Gran Turismo 5 has come in for much criticism regarding the amount of time and effort it takes to finish. To achieve 100% completion and a coveted Platinum PlayStation trophy, players must win every single race and time trial in the game, own a thousand cars, take a picture of a building and achieve the nigh-impossible task of winning a race by just one hundredth of a … [Read more...]
Game-killing GT5 bug to be fixed on February 18, 2011
An extremely serious bug has been discovered in Gran Turismo 5 which means that your save file will become unusable once it becomes a certain size - luckily it appears that the bug will be fixed in the next GT5 update, which will be released on February 18th, 2011. The bug occurs when your save file reaches 4165KB in size. When that happens, a number of players have reported … [Read more...]
Cheating prompts GT5 Academy changes and game update
It's said that cheats never prosper, but in this case they may have helped everyone benefit as widespread corner cutting in the second round of the GT Academy USA Round Two has led to postponement of Round 3 pending an update for Gran Turismo 5. The second round featured time trials on Rome and Madrid, but the fact that corners could be skipped entirely, along with other … [Read more...]
New races available in GT5 – Season 7 online events
12 new races are now available in Gran Turismo 5 as Season 7 of the special online events now runs until February 23rd, 2011. You'll find three sets of three races with drivetrain and power restrictions, and one set of three races featuring the Ferrari F1 cars: FF Drivetrain, 200hp Tsukuba Eiger Short Trial Mountain FR Drivetrain, 300hp Deep Forest … [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...]
Save on Gran Turismo 5 at Amazon
A couple of nice savings have appeared on Amazon if you're still looking to purchase Gran Turismo 5. The online retailer is currently advertising GT5 at $44.00 new for on the U.S version of the store, down from an RRP of $59.99 (For the standard version). Meanwhile the UK site has the game at £39.91, down from £49.99 RRP. But U.S buyers can also take advantage of a 'Buy 2, … [Read more...]
Remote Races to arrive in GT5 in February
The ability to control Gran Turismo 5 B-Spec races from your PC or mobile was announced before the release of GT5, but has yet to appear in the game itself, although the fact it has stayed on Polyphony Digital's official GT5 feature list has kept hopes up that it would appear eventually. And Kazunori Yamauchi has now confirmed via Twitter that the feature will arrive in 'early … [Read more...]
Kazunori Yamauchi honoured by Esquire magazine
It's always nice to see online racing appearing in mainstream media, and the December 2010 UK issue of Esquire magazine has featured Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi as one of their 10 'Man at the Top Awards 2010'. Individuals were selected as those who "rewrote the future through their works in the past year", and Yamauchi was placed fourth in the countdown. Within … [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...]
GT5 Nurburgring: Gameplay vs Reality
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 – Features Trailer
My first week with GT5
It's been six years in development and severely delayed, but having now spent a week with the game so many virtual racers have waited so long for - is it any good? The short answer is yes, but not quite as good as it should be. The problem is when you wait so long for a game you expect perfection - and people that expect perfection will almost always be disappointed with what … [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...]