GT5 DAMAGE on ALL CARS confirmed by IGN

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nordlead said:

Larad said:
This isn't very good news..."scratches and stuff" doesn't constitute much in the way of realism. Only race cars seem to have deformation damage. I couldn't care less about mechanical damage (though I guess it is a cool feature) but having car slam into eachother and only see scratches is underwhelming... Seriously underwhelming.

mechanical damage is what really matters. If you can grind your car around the outside of a turn and continue your race unaffected other than visuals the damage is pointless. Also, I wouldn't expect lifelike damage, as then the game is totally unforgiving, but rather a reduced damage. So if you make contact with another car or a wall you aren't instantly out of the race, but rather you are penalized with poor steering until you can get to the pit and get it fixed.

Exactly... mechanical damage is the important part, especially in multiplayer matches.

Visual damage is just eye candy, which GT5 and Forza 3 already have enough...