IGN: Gran Turismo PSP Review

It's been a long time in the coming, but Gran Turismo for the PSP is finally here, not so coincidentally launching on the same day as the PSPgo. The numbers are great, particularly for a PSP title, with it featuring some 800 cars, 35 tracks and 60 track variations (meaning forward and reverse on most of the tracks), and all while running at 60fps

[DarthTigra]

Really wasn't expecting this

[FlipMode]

This sucks.....

[Gabe EatsWell]

I don't know what to say........

[The Meerkat]

Maybe the real focus is on GT5.

[Chubear]

lol IGN.

This is what I mean when I tell people all these editorial gaming sites are just manipulating the community any how they want for traffic and ad$. They ALL do it.

If you think GT on the go is a 6type experience then you just started gaming in 2005 and know little to nothing about gaming.

[N4G king]

yah good for you IGN
i can expect anything form you now after that 25 console list

[Gabe EatsWell]

You may be right about that... I don't know.

[Shadow Flare]

If you read the review, their one and only major gripe was the lack of a proper career mode. That was basically it. But thats a bit weird its lacking a good career mode. If you were looking forward to the psp version, then this is a bit disappointing but GT5 is bound to have a proper career mode. The real gt's always have. Disappointing for the psp version but don't be a fool and think gt5 will be the same

[DarthTigra]

Yep exactly that was their main gripe with the game.

Not having a career mode really changes the feel of a GT title and that was dumb on the developers part. If the game couldn't fit one why not reduce the amount of cars???
Its not like anyone but a die hard GT player will collect them all.

And if they didn't have time they should have just waited to release it. I think Sony just wanted a good game to launch with the PSP GO. But they shouldn't sacrifice the quality of the game for that reason or for any reason at all.

[Silellak]

Why even make a GT game without a career mode? Seriously?

That'd be like Uncharted without a single player mode. YOU JUST DON'T DO IT.

[Sarcasm]

It's disappointing, but it is what it is. What can yah do.

They took that "on the go" gaming a little too seriously. *sigh*

[umair_s51]

Really wasn't expecting this

[phosphor112]

Sigh.. that's saddening. That's like the pinnacle part of the GT series.. and to take that out for 800 cars is a mistake.. =/ oh well.

[ultimolu]

Don't worry about it guys. I'm still planning on trying the game out myself.

[Arnon]

Having no career mode and any ability to upgrade cars just blows. It's like they made a game where you do nothing but race the same thing over and over.

I think I'll give it a try and see if it's better.

[Ju]

I don't really agree with the complaint about the career mode. Its a hand-held game. Means, you pick it up while at the airport (or where ever) and drive a couple of laps. At least that's what I do. Handheld gaming is not the same as console gaming, that's why I can understand why they designed it that way. Not sure if I want to do a stop-and-go career (that is, my PSP idles around for some time until the next trip comes around).

I think that's a rather low score for a game which pushes the boundary for PSP games, IMO. But I'll find out myself comes October 1st.

[ABizzel1]

I know what to say, that's what happens when you rely on websites to review games for you. IGN is only one source, and it's one persons opinion not all of IGN nor the world. Your counts just as much as there's does.

Now on to their review. There only complaints is that there's no career mode, and there's no online. I completely understand the online deal, but honestly most of the people I know with PSP's don't go online. Online should have been in GT PSP, it was expected to be on GT PSP, and because it wasn't they knocked it for it which is completely unfair. Once again every game doesn't need online.

Second checking the car stats to see if you have it is the dumbest complaint I've ever seen in a review. Yes the car should be marked to let you know you have it, but it's stupid to knock a game for something like this.

Third the calendar system, again it sucks, but deal with it. It's not like you're going to have millions of dollars anyway to go and buy every car (except for the cheaters out there).

Finally there's no career mode. This again is one the dumbest thing I've ever heard in a review. Do honestly need screens and menus to make you feel like you're really a millionaire whose driving these cars for a chance even more millions. Short answer "NO". I personally could care less about a racing game having a career mode, because all it does is make you play the tracks it wants you to play. It's not like you play a racing game for the story.

Now if you look at all the categories you get the following

Presentation 4.0
Graphics 8.5
Sound 8.0
Gameplay 7.0
Lasting Appeal 6.0

We all know the game looks good, and all GT games sound like a car should as well.

Presentation- Now presentation they took points off for not having a career mode (which they don't need) even though the game offers you 100+ challenges which they state are good, but offer you nothing.

Gameplay- Let's see what they said here. The gameplay is classic GT which is great ok let's look at the last classic GT gameplay score.

IGN gave

GT4- 9.5/10
GT5:P- 8.5/10 (which was criticized for not having more tracks)

In my book it should have got an 8.5/10 for gameplay, but let's see why they took points off. "However, Without a career mode to pull you through the point in collecting cars and all that is quickly lost." (Chris Roper).

