Following first preview shots that revealed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 GT Academy demo, here’s first moving footage of the Nissan 370Z at Indy.
Scheduled to be released this Thursday, the demo will allow all Playstation 3 owners in Europe and Australia & New Zealand to fight for their place in the GT Academy held at Silverstone in March were the quickest driver will leave with a fully-paid season in the FIA GT4 Championship. North American racers are not eligible to compete for the real drive, the quickest of them can win Indianapolis 500 VIP tickets though.
The demo will include the Nissan 370Z road car as well as a tuned-up version of Nissan’s newest sports car that can be raced at Indianapolis. Below is a first gameplay video of the German GT Academy demo, showing a full lap around the brand new Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course that’s making its debut in the GT series.
Update: Even more preview material of the demo is pouring in, a gallery of both Nissans at Indy has been added below.
Uff
December 14th, 2009 at 20:10
The only bad thing about this video is the driver!
A part for that, it looks like the Gran Turismo we learned to know during this years: looking forward to it, as I already said! ^^
Ark
December 14th, 2009 at 21:32
Will this be available in the U.S. as well?
F1Racer
December 14th, 2009 at 22:10
The first prize is incredible.
Who would ever have thought years ago that sim racing (no debates about if GT5 is a sim or not please) and real world racing could meld like this. Really quite impressive.
JAGUAR1977
December 14th, 2009 at 23:37
Unfortunately it’s been confirmed this shouldn’t be considered a GT5 demo, there’s no damage, not even the old build seen in videos, no head tracking, in fact nothing but revised physics.
MadCat360
December 15th, 2009 at 00:18
Last year’s winner was a multiple karting championship winner and extensively experienced Formula Ford racer. No video gamer will win this, watch – whomever gets that season will have real life racing experience.
F1Racer
December 15th, 2009 at 00:53
Yeah thats a real trend after only 1 year. Sim racers have beaten real life drivers on sims many times before. So unless you’re saying it’s fixed in some way which I have a hard time believing…
Montoya
December 15th, 2009 at 00:58
Contestants are not allowed to hold or have held a national or international racing license so participants can’t really have substantial racing experience.
heyitsme
December 15th, 2009 at 00:59
Crap just like Shift, barely turn the wheel and the car oversteering, sliding and tires are screeming
F1Racer
December 15th, 2009 at 01:22
Excellent contribution.
mikem
December 15th, 2009 at 02:33
Here’s quick slideshow of actual GT5 TT gameplay (taken from Taxigamer): http://www.flickr.com/photos/85327101@N00/sets/72157622878137125/show/
The previous winner (Lucas Ordonez) met the GT Academy requirement of not being a racing license holder from any race organisation. The guy who was also picked (along with Lucas but he missed a few training days in the Academy leading to the Dubai race), Lars Schlomer is full time taxi driver in Germany (Berlin?). Yes, driving experience does matter but even more so is the ability to learn and adapt.
DeadStar
December 15th, 2009 at 05:36
I was expecting more due to the 5 year development time but it looks slightly better if not the same as the current simulators and the physics look very weak.
Skillcoil
December 15th, 2009 at 07:08
New physics look quite good to me but the player isnt good enough to drive and whats wrong with oversteering? I love that!
MadCat360
December 15th, 2009 at 09:54
The top times go to a shootout, it’s not the “fastest time wins the seat”, which would be driver selection suicide from their point of view. You don’t just hand away hundred-thousand-dollar racing seats. So yeah, it’s rigged, in that the examiners are looking for someone with skills. Someone who’s only ever driven fast in a game does not have what they’re looking for. 90% of driving a car well is knowing how it feels, and that is not something you get from a game, even with a hydraulic chair and a Frex. If someone comes along and has experience, even a tiny little bit, I guarantee you that they will pick them, no matter how much faster the other drivers are, provided Mr. Experience isn’t a dolt or unnaturally slow. My school is running a Formula 3 search in a couple days with Allan McNish, and in talking to the program directors I think I have a pretty good idea what they’re looking for. Outright speed is not top of the list.
I realize also that genetic freaks are possible and someone who is genuinely fast in a game may come along and just happen to have the innate traits they’re looking for, but that is pretty darn rare and in all likelyhood that kind of person would be racing already anyway. Speed just doesn’t translate across dimensions very well in most cases, and I’m living proof of that. I’m fast in real life, but by my own standards quite slow in video games.
zudthespud
December 15th, 2009 at 10:28
Chase cam looks too tight, but apart from that it’s looking great. the Sparco gloves are a nice touch.
