Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

[Coldgunner]

As there was a lot of off topic bickering I thought it may be an idea to create this thread. General consensus of the argument is that is this more of a demo you need to pay for, is it too much and was it just a big rip off? what do you think of the game?

[CY:G]

I wouldn't call it a demo, although i do think it is overpriced.

If i only had a PS3 i would get it right away as there is nothing more to play really, but right now im far too busy trying to finish racing games on other platforms to justify buying it.

[Coldgunner]

If GT4 is anything to go by I think the progress you make in prologue can't be moved forward into the final game, although I'm not sure of this.

[Alfista]

GT5 prologue is an appetizer... it IS a demo.. but since GT5 is an incredibly huge game the demo is not ur regular demo but a lenghty one...

Imagine Oblivion's prologue would be dark messiah for example...

however i am certain that prologue will keep as entertained until GT5 releases... there are 65 cars.. as much cars as there are in Need for Speed... So it is still huge...

[Coldgunner]

/\agreed, the only thing which may get boring for me is the lack of tracks, however with the promise of plenty of DLC this should not be an issue for me.

[Alfista]

i did not know that the prolouge would have DLCs.. I know the original game has and i heard you could purchase cars as they have over a thousand cars but some are purchasable only.. Did not know the DLCs for the prologue though.

[sn00pie]

It is a demo, but if you compare it to some of the other racing games available out there its equivalent to a full game. I will be buying it because I need my GT Fix as soon as possible.

I'd much rather pay $39 for GT5:P then pay $49 or $59 for games like Juiced 2, NFS: PS etc. :)

[hobsgrg]

It is a demo, but if you compare it to some of the other racing games available out there its equivalent to a full game. I will be buying it because I need my GT Fix as soon as possible.

I'd much rather pay $39 for GT5:P then pay $49 or $59 for games like Juiced 2, NFS: PS etc. :)

My thoughts exactly, people complaining that it's just a demo, well a demo would just have have a small handfull of cars, and just 1 or 2 tracks, so it's not a regular demo, but an extended preview. I have no objection to paying ?18 for an extended preview as it will be a lot better than other driving games that I'd have to pay ?40 for

[anthony]

I never played GT, I think as a kid I was never really interested in a realistic simulator. Should I give GT5:P a try?

[sn00pie]

yeah do it, you'd be dumb to own a ps3 and not atleast give gt5p a shot. no pun intended. :D

[former1]

Hmmm apparently GT5P was supposed to be released today in the playstation store... but uhm - I don't see it, am I missing something?

[Coldgunner]

seems late updating today

[Cool4]

When starting GT5P I get an update promt, but it gives an error arround 10-15% anyone has this issue?

BTW, bought the PS3 yesterday with the game, I'm loving it!

[PiracyX]

This game is getting around 80% score from many review sites. They are disappointed with various things in the game and even said that the game has been stretched out too much just to make it look like there is a lot to do. Also they said online mode is weak.

[Xerxes]

This game is getting around 80% score from many review sites. They are disappointed with various things in the game and even said that the game has been stretched out too much just to make it look like there is a lot to do. Also they said online mode is weak.

Well I'd probally cut them some slack on that one, this is their first attempt, so you can't expect them to get that perfect off the bat but they seem commited to making it work though :)

To the rest of the game, it's fantastic but it is clear the game is still a "work in progress" type of thing. Also coming from games like Forza 2 and PGR3/4 I have to say the tracks don't look that good at all, kinda flat...the cars look breathtaking but the tracks let them down (this I feel is mainly due to PGR3/4, the details of the tracks in those games is awesome) still, GT was always about the cars so it's to be expected.

Overall it is fantastic and well worth it. There are some minor issues I've noticed while playing it, but since this is only a demo of what they currently have, issues are bound to show up. Essentially we are paying to be beta testers for Polyphony, but to be honist I don't mind at all :happy:

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

Playing it now :D :D :D :D :D

Got it for ?14.99 (everyone loves staff discount;)) )

[richardsim7]

Ah man I REALLY want this, but I don't get paid until monday!! :(

-Rich-

[Huleboeren]

Just got my copy - awesome menus

[Keito]

Could be just me but - my game keeps telling me the date/time settings are not correct, every time I start it... but there's no option to change it?! At least I can't find it!

Also; Where are all those extra video's? I have the disc version, but I can't seem to find 'em? Do I need to unlock 'em or something? And how about quick tuning? I just saw a video by "Mr. Gran Turismo" himself using it in wnat seems to be the start menu or something, but it's not there on my end.

edit; seems like the quick tuning thing is something you only get when using a steering wheel. Nontheless, other questions remain unanswered for me :\

[popisdead uk]

Could be just me but - my game keeps telling me the date/time settings are not correct, every time I start it... but there's no option to change it?! At least I can't find it!

Also; Where are all those extra video's? I have the disc version, but I can't seem to find 'em? Do I need to unlock 'em or something? And how about quick tuning? I just saw a video by "Mr. Gran Turismo" himself using it in wnat seems to be the start menu or something, but it's not there on my end.

edit; seems like the quick tuning thing is something you only get when using a steering wheel. Nontheless, other questions remain unanswered for me :\

Tuning is there, you just need to complete the three classes (C, B, and A), then it opens the S class and tuning.

As for the videos, not sure. Not seen them, not really bothered. Its something they can, and will update as time goes on.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Got it yesterday!

Didn't have much time to play, I was going out.

I'll take some screens n stuff later today, I know there is tons on the internet, but meh, I'll do it anyway :)

[forster]

Well, after giving it a bit of a beating, I quite like this game.

Graphics are great, and Im getting the hang of the driving physic'y bits (Im not a big driving game player).

I can see now that some peoples complaints are justified, my biggest complaint has to be the 6gig of data installed when you first play it - considering Ive got a 40gig machine, that's an awful lot of real estate.

I also picked up Folklore, and EGWT, EG is 'install happy' as well.

If this trend keeps up, Im going to either need to remove data from my drive, or buy a bigger harddrive if I have a few more games, which is something I really dont want to do. I know the problem is the BR drive only reading at one speed (which increases the loading times), and I can appreciate why companies want to do this, but really, do they have to copy off so much?

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

In regards to real estate some of the games really shouldn't be installing the likes of 5GB, I dunno why they need to cache that amount of data.

However with hard drives mandatory to every PS3, you can see why PS3 developers won't be "put off" with criticism to mandatory installs.

All they'll probably say is the hard drive is their for our advantage, and yours, and also either

a) Delete our game cache when you are finished with/not playing our game

or

b) Buy a bigger hard drive

I'll be sticking the likes of a 120GB/200GB or maybe 320GB hard drive in my PS3 eventually, especially when PlayTV comes as storing movies/tvshows/games and game install data all at once will be near impossible...

I have a 40GB machine.

At least drives can be picked up really cheaply (Y) And there is a backup system in place for installing a new hard drive (Y)

By the way, im having great difficulty installing this Prologue update - Keeps saying "an error occurred during the download". Don't know if it's a mix of wireless/lots of people downloading and the fact the PSN store is being updated, or what?

[sn00pie]

Only 10 more days for me, audio post those pics or else! :p

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Only 10 more days for me, audio post those pics or else! :p

Coming within the hour, im writing up my mini preview just now! :devil: