Gran Turismo 5 Demo

I checked the first 3-4 pages of the forums and i didn't see a topic on this...so

What did you guys think?

I thought the car looked great. The track and surroundings weren't too good but the size of the demo was tiny.

I'll admit it i did pretty bad. Wasn't anywhere near the lap record but i still found it pretty good. I don't havemuch tocompare with so im going to assume the physics are good. I don't remember spinning out in Gran Turismo 3 or 4 as much as this one. Going offtrack really affected the car as well.

The physics are slightly better than those in GT5 Prologue, but it's hard to tell with a car which wasnt in Prologue...

Graphics are pretty much the same as well. Oh well, still an OK demo and it was only 200MB.

I did about 10 laps with the DS3 controller, it wasn't bad. Took me a few laps to get used to it, but then I started improving my lap times pretty regularly. Then I plugged in my Driving Force GT steering wheel and it seemed like it got 10 times harder. I didn't notice the grass was as slippery as ice with the DS3, but with the wheel, it's ridiculous. Slide...and slide...and slide...and slide. Then when I finally stop, give it about 1% throttle, okay, now I'm doing another 360. I played GT5 Prologue for a few hours last night, on Professional with all the assists turned off. Let me put it this way - in Prologue, you can feel when you're pushing the car to its limits. Back off a bit, you're A-OK. Get greedy, and you spin out. In the demo you don't get that at all. The car seems to be 100% under control, then an instant later it's 100% out of control. You get no indication that you're approaching its limits until you've gone past them.

I can't even comment on the physics. Isn't the Active Stability Management set to 7 on the demo? I can't remember. It was not a pleasant experience by any means. The game is difficult enough on Professional without giving you a car with gobs of snap oversteer and grass that's as slick as ice.

I did about 10 laps with the DS3 controller, it wasn't bad. Took me a few laps to get used to it, but then I started improving my lap times pretty regularly. Then I plugged in my Driving Force GT steering wheel and it seemed like it got 10 times harder. I didn't notice the grass was as slippery as ice with the DS3, but with the wheel, it's ridiculous. Slide...and slide...and slide...and slide. Then when I finally stop, give it about 1% throttle, okay, now I'm doing another 360. I played GT5 Prologue for a few hours last night, on Professional with all the assists turned off. Let me put it this way - in Prologue, you can feel when you're pushing the car to its limits. Back off a bit, you're A-OK. Get greedy, and you spin out. In the demo you don't get that at all. The car seems to be 100% under control, then an instant later it's 100% out of control. You get no indication that you're approaching its limits until you've gone past them.

I can't even comment on the physics. Isn't the Active Stability Management set to 7 on the demo? I can't remember. It was not a pleasant experience by any means. The game is difficult enough on Professional without giving you a car with gobs of snap oversteer and grass that's as slick as ice.

Jackc8

the traction controls is default at 7, I dont think there is ASM turned on

That was a real boring demo, we need something more interesting to play.

There's a GT5 demo? :o I need to download this! :D

the traction controls is default at 7, I dont think there is ASM turned on

kate_jones

That explains it. When I started playing GT5 Prologue I thought the slow cars performed like dogs and the fast cars were uncontrollable. Then I noticed that the traction control was on by default. I turned it to 0 and Eureka! Everything was suddenly 1,000% better.

I still like forza 3 better, is there a newbie setting? Like let it automaticly brake if you dont?Javieralijandro

No matter how many times people say this is not a demo, it is exactly how the masses are going to take it, as a demo, and anyone who has both consoles, like I do, would be hard pressed to say this game "demo" is anywhere near the level of quality of the forza 3 "demo"

I do understand what they are doing, and anyone can look at the two "demos" and just look at the size diffrence, this obviously was not intended to give anyone a real taste of the whole game, maybe the physics engine, which to me, is terrible.

I can understand that sim games are supposed to be hard with all the assists turned off, and it is difficult, but in a weird, not really reality way, grass is slippery, but not that slippery, did they have a downpour of cooking oil right before the race. And since when did this rear wheel drive car turn into a front wheel drive car

the beauty of rear when drive is the throttle/brake play and manipulating your car around corners, the 370 in this little time trail drives like my front wheel drive tiburon, hit a corner to fast and you just keep going forward,EPIC understeer, and no way at all to induce power oversteer (except the parking brake, and again, same as the Tiburon), worse yet, the buttons are mapped it the digital face buttons, WTF, is it 1997, there are analog shoulder buttons, use them, it makes a HUGE diffrence, especially if you are going to have the handling so damn touchy.

