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In an interview with GameInformer, Kazunori Yamauchi confirmed that Gran Turismo 5's controversial "Experience Points" or "XP" system will not exist in Gran Turismo 6.
GI: "Will progress online carry over to your single-player campaign in any way?"
KY: "The experience system doesn't exist in GT6, but that system where you still receive some sort of reward for online racing is probably still going to be there."
Kazunori also offered a curiously coy response when asked about a return of Tourist Trophy, stating he "can't say no", refusing to completely rule out the possibility.
While speaking about the new online racing features of GT6, he announced "we [Polyphony Digital] are going to start online championships, and some of those will be official championships and some of those will be the championships organized by community managers."
Finally, Kazunori made his first mention of Gran Turismo 7 on the PlayStation 4, stating that his team at Polyphony Digital will once again seek to get the most of the hardware.
Check out GameInformer's full interview for more details, and don't miss his other interesting comments made during his GT6 presentation at Gamescom.
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I got GT5 at launch, played it to 100% completion, read every article here and probably thousands of posts on the forums, and this is the very first time I've heard anyone say the XP system was "controversial". Really makes me wonder…
With the licenses thing they should still have S, A, B etc. licenses but make it more of a challenge like the GT Acadamy events do or even exactly like the GT Acadeny events are. :)
sounds like the only ones that didn't like the XP system were the ones not willing to grind. Lazy even in gaming. I got to level 40 before online bonus implementation. XP system should have been back. gave a good reason other than credits and used car store rotation to play and keep playing. Was fun while it lasted. hell yea I'd do it all over again. most of that was Nurburgring XP.
I didn't see the XP system as a "grind." Made lvl 40 before I knew it. Think it was 27 that actually cleared everything and kept thinking it should have continued through 41, 42 and so on. Those notification screens after each race became like a "whatever… " Same as credits after 20mil.
Nurburg and la Sarthe were my favs, especially with the headlights on at dawn and sunset ;)
There shouldn't be XP grinding period. GT is racing game, not a darn RPG. Before seasonals were put in, you had to constantly repeat events in some fashion in order to level up. This is not fun gameplay. It wouldn't have been much of a problem if there were a large number of events in the game to begin with. Another reason people hated the XP system was because it stopped people from owning cars, even if they had the money and also locked them out of events. It's a stupid barricade and good riddance to it.
I have to back MuoNiuLa here, I have been playing GT since 98 and think that unfortunately it became a grind in the end.
Maybe as alternative to XP races could be grouped into championships like we already have with maybe 10 races for eg and you get points for position achieved the higher the finish the more points gained and you need to finish top 3 or win to move on to the next level. Can be done by starting with go karts or lightweights or similar and as you progress the cars used increase in difficulty / power as does the AI. Yes this formula has been used before in other car / racing games but it can be varied upon.
Praise the sun
So pleased about them dropping the XP system. :)
I can only echo what most are saying and truly hope PD prop up the license tests to make them more appreciable.
As someone mentioned (HuskyGT ?), the licenses in GT5 were indeed, pointless!
Funny as it may appear, this was a factor I badly over looked when I first fired up GT5. DOH!
I just loaded and proceeded to the license tests, as I had done for the 4 games before……only to find out a little later, that you could virtually get through the whole game without ever bothering with them. :( Oh well.
And grinding…..that got too tedious after a very short time for me. :(
Bring it on Kaz and don't spare the horses…..December 6th won't be here soon enough!
I'd love if Kaz and his team made a licenced motorcycle game with licenced riders of different eras with bikes from different eras.These are the list of tracks i'd like to see;;
IOM TT circuit
Northwest 200 in Ireland
Australian TT ( Bathurst track )
Ulster GP circuit
Plus any other tracks you can include
Plus new fictional tracks too
Here are a list of licenced races you could include Kaz;
Manx GP
Ulster GP
Northwest 200
They are the four i can think of, if there is anymore please shout up.
Phillip Island (Australia)
Isle of Man (THE original TT circuit)
Manx rally and isle of man rally
New tracks, more cars and physics are expected in every new gt game but these are some basic things that really change the core experience that I want in gt6:
-time difference of the gap between you can car in front
-speed up b-spec races
-Drive along with your b-spec drivers in endurance races
-use your b-spec drivers in online lobbies to help gain experience and fill up space (like Ais in f1)
-oil change and engine tuning and all other tuning in garage and in pits
-the map ui like in gt4 and 3 to return
-more and harder a-spec events
-oil change and engine tuning and all other tuning SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN ONLINE ROOMS
-every offline race should have 16 (or more) on track at a time
-seasonal events should have AT LEAST 16 on track
My issue is this, why is it that with such a huge NASCAR following on the US SERVES,
why didn't polyphony include a NASCAR in the Gamestop 15th Anniversary CAR PACK,
why not show NACAR some love?
Gt custom nascar with anniversary liveries would be nice!
I was expecting to see more of nascar but I guess gt5 introduced nascars and gt6 is introducing gt3 or somin
What I would really like to see them do is use the licensing system to regulate which races the players can enter, on and off line. Qualifying for a race and degrading a license level for infractions are good ideas too ;)
I so hope you're kidding.
If you are that's funny…like a broken arm.
If you're not joking, that's the LAST thing GT6 needs.
Some of us have been playing the GT series the whole 15 years…since day one and don't want to prove worth or ability or anything yet again. It's stupid, pointless and idiotic.
GT is a constant system of pass or fail: you can either win or you can't and if you can't either give up and sell your game or perceiver and get better.
Me too, Rionmoon. Since day one, I've been a fan of GT.
However, what's the point of using a licensing system if not to recognize acceptable performance? Yup, I am serious. But doubt it'll happen because there's so many other issues that needs attention. Just an op of mine ;)
As a GT fan since the first game, I must say license tests are essential for the GT series. I do wish they would make them much more interesting by adding some sort of restrictions like the ones you mention; could make the game much more interesting.
If not, then at least they should return to the well known system that GT1 through GT4 had. GT5 license tests were indeed pointless, which was a shame. I've always loved them and it's the first thing I can't wait to do every time I get a new GT game. I hope they return the meaning to License tests in GT6.
Xp has failed and I'm glad to see pd have taken note, xp doesn't show how skillful a player is but licences do, ive learnt alot from doing them in gt4, but I gt5 I may have completed them but they weren't a challenge and nor an indication of what I'm like as a driver to others,
This feature stands out from most games, pd need to improve it and bring it back!
I've been on the GT series since '97 and I have always enjoyed the licence tests!
Admittedly, when GT3 rolled around, I was initially annoyed that the licence tests were there, but I soon got over it and got into the tests!
Then came GT5 with the XP! Even though I got my Special Licence in a short time, it took quite a while for my XP to go up and I was unable to get some of the cars I wanted!! That really got my goat!
As for qualifying, that should NEVER have been taken out – EVER! I do like the idea of downgrading a licence for receiving too many penalties. It's sort of like demerit points, but instead of losing your licence you have to make the points up in order to receive the full prizes on offer!
Downgrading a licence for infractions? I don't agree, and hope this does not occur. Seems petty…
I think it's a good idea, I don't care have a level limitation, it's worthless in so many ways.
It's sad that I've not read a single comment about the good soundtrack we have on GT5. I'm looking forward to the new soundtrack we will get on GT6 (:
I didn't actually like GT5's soundtrack near as much as the first three games. Maybe its Nostalgia, but since 4 they mostly lost their charm for me. I would kill for GT6 to have some GT1-GT2 menu remixes.
I am with you wyse, I quite enjoyed the GT5 soundtrack, however you need to have an eclectic taste, I think, to appreciate.
I LOVE "Experience Points" in Gran Turismo 5/6 WHYYYYYYYYYY NOT!!!……………………. LOL LOL – NO Problems Guys 99% NO problems 99% & 100 LOL
Why are your comments always so…
Exactly Husky GT, IMO when it comes to gtrx251s comments, its best not to "strain your brain" replying.
Oh God, if they make Tourist Trophy running on GT6's engine I will never leave my couch.
Me too neither.
