With the recent release of Gran Turismo 5, the curtain is set to fall on Gran Turismo 5: Prologue Spec 3 on June 30, 2011, when the servers for the online elements of the game will be switched off. The date was revealed by Polyphony Digital, and means that Prologue will end almost 3 years after being released on October 3, 2008. It sold 5.09 million copies since launch making … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 – the best key cars to own
Like Jungle, Gran Turismo 5 is massive. Because it’s so big and there are over a thousand cars to choose from, it’s pretty easy to waste valuable time and effort buying and tuning cars that aren’t quite up to scratch. There are many specific cars that must be bought and won along the way to GT5 glory, but these are the five that I think are the most useful, how much they … [Read more...]
GT5 vs FM3: The Back to the Future DeLorean battle
Curious about some differences between the two leading console simulators, and knowing that both games have the iconic DeLorean DMC12 to compare on the same tracks, I thought I would take a trip back into, the future! But hold on to your “Flux-Capacitors” just a minute, these two cars are not exactly the same it turns out. Turn10 chose the original version cir. 1981, you … [Read more...]
Official GT5 Thrustmaster T500RS wheel available tomorrow
The new T500 RS wheel and pedal set becomes available tomorrow in North America and Europe, and on January 25th in Japan. Produced by Thrustmaster, it's the officially licensed product for Gran Turismo 5 - and comes in at a whopping £459. As you'd expect for that sort of money, it's a high-spec product. The goal set by Polyphony Digital CEO was simple. Thrustmasters simply … [Read more...]
GT5 B-Spec mode and other animals
GT5’s B-Spec mode is a curious animal. A curiously thick animal. So what is it? For the uninitiated, B-Spec is essentially a very basic manager mode in which you have to play the whole game over again, only this time instead of driving, you get to watch the AI pootle your hard-earned cars around races that are twice as long as the originals while you tell your robot driver how … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 review: 4/5
Well it’s finally here, and after years of planning, and development, and yes, delays, GT5 has arrived. Or has it? Sure, the title is here, but is the promise of another console racing simulation revolution from Polyphony something you can bank on, or will the relatively soon to follow GT6 be the real deal? That all depends on your contextual expectations I suppose, and what … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 launches with great sales figures…
It seems that the numerous delays haven't affected the ability for Gran Turismo 5 to rack up great sales figures. The estimates put sales at 1.8 million in the first couple of days, and around 2.5 million for the first week - that's in the same ballpark as Call of Duty: Black Ops, which recently became the best selling videogame of all time. As a result, Gran Turismo 5 is … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 official car list
Here is the official list of cars available in Gran Turismo 5 at launch on November 24, 2010. 1. S AC Cars 427 S/C ‘662. S Acura CL 3.2 Type-S ‘013. S Acura CL 3.2 Type-S ‘034. S Acura DN-X Concept ‘025. S Acura HSC Concept ‘046. S Acura INTEGRA TYPE R ‘017. P/S Acura NSX ‘918. P Acura NSX RM ‘919. S Acura NSX ‘0410. S Acura NSX Coupe ‘9711. S Acura RSX Type-S ‘0412. P AEM … [Read more...]
All aboard the Gran Turismo train
Gran Turismo 5 is finally arriving. And as it has been delayed more times than an average British train - when it arrives the passengers will want it to be faultlessly smooth, sell tasty sandwiches and have clean toilets. Customers will be demanding perfection. So now we know when it will finally be out, and the intro video from the game has emerged from somewhere, now … [Read more...]
GT5 – new release date set for November 24!
Sony has confirmed the new release date for the long-awaited, and twice delayed Gran Turismo 5 as Wednesday November 24, 2010 in both America and the PAL countries, such as the UK. The full car and track list will also be revealed shortly, with new manufacturers including Bugatti and Lamborghini, in a virtual garage of over 1000 cars.. Alongside familiar tracks such as Mazda … [Read more...]
Updates on Gran Turismo 5 release date
There's still no word on an official release date set for Gran Turismo 5 following the recent decision to delay it from November 2nd. But it doesn't look like it'll be a long delay, judging by various bit of evidence currently surfacing. Sony Australia has started promoting a Bravia TV offer - if you're one of the first 21,000 people to buy a new Bravia 3D TV and submit … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 5 can’t come soon enough…
So another month, another delay. Gran Turismo 5 is now officially late. I am one peed-off Playstation owner. I pre-ordered my copy last summer when I read rumours of a release before christmas. Then it got put back to March. Now it's been put back to September 2010 at the earliest - and I'm not happy. Here’s why: I'm a sim racer. I can't stand arcadey car handling. Ridge … [Read more...]