While its not a Demo, even as a piece just to show the physics engine, I am very disappointed, this should have been more, it should have been above and beyond what Turn 10 has done, and it isn't

Gran Turismo 5 is now a wait game for me, I was planning on buying it on the day it came out, like I was planning on buying Gran Turismo PSP, first day untill I found out they took out career mode, brilliant

I am not happy with how my old favorite franchise is shaping up

yea that demo was too boring and disappointed. But the graphic looks great. Just they still doing the same thing. No body kits, rims, etc....

worse yet, the buttons are mapped it the digital face buttons, WTF, is it 1997, there are analog shoulder buttons, use them, it makes a HUGE diffrence

crispytheone88

You do know that you can change the controls right?

I changed accelerate to R2 and brake to L2 (much better).

[QUOTE="Javieralijandro"]I still like forza 3 better, is there a newbie setting? Like let it automaticly brake if you dont?GingerDeadMan

I can understand that sim games are supposed to be hard with all the assists turned off, and it is difficult, but in a weird, not really reality way, grass is slippery, but not that slippery, did they have a downpour of cooking oil right before the race. And since when did this rear wheel drive car turn into a front wheel drive car

crispytheone88

I felt like I was playing GT4 on my ps2. Not as jaggy, but other than that, GT4 for PC.

so on a side note, what's everyone's best time? I can't get any faster than 1:45... the record is 1:36

so on a side note, what's everyone's best time? I can't get any faster than 1:45... the record is 1:36

hxczuner

My record for tuned is 1:45.

So the american record is 1:36?

LOL the exact same as the portuguese record! :P

i just downloaded the demo couple hrs ago and i was pretty bored by it im sorry but hopefully the full game isnt as dreadful as this demo.

i was all over the place on the first 5 or so tries, then i got the hang of it but there is no way the glass is that slippery, and even if you try to hold a slight turn the car begins to slide.

[QUOTE="hxczuner"]

so on a side note, what's everyone's best time? I can't get any faster than 1:45... the record is 1:36

caiadas25

My record for tuned is 1:45.

So the american record is 1:36?

LOL the exact same as the portuguese record! :P

I haven't tried it with the untuned yet. I'm going from months of burnout paradise to this so it's kind of hard to change my driving style..lol

I'm slightly disapointed to be honest.

The car and roads look nice, but the crowds, grass, and background look awful.

It feels like the series is not getting anywhere in terms of gameplay and it still feels the same..

I know this is a bit harsh for a demo, but I am sure they will improve it.

I am looking forward to the online and the track editor the most.

I dont reckon it was as bad as some people say.
I mean it did take me a while to get used to it cause the last GT game i played was GT3 Aspec.

The cars looked great, the tracks and backgrounds can be better.
Too many people are comparing this 200MB DEMO TO FORZA, A FULL GAME.

Just wait a little, i mean i reckon for just 200mb this demo was great i mean come on.

Im still looking forward to the full GT5 game.

My best time so far has been 1:44.799. First place on my leaderboards is at 1:36.396. Im loving the handling right now.

And for those people claiming its not a demo you should read the text at the beginning when you start playing.

It says "Welcome to the Gran Turismo 5 Time Trail Challenge . This is the demo version of the upcoming Gran Turismo 5"

I did about 10 laps with the DS3 controller, it wasn't bad. Took me a few laps to get used to it, but then I started improving my lap times pretty regularly. Then I plugged in my Driving Force GT steering wheel and it seemed like it got 10 times harder. I didn't notice the grass was as slippery as ice with the DS3, but with the wheel, it's ridiculous. Slide...and slide...and slide...and slide. Then when I finally stop, give it about 1% throttle, okay, now I'm doing another 360. I played GT5 Prologue for a few hours last night, on Professional with all the assists turned off. Let me put it this way - in Prologue, you can feel when you're pushing the car to its limits. Back off a bit, you're A-OK. Get greedy, and you spin out. In the demo you don't get that at all. The car seems to be 100% under control, then an instant later it's 100% out of control. You get no indication that you're approaching its limits until you've gone past them.

I can't even comment on the physics. Isn't the Active Stability Management set to 7 on the demo? I can't remember. It was not a pleasant experience by any means. The game is difficult enough on Professional without giving you a car with gobs of snap oversteer and grass that's as slick as ice.

Jackc8

I don't know how, but the demo seemed worse than prologue. I'm not big on graphics so that didn't bother me, but the handling of the car was just sad.

I want to tell myself this is just a stripped down demo, but I'm really skeptical about the full game now.

omg it's not a demo no one gets itkarnis

[QUOTE="karnis"]omg it's not a demo no one gets itDJ_Lae

lol thats what i did i assumed it was a demo
and in the loading screen it refers to itself as a demo lol and it say this does not represent the final product etc

but honestly people will think its a demo

i just downloaded the demo couple hrs ago and i was pretty bored by it im sorry but hopefully the full game isnt as dreadful as this demo.

NTSC-U

lol what did you expect from a time trial with only one car and one track??

I liked it, the psychics are improved over GT5 Prologue, it was pretty little on hard side since the demo is locked on professional setting and I usually race on standard.

