Nitrous
09-26-2006, 03:17 PM
Thought I'd start early and boot up a thread for it:thumb:
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68001
I've edited the artical for you tho to reduce the amount of reading
Due out this December in Japan, Gran Turismo HD consists of two game modes: Premium and Classic. The offline Premium mode will feature high-fidelity content - the sort you'd expect in a PS3 GT game - and will start with 30 cars and two tracks. Classic is a head-to-head online game, with no content at launch - the idea being to download the cars and tracks you want from the PS3's online shop. The team is aiming to introduce 770 cars, 51 tracks and 4,500 "items" on an ongoing basis for Classic, with 30 extra cars and one more track available to download at launch for Premium, and more to follow. Classic cars will cost 50-100 yen each (22 to 45 pence), while tracks will go for 200-500 yen (90p to £2.25).
Classic's online mode will allow you to "manage race regulations, online competition and communities, and organise race events", while TGS itself revealed the inclusion of Ferraris in GT HD, and the introduction of "Normal" and "Professional" driving model options. Sony hopes to make GT HD available for a very low price - as little as the cost of the game disk and instruction manual - as most revenues will be made through the digital distribution model. It'll be interesting to see whether other heavily digi-dist-based games, like SingStar, adopt a similar approach. He also said that he hopes to make content downloaded for GT HD available for use in Gran Turismo 5, which is due out exclusively on PS3 in 2008.
GT HD will also see the much-desired introduction of car damage, Yamauchi said, although not immediately. We will see damage-modelling introduced in 2007, while the first half of 2007 will also see more advanced opposition AI routines made available. Both updates will be downloadable, although there's no word on whether you'll have to pay for them. One thing he did have time to do though was mention that "Gran Turismo for Boys" is still in development for PS2.
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I will admit and say I'm a GT fan boy but if Sony's online system turns out to be sh!te then GT HD is going down the toliet with it. What they gunna do about the people that are offline then? Give them GT4.5? Not good at all me thinks, *waits for GT5*
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68001
I've edited the artical for you tho to reduce the amount of reading
Due out this December in Japan, Gran Turismo HD consists of two game modes: Premium and Classic. The offline Premium mode will feature high-fidelity content - the sort you'd expect in a PS3 GT game - and will start with 30 cars and two tracks. Classic is a head-to-head online game, with no content at launch - the idea being to download the cars and tracks you want from the PS3's online shop. The team is aiming to introduce 770 cars, 51 tracks and 4,500 "items" on an ongoing basis for Classic, with 30 extra cars and one more track available to download at launch for Premium, and more to follow. Classic cars will cost 50-100 yen each (22 to 45 pence), while tracks will go for 200-500 yen (90p to £2.25).
Classic's online mode will allow you to "manage race regulations, online competition and communities, and organise race events", while TGS itself revealed the inclusion of Ferraris in GT HD, and the introduction of "Normal" and "Professional" driving model options. Sony hopes to make GT HD available for a very low price - as little as the cost of the game disk and instruction manual - as most revenues will be made through the digital distribution model. It'll be interesting to see whether other heavily digi-dist-based games, like SingStar, adopt a similar approach. He also said that he hopes to make content downloaded for GT HD available for use in Gran Turismo 5, which is due out exclusively on PS3 in 2008.
GT HD will also see the much-desired introduction of car damage, Yamauchi said, although not immediately. We will see damage-modelling introduced in 2007, while the first half of 2007 will also see more advanced opposition AI routines made available. Both updates will be downloadable, although there's no word on whether you'll have to pay for them. One thing he did have time to do though was mention that "Gran Turismo for Boys" is still in development for PS2.
__________________________________________________ _______
I will admit and say I'm a GT fan boy but if Sony's online system turns out to be sh!te then GT HD is going down the toliet with it. What they gunna do about the people that are offline then? Give them GT4.5? Not good at all me thinks, *waits for GT5*