"Yeah, good luck in getting the rest of the devlopers outside of Polyphony to churn out those graphics. Oh, sorry, Konami! You got me! "

don't forget Square Enix! That white engine of theirs looks to be amazing!

I just wish they'd actually use that technology and apply it to crash damage so the game doesn't play like bumper cars. Immersion is reduced to zero when you bump into something.

I rather have damage than a virtual model of a real car. Skip the consumer cars and put in racing cars only, there lots of racing games with damage.

Good but not $600 good.

@petrie
I've actually never heard any explanation for why they can't. Got a link, or care to enlighten me? TIA.

And my comp can't handle the 720p WMV video :(

Racing games aren't that hard to get good graphics for. Cars don't animate much, and there's just not a lot of detailing you have to do. Personally, I got tired of Gran Tourismo games about 10 minutes in, but then again, most racing games seem to be the same crap to me anyways.

How come that the car in the replay has so much oversteer? Skyline GT-R is an AWD still this car is fishtailing in every corner.

Since we in Swiss I really miss some cows and it would be nice to have the spectators standing on the road running to the sides as the car come close, other than the graphics look impressive, a bit too clinical but that's typical GT.

@Andy17Null

They can't use damage models because the car manufacturers won't allow it. They don't want you to think their cars can be hurt by anything. Heaven forbid the Nissan is harder to damage than the Ford, and that causes you to change your mind about a future car purchase. They simply only want you to see their vehicle in its most glorious form.

@Petrie: Seriously, that's why? Ridiculous. One more reason why inclusion of a copyrighted but well-known entity in video games should be considered 'fair use.' Do car manufacturers try to stop car crash scenes in movies, too?

Wow, that game was oversold to me. I totally bought the "then come to the realization that you've just watched one of the most graphically impressive games ever" and then when I saw the images. Just a slap on the face, it isn't that impressive, I have to say that for the hopes I built from the hype, I am disappointed.

People have to stop overselling games, it's only going to hurt the games in the end.

@AutomaticZen

It is actually true that some car manufacturers don't want their cars to be damaged in games, for various reasons. This was confirmed by Porsche during mid-90's when there was a supposed problem with illegal racing and Porsche wanted to improve their image amongst more respected owners.

And when you have licensed cars from a manufacturer who doesn't want their cars to be wrecked it is a hard decision to leave the wrecking and include the manufacturer or to keep the wrecking and toss the manufacturer. Because you can't have some cars breaking down and others not to.

That is why many developers have opted the no wrecking policy. And as to why some games have the same cars that can break down when other games don't, can be from many reasons, maybe the developer modified the cars to look less realistic or the other developers just didn't want to work in a realistic crashes, your guess is as good as mine.