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Gran Turismo 5 To Be Released November 24th

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-real-this-time dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "After many, many delays, Gran Turismo 5 has finally gotten a solid release date: November 24th. ('Tis the season for vaporware titles to emerge into the real world, it seems.)" Eurogamer posted a preview of the game back in August, saying, "It's been a whirlwind of features and car chatter, beneath which the game still looks fantastic. It may have been in development for the whole of this console generation, but the technical arms race has slowed down and GT5 still looks as good as any other racing game we've seen, and it is, to say the least, comprehensive." Joystiq has a video of the course maker and a collection of screenshots.

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  1. How does it handle crashing? by timeOday · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Car crashes, I mean. They're a tough issue in racing games. Some of what goes wrong:

    * A griefer who wants to crash rather than race ruins the game
    * You discover you can lap more quickly by driving into the hairpin at the end of a straightaway at full speed and crashing into the wall, saving time on deceleration
    * You discover you can't crash the AI drivers. So you get the inside line and ride them around sharp corners.

    Once you find a ridiculous tactic is highly effective, the game is spoiled. But for whatever reason, it's not fun to drive a game so slowly/safely you can go for an hour without crashing, so handling crashes realistically is problematic too.

    1. Re:How does it handle crashing? by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Insightful

      GT has always been a rather unforgiving game, try just qualifying to race in GT3 and 4. Crashes should be realistic. Hit the wall at 100mph? Race over and you do it again.

      Not every game has to be super easy.

  2. Sorry Sony by sdguero · · Score: 4, Interesting

    But I got tired of waiting and sold my PS3 on craigslist about 18 months ago. After my experience with the PS3 (way too expensive and did not deliver what I was expecting, particularly with game titles) I don't expect to purchase another Sony console anytime soon. It's too bad cause I was what you'd call a fanboi 3 years ago...