GT5 Developer Faked Screenshots
They were busy stealing flags ... allegedly.
Published: 15:45, 25/08/2010 by Kovacs.
9It’s all hoodwinking and bamboozling these days it seems. If it’s not one site trying to get one up on another, it’s famed developers faking their own screenshots. Case in point: check out a recent image from Gran Turismo 5 and the veritable cavalcade of discrepancies eagle-eyed conspiracy theorists have noticed.
Taken verbatim from Andriasang:
1. The mini map appears to show the player’s car in the incorrect area.
2. There are four cars in front of the player, but these are not on the mini map.
3. The mini map shows 20 cars when the position display lists 16 cars.
4. Even though this is the first lap, there are cars scattered about the mini map.
5. If this is the Suzuka Circuit, it shouldn’t take more than 3 minutes to get through a full course. Why does the timer show 5:25?
6. If this is the first lap, why is “Last Lap” shown in the upper right?
7. If this is the first lap, why is there a Best Lap time shown? (The image creator notes that the game could be including past lap times.)
8. Why does the white car in front not have its break lights flashing when it’s going into a hairpin turn?
9. Why do the analogue and digital speed readouts differ? (The image creator notes that this could be due to the analogue pointer being simulated properly.)
Producer Kazunori Yamauchi has responded to the ‘scandal’ on Twitter, apologising for the possible misdirection but explaining that the doctored screens are simply early design images. He goes on to suggest that, next time, maybe they should take some actual screenshots during online play. Pro-tip there, Kaz.
Continuing with controversy, Yamauchi has also responded to the use of certain flags in the game’s Siena track; iconic imagery Italy’s Consortium for the Protection of the Palio have since stated must be removed. With authorisation for their inclusion in the game not given to Sony, the touchy Italians could cause Polyphony some headaches. Yamauchi confirms, however, that a LittleBigPlanet style delay is not on the cards:
“We can delete it in an instant, but the flags of the city’s various wards, which serve as one part of the beautiful background of ancient Siena, are vivid and beautiful. It’s unfortunate to have them removed.”
Hey, Yamauchi-san, don’t fight this one and just remove the bloody flags. We’ve waited long enough.
Source: Andriasang
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25/08/2010 at 17:08
Member since: Nov 2009
People are stupid. They simply made this screenshots in game’s editor, on developer PS3 unit. Positioned cars etc…. It’s still in-game graphics.
25/08/2010 at 18:26
Member since: Aug 2009
The probably did, but even if they didn’t I don’t really care, if the final representation is a match or as close as this. I can’t see it differing greatly, so there shouldn’t be a problem.
25/08/2010 at 18:34
Member since: May 2010
wouldnt it be quicker to just run the game and take a real screenshot rather than make a fake?
25/08/2010 at 18:18
Member since: Aug 2009
Send him to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-)
25/08/2010 at 19:31
Member since: Jul 2010
The hate crowd is so, so ready for GT5. It’s going to be like how suddenly all the climate sceptics suddenly came out of the woodwork right before Copenhagen.
Really really sad about the flags, I don’t see why we can’t just have them in the game. I would rather Sony fight for them you know. It was a blunder and inappropiate what happened with LBP but not this. There’s a bit of time yet for diplomacy.
25/08/2010 at 23:24
Member since: Apr 2009
There was nothing inappropriate about the original LBP music, it was just political correctness gone mad.OMG a phrase from the Qu’ran… TRAGEDY! :/
26/08/2010 at 07:30
Member since: Jul 2010
going against and offending an entire religion, the words chosen should not be used in the way that they were, simple… There’s political correctness, then there’s what happened with lbp.
25/08/2010 at 21:54
Member since: Apr 2009
I don’t mind, so long as it’s labelled. But screenshots don’t matter so much to me anyways. Videos matter slightly more, and demos rank higher, with reviews up there too, but it all comes down to the impression I get after playing for 5 mins.
However, if it’s not labelled, I hate it. Not for itself, but just for the way society goes about itself nowadays. From politicians to game developers, we see what they can never match, but are told to accept it as fact, until we pay for it and it’s proven false.
Still…
I CAN’T WAIT FOR GT5! Forget the flags already, or pay them a bunch of money. Either way, I want my game.