Interview with GT5 Head Reveals Budget and More
When Kazunori Yamauchi, the father of Gran Turismo, shows up and speaks, people tend to listen, and that is exactly what they did at the SEMA Auto Show as he sat down to talk cars and Gran Turismo 5.
At the recent SEMA Auto Show, Yamauchi, the head of Polyphony Digital, spoke with Autoweek.com about the upcoming GT5. He touched on various topics, from the budget to the release date. Some of the main excepts from the interview are below. The full interview can be viewed at autoweek.com.
What did GT5 cost to make?
$60 million. There are other games that cost more. Considering the size and scale of the game, I think it’s probably a fairly small amount.
When will you release GT5?
We will release it in March in Japan but for other regions, it has not been decided yet.
What’s holding it up?
That’s more depending on SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) marketing decisions.You have NASCAR and WRC in the game. Does this include the complete list of all tracks in those series?
The NASCAR series is so large it would be impossible to put everything in the game. We will have select courses and select cars in the game. You will also be able to race the stock cars on a number of tracks not found on the NASCAR calendar. In speaking with NASCAR, they said they’d like to see their cars able to race on other tracks, and you can do that [in GT5].Will you have F1, ALMS or FIA GT?
We had a Ferrari F1 car in the game. For FIA GT and ALMS, we won’t have that in the series yet. But we will have a lot of cars that race at Le Mans, so in that sense, there will be cars from ALMS.How do you chose which cars get in the game?
There will be three types: cars we want, the cars the users would like to see in the game and then cars the manufacturers want in it.Have you played Forza Motorsport 3?
I was watching the guys at our company trying it out in the office. I tried it a little bit. It’s very similar in a lot of aspects to Gran Turismo. Some base components of the game are very different from Gran Turismo. It’s a little bit different from what a simulator is. You can feel it when you drive it.Will there be a Gran Turismo 6?
Yes. You won’t have to wait as long as you did for GT5. GT5 represents a whole new operating system.GT6 is just new apps that run on the GT5 system.
We hope to see Gran Turismo 5 on the PS3 early next year, but until then stay connected to PlayStation LifeStyle for all your PS3 news.
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November 7th, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Good news. I’ve been holding off on buying Forza for this(although Walmart’s Black Friday deal of Forza being $40 bucks is enticing).
I need more GT in my life.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
With out a Worldwide release date yet I will be holding off until it goes greatest hits and reduces in price. Since we have had to wait for so long and to be jilted again by a Japan first/only release like GT4 I will be moving to code masters for my driving fixes… If I need to I might put in the Prologue disc but since they have not fixed the penalty system even that is a questionable choice.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Gran Turismo 5 is going to be one heck of a game. I can’t wait for it…
November 7th, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Why can’t they just give us a release day for US? The longer they delay this, the more I need to look elsewhere for my racing games. I already have burnout paradise, grid and need for speed shift, I think I’ve had all the racing I need so thinking twice about this one.
November 8th, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Cant wait!
November 8th, 2009 at 6:28 AM
So, Japan get it in march, wel get it whenever the hell they feel like releasing it here basically?!
I am rapidly, rapidly, rapidly losing interest in GT5 i have to say. And if i have to wait more than 2 months more after Japan has had it released i dont think im gonna bother with it at all! The last i’d heard. GT5 would be a simultaneous worldwide release. Insted the smallest PS3 market available (ok its the homeland of playstation but so fucking what!) will get it first.
Bollocks to GT5, its sounding more style over substance every time i hear more about it.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:04 PM
GTA boxed in100 million..
November 9th, 2009 at 2:50 AM
PS3 region free Im not going to complain if the releases are to far apart Im importing it
November 9th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
60 mll? there a great movies that don’t cost that much
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