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Gran Turisomo 5: Terrible Driving Game, or Worst Driving Game Ever?

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I agree. I've been a huge GT fan since GT1 and GT5 was VERY disappointing. Maybe I've out grown the series, I don't know.
 
darkswordsman17 said:
I agree, on every part except, I think the new Hot Pursuit is as good as the other ones, but this one just makes me wish I was playing Burnout.

GT5 is just, I can't say disappointment, but I think its basically fully convinced me that I don't enjoy the franchise any more. GT4 was the real disappointment for me, and I knew going in most of the issues with GT5. The problem for me is that, while they've improved many aspects, they aren't as fun as the first 3 for me, and I don't think that Polyphony Digital even wants to make the game people are really wanting. Instead they're trying to do a ton of things, all of them mediocre.
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Agreed. I put my heart and soul into GT3, getting 100% achievements and all gold licenses (except for rally 🙁), but when I get GT4, I was like meh. Played a few hours and couldn't be bothered anymore. Can't really put my finger on what changed. Didn't even buy GT5, and don't plan to.
 
What do GT5 and day old doughnuts have in common? They can still be enjoyed but both have gone stale.

That's the problem with the series. Given the development time, GT5 is a carbon copy of GT4, with a fresh coat of paint. Nothing really new brought to the table. The features that are new seem pitifully half-arsed. Eg. the custom course designer. Polyphony has really slipped behind. GT5 was so-so and the long awaited Gran Turismo Mobile was a total bust. Real Racing on my iPhone blows it out of the water on every front.

GT5 isn't a bad game, but Polyphony needs to wake up and smell the competition. Hopefully Sony won't tolerate their crap anymore. Given how poorly SCE operates these days, I wouldn't hedge my bets on it though. 🙄
 
This game in my eyes was meant to be the be all end all. So many years of hyping gibberish & all the cg screenshots which most ps3 gamers get off over. This game looks like a typical dull graphically joke console game. Now a friend of mine who owns a ps3 says its so over hyped. Thats all PS3 games are, smoke & mirrors & the final product is a joke.
 
dav9 said:
This game in my eyes was meant to be the be all end all. So many years of hyping gibberish & all the cg screenshots which most ps3 gamers get off over. This game looks like a typical dull graphically joke console game. Now a friend of mine who owns a ps3 says its so over hyped. Thats all PS3 games are, smoke & mirrors & the final product is a joke.
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No.
 
If there were any more douches in this thread I could swear I would smell extra cleansing tropical aromas from my screen.

It's not a horrible game, just not the world beater everyone expected and some poor design choices (24 hour races...wtf?).
 
Pr0d1gy said:
If there were any more douches in this thread I could swear I would smell extra cleansing tropical aromas from my screen.

It's not a horrible game, just not the world beater everyone expected and some poor design choices (24 hour races...wtf?).
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There's definitely more than just a few poor design choices. I've always loved GT games but this one really makes me sad.
 
GT5 shines in it's multiplayer, and there are hundreds of premium cars to satiate your need for crash modelling and cockpit view. according to your stupid review, if polyphony decided to remove the 800 or so standard cars, you would like the game better. hell, if you had half a brain, maybe you can learn to turn off the music rather than writing to complain about how can't figure it out.
 
mmntech said:
What do GT5 and day old doughnuts have in common? They can still be enjoyed but both have gone stale.

That's the problem with the series. Given the development time, GT5 is a carbon copy of GT4, with a fresh coat of paint. Nothing really new brought to the table. The features that are new seem pitifully half-arsed. Eg. the custom course designer. Polyphony has really slipped behind. GT5 was so-so and the long awaited Gran Turismo Mobile was a total bust. Real Racing on my iPhone blows it out of the water on every front.

GT5 isn't a bad game, but Polyphony needs to wake up and smell the competition. Hopefully Sony won't tolerate their crap anymore. Given how poorly SCE operates these days, I wouldn't hedge my bets on it though. 🙄
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it's meant to be a simulator, not an arcade game. people need to understand that before buying it. if you want lots of flashing lights and particle effects, get need for speed. if you want to try out a ton of car models on faithfully recreated tracks, you buy gt5
 
Pr0d1gy said:
If there were any more douches in this thread I could swear I would smell extra cleansing tropical aromas from my screen.

