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Gran Turismo 5
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Gran Turismo 5 is the fifth edition in the long running racing game series by Polyphony Digital. The game sports over 1000 vehicles, damage modeling on race cars, a dedicated television channel, lots of races, 16 player online multiplayer, and active weather.
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"A grind-heavy career mode and inconsistent visuals keep this otherwise fantastic driving simulation from finishing first."
5 ★ (4)
4 ★ (9)
3 ★ (2)
2 ★ (4)
1 ★ (1)

A Masterpiece In Awful Design

It boggles my mind that a game notorious for being meticulous when it comes to the presentation and recreation of cars can suffer so badly from some of the worst menus I've seen in gaming. I'll prefix… Read more

My Complete Review

Introduction To me the best racing game is one that offers the best racing experience on the track and that lets you really drive how you want to drive pushing your and the cars limits. I'm a huge mot… Read more

Even with its shortcomings, GT5 is still one of the best

If you ever had an interest in racing for real, chances are you are familiar with the Gran Turismo series. This franchise of games has continually pushed the lines of how close a simulation can imitat… Read more

What Is and What Should Never Be...Again

The first Gran Turismo title on the current generation of home consoles carried high expectations. Previous titles had set the high mark for console racing sims for both quality and sales success. GT'… Read more

Detailed in a bad way...

So let's start off by addressing the hype for this game, it's a major factor. Some say the massive hype means a lot of people are setting expectations too high for this game, 5 years is a long time th… Read more

This game is too complex and diverse, I can fairly evaluate it

"This is waiting," said a mischievous PlayStation 3, which was losing streak to the frequency of high-profile issue of the continuation of Sony's well-known hits. Such as the Gran Turismo series. Seve… Read more

The Real Driving Simulator is Still There, Not Everything Else...

After numerous delays throughout the Playstation 3's lifespan and adding every much detail to a car as possible to deliver the perfect driving experience to some, Gran Turismo 5 is finally here. It is… Read more

Perfected Driving, Broken Game

Kazunori Yamauchi is a bold man, he's the beast of a Mercedes SLS-AMG that no one expected to race onto a track, and like the SLS-AMG...at times it's a complete work of art, while at other times it's… Read more

A Huge disappointment for this long time GT fan

As you can tell from the title and my rating, this is not going to be a positive review. (ya think?!?) But let me start off with THE one thing; the one EXTREMELY IMPORTANT thing, that GT developer Pol… Read more

Game of the year

Pure fun. That's the short story. GT5 has been a long time coming - was the wait worth it? Boy, was it ever. It has been a great year for games, no matter which type of gamer you are, but it's painful… Read more

It's finally here

Gran Turismo 5 is a hard game for me to review. It's been 5 years and I've been incredibly patient, surprisingly the wait was still worth it. This game is flawed. It's not the cohesive package I'd lik… Read more

High Expectations

Now here's a game with about the highest expectations of greatness before release ever. With over 5 years of waiting, many of us have been counting the days, rescheduled release dates, and blog postin… Read more

woah what a ...

oh wow what a piece of shit i mean the shadows wtf is this 1995 ? TErrible game for an overated system 0 out of 0 music> no techno and trance than a san fran night club gameplay: good untill the ga… Read more

A Mixed Bag of Brilliance and Failed Execution

Gran Turismo 5 is really a hard game to wrap your head around. At times it's a gorgeous-looking showpiece of a game with the most precise car physics model available (on a game console) - and incredib… Read more

4 years...I guess it would be tedious to license 1000 cars

So this game has been brewing here for some ungodly number of years. I'd be fine with that if I thought that they actually used that time to work on the gameplay or the graphical prowess of the game m… Read more

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