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Kazunori Yamauchi Q&A Guidelines and Discussion

Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi will be reviewing questions posted in this forum and answering a selection of the most popular (as determined by votes/"Likes") over the next few weeks. Although there are no restrictions on the types of questions which can be asked, we do ask you to follow a few basic guidelines when asking your question:

Only ask one question per topic (you can create multiple topics).
Search the forums (using the magnifying glass in the top right of the page) to see if your question has already been asked; if so, show your support by "Liking" (voting) for it.
Be short, specific, and phrase your question clearly. More specific questions have a better chance of being answered.
Use our GT Suggestions Forums to ask for cars, tracks, or game features. Polyphony Digital is very much aware of these forums and reviews the most popular suggestions from the community. If you want a car, track, or feature in the game, you will do more for it by voting or supporting for it in those forums than by flooding the Kazunori Q&A forum with requests.
Offensive, inappropriate, or irrelevant questions will be deleted by our moderation staff and your GTPlanet membership may be terminated.

Kazunori will be selecting the questions to answer himself; by keeping your questions simple and direct, you have a better chance of catching his attention. As questions are answered in the coming weeks, their respective threads will be marked with a green "Answered" tag.

Good luck with your questions!

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/board/kazunori-yamauchi-qa/

 

[IISANDERII]

So how can they have screwed up the ghost so much?

Trying to play GT Academy and it seems like there´s no way to disable our friends and that irritating blue line.

Personally i think ghosts should not be allowed in GT Academy, but since they are, at least let us use it the right way.

Is there any way to turn off and still keep the ghost or do i have to set up a new profile with no friends in order to use the ghost?

Ugh, yeah I hate that. The blue lines are ok, it's the names that are just fucken stupid. In online solo qualifying, you can turn off the names and the blue lines are fine.

 

[amar212]

Is this real life?

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/board/kazunori-yamauchi-qa/

Not only real life, he will actually answer many of those questions.

Please GT NeoGaf, find my questions and support them if you find them important - also please make an answer at the tread to keep it visible on the frontpage.

I am addressing small - but very important issues - that could elevate the quality of the GT experience for majority of us.

Thank you in advance.

 

[benzy]

Is this real life?




http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/board/kazunori-yamauchi-qa/

Surprising lack of interest in more future Senna DLC.

Will we ever get to use you love?

 

[Chris R]

How much of the game is locked away at the start? Thinking about renting this for the weekend to see if I want to buy it, but not if I have to drive dinky shit all the time... If that's the case I'll just bust out GT5 and play that instead.

 

[Cygnus]

Not only real life, he will actually answer many of those questions.

Please GT NeoGaf, find my questions and support them if you find them important - also please make an answer at the tread to keep it visible on the frontpage.

I am addressing small - but very important issues - that could elevate the quality of the GT experience for majority of us.

Thank you in advance.

I liked all of your posts, not just because you asked but that they are all great.

 

[Niks]

Not only real life, he will actually answer many of those questions.

Please GT NeoGaf, find my questions and support them if you find them important - also please make an answer at the tread to keep it visible on the frontpage.

I am addressing small - but very important issues - that could elevate the quality of the GT experience for majority of us.

Thank you in advance.

Link to said questions??

 

[Ding-Ding]

Looking at the most voted for questions, I think its a bit of a shame as most , if coming to GT6, would just be given a vague answer as they are not ready to announce them yet.

I also find it strange that features that really would enhance the length of the game like a Custom Event Creator are at risk of not being asked, as too many people concentrate on the cosmetic aspects.

 

[MGR]

Course Maker: how big is it and when can we expect it?

Sometime eventually.

Sound Update?

We'll look in it.

Any plans to bring back tracks from previous GT games?

There's always a possibility.

When are you giving us the promised Livery Editor?

Promised?

Would you consider having someone from PD communicate regularly with fans?

Sure, we'll consider it.

Why Isn't The NEW Track Zahara de la Sierra Out Yet?

