Inability to Change Wheels on “Standard Cars” in Gran Turismo 5 is Fairly Preposterous
Gran Turismo 5 is a little more than a week away, which has many gamers writhing with excitement. Gorgeous graphics, tons of cars and hundreds of customizable options are sure to make this one of the more impressive games this generation. However, one option is missing in Gran Turismo 5, and I’m a little ticked about it.
After having viewed several leaked Gran Turimso 5 gameplay videos, most of which are easily viewable on sites like YouTube, it has been confirmed that players will not be able to change the wheels on used cars, or what the folks at Polyphony Digital like to call “standard cars”. For some, this is no big deal, and in the grand scheme of the game, it really isn’t. But the fact that we don’t have the option to make this modification is quite baffling and, frankly, ridiculous considering the amount of time devoted to development in order to make the game as realistic as possible; this isn’t what we waited all these years for.
What’s one of the first things that are modified on a cheap Honda Civic? More specifically, what’s one of the first things that a wannabe racer modifies on their cheap piece of tin, aside from the wailing muffler? The wheels. The wheels on a car are one of the first things that are switched out when one feebly attempts to make their terrible car look cool, not to mention that it’s always a blast in Gran Turismo to try and take an awful used car and turn it into a “pimped out” beast of a machine. Taking away a key cosmetic option such as this not only hinders creativity early on in the game, but also serves to push players into buying premium cars prematurely, just to attain this option. We can only hope that Polyphony Digital decides to offer a patch later on to enable this option, because there’s really no excuse for it’s absence.
Again, by no means is this a game-breaker, nor is it a cause for concern, as it is a very minor issue, but an issue nonetheless, and one that I definitely hope is addressed at some point, because we all love ourselves some used car customization, and there’s no reason for certain aspects to be missing when the key words for Gran Turismo 5 have been detail and realism. Sure this is a nitpick, but perhaps the future will be different as a result.
Look for Gran Turismo 5 when it hits store shelves on November 24th, and be sure to keep an eye out for our review when it goes live shortly thereafter.
17 Responses to “Inability to Change Wheels on “Standard Cars” in Gran Turismo 5 is Fairly Preposterous”
Except my car (the 98 S4) is standard and I want to make it look like (or at least similar) my actual car.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a305/ajdj74/2000%20S4/DSC_0245_BW.jpg
;D
to be honest, I not care about changing wheels. Another whino kid complain about wheels. Im not getting GT5 due to F1 2010
He’s actually older than you think and to just go out and throw out that slap shows how mature you really are.
@Mike
Maybe you have to level up like GT5 Prologue did before that option is available and if not then I agree with your opinion. After 5 years in development removing a previous feature in GT3 A-spec would seem harsh. When “Wheels/Rims/Tires” are what control your ability to go fast on the streets it would make the slogan for the game mute and void, calling it a simulator is a stretch at this point if you can’t swap out rolling stock.
What other features did they leave out or delay…
A lot of things are rather baffling, consider how long they’ve been working on it.
As far as the cars, I was under the (mistaken) impression that having 1,000+ of them meant that whatever your particular tastes in vehicles, you’d have a wonderful variety to choose from. Wrong. Although I’ll spend the vast majority of my time driving foreign sports cars, because they’re the most competitive on track, and of course I love the exotics, I’m also a big fan of American muscle cars. I’d LOVE to take a good variety of these beasts out to the track and have some fun, watch some replays, and just enjoy myself. But what do I get? Four count ‘em – FOUR Ford Mustangs! Two Dodge Chargers and three Challengers, one Chevelle, zero Trans Am’s and Z-28′s, but about 25 Subaru Impreza’s, over 20 Mada Miatas, Thirteen Honda Civics, and FOURTY Nissan Skylines,
What a joke. One (free) DLC pack for Need For Speed: Shift had a better variety of American muscle cars than all of GT5.
“One (free) DLC pack for Need For Speed: Shift had a better variety of American muscle cars than all of GT5.”
and they all drive like S.H.I.T.
Hey Mule it is not the cars fault that you can’t steer and accelerate or brake correctly to go fast… Until you get in the car just sits there like a weapon on a table, it can only do what you make it do. LMAO…
Did you by any chance mean cars physics in NFS Shift are good? What’s good about having many “American muscle cars” in a game when driving them is completely crap?
maybe the people at Polyphony Digital think like me and want to stop stupid people from putting on wheels that are worth more than their car…if you put chrome wheels on your piece of crap not only do you still have a piece of crap, but now you give me the right to laugh at you and your piece of crap
You’re right Mike, this is preposterous. Its one of the first things I change on a car too, because it effects the handling so much. I don’t care if the car looks dumb as a result, as long as it steers and grips the way I like. There’s nothing more annoying that trying to take a moderate turn only to have the wheels slip and go spinning off the track as a result of shitty tires. As a result none of the “standard” cars will become anything more than a temporary ride while I earn bills for something with better options.
Tires can be changed, just not the actual wheel itself (the metal).
Oh. Well, in that case I don’t really care. If its not going to effect the performance of my vehicle, I simply don’t give a crap. I’m usually that guy that only changes the aesthetics of my character, vehicle, or whatever to make it look as ridiculously silly as possible, and otherwise don’t really bother too much.
OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! What will I ever do!?!??!
Preposterous? How about the pretentious and prejudice comments flooding the article? That was actually getting disgusting
The bad thing is wheels are a performance upgrade. You put wider wheels on a car to improve handling and traction. There is no excuse for this in my opinion. It just seems dumb. People need to quit making excuses for PD.
@giese095
GT has never offered big tacky looking chrome wheels. It’s always offered properly sized performance wheels. That’s what we want. A set of 16×7 Rotas on a Honda are better than the 14×5 steelies that come stock on it. Wider wheels and tires drastically improve handling and traction.
you’re slightly confused…Tires improve performance, which can still be changed in the game. Wheels or rims are only for looks. I’m all for changing tires to improve performance
No I’m not confused. You need wider wheels to put wider tires on.
“…the fact that we don’t have the option to make this modification is quite baffling and, frankly, ridiculous considering the amount of time devoted to development in order to make the game as realistic as possible; this isn’t what we waited all these years for.”
And the shit is comin’…
“It supposed to be a ‘perfect’ game so we deserve that!”
For eveyone’s sanity, next time please, shut the fuck up.