So Basically career mode which was just mentioned in presentation where it should have been, also affects gameplay. BS.

Lasting Appeal- Let's see what we have here. "If you want to collect everything it'll take you forever, and the Ad-Hoc multiplayer only adds to that."

Ok so there's a lot of cars to collect meaning the game should last you a long time or at least until GT5 comes out. So let's see why it only got a 6.0/10

"However, the collecting comes to a grinding halt because of presentation issues."

Once again presentation is mention where it shouldn't be. You can share certain cars with friends allowing you both to have a copy, you can trade cars with your friends, you can race with your friends, you can collect over 800 cars, and when GT5 comes out you can synch GT PSP with GT5 and have the cars you earned in GT PSP playable for the start of GT5 that's amazing, but he complains about that as well saying he doesn't want to start GT5 with a 250mph car (then don't synch them then).

In other words this review is full of shigady. GT PSP was wrongfully marked down, because the reviewer wanted to play career mode and there isn't one. He states the racing and everything else is good (which is what the game is all about), but still marks it down because there's no career mode.

So I'll write the scores it should have got for you.

Presentation- 6.0 (No career mode, doesn't make or break a RACING GAME, especially when it offers you a mode that lets you progress through the game at your own pace. But just for you IGN review I'll mark it down.)

Graphics- 8.5

Sound- 8.0

Gameplay- 9.0 (read their review they would have gave GT5: Pro a higher score in gameplay, but I'll let you read why they didn't. And since they say it's pretty much classic GT5 then this is the score it should have got.)

Lasting Appeal- 8.0 (At least they gave GT5: Pro. an 8.0 as well and it doesn't off near as much content only and bare bones online mode.)

Overall- 8.2 If you love GT get this game and have a PSP get this game, If you want a head up on the competition when GT5 come out get this game, If you enjoyed GT4 and GT5: Pro. which this game is a mix of then get this game.

There you go n4g. My daily deed of good has been served.

[SuperStrokey1123]

well i was reading the review and to be honest there really is only 1 MAJOR problem and that is the way cars are bought and how it makes no sense. If that issue was fixed then the score would have been significantly higher... (presentation would have been higher and so would have lasting appeal putting this in the 8ish range.)

[rockleex]

I was right.

[Megan Fox]

If this is by any means an indication of what to expect from GT5, i'll be worry.

[WenisWagon]

Flop.

[Lifendz]

Did not expect that. Chris Roper knows his stuff when it comes to GT so I guess I can't say the reviewer was biased. If that's the score that's the score. I guess I'll see what other people say.

[lightningsax]

I'm not seeing the "It's only a career mode, it didn't deserve the low score" contingent's argument here. Some sort of mode that lets you enjoy the game in a rewarding, well-paced fashion (at the very least) should be in any game boasting a single-player experience. This is what made R4 so awesome (well, that and the music). It's not time to throw the single-player experience away and create GT-Hawk.

As a huge fan of good PSP games, good racing games, and good single-player experiences, I'm infuriated! Why not just copy over the old GT4 simulation mode, add a bit to it, and bam - there you go!

At the same time, it's not fair to say "Uh-oh, this does not bode well for GT5" since the creators of these games were definitely two separate teams. One tried to put GT4 on PSP for years in the style of Duke Nukem Forever and threw up this thing. The other one has been hard at work. I'm sure GT5 will be a completely different beast.

[Trevorthenerd]

just because a sony console was not at the top yeah...

[xenogamer]

is a huge GT fanboy, its one of his favorite series of all time, and if you think hes a fanboy, then you obviously have your goggles to tight, this is a fan of the series giving it a low score because quite frankly its not up to snuff. Deal with it.

[INehalemEXI]

Im not tripping off no career mode on the go I would just want some racing. GT5 will have the killer career and playing through a career now would just spoil the GT5 career Xperience.

[na2ru1]

Resources and time were wasted for GT5 in favour of GTPSP. PD at least you can use this to your advantage as feedback for completing GT5.

[ecb]

can anyone tell me how much space a umd has? im guessing it came to looking nice at 60fps with 800 cars but a gimped career, or a full career with gimped graphics and less stable fps - because of space issues. now if this were the issue, considering the handheld format, i think id rather have it the way it is.

does suck though :\

[andron]

Thats unexpected and a bit sad.

I think maybe some reviewers expect too much from this. It does package in a lot of racing and good graphics on a portable gaming device...

[ceedubya9]

No Career mode? I was going to at least give this game a shot, but that kills it for me. Not a huge loss though. Between all the 360, PS3, and PSP games coming out I should be okay.

[sloth4urluv]

"Don't worry about it guys. I'm still planning on trying the game out myself."
Omg! I was so worried you wouldnt try it out.

