I did my pre order through Best Buy online in September. They'd better have my game. I am already jonesing for it!!!
Thanks for the info, I was wondering how that was gonna go down. Any of the logitech wheels, but the g27 is pricy, it drops to 200ish sometimes. But logitech mainly because they offer the 900 degrees of rotation. You can find a used driving force pro for 30-40 or the df gt which is the newer model with a dial on the wheel for on the go adjustments or something. The g25 and g27 add a clutch and gear shift.
I was checking out some video reviews on YouTube for racing wheels and pedals, and I came across this show called "Sim Racing". Turns out, they have a guy on there who looks like Daryl Morey's twin brother. And his name is Darin!
Ha, are you kidding me? IGN gave this game an 8.5 and a gamerankings score of 87.5%??? After all these years, I was expecting much better scores. Forza 3 gets a 9.4 after just a couple years of production...not even sure if I should get GT5 since I already have Forza. Talk about a major letdown.
Did you read the review? That dude said himself that the game was a 10/10 simulation. It was obviously the reviewer didn't like simulation games, which baffles me as to why IGN would even let him do the review.
Yeah, I did read the review...still doesnt excuse all the other flaws in the game. I ended up buying the game and have played 3 races so far...definitely like Forza better...I had figured the graphics in GT5 would be better, but they are not. Forza graphics are better. Even my nephew, who is visiting this week, commented that Forza looks more realistic. Gameplay...GT5 is definitely smooth...but its pretty hard to crash. And even when you do crash into the side railings, you really arent slowed down too much. You hit the railing and then just steer right back on the track and go as if nothing had happened. In Forza, you crash...and you really feel the damage and the impact that has on the race. Maybe things will change the more I play it...but first impressions are not good. Cant believe I waited all this time for this game. My respect for the Forza series just quadrupled. EDIT: The loading screens are brutal to sit through.
Your mind was already made up once you read one review. You went into the game not liking it, so there's little that could change that. I didn't know that playing a game for 10 minutes is an indication of how good or bad it is. You should apply for a job at ign, I heard they like people who play ps3 games for 10 minutes and pin point every flaw so they can justify their scores. I wonder what scores all xbox exclusive games would get if it wasn't for their advertising muscles (aka money hats). Most of their games that get rated highly....I find them disappointing and so do the majority of my friends who are xbox fanboys. Is your psn id rezdawg btw? If it is...no point arguing with you, rofl.
Preordered on Amazon and it was only shipped out late yesterday from Phoenix... and it JUST occurred to me that USPS doesn't deliver tomorrow SIGH! I guess a couple of days aren't gonna kill me.
Im not an xbox fanboy...Ive had every Gran Turismo game except for Prologue...This franchise is what made me a car enthusiast. My mind was not already made up after 1 review...But, I was definitely disappointed because I did not expect anything below a 9.5. I expected this game to beat Forza in every aspect. Yes, after a few games, thats not enough to judge the entire experience...and I stated that much. However, the graphics are not going to improve with time. The Forza graphics are superior to GT5...and thats a damn shame. Trust me, if I was an xbox fanboy, I wouldnt be so disappointed at this product right now. Speaking of fanboy...you very much sound like a sony one. However, unlike you, I have both systems and I enjoy both. You're thoughts are clearly one sided.
I haven't played GT5 yet, but I have played forza 3 and judging by the videos I've seen and gifs/images of gt5 forza doesn't even compare. Are you playing on an SDTV?
No, playing on 1080p..GT5 looks good during the replays and such...but actual gameplay graphics when you are racing is not better looking than Forza. Im not saying GT5 isnt an awesome game. It definitely has a ton to offer and I will be playing the living crap out of that game. However, its just disappointing to me because Forza has pumped out 3 great games in the same time it took to just make GT5. After all that wait and anticipation, I just expected more...doesnt mean I wont have a great time with it though.
I attacked the company who you based your opinion of the game on and you get defensive and start calling me names. I wonder....and to say Forza has better graphics than GT5. According to what I've read on Neogaf...you would be the minority. If you don't know what neogaf is...you're not a hardcore gamer like me. Everything you wrote on your first post about ign and your 3 races = bad game tells everyone what they need to know. If you posted something like that on Neogaf, you would've been banned for being a troll. Speaking of trolling, have you ever seen me make a post trolling a game from xbox? If you've read my history, I've talked bad about more ps3 games than any other system. As far as GT5 is concerned, I'm loving it and my opinions greatly differ from yours. I tend to play games longer than a few minutes before I form an opinion.
