Gran Turismo 5 Release Date

[Cam]

Originally Posted by My poor XF

I bought the ps3 because it can act as a home media centre. Games were a focus but I would have bought an xbox if it did everything the ps3 does.

It would be silly to buy one just for GT5.

That is the dilemma I have, I have a media PC capable of playing pretty well all games, so other then GT5 I wouldn't buy a PS3, but I wanna play GT5 :(

[My poor XF]

Originally Posted by Cam

That is the dilemma I have, I have a media PC capable of playing pretty well all games, so other then GT5 I wouldn't buy a PS3, but I wanna play GT5 :(

If you don't have a blu-ray player the decision might be easier.

[CFOUR]

My review. I'm better at forza3 so my brain reacts and says it better but I can see how the physics of gt5 are superior I'll tuff it out I'm sure it will get better as I do. Besides I love me some trial mountain. Now where's that G27...

Also be sure to try a few cars before making a judgement call, I was about ready to snap the disc before I took the 1967 GT40 for a blast around le-mauns.

[Black F6]

im billensash if anyone wants to add me

[5.4 GT]

Some nice action shots there guys!

My 700+HP N/A, 1100ish kg Gallardo on BBS rims shod with slicks.



Is there a dedicated picture thread yet?

[Spudz27]

Originally Posted by 5.4 GT

Some nice action shots there guys!

My 700+HP N/A, 1100ish kg Gallardo on BBS rims shod with slicks.



Is there a dedicated picture thread yet?

Nice. I was going to open one up, but thought I would leave it till there was enough interest or someone else beats me to it.

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by EDfutura25

Oh and finally peoples thoughts on collision noises? Sounds like someone kicking a cardboard box, or something rolling around in the boot. It is pretty woefull

Some collisions noises in GT5 sound exactly the same as a police chasing game I played on PS1 about 8 years ago.

[The Stylist]

Originally Posted by JoshXR

How would anyone rate it against Forza 3 keeping in mind i have had extensive hours in all the GT's 2 3 and 4 ? xbox is currently dead looking to upgrade but dont know what to do ?

Well I've jumped into GT5 after playing Forza 3 for over the last month, and one thing I noticed immediately was how crap the engine/exhaust notes are in GT5, some of the cars don't sound remotely similar to real things. When it comes to car customisation Forza runs rings around this thing.

Apart from the "photo-mode" graphics and handling physics, I've found it a tad disappointing - maybe it was overhyped in the lead up to its release.

[Spudz27]

Polyphony have really stuffed this game up, yes it has good physics and graphics (on some cars), but engine sounds are terrible, you can't custom every car, the noise made when crashing into things is like someone kicking a box and they boast about 1000+ cars, but I have not even seen the AU supercar, infact I am lucky if 250 cars are currently available. There is no doubt Forza 3 is miles ahead and to think they spent 6 years developing this. I will keep playing it because I payed for it, and I enjoy taking photo's, but after this I will only buy the Forza titles, christ Forza 4 could just be 3 with new cars for all I care, it is still better in terms of a complete package than GT5.

[Watto_Cobra]

I'm thinking that not everything is available straight up.

eg. the Nurburgring Nordschleife isn't in the practise area but the GP track is. There is supposed to be three versions of the Nurburgring - GP track, Nordschleife and (I can't remember the name) a longer version that joins both of them together.

If you look at the trophy's (the XMB trophies outside the game) one of them is to use an R35 GTR on the Nordschleife to beat the 7:29ish record that was set on it in real life.

There is a heap of cars missing at the moment, even in just the Ford showroom. I don't see a Holden showroom or the Commodore and Monaro yet, unless they'll only be available at some point in the used cars section.

Also, in Polyphony Digital's showroom, where is this ultimate race car, the Red Bull X1 that Adrian Newey and Kazunori Yamauchi made?

I think all this will become available as you progress.

I haven't had much play time yet, halfway through getting all gold's in the International C licence, and only raced in the beginner section so far.

[Black F6]

im billensash on ps3 if anyone wants to add me

[XR6_661]

My other complaint is that my tool of a friend can't quite grasp the concept of clean racing when we play online.

Ended up just quitting online play.

He was in a 09 GTR and I had my 32 (tuned to 647hp)...on circuit de la sarthe, that sweeping bend after the big straight, took him on the outside, no contact...Next small bend that can be taken at full noise I clearly had the racing line into the corner, eased off a tad and he pushes up the inside...pushes me to the outside....5 or so spins later.

Had some good races with my other friend though in his R33 GTR.

Other than that....still having loads of fun...favourite car at the moment is still my 512BB Ferrari. But mind you, had a drive of the scuderia...awesome!

How good is the AMG special events!

[XR6_661]

How the hell are you supposed to get pics with the steering wheel.

