GT5 To Get Online Spectator Mode
Better than watching an actual race.
Published: 10:00, 02/08/2010 by Josh [JoshHood].
9Now that Gran Turismo 5 actually has a proper release date, and therefore it’s fine to start getting quite excited about it, we’ve got a video today that appears to show an online spectator mode for the much anticipated racer.
The video below has surfaced over the weekend, and is actually a short clip from some footage of the GT Academy national finals, posted in February but overlooked until GTPlanet’s CoolColJ rediscovered and uploaded it. It shows a mode very similar to watching a post-race replay, except live and over the network.
Obviously it’s been a fair while since the Academy, and the feature could have been dropped long ago, but with any luck it will be making it into the final version of the game. There are no details as to whether just friends can spectate, or if there is some kind of central hub in GT5 to watch ongoing races, but we’ve still got Gamescom and the Tokyo Game Show before the game’s release so we may well hear about this spectator mode then.
Source: GTPlanet
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02/08/2010 at 10:27
Member since: Forever
I thought this had been confirmed?
02/08/2010 at 10:45
Member since: Aug 2008
I believe it was confirmed before the leak of kart racing.
It’s nice to know these new writers actually read the news on TSA :).
02/08/2010 at 11:11
Member since: Forever
I must’ve missed that, sorry. I’m not a massive GT person, so it likely slipped past me.
02/08/2010 at 11:15
Member since: Aug 2008
I’ll let you off this time, but only because we didn’t have a video of it before :D.
02/08/2010 at 11:29
Member since: Mar 2010
i thought kart racing and spectator was rumoured but only kart racing was confirmed
02/08/2010 at 11:33
Member since: Forever
I had a look around TSA, and a quick Google, and that was what I saw too – kart racing was confirmed, but we didn’t have anything official on this. Plus the video is new anyway ;)
02/08/2010 at 10:28
Member since: Aug 2009
So, people are going to just watch other people race rather than play themselves? Is it just me or does this seem like a ridiculous feature?
02/08/2010 at 10:32
Member since: Jul 2009
Not to me. I took LittleBigPlanet over to a friends and watched four of them play for two hours. It was hilarious. Also, with GT5, I’m hoping you can connect with voice so I get to shout “SCREEEEEECCCHHH!!!” to replace the dreadful tire sound they still use.
02/08/2010 at 10:35
Member since: Aug 2009
I can completely understand watching people gaming when you’re in the same room – I’ve watched friends play LBP too while not playing myself and it is funny. But sitting by yourself watching digital cars race around? I don’t get it.
02/08/2010 at 10:36
Member since: Jul 2009
Do you watch the Grand Prix on TV at home?
02/08/2010 at 10:36
Member since: Aug 2009
^ lol, but seriously, as if you have that little to do in life that you would sit there are watch strangers race on a computer game? whack on an episode of top gear or something for gods sake!!
02/08/2010 at 10:39
Member since: Aug 2009
I don’t watch it, but even if I did the Grand Prix is real and I can understand people enjoying the sport and getting behind their favourite racer, the sense of occasion, etc. I don’t think people will get the same from ‘spectating’ this.
02/08/2010 at 10:42
Member since: Sep 2009
I’ve sat and watched plenty of lap replays on GTHD/GTTT/GT5p to improve my lines. I would imagine this will provide a similar thing, watch a race with a guy who’s quick and learn his techniques.
Might not be much for the casual sim-racer, but I would hazard a guess there are some out there who will find this feature atleast quite useful.
02/08/2010 at 10:48
Member since: Aug 2009
Fair play, I can understand that. Tbh I’ll be one of the very casual players who will get the game because of the hype and the fact that everyone else has it. Although saying that I really should get Red Dead to…
02/08/2010 at 11:34
Member since: Mar 2010
@Blayney finally someone speaks sence
also it might be good for uploading vids to utube or for doing tournaments
02/08/2010 at 12:34
Member since: Sep 2009
I’m waiting to hear more about that, as there was initially mention of youtube connectivity, to upload replays straight to your account. I would *love* this feature, but haven’t seen much mention of it.
