Honestly, that's a pretty dumb thing to do just to make experience more enjoyable.
I agree, though I can at least see their reasoning. They always pushed the whole "making it more accssible" angle. Widening the Nurb is a poor decision to us, because yeah, there goes the realism argument. Kaz has mentioned wanting to make the game easier for beginners too; his approach with Standard physics is the answer. And the rather heavy-handed issue of forcing the grippy intermediate tires on us... and having all assists default to the on position. But still, at least he is giving us the option; it seems odd to go through the trouble of adding the Nurb, in T10's case, only to end up modifying it.
I guess from this point we can conclude that FM3 and GT5 had entirely different objectives when being made.
Similar, but yes, different. T10 seems to place a higher importance on this whole newcomer/lesser-skilled/casual thing. GT5 has that as a goal, but it's lower down on the list (thankfully, for us). Customization shares a similar situation (less thankfully). They both have their strengths, for slightly different target markets.
Interesting, I never thought that would be the reason, it's no wonder the GT is my most used car behind a few Race cars (Enduros lol).
Do you think that's also the reason behind the GT also sounding much much better (different or unique if not better) than any other car in the game as well?
I
think so, yes, but it's just a guess. Look at what cars Kaz owns and look at them in the game; do they not consistently punch above their weight? The sound thing is a nice bonus side-effect
Seeing as how there's been a really heavy push for the SLS with this game, I imagine it to get a similar treatment.
dude,are you sure you dont work for T10? Dan,that you?
His comment was far from some Forza-pushing propaganda, though. Just stating fact; it's wider in game than real life. Whether that's good or bad is up to interpretation. Personally, I don't like it... the Nordschleife has plenty of passing opportunities in normal narrow form.