I-saga ye-Gran Turismo maduze izoba nohlelo lwayo lwesi-6. Kuhle ukuthi uPolyphony wenze umsebenzi wabo wesikole. Uma kungenjalo kukhona i-console ezohlupheka ...
Njengoba sesithuthukele lapha, u-Sony wayesezomemezela enye inkondlo elama “isifanisi sokushayela sangempela” i-Gran Turismo 6 ye-Playstation 3. Kodwa ngesaba kakhulu okubi kakhulu. Ngangesaba ukuthi isimemezelo seGran Turismo 6 sasingesesizukulwane esilandelayo se-Playstation futhi uma lokho kwenzeka ngangizothatha isando ngiphule i-"PS3" yami! Isithembiso se-Scout.
Ngiyavuma ukuthi angisenawo umdlandla ngemidlalo yenkundla noma i-FPS enezigemegeme ezingapheli. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izifanisi zokushayela ziyaqhubeka nokudlidliza “osemusha onamaqhubu” ngaphakathi kimi. Futhi yingakho ngithenge i-Playstation 3. Ukuze nje ngiqhubeke nokudlala i-saga ye-Gran Turismo. Umdlalo ebengidlala nawo kusukela ngezinsuku zokuqala ze-Playstation.
Kwakungesikhathi ngidlala iGran Turismo lapho ngafunda khona ukuthi ukuphila kuba mnandi kakhulu uma ushayela idrayivu elingemuva. Ukuthi front wheel drive kukhona «boring» (ok... akubona bonke) nokuthi amane wheel drive kungaba ngokushesha, kodwa abajabulisi kancane. Ukuthi amashuni adlala indima ebalulekile ekushintsheni kwemoto futhi ngafunda nencazelo yamagama afana ne-toe-in, toe-out, camber namanye amagama amaningi asho kakhulu konjiniyela kunesixuku se-console.
Ena, uma ngibheka emuva ngafunda okuningi ngezimoto ezihlezi esofeni ngibuka i-remote control yethelevishini esandleni sami...
Inkumbulo eceleni, uGran Turismo 6 ubonakala ezimisele ukufeza izithembiso uGran Turismo 5 azishiye zingafezekanga. Naphezu kwekhwalithi yayo ecacile nezithombe ezinhle kakhulu, iGran Turismo 5 ibe ukudumala. Okokuqala ngenxa yokuthi amazinga okulingisa ayeyizimbobo ezimbalwa ngaphansi kwesibikezelo futhi okwesibili ngoba izinhlanga “zazihlanzeke kakhulu” kuma-"petrolheads" weqiniso.
Ingasaphathwa eyokuhlehliswa okulandelanayo kanye naleyo "demo ekhokhelwayo" enyantisayo abanqume ukuyithengisa njengokungathi igeyimu ephelele. Bayibiza ngokuthi iGran Turismo Prologue. Okwamanje, ohlangothini lwe-staminé - funda iMicrosoft… - izifanisi ziphuma "njengamabhanisi ashisayo" ekhonsoli ye-X-Box.
Nakuba amakhasimende e-X-Box ayenelungelo lokuthi angazi ukuthi mangaki ama-Forza, amakhasimende akwa-Sony ayenelungelo "ledemo ekhokhelwayo" kanye ne-Gran Turismo eyodwa kuphela. Ngokusobala kuncane. Kuze kube namuhla, ngaphandle kwehaba sengivele ngizisole izikhathi eziyi-10,000 kuma-euro angama-400 engiwakhokhele ikhonsoli yakwaSony. Ngenhlanhla, amaJapane abonakala efuna ukuzihlenga.
Izithombe ze-Gran Turismo 6 entsha ziyazikhulumela, umdlalo muhle kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kodwa njengoba sonke sigcwele ihluzo ezinhle, kuhle ukwazi ukuthi i-Polyphony ithembisa amazinga okulingisa asondele nakakhulu "kwimpilo yangempela". Ukuze kuzuzwe lokhu kuyiqiniso, umkhiqizi wasebenzisa ochwepheshe ababili abakhulu emhlabeni wezimoto, uhlobo lwamasondo e-Yokohama kanye ne-KW Automotive, uhlobo oludumile lokumiswa. Ngakho-ke kulindelekile ukuthi sithole enjinini entsha ye-«physics» ye-Gran Turismo 6 algorithms efana naleyo esetshenziswa yile mikhiqizo, noma okungenani enemiphumela efanayo efanayo.
Mayelana nohlu lwezimoto, luzoba luningi njengakuqala. Ngaphezu kwezimoto esezivele zikhona ku-5, iGran Turismo 6 izongeza, phakathi kwezinye, izinhlobo ezifana ne-Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale, Alpine A110 1600S, Ferrari Dino 246 GT, KTM X-BOW R kanye neMercedes-Benz SLS AMG. I-GT3. Isamba sezimoto ezingu-1200 ezingenziwa ngokwezifiso ngokugcwele ezinamathuba amaningi okushuna. Umhleli wengoma okhishwe okokuqala ku-Gran Turismo 5 naye uthuthukisiwe, ovumela umdlali ukuthi "akha" ithrekhi yamaphupho abo.
Kuvame ukushiwo ukuthi noma ubani "ohleka okokugcina, uhleka kakhulu" futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ngemva kweminyaka eminingana ngemuva kweMicrosoft uma kuziwa kuma-simulators, u-Sony uzobuya phezulu. Ngithemba ngobuqotho ukuthi iGran Turismo 6 izonginika amahora amaningi okuzijabulisa ngemuva kwesondo, ngaphandle kwalokho thandazela i-Playstation 3 yami empofu…
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa