Borrowed a copy today and after the 35 minute install I just don't get it.

All the cut scenes, tracks and cars are rendered lovely but as for actual races, it's just poop.
The cars look as though they are just sitting on top of the track like a 1960's simulator with a rolling paper background.
There's no sense of speed at all.
Tried a few controller settings and just didn't feel I was at all involved.

Grid kicks it's ***, I can't see where the good ratings come from. Even GTi Club is more engaging.

I'm glad I didn't buy it and the full thing will have to be vastly superior to even be considered.

 

Are you sure you weren't smoking your crack pipe at the time ?

I loved it, but completed it and haven't touched it since except for showing off to my Wii owning friends.

 

It's certainly very pretty, but there's not much of a game there, and I agree that the feeling of involvement is definitely lacking. A poor effort imo...

 

I agree with the op graphically awesome, gameplay crap. Give me forza anyday

 

I can't compare with Forza as I've only played the demo and was fairly underwhelmed, and the presentation was a million miles away from GT5-P

 

Graphics do not make a good game. They only make it pretty. I buy games for their content, not the presentation...

 

Spectrum was going on about the presentation. I personally think that is secondary to the gameplay, of which (imo) there is very little in gt5

As for the GT5 graphics, they are very polished. However, I find the cars tend to look too clean (almost as if they are made of plastic), and at times they do look as though the are floating above the road rather than being connected to it.

 

Make eff all difference what pseudo sub genre of racing it is, GT5 the cars don't even look like they interact with the track/scenery, they're just superimposed (badly) on top and the racing offers nothing to me.

Grid is way more involving and IMHO better looking as a package regardless of where on your snobbery ladder it sits.

 

Totally agree Hank, unfortunately i did buy this and hated it. Forza2 is 1000x better haven't tried Grid yet.

 

Sooo, we're ALL agreed GT5P is the superior game in every department.

 

Anyone remember the racing game "Auto Modelista" on the ps2???? That was a good game

 

yeah, cell-shaded driving games - that really took off, didn't it ?

 

Lol not much, but I did enjoy the effects

 

i thought the graphics in grid looked quite well to be honest, not played gt5 yet, but played gt4 to death, still have it in the office at work for rainy days when i have nothing to do, but i suspect gran turismos time is over, when it first came out (gt1) it was like nothing i had ever seen (still have a copy for the ps1 somewhere) i was amazed, it brought something new to the race fans, but nowadays, everybody is in on the "arcade/sim" action.

 

might set the wheel up with forza this afternoon after all this driving game talk. Need to get the practice in before race pro hits us

 

I used to love the CMR series.

Had every version on PC up to 04 and multiple copies of a couple of them but got Dirt last week and just didn't float my boat (15 quid to anyone that wants it).

I've also had most of the Toca/Racedriver series that codemasters have done including the first one that had Plato in a laguna and I think they have stood the test of time.
Burnout is currently getting hammered but think I'll be done with that (apart from online) in a week or so.

 

Has anyone remembered this is a Prologue? Its just a glorified demo, i'm sure the full game will be miles better.

 

Why? GT4 wasn't any better than GT4 Prologue. The gameplay/feel/graphics etc was the same, it just had more stuff in it. Everything I've been reading about the full version of GT5 suggests the same thing will happen there.

 

Have they added damage to GT5P yet?

 

Nope. It's still bumper car racing...

 

Take Spectrum48k's opinions with a wedge of salt..... he is a PS3 FanBoy!

 

I really enjoyed the original on PS, it was something new, but even then, you could tell that without any knowledge of how to set cars up, if you deviated much from the standard settings, the cars became undriveable.

Add no damage and I think GT has been a very poor series overall. The rallying on it was woeful too.

Even when they add damage, I won't be buying it.

Geezer

 

GT5 lacks physics imo, GT on the PS2 had the same problem and with 5 it shows there are far superior games out there in terms of realism and feedback (and also highlighting the fact that game players are more experienced and know what they want).

It shows off the PS3 very well but for me does not offer a true sense of driving or the adreniline rush you get in other titles

 

With you all the way Hank, I bought prolog and played with it for a while but really its just gt1/2/3/4 but looks awesome in 1080p. It is just boring and totally unengaging.

Grid yes abit of bored of that as well now but it has provided hours and hours of fun, o and a few hours of frustration getting punted off at the first corner when playing online.

Gary

 

There was a rally game quite a while back amazing graphics and so realistic with the accidents, time consumation fixing things, money etc. Can't for life of me remember the title? In a red box it came....gonna bug me now and will probably have to phone the parents to search my old room, lol

 

Rally Championship 2000?
Had an OS map in the bottom corner. Stages were 13-15 minutes long. Absolutley brilliant game. Writen by Milestone I think. Is a real shame they haven't done an update.
RC 2000 + Richard Burns Rally + modern graphics = Heaven