official Gran Turismo 5

[mattmatik]

Wow those do look terrible. What the hell happened?

[NoLiMiT06]

Very sad it took them almost 6 years dev time to create a half assed game. Oh well, I will still give it a shot but I will be renting before dropping the $60.

[rajputwarrior]

Wow those do look terrible. What the hell happened?

that's how the majority of the cars look like. I'm going to hold off on picking up my pre-order and read some reviews. as of right now, if the game play part of the reviews isn't damn near perfect, i'm cancelling/returning it.

[NoLiMiT06]

Goood lord, umm what the hell were they thinking? This is very sad... The first Forza on the original Xbox looked better...

[Snakehn]

wow took them what, 5-6 years for this?

i was looking at some videos from gametrailers, this game looks like ^#$%$

here is one of the videos http://www.gametrailers.com/video/mustang-rain-gran-turismo/707766

[Razorwing]

Looks like they just dumped the GT4 versions in

[0nyX]

Yeah...OK

This is just unacceptable. Looks like something that was designed using MS Paint and even though Photomode looks very good it is not representative of the "in-game" quality.

Don't know about others but personally i have fun when i am actually playing a game and not taking screenshots of it.

[rajputwarrior]

only import 50 cars from psp :angry:

so i'm watching the gamespot now playing thingie and the replay is in HD, and the game looks like ass... it looks like AA doesn't exist.

[NoLiMiT06]

only import 50 cars from psp :angry:

so i'm watching the gamespot now playing thingie and the replay is in HD, and the game looks like ass... it looks like AA doesn't exist.

So what do the cars look like, better than the Celica above or worse? :p

[rajputwarrior]

So what do the cars look like, better than the Celica above or worse? :p

it's hard to tell because you can't really zoom in like those pictures, but it's not pretty. the premiums looks amazing though.

[j0nnymoe]

Very sad it took them almost 6 years dev time to create a half assed game. Oh well, I will still give it a shot but I will be renting before dropping the $60.

Yeh im renting first aswell, after playing forza 3, GT5 needs to be able to compete with it. If it doesnt, looks like im going to buy an xbox for one game :(

[Intersect]

Yeh im renting first aswell, after playing forza 3, GT5 needs to be able to compete with it. If it doesnt, looks like im going to buy an xbox for one game :(

while i have played forza3 on a friends xbox360, never played the series when i had a 360. i did like it :D ,

but no way in hell im i going to buy a new 360 just to play it. :wacko:

yes the standard cars in tg5 do look poo some times

compaired to the preimum ones.

there is more to GT5 than forza3 and PD have done some amazing work with it. yes we would have all prefered every single car

to have "preimum" graphics but would you rather have some standard cars than Non what so ever?

[Pablo2008jedi]

40mins till I pick up my copy......and yes I am still excited :woot:

[Vandalsquad]

The non premium cars look shocking and the enviroments in general look shocking not in photo mode. Mate just picked up his copy, Can't wait untill work tomorrow trollface.jpg :laugh:

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

For those who are into this game way more then I am (meaning veterans of the series) and who also know their stuff about cars (I know gas and brake, and how to change oil), if you could list what the good all around starting car and / or cars that more or less a noob like me to the series should focus on using and purchasing for awhile, it would be greatly appreciated.

When you start your drivers career it will recommend you pick up a used car, just ignore that and go to dealerships. You can buy quite a few cars new, but the Honda Civic Type R 1997 is the best bet for starting. Costs basically all your starting credits.

I reached level 6 last night, I love the RPG element added in regards to levelling up your drivers. There's so much to do, I took a break at level 6 to do the karting, it's actually a lot of fun License tests are as hard as ever in regards to getting gold.

I'll post a few pics of my starting car in a bit, spent a load of credits tuning it and adding some parts to the body.

[MightyJordan]

License tests are as hard as ever in regards to getting gold.

Personally, I'd disagree about the license tests getting harder. I think they're getting easier, as I've actually got gold on quite a few of them already. :p I'll post my current tally when I get back on later today. All I can remember is that I'm up to the I-A license now, so only two to go. :)

I'll try and post some pictures later as well. I took a quick one last night of my go-kart. :)

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Personally, I'd disagree about the license tests getting harder. I think they're getting easier, as I've actually got gold on quite a few of them already. :p I'll post my current tally when I get back on later today. All I can remember is that I'm up to the I-A license now, so only two to go. :)

I'll try and post some pictures later as well. I took a quick one last night of my go-kart. :)

You now have a racing wheel, STFU :p

[Pablo2008jedi]

Damn it! Hurry up and open!! Lol waiting outside my local gamestation store...

[Pablo2008jedi]

I haz it!!!!

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I really can't wait to get stuck into this but I'm not going to lie about how disappointed I am by the state of some of the non-premium cars. I sold my Xbox 360 and Forza Motorsport 3 which I thought was fantastic, primarily to merge my BD player and games console into one unit.. but also because I knew GT5 was starting to loom on the horizon. It's impossible not to be disappointed looking at how poor those standard models are.

I suspect there will be some very, very critical reviews of the game because of these.

My copy should hopefully be waiting at home for me when I get back tomorrow :)

[AbandonedTrolley]

I'm kinda hoping that with the outcry that's hit it, they will put in some patching to change the rendering routines of the standards and maybe smooth them out a little.

[Xerxes]

I'm really worried about GT5 now, seems like it's gonna be a massive let down :( I also have no idea when my copy will arrive, been in limbo for 3 days now at the depo...but to be honest, after all this talk about the horrific standard cars and poor graphics (for the tracks) I'm not that excited for it anymore :/ it's turning into the biggest disappointment of the year.....I'll reserve final judgement for when my copy arrives one day though. That is my 2 cents, take with a grain of salt.

[Flash]

I'm pretty enraged about how the standard car models look, looks completely as if no effort was put into polishing them at all. Not having 800 standard interior view is perfectly fine with me but I don't think there is much excuse for leaving the exterior as is from GT4 imported into GT5.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I don't think it'll be the flop some people are fearing. Just been reading some of the reviews from the big web sites and they're saying the same kind of thing - a flawed masterpiece. Lots of things about it are wrong, but they're outweighed by how good the rest of it is.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

You yanks are going to enjoy the Nascar School :p