[PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Prologue) UPDATE HAS FAILED

Originally Posted by Shin

I love the Gran Turismo games and in fact racing games in general (Although I prefer it when they're either pure sim or pure arcade rather than some bastard child of both like PGR)...

I feel the same.

I thought it was a pretty ok price for a demo/prologue. But for my needs, I could probably live with this version long term and give the full release a miss. If it is out in PAL land (I was totally unaware), I might have a look for it in the shops when I'm out later.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hm, it's looks pretty phenomenal, but after watching the intro I swear I was bored within half an hour. I haven't played a Gran Turismo since A-Spec, so maybe I was hoping for something more engaging. But no, I’m just not clicking with this franchise like I used to. I feel like all the time and effort that went into the tuning and handling of the cars is wasted on me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

there's also a lot of incidental detail that makes the tracks feel alive when you're racing around them...

I've never had that 'alive' feeling with Gran Turismo, or probably any driving sim actually. For all the detail that goes into it visually, it's still felt like a dead and uninteresting surrounding to be in. No real sense of excitement or life, and the AI in the past didn't really do anything significant to make themselves known either. From what I've played of Prologue thus far, it doesn''t feel like much has changed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I’m not sure, truly. I mean the racing games I’d play most often (Wipeout, Ridge Racer, Gran Turismo), they’re all at different corners of the table, and I wouldn’t say any of them have particularly good AI. In this case maybe I’m just expecting too much from the simulator.

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