welcomed too:

Lotus 25, 49, 72, 79, 100T...
Ferrari 312T, 641...
Brabham BT52...

These kind of cars would be a great thing for the GT serie...but, I guess it is not concentred on Formula 1 :sick:
 
What exactly makes a track 50s looking? Black and white?

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Or were you referring to the no advertisments thing?

I once had a game for my old computer that was vintage F1 racing. Now that was a cool game. I would love to see more vintage race cars in GT5 and more vintage cups.
 
VTGT07
What exactly makes a track 50s looking? Black and white?

Or were you referring to the no advertisments thing?
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50's tracks had little in the way of safety features - very few barriers, a few hay bales and the odd sand filled oil drum. Some of the tracks that used closed puplic roads like Spa, will have had drainage grates, lap posts, road signs etc to contend with as well. The rally stages in GT4 where the crowds are at the edge of the track, seperated by nothing more than a rope were another feature of 50's Grand Prix racing.

The PAL version of GT4 will also feature a 30's AutoUnion GP car!
 
Ah okay. I never did watch too much vintage racing. And that vintage racing game I still had barriers and whatnot, they were just further away from the track. So I guess it wasn't really 'vintage' tracks, just 'not so modern' ones. I do remember having fun and running into a telephone pole in the middle of one of the runoff areas after a long sweeping turn, that was fun.
 
Welcome to GTP Zardoz. Enjoy your stay here.

I welcome any new cars to the GT series, and your selection is no expection.
Also I'd like to see a few F1 cars from over the years. Something along the lines of the old cigar shaped cars, that Clarke, Hill, Moss and Surtees all won World championships in.

However, I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here, as I fear there will be less cars in GT5, just because PD now have to create a damage model for each one :(

Cheers, Jamie
 
Dimension
that is a great idea but they should also add more classic touring cars from various countries
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You won't get any complaints from me with that request!!!
 
j8mie
Welcome to GTP Zardoz. Enjoy your stay here.

I welcome any new cars to the GT series, and your selection is no expection.
Also I'd like to see a few F1 cars from over the years. Something along the lines of the old cigar shaped cars, that Clarke, Hill, Moss and Surtees all won World championships in.

However, I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here, as I fear there will be less cars in GT5, just because PD now have to create a damage model for each one :(

Cheers, Jamie
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Moss couldn´t. :(
 
Great idea! I hope the guys at PD follow this thread and they can include some vintage sportcars as well. I am still hoping some of these beauties will make it into GT4 (checkout the Auto Union in AMAR's threat) or PD brings them in a sort of GT for vintage racers, the way they did with GT Concept as I pointed out in the "cars wanted in GT5 threat"
 

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