Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes if it was a racing game
In the spirit of Ground Zeroes, a 40 dollar demo that still manages to impress. Maybe gave the wrong impression of how the upcoming full game would handle it's car list
foram corridas e corridas para tentar comprar o carro dos meus sonhos. não sucedi.
WHy the frick was there interesting ideas here for events that bareky get used. Other things this game does special is the main menu kinda simple and scenic even more so than its full release. It Especially loads faster and has some nice unique menus of its own. Otherwise a pretty substantial demo. Neat bonus for being able to carry progreess over to main game. Reccomended if youre just curious about old gt media. I should note i played with its updates to spec 3. And holy crap there is post game unlocks lmao how neat
Although not being close to a full game experience, GT5 Prologues detailed car models, polished interface with cozy jazz music really felt modern upon release and got me excited for the upcoming full game. Don’t have much reason to go back to it now.
A very solid "preview" of, at the time, the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title. I actually put way more time into this title than the actual full release of the game and I think part of the reason is how mind-blowingly good this game looked at the time of release. It was definitely one of the technical showcases of the PS3 power in a time the console needed some good representation after trailing in sales to the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.
My experience was further enhanced by using a cheap Logitech wheel.
My experience was further enhanced by using a cheap Logitech wheel.
This fucking blew my mind the first time I saw that intro. "THIS is the power of Playstation 3!!!"
Game's fine I guess. You drive cars.
Game's fine I guess. You drive cars.
When you think of racing games most older gamers will think of Gran Turismo: Graphics that push the current generation to its limit, ultra-realistic physics, and cars that drive like their real-life counterparts to a T. Just when we thought racing couldn’t get any better than Gran Turismo 4 for the PS2 back in 2005 Gran Turismo 5 rolls along on the PS3.
As the title suggests this is just a preview, or an over glorified demo, of that, is to come in the full game coming out this year. While the game was released almost 2 years ago it still looks amazing today and the realism is so close to real life you can taste it. Everything you know about Gran Turismo has had a facelift and this includes the menu. Instead of all those icons on a map, you are treated to your car being displayed in different countries in the background along with an event calendar and some new icons. The first thing you will notice is the fully fledged online play with up to 12 players. Second is the GT TV which lets you purchase episodes of car shows for the die-hard car fanatics (I completely skipped this), but it’s there. You have your regular events and single races instead of the standard simulation and arcade modes. You can go to the dealerships and pick your cars and jump into the events.
Some problems do pop up right from the start when buying a car since there are frequent loading screens between screens and the car info isn’t displayed right. It scrolls across the bottom and you can only view the car if you click on it and have it load. There is no full detail spec sheet mainly due to the fact that you can’t upgrade your cars. Yeah, guys sorry. In the “demo” version of Gran Turismo 5, you just buy your cars and race as is. I have no idea is Polyphony is completely stripping this idea since it is also missing in the PSP Gran Turismo as well.
Once you buy your car (there are about 80 or so cars if you get the free Spec III update) you can go into your garage and sell cars from here as well as viewing them. Gone is the whole car wash thing, for now, but some sort of virtual tour of the car would have been nice as well as be able to use all the items in the car (cmon you want ultra realism right?) Once you get into the event menu you can see the requirements for entering and these are limited to certain types of cars. Once you start racing you should get third or better to earn credits to buy more cars, rinse and ad infinitum. While this sounds dull each car handles surprisingly different and the AI is a really nice challenge. However, the usual time limits are set WAY too tight and are almost impossible to beat even when driving with the guideline and not crashing.
When you actually start driving you’ll notice just how tight the controls are. You really like your turning a wheel thanks to the great analog stick of the DualShock 3 and the great vibration feature. Every car also sounds the same and amazing in dash cockpit view (the first time in Gran Turismo) is beautiful, but I just wish you could turn the driver’s head around. There aren’t too many tracks to drive on, but there are a lot of familiar ones all the way back to the first game 12 years ago.
