First of all let me say I'm a pretty avid racing simulation fan, and a fervent fan of the series.

User Rating: 6 | Gran Turismo 5 PS3
By LordSadic | Review Date:
First of all let me say I'm a pretty avid racing simulation fan, and a fervent fan of the series, until now, the day the sky shook splitting the earth in two, my copy of GT5 arrived. This was supposed to be the portal that will lead to a revolutionary and unique way to play the genre! I got into the game and the first thing i found is the whole interface being a completely mess. is ill thought out and acts as a huge barrier between player and game, not to mention the ridiculous load times between menus (takes forever to go through simple menu to menu)
Then when we finally manage to get in to our garage to see what beauty only 200 cars are "premium". Meaning for the other 800 you can't even swap wheels, crashing your beloved car into a wall at 200mph results in what sounds like someone kicking a cardboard box and results in no damage at all.
Online mode is clunky to get into, there is no leader board and no classes to keep the races even.

Frankly am extremely disappointed from what I was hoping would be an absolute classic. I give GT5 6/10 for being a rollercoaster of broken promises and miles behind the competition.

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