Gran Turismo 5: Final code, hugely contrasting viewpoints

CVG: Two PSM3 writers, both huge Gran Turismo fans, give their early verdict on retail code - with shockingly diverse results. Their impressions couldn't be more shockingly disparate, both for and against; a primer for what we can expect from reviews tomorrow, which could vary anywhere from a glowing 9/10s, to angry 5/10s...

[InfectedDK]

Look this is not a disc that is turning your PS3 into a space-shuttle all right?

[ryuzu]

Man CVG is desparate to farm hits - can't they pay their bills or something?

They've posted articles about how their review is coming, now they're commenting on bloggers and laughably incomplete reviews trying to get some GT5 traffic their way.

Really, it's embarrassing. Looks like the other releases this year aren't getting the job done - stick GT5 in the title of every article to generate hits.

[Bathyj]

They said Shocking twice in the first two sentences. Sounds desparate to me, and desparation is a stinky colonge.

And how on earth could GT get a 5/10?

Not giving them the hit.

[ryuzu]

Why do you think sites like CVG exist? They exist because of Ad revenue from hits - that's it.

Whatever gets hits gets printed - and right now, that's GT5.

CVG has nothing to say, but is going to say it anyway - and stick GT5 in the title to hit harvest.

r.

[InfectedDK]

5/10 ? Lol they gave Haze 7.1/10

[ShinMaster]

They have horrible memories:

First PS1 GT game = 178 cars
First PS2 GT game = 180+ cars
First PS3 GT game = 220+ cars(real GT5 cars)

Second PS1 GT game = 650 cars
Second PS2 GT game = 722 cars
Second PS3 GT game = ???(hundreds more in GT6 guaranteed)

* Standard cars are simply bonuses in my book.

[Bathyj]

"Standard cars are simply bonuses in my book."

All this negativity about standard cars is crap.

If GT5 ONLY had 200 premiums cars, it would still be the best driving game with the most detailed cars in them.

The fact you get 800 "standard" (still higher quality than other games) cars in just icing on the cake. And the reason you get them, and why they're are so many apparent duplicates (same models, different years) is so CAR LOVERS will be catered to and get to drive their cars in the game.

PD problem is their set the bar so high for themselves. Each GT that comes out has more and more crammed into it and eventually you just cant do anymore without taking a decade to do it.

I personally hope GT 6 is a PS4 game. It cant be improved by a significant margin this gen. GT5 will hold us out until then.

[ExplosionSauce]

Standard cars aren't exactly the best. While many look good, some of them look outdated.
But those 220 or so premium cars are amazing and beyond anything I've seen before.

But he is right, I think GT6 will have a lot more "premium" cars, just like GT games in the past.

[PS360fanboy]

Is it just me or reviews are not looking that great for GT5? I hope it's mostly haters...

[Shazz]

just shows you the heat gt5 can bring to your site , im expecting a few weird and sum downright awful reviews because of this and i must say thats why i dont give them hits its pathetic

[Incipio]

Bah

[Shaman]

GT5 in whole honestly LOOKS quite average.All those screens they gave were not NEARLY the representative of real game.Now with direct feed shots it clearly looks meh.
I mean.You dont say this for great looking game...
"Sure, stick them in photo mode and ogle the hi-res versions and they're gorgeous, but on track and in motion they're surprisingly prone to jaggedy shadows, lumpy edges and blurry textures. The cars in NFS Hot Pursuit look better, go better and crash better."

[ryuzu]

You're wrong - sorry 'bout that.

EDIT : Oh and NFS:HP is a good game. But you're still wrong lol.

r.

[ct03]

Just play GT5. The blindness all those photo mode promo shots have brought onto you will immediately give way to the realization of truth.

[NBT91]

Think you should try the game first, it looks fantastic. And yes the photos in photo mode do look stunning but the gameplay isn't a whole lot worse looking. Besides i'm too busy focusing on the track ahead which looks fantastic even in gameply

[Shaman]

You know Im not really stupid.I know what good game looks like when i see one( Crysis,UC2,GOW III) but GT5,while looking ok,its not great looking game,its really not.You guys can post me thousands of bullshots that they have released but i have direct feed shots from 3 different sites that clearly say-meh!

[xTruthx]

good example of some 1 not having the game ^^^^^ *shaman*

"but i have direct feed shots from 3 different sites that clearly say-meh! "

Anyone else LOL"ING ?

[Shaman]

Im just sayin what i see from DIRECT FEED SHOTS.Something you will look on TV.I said it for Alan Wake and i say it now,it does not look great.

[raztad]

Wow. You want DIRECT FEED HD GAMEPLAY? Go to this site:

http://www.taxigamer.com/ga...

Follow the instructions and you will see how the game looks actually runing off a PS3 (720p)

Game looks fvking beautiful.

[DigitalRaptor]

Compressed HD video streaming is not the same as a game running on a Playstation 3 on a 1080p HDTV screen! Play that sh*t in person and you should no longer be complaining.

The graphics looks damn fine even on those HD streams anyway, so why would anyone complain to start with? Unless they were a troll. That would make sense...

[LastDance]

And the guy that wrote that review is obviously an idiot. So what does it matter what he said?

