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tarheel91 on 08 June 2010
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:

i'd like to see how fast he is round the Top Gear track in the Reasonably priced car. Thats the ultimate track where hundreds if not thousands of celebraties have gone round.

Car companies all over the world test their cars at Nurburgring,  no other race track put a cars, and a drivers,  abilities to the test as does Nurburgring.   This is the ultimate track



yeah when i said ultimate, i didnt mean ultimate as in to serious to put him and a car to the test kind of way, i just meant it in a fun kind of way. i love watching top gear each week and seeing which worldwide celeb is in the reasonably priced car doing a lap round that track. And seeing as hes put the top gear track in GT5 i'd like to see how he matches up to the celebs times and racing car drivers time saswell.

Well I would imagine he would beat most of the times the celebs put up because Kaz is a race car driver,  I believe he has taken place in a few professional races.  He has been interviewed by Top Gear,  so i wouldnt be surprised if he actually raced around that track.

wow i didnt reailse that,

also i didnt realise he'd been on top gear? you do mean the original uk top gear right? man i cant beleive i missed this if it happened

He's not really a pro race car driver.  He's driven in a few endurance races, and he's done pretty well, but it's not his full time job or anything.  He'd get shown up pretty badly were he to try and compete in Le Mans, Rolex, etc.



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Slimebeast on 08 June 2010

1. Are these other cars people who paid to bring their own cars onto the track?

2. What happens if there's an accident? If they crash.

3. Why is there so much white text on the track?



Scoobes on 08 June 2010
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:

i'd like to see how fast he is round the Top Gear track in the Reasonably priced car. Thats the ultimate track where hundreds if not thousands of celebraties have gone round.

Car companies all over the world test their cars at Nurburgring,  no other race track put a cars, and a drivers,  abilities to the test as does Nurburgring.   This is the ultimate track



yeah when i said ultimate, i didnt mean ultimate as in to serious to put him and a car to the test kind of way, i just meant it in a fun kind of way. i love watching top gear each week and seeing which worldwide celeb is in the reasonably priced car doing a lap round that track. And seeing as hes put the top gear track in GT5 i'd like to see how he matches up to the celebs times and racing car drivers time saswell.

Well I would imagine he would beat most of the times the celebs put up because Kaz is a race car driver,  I believe he has taken place in a few professional races.  He has been interviewed by Top Gear,  so i wouldnt be surprised if he actually raced around that track.

wow i didnt reailse that,

also i didnt realise he'd been on top gear? you do mean the original uk top gear right? man i cant beleive i missed this if it happened

I too didn't realise this. Then again, the top gear test track is meant to be in GT5 so I suppose it makes sense. Anyway, did a quick google search so if anyone else is interested:

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/kazunori-yamauchi-interview-gran-turismo-5

I found this comment to be particularly interesting:

"Have you ever been beaten on Gran Turismo by a teenager?
[Laughs] Actually, on GT Academy qualifying I was ranked at around 80th place on the UK charts, so there are loads of youngsters I can't beat anymore."




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StokedUp on 08 June 2010
Scoobes said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:

i'd like to see how fast he is round the Top Gear track in the Reasonably priced car. Thats the ultimate track where hundreds if not thousands of celebraties have gone round.

Car companies all over the world test their cars at Nurburgring,  no other race track put a cars, and a drivers,  abilities to the test as does Nurburgring.   This is the ultimate track



yeah when i said ultimate, i didnt mean ultimate as in to serious to put him and a car to the test kind of way, i just meant it in a fun kind of way. i love watching top gear each week and seeing which worldwide celeb is in the reasonably priced car doing a lap round that track. And seeing as hes put the top gear track in GT5 i'd like to see how he matches up to the celebs times and racing car drivers time saswell.

Well I would imagine he would beat most of the times the celebs put up because Kaz is a race car driver,  I believe he has taken place in a few professional races.  He has been interviewed by Top Gear,  so i wouldnt be surprised if he actually raced around that track.

wow i didnt reailse that,

also i didnt realise he'd been on top gear? you do mean the original uk top gear right? man i cant beleive i missed this if it happened

I too didn't realise this. Then again, the top gear test track is meant to be in GT5 so I suppose it makes sense. Anyway, did a quick google search so if anyone else is interested:

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/kazunori-yamauchi-interview-gran-turismo-5

Nice one for that!

good interview was this actually screened then or was it just for the website?



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Scoobes on 08 June 2010
StokedUp said:
Scoobes said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:
Vetteman94 said:
StokedUp said:

i'd like to see how fast he is round the Top Gear track in the Reasonably priced car. Thats the ultimate track where hundreds if not thousands of celebraties have gone round.

Car companies all over the world test their cars at Nurburgring,  no other race track put a cars, and a drivers,  abilities to the test as does Nurburgring.   This is the ultimate track



yeah when i said ultimate, i didnt mean ultimate as in to serious to put him and a car to the test kind of way, i just meant it in a fun kind of way. i love watching top gear each week and seeing which worldwide celeb is in the reasonably priced car doing a lap round that track. And seeing as hes put the top gear track in GT5 i'd like to see how he matches up to the celebs times and racing car drivers time saswell.

Well I would imagine he would beat most of the times the celebs put up because Kaz is a race car driver,  I believe he has taken place in a few professional races.  He has been interviewed by Top Gear,  so i wouldnt be surprised if he actually raced around that track.

wow i didnt reailse that,

also i didnt realise he'd been on top gear? you do mean the original uk top gear right? man i cant beleive i missed this if it happened

I too didn't realise this. Then again, the top gear test track is meant to be in GT5 so I suppose it makes sense. Anyway, did a quick google search so if anyone else is interested:

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/kazunori-yamauchi-interview-gran-turismo-5

Nice one for that!

good interview was this actually screened then or was it just for the website


Wish I knew, sounds like he's a fan of the show at least. Hopefully when GT5 finally releases they'll have him on and driving in the reasonably priced car.




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Smashed on 08 June 2010

Here you go



djs on 08 June 2010

Ok Kaz, now it's our turn don't you think?



Scoobes on 08 June 2010

^ How'd you embed that?




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Vetteman94 on 08 June 2010
Slimebeast said:

1. Are these other cars people who paid to bring their own cars onto the track?

2. What happens if there's an accident? If they crash.

3. Why is there so much white text on the track?


1.  No,  it was a 24 hour endurance race

2. Same thing that happens in most other races,  a caution comes out

3.  I believe thats graffiti



tarheel91 on 08 June 2010
Vetteman94 said:
Slimebeast said:

1. Are these other cars people who paid to bring their own cars onto the track?

2. What happens if there's an accident? If they crash.

3. Why is there so much white text on the track?


1.  No,  it was a 24 hour endurance race

2. Same thing that happens in most other races,  a caution comes out

3.  I believe thats graffiti


Yeah that's not a stock IS-F.  It's a fully-prepped race car.  This is a real race, and as they say, "Rubbing's racing."  Crashes happen.  In fact, they're expected.