Pros- The Game has an incredibly Vast amount of content, Cars & challenging trials to go along with a competitive online mode.. The graphics are above average , the game play is superb. Its addictive..(guess that can be bad too)
Cons-Load times in the beginning are tedious, only slightly tedious once installed to disk. Thats the only complaint worth mentioning in my opinion. Wheel support is acceptable & online issues are being resolved over time..
GAME PLAY- Forgive me for going all over the place, but I will try my best to put you in the game. The game is incredibly fun to play, there is incentive to race & not stop, to get better so that you can get more credits to buy better cars(If you love cars the game is worth it just to see them all,drive them all and modify them, you can install your own wheels & select paint/Colors on most of the cars that you acquire).The idea is to raise your level of experience so that you can compete in harder races as you go along, which will earn you more credits the higher your level..Its not easy to get bored because you are always buying a new car or racing a new track or type of race which presents new challenges.. You can race in karts which is pretty intense yet a fun change of pace, there is a Nascar Jeff Gordon tutorial to play around with and try out..There is rally car racing, an event for Pickups and much more silly things like racing the Volkswagon van or Minis or Toyota Yaris events.. You have certain events for Ferraris or Lamborghinis only & typically you will win a car that is mandatory for the event upon winning Gold in the entire event(it would be nice to have the car prior to, but thats part of the game knowing the right cars to buy to use for different events..For example an event may read "Japanese Classics" (& you would then have to drive a 60s or 70s Japanese vehicle to enter that race, you will notice distinctive differences in how the cars behave & sound,a car will not stay on the road doing 150mph with standard tires or even sport, you will have to splurge on racing tires when your cars are really moving, get the wrong transmition upgrade & you will lose power, You get the idea,things you do will make differences for the most part, not sure if the oil change makes a difference or how much of an impact weight reduction really has on in game cornering, but its cool to be able to do all the fun car stuff,all be it oversimplified & sometimes far fetched! thats cool enough for me. Now if you just finished racing Chan for slips & have NOS in your car, you may not like the game if you bought it expecting all of the subtle nuances of driving & wish to smell burning rubber!lol However if you like being able to ride in and hook up a bunch of different real cars from a bunch of different Decades (I mean there are Challengers, Vettes, Mustangs, Camaros for the Muscle lovers, Skylines from all years, GTRs, Supras, Old Type R Civic Hatches,Acura NSX, THere are a ton of Audis, Jaguars, Supercars like Lambos, Ferraris, Racing editions of Production cars. Its ridiculous(there are even a boatload of regular cars that you have probably owned & will get a kick out of supercharging and hooking up), I cant name a hundreth of the content or available cars.... You can even learn about tons of cars and collect photos & information about classic cars throughout history just from playing, they are called Museum Cards, you get them just for logging in & playing each day. Now Ive only raced a few times online, but it seems to be enjoyable as long as you can figure out which race you belong in, it is a little hard to Navigate through the users and races, but once I got in it was fun, I did not experience any lag or glitches & I have The faster of the available Cable internet, not sure if thats why. I cant give you an in depth online review as I mostly play GT Mode bc at 3 hours a day for 10 days Im just approaching half of the A Spec content. B Spec is where you are the crew guy Coaching a driver to win the race, you will find that the driver doesnt need much coaching when given a good car & its cool to do the B Spec when your watchin TV to Earn credits when your not able to play, I just hit the Input button watch TV & turn back when I think the race is over.. Not fun bc you are not racing, but I think the idea here is to teach you another aspect of racing & for
you to watch the approach you should take in various scenarios, Id rather race but whatever, its there.
Graphics-
I will speak in Overall terms, the Graphics are superb, Cars look like the cars they are made to, the roads look like roads, the Cockpit views available on a lot of the cars are recognizable as the cars they are intended to. As far as Graphics I was not disappointed nor blown away, but I think Gameplay is the strong suit..
