Mon, May 11, 2009 | 09:33 BST

GT5 to have “rain and night,” damage “soon”

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While it’s hardly the most revelatory news in the world, in a mini-documentary about the relationship between the Audi R8 and Gran Turismo 5, creator Kazanori Yamauchi has confirmed the game will have weather effects and night racing.

The developer also said that the hilariously-delayed damage model, which was supposed to have been applied to GT5 Prologue a great many moons ago, will happen “soon”.

There’s a translation of the interview on the EG forums.

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12 comments

mykem
11/05/09, 9:36 am

Instead of Eurogame forum, which is always filled with fanboys and their hate, for GT news, there’s nothing better than: http://www.gtplanet.net/weather-changes-night-racing-in-gran-turismo-5/

Aimless
11/05/09, 9:39 am

Gran Turismo: the new Duke Nukem Forever?

I’m glad I have no interest in the series, otherwise I’d probably hold much resentment towards my PS3 by now.

Psychotext
11/05/09, 9:42 am

The only problem with this is that Polyphony have a very different definition of the word soon to other people. Apparently damage was coming to GT5: Prologue “very, very soon”… That was said in March 2008.

Syrok
11/05/09, 9:46 am

Well, it takes time to accurately calculate how the metallic paint of tuned Lotus Elise is affected if it is hit by a Ferrari F50 going 200km/h. ^.^

Psychotext
11/05/09, 9:48 am

I want accurate modelling of the insurance details swapping process.

Patrick Garratt
11/05/09, 9:49 am

PT –

davidkenobi
11/05/09, 11:36 am

GT5 news and comments always fun ^^

phatb0y
11/05/09, 11:48 am

Sorry Polyphony. I couldn’t care less any more.

You can only pricktease for so long until people lose interest.

Psychotext
11/05/09, 11:53 am

Tell that to lap dancers… they seem to manage it!

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phatb0y
11/05/09, 11:58 am

@ Psyhcotext – Yeah, but you can literally throw money at them to get what you want if its national priapism week or something.

Pity the same can’t be said of Polyphony. I’d drybum Yamauchi just out of spite if that were the case.

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Syrok
11/05/09, 12:01 pm

It wouldn’t be the same without endless “Coming soon” news.

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El_MUERkO
11/05/09, 12:28 pm

you have to wonder are Polyphony the right team to be making GT any more, they made a great game in GT1 and improved upon it greatly for GT2 but since then they seem to have gone a bit mental, parts of games, prologues and promises, why does it take them so long to do anything?