Anyone playing Gran Turismo 5?

[TiddlesRX7]

If you fancy an online race (if it\'ll ever let me on the server!) then send a friend request to me (TiddlesRX7) and we\'ll have a go. Not sure about the first impression of the game. The more I play it the better it gets but there is such a lot of faffing about to start with its unbelieveable.

Ade

[marcusd666]

Will be on it soon mate my Birthday is just round the corner and a lot of hints have been dropped if not will just go and get it myself lol

[turbo boy]

Played it last night. What a load of rubbish, apart from more cars and tracks i wasn`t impressed with the graphics. And they say it took 5yrs to make!
 Ain`t got nothing on black ops.

[TiddlesRX7]

I dunno. I thought that the graphics were good. Maybe not 5 yrs of development good but good non the less. The tyre smoke looks really good when drifting too The loading time was what was ....ing me off but aparently its cause of server congestion as it updates online as it goes. They are recommending you disconnect from the internet for now if you are playing in 1 player mode.
I played it for 5 hours straight lastnight so I\'ve decided I like it. If it was crap i\'d have turned it off and gone to bed a lot earlier!

[marcusd666]

The end of the day Gran Turismo is the playstation I have had well still got all playstation consoles 1,2, PSP and 3 and have got GT for all of them I have never been disappointed I can\'t wait to get my hands on this one and lose hours of my life. Sad or what.

[Brett]

How does it compare to Forza 3?

[TiddlesRX7]

Dunno. Never owned an X box or played Forza. Was bloody tempted to buy one though when waiting for this!

[marcusd666]

I have had a go on fonza on the x box and TBH GT5 Prolouge was just as go if not better.

[captainbizzaro]

Am I right in saying that the Top Gear test track is on GT5?

Off topic but regarding what Turbo Boy said-I\'ve given Black Ops my best shot but just can\'t stand it. Back to MW2 and COD4 for me.

[skybusr34]

picked it up last night. its ok.  its got alot stricter with goin on grass. cutting verges etc.

my biggest gripe with it. is when in auto mode you cant any longer hold it in a gear using L2.  which would allow drifting alot easier

(im not the most games console orientated so i struggle with manual gear box. too  many buttons. )

[Kenji]

CaptainBizarro: that\'s right, the Top Gear track is in GT5. And damn, that\'s a hard circuit. Very difficult to see where you have to go.

[TiddlesRX7]

picked it up last night. its ok.  its got alot stricter with goin on grass. cutting verges etc.

my biggest gripe with it. is when in auto mode you cant any longer hold it in a gear using L2.  which would allow drifting alot easier

(im not the most games console orientated so i struggle with manual gear box. too  many buttons. )

I\'ve been the same using auto for all games really. But with this manual is soooooooooooo much better. it does take an hour or so to get used to if you normally play in auto though. You can hook up the corners alot easier in manual I have found and the FC drifts like a good-en now. In auto it just wouldn\'t do it or it\'d snap back or understeer mid drift.
All my mates have got steering wheels ( all GT ones) and they reckon its the nuts with one. So much easier to put the car where you want. And they all say the nascar special stages are loads easier too.

[Kenji]

[TiddlesRX7]

How do you take a pic from the game (or a replay) and post it into a forum like this Kenji?
Nice FD by the way:)

[Kenji]

You can take a premium car from your garage, position it as you like in the "Photo Tour" mode.
Then go to your album, select the pic, press triangle and select "export to XMB Album"
exit the game, in the PS3 menu go to "Photo", there\'ll be a folder there with your GT5 pictures.
Copy the pics to a USB stick and then you ca access them on your pc.