Don't know if I should post this here, or in vidya, but why do some racing games like the Gran Turismo series and Initial D based games have these rebadged Porsches instead of the real deal?
Don't know if I should post this here, or in vidya...
Bentley Hall
Hudson Lee
Because RUF is the real deal and Porsche is an expensive child's toy compared to them
Don't worry OP, you may be a faggot but at least you noticed
Josiah Cook
I believe they had a deal with EA to only have them in their games, so all we ever see in other games is usually the Ruf
Aiden Green
Something about porsche not wanting to license its brand to video games.
Jason Gonzalez
^bingo, EA had a deal with Porsche but it is actually about to end soon if I'm not mistaken.
Jacob Flores
Apparently just did
polygon.com
Charles Garcia
Porsche signed an exclusive license deal with EA, so only EA could could have Porsche cars in their games. RUF is a body in white manufacturer which means that they are a completely different to Porsche, and the licensing doesn't apply. Under the hood they are quite different too. The EA license however expired last year, which is why iRacers are very exciting to get new 911s in iracing.
Jaxon Davis
If you have a look at the dev build of Forza Horizon 3 that was accedentaly published there are a load of porsche cars in there ready for releace so things are looking good for getting 911s in most major games soon.
James Davis
Sebastian Campbell
older forzas had some porsches too, they must have paid EA an absolute shitload to get them though
Camden Peterson
I always hated that Porsche EA deal. They didn't really do shit with it since Porsche Unleashed on PS1. I'm glad it's finally over.
Jace Bennett
nope they only had RUF's as well.
Christian Rogers
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Jayden Lopez
Zachary Peterson
4za had a porsche pack but was expensive as fuck
Christopher Hernandez
>DLC
doesnt count
Brandon Stewart
>game content doesnt count
thats a retarded argument seeing as developers leave half the content out of a game and release it as dlc
Jordan Brown
That's why the DLC pack was so expensive.
Blake Sanchez
FM3 had Porsches
Robert Jones
So what was their logic behind this? Or at least, why did they make the contract so long?
Seems kind of silly to be a performance car manufacturer, and cuck yourself into only being in NFS games
Nolan Murphy
Ferrari did the same thing for a time if I'm not mistaken. Most likely people that never play vidya made the deal and it sounded like a good idea
Austin Cooper
NFS was very big at the time, with 4 major racing games under there belt and PD hadn't even released Gran Turismo when the deal was signed.
Jose Smith
>NFS gets exclusive rights to license Porches
>Porsche gets fat royalty checks because NFS sells a new game every year
Leo Stewart
GT dropped the same year as NSF II.
>TFW TNFS was as a sim
Jayden Bell
Ferrari has a bunch of retarded license stipulations that they can be bought out of by well-funded or prestigious dev-teams (like Turn 10 and Polyphony)
Play Test Drive Unlimited 2 or The Crew and you'll find Ferraris have customization features disabled that are available on every other car such as:
>not being able to paint Ferraris colors other than stock, Ferrari-approved colors.
>cosmetic upgrades are usually limited or nonexistant
>can't apply decals to any Ferrari
In TDU2 at least you couldn't even upgrade the performance of any Ferrari making them completely worthless vehicles as far as the gameplay was concerned.
Hunter Gomez
I remember in NFS High Stakes that You couldn't use the Ferraris and the Mercedes in Pursuit mode.
Could that be because of Ferrari (and Mercedes) being snobby with their licenses?
Jason Wilson
>Could that be because of Ferrari (and Mercedes) being snobby with their licenses?
It was.
Tyler Martinez
Back in the day there's only alpina playable on some non EA/GranTurismo games not BMW dunno why.
Andrew Murphy
It already did.
Also RUF is legally a manufacturer, and I'd say that their cars don't get the attention they deserve.