Why is there damage in Forza but not GT?

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papflesje said:

MontanaHatchet said:
Why do people really care?

This is a genuine question. I'm not a big racing game fan, but I don't see why people care either.

 

I just recently got GT5: P and I must say that it's annoying as hell that I lose races to a friend because he plays bumper car all the time, skidding off the track, hitting the wall at an angle, and barely losing speed, while I try to follow the perfect line and have to slow down to get that next curve.

Sure, it can be fun to bump into each other sometimes, but to have 'no damage' decide the outcome of a race because of bumper car tactics is just annoying.


Some sort of wear-and-tear on the cars would be nice, so that people who bump the car get some disadvantage to their chassis or their tires or their steering or something... just SOME drawback to being the most reckless driver.

 

They still have time to implement something in GT5: P and check out the way people respond, to test-case it. In any case, to please both sets of fans, the option to turn off possible damage should be in GT5, but personally, I would love damage, because it changes the way (some) people drive in the game.

That is a valid argument.  Bad driving should not win races. 

But I could care less for Forza or GT.  Give me another Rallisport Challenge please.