The Unofficial GT4 "Ideas" Thread

[§h@dow Dr@gon]

I've got this going on the Camaro boards and we've come up with.

Tire Marks, Gas Gauge, Better AI, Non-Paper bystanders/crowd, Better Track Physics(lines and such), Torque Steer etc etc etc...

What do you think would be a good "idea" that won't necessarily be in this game.

GT4 Vids: http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault...rismo4_gp1.wmv
http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault...rismo4_gp2.wmv
http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault...rismo4_gp3.wmv
http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault...rismo4_gp4.wmv

Original Thread: http://web.camaross.com/forums/showt...hreadid=261121

[Jofu]

Hey Shadow,

I'll be the annoying voice here I'm guessing this thread is more about "what if", but here are a few things I wanted to mention!

You may know this already, but making video games is all about compromises, especially on an aging console like the PS2

Indeed, the things you described in the wish list would definitely make for a better game, but again, adding most of them would mean removing something somewhere else.

The general consensus amongst PS2 developers is that Gran Turismo is quite kick ass and quite pushing the hardware as it is.

I heard Polyphony (Sony-owned developer) already have better running physics and such using multiple PS2s together, but unfortunately that isn't a setup most consumer have at home.

I'm guessing they'll do miracles on the PS3, whenever that's coming out

Anyway, didn't mean for this to sound like a rant, but rather I wanted to let people know that more often than not, when something's missing from a game it's due to compromises that had to be made, as opposed to developers just being lazy


Geoff

[xsiveone]

GT4 isn't PS2, is it? I thought it was PC?

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[Jofu]

Originally Posted by xsiveone

GT4 isn't PS2, is it? I thought it was PC?

It's PS2 exclusive, with the developer being Sony-owned and all... I guess we can never say never, so maybe one day we'll see that game on PC, but never on a rival's machine like GameCube or XBox. Then again, XBox got its own "Project Gotham".

Geoff

[No Doubt]

There are some excellent PC sims (not arcade games) available. There are some pretty cool mods out for them as well which add specific cars, tracks, unique physics for the car, etc. Of course there are also complete re-writes using the engine of the sim in question. Not unlike a good FPS.

I find those much more entertaining albeit more difficult to master, as is a real car.

[Taz Z06]

I love the GT game series and the only thing that I really wished it had was damage to the cars from banging into the walls or other cars.

Can't wait for GT4

[killerbee]

GT4 on PS2 will be the best driving simulation game. No other game console (PC included) will beat it.

[xsiveone]

I don't know what I was thinking about. I knew that Grand Turismo was PS2 only. Doh! I just refer to it as Grand Turismo, not GT.

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[§h@dow Dr@gon]

Jofu: It's not an annoying voice at all. Most of us in that thread know that it's not the developers fault that the PS2 can't handle all that much. It's more of a, "We know it won't happen, but wouldn't it be cool to have....." type things.

For you Xbox fanatics. Forza Motorsports will be a DIRECT competitor to the GT series. It's not as polished as GT because it's a first, BUT it can only get better and from what I've seen it's DARN good already.