Just sold GT5...

What a disappointment. I can't tell you how excited I was for this game, but I have been let down. How could a game six years in the making lack simple things like the ability to upgrade one's brakes (one of the most important parts of any racing car)? And no Porsche??? I've never, EVER played a racing game without Porsche being represented; they are one of the most revered auto manufacturers in the world for God's sake. Finally, and this is the real kicker, I feel that about 75% of the cars are just a waste. Only the premiums are worth the time or money, and there really aren't that many of them. Does anyone else feel cheated by Polyphony?

What a disappointment. I can't tell you how excited I was for this game, but I have been let down. How could a game six years in the making lack simple things like the ability to upgrade one's brakes (one of the most important parts of any racing car)? And no Porsche??? I've never, EVER played a racing game without Porsche being represented; they are one of the most revered auto manufacturers in the world for God's sake. Finally, and this is the real kicker, I feel that about 75% of the cars are just a waste. Only the premiums are worth the time or money, and there really aren't that many of them. Does anyone else feel cheated by Polyphony?

sixgears2

Call me crazy but most of my favorite vehicles like the Lamborghini Countach or RUF BTR YellowBird or Viper GTS are standard vehicles lol :P

I don't care for the premium models really at all...the used car lot is where you see the new and exciting stuff lol

I personally love the game and will be playing it for a long time...I just have one question. When does the liscenses count for something?

well what the hell do i do now? I just mailed my wish list to santa.

cant win. cant. ever. win.

What a disappointment. I can't tell you how excited I was for this game, but I have been let down. How could a game six years in the making lack simple things like the ability to upgrade one's brakes (one of the most important parts of any racing car)? And no Porsche??? I've never, EVER played a racing game without Porsche being represented; they are one of the most revered auto manufacturers in the world for God's sake. Finally, and this is the real kicker, I feel that about 75% of the cars are just a waste. Only the premiums are worth the time or money, and there really aren't that many of them. Does anyone else feel cheated by Polyphony?

sixgears2

No, but have fungmaster456

Well, you probably made another PS3 owner really happy so it's cool.

i feel your pain

I wont sell mine. It's here to stay.

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]No, but have funfunsohng

[QUOTE="sixgears2"]

What a disappointment. I can't tell you how excited I was for this game, but I have been let down. How could a game six years in the making lack simple things like the ability to upgrade one's brakes (one of the most important parts of any racing car)? And no Porsche??? I've never, EVER played a racing game without Porsche being represented; they are one of the most revered auto manufacturers in the world for God's sake. Finally, and this is the real kicker, I feel that about 75% of the cars are just a waste. Only the premiums are worth the time or money, and there really aren't that many of them. Does anyone else feel cheated by Polyphony?

NodakJo2010

Call me crazy but most of my favorite vehicles like the Lamborghini Countach or RUF BTR YellowBird or Viper GTS are standard vehicles lol :P

I don't care for the premium models really at all...the used car lot is where you see the new and exciting stuff lol

I personally love the game and will be playing it for a long time...I just have one question. When does the liscenses count for something?

Call me crazy but most of my favorite vehicles like the Lamborghini Countach or RUF BTR YellowBird or Viper GTS are standard vehicles lol :P

I don't care for the premium models really at all...the used car lot is where you see the new and exciting stuff lol

Well I am brand new to the series and I love it... With my TV and Steering wheel I think GT5 is here to stay

Damn. I didn't notice there is no premium RUF in the game, just a handful of standard models. I'm assuming that's what you meant as technically I don't think there has EVER been a licensed "Porsche" in the Gran Turismo games. But there have been RUF cars which were based on Porsche chassis. Technically not a "Porsche" though. IF you didn't know that I guess you are new to the series. Still, no premium models of any RUF SUCKS because those were some of my favorite cars to drive in past GT games and i was looking forward to the interior view on those.

Anyway that is indeed another head scratcher with some of the cars that ARE premium. But the high points of the game still outweigh all these nagging issues. I won't be done with this game for a LOOONNNG time and there are at least a good number of unique cars to drive. It's just too bad there are all these glaring holes on a game that took 5 years. Some of these are just like absolute "WTF" head scratchers for the Gran Turismo series. I hope they didn't intentionally gimp the roster of premium cars with plans on offering tons of DLC. If they start cranking small packs of premium cars as overpriced DLC I will be extremely disappointed. If months from now they offer some huge pack of like 100 more cars for $10 than I would be quite pleased indeed.