@ECB
"can anyone tell me how much space a umd has? im guessing it came to looking nice at 60fps with 800 cars but a gimped career, or a full career with gimped graphics and less stable fps - because of space issues. now if this were the issue, considering the handheld format, i think id rather have it the way it is.

does suck though :\ "

How much space do you think career mode takes up?
you already have the cars
You already have the tracks
all you need is code and maybe some graphics for the menus.
Lets see that comes to a grand total of what, like 5 Mb?

And how is career mode going to affect fps?

[Doppy]

I agree with ABizzel1. I read the entire review and the gave the game a low score for lack of career and online modes. Was Uncharted a bad game even though it didn't have online "NO". And is Warhawk a bad game even though it doesn't have a single player campaign "NO". GT PSP has the gameplay mechanics and that's is what should matter the most. All of you who are complaining are spoiled, and expect everything to be the same and when something outside the norm happens you lose it, or put it down.

[ceedubya9]

These days, certain types of games come with expectations.

Shooters are expected to have some type of multiplayer.

RPGs are expected to be long and have a good storyline and battle system.

Action Adventure games need to be fun, and at least have some length to it and a decent storyline.

Racers (real racers), are expected to have lots of cars, tracks, and some type of career mode.

[Omega4]

Damn i wonder what GT5 will turn out like then. Seems like loads of cars dont mean a better game.

[DarthTigra]

Really Omega??? Dont start really this is a PSP game

[FlipMode]

Better than ODST :)

[Omega4]

Im not trying to start anything i just think its kinda worrying. PD are perfectionists and this game has been in development for ages just like GT5. But i do hope GT5 does at least surpasses GT4 average of 89 at meta because since GT3 PD havnt released anything above that standard and that was like 10 years ago i think so they need to prove themselves.

[growup74]

ac...website is a hoax...but ok lol whatever makes you feel better

[DarthTigra]

And so is Kojima. If you read the review they clearly point out that the game doesn't have a career mode and that doesn't help the game(Con sole Gran Turismos do) or help the score. Look at what Metal Gear solid Portable Ops+ got for the PSP http://psp.ign.com/objects/...

Then look at what MGS4 got http://ps3.ign.com/articles...

You cant look at a score for a PSP game and use that to think about what a console game will get is all im saying

[Cold 2000]

Wow worse than Too Human...

[callahan09]

I think it's a misleading review. They say the game plays great, it controls great, the racing is great, the selection of cars and tracks is great. Look, you still have to race to earn money and then spend your money to build up a collection of cars. So it's just a portable-ized version of a "career" mode. They just don't have it set up where you have to earn licenses to participate in certain races, but from what I can tell, they're saying that if you want a game that simulates the experience of racing a huge variety of realistic cars on a large selection of realistic tracks with beautiful graphics and great controls on a handheld, then Gran Turismo PSP is your game. I'm not quite sure why this reviewer is placing such a ridiculous amount of importance on the game not having what he considers to be a deep enough career mode. If you want to play some fun races on the go, this'll provide you with that experience.

In my opinion, saying it lacks a career mode is misleading. That would imply that it's an arcade experience and that you don't earn money and have to buy cars, but that right from the start all or most of the cars are available. The game does work on a calendar system (not sure I understand how that works, though, but I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks), and you don't get access to all the cars. You have to earn cars by earning money then buy the cars. I LIKE the fact that I can race on any track whenever I want, though, without having to unlock them. I mean, this is a portable game, and it's something I will play for instant gratification while on the subway. Making it a full GT experience where I can't do certain things until I've earned licenses and passed certain events and what not, well, that doesn't appeal to me quite as much as just being able to have a good race for a few minutes while I'm on the train. I've got my console games to get addicted to in terms of trying to worry about unlocking and progressing. I've got handhelds to help me get over boredom for 10 to 20 minute intervals.

[Arnon]

I wasn't aware that 3 disagrees required a large list of multiple accounts. Anyway, the man is right. He didn't say anything wrong, and he brings up a very logical question, because right now, this scares the b'jesus out of me. How will Gran Turismo 5 turn out? I'm sure it will be fine, but both of these games have been in development for a while now.

[Ju]

Not to spoil your discussion here, but the only intelligent comment in this particular thread here came from callahan09.

[Lifendz]

This is a game for a handheld system; not a console. And if you, in your 360 is almighty world, could play a Forza game on a handheld you probably would regardless of the score from one site.

I asked the Mart, Power of Green, and all the other 360 homers so I guess I'll ask you: what's with all the hate for Sony? What did it? I'm willing to bet you owned a PS2. What happened that made you a fanboy?

[randomwiz]

Its basically because they own one system. You see, when I owned one system, it would hurt me to see the other system doing well. It made me feel like I'm missing out on a lot. I admitted to that, and bought the other system.