[Call_me_Ishmael]

i just dont give a shit about reviews anymore,the reviewers are sometimes just full of bs,so i play what i wanna play and i buy what
i wanna buy,i aint a slave to the gaming community.

[Shaman]

Sure you are not slave but when you take average of 100 good reviews its actually very accurate representative of the game you will play.Though some can be overrated...I dont know about GT5.We should wait for more reviews,i just said that graphics look ASS.And they do.NFS really looks crazy with its 5km view distance :D

[xTruthx]

like mw2 was ?

[Parapraxis]

Okay...now you're just trolling Shaman.
Quite pathetic really.

[labaronx]

most of their articles seem based of what another magazine or site has previously written

[XI_-Minty-_IX]

I'm not quite sure if the first guy was even a GT/simulation racer fan in the first place at all... here he is complaining that GT5 is quite similar to the previous GTs... well no shit! There's a reason why it's called Gran Turismo FIVE, and not some generic like Driving Simulation, and that's because it belongs to the Gran Turismo SERIES, which focuses all about racing. If he says that, then I could just as easily say that CoD Black Ops is the same as all previous CoDs, Metal Gear Solid 4 is the same as MGS1, and GTA4 is the same as GTA1. You can't expect massive leaps when a sequel to a series comes out, because it's based off the gameplay elements that made that series so successful and well-loved. Also, toss in the fact that he said NFSHP plays, looks, and crashes better and, well, you've got a casual arcade racerfag trying to review Gran Turismo 5. -_-

[HelghastDrake]

reviewers have lost all credibilty. They give cod rehash 9s and 10s every year, games like kinectimals gets 8s everywhere and just dance and rock band gets 9s and 10s.

With where the industry is headed i predict a gaming collapse like in the late 80s, rehashes and lack of innovation is bringing the gaming industry down. Hope you guys find a new hobby.

[Neckbear]

As long as publishers keep in mind they also have to fund new projects, and development tools become easier and cheaper to use, it's really silly to think there will be a game crash, unless next generation becomes "Motion Controllers and shovelware everywhere!"

While I agree with you in the fact that Black Ops, among other games, are terribly overrated, we also see new IPs and fresh games all the time.

P.S.: Reviewers sometimes appreciate good games, too. Most of the time it's consumers who are at fault for overlooking marvelous, original and well-done titles.

[maxcer]

why don't you boycott them just like countless other ps3 fanboys have with multiplat developers?

i swear, every time anything even remotely negative is said about the ps3 you guys take it as if they attacked your family. when will you realize it isn't the second coming of christ?

[MRMagoo123]

I swear every time someone says anything about bad site looking for hits or anything good about the ps3 you 360 fanboys act like someones attacked ur family when will you 360 fans realise noone cares about ur opinions the 360 failed at sales it failed at games and now its gonna fail the casuals too e.g outsold by ps3 even tho its had a year and a half head start, there are no exclusive games left for the 360 and kinect sucks balls and lags like a mofo.

[Redempteur]

"There's no 'rubber banding' to keep AI cars near you and spice things up"

looooool

some people are fools.
some people are complaining about the lack of rubber banding ..

now i've seen it all

[Oner]

It just proves they are not real gamers who value reward for true skill. They would rather the game be casual and unfair to the one actually winning! WTF sense does that make!?!?!

I also agree with HelghastDrake above. If this kind of crap keeps up between fake, biased, hidden agenda or payolla reviews added to how casual shovelware games that cost the same at retail as full blown production ones are then the crash of the 80's is full well possible. And that's scary.

[kudakadere]

i have to admit that this could get lower reviews than expected purely because people have waited 5 years.Thats like being a fifteen year old hearing about the game and seeing demos/prolouge and when your 20 you finally get to play it .But it's true not many things no matter how good they are in life they can never replace years of life.

[I_C_PEE]

Sorry i had to LOL at the first reviewer comparing Gran Turismo 5 to f****g Need For Speed Hot Persuit claiming "Hot Persuit looks better, goes better and crashes better". He must not be serious. Comparing an arcade racer to a simulation racer ? Fail of epic proportions.

[gcolley]

reviewers are going to be even harder on duke nukem. he has a point about the lack of innovation in a world full of boring sequels, this is why we read reviews and not scores.

there is a huge problem in reviews where some people like the game to stay the same as the previous and there are others that want more. this has a major impact on the review score and THE REASON YOU NEED TO READ THE REVIEW (and then we go and read a couple of others). this guy obviously is from the latter. he is not an idiot and the SDF needs to calm down.

anyone that comments on the score alone is, in fact, the idiot. bit of common sense or is that too much to ask for on N4G.

[SpinalRemains138]

Honestly, any site or review that gives this game a 5/10 loses all respect instantly.

Kinect shovelware gets 8 and 9 for fuck sake. And that's because you pet a baby tiger or dance like a retard.

GT5 is a mature, refined piece of art. It's like a fine wine, and to rate it lower than 8 on any review is pure hatred.

[Captain Tuttle]

But CVG really is a disgrace.

[jaseo]

I've been watching these so-called experts..

first alarm bell is when they choose automatic...

second is when they are not using a wheel..

Sure, this will probably be the experience for some people, but it is not way nature intended it to be appreciated (or critiqued)

[ArcFatalix]

They will pick on GT5 you guys should know that simple as that and CVG is a pathetic site