We have not announced any new tracks.

Why don't you share news more often with fans?

I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.

When will we get shuffle races back?

Maybe in an update.

Is there any chance of having Porsche in GT6 or in any other GT?

Licensing is complicated.

/Q&A Session.

 

[brotkasten]

"Kazunori Yamauchi will be reviewing questions posted in this forum and answering a selection of the most popular (as determined by votes/"Likes") over the next few weeks."

Can't wait for the answers in the next few months.

Seriously, why the hell is it going to take weeks to answer that? They ship an incomplete product and don't feel the urge to address the fans? That studio knows shit about communication and it shows yet again. Fucking weeks!

 

[Ted]

Everyone (in the entire world) needs to create an account and "Like" this question right this very moment:

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/when-will-we-get-shuffle-races-back.309304/

Why are you still here? Go forth and Like.

 

[amar212]

I liked all of your posts, not just because you asked but that they are all great.

So many small things to add, but I tried to focus on details that could improve on already existing things. Thank you for the support!

Link to said questions??

You can find threads created by user (me in this case) by going into Profile > Information Tab > Find all threads by..

Thank you in advance! And please leave a comment (thumbs up is enough) in order to keep it visible on the front page

I also find it strange that features that really would enhance the length of the game like a Custom Event Creator are at risk of not being asked, as too many people concentrate on the cosmetic aspects.

Even Creator is currently pretty high, although not high enough, I agree. However, it is understandable, because majority of players, even on site as GTP, are mainly focused on less-technical and more-cosmetic aspects.

Sometime eventually.
We'll look in it.
There's always a possibility.
Promised?
Sure, we'll consider it.
We have not announced any new tracks.
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
Maybe in an update.
Licensing is complicated.
/Q&A Session.

Hahaha MGR, come on

Of all the people, YOU should be very satisfied with the recent developments.

It was mainly due to your expertise and effort put in those threads that "pit bug" has been brought to focus and corrected in 1.07. Here is my "thank you" in the name of various GT communities around the world. Without your effort, it would be really hard to present the issue accordingly at the right address as we did. Have you been contacted by Jordan about that?

Can't wait for the answers in the next few months.
Seriously, why the hell is it going to take weeks to answer that? !

The idea is to keep the Q&A opened for voting for some time in order to filter everything. After that, the questions will be examined by small technical team gathered especially for this occasion and reviewed internally by PD. Kazunori will then prepare answers together with his programming team. It takes time in their current schedule.

 

[ruttyboy]

I've gone through and liked the good questions. I can't help but feel that they are the ones least likely to be answered properly though. MGR does a great PD impression.

 

[gutterboy44]

Not only real life, he will actually answer many of those questions.

Please GT NeoGaf, find my questions and support them if you find them important - also please make an answer at the tread to keep it visible on the frontpage.

I am addressing small - but very important issues - that could elevate the quality of the GT experience for majority of us.

Thank you in advance.

Liked your posts, they were all relevant to my concerns. In fact, almost all of the top liked questions are of my concern. The entire first 2 pages are. It makes me sad. There are so many fans just stuck in a state of, "what the fuck is going on with this franchise? Why don't we hear from anyone?"

The good news is I think many of the major concerns and top voted questions are all easily addressable and could drastically improve the next installment. However, most of these concerns have been aired for a long time and should have been addressed ages ago. Maybe this is the wake up call they so desperately need. If we get shuffle races back from this, I will consider it a win.

Edit: Link to my question. I want to ask so many follow up questions but maybe just this simple question could shine some light on where he sees GT going and if he wants it to actually play to its strengths of driving simulation opposed to just more racing.

 

[Chris R]

Must have sold my copy of GT5... of course I only found this out after I had my wheel all setup and ready to go.

Lucky for me, Redbox had a copy of GT6 close. 1.2gb patch downloading now.

edit: Oh, nevermind, 150 minute install now... ffs

 

[Mobius 1]

I went in and voted all your questions up. Let's hope it was not a waste of time for all.

