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If you watched last night's Video Game Awards on Spike then you saw were among the first to see Digital Polyphony's new Gran Turismo 5 Prologue trailer. If you missed it, however, we've got the vid for you right here. Once again, the graphics are simply stunning. Whether watching the new Nissan GT-R whiz by or staring at a race-prepped BMW Z4 in the pit garage, there's nary a pixel out of place. Though we all know the Playstation 3 is a graphical powerhouse, few games have really shown off the console's potential. This one will, if it ever gets released. And this is just the prologue! We're still a good era away from the full game's actual release.
Click here to watch the video after the jump.
[Source: Joystiq]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Joe K. @ Dec 10th 2007 5:35PM
MORE!
Franz @ Dec 10th 2007 5:37PM
Give us the game already! These prologues and trailers are really good, but they only make waiting suck even more.
David(Postal) @ Dec 10th 2007 5:45PM
This game is going to make me lose a lot of money.. I need to get a PS3 whenever this arrives
James @ Dec 10th 2007 5:58PM
If you care about playing old ps/ps2 games on the ps3, then you may consider getting a 60gb ps3 before they are extinct. new 80gb ps3 will not have backwards compatibility, from what i've read.
XeroState @ Dec 10th 2007 6:13PM
Actually james the 80gb has PARTIAL B/C to PS2 games and near full B/C to PS1 games whereas the 40GB has no B/C for PS2 games and the same PS1 games as the 80GB.
The 60GB has full PS2 and PS1.
Justin @ Dec 11th 2007 12:25PM
You're both wrong.
The 60 GB has 99% BC for PS2, 100% for PS1
The 80 GB has 85% BC for PS2, 100% for PS1
The 40 GB has 0% BC for PS2, 100% for PS1
The 20 GB has 99% BC for PS2, 100% for PS1
Brad C @ Dec 10th 2007 5:54PM
Oh my god.
Brad C @ Dec 10th 2007 5:58PM
I am so buying PS3 for this game. Oh my god.
Danny Boy @ Dec 10th 2007 5:58PM
oh well, i bought my 360. Maybe next year i'll buy a used ps3 for this
TONY @ Dec 10th 2007 6:00PM
WOW!!! Thats nice been waiting for a long time finally its here. cant wait.
zamafir @ Dec 10th 2007 6:09PM
Hrm, reminds me of the japanese demo, only... crapier. Easily the greatest car sim ever, though this video does nothing remotely close to justice to the game, on 1080p the demo was utterly insanely perfectly real, espousing a level of detail I never thought possible in a home console.
slackercow @ Dec 10th 2007 7:32PM
hard to really call it the 'greatest racing sim ever'. no damage in-game? that's not all that realistic... hopefully the physics are at least on par with forza 2
zamafir @ Dec 10th 2007 8:40PM
Actually, it's not, not at all. When I think of a Sim, I think of a game which reproduces real life. I'm not sure about you, but out of the countless weekends I've spent driving on the track, I've never damaged a car, ever. Thus, not being able to run into other cars and create insane crashes doesn't bother me one bit since it's simulating real life, and in real life, i dont take an R8 or a 911 and plow it into other drivers on the track.
rndmnme @ Dec 10th 2007 8:13PM
Are you serious? Forza physics are a joke. "Battle Damage" will not make the GT5 game, it's gone 4 editions without it, it doesn't need it to make it on the PS3, it will sell on cars and graphics alone, they could leave the physics model untouched and it would still be the best racing sim out there.
GDUB @ Dec 10th 2007 8:42PM
Forza Physics arnt a joke come on. I love Forza to death and have downloaded the new content just amazing. I do wish they had incar view. I have a PS3 and have the japanese GT5 demo. Just amazing and i will get it like the other sheep but no damage in the game is very dissapointing.I loved Gt2 and GT4 but without Damage Forza is deff a great alternative and a great game in its own right.
Stop Whining more car games = more fun for all.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Dec 10th 2007 9:49PM
Agree that damage is far far overhyped.
The point in racing (and thus sim racing) is to not hit other cars anyway. Play it right, and the idea of damage doesn't even really come into play. If it takes damage modeling to keep you from ramming walls to get around corners faster, then I question why you're even playing a sim racer in the first place.
I agree Forza physics are not a joke. I found Forza a little squirrely in spots, but Forza 2 seems pretty damn on to me (as long as you keep your wheels on the road, the grass physics aren't good). However, as I mentioned above, the fact that Forza 2 has damage doesn't make a bit of difference to me. I play it with the damage on max and it still doesn't amount to a hill of beans because I'm playing to not hit other cars.
What Forza needs is more tracks. And I don't mean at $1.25 a pop. Taking Road America out of Forza 2 (from Forza 1) and selling it back is a goddamn joke. It might be okay if I got Forza 2 "free" in a bundle, but I paid $60 for it and $150 for the awful wheel. Coming back to me for $1.25 more is an insult.
james f. @ Dec 11th 2007 12:19AM
No you don't take a real R8 into another car in real life. But in ALL the gran turismo games thus far it's much easier to use the lack of damage simulation to cheat thru the game. Forza is far far away from the Burnout series and conveys a real physics engine and 'consequence' of sorts for cheating via crashlessness
GT1 thru GT4 were all merily played by me and were promptly blown away by the Forza series. Those who dismiss it simply haven't played it or are outright sony fanboys.
Lack of coherent online multiplayer and crash emulation makes Gran Tursimo car porn and little else. Let's hope Polyphony figures this out before the full game hits shelves.
Oh and John Neff: PS3 "Graphical Powerhouse" I wouldn't say that one too loud. This video is clearly NOT in game engine, even the parts that are supposed to look like it.
And to everyone sans PS3 considering this game: Just wait until a 300 dollar GT5 included special edition bundle comes out. It will, TRUST ME(see psp).
Eric Liberatore @ Dec 10th 2007 6:20PM
I love the GT3-4 series and only own Playstations. Good thing they keep putting these videos and demos out otherwise people would have forgotten this series existed. I can't believe how long it takes them their simulations release. Polyphany! Relesase it already and just add downloads! Your letting everyone else take marketshare!
J.Crew @ Dec 10th 2007 6:25PM
I will have to upgrade my tv as it is only 1080i... I have the PS3 and a killer surround system... the TV is what will set off this game. It would be like putting cheap tires on a supercar without it...
Brandon @ Dec 10th 2007 6:52PM
I hope this one actually has some rare American cars in it unlike GT4. Wouldn't it be wacky to see a Callaway C8 in the game?
Or even better, the 1998-2002 Pontiac Trans Am finally represented (which isn't even rare!)?