These fanboy's also get hurt to see the other system doing well, the only difference between me and a fanboy is that I admitted that I'm missing out on a lot and bought both systems, but these fanboys won't admit it, and they're in denial. Whenever the other system does good, they have to make some stupid comment to make themselves feel better.

[stevenhiggster]

oh go away Omega, why are you, the biggest fanboy on this site, even reading an article about a PSP game? You are only here to annoy people.

[Gabe EatsWell]

6.8 = 68
meaning its better than RRODST's 64/100!
Hahahaha! Seriously, I really really wasnt expecting this. :|

[talltony]

Its a racing game on a psp that runs at 60fps with tons of cars. Am I missing something?? Its looks like a high budget psp game to me. When I first saw it I didnt think for one sec it would get this sort of review. I will wait to see other reviews.

[El Botto]

Yes, you have. You missed the word "review by xbot".

The problem with these people is that their heads are so far stuck up their asses, they are unable to judge games objectively.

What you have here, is a superb racing game for a handheld. These idiots dont realize that you cant find something like that on the DS or anywhere else. Its a HANDHELD racer, not a game designed for a console.

[No FanS Land]

Mind I tell you that you're comparing two completely different websites?

[General Jewels]

This is signs for GT5 flop soon aswell.

[TROLL EATER]

deserve 9.5 imo for being the fake driving simulator

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Where is Micro$oft's Handheld then??? ;-D

Oh silly me, i forgot they can't even make ANY 'AAA' Games this year yet for their POS the xBox 360!!! ;-D So if they did have a Handheld out it would have 'ZERO' games for it to!!! ;-D

[36T]

"Where is Micro$oft's Handheld then??? ;-D"

Another loser Sony fanboy preparing to chew on some well cooked crow. Wait for the Zune Hd to come out first. They can't do much worse then GT PSP can they? LOL

[General Jewels]

yep GT5 need awards for being the fake driving simulator, since theres no road car damage. Even NF Shift is way better then horse manure GT5 and 6.8 GT PSP LOL

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

There is still plenty of playability, but you shouldn't expect to get a console experience on a casual gaming device - it is still hands down the best racing game ever to come out for a handheld.

The only gripe I find legit here is the fact that the PSP and PS3 versions wont be compatible, it would have been cool to play GT5 from your PSP.

As far as customizing goes, that's cheap anyways. Racing a stock-car is the true test of its ability, not about who can spend more modding out their car. I could make an A1 honda hot for the right amount of money. It takes more skill to race a car stock, and it takes more balls to put that stock car up against somebody elses stock car.

[JOLLY1]

Eurogamer game it a better score than ign. That sucks for pd though, it would sucks putting so much time into something just to have people not like it. I still think they did a great job for their first psp game. That is a boat load of content still though.

[Panthers]

It seems there is no depth to it. I mean if there is no 'career' mode or whatever, then all it is is racing for no reason.

[Ju]

Its a mobile game, for god's sake. I mean, you know. Jump in for a couple of minutes, move on. That's usually how mobile games work. Don't know, why all of a sudden this has to compare against full fledged console games, because its GT.

[kaveti6616]

That's not what GT fans were hoping for. Plus, Pokemon is also a mobile game but it's all about the RPG. You don't just hop in for two minutes and catch a pikachu and then leave. GTPSP could have had a career mode. Instead, PD chose to add a lot of cars. Some people think that is a mistake. That's why they're disappointed. What GTPSP has is great, but what it doesn't have is what makes it bitter sweet.

[Meus Renaissance]

Damage Control in 3...2...1

But honestly, wow at the score. Did not expect that. Microsoft must have paid IGN out again. Still, 0.8 better than ODST right guys? At least there's some ammo for the wars

But seriously how does it get 4/10? This thing looked beautiful from the screenshots.

EDIT: NO CAREER MODE, WHAAT?! How can you not have a career mode for a portable racing game?

[growup74]

aahhahahahahahah

[Elven6]

There are Halo 3: ODST reviews on the net already?

[Sarcasm]

Wow that sucks. Getting it anyway! I bet it's still better than 95% of the other racing games on PSP.

[growup74]

EEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
....guess it wont stand up to forza 3 after all <-----tooo all the ps3 fanboys that said that...\id lol

[FlipMode]

Then disregard my comment.

[growup74]

psid enjoi187 .....no fanboy here.

id prefer to wait for forza 3 and gt5....psp games arent my style...gow and FF on psp was good though

[Morbid Bulldozer]

@Flip: of course it does happen. It's just that for every X360 troll there's like 20 PS3 trolls.

[FlipMode]

-@above well that aint the case in this article is it?

[growup74]

it was in that fake halo odst review.....ps3 fans are just brutal.

but i look forward to uncharted 2 and mass effect to the most

[Peter North]

For those who are wondering about the suspicious score, IGN recently fired editors and had Matt Cassamasina-The biggest Nintendo fanboy on planet Earth-take over as Editor-in-large.