Why does every news post turn in to another "I can't wait for this and that car" spamming of the comments?
Here's a thought; Could it be that a number of GT fans, unlike you obviously, are actually excited about the new content GT6 will provide concerning a vast number of cars that many have hoped would appear is confirmed?
They can't contain their excitement and so they express their happiness. Didn't know that was a crime?
If it bothers you that much, you could always bypass the gtplanet news blog altogether, and express your negativity elsewhere in the website.
This is what happens when a new GT game is coming near and I don't blame them. I am very excited to drive the Shelby Daytona, Ford GT40, the FIA cars, along with their 15th Anniverssary counterparts. This is just something you have to live with.
I want a LearJet and an F-22.
And a pig that could fly.
Im excited about the quattro. I'm trying not to be too excited incase it doesn't sound like it :/. Still im glad the news come out a couple of months ago with video footage, demo etc. Nobody seen anything gt5 would contain for a couple of years. I cant wait.
Congrats, you have been obliged Mubble. The GTO is what I'm waiting for. Nonetheless, there's lots of news, of late, to be excited about. GT5 is the bomb… GT6 is going to be EPIC.
We'll see you there Mubble ;)
Why does every news post turn into another "I can't wait to spam this and that comment" for Mubble?
Dear Mubble, I just want you too know, that I am excited for Gran Turismo 6! I can't wait for all the new cars Polyphony and the Crew and prepared for us this year! Even the old standards!
has prepared for us*
BMW 507!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good night!
I really preffered the Series unlocked because you got a certain license. The license tests are kinda useless on GT5, only usefull to get trophys and THAT PLATINUM! As for online chapionships? I'm not that good on Gran Turismo, but hey, getting between 3rd to 6th is something i guess….
The XP system made the licensing system pointless in the grand scheme of things.
Glad they are doing away with XP but I wonder if Licensing will be done away with it too.
Personally, a true career mode should require some form of time allotment or mileage accruement within certain cars and results to go with them so as to qualify for the next higher up license.
Cant wait for the Z8 :)
I want the 507!
Same! i want em all!
So stoked for those cars! now im just hoping for an i8, 435i, m4, m5,m6, and e30. BMWs new line up is pretty sexy and I'd love to try them out!
I would prefer to decide to to participate in career mode or not to instead of it being half a$sed forced on me with silly licensing challenges and or XPs.
I paid my $59.99+ of REAL hard earned money to drive pretend simulated cars that short of becoming and Arabian oil sheik I will never get to drive, not half arse drive around in a '69 Fiat 500 to "prove" I have what it takes to overtake another POS '60's Italian socialist econobox.
Day 1 I should be able to buy an interesting, reasonably fast, agile car that I can't easily own in reality and go tearing down a well developed eve track. THAT'S GT.
Just play the game and try to have some fun… It doesn't sound like you've played GT since the first title if you want to skip what makes Gran Turismo unique and so much fun. The only thing I can agree with you is the XP thing, which thankfully was removed.
And arguing over $60 bucks? That's not even a fraction of the game's value in my opinion. Other games cost that and end up in the bin one month later.
Yay, premium Lancia Stratos and Lotus Europa.
Can't wait for GT6!
Oh wow didn't notice the premium stratos that will be great. However I hope gt6 doesn't count the upgraded premium cars that were standards in gt5 as "new" cars, because that will mean that there won't be the 200 new cars promised and that will be annoying, and will also mean there will be standard duplicates of them, just like the upgraded premium cars in gt5
I have two questions:
1-Will GT6 Compatible with GT5 ?(GT5DLC works on GT6 or in save data) if yes, will we get a gift (like with ffxiii and ffxiii-2,I got special something in game and also theme forPS3)
2-if we got dlc on GT6(US disc) and my account is Europe will work or I have wait like what happened on GT5 (I want GT6 US disc because my GT5 Is Us disc and my account is Europe)
So what the Solution ???
sorry my English is not very well
The official GT website lists all of the GT5 DLC cars as returning in GT6.
GT7 coming in 7 years confirmed….
is that supposed to be funny? because, if it is, than its very, very lame…
I expect GT7 to be out in about 3 to 4 years!
Kaz stated how much easier the PS4 is to work on which means he and the PD team already know what to expect with programming for GT7!
@ScotteDawg He was trolling..
People there is a GT40 in GT5 already! It's the Gulf racing one, you can buy it in the used car dealership.
I think that was the GT40 MKII. The one in GT6 is the GT40 MkI
But this one is premium and is the road-going version. Huge difference.
@Inferno251 the new premium gt40 is also a mk2 not a mark1
Meant to post my reply to Stewies comment here not below, but yeah Inferno251is right, its the 66 MK1
It looks exactly the same as the gulf ford so surely that's mk1 as well??
I know, but not the street version. And even less, in Premium form. That's why I consider this GT40 a new addition to the game, and a great comeback.
Wow. I completely forgot about the street version. Thanks Husky ;)
Im level 40 and I dont even have Super License :)
I thought the XP system was cool you couldn't get the cars you wanted rightaway so it felt rewarding and exciting once you got there.
Credits and cars are good enough for winning races, on and off line. You allready start with a small amount of credits. The online credit earnings were over exacerbated in 5. XP system just made things unnecessarily complicated, imo ;)
If the XP system is gone, the cars will be unlocked when you complete a particular licence test – you will still have that sense of reward! THAT makes more sense!!
It will make people complete their licence tests in order to obtain the cars instead of having an XP system where you can get the cars without having the licences!
@Inferno251 the new premium
Gt40 is also mk2 not mk1
@Stewie Griffin The Premium GT40 in GT6 is the 1966 MK1
Excellent, either use it to full potential or rid of it. It was a welcomed attempt and I wouldn't be 100% against it in GT6, but PD needed to choose between it and licenses imo.
Hopefully the licensing system will restrict online room participation in GT6. Idiotic driving demeanour should effectively reduce your license credentials ;)
Which car are you guys looking forward to the most? Me, I'm not too sure. :)
Focus ST. That baby is gonna be my first car, and I need to learn it's limits early. :D
As of right now it's the BMW Z8.
That Shelby Daytona Coupe! Haven't seen that since GT2.
Ford GT40!! I can't believe PD let it out of the game in the past two titles.
Then would be the BMW Z8! I think that BMW was the greatest and most unexpected surprise from PD so far. As a BMW fan, it's hard to explain how happy I am about that car being in the game. It was so random and unexpected, but oh mam… A 400HP, fully manual V8 BMW roadster. Can't wait for it.
Ford GT40 & Audi Quattro S1
I'll be waiting for the Huayra.
Huayra and hopefully LaFerrari and McLaren P1
The list of cars I'm looking forward to:
2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (Finally a recent Mustang)
2013 Ford Focus ST
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (Been wanting it to return since GT2)
2009 Renault Megane Trophy (About time a console sim has this car)
Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 (Attempted to make my own in GT5, but its great to have the actual car)
Ford GT40 Road car (Another car I missed from GT2, and GT3 as well)
SRT Viper GTS (Because Viper)
Audi R18 TDI (Glad to finally have a car that can actually take on the 908)
So yeah, I have a lot of cars I'm looking forward to driving.
@ Husky GT There is a GT40 in GT5, it just not a Premium and has livery. 67 Bday ticket, Lvl 17 ticket, or UCD.
Huayra. Zonda's sucessor will be mine.
Aston Martin DB3S
Mustang GT500 (2013)
VW Sirocco GT24
Corvette Stingray (2014)
Shelby Daytona Coupe
Still waiting on the Aston Martin DB5. Then ill be a happy camper.
I hate camping…
Really happy for this. I disliked the grinding in GT5. Hope the events are unlocked by the licenses like in the previous GT's. I think it's the best concept.
Yes, Licences should be more developed into what room you can enter online with different licences classes. They should also have a setup programs with tutorials on how to setup a car in every class. It would definitely enhance GT Academy graduates an upper hand when applying in real life experience. Maybe even race strategies and techniques program in the game to teach the punters how to race cleanly.
