The GT5 expectation thread (including preview titles)*

[Arwin]

No, first, TCS is locked to 7 for the untuned and ONLY for pad users.
Its greyed out and "7" in the options when you use the wheel, but thats a bug, its off when driving with a wheel. Otherwise, this wouldnt be possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJQ30SHl1I

This type of TCS though doesn't necessarily mean you can't spin the wheels. It's a slider, but in these extreme circumstances you can still spin it out. The reason that the car straightens out here though is because the TCS is still there. This generic, 10 scale TCS however is a driving assist that has little to do with how TCS works for specific cars. At least, that's my theory. It was like that already with Simulation cars and TCS in GT3. Certain car combos, the AI couldn't even manage to drive around the track on simulation tires, despite the garage editor showing that they had TCS set to 5 or something.

 

[GTAce]

No, when you have the TCS enabled on 7, you cant do these donuts (that the car straightens out there is because the guy who made that vid didnt do it right, he wanted to complain on GTP). Im a member of the two biggest GT communities in the web and they both confirmed what i wrote before.

Try it out for yourself if you have a wheel, take the untuned car and bring it to halt.
Then fully accelerate and watch the gauges on the bottom left of the HUD.
There is a "bar" that shows you how much you accelerate or brake, the accelerator "bar" shows both how much throttle you give and what the car is doing. When the TCS is enabled you will see the bar in red (this is your input) with a white bar overlay (this is what the car is actually doing), for comparison you can drive on the grass and try it out there, because the game has an automatic TCS on grass (unfortunately).

EDIT (yey finally): You can also see that the TCS is disabled in the official rankings.

 

[deepbrown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Vc7VVlsTs&feature=player_embedded

 

[GTAce]

Hehe, just wanted to post it.^^
By the way, im serious there, please read the video description.

 

[Antan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Vc7VVlsTs&feature=player_embedded

Tasty! 12 car race also...............Tremendous sense of speed! It looks rather.....vibrant, but i hope thats just the way its been recorded.........Not the greatest vid in the world but can anyone make out and screen tear, framerate hiccups etc etc?

 

[GTAce]

There will be 16 cars in the game, 16 players online were confirmed not long ago, i doubt they have to decrease the number for offline racing. But i could imagine that the number of cars will be different for some events.

 

[Antan]

There will be 16 cars in the game, 16 players online were confirmed not long ago, i doubt they have to decrease the number for offline racing. But i could imagine that the number of cars will be different for some events.

I meant any footage seen previously of the Nord were only 8 car races. Jut like Prologue for sure this will differ from event to event.

 

[djskribbles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Vc7VVlsTs&feature=player_embedded

Love the new hand/steering animations.

Looks awesome.

 

[Antan]

Love the new hand/steering animations.

Looks awesome.

Never noticed but bloody hell! fantastic!!!!

 

[GTAce]

Even the legs are animated, was visible in the Rally cars after the doors were gone since the GamesCom.

 

[Antan]

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/news/d8925.html

Datalogger Fuji Track.

 

[rendezvous]

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/news/d8925.html

Datalogger Fuji Track.

The real world looks really grey and boring in comparison. While the colors in GT aren't as vivid as in many other racers the difference is really big.

 

[GTAce]

The real life footage is from a different season and without proper preperation though.
The track doesnt look that much different from GT5 when its prepared for the F1 GP for example, this also shows that GT5 isnt as "bland" as some people say.

 

[Nesh]

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/news/d8925.html

Datalogger Fuji Track.

Unbelievable. They tested the device that collects data from your race in a real track and uploaded in the game. It is crazy how accurate the driving of the actual car in the track is translated into the game

 

[deepbrown]

Love the new hand/steering animations.

Looks awesome.

Except that the steering wheel goes through his thumbs when he's changing gear...

 

[patsu]

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/news/d8925.html

Datalogger Fuji Track.

What does it mean ? Will we see the Data Logger during our own replay ?

 

[holsty101]

Sounds like you'll be able to race against your real life time in GT5 to me (and view your real lap in a GT5 replay), that's what I get from GTplanets description anyway.

 

[Cheezdoodles]

^^ quite hard to make out screen tear and framerate hickups from a low quality of screen youtube video that is recorded at half the framerate of GT5 to begin with.

 

[deepbrown]

What does it mean ? Will we see the Data Logger during our own replay ?

http://www.playstationuniversity.com/gt5-vs-real-life-in-gps-technology-video-2074/

Featuring a Lexus IS F on the Fuji Speedway, the following video shows the real-world lap up against a Gran Turismo 5 replay. The system works by monitoring the real car’s position on track, with the data then transfered to the PS3 by memory card or USB stick. You can then watch your lap replayed in the game, or race against it by loading your performance as a ghost car.

Though this technology may be useless to many gamers, it proves the accuracy of Polyphony Digital’s latest game in both track creation and individual car physics. There may also be opportunities for racing against professional greats, or even The Stig’s Top Gear test track performances.

That would be cool

 

[GTAce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMvTYgJXmU

MOTUL Autech GT-R in Tokyo with some cockpit footage.