[TOO PAWNED]

If you knew anything about IGN, you would know that Chris Roper is PS3 fanboy AND huge GT fan, so your logic fails.

[AliTheBrit]

Not a very good score?...

Wasn't GT supposed to be a high quality series?.. guess not

[Gabe EatsWell]

GT5 = PS3. This is a PSP game. You may want to use your brain a little more.

[dustgavin]

You must have missed the 64 that Halo:ODST received.

[AliTheBrit]

@Gabe

I said the GT series, my point is still valid, what are you an idiot?

@dustgavin

What the hell does Halo ODST have to do with this? Halo is pure garbage, it deserves a low score, seriously are you morons that thick headed and desperate to defend everything to do with the playstation that you think any kind of criticism or negativity towards it is an act of fanboyism.

Morons.

[Gabe EatsWell]

Nice stealth edit AliTheBrit. I saw it you fool.

[dustgavin]

"What the hell does Halo ODST have to do with this? Halo is pure garbage, it deserves a low score, seriously are you morons that thick headed and desperate to defend everything to do with the playstation that you think any kind of criticism or negativity towards it is an act of fanboyism"

Considering how quick you are to dismiss a series based off one score shows just how ignorant, thick-headed, and desperate you are.

Move along now, idiot.

[ultimolu]

...Over a PSP game?

Desperation at it's finest, lol.

[Nelson M]

Nuff said

[AliTheBrit]

@Dustgavin

If a high quality game like, oh say, Fallout 3, got a 6/10

I would say the same thing, wasn't this game/series supposed to be high quality? as in, what where the reviewers thinking.

LOL all you prats are noobs and amatures, I was here, 2 years ago, as a droid, yep a droid, a PS3 fanboy, I've grown up since then. So dont call me a bot haha I was fanboy trolling this website a looooong time before you

[dustgavin]

You are so full of garbage.

Here are both comments you made:
1. Wasn't GT supposed to be a high quality series?.. guess not

Now you are claiming you meant something different:
2.I would say the same thing, wasn't this game/series supposed to be high quality? as in, what where the reviewers thinking.

You are not fooling anyone except for yourself.

[36T]

LMAO.. look at all the excuses the fanboys are bringing to the table. What happened to GT PSP being better then Forza 3? LOL. Oh man.. i love it when Sony fanboys eat crow.. It seems to happen quite often. How would you like your crow cooked? Well done?

Pure 100% flop! LMAO

@ dustgavin

LMAO @ u!! Dumbass!

[dustgavin]

Awwww....seems your feelings are still hurt from the last time I owned you.

You can comfort yourself in the 64 Halo:ODST received.

[Peter North]

Also, for those who are wondering about the bubbles, don't worry;It's just the usual Flopbots with multiple accounts.

[Gabe EatsWell]

You're one of the funniest guys here on N4G. I believe you deserve like 20 bubbles lol. Here, have one. :)

[LazyDevs]

Gabe just sign in with your 15 accounts and give him a full load of bubbles.

[Gabe EatsWell]

15 accounts? lol. I have one other account thats been dead for a looooong time now. nice fail lazydevz.

[hobokiller]

"Full load"
LOL

[growup74]

looks like after all this isnt better than.....looks like flopza 3

oo well only good psp games are FF and gow

[54percent]

"4.0 Presentation
No career mode of any sort. You can't easily tell which cars you have. Beating all of the more than 100 challenge events nets you nothing. At least the challenge demonstrations are good."

This is the only "bad" point of the review.... really dumb if you ask me. The rest is up to 8.0, the game is good.

[tatotiburon]

flop...move on

[Pizzagaki]

Too bad, this was the only GT i wanted to play.

[WickedLester]

I saw this coming folks! I really did. The lack of a career mode surprises me but back when I learned that you would only be able to race against 3 opponents, I knew this game would not be what it was cracked up to be. It's basically a glorified car collector's game.

[Pizzagaki]

People who downplayed forza 3 with GTpsp must be feeling stupid now.

[Cold 2000]

Well its the same peopoe that have been feeling stupid for a couple of years now and for the same reasons so I dont think it bothers them.

[Demon5500]

I will still pick this up, just because a game doesn't get 10 doesn't mean shat this still look good for a hand held, and It's gt cant complain. We have been waiting 4 years tho but still :)

[cronaldo7]

Why no online?

[Rio-Hustla-Inc]

It's a freaking Portable Game for Christ Sakes. They are grading this as if it's a Gran Turismo on PS3. WHo cares if it's missing the Career mode, This is Gran Turismo on the *Go*. And then you wonder why the industry is dying.... It's these stupid journalist peeing on the games. There are NO better portable racing games out there~ We all know that. Anyways I'll be buying this game on day one! Oh and oh yeah on the ~Go~

[tatotiburon]

mario kart ds says hello...just because it's "portable" doesn't mean you can bring any sh** you want

[DoctorXpro]

I remember sony fans saying GT PSP better than Forza 3.

lol

[dustgavin]

Considering all the wonderful scores Forza 3 has received...

