Wheels...

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As long as the wheels look half decent and somewhat 3d I'm fine. Just phocus on the cars, PD...
 
See-through wheels? This might help:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1056453&postcount=1

(^_^) No, silly. This is the lovely Pescarolo LMP, and in some of the pictures, you can see the brake rotors light up. And I think as another example, "Test Drive: Le Mans" featured race cars with glowing brake rotors. Even though the graphics were seriously not on par with Gran Turismo or Ridge Racer Type 4, at least it had something GT or R4 didn't have- glowing brake rotors.
 
JohnBM01
See-through wheels? This might help:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1056453&postcount=1

(^_^) No, silly. This is the lovely Pescarolo LMP, and in some of the pictures, you can see the brake rotors light up. And I think as another example, "Test Drive: Le Mans" featured race cars with glowing brake rotors. Even though the graphics were seriously not on par with Gran Turismo or Ridge Racer Type 4, at least it had something GT or R4 didn't have- glowing brake rotors.
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GT3 had em, they were very pretty. Problem solved. Now onto the 3d wheels...

RR type 4 was awesome by the way. 👍
 
Did anyone actually read his initial post? He knows you can see the rotors, he's talking about seeing the road and through the underside of the car through the wheels...
 
Sven
Did anyone actually read his initial post? He knows you can see the rotors, he's talking about seeing the road and through the underside of the car through the wheels...
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I read the post. I got that part. He also mentioned 3d wheels, as in 3d modelled wheels, for which he got roasted for. On top of it, people give props to the guy who insults him. Nice etiquette there.
 
MadduckUK
iv never been concious of the wheels in GT3, never thaught "**** they could look better", they dont (to me) stand out against the cars, if the car detail was increased noticeably then yeah id want to see better wheels to stop the looking out of placebut at the moment there serving there purpose fine
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What about at the beginning of a race when the camera does a close up of the wheel? Surely Polyphony could use the garage wheel models until the cars begin to move…
 
Does it really matter what the wheels look like, you're never going to look at them while you're racing.
 
radicool02
Does it really matter what the wheels look like, you're never going to look at them while you're racing.
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You won't want to look at them while watching replays or taking photos to print out and hang on your wall either I bet.
 
At least he called them wheels and not RIMS.

I agree with amar though, there are other things that need to be sorted before wheels.
 
amar212
This is the official PD's statement about wheels:

"As we have seen lots of fans are taking into concern wheels on cars, we have decided to implement full 3D wheels for each cars in the same polygon count as cars will have. Each wheels will be modeled of +5,000 polygons, which means +20,000 polygons per wheels on each car. In the same time, each car will be modelled from about +5,000 polygons, but in this way we will keep our fanboy base happy by allowing them to see wheels in full 3D, spectaculary modelled in the way never previous seen in video-game.

It makes us proud to say that Gran Turismo 4 will bring truly photorealistic wheels and wheelbase, with amazing level of details and precission. Even the scratches on calipers and manufactoorers insignia will be avalibale to view in replay mode.

Unfortunately, because of that, we had to do some minor changes in the game, so only two cars will be allowed to race on track at once. We hope that will not effect the gameplay, as - and we must declare that one more time - all the players will be able to enjoy in unbelievable believable wheels, in the way never seen besides the reality itself.

We hope that our fans will appriceate all the effort we put in into wheel modelling for the GT4.

Gran Turismo 4, now called "Gran Turismo 4: The Real Wheels Simulation" is scheduled for release in late 2004."


Hope this long awaited release will clear all the issues about the wheels in GT4.
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good dood issue amar!!
the wheel are part of the car..up to gt4 p they sometimes seem apart from the car
 
As I say, I don't think you can really see through the tires to the road. And I don't think it matters anyhow. Get off the topic of wheels. Otherwise, this could be as annoying as release dates and car wishlists. Show me a picture of whatever this guy is talking about:

"...he's talking about seeing the road and through the underside of the car through the wheels." -Sven, post #34

For the last time, **** wheels. Whatever happened to the rest of the game? Or if that's the case, maybe I'll agree with my Croatian boy Amar on "The Real Wheels Simulator" if this is going to be the difference between a good game and a horrible one. I never thought they were so important (sarcastic voice).
 
I don't think its such an unrealistic request to be able to see through the wheels. More realistic than full 3D ones in-game I think...
 
The game will rock with or without fully modelled wheels. They're no big deal, all he was saying is that it would be nice, just like any other added detail, and yes, they are a bit lacking in the wheel department.

Don't like the thread? Don't reply to it and it'll die soon enough. There's no need to be an overbearing smart-ass because you've seen the topic before. Linking another thread to the subject would be more helpful than whining about it.
 
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