New Motorcycle game from Polyphony(GT4)

i wasn't sure if you guys would see this in the game forums so i thought i'd post a link here for ya:


http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=492341

Thanks for the linky! Now if only I liked video games, or had access to a PS2... :oops:

well, you got til this spring to get yourself a ps2 and get into videogames :biggrin: .

i just wish it were out now so i could kill time until it's riding season again. by the time it's actually out i'll be riding for real.

where are the wheelies!?!?!

they have some vids on that page, i saw one with a 'busa riding a wheelie. don't worry man, they can't leave out wheelies :grinno: .

If anybody has played the gran turismo series then you will know polyphonys unwillingness to simulate in game damage. This makes we wonder whether they will simulate in game wrecks for this game. I hope so because it wouldn't be right without it. Other than that, the video looks sweet and I do wish it was released during the "off season" of riding rather than the begining of the next.

tight game but i'm too cheap to buy games while they're new so i'll probably buy it pre-owned about a year later.

that game looks sweet, i wouldn't mind if they didn't incorporate damage to the bikes as long as the rider could fly off and start tumbling and stuff. hey, if they could have simulated rider damage that could be cool, they could even simulate an open fracture (when the bone pokes out of the skin). just kidding about the open fracture.

And as for buying the ps2, you should, this game looks worth it and they should be pretty cheap if you get pre-owned

Tourist Trophy right? I've know about this game developing six months back. It is suppose to capture real physics, like too much lean, drift, highside, varying degrees of body lean, head shake, tankslapper, braking at apex/mid-corner, powerslides. But I doubt it will have wrecks where you just lose the race, the rider would just climb back on the bike within 3 seconds falling off. Otherwise, beginner players will have tought time leaving the paddock.

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/655/655380/tourist-trophy-the-real-riding-simulator-20051003001936673.jpg
http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/659/659650/tourist-trophy-screens-20051018105957458.jpg
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http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/655/655380/tourist-trophy-the-real-riding-simulator-20051003001934564.jpg
http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/659/659649/tourist-trophy-the-real-riding-simulator-20051019014521596.jpg

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/659/659649p1.html


http://www.playstation.jp/scej/title/tt/

Highlights:

Tourist Trophy could end up being one of the most expansive bike racers ever. The game will include over 80 bikes from domestic and international bike makers. Over thirty-five courses will make the cut, with most of the courses from Gran Turismo 4 included

It also includes a number of clothes. That's right, you can select your gear prior to the start of a race! The game includes a variety of helmets, suits, gloves and boots, with Shichisawa revealing that we can expect over fifty suits and fifty helmets, along with street ware. We saw some big name brands in the demo version: Arai, Kushitani, Shoei, Taichi and Spidi look like they'll be making it into Tourist Trophy.

While playing the Tourist Trophy World mode, you can adjust your riding experience in three ways. Prior to the start of a race, you can make quick adjustments to your bike in such areas as power, weight, driving assist and front/rear tire type. You also have access to a Closet, where you can try out all the gear that you've collected.

Also adjustable in TTW mode is riding form. While Tourist Trophy includes a few pre-set forms (inside, normal and outside), Tourist Trophy World's Form Editor allow you to make fine adjustments to eight areas of your form, including seat position, knee angle, underarm angle and waist offset. Form adjustments aren't just for show, as the game simulates your rider's center of gravity, changing the feel of the race based on your form.

Play the game, and you'll find that racing on two wheels is a totally different experience from four wheels, even though you're racing on the Gran Turismo courses you've come to know over the past year. Gran Turismo doesn't deal with wipeouts and crashes, but Tourist Trophy sure does. It's easy to make your bike lean too far and flip out, with the game switching to a third-person perspective as your bike and biker tumble into the barriers. The game does a good job of replicating the feeling of speed of bike racing, as well as the bumpiness and noise of the ride while racing in racer's perspective.