A bit OT (more of a rant), but... Someone once said: Might be good to do that again. Though actually, I'd go one step further and generally ignore all the review scores (probably wouldn't hurt to ignore at least some reviews too). Think I've seen you guys get all upset/excited because IGN/Gamespot/etc. gave a score that was slightly lower/higher than what you expected. Because a 9.256789 is much better than a 9.256788. Practically two different games. Always like it when the review score differs from the text too. Plenty of "A great experience, and something every PS3/360/Wii/PC owner should play! 8.25" and "AI sucks, storyline isn't anything special, only 4-6 hours with little replayability, far from perfect. 10." There should be 2-3 "ratings" IMO. The game is good (go play it now!), the game is good but has issues (up to you whether you should get it...maybe wait for price cut), and the game sucks (avoid). Anything that tries to get much more specific is just pointless IMO. Is Uncharted 2 really 2 pts (out of a 100) better than LBP? I don't know. But both games are awesome, and all PS3 owners should play them. And that's assuming you can even "trust" these reviews. You're basically relying on someone who probably hasn't played a game very much, may not care for the genre very much (not knowledgeable about the game or related games), or is just plain ignorant in general. I've lost count of how many reviews I've seen where the reviewer was flat out wrong about the facts for a game. When you have a limited number of hours before the deadline hits, and certain features are disabled/not yet available (e.g., GT Online wasn't enabled until yesterday I think...some reviewers decided to hold off because of that), kind of easy to be wrong about a game. Then you have reviews that were basically "influenced" by certain video game companies (i.e, publishers). Tried to turn a blind eye towards that in the past, but things like the Gamespot incident pretty much confirms this happens in the industry and is a bigger problem than we might think. Some reviewers even have their own bias and let that affect their reviews (seen some reviewers admit to this...basically underrating games due to the console it was on). And some sites are more worried about hits than writing good content. Easier to get hits with a "controversial" review than something most people expected. Way too easy to let things other than the game itself affect a review. Long story short, don't much stock in professional reviews period. Videos and maybe some description of the features/bugs/gameplay modes/etc., probably is a MUCH better indicator for whether you may or may not like a certain game. A demo is even better (and GT has has plenty of those). I probably should have done that with NBA 2K11, but I let some of the hype and early reviews (like IGN's "Best Sports Game" 9.5 review) talk me into buying it. Rant over... As for GT5 specifically, no idea how good it is. Reviews might be right, though as mentioned, I'd be skeptical (especially from reviewers that had their reviews up quickly). Though I would also say that based on what I've seen, GT5 definitely looks better than Forza. Though I'll admit, GT5 is VERY inconsistent. Standard cars + standard tracks = most likely worse than Forza. But some of the new stuff created for just GT5 is definitely very impressive, some of the best out there. Kind of sucks, but that's how they decided to do things (I think of it as ~200 PS3 cars + bonus ~800 PS2 cars). And not really fair to compare GT5 with the Forza releases. I started saying that too, but then found out how much extra stuff Polyphony was putting into GT5. The amount of content/features in GT5 is insane. The extra development time probably went into stuff like that, rather than simply trying to match up with Forza or whatever. Though quality of content could possibly be better (but that's probably subjective).
Damn! I'm pretty tempted to pick up a PS3 just for this game. It should look totally amazing on my 60" Sony. Last time I bought a PS2 was like 9yrs ago for for the same reason was to play GT3, Grand Theft Auto III and Medal Gear Solid 2. Totally not a console person but I'll buy it just for the pure fun factor.
How much better than prologue is GT5 going to be? Prologue was fun, but it got boring pretty quick - maybe I need cheat codes to get through some of the boring races.
You must have missed when I followed up the IGN score with the gamerankings score of 87.5%...which is much more telling. Nice attempt though, bud.
Just got through the first license tests. Silver medal for all but one. Will go back for some gold a little later. Did the first series of races. So far: Graphics are inconsistent. I've always considered GT to be the 'top tier' showcase for graphics on a Sony system. That's not really the case so far in my experience. Gameplay is still top notch in terms of driving simulation. If any of you have played previous GT games you know what to expect here. Still one of the best. Menus are tied into PSN's login somehow, which right now makes it a horrid mess. With the servers getting hammered (I imagine) everything hangs and lags, even if you aren't playing online. Even if you are just going to GT mode, it's still got to hit the server, so you'll be waiting on a hanging screen until you get the eventual error message. I'm sure this will be worked out in time, but for the meantime just disconnect from PSN if you are having the problem. Otherwise it's near unplayable. So far, if you've liked GT in the past you are probably going to be fine here. Just don't expect to be completely blown away like you may have been expecting for a game that's been in the making for more than half a decade. ouch, rezdawg got the chow-realist double team. Two of Sony's finest. I hope you learned your lesson, rezdawg! :grin:
You missed my point. I wasn't saying that you shouldn't much stock into the IGN review. I was saying you shouldn't put much stock into any (professional) review...or at least the review score (review text itself can be pretty bad too, but usually the score is the issue). Quoting IGN scores or Gameranking scores is pretty much worthless IMO when trying to assess the quality of a game (especially this early on). If IGN gave it a 9.0 and Gamerankings was at 90%, would it really make that big of a difference? (review text could probably be exactly the same too) edit: NBA 2K11 is at 89%. That's just terrible.