[36T]

"I remember sony fans saying GT PSP better than Forza 3"

MANY of them did.. that's why i'm LMFAO. Now i can't wait for GT5. ;)

[THE MAX SPEED 21]

Hopefully this isnt a reflection of GT5.

[only on playstaychun]

This just means GT5 will be AMAZING!!

[SoapShoes]

This review basically says it's a great racing game just lacking a deep career mode. Well I'm sure that's what PD wanted in the first place, a game that was more suited for portable gaming.

I don't agree with this review simply because it's designed for portable gaming and it's still the best portable racing game. NFS(and especially Shift) is always horrible on PSP, Test Drive Unlimited was the only game I can think of that gives this game a close challenge but then again that game lacked what this person is complaining about here.

[topgeareasy]

http://www.n4g.com/psp/News...

this is better

[Huluvu]

why did everybody expect a full console title? =D

[kaveti6616]

Because PD added 800 cars. It just felt like they were putting a full console title into a portable device.

[Huluvu]

well thats true,
but they always said that its going to be a pick up and play game =D

[C_Dub]

But I remember when this game was announced you guys were going on about how GT PSP was going to smoke FM3 just because it has 800 cars. Well what good is having that many cars with no career and no upgrading/tuning?

I was expecting a much better score since this game was the sole reason I bought a PSP a year after launch. Then I gave up on PSP due to this game being an afterthought/myth and lack of superb titles and sold it. Was going to strongly consider getting a PSP Go for this "legendary" PSP game but no way....I'll get the full GT experience the way it was meant to be, on PS3.

[PStu'rd]

RIP Polyphony Digital
1998-2001

[dredgewalker]

im quite disappointed about not having the career mode.....it aint GT w/o it and being unable to customize also sucks. Ive been waiting for years for a psp version and i get a gimped GT? No thanks GT isnt an arcade game and its just lost its spirit. I dont mind the disagree's but ive been a PS fan all my life and one of the things that symbolize the PS brand is GT and that aint GT in my book.

[zoks310]

This is the first GT for the PSP, also, Sony and PD wanted to make the game portable in every way, which means they don't want you playing career mode for 4 hours on the PSP-3000(go) like you would on your home consoles, so they limited the career mode a lot and really built the game around an Arcade experience rather than a full fledge time consuming/space hogging career mode.
Doing so also made the game smaller in size which helps when trying to download for the PSP-go. Remember ease of access, portability, and simple/quick/undedicated game play is the theme for the PSP from now on.
The aim for Sony was to make the PSP-go and GT more digestible for the "on the go consumer", quick and easy game play, and just straight up fun out the box. This approach will anger many GT hardcore fans and reviewers no doubt, but that don't mean the game is bad. PD really can't make a bad GT game, well, at least I cant see them doing that.

This will be one of those games where some reviewers see the purpose of the changes (see above) while other wont, but I expect every GT fan to love it. And I hope none of you thought that Sony would release a full GT experience on the PSP when they have the real game(GT5) coming out by years end?

[Socomer 1979]

i guess they did.

Ah well, im still getting it.
I bet my opinion will differ greatly.

[36T]

"Ah well, im still getting it. I bet my opinion will differ greatly"

Well come on now.. there's no doubt about that! You are a PS fanboy after all ;)

[Socomer 1979]

Paid for by microsoft to soften up the pspgo steam rolling.

try before you buy.
once you play it
youre gonna buy.

no other hand held racing game is like it.
no other hand held racing game is better.
no other comopetition.

which means: Contraversial Review because there isnt a career mode or is there?

[gamingisnotacrime]

but after this, i might cancel it. no career, whatver burnot will have to do

I was looking forwars for the career mode, so the absence of it makes it a not buy

Yes i know reviews are not to be trusted, but the career mode issue is a fact

[mt]

that s a shame

[Light Yagami]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! 6.8! HGAHAHAHAFHADKAJH

[Gabe EatsWell]

HAHAHAHAHAHA ODST 64/100 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[TROLL EATER]

ODST got 64 in some unknown homemade website. GT floped in IGN

[dustgavin]

They are only unknown because it was a bad score. A 64 is still a 64. Enjoy your horrid DLC priced as a full game.

[DelbertGrady]

IGN is teh biased!

[commodore64]

.. and that's not all!

I also heard that:

- developers are to blame
- MS paid IGN off
- the 360 is holding back the psp

that's what i have been ... hey..what?..

oh wait.
I have just been reliably informed that the above are just a summary of the N4G-ps3-fan-comments in this thread.
/jk ;)

[Xi]

however I'm not going to lambaste ign for their review, they give adequate reasons and the largest one seems to be that PD wanted to focus on quantity of cars and not the quantity of options for what you do with them.

