Watch the GT Sport Tokyo Event Livestream Right Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12_HWpwLrRA

First there was London. Then, Nürburgring. This weekend, GT Sport will be showcased for the third time, in its native country. We covered the details of the event yesterday, but here’s a quick refresher of who will be there:

  • Kazunori Yamauchi – producer of the “Gran Turismo” series. 
  • Ukyo Katayama – former Formula 1 driver and current Super GT team director.
  • Jann Mardenborough – GT Academy winner and LMP1 racer for Nissan.
  • Futoshi Omura – Junior Go-Kart racer.
  • Koosamu Omura  – Junior Go-Kart racer.
  • Takuya Takahashi – Winner of the FIA Gran Turismo championship pre-season test. 
  • Tomilin Isamuyu – Winner of the FIA Gran Turismo championship pre-season test. 
  • Kendo Kobayashi – a rising talent in Motorsport.
  • Akiyoshi Nakao – a rising talent in Motorsport.

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The 90-minute presentation is set to include another exhibition tournament. Wrapping up at 12:45 local time, the Japanese public will then get a chance to try GT Sport out for the first time. From 14:00 to 17:00 local time, interested parties are to head to the Shibuya Hikarie, though Polyphony suggests arriving at least 30 minutes early to guarantee a spot.

With talk of Polyphony receiving new builds in London every day, it’s possible we may see something new come out of Japan. If not, E3 is less than two weeks away…

Comments (41)

  1. richard918

    The music oh god the music! why do there have to be classical music in the games, you can’t hear it when you’re blasting around the Nurgburgring at top whack. I want thumping tunes from the likes of Chemical Brothers.

  2. richard918

    Yes I’ve noticed the greyish film on the GT games too! it just doesn’t look clear enough to see the true colours of the trees or cars. Get none of that on Project Cars I’d like the colours to make me go WOW! nice deep colours.

    1. Tenacious D

      According to a hands on GT’er at Copper Box, the jump at Willow Springs is back, so let’s hope!

    1. ArR29

      I think Kaz already know the GT sound is not as good compared to other racing game. No need to spam with links, sir.

  3. Psychopulse

    I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’m getting concerned about the greyish colour tone of the game. I’ve only noticed that with GT games, where it has this dull finish. Not sure how to explain it, but I haven’t seen it in other games. Hopefully they fix that. Tracks are also still lifeless.

    On the good side, the engine sound seems to have been improved! If the current build is any indication of the final game, I can predict what reviews will give it: 8/10; Pros: solid fps, standing starts, competitive, eSports, Photo Mode; Cons: no damage, no customization (only livery editor, correct me if I’m wrong), somehow they’ll find the engine sound still muffled, not enough cars, etc.

    1. Tenacious D

      They said they have a damage build ready to go back at London. As for the color thing, that’s funny because a number of people have said they thought the colors in GT5 and 6 were too vivid. I think a lot of people forget just how colorful the world is, and how natural colors look. Some might have their TVs set wrong too.

      As for scores, I have a feeling Metacritic will cap Sport at 8.8 no matter how good it is, and for sure, those expecting 1500 cars and 200 tracks won’t like it. And millions of copies will get sold regardless.

    2. Psychopulse

      Yeah, you’re right. It might be because I’m watching it on PC. Cuz when I actually play on console, the colours look just right and pretty vivid (GT6 especially). And that’s true, I forgot about the damage build Kaz announced! Hopefully making it just in time for E3 maybe? That would be awesome!

      No doubt about selling millions!! GTSport will certainly fly off the shelves since it would be the go-to racing game for the PS4! Pretty sure the world doesn’t even care about every minute detail, let alone delve in the scrutiny we all indulge in right here at GTP haha! GTSport will obviously sell like hot cakes upon release!

    3. Tenacious D

      We may not see damage at E3. It depends. Kaz and the team are accomplishing great things almost daily, so maybe they made a breakthrough in something like digital molecular modeling, or the kind of damage Turn 10 came up with in Forza which works well enough. He wants to show something he’ll be happy with. What some here will be happy with.. eh, it’s a tough crowd. ;D

      Even though this is pretty much being sold as a racing sim rather than just a huge Prologue, I fully expect the public to glom onto it and buy it at GT6 numbers at the very least. I expect more than that. I expect a really good racing game. A good Gran Turismo, if all it has is Arcade Mode for a single player experience? I expect to be way pleased, but as with all things GT, we’ll see. ;D

  4. GordonS

    I’m really impressed of the more solid framerate and nice to see Jann winnging on the new platform and GT.

    1. Johnnypenso

      That list is the countries that qualify so far for the Racing License, has nothing to do with who can participate in the competition.

  5. SZRT Ice

    Still needs more engine, exhaust, etc. and less tire. I personally wouldn’t mind if I hardly ever heard the tires at all.

    1. oneloops

      I agree with more engine imperfections and hard details, explosions and exhaust too.

      But we have to hear tyres, go and watch some nurburgring laps and tests, tyres are very very audible in real cars and racing cars when drivers go fast.

    2. Crispy74

      ^^ this. In my experience of race tracks and race cars the only tyre screeching I’ve encountered was during a full on lock up. For the most part I only hear what I’d describe as a “scrubbing” sound.

    3. Griffith500

      It’s called auditory masking. I’ve heard F1 cars screech around corners, on TV. Most of it is a carcass structure thing, though, and slicks tend to have fewer modes of vibration available (plus, as race tyres, they’re built stiffer, which means they generally resonate at higher frequencies), hence the relatively lower level of ringing compared to the scuffing. Think about karts, for example.

      The tyres are too loud in the builds we’ve heard.

    4. Tenacious D

      As for me, I NEED those tire sounds as loud as possible. That’s why I hope we have audio mixer levels, so we can tailor our experience to suit us. Not too loud, but not too quiet. That transmission though, I’m glad it’s quieter. ;P

  6. acedition333

    Looked better. Didn’t see any tire smoke during the race. Maybe it was just me. Good race by the way.

    1. JConnor89

      I’ve already noticed that in livestream from London, also there are no tire tracks from from cars slipping off the road if I’ m seeing right.

  7. Eager Snake

    It looks really good and smooth. Some of the cars sounded really good, with a nice engine note, but lacking everything else as always.
    I don’t understand a single word hahaha…

  8. damadmoneyman

    This prologue will flop unless the sounds are improved, i wont play gt6 bc i simply “cant get into it” cost benefit analysis says my time is better spent elsewhere…pcars, mkx, persona 4 arena ultimax, cod black ops 1 or 2…assetto corsa soon

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