 

[TGO]

What's with the stupidly long fucking install? It didn't have one before

 

[Ted]

And in at number 9. A new entry this week...

"When will we get shuffle races back?"

Sung oh so soulfully by the GTPlanet artist OnlyMe? I can see this rocking dance halls up and down the country. That shuffle rhythm is hard to beat.

But don't forget that there's one other to watch pop pickers...

"Why is the One-Make-Race car selection so small and will it be broadend?"

A cool new track from the young German soloist Steiner.

Give this one a listen all you hip cats. It's one for the purists and your mama's gonna hate it...

[EDIT - Assuming he means online as well as the offline races.... yes, it has been THAT long since I played GT6 offline!]

 

[SolidSnakex]

Design for the Volkswagen Vision GT

503HP.

 

[Mascot]

Just spent the past four hours lapping GT5's 'Ring in the HSV on a day/night cycle and I'd totally forgotten how utterly, utterly incredible the experience is, especially in a cockpit with a good FFB wheel. GT5's list of issues is long and distinguished but I can forgive all transgressions once the sun starts to set and the taillights flicker to life on the cars in front. Things really don't get much better on consoles.

Fuck it, it's time to jump on board with GT6. I notice in the OP there are quite a few tracks with variable TOD this time around - does this always mean a full day/night cycle? Please say yes and mean it.

 

[Jedi2016]

Fuck it, it's time to jump on board with GT6. I notice in the OP there are quite a few tracks with variable TOD this time around - does this always mean a full day/night cycle? Please say yes and mean it.

Yes. Pick the time, pick the weather, etc. I think it even lets you adjust how quickly time passes.

As for the VGT car... we'll see. I got a feeling much like that one from the BMW concept art, and what we got was just another BMW.

 

[Mascot]

Yes. Pick the time, pick the weather, etc. I think it even lets you adjust how quickly time passes.

SOLD!

Thanks!

 

[sCHOCOLATE]

Certainly was a nice surprise getting a gift car for my birthday. Complaints aside, that's a classy move by Polyphony.

 

[Mascot]

OK, GT6 is on its way.

Any tips for quick ways to get loads of cars?

 

[brotkasten]

OK, GT6 is on its way.

Any tips for quick ways to get loads of cars?

The career is the same as in GT5, so you might want to try the seasonal events.

I can't wait for your impressions of the game.

 

[Mascot]

The career is the same as in GT5, so you might want to try the seasonal events.

Ah, thanks. No shortcuts?

I can't wait for your impressions of the game.

I'll be entering with eyes wide open and treating GT6 like a £15 expansion pack to GT5 with some new tracks, new cars, tweaked physics and the same old shitty engine sounds from 1997.

I'm not expecting much beyond being able to enjoy some night racing on a few more tracks. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised on some occasions and baffled and bemused on others. It's GT!

 

[benzy]

Senna content is coming tomorrow night US time right?

 

[Heshinsi]

So... current 1080p/60 to a slightly better 1080p/60? And probably still $60. And won't be able to transfer your save.

This is coming from someone who's never missed a GT game:

Nope.

Yeah I'm not going to rebuy GT6 again...well I just did rebuy it digitally a few days ago, but I swear I won't buy it a third time on PS4. God dammit Polyphony, please don't waste resources and time making GT6 for PS4.

 

[Mobius 1]

Senna content is coming tomorrow night US time right?

Unlikely, but I want to believe.

 

[MGR]

Hahaha MGR, come on

Of all the people, YOU should be very satisfied with the recent developments.

They don't get any kudos from me for fixing a major bug that people have been complaining about for the last five months. I'll give them props for the red light start sequence though. Beautifully simply change that doesn’t required thousands of man hours to implement.

I haven’t even tried out the pitstop races since the update. Unfortunately most of my regular group of friends have moved away from GT6 because of the lack of action on PD’s part and the perpetual online connectivity problems that plague the game.

