Comments on: Gran Turismo TV

by: west_coast_ps3

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:53:43 +0000

Turns out the pay per view shows are not going to be available after all today. At least there is now background downloading for the free content.

by: Paranoimia

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:40:17 +0000

Ah, now here’s something I hadn’t realised… what you pay is a RENTAL fee. All of the paid content currently on GTTV has a 14-day viewing limit!

Not so good. If I were to pay for a download, I’d want to keep it for as long as I chose, and not have it deleted automatically after a set period of time. I guess I won’t be buying anything from GTTV after all.

by: mpz

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:04:23 +0000

James - that is not what GT is about, go play another game if that’s what you want.

Back ot .. I think it will be an interesting experiment, and although a few people will really get into it, I cannot see it working all that well. Having it within the game is a bit silly too - it should be part of the overall ps3 video store if they’re going to do it. I somehow doubt they will cooperate, at least at first. This will be a big impediment to it’s usefulness too - e.g. can you copy any of this stuff to a psp?

$2/pop for a tv show is a bit of a premium for something you can just watch for ‘free’ on normal tv (i.e. the stuff people will want to watch on gttv, like top gear). And if you want to watch it earlier you already get it off the net.

by: James

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:08:32 +0000

I’d only be interested in muscle cars and hot rods, so until GT5P and GTTV have any of those (I mean at least 5 cars) I won’t even buy the game. Also, while I’m at it, GT needs to get visual customization on the cars. I have a sweet looking 1968 Unlimited class Plymouth Barracuda on Forza 2 that has vinyls and decals to make it look like a race car, but on GT, nothing stands out and it all looks stock. I mean, I’m all for sleepers (my 1970 Chevy truck is) but this is supposed to be a racing simulator, and these ’sims’ would be great if they used sponsors like GRID that actually pay you for winning. Drag racing also needs to be in there, esp. for hot rods and their customizations (air scoop through the hood anyone?) with different classes and stuff as well, from heads up to promod to prostreet. We should be able to give cars bigger, more powerful engines so we can see a prostreet ‘69 Camaro do wheelies on launch from the insane ammount of torque.

by: François

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:16:15 +0000

I am interested depending on the content of the shows, Professional Driving Techniques for 2$, I’m in. A video on How to tune your car for different condition, that would be nice too. Essentially, instead of buying a stategy guide, having it in a video would be of value for me.

Another pre-requise is to have the background download enabled in the XMB for GTTV, or at least when the game is on.

I might be interested to get a few HD episode of Top Gear or road test of cars I am really interested in.

by: John

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:37:49 +0000

I care about GT5, but don’t care about GTTV in the least.
I haven’t even cared to watch the free stuff that came with Prologue. I’d rather they get moving on the tracks, collisions, AI and network lag. ’nuff said :/

by: Ozzy

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:15:17 +0000

Yeah but ur forgetting one v important thing Top Gear is awesome and finally u yanks can appreciate the awesomness that is Top Gear!

by: Darrin

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:36:24 +0000

“I’d rather they got off their asses, stopped filming themselves at the Ferrari factory, and gave us the TG track…”

This is basically what I was thinking, I just didn’t want to say it so bluntly.

by: Trieloth

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:05:51 +0000

Iam a mechanic and I really liked the idea that they came up with but I wasnt excited about ‘paying’ for the TV shows.

by: Paranoimia

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:04:11 +0000

Unless they edit Top Gear, it’ll be an hour per episode, as that’s the running time on BBC2 - which has no adverts.