If you want to talk about aesthetics the game looks stunningly real. You can’t really tell the car apart from something I real life and the tracks all look amazing, but I know I can look better and I hope the graphics engine I boosted a little for the final release.
While there are many flaws, and things missing, such as the driving tests, upgrades; there are a lot of things not improved like the super strict time limits, plus sometimes the game just is too real to be fun. Other than that for about $25, you can really have a good racer that will last you awhile or if you are a die-hard Gran Turismo fan this will tide you over until the final release.
As the title suggests this is just a preview, or an over glorified demo, of that, is to come in the full game coming out this year. While the game was released almost 2 years ago it still looks amazing today and the realism is so close to real life you can taste it. Everything you know about Gran Turismo has had a facelift and this includes the menu. Instead of all those icons on a map, you are treated to your car being displayed in different countries in the background along with an event calendar and some new icons. The first thing you will notice is the fully fledged online play with up to 12 players. Second is the GT TV which lets you purchase episodes of car shows for the die-hard car fanatics (I completely skipped this), but it’s there. You have your regular events and single races instead of the standard simulation and arcade modes. You can go to the dealerships and pick your cars and jump into the events.
Some problems do pop up right from the start when buying a car since there are frequent loading screens between screens and the car info isn’t displayed right. It scrolls across the bottom and you can only view the car if you click on it and have it load. There is no full detail spec sheet mainly due to the fact that you can’t upgrade your cars. Yeah, guys sorry. In the “demo” version of Gran Turismo 5, you just buy your cars and race as is. I have no idea is Polyphony is completely stripping this idea since it is also missing in the PSP Gran Turismo as well.
Once you buy your car (there are about 80 or so cars if you get the free Spec III update) you can go into your garage and sell cars from here as well as viewing them. Gone is the whole car wash thing, for now, but some sort of virtual tour of the car would have been nice as well as be able to use all the items in the car (cmon you want ultra realism right?) Once you get into the event menu you can see the requirements for entering and these are limited to certain types of cars. Once you start racing you should get third or better to earn credits to buy more cars, rinse and ad infinitum. While this sounds dull each car handles surprisingly different and the AI is a really nice challenge. However, the usual time limits are set WAY too tight and are almost impossible to beat even when driving with the guideline and not crashing.
When you actually start driving you’ll notice just how tight the controls are. You really like your turning a wheel thanks to the great analog stick of the DualShock 3 and the great vibration feature. Every car also sounds the same and amazing in dash cockpit view (the first time in Gran Turismo) is beautiful, but I just wish you could turn the driver’s head around. There aren’t too many tracks to drive on, but there are a lot of familiar ones all the way back to the first game 12 years ago.
If you want to talk about aesthetics the game looks stunningly real. You can’t really tell the car apart from something I real life and the tracks all look amazing, but I know I can look better and I hope the graphics engine I boosted a little for the final release.
While there are many flaws, and things missing, such as the driving tests, upgrades; there are a lot of things not improved like the super strict time limits, plus sometimes the game just is too real to be fun. Other than that for about $25, you can really have a good racer that will last you awhile or if you are a die-hard Gran Turismo fan this will tide you over until the final release.
better than the actual game
Ta wapo
A great GT experience that is often overlooked, seen as a minor demo or preview of GT5 but actually a well crafted small game when all is put together. You get to taste what is GT overall, but without having to spend lots of hours to complete unlike GT4-6 - so it would be my choice if I had to suggest a first Gran Turismo game to try.
finally, a good driving physics instead of shitty ass poser gt4's
lol id be so mad if i ever recieved this half assed game as a gift (i was)
Até que é uma ótima prévia do GT5 com uma boa lista de eventos, carros bem detalhados, ótima jogabilidade e visuais que chegam a ser mais bonitos que o jogo final!
kino overload
Vroom vroom it's a racing game just play the new ones
Not a full game, but it feels like a full game. Graphics and mechanics are still holding strong.