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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: ##RaCeR## on October 04, 2003, 04:12:20 AM
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This is only speculation, taken from another site, but this is a pic that was taken at the field day at some race track when KY and the Polyphony team were recording engine sounds, taking more pics, taking the cars for a test run etc.
take a look
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gt4.de%2Fimages%2Fupload%2FCONNER.GT4.044.jpg&hash=38d3a3e79cfcda2ac6adbbfbc5c37ea258ef17a4)
Now THAT is a Ferrari rim if I ever saw one.
Would be totally sweet if they were in. KY has never said never, so I hope they were able to get the license. Why else would the car be there?
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Perhaps it just happpened to be there parked next to the other car
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I\'m not expecting them to be in to be honest.
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Does it include porshes though?
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It will probably have the RUF version of the porsche, like GT2 and GT3 had.
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Looks like a Lotus to me.
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##Racer## is refering to the red car next to the Lotus. Sure looks like it... BUT, who needs Ferrari when you\'ve got Lotus anyway? :D /jk
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I\'m talking about the red car :D
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WTF am I talking about after looking at some Ferrari photos thats defintely a Ferrari 355.
(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.movit.de%2Fimages%2Ffer35ofs.jpg&hash=4fdfbf31cd658f85055d8bcf03c3994b690b93cd)
http://www.otoalsat.com/hobi/wallpapers/1024x768/ferrari_f355f1_1024x768.jpg
The air intakes, that white strip thingy near the rear wheel arche, the slight in-climb at the rear.
Conclusion = That\'s a Ferrari :D
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Maybe polyphony were sampling the V12 engine to use on another car in the game instead???
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God i hope Ferrari makes its way into GT4. That would make me very very happy:D
I dont get it. Ferrari has been in a few other games and a handfull over the years. Why cant they just let polyphony have them since its such a high caliber game anyway with NO DAMAGE. I really dont get it. Same goes for Lambo\'s. Except polyphony and sony kinda screwed themselves there.
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The stupid thing about the lambo\'s is that the JAP version of GT3 had them, but they were removed for the US/Euro versions.:(
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
The stupid thing about the lambo\'s is that the JAP version of GT3 had them, but they were removed for the US/Euro versions.:(
Its not really stupid. I mean it sucks yeah but it was all legal reasons. Everyone makes mistakes.
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What happened with the Lamborghinis?
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Well its been a while and i dont quite fully remember, but there were some licensing issues towards the end of development and everything wasnt cleared up but polyphony jumped the gun to make release in Japan and then Lambo made them withdraw them from the US/PAL versions. It was indeed a beauty. It was a La Mans version of the Diablo if I remember correctly. Im too lazy to find a pic.
As a matter of fact, IGN once had a shark port Download with a jap save or something where you could get the diablo but i dont do that kinda thing so missed out.
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From the October issue of CAR pg 130
Article about Kazunori Yamauchi and GT4
Why isn\'t Ferrari in the game?
Their licence fees are extremely high - exceeding by far the average the we handle with other manufacturers. Also Gran Turismo is targeted more towards cars that are more realistic to buy.
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Yay! Someone else from the DFW area! Welcome to the forums :)
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Look at this pic, you clearly see PD has a file for ferrari
http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/4/0,3363,sz=1&i=41441,00.jpg
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Thats a load of crap concerning how much money it would cost. I mean, EA has been able to get the licenses for all the Italian and Euro exotics for years now, and its not like Polyphony doesn\'t have a hefty back account.
The amount of money they must make in royalites alone for the GT series would be huge, not to mention the fact that they are backed by SONY. If they dont have enough money, then I dont know who would.
Its just an excuse. If they weren\'t the types of cars they want, then why are there Zonda\'s, TVR\'s etc???
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Uhm when you consider how many car manufacturers there are in the game it\'s very understandable that they can\'t afford it when one car maker wants way too much. It\'s not like other games which only features 3-4 manufacturers or maybe only 1, GT4 has dusins. So money definitely is an issue when they need licenses for 4-500 cars.
Also it would send the wrong signal to the other manufacturers that they\'re licensing. Hypothetically speaking this could mean that the other manufacturers could demand more the next time after seeing that Ferrari got more
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PD is making their cars more known with the game and pays them too.The irony :)
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Its not really a valid arguement IMO. Its basically free publicity. If I was a car manufacturer, I would be dieing to get my products into a game as widely known and popular as the GT series. How many people have fallen in love with a car they never knew existed before playing GT?
I remember I fell in love with the Mitsubishi FTO when I got the first GT. Now I own one.
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Hell yeah racer, who in their right mind wouldn\'t want their car in gt4, the GT series is perfect and is well known over the world. And why in the hell is ferrari in pgr2, that stupid arcade racer. I would to see how a 355, or a F50 handles on the Fuji track or the NYC track. Since the cars in gt4 will handle like real life cars I want to see so bad how a ferrari, any ferrari handles. And the ferrari president said he wants his company to featured in a GT game.
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##Racer##,
Its not really a valid arguement IMO. Its basically free publicity. If I was a car manufacturer, I would be dieing to get my products into a game as widely known and popular as the GT series. How many people have fallen in love with a car they never knew existed before playing GT?
Kazunori Yamauchi about Ferrari:
Their licence fees are extremely high - exceeding by far the average the we handle with other manufacturers. Also Gran Turismo is targeted more towards cars that are more realistic to buy.
Do you really think a manufacturer like Ferrari feels they could boost their sales by putting their cars into a videogame? They have their licence just like all the other ones too.
It\'s not like their cars are dirt cheap and little boys can fall in love with them and buy one the next day. People that buy Ferrari\'s know why.
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Originally posted by seven
##Racer##,
Kazunori Yamauchi about Ferrari:
Their licence fees are extremely high - exceeding by far the average the we handle with other manufacturers. Also Gran Turismo is targeted more towards cars that are more realistic to buy.
Do you really think a manufacturer like Ferrari feels they could boost their sales by putting their cars into a videogame? They have their licence just like all the other ones too.
It\'s not like their cars are dirt cheap and little boys can fall in love with them and buy one the next day. People that buy Ferrari\'s know why.
Yeah, it\'s a conscious choice by Ferrari to have high licensing fees just like their cars are very expensive. Their cars are meant to be luxurious and exclusive. So high licensing fees are just part of that image that they\'re trying to sell.
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Thats a load of crap. They want to uphold an image to those people even in a videogame? Thats pathetic. Like all the children or whoever buys the game is going to think that a ferrari is any easier to obtain just because its in a game. I mean hell id give it out for dirt cheap. If its not going to benefit them its definately not going to harm them, (unless they are afraid that their cars cant stack up against the others which is insane).
I honestly dont know what to make of all of it. Its just plain dumb.
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
Thats a load of crap. They want to uphold an image to those people even in a videogame? Thats pathetic. Like all the children or whoever buys the game is going to think that a ferrari is any easier to obtain just because its in a game. I mean hell id give it out for dirt cheap. If its not going to benefit them its definately not going to harm them, (unless they are afraid that their cars cant stack up against the others which is insane).
I honestly dont know what to make of all of it. Its just plain dumb.
Yeah I agree with you. I think it\'s silly too but I think the whole damage issue is even more silly. Why don\'t the car manufacturers allow damage, it\'s just insane not to. Do they actually believe they\'ll sell less cars if damage was shown on them like it would in real life if you crashed or ran into something? I just don\'t get it.