Uff
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20
The day when people will understand that graphic effects on these kind of games are not directly related to the input probably the whole community will make a big step forward.
It’s quite easy to understand that the little wheel rotation is done to prevent a terrible effect while playing with a pad.
F1Racer
December 15th, 2009 at 14:19
You haven’t told me anything there that I don’t already know relating to driving.
) and I’m well aware about getting feelings from the cars behaviour.
Ive been driving for 23 years and I’m no slouch either (loving track days
Anyway, whatever, I don’t care who wins or what their experience is. I just commented on what a great prize it is and yet people still find things to pick at.
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 15:16
why didn’t you mentioned Forza 3? Had to be Shift? And bashing the most realistic looking racing game ever just shows what an Xbot you are! If you can’t effort the more expensive blu-ray cell processor great quality and amazing games PS3 fine stick to your cheap broken RROD hardware but just get lost from posting on something you clearly don’t own!
Montoya
December 15th, 2009 at 15:20
Uhm, I don’t really want to go way off topic but the list of “amazing PS3 games” that aren’t available for Xbox 360 (where the multiplatform titles look better) is pretty short.
Until GT5 is out, there isn’t really any reason to buy a PS3 unless you want a BluRay player. When it comes to gaming alone, the Xbox can’t be beat…the online community system is much better, the console is cheaper…heck even the games are cheaper..and they do look better, watch comparison videos of multi-platform title.
The list of Playstation exclusives these days has gotten extremely short, that’s why there’s so much pressure on GT to be a fantastic game. It’s one of the few bullets Sony has left..
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 15:35
I see in you a potential 360 fanboy Montoya
360 fanboys are totally blind from reality and thank god you posted something like this here where 99% of the people are only sim racers. I love every genre of games out there so I’ll name a few but don’t forget PS3 owners buy exclusives most multi-plat games are something of the past so here we go…
Uncharted 2 – Best looking game ever with amazing gameplay “tick”
Metal Gear Solid 4 – Exclusive to the PS3 “enough said”
Killzone 2 – If you played this and Halo you will know how superior this mighty FPS is after I played K2 all other FPS became so dull
inFamous – another great PS3 exclusive fantastic gameplay
SOCOM: Confrontation – great tactical shooter
Heavy Rain – soon will blow people away
Resistance 1 n 2 – any day better FPS than any multi-plat
Final Fantasy Versus XIII – yes its an exclusive too
God Of War III – soon to be the best game ever
these are just few of soooooo many exclusives we get and all are just in a league where multi-plats don’t even come close although we could buy multi-plat games if we wanted too
btw multi-plat games are identical for both consoles now days and if devs take their time the PS3 version will look better any day!
Gran Turismo 5 won’t appeal to most PS3 owners it will appeal to fans of Gran Turismo series so definately it will have a huge impact at least 5 million copies will be sold and some people will buy a PS3 for it but games like Final Fantasy God of War The Last Guardian will be much appealing to guys who own a PS2 and are waiting to move to the only Full HD console!
Montoya
December 15th, 2009 at 15:45
I´m not really a gamer apart from racing so I can’t discuss these titles with you. The only one I know is Heavy Rain and while it looks impressive, it has the same problem as GT – It will be out some day…nobody knows when.
And I`m no fanboy at all, I´m not emotionally invested with any of these consoles unlike you who as you seem to be willing to defend the Playstation whatever it takes.
I bought my Xbox 360 when Forza came out and I will buy a PS3 once GT5 comes out provided it’s not utter crap. That’s how far my love for consoles go…
The PS3 may have the better hardware but what’s the point of having great hardware when barely any studios are able to take full advantage of it? PD is one of the few dev teams who seem to make most of the platform.
The real issue with the PS3 is how the multiplatform titles look. Most console games are released on both platforms and they do look better on the Xbox 360. So why would one buy a more expensive console to buy a more expensive game that looks better on another system?
And please, tell me where this is far away from reality. The web is full of comparison videos that prove my point. Some games look much worse on the PS3, others look almost as good. But almost none look better on the Playstation, rather weird despite it’s supposedly über-Hardware, don’t you think?
Again, I don’t even care for most games so this issue is in no way an emotional one for me. I just think you shouldn’t spread false info as somebody might end up making a buying decision based on what you say.