Yea I'd love it if they had tutorials that teach you how to tune for each class. Even if its a basic set up, something to point us in the right direction. For like sprints, drags, drifting, efficiency, etc…
I'll say this much; After buying a new HDTV, and not playing GT5 since the Academy came out, I am impressed by the exterior level of detail of even the "STANDARD" cars in the game.
The HDTV I retired was no slouch. It just started turning green after 12 years of service. It was still a very detailed unit.
That said, I can tell that everything about the feel and look of GT5 was changed (and maybe still is changing) for the better since the first day I played it over two years ago.
If GT6 is even 10% better than GT5 (I think it's at least 50 percent better) it's going to be one hell of a driving and visual experience.
My ACER HD television has a mind of it's own… to piss me off ;)
HD imagery is ok though.
I don't mind XP, but they need to have some value. Somone mentioned people reaching level 40 by running racing softs on everywhere, so why not base the XP system on how competitive your races are?
I was disappointed to see that licences in gt5 were taken over by xp, licences can be developed much further and they are useful in separating the novice from the pro. Xp failed to achieve that when it mattered,
Now gt6 should bring back licences like how they were in gt4, so you unlock cars classes and aspec events with every licence and the s licence would be at the gt5's x1 vettle lap attack level,
This will help online cus you would learn how to drive with the licences and only the best will get the highest licence cus it will all depend on skill,
For me, gt6 is shaping up amazingly. The vision gran turismo idea is incredible. I get the impression kaz is far happier at this point than he was about gt5, which is good. Having read some of the mindless, ill thought out and completely unoriginal complaints on gtplanet, I'd like to thank kaz/pd for all the fantastic work. Roll on Dec 6th!
+1 well said :)
That last bit made me cry what a speech. Lol :)
Fully with you on all of that.
I couldn't have said it any better myself. +1 sircarltonlotus, we really need more people like you here. :)
+1 me too… Well said, VERY WELL said!
If Kaz is happy, I'm happy!!
@sircarltonlotus, +1! Right on target…
100% agreed sirs!
Looks like a Monster Truck ran over those cars with white paint.
Light blue paint…
No more XP system, sweet! Now I won't get booted from a room because I'm level 40. Now if I can just change my nationality flag to Canada, haha.
I get kicked for being sensible lol. I would also like to change my national flag to Scotland!
A non nationality option would be handy too.
a scottish flag would be nice
I actually got kicked because of my Brazilian Flag.
People doesn't seem to trust brazilians today XD
Or a flag from another planet! Mars would be my choice!
Alas, that is not possible…
However, a website or forum sponsor flag might be good. Think about it – all of us could have a GTPlanet flag!!! Then, when playing GT6 online, as well as having the friendslist search there is also a flag search!
I like the idea of creating your own flag.
"…online championships, and some of those will be…championships organized by community managers."
Now that does sound interesting. Can you imagine some of the excellent race organisers here on GT Planet getting involved in this? Awesome!
OMG, so many cars in the picture.
its the smurfs ….. ahaha
Hey, I wouldn't mind another Tourist Trophy game.
true.. it's a shame the first one was such an un-finished game… more like a demo really…
I never got to experience TT :( dont know how lol
gt6 looks and sounds better everyday Yes.. Dec 6 cant come fast enough
maybe instead of XP, events are restricted with specifications, for example lightweight k cup 63BHP and 600KG limits
? I think your thinking about PP. XP is being removed, PP is still here.
I know what you mean jason. Just like GT2?
GT2?! GT2 had only Power Limitations, Drivetrain and Engine Aspiration Limitation. You can drive a lightweight car on a Wagon Series in GT2
For those of us that can't do online racing due to geographic reasons are excited about this.
"we [Polyphony Digital] are going to start online championships, and some of those will be official championships and ***SOME OF THOSE WILL BE THE CHAMPIONSHIPS ORGANIZED BY COMMUNITY MANAGERS***."
YESS!!! Custom championships creator?
I wish online was something like World of tanks/warplanes! To gain experience/money according to race results so u can then upgrade your car or be able to get a new one!
Licence test's should be implemented for online too.
No XP! Thank god… and Kaz!!!
Yes, how to brake into corners and overtake safely especially… :-)
Without completing it, you shouldn't be able to join any online race (though you could still create your own room, but with some note (like "This is a nonlicenced racer, be aware of him") :-)
Passing licenses =/= good driver.
@MuoNiuLa. True, but if the user has all gold?
Online Championships! SOLD!
That's it! I will definetly buy it. One of the things I hated most in GT5 has been its XP system. Years of grinding and still have not reached 40.
Why didn't you do the seasonal events then? You could get to level 40 in a very short time compared to A-spec…
Been at level 40 for last 2 years, why stop at 40, i would be about level 80 by now
XP was useless. It just introduced grinding. And completely made a farce of one of the core elements of GT. Licence tests! :P
Sorry, there was grinding in GT before GT5 even with the license tests. To buy more cars, you had to do certain events a few times.
Yeah, but doing an event a "few times" isn't grinding. And you can't say that cars worth 20 million credits is anything like previous GT's or the need to get to Lvl 40 XP to earn a trophy, or buy 1000 cars in your garage. GT5 really is a slog to complete properly, PD even admitted it by upping XP and prize money percentages for those players who log in on consecutive days. I love GT, but it's been the hardest game of all the series to properly "clock". ;)
i hope it goes back to the GT4 system, where you needed the license to proceed in the offline races.
Oh, and its nice that Apricote Hill is back. I hope they bring Midfield and Infineon Raceway as well.
GT5 had licenses too.
Yes, GT5 did have licences, but you didn't have to have them to raise your levels and buy bigger and faster cars!
GT7 on the PS4 :DDD YES!!!
after 5 years..!!!!! NOOOO!!! :(
GT7 out in 2018?
GT7 will be a lot sooner than that, like gtone suggests. Tvensky, go look up the threads on the PS4 and development times.
gt7 should be out in late 2015/16
Would be interesting to see how a Tourist Trophy 2 turns out.
I wish the endurance races could be a combination of A-Spec and B-Spec. Like a real one. So you do 4hrs of a race and then Bob can have a go. That way you don't have to do two seperate races.
Like it used to be in GT4, that would be a god send, I hate having to watch B-Spec bob race it's tiring especially since you couldn't train him like you did in GT4. Oh well, win some lose a little more.
It gets worse – we can't make the time go faster in GT5… Why did they get rid of this? B-Spec races are at least twice as long as A-Spec :C
Yes, GT4 was the only where i comleted all endurances, thanks to option to send Bob on course. (now it should be like 4 drivers per team in very long races)
That's right Madertus, the 24hr races in B-spec took longer than the 24hr races in A-spec! Now, go home, you're drunk…
I really hope the trophies aren't a huge pain in the ass in GT6. I REALLY don't want to have to do another 72+ hours (144+ if you count B-spec) of endurance races to get the Platinum… And the X1 Challenges…
You don't have to do the endurance races yourself to get platinum.
I finished them all on B-spec and got my platinum before I started them in A-spec.
Hell, I am not even finished with the A-spec endurance races at this moment (24hrs Nur + 9hrs Tsukuba).
Platinum wasn't really that difficult; Vettel challenges were hardest but were fun!
Speak for yourself about how easy the platinum was ;) it's recognised as one of the harder ones to get. I'm a reasonable driver but I won't get it – the X1 challenge is really rough on us older ones and I just can't seem to get that Alfa Romeo one on Eiger…
I don't mind a lengthy campaign for completion though – that's what GT is about really, lots and lots of driving.
@zuperkiwi, I didn't know that… That makes it better.
@MeanElf, I got gold in the X1 Challenge at Monza, and bronze at Nurburgring so far. The Alfa Romeo at Eiger is one I've been like a tenth away for months! Another pain is the AMG Driving Academy, specifically the one with the old car, in the rain, with no driving line :/
@DrivetheGuard88. I got stuck on SLS AMG full lap with no rain. Geez if nurburgring is hard.
