Well there goes a decade! I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and I hope your 2010 is a great one.

This year will mark the release of another major game in the GT franchise, and as we all know, that's a rare event! This also means some potentially big changes for GTVault. The version of GTVault that is in use today was launched in August 2005, just after the release of GT4. The Internet in general, and socially driven sites in particular, have changed so much since then. I have to put a lot of thought and planning into the direction of GTVault, and I want to make it a place that you enjoy in the coming decade as much as you did the last. So, I ask this of everyone:

What do you want out of GTVault in 2010 and beyond?

You know thats a good question..I love the site so with what I am going to say or I am about state has nothing to do with problems..

I think that the site could use a good face-lift. Maybe some new colors, new images and icons, maybe even something that would take it into a 'Web 2.0' look and feel, or maybe even something very clean and streamlined like the Home site was for GT5. I know that in some cases ( for Web 2.0 ) this means script intensive changes for some areas but in my opinion I don't think a lot would really have to change ( compared to writing a whole new site ). Just a new 'coat of paint', and maybe a few 'mods'. I do know that there will have to be a whole new section to the site created for GT5, so that would have to take place. The manner in which the site allows you to post tunes and and displays them is great, better than anything I have currently run across on-line, that in my opinion should be carried over to the next version. Maybe a few areas for new aspects to the new GT5, like possibly an area where people could communicate/organize for on-line competitions, or whatever else is new for GT5 ( don't currently have it.. just going by what I have read and heard thus far ).

Yeah, at BARE minimum I hope to see the site stay around.. and bring itself into the new GT5.

the site will tune the car for us, shortly before taking over the world lol

Coverage of new news on Gran Turismo 5 would really good to have.

Maybe some support for gran turismo and gran turismo 2, kind of the same support we have for gran turismo 3 and gran turismo 4.

Quick post to get upates in my email inbox............ will be back to post some ideas later on.
Happy New Year to all, Brian

Can't think of anything new if im honest but like somebody else said a forum for GTvault members would be a nice edition provided by PHPBB? Would be useful for discussions for OLR meets and talking about other games and consoles ect ect.

Ne0nDrag0n - I tend to agree. I think there's something to be said for an almost 10 year old website, still serving its intended purpose well, and not having a traditional forum. I look at sites like GTP, and honestly I don't want to get nearly that big. I prefer things to be low maintenance, and a forum is the antithesis of that.

That said, this design is now five years old, and that shows. There are a ton of things I'd like to do, but I just haven't been able to carve out the time to do so.