http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/ Autoblog Comments for GT5 Prologue to get downloadable damage this fall http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
I also sure hope they fixed the AI on GT. I mean, it sucked before, but the idiot moves of the AI in GT4 were bad enough, if it also causes damage to your when a computer car hits you from behind in the middle of a straight, it'll be incredibly frustrating.]]>Apr 4th 2008 11:41AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
The ones who crash, well, if it was a racing sim, they would be selecting "restart" right after a crash.

You can argue a sim should be completely real, and there are a few who do drive 24 hour races on computer sims. But most people require some amount of fun to come from the sim, and driving a broken car that can't win the race for 70 minutes is no fun, let along having to wait 70 mins "in the pits" while the race ends because your car is completely broken. Thus, sims usually compromise a bit and add things like "restart" even though they aren't actually realistic.]]>Apr 4th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/The way Forza does it is every contact causes some damage, the cost to repair comes out of your winnings at the end of the race.
Basically the way damage adds value to the video game sim is that it gives a linear progression of penalties for driving poorly.
I don't see how tire wear is ok, but car damage is not. Especially since tire wear in any game is way off. Even the stickiest of tires don't warm up for a few laps, but they'll all last for several laps. In any of the games the super slicks barely last 4 laps.]]>Apr 4th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 10:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
(that said, U.S. educational standards have already dropped like a rock - see political correctness and grade curving/inflation among other reasons)
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You'll note that news sites tend to talk about things that are news, not olds.]]>Apr 4th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 6th 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
No word yet on what kind GT is going to implement, but if it really does do true unique damage, then it will without a doubt be the best racing sim out there. ]]>Apr 4th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
Better make that "console racing sims". There are plenty of much more realistic racing sims available on the PC platform.]]>Apr 4th 2008 12:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/Apr 4th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/04/gt5-prologue-to-get-downloadable-damage-this-fall/
Also, even on consoles TOCA2 and TOCA3 surpass GT and Forza in many areas for simulation.

I would still argue GT "set the standard" on consoles, since it is far more popular than most sims, and it came first and really created the tuning sim console racer genre.]]>Apr 4th 2008 12:24PM