Icing on the cake would be to import your entire save from GT5 to GT6 thereby giving you all your cars and half your cash. No cash limit and permanent paint chips, not more stocking up for arbitrary reasons. I also hope we get actual tune saves that we can gift and lose the permanent upgrade thing, it's annoying because it forces you to buy multiple cars and that just creates needless clutter. More streamlining would make this GT kitty purr. Love the sound of online championships and other things. I seriously hope PD breaks the fingers of the guy who likes to activate SRF…in fact how about we remove that from the game completely…it's so damn stupid.
GT7 on PS4, it better include every car in GT6 and only add more, just streamline the model line up to have a car then we pick which version we want from the model builds that were actually available even down to the country the model was sold in. I have a feeling the GT7 is going to knock the socks off what we know about GT, I see 40+ car grids, full day night cycle on every course with weather localized to region and can even sync to actual weather conditions in real time for the race start. For now though I await GT6 to land in my hands so I can start playing all over again. I am psyched right now.
Hehehe, Savage, you wouldn't be playing all over again if you just imported 90% of GT5 into GT6! You'd just be… well… bored before you even started! ;)
I think buying a collecting cars in GT is a reward in itself. Sure I don't wet my pants at having a Viper in my garage anymore, but finding that mint condition classic with rare factory paint and low mileage is a lot of fun!
I'm not holding my breath for GT7. It'll be released sometime late 2015, maybe later.
Or maybe at least the ability to grab one car per day from a GT5 save in to GT6.
Do I see a Shelby Cobra Coupe in that group photo?
Yes, it's confirmed to be in the game as a premium quality car. Where have you been this last week?
You're right HarVee, I've been away for a while as my PC was fried. I've got a lot of reading to do.
Very pleased to hear about online championships. This will really make up for what was kind of lacking in GT5's.
I think this is a more realistic move by PD. All XP unlocked were cars too buy and championships. Championship can be unlocked by completing championships, which at a certain point you didn't have to do in GT5, and the car dealer is better without unlock levels. My dream for the car dealer is that you could buy street cars and go through selecting options like you would in real life, at least for the newest models, but I know that's an unrealistic thing to expect.
Lol, lets not start GT7 talks yet, it's one installment too soon
It should be in 8K, other than that, NO BUY :D
Kudos to Jordan for this flurry of GT6 posts.
I hope we will be able to win cars more than once like we could with the previous versions of GT prior to GT5.
I think it's good that they have taken the time to research how people are doing things with the online racing and adding features to the new game to help people organize things easier and most of all better.
It seems that they really have taken on board all the things we are a community were criticizing about GT5 and making the various changes to solve the gripes and problems that were highlighted.
Things are looking good for GT6 and it's good to see they are also in the early stages of the lengthy process of producing the first PS4 installment. Let's hope they won't do a prolog version as they previous have, which just gave us false hopes and I believe was in part one of many things that caused the delay with GT5.
Lol, I first thought the pp system was to be axed! Oh well. Maybe in the next thread ;)
The XP system was useless imo. There's no hiding inexperience or faking skill.
By far one of the best news from Gamescom!!!!
Pls bring over our cars from GT5 to GT6 pls!!!!!
Shut up !!! lol
How about just a few credits from GT5 transferred to GT6?
That's a great idea gtone, and I can't imagine them not being able to since they have done that with 3 and 4.
Why would we bring our GT5 cars to GT6? Haha, if we were doing that then why release a new game when it could be a GT5 update? Nothing needs to carry over! Not cars, not credits, haha, come on people, it's a new game.
GT4 was a "new game" and yet they gave players a credit bonus for people with a GT3 save.
I'd be happy if I could avoid the License Tests, getting Gold on certain Tests ruined all the progress I made in Anger Management lol..
But then again the Physics have changed a bit, so testing them during those Tests will most likely be the 1st thing I do when I start–I agree there should be some kind of Gift for having made Progress in GT5 though, keeping your B-Spec Drivers (with Levels intact) perhaps? Paint Chips? Gear? Something lol..
New game new start. It's all part of the GT experience. If Kaz backs down and allows game data transfer I'll opt out and start with a new profile.
I fgt such a kick out of a fresh new GT – can't imagine spoiling it by having extra money or cars at the start.
^*get – not fgt
iPhone fingers fail.
@HarVee. True, but they didn't gave you like 300 cars of your old garage. i'm sorry, i don't want to start the game with 300 cars in my garage. altough 50k of credits and ATLEAST B license is enough for a good start.
Kaz has to create a brand new platform for GT7, right? May be He can get the proper engine sounds for GT7 lol.
What? Start from scratch? Why not reuse the Premium models they used for GT5/GT6?
GTone What are you talking about? PD Would have to build a New PS4 Applicable GT game engine anyway.
@gtone339 It's not easy because GT5 and 6 are on the PS3 and the PS4 is obviously not the same game engine. It's gonna be a clean slate.
Assets transfer. 3D meshes/models are pretty much universal in any engine or architecture. The textures probably aren't, but those were going to be re-done anyways since theres so much more spac in the new hardware. AND, the architecture is SO much easier to develop for. I wouldn't expect GT7 to be much more than 3-4 years after GT6 launches for that reason, even if PD REALLY wants to maximize the potential of the PS4.
Our "Standards" are PS2 era ports, I think they'd be able to transfer Premiums.. I just hope that the line-ups remain up to date, even most of the premiums hit showrooms in 2008-2009 (a few even earlier), some Companies have changed their Designs/Specs a couple times since then..
As for Engine Sounds, they have all the resources they need here now–so if people feel it's not sounding right now, it won't be next time either lol..
– No more Xp for GT-Mode.
– what about B-Spec mode? Make it optional like in GT4 please.
– Tourist Trophy sequel a possibility?
And……Gran Turismo 7 on PS4 confirmed!!
Well I mean yeah. What else did you think GT7 was gonna be on? Lol
^ Stating the obvious lol.
Thank God! I found it pointless and restricting in GT5. It would also make GT6 a pain as players would have to redo what they already know to gain back XP. Now I know that's not the case.
Yes No XP in GT6 can I fast forward to December 6th now
I can't believe it. This game is going to be a dream! That means License tests most likely will be back and important for the game progress!
And that is a good thing. Going back to its roots!
Indeed! I still don't know why they tried to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place.
It's called trying something different. Everyone needs to try something different every once and a while.
^why would you need to be different if the customers liked what they were doing?
You honestly expect someone like me to be able to justify Polyphony Digital's actions?
Sounds Familiar: Kazunori also offered a curiously coy response when asked about a return of Tourist Trophy, stating he "can't say no", refusing to completely rule out the possibility.
Really close to the same "Coy" response when he was asked about Porsche in a Future GT title.
gt7?!??!?!??!?!ps4?!?!?!??!??!?! whats this?! shouldn't gt7 be on ps5?(if that's gonna come) or at least wait a long time till people get tired of it and then protest for gt7?
GT7 confirmed for PS4. GT6 for PS3…
Bring on Tourist Trophy.
GT7 on PS4 will be EPIC.
GOOD. I hated the level system in GT5, glad its gone in GT6 and hopefully won't be missed.
And how we will distinguish noobs from the pros now?
I want XP back but XP doesn't say whether someone's a noob or a simracer.
Seriously, I see noobs at A spec level 40 all the time. They got that way by racing on racing soft tires 100% of the time. The game lets them get away with that.
That's the issue with XP and leveling, all it takes is time, not skill.
Driving skills or lack of
By their Driving Style perhaps. It'll be immediately apparent when the nOoB passes you after ramming you into a barrier, sandtrap, grass, etc etc.
@TomBrady I agree, but sometime time=skill. Anyway there must be some system of experience.
Put it this way, set your room so those without an S Licence can't join.
An Online rank system could be cool, where you have "points" that you can lose or win based on how well you do in an online race. It isn't a perfect system and I doubt it's been planned, but it COULD sort out the noobs for the pros. Maybe rankings for each lobby quality/type (casual/race for real etc.) would make it a little more efficient…
Steeper difficulty levels would be good as you progress, that way only concentration and skill would let you get through to the next race instead of overpowering the opposition and using RS all over the place.
I don't hold that much hope for such difficulty levels though – it would upset the casual gamers too much.
