Gran Turismo 5

Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">GT5: Prologue</div>Well for those who have it.

How do you like it?

I like the game, but it needs some more options imo.

Graphics are amazing with great control and as usual, nice and chill music. A house/lounge track or two as well. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> I can keep the music playing all day.

Dashboard cam owns, I race in that all the time and the tach/mph gauges work too!

Sadly only 60 cars and you start off with only 35k. There are no Used Car Showrooms in this game, maybe since everything is online, patches will be released for new and more features. I was really hoping to get to build up the car I actually drive in real life and that is my Nissan 240sx (s14). At least have a S15, sheesh.

Wish you could adjust the music playlist.

My biggest gripe atm is that you can't even customize the cars. By that I mean, power mods, turbo, lightweight, spoiler (though always lame) and rims. At least as far as I've played into it.

I'm currently giving it a 7 out of 10 (7/10). But anyways, I heard GT5:Prologue was actually a demo or something. Wouldn't surprise me, but it was I 40$ (usd) so not too bad I suppose.

Anyways, GTA4 copy is coming in soon. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> Followed by Age of Conan.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    I don't really get why people still fall for this sony rubbish..a $40 demo? come on.
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Yeah, I lolled my dong off when I saw Prologue.
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    Dunno, could or couldn't be a demo, but either way.

    I'm a fan of cars and motorsports, so I just had to. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    That's like buying a new car knowing it's only a box with "car" written on it, and still staying loyal when they say they'll bring out a new box in a few months with cut out holes for the windows. You'd still buy it.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    The games before have all been pretty samey just like NFS is, new cars same tracks.

    Does Prologue offer anything different to the standard?
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    I bought this, it cost me €25. Most shops were loss leading on it during release week. It is much more than a demo. I've probably got more gameplay hours off of this than I got out of TF2, Portal, HL2 + all the episodic ######e combined. Now, don't get me wrong, the OB was the best game of last year and well worth the money, but it is silly ( and probably trollish ) to call GT5P <b>just</b> a demo.

    There are 71 cars and 6 tracks each with multiple configurations. I've played through the A, B and C classes and that unlocks quick tuning for cars which gives you plenty to play around with for the very difficult S-class races. The graphics are superb, the car handling is awesome. It really is a whole lot of fun and almost certainly worth the money. The tracks are really great. The suzuka configurations are really taxing and you can immediately feel if a car is up to the stress the long sequences of tight corners put on it. Take a muscle car on a suzuka track and expect to spend half your time in gravel, but load up the GTR and the track is a completely different experience.

    This is the first driving game where I've switched to full analogue control. I've used analogue steering for a while now, but using the RHS stick for acceleration and breaking is essential in the game. You need to fine tune your revs going into and out of turns to keep your momentum up. I guess what makes this game so addictive is the incredible detail you can put into optimising your trajectory. The london circuit is superb for this.

    The two major problems I have with the game are the online experience and the lack of car damage. Polyphony have stated that car damage is coming in an update to GT5P. But for now, it is just horridly implemented. When you play through A, B and C class it often makes sense to use another car to shield you around a corner rather than braking. A racing sim should severely punish you for making contact with another car or barrier. When you go online ( or in S-class ) the experience changes where they introduce extremely frustrating rev penalties for collisions. So the optimal route you mastered offline becomes bogus when you go online.

    Also, for online mode, all you can do is random match make. Polyphony ignored the lobby features in the expectation that Home would provide all of these features, and now that home is slated for the Autumn, that means there will be 4-5 months of a poor online experience for this game.

    I'd agree with Paranoia2MB 7/10 rating. If you want to have a laugh with a group of mates doing some split screen racing or tuning your Ferrari to try to get gold in a time trial then this game is the proverbial mutt's nuts. If you want a hardcore online racing sim, then look elsewhere.

    I do enjoy driving games, and I rate this highly. Forza is better, but I do think polyphony have serious potential to make GT5P something special if they can sort out the pressing issues.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Aaand Puzl kills the thread with a confusing reference to orange box followed by a detailed and balanced review.

    I've never really gotten in to hardcore racing games. The last racing game (other than various mario karts) I played was the first street-racing-based NFS game. Can't remember what it was called.

    It was good, mindless entertainment. I'm no car nut so I wasn't able to relieve myself when configuring gearbox ratios and... injector... squirtyness, so that facet is lost on me. I'm half-considering picking up one of the newer racing games and trying it out.

    --Scythe--
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    NFS games were great fun, but I wouldn't touch any of the recent incarnations.

    have you tried the new trackmania nations? It's free and it is pretty good.

    Nothing comes close to wipeout in my books. Has consistently been the best racing game on any platform for over a decade. I can't wait for Wipeout HD in June [Disclaimer: This is a Sony June, which means sometime in December]
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1677186:date=Apr 30 2008, 07:02 AM:name=puzl)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(puzl @ Apr 30 2008, 07:02 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1677186"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->NFS games were great fun, but I wouldn't touch any of the recent incarnations.

    have you tried the new trackmania nations? It's free and it is pretty good.

    Nothing comes close to wipeout in my books. Has consistently been the best racing game on any platform for over a decade. I can't wait for Wipeout HD in June [Disclaimer: This is a Sony June, which means sometime in December]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    *stops Puzl*

    Wait..Wipeout..as in like Wipe 1, 2, XL, Fusion, Pure, Pulse Wipeouts?

    If so.

    WOO MOTHER ######ING WOO!
    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" />

    My fav sci-fi racing game of -ALL- time
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    As politely as I can ask:

    What rock have you crawled out from under?

    <a href="http://wipeouthd.com/" target="_blank">http://wipeouthd.com/</a>

    1up.com have a really good preview of it. There are lots and lots of gameplay videos of it circulating, as it has been released to the press for a few weeks now.

    PSN download only.

    edit: there's a 1080p trailer on the ps store. I've probably watched it more than is healthy. The kraftwerk track just rocks.


    this was originally supposed to be a sort of port of a hybrid pure/pulse from the PSP to the PS3, but they've really outdone themselves. The selections of tracks is top notch, with classics from the entire franchise making an appearance.
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    /jaw drops

    My only pure reason what I got my Ps3 is for the hopes of another Wipeout and it happens!

    WIN!

    Whenever this game comes out, I'm calling out for a week from work haha.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    So puzl what you are saying is, this game offers nothing new?
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    edited April 2008
    I will <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/siege.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::siege::" border="0" alt="siege.gif" /> your face Thaldy. lol <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Wipeout HD looks THE BOMB STEP, DOG. Seriously, though, I've never played the Wipeout series but the trailer for Wipeout HD gave me such a raging hard-on for F-Zero style racing that I might give it a shot. But F-Zero GX is probably a good representation of what Wipeout HD will be.
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