The GT5 Generic Race Car ModifierA separate programme that works off the GT5 savegame / game installation files, converts cars owned into generic race cars by:
- Reducing weight and increasing power beyond the standard weight reduction and engine stages (perhaps by a percentage amount of the car's nominal weight / power after stages are applied).
- Also gives the car default front / rear downforce perhaps with the option of using some generic visual spoilers or any existing spoilers the car may come with.
- It could also have other minor visual changes such as increasing tire width where appropriate (example: muscle cars would have wider rear tires, just as the '69 Camaro RM does) and fitting generic racing wheels.
- Car is also converted to a default colour / race livery, something simple like a matte white with default number decals that can then be modified.
The next stage is then for the user to modify the paint and livery of the car, perhaps starting with the base colour for the car with options for decals (basic manufacturer, shape, text / number and such) that can be placed, moved, resized, recoloured, etc as necessary within certain limits. Paint / decal schemes could be saved within the Generic Race Car Modifier programme to be reused on different cars or shared / gifted to friends to use on their cars.
PD could give us the option to make as simple or complicated designs as they see fit by limiting what and how many decals we can apply, they could also give us some generic designs to use (or even limit us to only using certain generic presets). They obviously have some way of creating / editing liveries at least for premium cars as we see with the few premium RMs we have as well as the Academy cars (albeit just a windshield strip and square decal on the door), Stealth models, Touring Car DLC and such so there must be some way they could put together something for us to use?
From a business perspective there is also the potential for profit! How many of us would be willing to pay for some kind of livery editor? I know I would even if it was just to make our own race cars schemes rather than a generic editor to make tuner style liveries (and especially if there was a way to use it on standard cars). Also it opens up another avenue for DLC sales , PD could offer us special "real world" livery packages for certain race teams / drivers both current and historic as well as their own original / themed ones (possibly meaning sponsorship / advertising income for PD?).
There is potential there, a lot of it, if they're willing to take the chance. And a similar model could be used for creating a track creator, separate programme with proper track creation and editing tools and scenery placement with potential for DLC track / scenery builder packs.
It's a sure-fire way for PD to make money
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