The lack of an real career mode or the ambiguous challenge mode seems to be the largest factor.

Looking at other reviews it looks like it's a love-hate type game.

[DMasta718]

Wasn't really hyped for this game as I am for GT5. From what I'm getting from reviews, its a decent game to at least checkout, but the absence of career mode damaged the title.

Me, I can't expect much from a mobile title but I will give a shot to try it out.

I heavily don't think this reflects how GT5 will be. Really doubt it.

[zodiac909]

wow i guess sony sucks after all!

[Halo_Reach]

ODST has been reviwed by a unknown website Ps3 fanboy maybe.

GT PSP

Eurogamer : 7
IGN : 6.8

Well i think it will be better than GT5 ..

LOL

Gt is such a FLOP

Forza all the way baby!

[Tobi-Is-A-Good-Boy]

GTPSP - 6.8 = 68
RRODST - 64/100
Nice fail Gaylo Leech

-Suda 54.2

[RockmanII7]

http://www.computerandvideo...

and to think I was considering buying a PSP for this game...

[Scotracer]

WTF, was this made by the main GT dev team? If so, they really let it slide.

A GT game with no career? PFFT.

[cmrbe]

IGN still is the most unbiased site when it comes to game review.

However i don't agree with their con that it didn't have a career mode.

GT dosent have a story so there is no need for a career mode.

GT PSP is suppose for portable gamers that just want a quick race most of the time. Not spend hours and hours on a career mode. That what GT5 is for.

The good thing is this means PD spent more time with GT5 which is a plus for me.

[Sumadyan]

Just because the game is for a portable system doesn't give the developers the right to dumb it down like they did.
One of the biggest reasons to play racing games of this type is for the career/upgrade paths. Its what makes you want to play it. It IS what made the previous games great, prior to gt, racing games were all bleh niche market deals.

There is no excuse for rushing this out and not making the game what it should have been.

[bujasem_89]

i dont get this ??? i mean i just read the full review and the guy just keeps praising the game and how its a slight improvement from the PS2's GT4,

i mean is having a well endued career mode and hard core customization in a PSP game matter that much , that u take away 4,2 points WTF!!! seriously this is bull crap IGN .

HELLOOOOW its on PSP not friggin PS3 or 360. ;{

[TheDesperado]

Treachery is afoot! Heed, young readers, for bags filled with money have been showered unto IGN by the wicked devil of Redmond. Lest ye wish to give them hits and reward them for their poor manners, banish IGN into the bowels of hell and don't click, fools.

[Rifle-Man]

Come on guys, Chris Roper wrote the review. He loves Gran Turismo and would never say anything bad about it unless he was genuinely disappointed by the release – which, as a fan, he has every right to be.

[dark_lcp]

i really care less what ign or gamespot says ,im still getting this game no matter what and besides aren't those sites pretty bias towards certain games ?

[Perkel]

no carier mode.. lol , but i understand that they wanted to crate portable version for quick play ...

still not considering to buy, just waiting for gt5 glory

[PirateThom]

Let me just say, I love Polyphony Digital... but who the hell makes a game with no career mode?

Hello?!

800 cars is pointless if you don't have the modes to go with it.

[Rifle-Man]

I'm the kind of gamer who needs a lot of motivation, whether it's leveling up in an RPG, ranking up in CoD or just beating a game to see the ending of a fantastic story. Without a career mode I can't see myself putting a lot of hours into a game like this.

[keysy420]

the biggest thing is that you can do races with cars you ave on your ps3 while your on the go and practice for gt5. so with 800 cars thats cool with me long as the driving is cool.

[Stryfeno2]

But, but, but it has 800 cars. FLOP.

[TrollSlayer]

wow, ign is so stupid. expecting a handheld game to have the same options as a console game.

that would be like expecting a mario kart game on DS to have online and a grand prix mode!

(for those with broken sarcasm meters yes that was sarcasm)

[Finalfantasykid]

Pretty bad score, but he gave some really good reasons why it was dissapointing. Having no career mode is a huge disappointment, but I suppose it is probably not as big of a deal since the game is meant to be played in shorter sessions.

But I don't get the ability to only buy certain brands of vehicles on certain days. I don't get that design decision.

Oh well, I will still probably get the game anyways. The game should have huge re playability even without career mode, especially with the PSP <-> PS3 interactivity.

[DigitalAnalog]

Being a PSP mini downloadable.....

[jamenees]

of the review talking about things he liked about the game. Seems to me like I may like it for them reasons as well.

[mochi]

this score is too high

[Enigma_2099]

... A Gran Turismo game without a career mode... isn't much of a Gran Turismo game. But then again, THIS isn't the Gran Turismo game I was waiting on... heh heh...

