Gran Turismo 5 features unvelied?

Sony has been on a roll with True HD 3D making it's way onto the PS3 in the very near future, a new Heavy Rain trailer, an official date for Gran Turismo 5 release, and a new special edition FFXIII 250GB PS3 Slim. The blogosphere has been a buzz with the wave of momentum that Sony's is gathering into the next year.

One of Sony's most anticipated titles Gran Turismo 5 featuring head tracking, will have a realistic release date of March 2010 in Japan. "I don't think it's going to be that much later in the US and Europe," Yamauchi said. "This is based on our production schedule. The reason why the dates for the US and [European] regions are not decided yet is because their marketing is still discussing their issues. It shouldn't be too far off from [the Japanese] date for the other regions as well."

Gran Turismo 5 Feature List

Cars
- Over 950 Cars

Courses
- Over 20 Locations
- Over 70 Variations

Physics
- New Physics
- Overturning of cars
- Damage
- Movable objects on the course
- The newest Hybrid cars and electric cars

Arcade Mode
- Single Player
- Split Screen 2 Player

GT Mode
- World Map
- My Garage
- Car Dealer
- Tuning Shop
- Championship Race
- License Test

Online
- Open Lobby
- Text / Voice Chat
- Private Room
- Online Photo Album
- Online Replay Album
- Export of replays to YouTube

Photo Mode
- Photo Drive
- Photo Stage

Gran Turismo TV
- Improved UI
- Export of video to the PSP
- Progressive downloading

Via:[us.gran-turismo.com]

Gran Turismo 5 will arrive March 2010... in Japan

Ladies and gentlemen start your engines, Gran Turismo 5 for Sony PS3 will not be arriving in Japan March 2010 and the states soon after. Gran Turismo 4 hit stores back in December 4, 2003 Japan and May 26, 2004 in the US. It only took a half of decade for us to see a new Gran Turismo. But from the looks of it great things come to those who wait. Besides have in game car damage, Gran Turismo 5 will also have head tracking via the PS3 Eye. Would we also see True HD 3D and motion controls implemented because of the decade long delay. We will have to wait until March 2010 to find out.

GT5 head-tracking Confirmed

Some exciting news for all of you planning to pick up Gran Turismo 5 now, as it has just been confirmed by Polyphony Digital that Head-Tracking via the PS Eye will be one of the main features in in the game.

As reported from Eurogamer, Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed the news himself, so we can definately say this feature will be a reality come release.

The way it will work is that the head-tracking feature will be restricted to the in-cockpit view within the game. The PS Eye hardware will then scan the position of your head and will adjust what you see in-game accordingly.

What this means kiddies is the head-tracking feature is restricted only to the in-cockpit view within GT5. Employing facial recognition techonogly, the PlayStation Eye scans the position of your head and adjusts the viewpoint in the cockpit accordingly, effectively replacing the use of the right analogue stick on the DualShock 3. Your display stops being a flat 2D representation of a 3D world and effectively becomes an interactive window into the game experience.

This means as you look around in the real world your driver in the cockpit will do the same providing and extremely interactive driving experience. Can we begin to imagine the possibilities when combine head-tracking with Sony's MoCo(Motion Control)tech? To get a good example or feel for what head-tracking is all about check out the video after the jump.

Eye Candy: Photo Realism: Brilliant Pictures From Gran Turismo 5

Sony Playstation 3 Gran Turismo 5 Eye Candy







Source: neogaf.com

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