V14T0R
December 15th, 2009 at 15:52
Look like it will be hard to drive that Nissan.
BTW Montoya.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6162742/index.html
The web say you are wrong, no offense please.
V14T0R
December 15th, 2009 at 15:59
felipe KZ2 is a crap online mode is good but offline… crap, cover system sucks.
Raikku
December 15th, 2009 at 17:02
That’s right that PS3 has big issues with graphics in some games. AA and AF are very badly put into effect in so many games, especially in those multiplatform-games.
And, I have both consoles, dozens of games for them and I drive racing sims on pc-side(with lotsa eye candy…). So don’t tell me that I don’t know about graphics in those machines.
zudthespud
December 15th, 2009 at 17:02
“We found that the Xbox 360 actually had better graphics in the majority of the games we compared.”
Web says Montoya is right. What he said was that the multiplatform games look better on the 360, which is almost a universally accepted fact. The PS3 does obviously have better hardware because games like GT5 can reach the full potential on the console and look much better than a game like Forza which is maxing out the 360.
As for the exclusive games themselves, All of the best 360 exclusives came and went 2 years ago IMO, excluding Forza 3.
Raikku
December 15th, 2009 at 17:06
PS3’s problem is that stupidly small graphical memory, that’s why game makers can’t put enough AA in their games.
heyitsme
December 15th, 2009 at 17:15
I mentioned Shift because, I’m PC-user thats why.
And what I can see on videos of forza and gt, is that it is nothing but bling bling graphics. same as Shift
Lincoln Miner
December 15th, 2009 at 17:46
Scoreboard.
NPD Sales Results – Gamasutra article
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4214/npd_behind_the_numbers_november_.php
Xbox 360 Software Sales from all those crappy games.
2008
Xbox 360 28%
PS3 15%
2009
Xbox 360 37%
PS3 19%
The Xbox 360 almost doubled the PS3’s Software sales. Oh, and the Xbox 360 sold more hardware too even after the PS3’s price cut and release of the slimline version. So, that’s a little reality for you.
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 18:04
the xbox 360 came out 1 year ahead of the PS3 so if you see what the PS3 has achieved in 3 years surpassing the 360 in every major aspect including blowing away the 360 in graphics and with games with 256 players like MAG it’s quite an achievement. Also I don’t play scores
all I know it’s the FACT PS3 delivers what it promises in every major gaming genre I can name over 10 games only possible for the PS3! I don’t play sales too 
I’m a gamer but still one year head start and the only place the 360 has sold more is in the US but with over 60% Failure Rate it’s hard to say how many it’s actually sales. If you are a casual gamer you buy a Wii if you are an hardcore gamer with all the best exclusives you buy a PS3 if you want a cheap console you buy an Xbox it’s sad to see the only reason people buy an xbox is because it’s damn cheap. Still the hardware sucks so does its limitations!
JAGUAR1977
December 15th, 2009 at 18:06
The 360 is the console of choice if your priority is FPS titles and online.
If however your tastes are a little wider the likes of Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, LBP, God Of War 3 and indeed GT5 make the PS3 the better choice, there’s also the issue of wheel support.
There was a time when 3rd party games looked better on the 360, now however it’s the exception, while the PS3 exclusives are begining to shine.
Montoya
December 15th, 2009 at 18:08
What you completely ignore is the fact that the Xbox 360 has a superb online-community with lots of cool features I would really dig if I would actually play online.
Xbox LIVE is really remarkable and definitely one of the reasons the console is such a success. Too bad you seem to be blinded by your love for the Playstation or the hatred towards Microsoft.
ForzaBarca88
December 15th, 2009 at 18:11
Just buy a Wii, you know you want to
I probably will get a PS3 when GT5 comes out – they seem to have made genuine progress and for a car nut its far too appealing. Don’t mind the fact that it plays blue-rays either
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 18:13
little correction Jaguar77
The 360 is the console of choice if your priority is the Halo hype and that seems to be true with many people. Online the PS3 has surpassed the 360 over an year ago. PS3 has got dedicated servers with 256, 128, 64, 32 online players without lag as everybody connects to the servers with online racing games with 16 players while the 360 has what? 8 players online with lots of lag due to the fact it P2P connection and still you pay to play online what a joke!
zudthespud
December 15th, 2009 at 18:16
Felipe, surely with all the bad publicity from the 50% failure rate of the 360 it’s doing much worse than it would normally? And the fact that it came out one year earlier surely explains why it it is behind on graphics?
