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Finally, we get to see what happens when a real player of the Gran Turismo series sits down with its creator, Kazunori Yamauchi. As winner of the GT5 Prologue Middle East Challenge, Ahmed Al Azmi was invited to Polyphony Digital’s studios in Japan to check out where the game is made. He also got one-on-one time with Yamauchi, and asked him real questions that your average gaming journalist wouldn’t even understand. Of course, he doesn’t drop any bombshells, but it’s still a fascinating and revealing discussion. Read Ahmed’s full interview for all the pictures and impressions. We’ve gathered some of the most important facts and other tidbits below:

* The Nürburgring Nordschleife will NOT be made available until the full release of Gran Turismo 5.
* Kazunori laughed at the notion of a 2010 release date for Gran Turismo 5, and said it will be released sooner than expected.
* Polyphony Digital does use online forums and reviews (like GTPlanet) to gather player feedback and impressions of the games.
# Private online races are coming, but it may not be until the full game is released.
# Yamauchi confirmed the existence of the “rubber band effect”, and elaborated a bit on its implementation. For example, this performance boost consists of a slight increase in power and grip and is applied when the driver is more than 2 seconds behind the race leader. As you might expect, he cited more competitive online races as justification for the “feature”, which can and is turned off in some events.
# While discussing the rubber band effect, Yamauchi mentioned that it will obviously not be enabled for online races which feature qualifying laps, nearly confirming this feature sometime in the future.
# Porsche (that’s right… Porsche) have stated that they do not have a problem with their cars being damaged in the game. Ferrari, however, are being more stubborn and could be a source of delay in damage implementation. Of course, that isn’t consistent with Forza or Ferrari Challenge, which has shown damage on the Italian cars for some time now.
After the “interview”, Ahmed was given the chance to drive both the Nürburgring and Circuit de la Sarthe with updated physics and high-definition graphics in a development version of the game. As if that wasn’t enough, Yamauchi presented Ahmed with a signed, unreleased ceramic white PlayStation 3 and PSP. Once again, see Ahmed’s forum post for all the details and impressions from his incredible trip
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cap

Oct 27 2008, 02:38 AM

Good, obama FTW

But seriously, it's the media what do you expect. They'll twist anything and everything to make it sound half interesting.

I personally don't know all that much about her. Afterall, I don't live in america, and I don't watch the news (the news is too depressing, and so is the weather that's on right after). But the impression I get isn't a good one. McCain will lead america exactly like Bush did, and bush has made a shambles of everything. I heard some guy on last night mentioning "the UNITED states of america. They don't seem too united to me"
I mean, New Orleans is still a mess as far I see. Whats needed is change, and personally Obama seems like the better person to do so.

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I'll tell you why; Because she is a Pro-gun Homophobe, who believes that 'honouring the family structure is important' Does she not realise that the family structure is so diverse these days that it's absolutley impossible to define it? And that's the way it should be. She refuses to treat those different than her as her equals in polotics. She's gotta realise that America is a complex country full of different groups of culture and interest.

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She's only been Govenor of Alaska for less that two years, and Mayor of one of its small towns previous to that, which she left behind and is now in financial ruin.

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But don't take it out on McCain. Hes a good guy, he just doesn't understand some basic economy.

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Clinton saving us from the horrors that daddy Bush put us through.

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Sadly, Neo, I find MGS4 a bit overrated. I always have been a MGS fan but no matter how epic the cut scenes are, the game just felt like more of an interactive movie then an actual game. I mean, I always have been a MGS fan and at first, I thought everybody was overexaggerating about the cut scenes but by the time I beat the game, the amount in there is ridiculous.

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LittleBigPlanet.... a must buy. Played it on my cousin's PS3. Loved it. So I recommend it.

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Also, Killzone 2, loved the first on the PS2. But I don't know bout the sequel. Haven't payed attention to it. I have heard that Killzone 2 is going to be a killer for online mode, as it robs a lot of ideas from Halo and Gears. Could be wrong...