Thank god.
Incredibly good news as I hated the completely unnecessary leveling up system from 5. I love role-players, but I'm getting sick and tired of developers crowbarring those types of mechanics into games they do not belong in.
YES!!! It's not going to be as restrictive as GT5 was when buying cars. This just keeps betting better and better :D
Licence in GT5 was useless, they were so easy, now if we have licence again it will really mean true skill over players, instead of some people which use easy methods of leaving the PS3 on all night.
+1 The days of endlessly trying to get gold at Laguna Seca with the Oreca Viper seemed so long gone in GT5. I loved those challenges, but they made it was way too easy !
The vettel challenges were really difficult to get gold on. At one point even bronze was tough until PD ruined it by making the bronze time super easy. It used to be a mark of talent to even own a Red Bull X1, now it's a joke
Well, i might aswell get a copy of Gran Tursimo 6 when it's released and waste a week to get those shiny, beautifull, glorious gold trophies on my License test statistics.
On another note: Why are all the cars BLUE??
Pre order
15th anniversary edition pre-order cars (from Gamestop)
Oddly, i think that's a great reason to not pre-order. Those cars might make the game easy :P. And i like challenge(especially when GT's AI tend to be kinda slow.)
I wasn't a big fan of the current XP and level system anyway. It took me exactly 2 years to reach Level 40 A spec for me in GT5, and that's without unlimited high speed internet at my house! Let's hope they get back to making us doing the license tests to unlock the races again! And when they are at it, make the credit rewards for offline grinding more worthwhile because I still can't get unlimited High speed internet at my house for the time being.
Finally no more XP, that means i don't have to play the game for a year to reach the top. And if there's no XP anymore i wish we have Licences to complete, and i want a lot of them, tricky ones, that really challenges you, just like the old games did.
But then how will the game arbitrarily withhold content from the player?!
GT has never been about player choice or control before, why start now?
Why not start now? ;)
AWESOME news
They could have different A-Spec ranks, SORT of like how GT5 was set up… unlocking more series and whatnot, maybe extending that to types of cars. Or maybe something as simple as a certain amount of podiums unlocks "X" content… But then again, I don't really see that point… The most I see necessary is having access to street cars, then super/concept cars, then low-race spec, (GT3) and then high-race spec (LMP)… Even that's excessive. I don't see why you shouldn't be able to do what you want in your career, considering that most race cars will be mighty expensive and early races will probably have low payouts.
Why does no one like the XP? This is literally the first complaint about the XP system I've ever heard. What's bad about gaining points? It's not like they're money or anything…
It's just as some of us don't like the power limiter. It's pointless, just pointless.
Yeah, I've never heard any complaints, either. It's not as it it's unique to the GT franchise or GT5.
I agree. I always liked it. How can anyone complain about having to play the game and earn everything they get? Isn't that the point of a career mode?
TomBrady, that's what game credits are for. Even if you could afford to buy a supercar, each race event will/should have tyre and PP restrictions to keep the racing fair. The EXP points just spoiled the fun, and made the licence tests unimportant. It was a rubbish system… I'm glad they culled it.
Because it restricted people from doing certain events and buying cars, even if they have the money, until they were a high enough level. It was a real problem when GT5 came out and there were no seasonal events. Many people had to grind to get what they wanted. It's stupid and unnecessary.
Make licenses compulsory again and I'll be very happy!
I don't want that to happen, licenses felt to boring and kept me away from racing.
However, licenses are better then the level system :).
Experience was very badly implemented for sure but the notion itself is not bad. I would have rather have them rework the system and bring us something fresh and genuinely fun but oh well, at least it's an improvement over GT5.
Hopefully this means licenses are of use again.
Yes! Good news.


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By Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay
(Reuters) - Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp OCX.TO will buy U.S.-based insurance brokerage USI from Goldman Sachs Group Inc's (GS.N: Quote) private equity fund for $2.3 billion to expand its financial services footprint.
Insurance brokers have seen strong revenue growth over the past few quarters as insurers have raised prices on their offerings to offset big catastrophe losses last year.
"The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry seems a lot more attractive now because the business could generate good cash flow and that is important for private equity players," analyst Scott Chan of Canaccord Genuity said, adding that the deal is a "positive".
USI, founded in 1994 and taken private in 2007, offers property, casualty, employee benefit and retirement consulting services. The company says it is the ninth largest insurance broker in the United States. It bought TD Insurance Inc, the US insurance unit of Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote) in September.
Onex, with about $14 billion of assets under management, has mostly invested in industrial and healthcare sectors. Its exposure to financial services is through its investment in the Warranty Group. The Chicago-based underwriter also provides credit insurance and other specialty insurance products.
"Given the current competitive deal environment, we are pleased with the announcement which represents the third significant deal Onex has announced since early September after a period of relative quiet," Phil Hardie of Scotiabank said in a note to clients.
"Cumulatively, we estimate the last three deals to contribute 6.2 percent of Onex's enterprise NAV."
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A tractor is a farmer's pride and joy--a barometer of success. That's the thought that fired up Thomas Roney as he designed a brand-new family of tractors for Deutz-Fahr Agrartechnik in Cologne, Germany. Drawing on memories of childhood summers at his uncle's farm in Ontario, Roney pushed his A&R Industrial Design of Macomb Township, Mich., to come up with a radical new look: a tractor with attitude.
Called the Agrotron, it has a nose that slopes down at a startling angle, sharply expanding the driver's field of vision. Curved fenders allow easy rear viewing. The spacious cab is 30% larger than the previous model. It even has a glass roof panel. The brightly colored levers for maneuvering tools and attachments are designed for comfort--simplified and easier to reach.
Even daily maintenance is made less complicated by a one-piece engine hood that lifts on gas struts. The Agrotron is environmentally friendly, too, with low emissions and noise, more efficient fuel consumption, and recyclable steel and coded plastics.
Roney's design literally saved Deutz-Fahr's life. Back in April, 1993, when the project started, it was life or death for the German company. Recently spun off from ailing Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz, Deutz-Fahr was saddled with a 20-year-old model. Udo Rittmann, vice-president for engineering, called Roney. They had worked together in the early 1980s at Clark when Roney was designing forklifts for the European market.
Roney, a self-described gearhead who restores old cars and motorcycles as a hobby, moved to Cologne. He drew on his high school German to get out into the field with farmers. Rooney found that he could use 70% fewer parts and cut manufacturing costs by 45%.
Some of the upper management initially balked at the radical design. Roney had to make a slide presentation on the state of design in the world today, from autos to coffeemakers, to bring them up to speed. Suppliers balked as well in developing molds for the new shapes. Roney had to visit them in Bavaria to bring them around.
The redesign is paying off. Deutz-Fahr sold 30% more tractors in the first quarter of 1996, compared with the same period last year, and Rittmann's main goal is to get market share in Europe back up to 20%. U.S. tractor design hasn't changed much in decades, Roney says. But it wasn't because there weren't any great American tractor designers. It took a German company to find that out.


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Despite some shortcomings, the poignancy of the music shines through here.
Graham Rogers 2010
With beguiling melodies and enthralling emotional involvement sweeping away staid conventions, it is easy to see why Gluck's treatment of Orpheus's descent into the underworld is such an operatic milestone. Unlike the Greek legend, Gluck's opera ends happily for the hero and his beloved Eurydice; sadly, this new recording does not offer enough other reasons to smile.
Conductor Jesus López-Cobos and Madrid's Teatro Real opt for Gluck's 1774 French revision of the opera, recorded far less than the 1762 original or Berlioz's 19th century edition. Besides additional music, the most significant update was the transposition of the male lead from castrato (today sung by soprano or mezzo) to virile high tenor. Step forward Juan Diego Florez, ostensibly this release's star attraction. Florez is famed as a bel canto phenomenon in Rossini and Donizetti, but Gluck's simpler galant style is another matter. Without dazzling vocal fireworks Florez's tone often sounds brittle and grating.
