Gran Turismo creator to select Best in Show at SEMA that will be featured in upcoming game
by Noah Joseph on Oct 19th 2009 at 1:58PM 
Each year at SEMA, a select group of editors and contributors from the world's largest automotive publications scour the show floor to hand out prizes for the best hot rod, Japanese import, European import, domestic automobile and SUV. But not the overall Best in Show award. That'll be handed out by a video game programmer.Well, not just any video game programmer. The video game programmer: Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo racing game franchise. As part of the seventh annual Gran Turismo awards, Yamauchi will hand pick one custom ride at the SEMA show to be rendered by his team of electronic wizards in high-resolution splendor and featured in an upcoming edition of the game. Nominations are being accepted in advance of the November 4 awards ceremony at the Palms, so if you know a ride worthy of Gran Turismo, follow the link for the entry form.
[Source: SEMA]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
shiny 2:13PM (10/19/2009)
It's gonna be featured as the only gas engined vehicle in GT6 which will be released in 2020.
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LaserRed38 2:31PM (10/19/2009)
Hah. 2020? Isn't that a bit optimistic for GT6? I'd say 2020 for GT5, 2030 for GT6...
kasra_k 2:13PM (10/19/2009)
Great news, except that it will take him half a decade to make his choice :-)
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Serge 2:13PM (10/19/2009)
How about just releasing the game already...
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tifosiotaku 2:15PM (10/19/2009)
I'd agree, but Forza Motorsport 3 is out in 8 days.
You snooze, Polyphony, you lose.
Justin 2:23PM (10/19/2009)
No ****! What is wrong with Polyphony? How about they worry about getting the game done first and then do all this extra crap when they're ready to promote an "actual" game. I know they want to hype it before its released by doing this kind of stuff but the element of surprise, shock, and awe over how good the game is "going to be" is long past my friends.
Jason 2:56PM (10/19/2009)
I disagree. Example:
Need for Speed:Shift - one or two years of development and it's riddled with bugs and glitches.
GT5 - 5 year development time makes for a game with no bugs or glitches.
Who cares if he travels around the world looking for more cars to include in the game. He's not the only person that works for PD. People continue to work on the game while he's gone...
*Continues to wait patiently knowing it's going to rock my socks*
Justin 3:12PM (10/19/2009)
If they cant work out the bugs of the game after 5 years of development then Im not so sure you should be investing their time to adding more crap. Fix what you got and put the game out already. At this point I cant believe they're actually going to release it on a current gen console rather than waiting a bit longer seeing as the next gen consoles are too far down the road.
Serge 3:13PM (10/19/2009)
@Jason
Forza 3 didn't take that long to develop, judging from the demo it's pretty amazing... and it's not like they'll be adding completely new cars, they'll probably just be modified versions of ones that already exist in the game. Witch begs the question: if those cars are so desirable, can't users just modify them to the same effect in the game? or is car modification and paint on the weak side in GT5?
Clavius 2:24PM (10/19/2009)
I'd much rather the guy stay in Japan and finish up the darn game!
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Casper 2:23PM (10/19/2009)
Haven't they done this for the last few GT games? I remember in GT5P they had that old Vette, I think that was a SEMA best in show.
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Shamdiddly 2:43PM (10/19/2009)
Well, he'll pick the winner, but keep bumping back the date when he will finally decide - then he'll tell the Japanese public first, then us. ; )
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Weaksauce 2:52PM (10/19/2009)
Yet another delay in the GT5 series! I know, I know, another car model =/=significant delay.
But it's this mindset, this all-encompassing, must model and depict every car mentality that's led to delay after delay. I'm sure the game will amaze when it's released. I'd rather pay for DLC and had the game released last year.
I'm sure most of you agree, too.
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Clavius 3:30PM (10/19/2009)
I'd must rather of had the game released last year and every 6 months release a batch of DLC for say $10-$20. Also a free patch that will allow you to race others with cars that you dont have.
I understand his reasoning (somewhat) but at some point one must just realize perfection is in the eye of the beholder.
NudeLove93 5:08PM (10/19/2009)
To be fair, it was never delayed, considering PD never gave it a release date until very recently.
Luso 2:58PM (10/19/2009)
Stop all the crap and give us our game. : (
http://www.carnorama.com
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Dtown 3:03PM (10/19/2009)
oooooh can't wait for that to happen....add another 6 months to develop the physics for the car. I hope they choose an electric car that goes 60 mph and has a range of 10 miles. That would be exciting!
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freshseth83 3:19PM (10/19/2009)
i'll wait for GT5 thank you. DOn't care if it comes out in 3 4 or 6 months, I'd rather wait and have a quality game than have him rush it and get a crappy Forza 3 copy. I know GT5 will be a true driving game and be realistic and not some Need For Speed type arcade racer where cars do flips and have pre-rendered damage cosmetic and performance. That's what Forza plays like. Regardless of how close it is with it's car perform to the real life it looks like cartoon and the fake skid marks that leave black lines is totally unrealistic. Vaporware you can call it but I'm still going to be buying it more than likely in march- just in time for my b-day.
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Serge 3:48PM (10/19/2009)
Just because someone takes forever do something doesn't mean he/she will get it right... the guys at Turn10 seem to know what they are doing. Forza 2 is the best driving game I ever had the pleasure of playing: the physics are the most realistic to date, the career mode is engaging, car modification allows for many distinct upgrade paths that lead to completely different car performance, and multi-player is a lot of fun. If that's not a great driving game then I don't know what is... although according to you, if it doesn't have 100 meticulously styled econo-boxes and 150 pre-tuned skylines all exhibiting the driving characteristics of a 10,000lbs tank then it's not a good game.
HAAS599 3:33PM (10/19/2009)
Seems a lot of xbots quickly hijacked this article.
GT4 was better than Forza
GT5:P (thats right, a GT demo) was better than Forza 2
I have a feeling GT5 will be better than Forza 3, just a guess though
5 months after Forza's release is well worth the wait and by that time Forza 4 will be out so dont waste your money on Forza 3
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