There are rumours of a track editor in GT5. For me this would be the best ever feature i can think of. If it came i would spend a long time on creating tracks, would love to have it as a paid job designing tracks for GT6.

More than a rumour, indeed...

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If the rumored rumours are true then this feature will be excellent.

Hopefully it will allow endless and multiple track layouts to be created. Can you imagine recreating your personal favourite parts from a variety of real world circuits and creating the ultimate race track .

Anybody for some Craner Curves into the Corkscrew

I bet on a loooooooooooooooooong straight I could even beat Moose!!



.... or maybe not!

i would create versions of all the good stretches of road in cornwall where i live that i know. using google earth to give me the dimensions.

Link<------ Those were the days
Me and me mates spent hours making tracks


EDIT:

How many Years ago!!!!!

There's an interview on uk.playstation.com in which Shuhei Yoshida, the head of SCE worldwide, confirmed that the rumoured track editor will be in GT5:


"Q: What can we look forward to when Gran Turismo 5 releases on PlayStation 3?

A: Gran Turismo 5 will offer gamers an experience more rich, more in-depth and more exciting than they might expect - even from a series as closely identified with innovation and invention as Gran Turismo. Not only will Gran Turismo 5 deliver an even more comprehensive set of cars and courses than gamers saw with previous iterations, it will also feature new game-enhacing graphical effects such as damage, night racing and weather.

These innovations are twinned with the option to join millions of like-minded individuals globally within the Gran Turismo community and to find a driving experience to suit, whether that is taking on the Top Gear test track, chucking cars around stunt arenas, go-karting, creating and sharing your own track or intense head-to-head races. Who, where and what to drive is completely down to the individual.

This time around Gran Turismo is likely not just to be the definitive driving experience but a definitive gaming experience full stop."


Nice to hear that weather's definately in the game too!


Source.



Also, regarding the amount of tracks in the game, Jeff Rubenstein (Sony's Social Media Manager) made the following comments:

"More than 40 tracks with over 100 layouts..."


Source.

Oh i am drooling at this.......

Classic Hockenheim would be nice, going through the forest.

Or making some classic rally stages. Finland?

I'd wanna do Castle Coombe.

Or even better, i'd recreate the 6 miles from my local town to my house and the 6 miles back!!!!