GT6 announced

[kalniel]

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/15/gr...lly-announced/

"The new iteration launches with 1200 cars, 33 locations, and 71 layouts."

Demo scheduled for July. Trailer at the above link too.

[AETAaAS]

Don't know how much better this will be than GT5. The worst part of GT5 was the loading times. Even the menus took for-freaking-ever to load. In-car graphics were fine but had the ugliest shadows and purchasable cars are more restricted than earlier GTs. You could get the cars you wanted but not without waiting actual days for the car you want to show up, in effect making you play the game on different days to encourage extended play.

Maybe I'll pass on GT6...

[kalniel]

I'd guess it's a kind of stop-gap for the jump to PS4, which might take a bit of time to tune and polish.

[Smudger]

It seems like GT5 kind of pushed the envelope of what the PS3 was capable of, so I don't think this will improve on the graphics much. I reckon it'll be more like GT5.5. More cars & tracks, maybe some tweeks to the graphics. Hopefully they'll make the menus a bit better...

[Terbinator]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557992

GRAN TURISMO 6 FACTS:

New Game Engine
• Refactoring
• Compact, nimble operation
• Flexible expandability
• A new rendering engine that pushes the limits of the PS3
• Adaptive Tesselation

New Physics Engine
• New suspension and kinematics model
• New tyre model
• New aerodynamics model
• Technical partnership with Yokohama Rubber and KW Automotive

1200 Cars, abundant custom parts, and on-going DLC
• From historic cars to the latest racing cars, the game contains a total of 1200 cars.
• Multiple aerodynamic parts and custom wheels will be available for almost all cars.
• Players can create their own personalised custom car in the game.
• Cars will be continually added online

33 locations, 71 layouts
• 33 Locations and 71 layouts will be provided from day1 (7 more locations and 19 more layouts than GT5)
• More new tracks will continue to be provided online

New Course Maker
• Massive scenery spanning several tens of square kilometers
• A new course generation algorithm

Community/Club/Race Organizer
• Players can form their own communities
• Various community levels from local and domestic to global
• Players themselves can create and manage their own online events

New User Interface
• Balancing directional key operation and touch operation
• Quick response
• Shortening of loading times

Multi Device Compatibility
• PlayStation®
• Smart Phone
• Tablet
• PC

[Smudger]

PC? Really?

[Terbinator]

PC? Really?

You can already do this with GT5.

[jim]

It seems like GT5 kind of pushed the envelope of what the PS3 was capable of, so I don't think this will improve on the graphics much. I reckon it'll be more like GT5.5. More cars & tracks, maybe some tweeks to the graphics. Hopefully they'll make the menus a bit better...

Probably similar to what GT4 did as compared to GT3.

I just hope they spend more time on the game, and less time on the nonsense.

[shaithis]

You can already do this with GT5.

Reliably? With proper steering wheel support?

I am also amazed (and ecstatic) that GT6 will be appearing on PC

[jim]

I am also amazed (and ecstatic) that GT6 will be appearing on PC

I don't think it will... I'm guessing it will probably be some kind of online/photo integration that will allow you to interact with the PS3 game, rather than actually play it.

[Terbinator]

Yep, the sub-title gives it away. You can manage your car in B-Spec mode via the PC IIRC so you can actually complete the 24h challenges and so on.

[Smudger]

As part of the launch, they're doing another GT Academy in July. Anyone entered this before?

[jim]

Yep, the sub-title gives it away. You can manage your car in B-Spec mode via the PC IIRC so you can actually complete the 24h challenges and so on.

24 hour races... why on earth do they think those are a good idea!

[kalniel]

24 hour races... why on earth do they think those are a good idea!

Have you never done a 24 hour lan session?

[jim]

Have you never done a 24 hour lan session?

Well, no. But even if I did, I'd hope to play more than one game... or at least more than one map

[kalniel]

Well, no. But even if I did, I'd hope to play more than one game... or at least more than one map

Fair point. I admit I've never tried (because I don't have a GT or even a PS3 for that matter ) but I can see the attraction, though it would get quite frustrating when the outcome was pretty much clear yet still several hours racing to go (I have the same issue when following real world endurance events).