As for “Delivering on Promises” Microsoft will fix any console with the RROD for free within 3 years of purchase, how is that breaking a promise? It has over 800 games, How is that “Not delivering”?
Considering that Sony have lost Metal Gear, Final Fantasy and Tekken as Exclusives they are in a much worse position than they should be in.
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 18:17
Ok you think I’m blind! I ask you tell me one think Live has got the PSN hasn’t got and keep in mind the PSN is free while how much you pay use Live?! I think its exactly the opposite you name an xbox exclusive I name you 5 PS3 exclusives better than that game it’s the true!
As far as I know Metal Gear Solid 4 is still an exclusive so will be the continuation to the story while Risen will be a side story and Final Fantasy XIII will be compressed for the 360 while Final Fantasy XIII Versus and Final Fantasy XIV will be PS3 exclusives but still how many new exclusive IPs we have got over 20! The 360 has got it’s merits but it’s not the hardware and it isn’t having the best games!
zudthespud
December 15th, 2009 at 18:19
OK Felipe we get it, you have been overcome by fanboy rage, get up from your desk, get a drink and calm down. Play a console racing sim! Oh wait, it’s not out yet. Oh well, you can wait, right?
Montoya
December 15th, 2009 at 18:21
Again, I´m not a gamer aside from racing so I can’t really get into the argument about exclusives and whatnot but I´m sure there are people here who do.
Who cares if LIVE costs a few bucks? Good things are worth to be paid for, but I guess we´re having the same discussion as on iRacing now. If you buy a 12-month code online, LIVE costs you less than three Euros a month!
And you get lots of cool features for that, a steadily update platform and everything works flawless. Playstation users on the other hand always seem to be waiting the longest for demos because their store is not updating, has not half the features etc. You see where I´m going at? Good things are worth money, free things aren’t automaticly good and commmercial services automaticly bad.
felipe
December 15th, 2009 at 18:25
you have your points there lol and had mine! I’ll stop here
Lincoln Miner
December 15th, 2009 at 18:26
The graphical differences between the 360 games and the PS3 games are not dramatic, but Montoya is correct. Instead of a single article from Gamespot on a single game, how about 100 games compared?
Eurogamer has a series of articles called “Face-Off Xbox 360 vs PS3″. They’ve been going on for a long time and focus on the same game graphically on the 360 and the PS3. The majority fair better graphically on the 360. Often it’s a tie or the 360 wins, but it’s generally not dramatic. Frame rate wins and some extra attention to detail are often what wins for the 360.
Here’s round 17, but you can find all the other rounds on the website. Each round compares about 5 games.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/xbox-360-vs-ps3-face-off-round-17-article
They’ve probably compared over 100 games. Enjoy.
zudthespud
December 15th, 2009 at 18:44
@Lincoln Miner, Just for the record Gamespot have done 5 or 6 comparisons each with about 8 games. The only game that I have seen that is better on the PS3 was Oblivion, but that can probably be explained byt he fact it came out a year later on the ps3.
Lincoln Miner
December 15th, 2009 at 18:45
Getting back on topic. I own a PS3 and have GT HD and GT: Prologue. I’ve read a lot on PD promises, but this video looks a heck of a lot like GT HD and GT Prologue.
Maybe the physics will be much better. Maybe they’ll remove the crazy online penalty system, but my guess is the career mode and most things will be structurally the exact same as they were in GT4. Sometimes I think the Japanese developers have been lost in time. Even the Japanese developers themselves have talked openly about how far behind they are from the Western developers.
Quite a switch from the PS1, PS2 days when Japanese developers had all the innovation. Now, they’re the ones sticking to the familiar. Goes in cycles I guess. If they get weather and damage, that’s a step in the right direction and 16 online is better than 8 for Forza, but I wonder how different GT5 will really be from GT Prologue or GT 4… It’s supposed to be released in March in Japan, so it’s almost finished. The North American and European release is delayed probably for localization.
I think the hype might actually hurt GT5 when it comes to review scores. GT4 only had a meta score of around 87. GT5 will be huge in terms of content, so that should help, but I think it will get graded down on innovation and gameplay. I think it will also struggle to deliver what people expect in online graphics and frame rate, due to their 16 car choice and 1080p.
Compared to Forza’s 8 cars online 16 sounds like a lot until you go to the PC sims with support for 40 or more cars and frame rates well beyond 60 frames per second.