Even in its heyday the high tenor ("haute-contre") seems to have been an acquired taste: the philosopher Rousseau referred to the "unnatural" nature of this "shrillest of voices" that "always has some harshness and is never in tune". This last complaint cannot be levelled at Florez, but otherwise he comes uncannily close to Rousseau's description. With welcome exceptions such as tender duets with Ainhoa Garmendia's Eurydice, Florez's stridency lacks sensitivity. He made a great impression in the flesh, however, to judge by the rapturous audience reactions on this live recording. It may not be pretty, but it is certainly heroic and fairly authentic – although as contemporary pitch was well below that of this modern-instrument performance, Gluck did not intend his tenor to have to strain quite so much.
The orchestra can play stylishly, but the violins are too closely miked, emphasising their scrawny tone. Florez's affecting rendition of the famous aria, "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice", is sabotaged by hacking accompaniment. López-Cobos's direction varies wildly from spry – the Dance of the Furies is thrillingly driven – to stodgy and unidiomatic. The chorus is unfocused, but Alessandra Marianelli's L'Amor is an unqualified delight.
Despite the recording's shortcomings, the poignancy of the music shines through – and it offers a welcome, all-too rare, chance to hear Orpheus sung by a man as Gluck always intended.


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This long established Veronese family company, headed by Giorgio Montresor, is producing wines which increasingly rival the offerings of the region's more fashionable names. The estate wines, from 100 ha of vineyards in Valpolicella and Garda, offer remarkable value for money, particularly the Capitel della Crosara vineyard near Negrar which produces fine, richly-flavoured Ripasso and a generous, classically-styled Amarone with great concentration and texture.
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Brooklyn-based composer and saxophonist Michael Webster specializes in effervescent compositions that marry classical music's essence with the verve of Latin jazz. The Ottawa, Canada native's pieces have been played by the likes of Arturo O'Farrill at Birdland and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space.
This past September, Webster was part of a charitable cultural exchange called Horns to Havana. As part of a group of distinguished musicians from the U.S. jazz community, he went down to the Cuban capital and delivered instruments to four musical schools. Webster and the other players also spent a week teaching jazz techniques to music students.
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Since they are producers of doorstep-sized works, there is no room for those lawyers-turned-thriller writers Messrs Grisham and Turow. But their absence is more than made up for by such names as Isabel Allende, Graham Greene, Nadine Gordimer, Margaret Atwood, Garrison Keillor, Herman Melville, Franz Kafka and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Such a list clearly sets this volume apart from most other collections. But to be fair, as the editor, Jay Wishingrad - a lawyer himself - admits, the criteria for inclusion are fairly broad. "Legal Fictions purposely extends the very loose and ever-expanding boundaries of the field of law and literature to encompass many stories where there may be little or no law, but a lawyer is the protagonist," he writes in his introduction.
But then it would appear that the lawyer-as-character is rather more interesting to Mr Wishingrad than the law-as-subject. After all, it gives him the opportunity to discuss the differences between lawyers in the 19th century - as described by Melville - and those in the 20th, as well as the different viewpoints of "young lawyers, junior partners, senior partners and name partners", not to mention the differences between those in corporate firms and those like Margaret Atwood's female lawyer who finds that the "kind of woman she represented never had money".
But while many of the contributors are stars of the international writing firmament, there are a few genuine lawyers among them. Britain's John Mortimer is naturally represented by Rumpole, while Louis Auchincloss, former partner in an old Wall Street firm, merits two inclusions.
And this very fact gets to the heart of Mr Wishingrad's point that there is something about the law that attracts writers and something about writing that attracts lawyers. This is partly, he suggests, because the short story "is in many ways akin to the so-called 'fact statement' in a legal brief - a lawyer's written argument to the court on a client's behalf".
Be that as it may, as a lawyer might say, there might also be something in the fact that both callings - even nowadays - have a fair degree of romance attached to them. With a little imagination, it is possible to believe that you are dealing with important issues on a regular basis. And it is surely no accident that Hollywood maintains an enduring fascination with the law, and with courts in particular.
And if you think that is fanciful, try assessing the chances of getting a publisher for a book of short stories about any other profession apart from medicine. Talking of which, any takers for a similar volume based on accountancy? I can think of a story called The Accountant by the acclaimed American novelist Ethan Canin, but are there any others? Answers on a postcard.
'Legal Fictions', edited by Jay Wishingrad, is published by Quartet Books, price pounds 10.
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Movie Summaries
Radio Shows
Movie Scans
MGM Shorts
The Boy Friends
Air-Tight (1931)
The gang builds a glider
Bigger and Better (1930)
The boys get jobs in a department store during summer vacation, to be
near the girls
Blood and Thunder (1931)
Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play, and thinks it's real
Call a Cop! (1931)
The Boy Friends rush into action when the girls think there's a burglar
in the house
High Gear (1931)
The gang, out for a Sunday drive, escapes the rain in an abandoned
building, only to discover it's a gangster's hideout
Ladies Last (1930)
When the girls insist the boys wear tuxedos to a big dance, the boys
stage a boycott
Love Fever (1931)
An actress rehearses a death scene in her apartment, and her neighbors
all think it's the real thing (with
Thelma Todd)
Love Pains (1932)
Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town, and all
the girls fall for him
Too Many Women (1932)
College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game
when he has an eye for the ladies
Crime Does Not Pay
A Gun in His Hand (1945)
A policeman uses a knowledge of police procedures
in committing several warehouse robberies
A Thrill for Thelma (1935)
A young girl, wanting a life of luxury, takes the
"easy" way, and winds up in jail
Alibi Racket (1935)
How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal
Dark Shadows (1944)
The field of Psychiatry plays a role in solving a crime
Don't Talk (1942)
A short about
loose lips sinking ships during wartime
Easy Life (1944)
A young man drops out of school to join a gang, but finds out a life of
crime isn't for him
For the Common Defense (1942)
This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how
cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort
Forbidden Passage (1941)
Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant
fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means
Phantoms, Inc. (1945)
A mother, worried about her missing son, promises all her savings to a
con man to assure that her son is all right, but she's unable to pay
Women in Hiding (1940)
Distrustful unwed mothers go to clinics run by people more interested in
profit than proper medical care
Pete Smith
Audioscopiks (1935)
An audience learns how to use 3-D glasses, and then views some 3-D
Badminton (1945)
Two badminton experts demonstrate how the game is played
Crashing the Movies (1950)
Newsreel footage of people performing strange and dangerous stunts
Do Someone a Favor (1954)
This short proves the adage that "No good deed goes unpunished"
Dogs 'n Ducks (1953)
A boy's new golden retriever learns how to retrieve ducks, while a
jealous dog sits on the sidelines
Donkey Baseball (1935)
Highlights the odd 1930's fad of playing baseball on donkeys (we're not
making this up)
The Fall Guy (1955)
Pete pays tribute to hapless stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took several
spills during the Pete Smith series
Fancy Answers (1941)
An audience is asked a series of multiple-choice
questions on various subjects
Film Antics (1954)
An amusing look at human and animal babies
First Aid (1943)
Basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often
occur around the house
Goofy Movies No.
1 (1933)
The Metrophony Newsreel contains actual news footage with humorous
Goofy Movies No.
3 (1934)
Super-Stupid Pictures' "The Heel of a Nation" and
The Wotaphony Newsreel highlights round out
this newsreel
Goofy Movies No. 6 (1934)
The "Wotaphony Newsreel" highlights events
celebrating National Safety Week
Goofy Movies No.
7 (1934)
Super-Stupid Pictures chronicles "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto,
Goofy Movies No. 8 (1934)
The "Wotaphony Newsreel" highlights events
of the past, including 1913 swimsuit models
The Grand Bounce (1937)
A man writes a $1,000 check to cover a gambling debt, but his account
comes up short
Have You Ever Wondered? (1947)
Finding answers to the questions that have plagued mankind
Heroes at Leisure (1939)
See what lifeguards do in the off-season
Hollywood Scout (1945)
Pete's assistant auditions animal acts for his short subjects
Ice Aces (1948)
A look at the 1949 Ice Capades Show in Los Angeles
The Jonker Diamond (1936)
A reenactment of how the 726 carat Jonker Diamond was discovered in
South Africa in 1905
Killer-Dog (1936)
A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial
Let's Dance (1936)
Tap dancing demonstration, an adagio, and Russian sword dancers
Let's Talk Turkey (1939)
How to carve a turkey properly�and how not to, especially when the
family comes over for dinner
Lions on the Loose (1941)
Lion cubs escape from a zoo and wreak havoc in a home's nursery full of
Penny Wisdom (1937)
When the family cook quits, Prudence Penny is brought in to prepare
dinner for an important client
Pest Control (1950)
How to proceed when confronted with a variety of (human) pests!
