GranTurismo 5 Race Night?

[QuikWgn]

So just by luck I won a 160GB PS3 at work on Friday, and as a long standing member of our Forza3 game nights was wondering whether there was sufficient interest in the Forza group with PS3's, as well as non-Forza participants with a PS3 to have a GT5 night? I know it's jumping the gun a bit as it's still 3 weeks from launch, but it seems our weekly Forza races are waning somewhat, and I really enjoy the group comraderie. Plus since (at least AFAIK) there won't be the issue of having a XBL Gold account like we did with Forza etc on PSN (PSN Plus) we should have less issues there.

 

[gorcorps]

I'm sure there will be a GT5 night, but first you need to see the game in your hands. It's been delayed so much I wouldn't trust a release date until you actually buy it.

 

[QuikWgn]

I got to play it briefly(there was only 1 demo station) @ PAX 2010 (one nice thing about living in Seattle) and it sure looked ready to go. I asked the booth monkey if they were firm on the RD and he assured me (for what it's worth) that the game will ship for a Nov 2 release date.

 

[yuranaten]

cannot wait for GT5

 

[gorcorps]

a bit off topic, how'd you win the PS3? Was is just a drawing?

 

[coxmaster]

I sold my Xbox today (sad to see it go, but I really only used it for Forza).

PS3 arriving this week. I'm up for a GT5 night, as long as its not Tuesday

 

[QuikWgn]

a bit off topic, how'd you win the PS3? Was is just a drawing?

I won "points" in a corporate level promotional drawing and could choose from a variety of things. Things I could've gotten, a 1000w Sony Bluray HT in a box, a 700w LG networked Bluray HT in a box, a 64gb Gen4 Ipod touch, a Nikon or Canon 12mp 15-20x zoom digital camera, a Sony 80gb HD camcorder, a 250GD 360 Slim, 2 different netbooks. There was a ton of other stuff as well.

 

[blurredvision]

I'm definitely down for a GT5 night. I'm not too worried about the release date at this point since they already have official Sony GT launch parties set up.

 

[EightySix Four]

I'm considering picking up a PS3 for GT5 anyways, I'd be down. I haven't been racing lately because Wednesday is a tough day for me this semester.

 

[zerocool84]

I'm gonna pre-order it but I don't think the collector's edition is worth the extra $40. I don't care about collectible stuff and I don't think the extra cars are worth $40.

 

[QuikWgn]

The uber-edition isn't available here in the US anyway, though if the collectors is $100 I can only imagine what the signature costs.

The Signature Edition, which is exclusive to Europe, Australia and New Zealand, will include a steel case finished in 'Obsidian Black' (official Mercedes SLS AMG colour choice), a coffee table book that details the cars and locations in GT5, a 200 page APEX book, a Gran Turismo branded wallet, a GT branded USB pen drive, custom etched Keychain, a 1:43 scale Mercedes-Benz SLS model and a voucher for six special "Stealth" cars in-game.

I'm surprised Amazon isn't doing the $10 credit deal. Walmart is giving $10 on Fallout:New Vegas, $10 on GT5, and $20 on Fable3.

 

[zerocool84]

The uber-edition isn't available here in the US anyway, though if the collectors is $100 I can only imagine what the signature costs.

The Signature Edition, which is exclusive to Europe, Australia and New Zealand, will include a steel case finished in 'Obsidian Black' (official Mercedes SLS AMG colour choice), a coffee table book that details the cars and locations in GT5, a 200 page APEX book, a Gran Turismo branded wallet, a GT branded USB pen drive, custom etched Keychain, a 1:43 scale Mercedes-Benz SLS model and a voucher for six special "Stealth" cars in-game.

See that sounds worth more like $100 than the collector's edition but like you said it's probably more expensive.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'm in as soon as i can buy a copy. Black Ops and AC:B have my wallet losing weight.

 

[EightySix Four]

The uber-edition isn't available here in the US anyway, though if the collectors is $100 I can only imagine what the signature costs.

The Signature Edition, which is exclusive to Europe, Australia and New Zealand, will include a steel case finished in 'Obsidian Black' (official Mercedes SLS AMG colour choice), a coffee table book that details the cars and locations in GT5, a 200 page APEX book, a Gran Turismo branded wallet, a GT branded USB pen drive, custom etched Keychain, a 1:43 scale Mercedes-Benz SLS model and a voucher for six special "Stealth" cars in-game.

I'm surprised Amazon isn't doing the $10 credit deal. Walmart is giving $10 on Fallout:New Vegas, $10 on GT5, and $20 on Fable3.

The U.S. Collector's edition has the model car, keychain, five cars, and the 300 page guide.

 

[zerocool84]

The U.S. Collector's edition has the model car, keychain, five cars, and the 300 page guide.

All that doesn't seem worth $40 to me but that's just me.

 

[blurredvision]

All that doesn't seem worth $40 to me but that's just me.

From what I've read, the extra $40 is worth it for the book if you're a complete gearhead. I'm personally sticking with the regular $60 version.

 

[MustangSVT]

i wonder how good the online connection would be betten US and asian countries (i.e. Japan, korea, China etc).

I would join if I could but probably time record with ghost would be good enough.

 

[ivan2]

depends on how good a deal i can get for the game.

 

[blurredvision]

depends on how good a deal i can get for the game.

Given everything that's going to be in the game, I'd say $60 is a damn good deal.

 

[coxmaster]

Is anybody else concerned that we havent seen an official track/car list at this point?

I know the game is coming out (buying a PS3 just for it..) but it still seems odd that we dont really have many details yet

 

[thegimp03]

I'll be buying GT5. Played through GT: Prologue in the first couple weeks after it released a couple years back. I also own a 360 and the only game I play on it is Forza III, but never got into the AT race nights.

 

[zerocool84]

Is there any confirmation of what we will be able to carry over from Prologue?

 

[QuikWgn]

depends on how good a deal i can get for the game.

About the best I've seen is $59.95 with a $10 gift card @ Walmart or Amazon. I'd check the Gtplanet forums if you are looking for some uber deal somewhere. I know that Newegg had it for like $48 shipped but it was only for 12hrs or something ridiculous like that.

 

[Imported]

I'd be interested!

 

[herkulease]

I'm sure there will be a GT5 night, but first you need to see the game in your hands. It's been delayed so much I wouldn't trust a release date until you actually buy it.

I wouldn't even trust it even if I could buy it. I have to get all my licenses and see my completion be 51% before I can say yeah the game is here.