Gran Turismo 5

[Commander Marklar]

Game control features "Normal Mode" based on simulation engine and "Professional Mode" based on actual car behavior and physics.

That'll be interesting. Interesting if they actually have a car I've driven like in Forza; easier to blow the game apart then, justified in forum flamebait. Can't argue with, "I own this car"

[charlesr]

I don't get it. I thought the aim of a simulation was to replicate actual car physics. Although is this just a dodgy bablefish translation?

[Commander Marklar]

Easy vs. Hard

[VR46]

It's too good to be a babelfish translation - so must be true.

[saif]

They have had a similar thing for a while - you can use simulation tyres to give more realism in GT4. GT games are simulations but they are also games - they balance the realism to fun. But they used to have an arcade mode and sim mode in earlier ones too - I don't think this is new.

[Yoshimax]

It's just a shame they already had a complete game in GT4 and then chose to pump out GT4HD, GT5 Prologue and GT5

Indeed.

[dc-arena]

Tracks for Prologue based off of new screens:

Brands Hatch
Suzuka
Daytona Beach
Monterey

[hudson]

Screenies-a-go-go

















See them and more here

[ChrisF]

Nice sprinkling of 3D grass there - good to see.

Oh and the rest of it looks fab!

edit: I may HAVE to buy a wheel for this game.

[Extra Terrestrial]

Oh La La!

Gorgeous as ever.

[ne0star]

they look really nice, especially the in car view. I have noticed they are using a lot of shaders in this. There is hardly a texture in sight.

[ChrisF]

Just noticed a few things in those shots...

- 16 cars in the races! wahoo!
- The weather... What gives there? We in for some real-time weather action, or even in-game weather? Not seen any shots of the game that have anything other than sunny weather up until now...

[El Leone]

Looks as good as ever. Holy load of cars as well. The in view perspective of driving the car really does look sweet. Hope they invest more time in 3D Grass. Can't stand dem old green textures now. I wonder if you can get varities of 3D Grass

[MarioMark]

Great find Hoolak! The graphics look brill, especially the in car view, just look at the speedo clock, perfectly round and that’s where you normally see flaws in terms of graphics when you look in that view.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Looking superb.

They really do have menu screens down to a tee as well, they all just look so classy.