official Gran Turismo 5

[Vortex566]

I've still got mine. :) But like DARKFiB3R said, it's loud as hell now, a lot of the time. Anyone know a way to help cool it down/silence it? Without having to buy a PS3 Slim. :p

Oh, on a side note, my wheel's already been shipped! :)

What wheel did you get mate?

[MightyJordan]

What wheel did you get mate?

Logitech Driving Force GT. ;)

[Neo003]

Is logitech releasing new wheels with GT5.

[MightyJordan]

Is logitech releasing new wheels with GT5.

Nope, there's been no news of any new wheels, since they announced the G27 last year. Maybe next year? I just realised the Driving Force GT is nearly three years old. :p

[Neo003]

I want a wheel (with chair and all that) but don't have enought space or energy to fight to make space for it with my wife. :( I wanted a chair eversince gt3.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

never mind the driving he was just showing off the head tracking. but I really hope you can adjust the zoom level of that camera, why would anyone want 60% of the screen to be car interior. from normal gamign distance your screen is already significantly smaller than an actual car windscreen. are you supposed to sit there squinting trying to make out the road...

[jonmoseley8]

Some more pics of the Signiture Edition from the @gamedigital Twitter feed

Can't wait to get mine. :D

[rajputwarrior]

**** off PD...

The initial install size of Gran Turismo 5 on your PS3 HDD is going to be 6.4 GB. He also revealed that it takes about 40 minutes to install.

http://www.gamersmint.com/first-gt5-hands-on-gran-turismo-5-initial-install-size-revealed

[Livin in a box]

And how long for the 10GB option o_O

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Best post this so people don't jump to conclusions

Kindly note that this installation is optional and you can play the game without doing this. It only requires 256 MB of your HDD if you decide against doing it but it's highly recommended that you do if you plan on spending days with the game like we do.

All info is coming from here

GT Life mode. - spoiler alert, highlight for content:

You can choose design of your racing suit (only once per save) and then design your My Life space (backgrounc color, profile picture (from the PhotoModes, interesting??), you can choose from 12 beautiful sceneries for the Home Wallpaper and edit your Welcome Message.

When in Used Car/Dealership garage, every car (all in Used Car are Standard Models) have a Demo. During the demo you can watch the car being auto-piloted on the test track with great motor sounds due to track configurations - and car story being displayed as an roll-on txt. Despite many members will later find evidence to contrary, I have to admit that during Demo Drive, for instance Nomad Diablo/Plymouth Cuda/Callaway C12 looked very ok. Standard cars looks way better than I expected, but far from complexity of Premiums.

Also, Demo Drive is dome on some special Test Course (probably Cape Ring, not sure at this point), and cars go uphill, downhill, slow and fast, in order to catch the sound and variations of the engine sound (Doppler Effect presented there is amazing). And I assure you that Diablo/Cuda/C12 (oh the V12 ) all sounds freaking beautiful. Driver in Demo Drive will sometimes make a small mistake, force skidding or even drifting - which is a nice touch.

Before going to Licenses you have to purchase a car. Purchasing a car in some colour gives you the Paint Item for that colour (for body or rims).

Now heading for the Licenses. Expect additional updates soon.

UPDATE SECOND AND HALF

OK, all National B Licenses done (10 of them), all Golds.

Nothing particulary challenging, but it was fun to see some licenses from the times of the very first Gran Turismo in the new era All licenses are done with Premium cars as expected.

Notice that Skid Recovery is permanetly on and it can't be set to off for al I-B Licenses. Other assists can be turned off, but you have to do it manually for every new License. Some things never change in he World of Gran Turismo Also notice that quantity of OSD data during in-cockpit is noting short of fabulous Position, map, current time, prize times, best time, all gauges, split-times... My dear Lord. Polyphony sticks to the roots of 15 years ago

For all Bronzes in I-B you get legendary Demio Sport '03. For Silver and Gold you get (spoiler alert): OFC Concept '07 and ZZ-S '00.

Notice that winning all I-B with Gold will get you to Lv. 4 and unlock Kart, JG Nascar and Top Gear Special Races (ones with appropriate level).

Also, I-B 10 License hosts 16 cars on track, so that one question is also settled pretty much.

http://www.gtplanet....ad.php?t=132738

[rajputwarrior]

Best post this so people don't jump to conclusions

well yeah if you want long loading times skipping the install is great.

[Vortex566]

**** off PD...

http://www.gamersmin...l-size-revealed

Ouch! Well I guess, as long as it keeps the loading times down it will be worth it.

[TDQuiksilver]

Blame the read speed of the BR drive.

[DigitalE]

7 gigs is nothing.

[Hedon]

It is when u have a 40gb PS3.

[Neo003]

Really 40min for 7gig install. :huh:

[AbandonedTrolley]

Yeah the install time seems a bit long, certainly a drive speed issue. Hehe Brian go dismantle an old laptop!

[Fubar]

It is when u have a 40gb PS3.

Replace the hard drive then, i replaced my 40gig with a 300gig one when i first got mine a while ago, isnt hard at all and 300gig drives are cheap as chips these days :)

[Sam]

Replace the hard drive then, i replaced my 40gig with a 300gig one when i first got mine a while ago, isnt hard at all and 300gig drives are cheap as chips these days :)

This. If you don't have the space, you don't *HAVE* to install the game...

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Just got GT5 for ?26.99 :D

[AbandonedTrolley]

Just got GT5 for ?26.99 :D

Gone from Sig to Collectors to Peasants :rofl:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Gone from Sig to Collectors to Peasants :rofl:

I know :(

I'm so broke right now though, and I need to buy xmas prezzies soon.

I really want to keep my collectors edition on order, but ?26.99 vs ?59.99....

[AbandonedTrolley]

Yeah it's understandable. Big difference, I've managed to get most presents and convinced gf to buy my the sig edition combined with some spare xmas money the parents had left to spend on me.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Yeah it's understandable. Big difference, I've managed to get most presents and convinced gf to buy my the sig edition combined with some spare xmas money the parents had left to spend on me.

My GF was buying me it at the start of November, but delay came along and now none of us can afford it :p

RPG senses tingling!

[Pablo2008jedi]

B-Spec looks and sounds really good, and the fact you can play it without the PS3 :)