The Story of Doctor Carver (1938)
A look at Doctor George Washington Carver, the nineteenth century
educator and horticulturist
Studio Visit (1946)
Pete explores film lots and what goes on behind the scenes.
Swing High (1932)
The Flying Codonas practice and perform amazing
trapeze feats
Wanted - A Master (1936)
A stray dog needs to find himself a master
Water Bugs (1941)
A group called the Water Bugs devises new ways to
experience thrills on California's lakes
Water Sports (1935)
Water sports enthusiasts race sailboats and ride surfboards
Weather Wizards (1939)
The weather man helps California orchard growers stave off ruin in the
face of a severe frost
Wild and Woolly (1931)
Rodeo highlights, including bronco busting, bull riding, and
bull-dogging steers
The Taxi Boys
Bring 'Em Back a Wife (1933)
When Billy must prove he's married in order to keep his job, Ben goes
drag to play his wife
Call Her Sausage (1933)
Ben proves to be the undoing when Billy opens a new deli
Hot Spot (1932)
Good News: there's a half-naked woman in their cab
Bad News: the jealous husband shows up
A Day of Rest (1939)
A family man tries to spend a quiet Sunday at
home, but his wife and children have other ideas (with Robert Benchley)
A Night at the Movies (1937)
A man and his wife have a tough time at the show (with Robert Benchley)
A Strauss Fantasy (1954)
Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a medley of Strauss
A Way in the Wilderness (1940)
Dr. Joseph Goldberger proves that a healthy diet is the cure for
pellagra, a disease that killed thousands of people
American Spoken Here (1940)
A look at American slang, and how a number of
familiar expressions were originated
Annie Laurie (1936)
18th Century Scottish lovebirds deal with their clans' fighting on
opposite sides of a civil war (with
Ann Rutherford)
Bars and Stripes (1937)
Musical short showcases bandleader Dick Winslow and singer Veola Vonn,
in a plot similar to O'Henry's The Cop and the Anthem.
Behind the Scenes at MGM (1930)
The people and departments behind the scenes that made MGM's movie magic
in the 1920's and 1930's
Benny From Panama (1934)
Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding
night is a fiasco
The Big Dog House (1930)
In this Dogville spoof, an employee is framed for murder by his boss,
who wants the girl for himself but gets what he deserves in the end
Billy Rose's Casa Manana Review (1938)
A struggling nightclub's fortunes are revived with an elaborate musical
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)
A man thinks he's getting fired when his boss doesn't speak to him upon
arrival at work
Capriccio Italien (1953)
Johnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the
title work
Carnival in Paris (1937)
The janitor of a museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl
hide from the police (with
Ann Rutherford)
Challenge the Wilderness (1951)
A promo for
Westward the Women, which was filmed on location in Utah.
The City of Little Men (1938)
The story of Boys Town, founded in 1917 as a haven
for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys
Clues to Adventure (1949)
Different historical events led to the adoption of
the U.S. Bill of Rights
Convention of the Century (1934)
A behind-the-scenes look at MGM's Chicago
convention, to preview the films for the '34-'35 season
Copy (1929)
The city editor of a newspaper wants to run a
series of stories on a ship owner's disregard for safety measures on his
vessels (with Roscoe Karns)
Crazy House (1930)
Benny Rubin takes a tour of the "Lame Brain Sanitarium" and meets some
of its strange patients (in color)
Dancing on the Ceiling (1937)
Singing and dancing on all points of the compass
The Dogway Melody (1930)
In this Dogville spoof of
The Broadway Melody, a canine producer puts on a show and yearns for
the leading lady
Dreams (1940)
A look at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln which
foretold his death
Every Sunday (1936)
Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small
orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday (with
Judy Garland and
Deanna Durbin)
Eyes of the Navy (1940)
Naval aviators undergo basic training in Pensacola, Florida and advanced
training at San Diego, California
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed
revue and festival in Santa Barbara
The Flag (1927)
The story of Betsy Ross and the first U.S. flag (in color, with
Francis X. Bushman)
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942)
Nostradamus' prophecies are applied to the events of Worle War II
The Great American Pie Company (1935)
Corn-pone humour against a pie backdrop
Harnessed Rhythm (1936)
A look at the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through
age three
Heart to Heart (1949)
Bad diets, lack of exercise, and stress contribute to heart disease
Heavenly Music (1943)
Deceased classical composers in Heaven critique bandleader Ted Barry's
Hollywood, Style Center of the World (1940)
An examination of how movies often create a demand for the styles seen
in them
The Horse With the Human Mind (1946)
Bess, the smartest horse in the movies, is put through her paces by her
Hot Dog (All Barkie) (1930)
A married dog is out on the town with her lover boyfriend, which has
everybody gossiping
How to Sleep (1935)
A humorous look at the problems people have trying
to sleep (with Robert Benchley)
How to Train a Dog (1936)
A new dog owner decides which
dog to buy at the pet store and soon learns what not to do (with Robert Benchley)
How to Vote (1936)
A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant makes
the speech�confusing both the
speaker and his audience (with Robert Benchley)
Inflation (1942)
The Devil receives a telephone call from Adolph
Hitler, who asks for the Devil's help in the war effort (with Edward
It's in the Stars (1938)
Fraternity and sorority kids reluctantly agree to stop dating each
other, so they can devote more time to studying
Jimmie Fidler's Personality Parade (1938)
Brief glimpses of over 60 actors and actresses, all of whom started in
silent films
Love on Tap (1939)
Tommy wants to marry Penny, manager of the Merriel Abbott Dancers, but
problems keep delaying their marriage
Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round (1948)
A mock radio broadcast, with some musical numbers thrown in
The Miracle of Sound (1940)
MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer shows us how the sound portion of a
talking picture is created
More About Nostradamus (1941)
Highlights of some of Nostradamus' prophecies that came true in his own
Mr. Blabbermouth (1942)
This film, made during WWII, cautions moviegoers
not to spread rumors, which are often initiated by enemy infiltrators to
create fear and dissension
Music in Your Hair (1934)
Two German dialect comics go out on the town (with
Billy Gilbert and Billy Bletcher)
Musical Masterpieces (1946)
Carlos Ramirez and Lucille Norman sing up a storm
New Shoes (1936)
Arthur Lake and a team of singing shoes make up this "Tabloid Musical"
No News is Good News (1943)
Robert Benchley answers questions sent in by people
Of Pups and Puzzles (1941)
Psychological employment testing circa 1941 - Yikes!
Action on the Beach (1964)
A behind-the-scenes look at the D-Day
special effects created in filming
The Americanization of Emily
Once Over Lightly (1938)
In this college spoof, Clipton Barber College and
Beardsley meet in an intercollegiate hirsute face-off
Pacific Paradise (1937)
This MGM Miniature Musical features Cliff Edwards, and Harry Owens and
His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra
Party Fever (1938)
Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for
Mayor For a Day, with the winner to take Darla to the Strawberry
The Perfect Tribute (1935)
A dramatic story plays out after Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address
Plan for Destruction (1943)
Germany's defeat in WWI sowed the seeds of its quest for world
domination in WWII
Plane Nuts (1933)
The Three Stooges do some Vaudeville routines and semi-elaborate
musical numbers with beautiful chorines.
