Comments on: Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi Finally Breaks His Silence On Turn 10

By: Paranoimia

Paranoimia — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:18:08 +0000

I think to say they invented the genre is giving them the one piece of credit they probably don't deserve. But certainly, they re-invented console racing and took it to a whole new level. Prior to the original GT, console racing games were pretty much arcade or nothing.

Turn 10 can gob off all they want, but it's a simple fact that GT is still the king of the console racers. It's sold numbers others can only dream about. A killer AI is about the only thing the GT series needs. All this customisation stuff that others offer (decals, paint jobs etc.) is superfluous fluff. I've had games with similar features, and never made use of them. I'd rather spend my time pushing for the perfect lap/race than sitting there tinkering with colours and stickers. After all, I do buy a racing game to race.

AI aside, the only thing I wish they would put back in to GT is the body kits you could buy for normal road cars in the PS1 games.

By: get2sammyb

get2sammyb — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:09 +0000

I kinda liked what I played of Forza 3. There's no doubt it's biggest strength comes more in the community side of things though.

Gran Turismo (and I'm talking Prologue here) has more on-the-disc content, better graphics and arguably greater physics programming.

There is stuff Polyphony could learn from Turn 10 though - AI and the use of online functionality, although Gran Turismo TV is pretty - it's just humbling to know Polyphony are much more grounded about everything.

After all, they essentially invented this genre.

By: zzames

zzames — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:19:21 +0000

Oh come on, Dan Greenwalt's gob is the most exciting thing about Turn10.

By: Paranoimia

Paranoimia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:03:35 +0000

Seems Turn 10 have caught the MS disease – too much self-belief in an inferior product. I played Forza 2 on a mate's 360, and the handling is atrocious.

As for Forza 3 – a turd remains a turd, no matter how much you try to polish it.

By: Jas-n

Jas-n — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:48:54 +0000

You can tell the Turn 10 team aren't Japanese.
In my opinion, people who suck up to themselves like that are concerned about what they percieve as not being concerend over.