WHEELS-
Now This is a subject Im very interested in, the Logitech Driving Force GT is the official Force Feedback wheel supported by the game, meaning its fully Customizable buttons, sequential Shifter(not H pattern,it just goes up or Down) & pedals shifters all function with the game. Amazon is now selling it for 100 bucks shipped free which isnt bad to see how you like using a wheel which has great reviews. but I like the idea of The H pattern stick in the G25 or newer 27 and Fanatec 911 GT3/Clubsport line.. Ive read that the 27 wheel will function fine from a few different sources, but the buttons are not customizable which is something to consider.. The Fanatec 911 GT3 RS Wheel has 3 Feedback Motors and is probably the best WHEEL out right now, all be it expensive(around 180 bucks for the wheel alone) if you need to buy the 6 plus one shifter & H pattern along with pedals as they are sold seperately on the Fanatec site.. Another wheel being touted as the "GT5 Official Wheel" is the Thrustmaster T500 RS Wheel..(Polyphony claims this may be the new GT5 top quality wheel) This wheel is the newest from Thrustmaster(which has a marginal reputation for wheels so far), and as of 12/16/10 I dont even believe its for sale yet, but pictures are available & if this wheel does come out soon GT5 will support it as Thrustmaster is marketing it as "the" wheel for the game.. The wheel has new Feedback Technology that may escalate Thrustmasters wheels past The G25/27, but seeing is believing & what I believe to be around a 500 dollar price tag for what may ultimately be just a wheel & paddle shifters is too high(even if Im wrong & 500 gets pedals & a shifter), for that I would get the triple motored 911 wheel From Fanatec and get the pedals and H pattern Shifter for around 300 altogether, Also Logitechs Website is offering the G27 with a coupon as another reviewer stated for 269(dont get ripped off,shop around) all in all its a great wheel just not customizable buttons. Best advice is to get the Force GT if you dont own a wheel, see if you even like it bc its not a great expense at 100 bucks & you can always resell it.. Or if you want a top notch fully supported wheel, wait for Thrustmaster T500, Check out the Fanatec Wheels which are compatible with G27/25 Pedals & Sticks via an adapter Fanatec sells.. It would be nice if the "most detailed simulator" for Driving was proactive enough to fully support with customizable buttons all of the best wheels out right now.. But I think If you read between the lines most of them will work just fine..As in most things, it all depends on what you want & how much you're willing to spend for it. Please Comment if you can elaborate on any new wheel info as there is not much accurate feedback around on actual GT5 Tested wheels.
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The Windows Vista of Gran Turismo Games!!! This is the perfect title for the review. Gran Turismo 5 has excellent graphics, 100-1000s of cars, and exciting events. But there are several things that are holding it back from being perfect. One is the standard cars, 800 of them. The Standard cars are the used cars in the game, all of them were ported from Gran Turismo 4. The Standard cars are disquised as GT5 cars, but if you look at them close up they have a rough appearence. The loading times between the menus is atrocious, to race it takes almost a single minute to get to the race menu and to the race. The number of A Spec race events are good, but for Gran Turismo they are not that good. Back in Gran Turismo 3 there were about 30 events per level, such as beginniner etc. In Gran Turismo 5 there are 9 events per level. Gran Turismo 5 just feels like they threw it out onto the market, not being finished. It took them 6 years, 6 years for it to come out. Gran Turismo 5 has the feel of Gran Turismo but has an odd feel. It feels extremely heavy, and as if it is sucking the PS3s power extremely. The photo mode in the game is kind of fun, you can walk around and explore the photo areas and take pictures of people even. I am displeased with the amount of tracks, Polyphony claims 71 tracks, but they are reverse and other iterations of the same tracks. Take note, if you are a big Gran Turismo fan, you will notice some of the nicest tracks are missing. Some of the greatest tracks missing from GT5 are Midfield, El Capitan, Seattle Circuit, Apricot Hill Raceway, and those are the tracks that make Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo. There are many imperfections in the tracks, that I have noticed. The water is still in the lakes in Trial Mountain, the sky seems like artwork and still, and mostly the tracks seem like they were upscaled from Gran Turismo 4, with the exception of the Special Stage Route tracks. The Menus in Gran Turismo 5 are good, however, it is very hard to explain how they are. The menus in GT5 have improved significantly from GT4, but now they seem very laggy. For video games, you want to play the game, not haggle through menus. They made a major mistake with the menus in Gran Turismo 5, because it seems now like a computer operating system, rather than a game menu. I have played months of Gran Turismo 5 so far, and the best word to describe it is good. The Standard Cars (gran Turismo 4 models), I think, ruined the game. I advise anyone playing Gran Turismo 5 to use the Premium Cars at all times when possible. I sell any standard car I get when I win one. Because the Playstation 3 is designed for internet gaming, Gran Turismo 5 can be perfected through updates as time goes on. Polyphony should get rid of all of the standard cars and just utilize the current amount of premium cars that are in the game right now. If you want a good racing game to play, get Gran Turismo 5 definitely. It has by far, the best car physics in the world. Polyphony is one of the few companies that put effort into the games that they make.
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