Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is not a full game, nor is it a demo. With 71 cars, 6 tracks, and an online mode, it's hardly a demo, but is it worth buying?
As soon as you put the game in your PS3, you'll be prompted to install part of the game to your hard drive. The install takes up about 5,000 megabytes, but it reduces loading times to a minimum. As soon as you get to the main menu, called My Page, you'll be treated to Gran Turismo's signature smooth jazz. My Page is an interface much like that of the PS3's XMB. The first thing you need to do in the game is buy your first car. You have 30,000 credits to spend on a car of your choice. After you buy a car, you'll race through 4 classes of races: C, B, A, and S. The game offers stunningly realistic graphics and car performance. Polyphony Digital went to great lengths to make sure this is the most realistic racing simulator avaliable. The car handling is amazing; it feels as though you are driving a real car! The revamped game engine gives the car a sense of weight and power you just don't get playing other racing simulators. Also, the game has great sound. You'll want to turn your TV way up because the sound of the car engines is so authentic and realistic. There is a new in-car veiw too that's awesome. Also new to the Gran Turismo franchise is a feature called Gran Turismo TV. Here you can download videos and replay movies from the game, like the opening movie.
There are only six tracks in the game, and if you want to buy every car, you're going to have to replay each of them a lot. It's not such a bad thing though, because it's so much fun flying around the track in your favorite car. The game also offers an online mode. The options are few, but it's fun. I only experienced a hint of lag, and I have the slowest internet connection this side of France. The tracks, while beautiful, are still a little bland. It's understandable, considering how much polygons are needed to make the cars so beautiful. When you are driving behind a row of 15 cars, there is very minor slowdown in the game. It's very small, so most people won't even notice it. It's important to note that while there still isn't damage in the game, GT creator Kazunori Yamauchi has stated that damage should be coming this year, via a fall update. I also think it would be awesome if there were to be weather effects in the full game, like snow and rain. My fingers are crossed. Unfortunately, I cannot say how GT5: Prologue performs with a steering wheel, because I do not have one. I assume it plays great though.
So, GT5: Prologue is not a full game, but it's not a demo either. With 71 cars, it offers more vehicles to drive than some full games! If you are a Gran Turismo fan, this is a must buy. It only makes me more excited for the full Gran Turismo 5! Spring of next year can't come soon enough!
iLLGaming contributor Anikait Makkar writes about the gaming industry's current business practices, and how it affects the consumer.
free to play no matter how good the game is if it is a free to play i dont play.
i want to pay full price for a full balanced experience unlocks shouldn't be earned by money but by the hard work you put in the game.
my free to play nightmares are borderlands,diablo,titanfall,w arhawk 2,halo and star wars battlefront.
Worst business practices
Paying to play online (PS+, XBL)
Season passes
disc locked content
Paid DLC (DLC should be free unless it is significant enough to be an expansion)
Paying to use your own internet, DLC (all of it, I'd rather have expansion packs with a ton of content), DLC coming out a week after the game's release, incomplete games with missing sections sold as DLC, pre order bonuses, short and pointless campaigns, not having server lists (like COD which insert you into random games and maps), expensive and permanent digital prices, yearly sequels with minor changes at full price, lack of challenging AI, lack of originality, and most of Micro$ofts "business practices." This may sound like a hateful statement, but I blame M$ for bringing most of these things to consoles. I remember when there free and inexpensive map packs on Live in the early years of 2006 and 2007, then they started pinching pennies.
Who else here has been gaming long enough to remember when paying $50 got you the WHOLE game? No left-out content sold as DLC, disc-locked content, season passes, outfits, avatars, etc.
Excuse me, I need to go have a cry at what has happened to my beloved hobby.
TechPrezz: The Grand Turismo 5 update 2.08 is set to be released and coming with a trio of new DLCs and will be launched on coming Tuesday
The new cars include the Nissan GT-R N24 GT Academy ’12, the Subaru BRZ S ’12 and the Honda weider HSV-010 (SUPER GT) ’11, with a cost of $0.99 for each of them. The update also include some enhancements apart from the fix to reported bugs.
With this update, you will be bale to select “Disable collisions” in the [Event Settings] of online races and the clutch pedal response while using the steering wheel controllers “G25 Racing Wheel”, “G27 Racing Wheel”, “T500RS” and “TH8RS” has been adjusted. The ID’s are now shown above cars when watching online races. There are also some other improvements. The Grand Turismo 5 2.08 is coming as free downloadable update.
that's why i love the real driving simulator.
Wow updates for this game are still coming. i wish all companies were like this
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