Every freaking time we run a lobby we spend the first 45 minutes trying to get everybody connected so they can ‘see’ each other. People are just sick of this shit and it becomes not worth the effort. I could write a book on the amount of work we’ve done getting consoles, routers, networks, and ISPs configured so the game is stable, but for some it’s still just a case of disconnect/reconnect/pray over and over again until it ‘works’. There must be some sort of race condition type network bug that only affects a small percentage of players. But it only takes a couple to ruin the game for everybody.

It’s been 3.5 years since GT5 launched their netcode is still shit. If PD can’t even fix the most simple of bugs without somebody ramming down their throat then what hope is there they will fix their network issues? SFA.

It was mainly due to your expertise and effort put in those threads that "pit bug" has been brought to focus and corrected in 1.07. Here is my "thank you" in the name of various GT communities around the world. Without your effort, it would be really hard to present the issue accordingly at the right address as we did. Have you been contacted by Jordan about that?

You're welcome

"Why is the One-Make-Race car selection so small and will it be broadend?"

Not much hope for that one as it contradicts their 'pay for credits' to buy existing in game content philosophy. Same reason you won’t ever be able to gift cars to anybody in GT6.

I'll be entering with eyes wide open and treating GT6 like a £15 expansion pack to GT5 with some new tracks, new cars, tweaked physics and the same old shitty engine sounds from 1997.

I'm not expecting much beyond being able to enjoy some night racing on a few more tracks. Hoping to be pleasantly surprised on some occasions and baffled and bemused on others. It's GT!

If you liked the time-of-day change at Nurburgring in GT5 then expect to be disappointed by the GT6 version. Shadows and smoke are better, but everything else is worse. (framerate included) Drifting is FAR more difficult. Attempting GT5 spec slides usually = instadeath in GT6.

But yeah, go in expecting a GT game with a few more tracks, cars and online lobby options and you’ll be fine.

 

[Mascot]

If you liked the time-of-day change at Nurburgring in GT5 then expect to be disappointed by the GT6 version. Shadows and smoke are better, but everything else is worse. (framerate included)

This news saddens me.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Senna content is coming tomorrow night US time right?

We're only getting chapter 1 with the kart tomorrow...

 

[amar212]

This news saddens me.

Hey, but you get 13% increase on horizontal resolution (1280 to 1440) and tesselation enabled for 100 cars.

/s

 

[Mascot]

Hey, but you get 13% increase on horizontal resolution (1280 to 1440) and tesselation enabled for 100 cars.

/s

How is the framerate at 720p?

 

[amar212]

How is the framerate at 720p?

Apparently there was some improvement post 1.07, but I didn't try it myself - I like to suffer on 1080p from the cockpit, it provides me with lost in-car vibration effect :/

Before 1.07 there was no change in 720/1080p so I didn't bother to try.

And once I managed to run GT5 Online Finale Events last week, I was honestly mesmerized with the smoothness of GT5's cockpit gameplay.

Ah, that sweet 1280 vertical resolution <3

I really can't understand them for that one, I presume the overhead for 1440 is crazy high and there is probably so much they could do if they would return the vertical to GT5's 1280

 

[Mascot]

Thanks Amar. I'll stick to 720p I think.

"There's still hope" (I hope. If they would still sound like crap...I'd lose faith in Kazunori and PD)

I know they sounds are "advanced" using a 5.1 or 7.1 system (compared to the "stereo mode" of Forza), but we all agree on everything else

I posted it at page 2

http://www.gtplanet.net/new-gt6-engine-sounds-could-included-in-game-update/

Polyphony Digital&#8217;s new engine sounds likely won&#8217;t be included in Gran Turismo 6 when the game is released this December. However, they could be changed in a future game update, according to an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi from EuroGamer.

kazunori-yamauchi-thumb&#8220;I think I mentioned this in the past, but we&#8217;re really working to change the fundamental way that the engine sound works,&#8221; Kazunori Yamauchi said during a press session at Polyphony Digital&#8217;s Tokyo office. &#8220;Right now I have a feeling that it might not make it for day one for GT6.&#8221;

When pressed on updating the sounds via update, Yamauchi responded that &#8220;There&#8217;s a good possibility that we might do this.&#8221;

Kazunori last mentioned the game&#8217;s new engine sounds in my interview with him at E3 in June, where he confirmed the sounds in the game demos were placeholders, and that Polyphony was working on generating the sounds in &#8220;a completely different way&#8221;.

