Gran Turismo 5 - Playstation 3

Astonished by the graphics and amazed by how much more of a real driving simulation it is, Gran Turismo 5 DELIVERS. The first thing I did though was look at the trophy list after installing. If there are any platinum trophy freaks like me this one has work cut out for you. One of them i noticed was Gold star in all license, events, and single events. If you ever played a GT then you know there are easily over 300 races, just me popping through the menus I think there are definitely 300 but I could be wrong... not to mention the endurance races. Now for the graphics... I honestly must say that this just might be the best looking racing game ever if not, tell me what is. As for the game play its a step up from gt4 in simulation but not anymore difficult. The only problem i see with GT5 so far is the loading times. I'm use to fast load times on other games but this is not the case for GT5, but I don't care because each race is worth the load time, oh and by the way I'm sure after a few races one would just get use to the load times, every race I have done so far I have just admired every detail that the developers put in to it. I would recommend every ps3 owner to have this game if you are into racing games, however, if you like need for speed or any other type of arcade game GT5 is nothing like those games. If you have never tried a Gran Turismo game before I suggest you rent this or play it on a display before you buy so you know what your getting into.Have fun, Happy Thanksgiving to all.EDIT:Although amazing I have been finding flaws which remind me of the huge mistake of releasing Gran Turismo 2 in the state that it was in. I'm having fun racing but the B-spec mode SUCKS......... Its twice as long as a-spec and you cannot speed it up like GT4. I really think these guys just sat around and got drunk or just hanged out for the 5 years of development because in 5 years they should have been able to have the usual amount of races for each class. This time around there are hardly any rally races and at times the graphics shop up like crazy. I loved gran turismo sense day one of me playing it. Although i feel let down. I hope us fans don't have to wait 6 more years. Seriously I love gran turismo but i cant see myself playing it as much as I did the previous GT's because its extremely short when compared to the previous games. I wanted more races. All we can hope for is gt 6 soon, or at least some add- on content.

I have absolutely loved the Gran Turismo franchise ever since the first one came out for the original Play Station in the 90's. And after a very long wait, the new one is finally here, and I must say GT5 was worth the wait. I have only spent a few hours playing the game so far, but from what I have experienced, I love it. It has brought back all of the great features of past versions and expanded on them and upgraded them. I really have no complaints except for that the load times are a bit slow for some of the races, but other than that, the game is as polished as can be (which was a relief after rushing GT2 through development and leaving it full of bugs, and rushing GT3 through development and leaving it lacking in features)...I am glad they took their time making this one right...GT4 was great, and GT5 takes it to even a higher level.Obviously lots of tracks (70+) and lots of cars (1,000+) are great things, but I also love the menus and the navigation as well, which had some issues in previous versions (such as the cursor hanging out in oblivion and not on a clickable icon when you would go from screen to screen). I also like that all the controls have stayed the same, and the handling and difficulty seems to be about the same as previous versions...basically if you are an experienced GT-er, you will have no problems starting out. I am hoping however that there are not too many ridiculous 4-5 hour endurance races, especially like some of the brutal ones of the past like the stock Mazda Roadster endurance that was about as much fun as watching paint dry, and just punish you in trying to get 100% complete on the game...we will see how that all goes as I get deeper into the game. Most of all though, I love the depth and many new features...the go-karts are a blast, for one, and there are many new performance mods available! I am sure that I will spend many, many enjoyable hours with this game.I highly recommend for both old-school GT fans, as well as newcomers who will appreciate a game that takes patience, skill, strategy, and a big learning curve.