02/08/2010 at 13:07
Member since: Mar 2010
@ Blayney well as long as you can save footage onto your hdd you can use the utube uploader on the PS3
02/08/2010 at 10:48
Member since: Dec 2009
It’ll be handy for tournament type events, say if TSA ran a tournament even those not racing could watch the event.
02/08/2010 at 10:50
Member since: Aug 2009
That would be pretty cool actually!
02/08/2010 at 11:06
Member since: Jun 2009
I like that idea alot
02/08/2010 at 11:16
Member since: Aug 2008
And shout at the TV… awesome fun.
02/08/2010 at 17:53
Member since: Mar 2009
Yeah, some TSA tournaments would be great. I’m sure they’ll be plenty of TSA Meets set up as well !!! ;)
02/08/2010 at 10:50
Member since: Sep 2009
Not if there was some kind of organised tournament or competition where the best GT racers in the world were competing for a huge prize – in that case it would be no more ridiculous than watching racing on TV.
Or if you wanted to race with someone in your friends list but they were just finishing off another race first you could sit and watch the end of their race to see how they were doing before they race with you…
02/08/2010 at 18:43
Member since: Oct 2008
What would make sense is if you join a room and a race is already in progress, you can actually watch the race while you wait. Far too few on-line racing games do this, so you wind up just sitting there twiddling your thumbs watching a progress bar (or not even that in some games) until everyone finishes.
02/08/2010 at 19:07
Member since: Forever
Great idea
Most people just wait in the lobby, and then quit a couple of mins, so lobbies never fill up, but if they could watch the race they’ll be more likely to wait in the lobby – thus there will be more full lobbies
02/08/2010 at 10:38
Member since: Feb 2009
Watching anything to do with GT5 now (after seeing it at BETA) seems dull to be honest.
02/08/2010 at 10:38
Member since: Aug 2009
real grand prix has better graphics… wait.. we’re talking about GT5 here… maybe not then… haha
02/08/2010 at 10:40
Member since: May 2009
stop complaining people, it’s not like you have to use it.
02/08/2010 at 10:41
Member since: Aug 2009
It’s not complaining. It’s voicing an opinion.
02/08/2010 at 10:53
Member since: May 2009
shhhhhhhhhh
02/08/2010 at 10:45
Member since: Jan 2010
Played this yesterday, awesome game but very unforgiving! =/
02/08/2010 at 11:02
Member since: Apr 2009
Awesome! 370z FTW :)
02/08/2010 at 11:17
Member since: Aug 2009
This is excellent news to me, I’ll be the first to admit I’m not great at the game but I will always pay attention to anything which could possibly improve my performances on it and I can definitely see myself making use of this addition.
I can see how in prospect this seems like a rather silly feature and I, myself would be rather critical had I not already used up a fair amount of time watching hot laps on the Gran Turismo HD demo.
02/08/2010 at 11:29
Member since: Jul 2009
GT5 is going to suck balls. Pole Position is where it’s at! :-P
http://jimbob666.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/poleposition.jpg
02/08/2010 at 11:40
Member since: Aug 2008
How has he managed to get a score of 11,120 before the race has started?
02/08/2010 at 12:00
Member since: Aug 2008
Skilz man, it takes Skillz.
02/08/2010 at 12:25
Member since: Aug 2008
Ah, fair enough. I thought maybe they had some Massa/Alonso team orders going on, where the outcome of the race had already been determined.
02/08/2010 at 19:09
Member since: Forever
Great game
Although Super Monaco GP was my highlight for a straight forward racer
02/08/2010 at 11:32
Member since: May 2009
Three players battling it out with no cheating.
If only that was true for all online races.
02/08/2010 at 11:52
Member since: Jan 2010
4, there’s a yellow 350z a bit further back than the other three.
02/08/2010 at 12:19
Member since: May 2009
Yeah, but he/she wasn’t fighting for the lead like the other three.
02/08/2010 at 15:18
Member since: Apr 2009
Ah cool, I didn’t spot that! I have a yellow 350z in real life! :D