wish for standard car interior graphics

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i think it would be good if PD released graphic templates for modders to do the artwork required for the 800 odd black interiors now in the game.
PD could then select the best, do any touch ups required and implement them in future updates.
 
PD would run into the same problem that the devs of an MMO I play on ran into with a similar idea: Copyright law.

The derived works from the content creators would be, at least in the U.S., copyright of the creators at the time of creation. The legal red tape for PD to cover their rumps would be substantial, and that's just in the U.S..

Probably not going to happen. Now, one thing that COULD work would be to allow custom cockpit skins for the black borders. People could distribute the skins freely using whatever usage license they feel like, and the only thing PD would need is a method for allowing those skins to be applied to the black frames.
 
could the copyright issue be overcome by doing it as a competition or something where all entries become the property of PD to do or not do as they please with?
i would prefer your idea yet i think PD would have more trouble with implementing custom cockpit skins. maybe include with custom car skin creator as well(also something i would like to see).
 
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could the copyright issue be overcome by doing it as a competition or something where all entries become the property of PD to do or not do as they please with?
i would prefer your idea yet i think PD would have more trouble with implementing custom cockpit skins. maybe include with custom car skin creator as well(also something i would like to see).
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They could. Cryptic did that for a new starship design in Star Trek Online. Problem is, due to various laws, they were limited to the countries the contest could be held.

But that particular method is possible.
 
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Sounds lame,the black interiors are fine.
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Incorrect.

This is actually a very good idea.

I guess you have to come from a pc-gaming background to know how amazing user-created content can make a game

Look up games like counter strike and day of defeat source to see the massive third party content that in most cases is vastly superior to original content.

There are tons of texture artists out there who could make the standard interiors look amazing. But as stated previously there may be legal issues.

In any case, its a damn good idea and I'd be the first in line to download this stuff.
 
This would never be feasible.

The black car interiors are not only missing textures....they are missing a complex 3D car interior mesh as well.

I know Forza has a strong car painting community, but there is a huge leap between using artistic talent to paste squares onto squares onto squares to make a Final Fantasy livery and creating realistic 3D meshes for over 800 cars, and then skinning them.

Also remember that the diverse selection of car manufacturers in GT is very anally-retentive regarding how their brands are portrayed in the game. Corporate lawyers from these tens of manufacturers would NEVER clear modders' work to represent their brand in a AAA title like GT. This is like night and day compared with the close-knit and dedicated PC modding community.

And don't bring up the argument of "well then how can they allow the ugly standards in-game blah blah blah: the rights for those cars were already cleared for a previous GT so you can gather there were clauses in the agreements for future use in Polyphony products.

So, in short, a nice idea but in reality it will never happen. I wish, but unfortunately I have to s**t on the big happiness parade :(
 

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