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libellule on 24 November 2010
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lestatdark said:
Grimes said:
lestatdark said:
Grimes said:

Simulators don't necessarily make the most fun gaming experience. I mean if somebody were to make a relistic combat simulator, it wouldn't be all that fun. Lots of tedium and boredom with moments of panic combined with a lot of I'm dead instantly and I don't know how.

Flight simulator comes to mind. They made it a very realistic experience. But it's not that enjoyable unless you're an aviation nut.

The thing is, GT5 always aimed to be just this, a realistic depiction of the racing world. Probably it's still far from being actually real, but it's as close as it gets, and for all that it's worth, GT5 was always mentioned for that. 

I'm not saying everyone should enjoy it, it isn't a game for everyone, but I think gamers shouldn't look for things in a game which weren't there from the get go and were never promised as well. GT5 is a game for racing fans and car nuts, it's the GT legacy and each new iteration delves further into it. After more than 10 years, I don't know why people are expecting for it to transform into something that it is not.

That's like asking a Zelda game to stop being an adventure game and become an JRPG, FIFA or PES to become a football manager or Call of Duty/Halo to become a Counter Strike type of game. Things are what they are and should be evaluated for so.

I'm not sure if I agree with you that the game is just for fans and car nuts.

Well, probably the grand majority of the interviews Kazunori Yamauchi ever made during the development of GT5 stated that he wanted to create the perfect racing game, an authentic car encyclopedia experience. Surely those who would appreciate those aspects more are both racing fans and car nuts right, like Kazunori himself right?

GT games in the past have been critiziced for lacking the depth, be it in physics or car differences of an actual sim, and for the grand part that criticism was partly correct, and GT5 tried to correct that aspect. 

What I don't understand is why giving a better simulation experience is now considered not to be the best approach, not only amongst reviewers, but with a lot of gamers as well? 

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