The civics were def around before Gran Turismo, but GT is what made the scene blow up in the late 90's, coincidentally after Gran Turismo came out...



What do I know, I only develope video games for a living (not single handedly of course, lol).

I thought you had some college degree from some super expensive school? (we discussed it in the college thread a a couple months back). How long have you been selling video games?

 

The import scene was huge even before Fast and the Furious came out...


I was already part of BAIC when it came out originally and that was at a time where there was HUUUUUUGE crowds of street racers in various industrial parks around the bay. Fast and the furious def helped fuel the frenzy though...

 

lol GT5 demo has been at every Best Buy for like a year now.

 

more on head tracking:
http://www.gtplanet.net/more-on-gran...head-tracking/

 

The head tracking feature looks pretty cool. PD is releasing a GT5 demo December 17th.

 

Wow, that sounds really crazy! Does it only track your head, or does it track your eye movement (I doubt it). I could see potential flaws with this gizmo, like if you were to move your head but had your eyes focused somewhere else, what happens then? Does the screen get blurry in the areas that you're not looking at?

This could be something really great, but I can see some possible future problems as well.

Thanks for the link, I hadn't heard anything about it until you mentioned it.

 

in the beginning it sounded like if you move your head, the camera will move. so if you turn your head to the right, you'll see more of the right. now it sounds like it just tracks where your eye ball is looking. if you're looking down the road, the road will be sharp and focused while the dash will be out of focus. this idea seems better. i imagine it'll give the sense of realism even better. hell, i had times thinking i was playing GT5P while driving in my car when i was playing GT5P with cockpit view a lot.

 

Got my TV delivered on Sunday and I hooked it up...

Man, what a difference! The game screen even looks different.


One question I have, how the HELL do you beat the A Class Ferrari 430 level in Daytona? You start out 16th, and have 1 lap to pass every single car that is ahead of you... Can this possibly even be done!? The best I could do after 30 or so tries was to get 5th, and that was pushing it big time and almost cheating it by ramming other cars. How can this level even be beat!?

 

brucelee, are you using the PS3 controller or steering wheel?

 

PS3 controller like a sucker. I play in bed so using the steering wheel is hard.

 

Oh ok gotcha, might need a steering wheel for that race. I've noticed I'm a hell of a lot better with the steering wheel than the PS3 controller.

 

I think the game is worth 20, but if GT5 has the same tuning features, it will not deliver like everyone hopes. Hopefully we can find out in February though. ITs been forever since it was supposed to come out.

It has some big shoes to fill as Forza 3 is a great game.

 

summer 2010.

 

What ? Great, and it just gets worse.

 

http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo...r-summer-2010/

sorry, but look on the bright side, GT5 demo can be downloaded today from the PSN store!