The Gran Turismo franchise is known for being a rigorous racer with tons of features and cars. It is however not particularly good at innovation or listening to their fan base. Maybe it’s a Japan thing. Here are some suggestions Gran Turismo 6 should add to their feature set in order to compete with Next-Gen car simulators like Driveclub for instance. We all know Gran Turismo is coming to a garage near you on PS3 soon, because Michael Denny inadvertently announced it after the PlayStation Meeting, listing it together with other great games coming out in 2013. According to this retailer GT6 will be out on November 28th, 2013.
1. Improved environments and details. Flat tree surfaces and crowd textures aren’t fooling anyone.
2. Ditch the cheap car models without interiors and make all cars premium.
3. Work out a licensing deal which enables Polyphony to properly demolish a car Burnout-style. Real-time deformation damage modeling and broken glass, scratches and dirt.
(And with that, we need Tanks. Tanks against go-carts. Who’s with me?)
4. Model the undercarriage in 3d for all cars instead of showing a flat texture.
5. GT5 has 31 tracks, GT6 needs at least 50. How about some less known exotic tracks from around the globe?
6. Should be able to save mid-race, specially for long endurance races.
7. Ability to rewind a race after you crash, in certain races.
8. Better customization like mods, decals and paint-jobs. Ability to customize every part of your exterior in a tuning shops as well as customize interior such as custom seat-belts steering wheels, gauges, colors, lights etc.
9. Make the pit crew part of the carrier mode so you can upgrade members and speed up tire changes etc.
10. Night racing (Day/Night) and weather effects should be available for all tracks.
11. Complete A.I overhaul. Remove bumper cars and add more aggressive A.I drivers.
12. A proper Weather Center so you can accurately choose tires depending on weather.
13. Fix the jarring jagged shadows and anti-aliasing problems.
14. How about having an instructor with you in the car when you take your license test so you actually learn the tracks.
15. More performance tuning options.
16. Open world tracks where you can free roam.
17. An in-depth Track Editor.
18. Live commentator like you have in many other sport franchises.
19. Auction house. Buy and sell rare cars and parts for real currency with other players online like Diablo III.
20. Rally cars, events and series!
21. And while you’re at it, bikes and drag races!
22. More cars from North America and Europe.
23. Personalized online racing league system where you can invite your friends and race.
24. Allow me to modify and add nitrous turbo for all cars in certain races.
25. More events and challenges that unlock cars instead of just purchasing them.