If it has frame rate issues or only looks good in replays, they’ll get hammered for it. Should be interesting.
Lincoln Miner
December 15th, 2009 at 19:36
I’ve read a ton of the Eurogamer comparisons over the past 3 years and I’d say it’s been about 4 to 1 in favor of the 360. Instead of 8 games, they’ve done about 100. They do a very good job on these articles.
Most of the time the PS3 would lose, because they PS3 port was based off the lead platform, which was the 360. The PS3 port would often be late or rushed and/or the developers wouldn’t have the required skill sets. The 360 has always been an easier environment to work in for developers. Unlike the pre-launch hype wars for both systems it’s been proven their architectures both have advantages. The 360 has come out ahead simply because it’s easier to develop for and has been the lead platform for more titles. Having a one year head start gave any title a better chance for sales on the 360, thus it became the lead platform.
Here is the list.
Round One (Ridge Racer 6/Ridge Racer 7, Def Jam: Icon, Fight Night Round 3, Virtua Tennis 3, NBA Homecourt, Need for Speed Carbon)
Round Two (Call of Duty 3, F.E.A.R., Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007, World Championship Snooker 2007, NBA 2K7, NHL 2K7, Enchanted Arms, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII)
Round Three (Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Sonic the Hedgehog, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Tony Hawk Project 8)
Round Four (The Darkness, Spider-Man 3: The Game, The Godfather, Madden NFL ‘08, NHL ‘08)
Round Five (Virtua Fighter 5, SKATE, Transformers: The Game, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Colin McRae: DiRT, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, SEGA Rally, FIFA 08)
Round Six (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, NBA Live 08, Need for Speed ProStreet, Stuntman Ignition, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, The Simpsons Game, Conan, Assassin’s Creed)
Round Seven (Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, TimeShift, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Blazing Angels: Secret Missions of WWII, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Clive Barker’s Jericho, John Woo Presents Stranglehold)
Round Eight (Burnout Paradise, Cars Mater-National, The Golden Compass, Beowulf, Ratatouille)
Round Nine (Devil May Cry 4, The Club, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, FIFA Street 3, Juiced 2, Turok)
Round Ten (Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Blacksite: Area 51, Army of Two, Conflict: Denied Ops, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Dynasty Warriors 6, Lost: The Video Game)
Round Eleven (NFL Tour, Dark Sector, Soldier of Fortune: Payback, SEGA Superstars Tennis, MX vs. ATV Untamed, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Viking: Battle for Asgard)
Round Twelve (Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Race Driver: GRID, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, Overlord: Raising Hell, UEFA Euro 2008)
Round Thirteen (Unreal Tournament 3, Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, Top Spin 3, Iron Man, Battlefield: Bad Company)
Round Fourteen (SoulCalibur IV, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Kung Fu Panda, Beijing 2008: The Official Videogame of the Olympic Games, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, FaceBreaker, The Incredible Hulk, Madden NFL 09, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, NHL 09)
Round Fifteen (BioShock, Dead Space, Pure, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
Bonus Round: The Orange Box
Bonus Round: Grand Theft Auto IV
Bonus Round: Fallout 3
Bonus Round: Call of Duty: World at War
Bonus Round: Far Cry 2
marc1111
December 15th, 2009 at 20:13
GT5 has taken so long to come out that I’m tired of waiting for it and am no longer excited. It had better live up to the hype and produce an awesome driving experience and provide a more flexible online platform that allows for customizing and allows you to race who you want in private rooms. And now that I’ve been driving iRacing, I just may not be able to overlook the physics (expert or sim level) if they are not the absolute best of the consoles.
The level of detail in the graphics is awesome though, and this video reminded me of that. I’ll never forget the first time I did a replay and saw the individual blades of grass blowing when a car drove by and some of the spectators actual turning their heads and bodies to watch cars. Cool stuff.
Lincoln Miner
December 15th, 2009 at 21:44
Marc, yeah Gran Turismo and the consoles understand the little bits of flash, that give a sim ambiance, atmosphere, personality, etc. I’d say the GT series nails it better than any of them.
Too bad iRacing leaves that stuff out… I wish iRacing had animated pit crews and helicopters and just a bit of pre-race music (not during the race) or post race fanfare. Add in some Gran Turismo/console type atmosphere.