[Tunerboy8732]

I never seen a gran turismo game get a score that low from ign before but this is the 1st portable gt so I can see how that happened.It should still be a pretty solid racer besides why do you want a big career mode to play throught when gt 5 is right around the corner.

[SoapShoes]

IGN gave it a low score, but it hasn't all been bad reviews so it's really all in your tastes. This is a game you'll have to try out for yourself. If you don't like it just skip it for GT5(which you shouldn't need to worry about since Prologue was nothing like the presentation of this game). GT PSP is getting mixed reviews averaging around 80% according to gamerankings. Well so much for it sucking, it's just that some don't like the handheld tailoring and some do. It's all personal preference and I wouldn't be surprised if other big sites(1up/Gamespot) rate it well.

Almost no-one posting here has even played GT PSP, so don't take anything too seriously yet. I know some people who have played it at gaming events that say it feels great to play, looks awesome, and that sounds like a propitious start for a new fork in the GT series.

All I can see happening when it gets released is this site is going to be full of elated PSP GT fans praising it with only a few dissenters. They will either get over it and play GT PSP or wait for GT5. Either way, GT grows.

Fyi, GTPSP is not the first GT title to gain 'average' reviews, nor is it the first to lack a career mode. These two points can be applied directly to the following GT titles (complete with the Metacritic scores).

GT Concept - 74 |GT4 Prologue - 70 |GT5 Prologue - 80

And to complete the picture GT PSP is currently running at a score of 79 on Metacritic. As you can see neither of these is a first for the GT series and keep in mind that both GT Concept and GT4 Prologue came out before GT4 did. The lack of career mode in both these titles didn't see in it removed from GT4, as such I don't see the changes in GTPSP reflecting how GT5 will be.

[jujulolo]

How can they make a Gran Turismo without a career mode ????

[CharlesDCI]

One of the reasons why I think they left a career mode out of the PSP version is its connectivity to GT5.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

If I'm right maybe they wanted you to just race on the go and unlock cars on the PSP, so you can turn around and use them in GT5's career mode. This gives you incentive to play the PSP version as it should be played (as a quick racing experience on the go)I think its a good move not to be stuck on the PSP version when we all know if you had both games GT5's career mode is what gamers would be spending most of their time on.

Let IGN give the game what they think it deserves. Does nothing for the franchise. Its like saying GOW Chains of Olympus affects how gamers will perceive GOW 3.

[kingdavid]

Unexpected...

But seriously this was sposed to be better than forza 3? LOL

[GamerForever]

GT5 will not get a review score over 90 from IGN.

[mrnjl]

Everyone mentions the no career mode and no car modifications for the reason behind the bad score but what about the terrible AI. That is also mentioned in the review and its one thing I have hated about the GT series from 1 to 4 (didnt mention GT5P because I have not played it so I cannot comment)

Im waiting to see the NFS:shift scores before I decide which one to get, lack of career mode does not worry me too much...just want a good racer for my PSP when Im away from home. Just a shame they spent no time making the AI realistic not just robots on set racing lines.

[2cents]

This, I was not expecting. Not from Polyphony Digital.

You just dont miss out on career in a gran turismo game. You just dont do it. Portable or not.

So, even the greats can make mistakes.

Ah well, you cant win em all.

[ikral]

I wait to see the game, then i will know how good or bad it is. Do not trust anyone no more.

[TenPThor]

Why the hell would they neglect to put the Career mode in?

[ilkercruiser]

FLOP of the year. I was hyping at least 8/10

[digimau]

This is only a Review!!!

Others Reviews:

CheatCC: 4.8/5

Pocket Gamer: 8/10

Gaming Age: B+/A+

PlayTM 80/100

Videogamer.com 9/10

Eurogamer 7/10

Eurogamer UK 8/10

[EvilCackle]

Also, CVG gave it a 67. So the reviews are kinda all over the map.

[otherZinc]

I guess people that got deleted had something to say about the Greatest Racing game ever being called a POS, basically. So this post will get taken off as well.

I'd give it a 4.8/10

[Grandreaper9999]

The funnest part of GT (aside from the racing) is progressing through the races, buying better cars and then tinkering with them. If all the game is is simply a pick-a-car-and-play experience, I would have to say the 6/10 is fitting.

[Monk3y]

Suppossed to be PORTABLE game not Homeconsole game with 1+hour races, so thats probably why it aint gota proper career mode.

[gumgum99]

The review of this game is flawed. We're talking about 1.8 GB of space here. He had only two options:

A) scale down the series staple of "hundreds of cars and add the career mode

or..

B) Ditch the career mode and emphasize the "pick-up-and-play aspect with many cars and tracks to play with on the go.

For the most popular game site on the web, their logic is that of a 12 year old when it comes to game development.

Its a portale game for pete sakes. If you were expecting more than that, shame on you.