It's not a horrible game, just not the world beater everyone expected and some poor design choices (24 hour races...wtf?).
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How is a 24 hour race a poor design choice? You do know there are real 24 hour races? Its one of the few things that I actually think was a really cool thing for them to do, although I think they could improve it a lot (setup teams, and so it could be done as a collaboration with other players so that you only have to do stints and you could split it up into varying lengths). Plus, I mean, you can always just pause the game and come back later, so its not like its a huge issue.

ed21x said:
it's meant to be a simulator, not an arcade game. people need to understand that before buying it. if you want lots of flashing lights and particle effects, get need for speed. if you want to try out a ton of car models on faithfully recreated tracks, you buy gt5
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Its a mediocre sim. It might be more realistic than some other racing games, but that doesn't mean its all that realistic. The views really don't give you a great sense of realism (the cockpit view in PGR3 feels more realistic to me, even if the physics of the game aren't, and I think NFS Shift is much better in cockpit view as well), the collision detection/crash physics are just bad (even when they do finally show up), the graphics are meh (everything is washed out looking, the tracks are pretty barren and aside from some dirt/water on the tires and rubber marks on the track there's basically no feeling of actually being at a real place), the AI is not very good, and even the driving mechanics in some areas feel busted (the rally parts do to me).

GT5 feels like they're trying to simulate a driving simulator, not actual driving/racing. I don't feel like any game is stellar at that so far (ones that are more hardcore sim are lacking in the visuals to give the full effect, etc), but I do feel like other games are more fun and give a more visceral racing experience, and so if the choice is between a more enjoyable game or a more realistic but still mediocre sim, I'm gonna go with the former.

The game I want is one that drives like GT, but with more "stylized visuals" to up the visceral impact (tone it down/up depending on what cars you're driving), with the world interaction of Dirt, the customization of Forza, and with a large car list (but not to the point where there's 20 versions of the same car). I'd also like a game that has some old school type of Monte Carlo Rally racing.
 
RiDE said:
Looks like the new NFS Shift might be what you guys are looking for. HDR and blur overload, no vacuum cleaner engines, Michael Bay crashes and fancy trees around the track.:thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT7HtfyPtUw
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I want that sensation of speed, the realistic effects on the windscreen, and general graphics overall, with a more Forza like engine that portrays the vehicles accurately. Like when he hit the other car a few seconds in and his wheels went off the ground. That was stupid. But the stuff hitting the windshield and gunking up, that was nice.
 
I loved GT3 and played that game forever.

Bought GT5 and all I can say is meh. I just can't get into it like I did with GT3.
 
Forza3 and soon 4 FTMFW...
that is all.

Physics sucked ass in GT5.. so did most everything else except car count.. but even that was BS since only a handful were "premium"
 
I can't believe how some people are trying to defend the lack of crash modeling on all the vehicles. Seriously, with all the delays they couldn't even make all of the cars crash realistically? That's a friggin joke. It's something that many other games in the genre can do, but they make you wait until you unlock premium cars to see it? How absurd. What's next... are they going to disable the sound until I reach a certain point in the game?
 
gorcorps said:
I can't believe how some people are trying to defend the lack of crash modeling on all the vehicles. Seriously, with all the delays they couldn't even make all of the cars crash realistically? That's a friggin joke. It's something that many other games in the genre can do, but they make you wait until you unlock premium cars to see it? How absurd. What's next... are they going to disable the sound until I reach a certain point in the game?
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lol 😀
 
GT4 is the best of the series. A shitload of content and insanely impressive given the hardware they had to work with.
 
darkswordsman17 said:
How is a 24 hour race a poor design choice? You do know there are real 24 hour races? Its one of the few things that I actually think was a really cool thing for them to do, although I think they could improve it a lot (setup teams, and so it could be done as a collaboration with other players so that you only have to do stints and you could split it up into varying lengths). Plus, I mean, you can always just pause the game and come back later, so its not like its a huge issue.
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As soon as I saw those races I knew I would never finish this game. I understand you live in Kansas and thus have plenty of time for this kind of thing, but I live in Atlanta with my wife and 3 kids so a 24 hour race is ludicrous to me. And I don't mean the rapper from here. 😛 As for pausing the game, did I mention I have 3 kids? It would be pretty selfish of me to monopolize the ps3 for a week, especially when my wife would go through Fallout 3 withdrawal. heheh
 
dav9 said:
This game in my eyes was meant to be the be all end all. So many years of hyping gibberish & all the cg screenshots which most ps3 gamers get off over. This game looks like a typical dull graphically joke console game. Now a friend of mine who owns a ps3 says its so over hyped. Thats all PS3 games are, smoke & mirrors & the final product is a joke.
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Demon's Souls
 
Yeah I loved the first 2 GT games, after that the series went a bit downhill. Especially when they started releasing filler games like Concept and Prologue to milk the fans with glorified demos.
 
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