I suppose there is a trade off though. iRacing supports up to (depends on your hardware) over 60 frames per second with 43 or more drivers (Indianapolis has 54 pit stalls…) online at once. I believe GT5 is going to struggle handling 16 drivers at 60 frames with all the extra animations, flash ect. I think that’s why Forza 2 went with 8 drivers. They could only lock the frame rate at 60 with 8 drivers at once. I hope GT can pull off 60 frames locked without reducing the graphics quality, but my guess is online will get graphically scaled back to make 16 drivers work at 1080p.
I guess I just want it all in one package and we aren’t there yet! :-)
stabiz
December 15th, 2009 at 21:46
Meh, there is still not a single game on console that I want to play. All the proper games are on pc.
- Sim racing
- Silent Hunter series
- Creative Assembly titles
- Arma 2
- Men of War
- Red Orchestra
captain_underpants
December 15th, 2009 at 23:34
Platform wars are about as worthwhile as arguing over who has the sweetest smelling shit. You pay your money, you makes your choice. No need to get all proselytising about it.
marc1111
December 16th, 2009 at 00:36
mikem
December 16th, 2009 at 02:04
A couple of video with the player using wheel (as oppose to the gamepad with the above video) although no real cockpit cam but in replay mode:
Nissan 370Z with road tires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XvksBfIG8k
Tuned 370Z with racing tires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XvksBfIG8k
You get the corresponding tires for the two different version of 370Z. Unlike Prologue, you only get to race in the Pro physics and with only sequential shifting. Your best times from both the tuned and the road version are added together to give you the total time.
Here’s a quick slideshow from Taxigamer’s capture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/85327101@N00/sets/72157622878137125/show/
F1Racer
December 16th, 2009 at 02:32
Both those links are identical. But the video looks great.
mikem
December 16th, 2009 at 03:33
I goofed:
370Z with Road Tires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8V2lyJ27Vg
Thanks.
F1Racer
December 16th, 2009 at 11:39
This does look really good. ok so the drivers wheel movements aren’t as animated as they should be in that he only turns the wheel a small amount. But it all looks good in the cockpit and the cars behaviour on track looks very believable as does the tyre squeal.
I wish PC’s had this game. I would love this but I wont buy a PS3 to play it :(
Jos
December 16th, 2009 at 15:00
the tyre squel is improved nicely, but, it still happens too often, even when he’s go wide oval turn the tires squeel like hell??
Jos
December 16th, 2009 at 15:01
oh edit button where art thy :p
carbonfibre
December 16th, 2009 at 18:48
Holy shit those youtube videos were much better. I think it’s worth buying a PS3 just for those driver animations. So they still can’t do the whole 900 degrees of steering like LFS but they got everything else done and more, his looking to apex is funny and that’s good because I recognise him “as a person” and not some static object.
Also this is one of the first GT5 videos with clear sounds at last! The 370Z sounds a bit too synthesized at times but there are also moments of lifelike impression at some spots, like the final drive-by. The sounds are also very airy, but that might be road noise.
The turbo sound is the same monotonous loud hiss as what’s been done before, nothing innovative there, not to worry on the stock model though.
mikem
December 16th, 2009 at 19:35
They (Polyphony) had a full rotation steering (with overlapping hands and all) in one of GT preview version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DELTox3pwXo
You’ll see in around the 30s’ mark.
I’m pretty sure it was removed because it looks crappy. But those who knows racing, know that you don’t need the cross-arm manouver. Hopefully the proper steering will make into the final game.
Lincoln Miner
December 16th, 2009 at 20:16
I doubt anyone watching this would say the driver in the video is a talented sim driver, so is anyone else noticing the same thing I am.
Too bad they didn’t use the highest level driving physics with all aids off.
Once you start to spin, recovering is very difficult and requires quick reflexes and perfect countersteer, but this driver recovers from a bunch of spins in the video. Some are very far gone, yet he pulls it back. Way past the optimum slip angles. Given how he sets up turns and how bad his lines and overall driving are, no way this driver should be recovering from any spins, except in the rare case.
I don’t speak german, but does anyone know what driver setting he was using? It seemed incredibly forgiving.
mikem
December 17th, 2009 at 02:10
If it’s the video at the top of the page- I do know that he’s just a journalist who got a preview of the demo, and that he was using a controller and his best time is a full 13 seconds slower (although he most have cut a corner somewhere hence the red mark on the timing) than the current fastest time is by a Portuguese guy using an english PSN account who did it using a G25 wheel.