Oh Eigernordwand, I’ve missed you. The track, based on the Swiss mountain, first appeared in the wee Gran Turismo pre-Prologue prologue that launched with the PlayStation 3, and is still a brilliant track to whizz around.
It has never looked this good before, though:
That’s the Nissan GTR, rain and a half decent driver. If you ever see a better looking racing game, let me know. The only thing missing, as one chap over at GAF pointed out, is that the wipers don’t squeak whilst you’re in the tunnel.
Don’t delay it for that, Kaz, but – yeah – we’ll be wanting that patch before the first weekend is out.
Via GAF.
jenkosz
Id love to fast forward a month.
3shirts
My mum always told me not to wish my life away…. so I wish GT5 was coming out tomorrow :)
Scythegpd
Sadly this video does nothing to allay my concerns that the AI is still lacking in the I.
Looks like the same old Gran Turismo story, cars which leave the start line, get into formation, and by god they’re sticking to that formation no matter what you do. Which leads to, like this video, the good old bumper car technique of richocheting off your opponents (especially as there’s no penalty for doing so).
Irrelevant of how good the physics and graphics look, in this day and age having unresponsive AI cars in a racing game is just unacceptable (hell other games had it on the PS2).
Granted I’m not into racing sims (but did get GT3: A Spec and GT4: Prologue) however this is looking more and more like the same old game with prettier graphics. A “real driving sim” should have opponents that react like “real drivers” and so far I’ve not watched a single recent gameplay video that has given me any confidence that they’ve bothered to do anything more than the usual “get into formation, follow racing line” formula they’ve used since the PS1. I’ve got more respect for a game that features realistic racing and shoddy graphics than a game with photorealistic graphics but shoddy racing.
But that’s just me.
cc_star
Pretty good summing up there,
Even Pole Position in 1982 had AI of sorts, with other competitors at least being aware of your presence and trying to head you off.
I dare not speak too ill of GT as its supporters and fan-boys are overwhelming, and won’t have it that the more ‘real’ GT gets the less real it looks (not graphics-wise, obviously) but as a racer.
Slevin
Damn, I need a new telly for this!!!
shields_t
Wow, looks fantastic, still erring a bit on the wary about AI but time will tell.