Rumor smash: GT5 weather conditions confirmed

Weather conditions (night/day cycle and rain) in Gran Turismo 5 have been confirmed today during an interview between French Gameblog and GT series producer Kazunori Yamauchi.

This feature was first revealed in a 8-minute long interview with fellow French JVN on September 28th, 2009. At first, this news was relieved by British website Gamezine (who didn’t made any interview) but following the issue of IGN’s own mini interview later the same day, Gamezine then claimed the weather conditions availability was unsure.

This rumor has now been smashed by Gameblog’s latest interview which confirms the introduction of weather conditions in upcoming Gran Turismo 5.

As a teaser for the upcoming video version of the interview, Gameblog revealed additionnal informations as follows:

*there was an embargo upon GT5 interviews

*European release date close to March 2010 / official announcement is imminent

*day… and night races

*rain races are coming back

*tyre wear: refining of the grip loss

*950 vehicles garage

*20 locations around the world

*70 circuits variations

*new vehicle physics

*damage deformation of each part of the car… according to the speed and the impact’s direction.

*replay upload on YouTube

*enhanced GT-TV + video export from the PS3 to the PSP

*on day one: possibility of uploading a hundred of vehicles acquired in GT for PSP… to be used in Gran Turismo 5