Very exited for the full release, I can't wait for WRC. ;)

[QUOTE="caiadas25"]

[QUOTE="hxczuner"]

so on a side note, what's everyone's best time? I can't get any faster than 1:45... the record is 1:36

shani_boy101

My record for tuned is 1:45.

So the american record is 1:36?

LOL the exact same as the portuguese record! :P

No that guy is the best of your country.

Its organized into countries. I suppose you're dutch?

I'm slightly disapointed to be honest.

The car and roads look nice, but the crowds, grass, and background look awful.

It feels like the series is not getting anywhere in terms of gameplay and it still feels the same..

I know this is a bit harsh for a demo, but I am sure they will improve it.

I am looking forward to the online and the track editor the most.

hanslacher54

Lol what did you expect with a 200 MB demo?

I was expecting worse :P

A ton of people will download it over the next few weeks because it says 'Gran Turismo'" and they'll play a few laps and then sit back and go "What the **bleep** is this?"DJ_Lae

That's exactly what I was thinking. Professional physics may be a fun challenge for the hardcore GT fans, but this is out there for the general public, many of whom probably don't know that in the full game, you'll be able to set it to amateur physics. They'll play this demo, find the car uncontrollable, and well...this sucks. "I'll never buy that game."

The demo sucked. I know its only 203 MB, but if you're gonna release a demo why release a crappy one? They would've been better off not releasing this at all and waiting closer to the release to put one out. I'm still gonna get the game, but this demo isn't gonna cut it.

I understand that the general public will just take it as a demo but it really isn't. They're not going to appeal to the casual set because the time trial isn't for the casual set. It's set on the harder settings to test the player to find the best driver.

I did about 10 laps with the DS3 controller, it wasn't bad. Took me a few laps to get used to it, but then I started improving my lap times pretty regularly. Then I plugged in my Driving Force GT steering wheel and it seemed like it got 10 times harder. I didn't notice the grass was as slippery as ice with the DS3, but with the wheel, it's ridiculous. Slide...and slide...and slide...and slide. Then when I finally stop, give it about 1% throttle, okay, now I'm doing another 360. I played GT5 Prologue for a few hours last night, on Professional with all the assists turned off. Let me put it this way - in Prologue, you can feel when you're pushing the car to its limits. Back off a bit, you're A-OK. Get greedy, and you spin out. In the demo you don't get that at all. The car seems to be 100% under control, then an instant later it's 100% out of control. You get no indication that you're approaching its limits until you've gone past them.

I can't even comment on the physics. Isn't the Active Stability Management set to 7 on the demo? I can't remember. It was not a pleasant experience by any means. The game is difficult enough on Professional without giving you a car with gobs of snap oversteer and grass that's as slick as ice.

Jackc8

When you use a controller on the GT Academy demo, the traction control is turned on, you can see and feel it when going round corners, it limits throttle at times when you try to use it.

When you use a wheel, traction control is turned off, you can also feel that. So the car oversteers more and more input is needed to drive the car, to control it properly, which is way more fun imo :P

I usually play LFS and that has some of the best physics for a driving/ racing sim, and I would say the physics in the GT Academy demo hold up very well compared to that. In short, I think the physics are great :D

Regarding the status of this GT5 file on the PSN, its not really a demo so much as its a competition. If anything was a demo it was Prolouge haha, albeit an expensive one.

No matter how many times people say this is not a demo, it is exactly how the masses are going to take it, as a demo, and anyone who has both consoles, like I do, would be hard pressed to say this game "demo" is anywhere near the level of quality of the forza 3 "demo"

I do understand what they are doing, and anyone can look at the two "demos" and just look at the size diffrence, this obviously was not intended to give anyone a real taste of the whole game, maybe the physics engine, which to me, is terrible.

I can understand that sim games are supposed to be hard with all the assists turned off, and it is difficult, but in a weird, not really reality way, grass is slippery, but not that slippery, did they have a downpour of cooking oil right before the race. And since when did this rear wheel drive car turn into a front wheel drive car

the beauty of rear when drive is the throttle/brake play and manipulating your car around corners, the 370 in this little time trail drives like my front wheel drive tiburon, hit a corner to fast and you just keep going forward,EPIC understeer, and no way at all to induce power oversteer (except the parking brake, and again, same as the Tiburon), worse yet, the buttons are mapped it the digital face buttons, WTF, is it 1997, there are analog shoulder buttons, use them, it makes a HUGE diffrence, especially if you are going to have the handling so damn touchy.

While its not a Demo, even as a piece just to show the physics engine, I am very disappointed, this should have been more, it should have been above and beyond what Turn 10 has done, and it isn't

Gran Turismo 5 is now a wait game for me, I was planning on buying it on the day it came out, like I was planning on buying Gran Turismo PSP, first day untill I found out they took out career mode, brilliant

I am not happy with how my old favorite franchise is shaping up

crispytheone88