The real Gran Turismo

Owen Mildenhall from AutoExpress Writes:

"The man behind the legendary game joins us at the Nürburgring to see if he can cut it as a bona-fide racer!

Faithfully recreated on the best-selling Sony PlayStation game Gran Turismo 4, the 'Ring has come to life in more than 50million homes across the globe. But how does it compare to the real thing? To find out, I'm taking part in a four-hour endurance race around the Nordschielfe with a very special driver: Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator and producer of the Gran Turismo game. Famed for his attention to detail and the recreation of a 'real car' feel in his virtual vehicles, Yamauchi has only competed in a handful of races before, so tackling the most challenging track in the world is a massive task."

[fishd]

Damn I want one of these :(

http://i38.tinypic.com/2jbr...

[Saaking]

You'll never see Dan Greenawalt doing this. That's just another reason why GT is hailed as THE greatest driving sim around.

[Chris Hansen]

Dan Greenawalt is still trying to pass the test for his driver's license

[vhero]

Agree Dan Greenwalt needs to learn from these guys

[MAR-TYR-DOM]

can you someone help me find this on ebay or something? i want that helmet

[Maddens Raiders]

“The only time I get in this trance-like state is when I am racing a real car. I want to understand what makes me feel like that, and ultimately feed it back into Gran Turismo 5.”

I think I shed a tear.

[alphakennybody]

I'd wear it every time I play GT5 or any other racing games for that matter HELL!! I'll wear every time I drive in the real world that is even if it's only to the mail box in my front yard.

[The Wood]

GT is the definitive driving/racing simulator

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

wheres your 'definitive' custom cars T10.

Some may ask why I even had to mentioned the other game/its producers.. well i was stooping to their level and since all their pr hype bs they've said jack sh!t...they were doing it just to sell copies which isnt bad in itself it just indicates that they knew their own game wasnt on GT's level where it could speak for itself...Meanwhile the PD team focus on making gt5 the best game it can be without the bs mudslinging

[alphakennybody]

A car designed for GT only How more respect can you get!! Yamauchi we are not worthy! we are not worthy !.

[Ps_alm3k]

Confirmed!!!!

You sly dog you...Yamauchi...

[beardpapa]

Isn't this... old? I remember reading something about him in a four hour race, some tidbits of a Lexus IS-F, and even pictures of him holding a trophy of some sort. Or was that completely something else and I've been smoking too much of the good stuff?

[PirateThom]

Yeah, he won a trophy a little while ago in an IS-F at Nurburgring and set the teams fastest time to win the class.

http://us.gran-turismo.http...

This was a different event though.

[EvilBlackCat]

and they keep believing that sh!t eeeh!

Its just simply stupid and your brain have to be full of this none sense bullsh!tholic trance to say that.

How is that i meet more Automotive technicians in Forza games than GTP?

How is that i always hear them commenting in both sides that Forza is better?

Need for Speed SUCK! but some ignorants around here say that the game rocks! of course Forza haters say is better than Forza 3.

http://www.youtube.com/user...
And here come this kids commenting what have been programmed in their brain by Sony+Pholyphony D all this years.

Its so difficult to believe that a GT fan is a real Racing simulator Fan.

[anti-gamer]

poor forza fangirl he try harder on every gt news to kid hes self that folza is better

[TheMainVr4]

Difficult to believe that the people are fans of the creators Of Sim racing?

PD has been doing this longer then anyone, and their deeply Involved in many aspects of real world racing. they sponsor, develop, and have partnerships that no other game will ever match. IMO this give them an advantage

GT is the definitive driving/racing simulator ? people are only saying that becuase thats was Big Dan is calling Forza, all my Sim Friends have enjoy'd Forza but say its still to arcadie.

Its pretty obvious that either ur playing forza or GT the people in game will say that games better.

PD sold me along time ago and their high standards keep them on top.Forza may be good but GT will always be my cup of tee becuase of the style and class Kaz has brought with every and anything he touches.

all forza can say is they have an Internet Fanboy leading their team.

this is way to long haha

[PirateThom]

When Turn 10 can match what Polyphony Digital do, give me a call.

[solsub]

"How is that i meet more Automotive technicians in Forza games than GTP?

How is that i always hear them commenting in both sides that Forza is better?"

lol you're delusional.

[Perkel]

as always tryin to defend forza...

gt is better stop being idiot

[rockleex]

Are those the same "technicians" that like to draw on their cars?

Very definitive.

[patterson]

One of the reasons why people the world over love the Gran Turismo series is because it's developed by people who actually race cars and know what they feel like.

Kaz explained a while back that they get stats from manufacturers and input them into their GT engine, then drive the virtual car and compare that experience with the real thing and then further tweak the physics engine to fill in the blanks where pure stats leave out.

Meanwhile, Dan Greenwalt struggles to drive stick :3

[Chubear]

They don't just get stats from manufacturers; they drive the cars themselves and gets their own stats directly on everything with the vehicle.

[patterson]

Yes (you pretty much summed up what I was trying to say lol).

Part of the reason why the games take a little while longer to develop. It's the attention to detail that I appreciate from them.

[Hanif-876]

I'm really not into arcade racers and so "Gran Turismo" is the only racing franchise i've ever played and enjoyed. However, i recently bought Forza 3 used from a friend but apparently he didn't like it, so i just thought that i'd take it off his hand for cheap. The first play through i had left me thinking why people call this a racing simulator its really an arcade racer with a rewind feature that makes it even less of a simulator. The driving physics are terrible and the graphics is nowhere near that of Gran Turismo 5 prologue. Nevertheless, its still fun to play but to call it a racing simulator, i'd say not really!

[rockleex]

Who think Grid is a simulator.

[sashimi]

also they had to rebuild the engine from scratch this gen is a reason for the delay (t10 did not).

[mjcrow33]

Is it so fvcking hard to believe they're both great? Why do you all have to justify that you like GT5 better? Every time I get on here to read some news on either game all I see is Forza gettin slammed. I've been playing FM3 and it's great, and I plan on playing GT5 cause I know it's going to be great as well. So please if your going to bash FM3 while spanking the monkey to GT5 screenshots please do so somewhere else.

[clarkdef]

Automotive technicians? What the hell is this guy talking about! Mechanics don't count dude, I know some mechanics that don't know what toque steer is. Forza is arcade, GT prologue (the latest sim type) is more in the direction of a real sim (not there yet) but its going in the right direction.

It most likely going to be next gen before PD can really start to hone into a class A sim, theres just so much you need to account for physics wise, but yeah they are heading in the right direction. And they don't seem to add anything until it can be done properly. Good on em

[jashwin]

i can kaz's passion for cars,that is why gran turismo is gonna be the best rcing game this gen.