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- Bologna
- JohnMcLuke
Concept cars have always played an important role in Gran Turismo, often attracting many players.. Sometimes even anticipating real cars that later hit the streets, or becoming legendary examples of prototypes that never made it to production, like the Nardo, the Cien or the Viper GTS-R.
Personally, I don’t think the Vision Gran Turismo project is a bad idea. When I first heard they were going to give more space to concept cars, I was genuinely excited. But in reality, things turned out very differently, because maybe the project itself has simply taken a different direction.
Leaving aside the models without interiors (which is honestly embarrassing), and the totally unrealistic designs like the Dodge and Chaparral, there are still some genuinely interesting cars in the Vision lineup. In a better context, I would have been enthusiastic about cars like the Honda Sport Vision, the VW Supersport, the Nissan Concept 2020, or even other well-executed prototypes like the Citroën GT and the Mazda RX Vision road car.
But the problem is that now there’s no real interest left in the new prototypes they’re planning to add. How many players would actually prefer other kinds of prototypes like the older ones? Or simply road/race cars without this weird project.
It’s not like we’ve ever had total freedom when it comes to prototypes (not even in GT3 or GT4), but back then they added cars that were simply more attractive, more iconic, and also more intriguing, which pulled people in. Vision GT, on the other hand, has distanced me from the original concept of what a prototype should be.. At least the way I saw it, and perhaps the way Polyphony saw it years ago. Some of the Vision cars are just flat-out unrealistic, or honestly ugly from multiple points of view.
That said, there are exceptions, the Bulgari, the Honda Sport Vision, and others mentioned earlier are beautiful to drive and have realistic performance. But the overall direction? Nobody really knows.
Most of these cars are never used for anything. Even the good ones aren’t integrated into events. Some are just thrown in the game without interiors (which, for someone like me who drives exclusively in cockpit view, makes them pretty much useless). Others are so over-the-top and unrealistic that they end up making the experience boring instead of exciting. There’s not even a proper thread or space to understand what the community really thinks, though it’s clear there’s a lot of justified dissatisfaction.
I’d like to know how many people still actually want Vision GT cars, how many, like me, believed in the project at first but are now very doubtful, and how many never wanted them at all..(?). In my opinion, some of them are cool and could be included in special events against supercars or modern hypercars. But a 25% of good, well designed Vision cars doesn’t justify a 75% of exaggerated, impractical, or incomplete ones. It’s been over 10 years since the Vision GT project started, and honestly, at this point there’s way more smoke than fire.
Personally, I don’t think the Vision Gran Turismo project is a bad idea. When I first heard they were going to give more space to concept cars, I was genuinely excited. But in reality, things turned out very differently, because maybe the project itself has simply taken a different direction.
Leaving aside the models without interiors (which is honestly embarrassing), and the totally unrealistic designs like the Dodge and Chaparral, there are still some genuinely interesting cars in the Vision lineup. In a better context, I would have been enthusiastic about cars like the Honda Sport Vision, the VW Supersport, the Nissan Concept 2020, or even other well-executed prototypes like the Citroën GT and the Mazda RX Vision road car.
But the problem is that now there’s no real interest left in the new prototypes they’re planning to add. How many players would actually prefer other kinds of prototypes like the older ones? Or simply road/race cars without this weird project.
It’s not like we’ve ever had total freedom when it comes to prototypes (not even in GT3 or GT4), but back then they added cars that were simply more attractive, more iconic, and also more intriguing, which pulled people in. Vision GT, on the other hand, has distanced me from the original concept of what a prototype should be.. At least the way I saw it, and perhaps the way Polyphony saw it years ago. Some of the Vision cars are just flat-out unrealistic, or honestly ugly from multiple points of view.
That said, there are exceptions, the Bulgari, the Honda Sport Vision, and others mentioned earlier are beautiful to drive and have realistic performance. But the overall direction? Nobody really knows.
Most of these cars are never used for anything. Even the good ones aren’t integrated into events. Some are just thrown in the game without interiors (which, for someone like me who drives exclusively in cockpit view, makes them pretty much useless). Others are so over-the-top and unrealistic that they end up making the experience boring instead of exciting. There’s not even a proper thread or space to understand what the community really thinks, though it’s clear there’s a lot of justified dissatisfaction.
I’d like to know how many people still actually want Vision GT cars, how many, like me, believed in the project at first but are now very doubtful, and how many never wanted them at all..(?). In my opinion, some of them are cool and could be included in special events against supercars or modern hypercars. But a 25% of good, well designed Vision cars doesn’t justify a 75% of exaggerated, impractical, or incomplete ones. It’s been over 10 years since the Vision GT project started, and honestly, at this point there’s way more smoke than fire.