[QUOTE="NodakJo2010"]

[QUOTE="sixgears2"]

What a disappointment. I can't tell you how excited I was for this game, but I have been let down. How could a game six years in the making lack simple things like the ability to upgrade one's brakes (one of the most important parts of any racing car)? And no Porsche??? I've never, EVER played a racing game without Porsche being represented; they are one of the most revered auto manufacturers in the world for God's sake. Finally, and this is the real kicker, I feel that about 75% of the cars are just a waste. Only the premiums are worth the time or money, and there really aren't that many of them. Does anyone else feel cheated by Polyphony?

dk00111

Call me crazy but most of my favorite vehicles like the Lamborghini Countach or RUF BTR YellowBird or Viper GTS are standard vehicles lol :P

I don't care for the premium models really at all...the used car lot is where you see the new and exciting stuff lol

I personally love the game and will be playing it for a long time...I just have one question. When does the liscenses count for something?

what mostly has me disappointed is the fact that they took out the seattle circuit...damn that was one of my favorite city tracks, oh and they forgot the maserati mc12, how could they??

I rather regret getting the game for many of the reaons previously mentioned in this topic. 8.0 is the highest score this game should possibly get.

Do you want a pat on the back a hug?, why do you think we would care?

posthuman23

Damn. I didn't notice there is no premium RUF in the game, just a handful of standard models. I'm assuming that's what you meant as technically I don't think there has EVER been a licensed "Porsche" in the Gran Turismo games. But there have been RUF cars which were based on Porsche chassis. Technically not a "Porsche" though. IF you didn't know that I guess you are new to the series. Still, no premium models of any RUF SUCKS because those were some of my favorite cars to drive in past GT games and i was looking forward to the interior view on those.

Anyway that is indeed another head scratcher with some of the cars that ARE premium. But the high points of the game still outweigh all these nagging issues. I won't be done with this game for a LOOONNNG time and there are at least a good number of unique cars to drive. It's just too bad there are all these glaring holes on a game that took 5 years. Some of these are just like absolute "WTF" head scratchers for the Gran Turismo series. I hope they didn't intentionally gimp the roster of premium cars with plans on offering tons of DLC. If they start cranking small packs of premium cars as overpriced DLC I will be extremely disappointed. If months from now they offer some huge pack of like 100 more cars for $10 than I would be quite pleased indeed.

2Chalupas

I rather regret getting the game for many of the reaons previously mentioned in this topic. 8.0 is the highest score this game should possibly get.

ImprovedMind

[QUOTE="2Chalupas"]

Damn. I didn't notice there is no premium RUF in the game, just a handful of standard models. I'm assuming that's what you meant as technically I don't think there has EVER been a licensed "Porsche" in the Gran Turismo games. But there have been RUF cars which were based on Porsche chassis. Technically not a "Porsche" though. IF you didn't know that I guess you are new to the series. Still, no premium models of any RUF SUCKS because those were some of my favorite cars to drive in past GT games and i was looking forward to the interior view on those.

Anyway that is indeed another head scratcher with some of the cars that ARE premium. But the high points of the game still outweigh all these nagging issues. I won't be done with this game for a LOOONNNG time and there are at least a good number of unique cars to drive. It's just too bad there are all these glaring holes on a game that took 5 years. Some of these are just like absolute "WTF" head scratchers for the Gran Turismo series. I hope they didn't intentionally gimp the roster of premium cars with plans on offering tons of DLC. If they start cranking small packs of premium cars as overpriced DLC I will be extremely disappointed. If months from now they offer some huge pack of like 100 more cars for $10 than I would be quite pleased indeed.

sixgears2

yea i could tell ur not a racing enthusiast which is fine this game wasnt for you

From what i read/see this game is a hate it or love it type.

I just don't get why someone would buy it if they're not a car enthusiast.

From what i read/see this game is a hate it or love it type.

I just don't get why someone would buy it if they're not a car enthusiast.

BattleSpectre

@TC

Great story bro, maybe you could write a blog one day.

Obviously your not a car enthusiast, or you would have given GT5 a go more than a week, thats if you even played it that long. Its not your standard arcade racer, which has a boring linear story, with cars that go around corners at 200kph. Its not a simple racer which anyone can pickup, you need to put in time to learn every car.

your loss i guess, im having a blast with gt5

i don't play racings. but i heard that this game isnt what it promised.

I am in the same boat as you TC, I was so looking forward to this game, but it greatly disappointed me. I will most likely sell it too, its sad to see how low GT has fallen, especially if they come up with this after so many years of development.

usually games with big hype arent that great its those games no ones really heard of that shock the video game world. and no game is going toplease evry person

@TC

Great story bro, maybe you could write a blog one day.

Obviously your not a car enthusiast, or you would have given GT5 a go more than a week, thats if you even played it that long. Its not your standard arcade racer, which has a boring linear story, with cars that go around corners at 200kph. Its not a simple racer which anyone can pickup, you need to put in time to learn every car.