Portrait of a Genius (1943)
Leonardo Da Vinci developed the
precursors to many of our modern military inventions
Prophet Without Honor (1939)
An American Naval officer develops the first maps
that chart the oceans' winds and currents
The Rainbow Pass (1937)
A wife challenges her husband's murderer to combat
Return From Nowhere (1944)
A man recovers his lost memories when he is forced
to relive events in his dreams
Rhapsody in Brew (1933)
The Schmaltz Brothers are tricked into buying a
beer garden (with
Billy Gilbert)
Roast-Beef and Movies (1934)
A trio of amateur filmmakers tries to persuade studio executives to
exhibit their new movie (with
Curly Howard)
Sea Spiders (1930)
Braving great peril, Tahitian boatmen paddle out in their sea spiders to
harvest valuable pearl oysters
Shoe Shine Boy (1943)
A young boy must earn money for a bugle, because
he's going into the army the next day
So Quiet on the Canine Front (1931)
A Dogville parody of All Quiet on the Western Front
Stop Look and Listen (1967)
This stop-action film examines safe versus hazardous driving techniques
with no autos involved
The Story of Alfred Nobel (1939)
We see why Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite,
founded the prizes named after him
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
Nightclub host Reginald Denny introduces singing and dancing acts
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
Poe's classic tale of murder, guilt, and torment (with Joseph
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
The story of Dr. Semmelweis, a
physician who found that the deaths of new mothers could be reduced if
doctors just wash their hands before treatment
That Inferior Feeling (1940)
A man is unable to cope with personal
emergencies or those in a position of authority (with Robert Benchley)
Whispers (1941)
Opponents of a businessman who wants to tear down slums for low-cost
public housing distort a small bit of truth to turn public opinion
against him
Wild People (1932)
The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New
Guinea, with aborigines as performers
Willie and the Mouse (1941)
Studies with mice have important ramifications for human beings
Your New Producer (1935)
Robert Benchley shows excerpts from many of David O. Selznick's films


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Young Hee Rho <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Mon, 22 May 2006 19:10:59 +0900 (KST)
I have encountered many "trend tests" of linearity concerning odds ratios (OR) of a
categorical variable.
For example, I am modeling a logistic model Y=b1x1 + b2x2 + b3x3 +b4. x2 is a 5-level
categorical variable, for example the level of drinking (while Y is the presence/absence of
hyperuricemia). When the results are displayed, the ORs of the 5 levels are shown and
the linear trend is shown as a single p value. The individual ORs may not have significance,
however the overall trend does. It is said that it was tested through regressing the median of
the levels on the ORs. Otherwise in other cases, there are many trend tests of linearity
expresed in many papers, however, the actual method is not explained in detail. (It does not
apear to come from polynomial contrasts of ANOVA nor from categorical trend tests
(Cochrane-Armitage) since the arformentioned test is from values coming from
one categorical variable having several estimates. How is this done and how much methods
exsist on this topic? Are there any useful references?
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Popular property highlights
Located in Castle Hill within a short walk of Fisherman's Bastion, Hotel Castle Garden is within a mile (2 km) of other popular sights such as Buda Castle. This 39-room, 4-star hotel has a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and a health club. In the historical district, it's also near Szechenyi Chain Bridge and Rudas Baths.
Sit down for a leisurely bite to eat at the onsite restaurant, or enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. For your convenience, breakfast is available for a fee.
Hotel Castle Garden's 39 rooms are soundproofed and provide minibars, coffee makers, and laptop-compatible safes. Guests can expect LCD TVs with cable channels, along with free WiFi and wired Internet. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and pillow menus, and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Phones and desks are other standard amenities.
Guests staying at Hotel Castle Garden enjoy a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna. If you drive, self parking is HUF 3900 per night, or you can take advantage of the airport shuttle for HUF 8000 per vehicle roundtrip. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can assist with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include free WiFi in public areas, a meeting room, and express check-in.
Property features
- Walking distance to Fisherman's Bastion
- Free WiFi and wired Internet in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Health club
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Hotel Castle Garden
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a health club, Hotel Castle Garden features a spa tub and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Hotel Castle Garden has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 39
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Health club
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Garden
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2008
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Hotel Castle Garden offers 39 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. LCD televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- Down comforter
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Restaurant Riso - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 11 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for HUF 9000 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- A 3.39 percent city/local tax will be charged
- Resort fee: HUF 600.00 per accommodation, per night
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Up to 2 children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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Caminos Flamencos will feature the classic Flamenco dancer Yaelisa in a performance of Flamenco en Color Vivo at 7 p.m., Friday, February 16, in Hanson Hall at The Sequoias in Portola Valley. Other artists appearing will be Jason McGuire, "El Rubio," guitarist, Felix de Lola, singer, and Melissa Cruz, dancer.
Yaelisa, founder of Caminos Flamencos, is considered one of the most gifted Flamenco artists of her generation. She is co-founder and artistic director of the New World Flamenco Festival presented each year at the Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine, CA. In 1993, Yaelisa received the Emmy Award or Choreography for a PBS program, and in 2005, Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Best Company Performance.
Guitarist McGuire has been twice nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award; Felix de Lola, flamenco singer from Sevilla, Spain, composes music and verses for flamenco song and theatrical works. Melissa Cruz dances in the U.S. and Spain, and recently danced with Madrid's flamenco dance company, Nache Flamenca, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
This colorful performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 851-1501.


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Can Brazil's Oil Giant Be Saved?
Brazil needs to do something about Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the huge and mismanaged state-controlled oil company now mired in controversy.
Consider the former senior Petrobras executive who was arrested last month for his alleged involvement with a gang that laundered almost 10 billion reais ($4.5 billion). Or a Dutch ship supplier that is being investigated for claims that it bribed Petrobras officials to win business. Then there is the investigation of the awful deals in which the company grossly overpaid for a U.S. refinery and sold another in Argentina far too cheaply.
Even Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff -- the company's chairman at the time of the U.S refinery purchase -- may have indirectly benefitted from Petrobras's problematic dealings, receiving campaign donations from a businessman who sold a refinery to the company, according to the Globo newspaper. If the worst of the latest accusations prove to be true, it would only add to the long list of ills plaguing the energy giant.
The root cause is clear: state meddling. The national government has turned a promising oil concern into a bumbling development agency. For instance, it has forced Petrobras to subsidize fuel prices for Brazilians to the tune of $37 billion since 2011, a practice that has hurt the company's bottom line. And it has mandated that Petrobras purchase oil-services domestically, rather than from overseas suppliers. This has been a major obstacle to increased output.
Engineering problems have become common for a company that was once known as the king of offshore oil production. The resulting project delays have left Petrobras's oil output little changed for at least five years.
Petrobras's underperformance has also stretched its balance sheet. The company has racked up $114.3 billion in debt, making it the world's most indebted oil company. Moody's Corp. reckons that Petrobras already owes $11.5 for every barrel it has in untapped crude reserves. Things are so tight that Petrobras was forced in February to cut its five-year investment plan.
Another notable indicator of Petrobras's woes is its lack of transparency. The company promised last year to disclose its pricing formula for fuel sold domestically, but it has kept it secret, presumably to avoid being accountable to the market and the Brazilian public.
It would all be bad enough if Petrobras were merely burning the money of Brazilian taxpayers. But it has taken shareholders on its value-destroying ride as well. Investors who bought into Petrobras's historic $70 billion public share sale in 2010 have lost their shirts as the company has since lost half of its market value. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor's 500 Energy Index has almost doubled during the same period.
The talk among analysts these days is whether Petrobras's share price has fallen enough to compensate for its mediocrity. Brazilians have no illusions: 78 percent of those recently polled by Datafolha believe there is widespread corruption at the company.
Nothing will improve unless Brazilians -- the company's real controlling shareholders -- demand change. Brazil's middle class has been outraged enough to complain about poor government services and overspending on soccer stadiums in preparation to host the World Cup later this year. What has transpired at Petrobras may be even more of an outrage.
Whipping Petrobras into shape should be a high political priority for whoever wins the presidency in October. Brazil's energy future and Petrobras's credibility as a public company are at stake.
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Haywood Community College recently held a grand opening of the Music and Recording Arts Studio in the college's Creative Arts Building. In addition, several upcoming music classes will be available. HCC's Appalachian Music Program is funded by a grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.
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