Gran Turismo 5 goes behind the wheel

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 18, 2007 5:55 pm PT

French motorsports show confirms next PS3 installment of Polyphony Digital racing series to introduce in-car viewpoints.

Late last year, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi told fans that the next installment in his popular driving simulation series would reflect a change in the franchise's core principles and become "a fully realized online car life simulation."

While it might not be one of the "core principles" Yamauchi referred to last year, the designer did confirm one change in store for the next Gran Turismo in a recent Polyphony Digital profile by French motorsports program Turbo. For the first time in a Gran Turismo game, players will be able to select an inside-the-car viewpoint with the steering wheel and dashboard visible.

"To translate the real car into 3D, we use data and assets provided by the car manufacturers, but we also use a scanner that completely digitizes a car," Yamauchi told the show. "Here's a scoop: We're also modeling the dashboards because you can drive from the interior view in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5."

When asked about the Gran Turismo five in-car views and recent rumors of downloadable content for Gran Turismo HD for the PlayStation 3, a Sony representative told GameSpot, "We haven't made any recent announcements on the GT franchise."

330 Comments

  • tbolt_88

    Posted Jul 19, 2007 3:30 am PT

    Hopefully GT5 can top the greatness that is Forza 2. As for the in car view thing..thats cool. Ive seen it done already in PGR3 where it looked mighty nice.

  • fatafreak

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 7:12 pm PT

    boozer:
    actually ive been a GT and PS fan the whole time, but forza has had better AI aaaand i think better physics, including crash physics(not damages i mean like when two cars get together) and also forza seems for real like the AI screws up everyonce and a while, its like they feel the pressure too lol, but overall GT is still way better

  • Boozer11

    Posted Jul 1, 2007 10:12 pm PT

    i wanna see some screens of this beauty

  • Boozer11

    Posted Jul 1, 2007 10:06 pm PT

    GT has always been better than forza, graphics wise, physics wise, and customizably as in you can put all sorts of different upgrades and stuff. the ONLY thing it ever lacked was online multiplayer. I guessing (since all games that r on 360 now that r online r PS3 online) that GT5 will also be online. So if GT5 pulls that off the game will be superior over forza in ALL areas

  • Princecake

    Posted Jul 1, 2007 6:00 am PT

    awesome~!! now if they'd bundle a steering wheel with real feel and a gear box with 8 gears ... I would never leave the house again ps: regardless of cost

  • 00Beaner

    Posted Jun 28, 2007 8:14 pm PT

    If only it would come out for the 360!! ~sob~
    Hopefully PGR4 & NFS PS will make up for it.
    I've played Forza 2, its good but fo sho GT5 will be better.

  • nerdomatic3000

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 1:37 pm PT

    This will be cool. This is one of the only reasons I would want a ps3. 360 ROCKS!

  • Proman84

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 11:10 am PT

    About time they implemented that.

  • camarozl1

    Posted Jun 21, 2007 5:36 pm PT

    lawsond, whats your gamertag, i hve all the gran turismo games and i have forza 1 and 2, and let me tell you forza 2 is just a prettier version of 1, high def graphics and like 30 new cars and thats it, let me know what is your gamertag so i hit you with an invite.
    hey i don't mean the game is not good i play it alot (forza2), but i spected more especially from next generation console, let see what happen when gt 5 comes out.

  • GreenC4T

    Posted Jun 21, 2007 9:37 am PT

    Kewl news. It would be awesome if they brought back the rally racing, as well!

  • Fdragonx

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 11:24 pm PT

    Add collision damage and maybe a little online multiplayer, and we've got another killer PD title.

  • efrosas93

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 10:50 pm PT

    yeaa baby

  • Eclipse83Lives

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 10:33 pm PT

    PS
    And Gloss paint and chrome loves the Next Game machine's. I have to love the wet look of the vary arcade like Need for speed Underground series, on Next Gens. I expect to see GT have a nice shine to it also. Epically on the city tracks. I think Forza kind stayed to this vary dry look that was in Forza 1 also. It may be bad reflections or something. It just looks dry to me. Theirs another things that turn me off of that game. But for some reason I looked over at the related games, and thought about that too. Kinda a tiny little thing,,, but???

  • Eclipse83Lives

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 10:17 pm PT

    Their will be damage also. But im not really big on damage in GT. Becuase it allows for closer bumper to bumper racing. And He also mentioned,, weather effects that change during races. Not all the time, but in some races. Thing is,, when you think about this team,, this team was able to make a game look unreal on some shabby hardware from like 95 or whenever. And they have said GT HD is GT4 ported to the PS3 "which we all kinda knew. It was not a real GT 5. GT 5 with their talent is not going ot be bad by any means. They made games in the past look better than what was expected out of the hardware of the PS1 and PS2. Can you imagine if they make a game that looks above and beyond what the PS3 can do! And thats what I expect. Those cars and tracks will look sweet. Thats almost a guarantee. What will it have new thow? Will see. They said look for more city tracks also. I follow race games and racing period" so I have this info form all kinds of places.

  • lawsond

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 9:47 pm PT

    It's funny how people hate a game because it's not on the console they have. I'm all for the competition between Forza and GT because it brings us better games in the future. Who knows, maybe if GT came out first they'd leave out the in-car view. Everyone whined about it when Forza2 came out and GT is definitely learning from their mistake...competition is good.

  • lawsond

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 9:44 pm PT

    Jeez...Just let it rest. If you like racing sims then you should like both GT and Forza. I love Forza 2 as I'm playing it currently and I loved GT3 on my PS2 for months and months. I'm sure this will be great too. Who knows how long it will be til it's released...maybe I'll have a ps3 by then too.

  • phaserde

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:43 pm PT

    I just want damage and online play...thats all this series neeeeeeeeeeeds!!

  • Sephiroth445

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 5:02 pm PT

    Cannot wait

  • ALSOPRANO

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 3:56 pm PT

    cant wait.....

  • Crystall3d

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:57 pm PT

    both games rock ,

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