GTR12

[QUOTE="sixgears2"][QUOTE="2Chalupas"]

Damn. I didn't notice there is no premium RUF in the game, just a handful of standard models. I'm assuming that's what you meant as technically I don't think there has EVER been a licensed "Porsche" in the Gran Turismo games. But there have been RUF cars which were based on Porsche chassis. Technically not a "Porsche" though. IF you didn't know that I guess you are new to the series. Still, no premium models of any RUF SUCKS because those were some of my favorite cars to drive in past GT games and i was looking forward to the interior view on those.

Anyway that is indeed another head scratcher with some of the cars that ARE premium. But the high points of the game still outweigh all these nagging issues. I won't be done with this game for a LOOONNNG time and there are at least a good number of unique cars to drive. It's just too bad there are all these glaring holes on a game that took 5 years. Some of these are just like absolute "WTF" head scratchers for the Gran Turismo series. I hope they didn't intentionally gimp the roster of premium cars with plans on offering tons of DLC. If they start cranking small packs of premium cars as overpriced DLC I will be extremely disappointed. If months from now they offer some huge pack of like 100 more cars for $10 than I would be quite pleased indeed.

How much did you get for it?

I'm enjoying the game a lot, but it falls miles short of what we were led to expect. An 8.0 is a fair score and I too am left wondering what they were doing for over 5 years. There's no innovation whatsoever - it's just GT4 in hi-def. I haven't seen AI cars act as stupidly as these do since the days of the PS2. 80% of the cars were just ported over from the PS2 or PSP, and some of the tracks don't look like they got much more attention either. And since they apparently just set out to remake GT4 in hi-def, where are all the rest of the tracks? I guess we would have had to wait until 2015 for those. The menus are a clunky mess too.

But there's lots of cars and if you modify them to the point where they're fast enough to stay out of the vicinity of the brain dead AI cars, the driving is fun.

yea i could tell ur not a racing enthusiast which is fine this game wasnt for you

SILVER_X_AMMO

@TC

Great story bro, maybe you could write a blog one day.

Obviously your not a car enthusiast, or you would have given GT5 a go more than a week, thats if you even played it that long. Its not your standard arcade racer, which has a boring linear story, with cars that go around corners at 200kph. Its not a simple racer which anyone can pickup, you need to put in time to learn every car.

How much did you get for it?

I'm enjoying the game a lot, but it falls miles short of what we were led to expect. An 8.0 is a fair score and I too am left wondering what they were doing for over 5 years. There's no innovation whatsoever - it's just GT4 in hi-def. I haven't seen AI cars act as stupidly as these do since the days of the PS2. 80% of the cars were just ported over from the PS2 or PSP, and some of the tracks don't look like they got much more attention either. And since they apparently just set out to remake GT4 in hi-def, where are all the rest of the tracks? I guess we would have had to wait until 2015 for those. The menus are a clunky mess too.

But there's lots of cars and if you modify them to the point where they're fast enough to stay out of the vicinity of the brain dead AI cars, the driving is fun.

i kinda/wanna sell it as well cuz i too am let down..but being that by coughed up $60 for this game, i wont.. im really not that far in (im a lvl 9) but does anyone know if we can customize the cars? ( Vinyl stickers, window tints, etc..)LP4EVA2005

Despite it's flaws (like the mysterious disappearance of upgrading brakes) I won't be selling my copy. The driving is solid, and in a driving game that's what matters most.

[QUOTE="LP4EVA2005"]i kinda/wanna sell it as well cuz i too am let down..but being that by coughed up $60 for this game, i wont.. im really not that far in (im a lvl 9) but does anyone know if we can customize the cars? ( Vinyl stickers, window tints, etc..)sixgears2

My roommate has been playing GT4 again, and we both were commenting how we like the way it looks just fine. We use bumper-camera settings so who needs to see the car I'm riding in, what counts is how it HANDLES. People are complainers.

"Oh there's no Porche (woop-dee-do), and the Mercedes only comes in Black, and there's only two of the models neither of which I like and there's no brass plate on the dash in my Enzo proclaiming me the King of Small Junked Men Everywhere... It took six years, no one LOVES ME..."

I agree with the post about wanting a pat on the back or a hug, why do you think we care about how put-upon you feel about the decision to spend your money on a game? Seriously? I think the car that's really missing around here is the Whhhaa-mbulance...

Sell the game and Shut It, already. I'm loving it.

My roommate has been playing GT4 again, and we both were commenting how we like the way it looks just fine. We use bumper-camera settings so who needs to see the car I'm riding in, what counts is how it HANDLES. People are complainers.

"Oh there's no Porche (woop-dee-do), and the Mercedes only comes in Black, and there's only two of the models neither of which I like and there's no brass plate on the dash in my Enzo proclaiming me the King of Small Junked Men Everywhere... It took six years, no one LOVES ME..."

I agree with the post about wanting a pat on the back or a hug, why do you think we care about how put-upon you feel about the decision to spend your money on a game? Seriously? I think the car that's really missing around here is the Whhhaa-mbulance...

Sell the game and Shut It, already. I'm loving it.