Doesn't bloody work.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by EDfutura25

Also just turned it on to a new update of 133mb, thankfully it only takes 4mins, but that is 266mb of updates in 2 days. Oh and finally peoples thoughts on collision noises? Sounds like someone kicking a cardboard box, or something rolling around in the boot. It is pretty woefull

I'll update mine now - probably won't have time to play it today though. :(

I thought it was hitting one of those barrels full of water with a pole. I thought it was going to model damage but sadly, it doesn't. It'd be nice if there was an actual *simulator* mode where you get penalised for not being clean and using the AI as speed brakes.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

How good is the AMG special events!

I think I've done the first one, is that on a section of the BurgerRing in the 50's(?) AMG? Got a silver but now I've got the wheel out might have another crack at it. On the high speed stuff, I find the sixaxis very limiting.

[blueoval]

Does the game update automatically or is that something you need to manually do?

[Skotty]

Originally Posted by Black F6

im billensash if anyone wants to add me

I'll add you shortlly, my PSN is skotty_87

I've been loving the game, its kinda geeky all 3 of us males at my house have our own copy each and my mate has signature, I have colectors, and my mate has standard..

[Skotty]

Originally Posted by blueoval

Does the game update automatically or is that something you need to manually do?

Automatic.. if your PS3 is connected to the net and you open GT5, it will auto update.... same with sometimes mid game... but rember you cant use ya PS3 while its updating..

[blueoval]

cheers Skotty

[FPV8U]

Got a C63 and went Crazy on it last night.. sounded Porn when i got it..

Sounds like Poo Now although 1-2-3-4 is just wheelspin on demand with Full N/A Tuning and a Stage 3 Turbo, sort of wish i didn't waste the money now though :P

Ive got a Mach 1 and a SRT 8 Challenger (Sounds..Goood!)

My toy at the moment is a Focus ST (XR5T) with a few mods, having some FWD fun and *** you add the power torque steer was a massive issue thank F^&% for the LSD upgrade and some Slicks.

[3vXT]

Originally Posted by Watto_Cobra

eg. the Nurburgring Nordschleife...


I don't see a Holden showroom or the Commodore and Monaro yet...

I don't know about the other tracks but you open up the Nurburgring Nordwhatever by doing half the Nurburgring events in the Specials part. Same for the top gear track.

I haven't seen the Commodore or the AU race car but I have seen a Monaro in the used bit. It's random though, not like GT4 where it rotated every 700 days.

[3vXT]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

How good is the AMG special events!

I'm loving it, I almost cried during the last one when I realised how awesome the track still is and that I still remember it. I'm still ****ed off about many things but it makes up for it all.

Try turning the abs and tc off, its intense

I'm a firm believer in turning the aids off for cars that don't actually have them (or times when you would turn them off) but I had to have them on to get a podium on the Elise/top gear track test. Anyone who can get third or better (you only need 5th to pass though) without the abs and tc or bouncing off other cars is pretty good.

[FPV8U]

For anyone that wants to add my PSN is the same as here FPV8U.

I'll be giving some online stuff a go later this week.

[Spudz27]

I spent 180k upgrading the 08 SRT, entered it in the supercar championship, I was beating Ford GT race cars, until the straight, it just didn't have the legs past 320kph, where as the GT obviously did and even though I had a 4 second buffer they still caught up. Now I have no cash :(

[FPV8U]

Does the MK1 Sound good with the side pipes?

What Spec Exhaust upgrade is that on the list?

Is it just me or can you not do brake upgrades on anything?

[Nikked]

Why don't the car line ups load in the new car lot?

[mik]

the car list for gt5, there is an Au xr8 listed just the stocker by the look of it, i had a bit of a go of my brothers machine, i found it a little hard without car setup, he is also useing a non gt5 steering wheel that is not supposed to work, but he managed to get it going though the paddles don`t work,you need a bit of patience to learn the game set up i think.
i watched him set up the car and his lap time came down by 7 seconds or there abouts and i like the way you can modify the cars and actually see improvement.
http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo...cial-car-list/

[nb_351]

ive found it to be pretty awesome, havent done the online yet as the cables wont reach lol
the only thing that s..ts me right off is the licences and being bumped and failing lol
apart from that its a lot like gt4, which is not a bad thing

[Spudz27]

I must say my Dodge Challenger SRT 08 is insane. O.k I spent 180k upgrading it, but I am doing the world supercar championship now and beating proper corvette, dodge, nissan race cars etc by 4-5 seconds easy. I realised after being caught up to by the ford race car I still had not upgraded the LSD and since then I have not been caught on a straight, not sure what difference it made, I put initial torque up by 20 points and the accel and decel up by 10ea. Top Speed so far before having to brake is 335km/h.

[3vXT]

Originally Posted by mik

the car list for gt5, there is an Au xr8 listed just the stocker by the look of it,

That's the race car. It was called the same thing in GT4 I think, a little misleading.

I just stumbled upon the '65 Shelby GT350R in the used cars bit. I must have missed it in the list. With a few minor mods it was by far my favourite car in GT4, its not one of the premium cars but I don't care

Also, i'm positive one of the standard cars I was driving the other day only had bumper view, roof view and behind the car view. The 350 (and probably others) have a bonnet view as well.