Many peoples’ waiting is over now that the blu-ray game, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, arrived to store shelves last week. This game is a “lite” version of Gran Turismo 5, it is like a taster for the full Gran Turismo 5 experience to arrive late 2009. Also, let’s make it clear that this is not a “Demo”, it is a full game that gives gamers a chance to experiment with most features of the upcoming GT5. The first Gran Turismo game was released 10 years ago for Playstation 1 and gave us a perspective on what race games could be, GT5 is the first game of the franchise for Playstation 3 and shows us some of the power this console has in storage. The game can be purchased in two different ways: on our beloved blu-ray disc on stores or on the Playstation online store as a download. They are not exactly the same! The Blu-ray disc version will come with some extras such as an additional HD behind the scenes featurette of the GT franchise called Beyond the Apex. The game has 70 cars from worldwide car manufacturers, half a dozen tracks, drift mode, new interior dash view, and online racing with up to 16 players.

GT5:Prologue is amazingly realistic and some scenes will definitely fool your mom on the big screen! So real that every car feels and sounds just like the real thing, giving each vehicle a character and voice of its own. Cars will understeer or oversteer exactly as their real-world counterparts would drive. In past games, upgrading vehicles would only give you a higher top speed, better acceleration or tighter cornering, but Gran Turismo 5 gives you much more than that! You actually feel how the weight is distributed simply from driving a car, Polyphony (the game developer) was able to make it feel like cars have weight to them. Polyphony has once again absolutely nailed. So much so that in one of the videos you can watch online, you see real car racers saying how they have used the game as a simulator to practice certain tracks. Worth mentioning also is the improved AI of the game, yet still not perfect, it gives you a better sense that the other cars are not all “behaving”the same predicable way. The visuals are so crisp, you’ll spot blades of grass swaying in the wake of nearby wind currents caused by the speeding cars. The stunning detail is also present on the game’s audio. The sound of each car was individually recorded from every angle, including inside the cockpit for the new interior dash view.

If you are a racing fan this game is a must-have!

Key Features:

• Race over 60 cars from worldwide automotive manufacturers, precisely modeled both inside and out. [Full Car List at the bottom]
• All-new interior dash view, featuring full driver animation and working gauges.
• Compete on 6 tracks with 12 total layouts, including Fuji Speedway, Suzuka Circuit, and for the first time ever, Daytona International Speedway.
• Online racing with up to 16 players, complete with detailed rankings, plus downloadable ghost cars and race replays of top racers.
• New online community features including Gran Turismo TV, featuring worldwide automotive and motorsport programming.
• Tune vehicle performance, from suspension and tires to gear ratio and engine modifications.
• Rendered in stunning 1080p at 60 frames per second with crisp, realistic lighting and camera effects (replays rendered in 1080p 30fps).

Additional Mode

• Drift Trial
• 2 Player Battle

New Features

• Performance Points
• Quick Tune
• Real Time Adjustment (RA) feature (Compatible with Driving Force GT)

Event

• All event content have been updated.
• Number of events per class raised from 8 to a total of 10 each.
• Improvements have been made to the user interface

Driving Options

• “AI Level” added
• No. of Laps added
• “Driving line” added
• “Active Brakes” deleted
• “Active Steering” moved from Option (Can be adjusted in 3 levels, effective for wireless control pad as well).

Option

• Added No. of laps setting for “Arcade / 2 P“ (Infinite/2-00)
• Added “Units” (Distance, Power, Torque)
• Added “Demo” (Auto demo start interval, demo duration, demo content settings)
• Added real time adjustment feature related items in “Change Button Assignments”
• Added “Temperature” display settings under “Network”
• Added “Delete Course Records”(offline) under “Utilities”

Online

• Added Free Run (practice run mode) in race events
• Changed so that the host is not always in the 1st place grid position in online race events

Other

• Garage selection added to Event and Online
• 4 stages including Kyoto added to the My Page background
• Measures taken against taking shortcuts in various tracks
• Improved penalty judgment
• Upper limit of credits raised to Cr.20,000,000
• Compatibility with the Driving Force GT steering wheel planned for release by Logicool®
• Improved controllability using the wireless controller pad
• Updated Manual
• Tyre selection in Arcade fixed to S2

Full Car List (71 cars):

• Lexus IS F ‘07
• Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nur ‘02
• Nissan Fairlady Z Version S ‘07
• Nissan Skyline Sedan 350GT Type SP ‘06
• Nissan Skyline Coupe Concept ‘07
• Nissan Skyline Coupe 370GT Type SP ‘07
• Nissan Skyline Coupe (V36) Tuned Car
• Nissan GT-R Proto ‘05
• Nissan GT-R ‘07
• Honda Integra TYPE R ‘04
• Honda NSX Type R ‘02
• Acura NSX ‘91
• Mazda Atenza Sport (2007 Tokyo Motor Show reference exhibit)
• Mazda RX-8 Type S ‘03
• Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD)
• Mazda RX-7 (FD) Special Tuned Car
• Subaru Impreza WRX STI (18inch BBS Wheel Option) ‘07
• Subaru Impreza Sedan WRX STI spec C Type RA ‘05
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR ‘05
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR Premium Package ‘07
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR Tuned Car
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X GSR Tuned Car
• Suzuki Cappuccino ‘95
• Suzuki Swift Sport ‘07
• Suzuki Cervo SR ‘07
• Suzuki Cappuccino Tuned Car
• Suzuki Swift Sport Tuned Car
• Daihatsu Copen Active Top ‘02
• Daihatsu OFC-1 ‘07
• Chevrolet Corvette Z06 ‘06
• Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (C6) Tuned Car
• Dodge Viper GTS ‘02
• Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe ‘06
• Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe Tuned Car
• Ford Mustang V8 GT Coupe Premium ‘07
• Ford GT ‘05
• Ford Focus ST ‘06
• Ford GT Tuned Car
• Audi R8 4.2 FSI R tronic ‘07
• Audi TT Coupe 3.2 quattro ‘07
• BMW Z4 ‘03
• BMW 135i Coupe ‘07
• BMW M3 Coupe ‘07
• BMW 135tii ‘08
• Mini Cooper-S ‘06
• Mercedes-Benz SL 55 AMG ‘02
• Volkswagen Golf GTI ‘01
• Volkswagen Golf V GTI ‘05
• Alfa Romeo 147 TI 2.0 TWIN SPARK ‘06
• Alfa Romeo Brera Sky Window 3.2 JTS Q4 ‘06
• Ferrari 599 ‘06
• Ferrari F430 ‘06
• Ferrari 512BB ‘76
• Ferrari F40 ‘92
• Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione ‘91
• Citroen C4 Coupe 2.0VTS ‘06
• Renault Clio Renault Sport V6 24V ‘00
• Clio Renault Sport V6 24V Tuned Car
• Aston Martin DB9 Coupe ‘06
• Jaguar XK Coupe ‘06
• Lotus Elise 111R ‘04
• Lotus Elise ‘96
• Lotus Elise 111R Tuned Car
• Lotus Elise Tuned Car
• TVR Tuscan Speed 6 ‘00
• TVR Tamora ‘02
• Art Morrison Corvette’60
• Amuse/Opera Performance Gran Turismo 350Z RS
• Amuse S2000 GT1 Turbo
• Mine’s BNR34 Skyline GT-R N1 base ‘06
• Blitz Dunlop ER34 ‘07

If you are planing to buy Gran Turismo 5: Prologue for PS3, just click here.

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