So, six months on... did anything happen with this?

 

[Mobius 1]

Thanks Amar. I'll stick to 720p I think.



So, six months on... did anything happen with this?

No. Some cars have great sounds, but the large majority are still subpar.

 

[Mascot]

No. Some cars have great sounds, but the large majority are still subpar.

Oh well. At least Kaz has finally acknowledged the problem. That's progress I guess, and provides a glimmer of hope for GT7.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

So no 1.08 Senna update today then? What a joke.

Did the other PS Blogs run the news story with the May 27th release date?

 

[p3n]

Booted the game yesterday and was getting "unable to load save data, load backup instead?" prompt. Loaded backup without a problem (only lost the login bonus and 2 cars).

I tried to use the latest save copy from PS+ online storage but it had the same error.

After loading the backup I just tried to get what was lost back and did a few races with the cars I had to re-buy and re-tune. Was expecting the save to be fixed after I did a manual save from the menu.

Today: Failed to load save - again.

I couldn't find anything about this error neither here nor on GTP. The only thing I found was the corrupted save error but that has a different prompt. Should I just wait for the next patch to fix this or have I lost the ability to save anything further than my backup from now on?

 

[sCHOCOLATE]

This is a carnival sideshow. How Turn10 and Polyphony Digital manage to achieve, roughly, the same success on their respective platforms and then get themselves into the same problems is ridiculous. Both development houses with their heads in the sand when game features fail to materialize or bugs crop up. Both wearing blinders when their supporters offer some of the simplest and often intuitive recommendations for improvement.

Still, looking forward to any Senna content that comes down the pipe.

 

[thesuperfunk]

So no 1.08 Senna update today then? What a joke.

Maybe it'll come with the next VGT car tomorrow?

 

[ruttyboy]

So no 1.08 Senna update today then? What a joke.

Did the other PS Blogs run the news story with the May 27th release date?

By my calculations they still have sixteen and a half hours until the 27th is over in the USA (where I assume the date is relevant). Still I would not be surprised in the least if it doesn't come until June...

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

thought something was fishy when the eu blogs posted no news of this may 27th release. total shambles.

Maybe it'll come with the next VGT car tomorrow?

the vw gt vision will be unveiled tomorrow but the game version is coming in june

vw posted a new video with some replay footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWpE9k7U_8

 

[benzy]

The content is done, we just have to wait for the release...

Video of the senna cars gameplay: http://youtu.be/NsFotShduMA


http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/game...ater-recordes-de-senna-em-gran-turismo-6.html

And I hope this translation is right...

According to Anderson Gracias, the content on the driver does not stop here. "The life cycle of the series is different from others. It completed 15 years of existence with six titles, selling over 70 million copies. We started with the red jumpsuit and yellow helmet Senna at the launch of 'GT 6' and now we come with cars, tracks and challenges. Is very difficult to put content in this level, brand licensing, balance right cars that have restricted access. And yet there will be more content about Senna to be available".

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

So the update is coming today or 30th according to these Brazilian previews.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

1988 chapter on the end, omg it's happening

DAT MCLAREN HONDA MP4/4

 

[gunther]

why it is so hard to just give us a date, damn you kas.

edit: OMG!!!

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Seems to be the 30th. Previews say it was delayed.

 

[muteki]

1988 chapter on the end, omg it's happening

DAT MCLAREN HONDA MP4/4

I can see it now:

"1988 chapter to be unlocked in a future update"