Polyphony Digital prowling for staff

By Walt Wyman, GameSpotPosted Jul 31, 2006 1:59 pm PT

Gran Turismo, Tourist Trophy developer seeking new engineers, designer for its Tokyo studio.

Polyphony Digital, creator of the racer Gran Turismo series and, more recently, the touring bike sim Tourist Trophy, announced Saturday on its Web site that it is looking for more staff. Open positions include network engineer, software engineer, landscape designer, system-administration staff, and system-administration assistants. All posts are full-time with the exception of the assistants. Pay scales range from 1,150 yen (about $10) an hour for the part-time assistants and 6 million to 10 million yen ($52,300 to $87,170) a year for the engineering gigs. The job descriptions do not specify for which projects or platforms the engineers and designer are being recruited.

29 Comments

  • callum92

    Posted Oct 9, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    minimum wage man!

  • MotoGP74

    Posted Aug 28, 2006 12:51 pm PT

    87K for a job in Japan seems small.

  • GamesAnytime

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 4:58 pm PT

    $10 an hour huh? c'mon I hear Japan is one of the most expensive places to live in, even $60K a year its peanuts in Japan.

  • renatodias

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 11:26 am PT

    the best of game simulador racing the world

  • rynmls

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:04 pm PT

    need to apply so that i can go to tokyo...

  • IndianaRolf

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 8:25 pm PT

    Sorry guys, but i've already commited with the IO folks

  • gt4freak1985

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 7:25 pm PT

    Sorry but forza does have it for me, unless I can plug my driving force pro into the crappy xbox then I dont care about Forza, gran turismo is still the best game. Forza just showed what gt needs to stay on top. the physics is forza were lacking, it was made for using a wheel but all the wheels for xbox really suck badly. Also gt4 is online if you use your pc and it works nicely, I understand your complaints, I was mad when online was pulled and no damage but gt4 is still awesome.

  • azafirster

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:37 pm PT

    Its weird to think that they dont have enough staff as it is.GT5 must be huge.Hope they start to think about putting in some damages, it would look real rather than the borring shake of the screen, but the car looks like it just come out of the factory.I want tires flying head on during those formula GT races, that would be awesome.

  • VegetaMaelstrom

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:05 pm PT

    I hate to say it but I am not expecting many improvements compared to GT4 on the PS3 with the exception of better graphics and a (hopefully this time) manditory online mode. I still think GT3 was the high point of the series with GT4 being a modest letdown. Hopefully the second game on the PS3 will wow me again.

  • Disinfo

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:59 pm PT

    Man, it would be cool to work there. It is also good to hear they are expanding.

  • TorugotoShinsan

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:55 pm PT

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  • The_Answer_1

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:39 pm PT

    Tired of hearing about Forza blah blah blah and gt4 is boring too cant wait to see whats new and i hope they dont bring back anymore of these boring sims waist a money if u ask mi so getting new workers is a great idea hopefully great games too

  • billigloo

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:01 pm PT

    damage modeling in Forza is mostly cosmetic you can't till me slaming into a wall at a 150 mph with damage on sim and the only thing that happens in a bent finder and over steer is anything more then cosmetic

    forza took a tired genre and put me to sleep

  • bossjimbob

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:21 pm PT

    Quote: billigloo "woo landscape designer man forza killed the sim raceing games for me man it was bad still can't see how people get worked up over tin can damage modeling"

    The damage modeling in Forza isn't cosmetic...it actually affects how your car handles and performs, so if you slam your right front tire into a guard rail the steering will pull from your alignment going out of whack. That's why sim fanatics dug the game so much--it added an extra layer of depth and realism that GT4 lacked, not to mention online play.

  • DarknessOfFate1

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:06 pm PT

    ferrarimanf355 is right GT is so overrated.

  • elessartelrunya

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:50 pm PT

    I want damage modelling, but i'll take online play over damage anyday...hopefully we can have both.

  • GPSnake03

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:48 pm PT

    This is great ..............

  • D4rksol_Pim

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:48 pm PT

    I got no job, can you give me a job hi hi
    can i apply

  • SOLIDUS_SNAKE

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:47 pm PT

    cool

  • WARxSnake

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:45 pm PT

    if they,re still hring network engineers then this game won't be out until late 2007/early 2008. But let's hope they actually work hard on it (network play) this time instead of just telling so and dropping it 2 months prior to launch. They could also be working on the PSP GT game... and if it's for that they're hiring networks engineer then that game was never as far along as they showed it was a year ago when they launched the PSP... But then again it's Sony and they now have to prove us wrong that they're faking most of what they do (at least for me.... because with Killzone, Vision GT, The FFXIII movies, and all the ports shown for PS3 last year... i'm kinda sceptic... and that's coming from someone who actually likes sony...)

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