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Gran Turismo 5 will feature over 1000 cars, the most ever in the series. It’s a collection of the hottest and most desirable cars from around the world, both past and present. There are two tiers of cars in Gran Turismo 5--Premium cars and Standard cars. The differences between the two are as follows:

PREMIUM CARS

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From the seductive curves of exotic sports cars, to the inviting sight of the road ahead when you slide into the driver’s seat and peer past the glass, down to the intricately detailed instrument panel and dashboard... Every one of the over 200 premium cars recreate every last detail of the car, inside and out. Gran Turismo 5 contains over 200 of these "Premium" level cars.

STANDARD CARS

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The massive lineup of cars from past Gran Turismo games has been beautifully recreated through the latest technology and the Playstation 3’s cutting-edge graphics. Gran Turismo 5 feature an astounding 800+ cars, a vast collection covering a wide range of eras and categories.

 

Wasn't GT5 originally supposed to be a PS2 game? ;-P

Makes sense, why redo the whole god forsaken process when you have hi-res versions of the PS2 car models.
 
I'm pretty sure they had to modify those models to be lower poly on GT4 but with GT5 they can go all out.
 
Too bad they didn't get data on the interiors though...

Inb4 hitman

Most art teams work with high resolution originals, then optimize them down to the current project.  This means later on when the tech will inevitably be better, they will have the assets ready to go on a new product.  While one might read this and see lazy production, it's actually very smart and saves a lot of time and work.
 
My only problem with it is, if they had so much already, what took so damn long?

" Most art teams work with high resolution originals, then optimize them down to the current project.  This means later on when the tech will inevitably be better, they will have the assets ready to go on a new product.  While one might read this and see lazy production, it's actually very smart and saves a lot of time and work.  My only problem with it is, if they had so much already, what took so damn long? "

Oh well. Polygon count doesn't mean nearly as much today with all these shader effects.

Meanwhile, Turn 10 is already working on the next Forza. Kinda funny if you ask me.

I can confirm that only the premium models will have cockpit views, the 800 standard cars won't.
 
Fucking Sony, they're nuts. I was interested in buying a PS3 for this but I'd rather buy a decent wheel for my 360.  
 
The worst thing about GT series is the sound, and they haven't improved in in this version. The collision sound is the worst, it sounds like hitting a plastic bin with a stick. The engine sounds are poor also.

Ahhhh, nothing like the perfect mix of legacy and marketing.

So what were they doing the last 36 years?

Oh man, I cannot wait to have this game come out and have everyone wonder why the fuck it took so long.  Unless they spent all this time coding the most amazing racing AI the world has ever seen.

I forgot to include this video. Marvel at the finest car models of 2004... 
  

Cars look amazing is all I'm going to say. I think the thread title is misleading given the quotes you put in there.

" Cars look amazing is all I'm going to say. I think the thread title is misleading given the quotes you put in there. "

yo guess what. GT4 looks sick. it still does. And GT4 cars running in GT5 will look just fine. 

Your thread title is a bit misleading, you assume alot.
 
It's easier to edit an existing model and add polys, than remodel from scratch. Theres more work involved than just retexturing, using past assets is just sensible.
All these quotes tell us is that 200+ of the cars have had every inch recreated perfectly and the other 800+ will have similar racing/road interiors.

" @gunslingerNZ said:

" Cars look amazing is all I'm going to say. I think the thread title is misleading given the quotes you put in there. "

Thats because you have been seeing the 200 premium cars they have been showing since GT5 was announced. It's only been recently that the 'other' 800 cars are low in polygons. "

Those sound effects were bad. 

" @xyzygy: yea but Forza interior models aern't to exact detail they're kinda random. Like they're specific to the car but it isn't liek they went into a car and modeled it 1to1 "

What it means is that you will only be able to use headtracking and look around the 200 premium cars, the other 800 will of course still have the traditional "cockpit" views, you just won't be able to look at the backseats etc.
 
Internet really makes a huge deal of anything.

Who the hell needs, or wants 1000+ cars?

" Who the hell needs, or wants 1000+ cars? "

" @wh4tshisface said:

" Who the hell needs, or wants 1000+ cars? "

car fans "

Almost everyone defending this has a blue username.  What a shocker!

I just read an article that said these are the cars that will feature damage and undercarriages, so at least that's cleared up. (The premium ones)

" @DOUBLESHOCK said:

" @wh4tshisface said:

" Who the hell needs, or wants 1000+ cars? "

car fans "

I consider myself a music fan but I don't want 1000+ songs in Rock Band 3. It's all personal preference I guess.   "

Will the game still be fun to play?

Wait wait wait, so the vast majority of the cars in this game will NOT have an in-car view? If so that is a deal breaker for me. No excuse for the length of time and not getting the 100% full experience. If that is the case.

" What it means is that you will only be able to use headtracking and look around the 200 premium cars, the other 800 will of course still have the traditional "cockpit" views, you just won't be able to look at the backseats etc. Internet really makes a huge deal of anything. "

I just looooooooooooooooooooooooove how everybody says, "gameplay > graphics," but will be so quick to criticize games on graphics. 
 
 
 
I'm a graphics whore and proud to be one.

" @Vorbis said:

" What it means is that you will only be able to use headtracking and look around the 200 premium cars, the other 800 will of course still have the traditional "cockpit" views, you just won't be able to look at the backseats etc. Internet really makes a huge deal of anything. "

I hope this is the case. "

" Who the hell needs, or wants 1000+ cars? "

FF13 was a ps2 game at one point also

you want them to recreate 600 more cars from scratch when they already have a point of reference?  Everything looks pretty good to me.

I'm not much of a driving game fan but thats kind of stupid.  
After the game taking so long to come out and charging $40 for what amounts to a demo you'd think they could have found the time to round out the rest of the line up.

I bet the those standard cars still handle better than anything on forza.

I doubt that's true and just a misquoted statement.

I think there has been some kind of misinterpretation here. Have you ever played GT4 in 1080i? the cars look amazing! so when they are actually scaled up to the PS3 they will still look great.