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- Damage, which Yamauchi jokingly referred to as "the homework (PD) always forgets to hand in" will be supported in GT HD. In some cases, race-trimmed cars might be able to incur more damage than street models; a move to appease still wary car manufacturers, who aren't necessarily keen on seeing their models cracked up in a game.
- Ferrari, a long-time holdout of the GT series will be drivable in GT HD. Yamauchi relayed the story of the head of Ferrari engineering calling the office just a few days ago to compliment the team on the modeling they did on some of their new Ferrari makes, a compliment the PD crew takes as a serious honor.
- Speaking of models, Yamauchi was quick to point out that, all cars being modeled to GT HD Premium standards will include both interior and exterior views. Could we finally see accurate interior cameras in a GT game?
Yamauchi was quick to point out that online will be a massive part of GT HD. Not only will things like online racing, car clubs, and leaderboards be supported, but the Polyphony Digital folks are banking on the networked side of the PS3's capabilities to providing a rich, and ever-changing list of updates, upgrades, and additions which will be created as the life of GT HD continues. Obvious examples include downloadable cars and tracks, but Yamauchi also said that regular AI updates will be supported along the way. Two artificial updates are already in the works for 2007 after the game is released.
- The game is currently scheduled for "winter 2006/2007" release in Japan and Asia and "2007" in North America and Europe. Subsequent major upgrades would be available every six months or so, while the more basic "marketplace" content such as new cars or tracks to download should be available more or less immediately after release.
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