Gran Turismo 5 to ship internationally in late 2009 after all?
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Last week, Sony announced that Gran Turismo 5 would launch by March 2010. The folks at Polyphony Digital don't see things that way, though, as company boss Kazunori Yamauchi told reporters at a GT5 event that the game could launch in late 2009. And Yamauchi has apparently mentioned that both U.S. and European street dates won't be far behind the game's Japan launch, but the GT5 founder says that the exact launch date will be determined by marketing. Marketing? How about a soft launch for the hardcore GT5 enthusiasts while the ad geeks figure out how to sell the most advanced version of one of the most popular racing game franchises in history?
In the meantime, our compatriots over at Joystiq have the lowdown on some additional gaming specifics that could be of interest to rabid GT5 fanboys. For starters, there will be over 70 variations of 20 or more locations, and some 950 cars will be on offer. Check out our high-res image gallery and learn more at the link below.
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[Source: Joystiq]
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Justin 8:35AM (9/29/2009)
I love that the Joystiq link this sends us to even says early 2010 in the title.
Cmon Autblog...don't start needlessly sensationalizing. The game is likely 2010...so be it.
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yomama84 8:38AM (9/29/2009)
I'm tired of my hopes getting built up then destroyed, over and over.
Just release the damn thing and call it a day.
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Affalterbach 9:23AM (9/29/2009)
it should be available from Amazon by Dec 29th.
Clay Garland 10:24AM (9/29/2009)
My frail heart just can't handle any more of this.
Bryan Riddle 8:39AM (9/29/2009)
they don't even know when it's coming themselves. how would they, it's the biggest game of all time
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Aeromax 8:41AM (9/29/2009)
Ugh can't wait for my yearly bonus so I can finally set myself up with a PS3 and GT5...
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Aeromax 8:43AM (9/29/2009)
And yes, that's how pathetic I am... I need a bonus to afford a PS3.
Paul 9:53AM (9/29/2009)
welcome to the new economy!
You are not the only one in that boat unfortunately...
Mon 8:58AM (9/29/2009)
I wish they hadn't spent all that time building 950 cars. All I need are enough cars for me to win my way up to an F1 car. 100 cars would have been more than enough. I think most people really would not have cared if they could not race a Ford Model T or AMC Pacer around Suzuka. I mean, it's the PS3 almost obsolete by now ?? They spent all those years building a game for a console that is now, because they spent so many years building it, going obsolete.
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DiRF 9:04AM (9/29/2009)
Actually, due to the economic situation, the current generation of consoles may last longer than most generations, before the next-next-next-next-gen consoles come out...
...and in this current generation, the PS3 is at least as powerful as the 360 overall, if not moreso, making it the nowhere-NEAR "obsolete"...
glitched 10:27AM (9/29/2009)
They also mentioned that they scrapped what they had and started from scratch during that development time frame.
Mr Clickerson 6:11PM (9/29/2009)
Sorry, but they've already topped out Sony's pathetic choice of a GPU. PS3 was obsolete when it was released in that aspect. Don't expect to see games looking any better than they do now. The NV47 "RSX" is merely a rebadged G70 GPU ripped straight from the Nvidia 7800GTX from 2004 with it's "obsolete" non-unified architecture, with nearly half the rendering power of the more modern, but now "obsolete" Xenos which is an early version of the R600 used in the HD2900 XTX from ATI.
The only 2 things Sony ever had going for the PS3 is Blu-Ray and the Cell... And the Cell is behind in all things except physics and AI, and as seen in GT5, Ray Tracing, as everything else is so simple in a game's code that it doesn't need 7 assistants (the SPE's), and the single core of the Cell is left to process the bulk of the code, compared to the Xenon's 3 cores with 2 processing threads each, effectively allowing it to process 6 strands of code at a time, compared to the Cell's ability of 1 strand while the SPE's handle the branches. The PS3 being so "advanced" is just marketing hype from Sony that, unfortunately, many of those less involved with the tech world have been suckered into believing.
Anthony 9:05PM (10/01/2009)
What are you stoned? The PS3 full might has been exploited yet and its usually GT that pushes any Sony console the farthest and the highest. All the imagines you see are the game RUNNING not rendered stills.
As far as the release goes, there's only ONE English based web site with the inside scoop on GT games and that's GT Planet. A site Kaz supports himself and game testers both in America, Europe and Japan are all on.
So when Sony says one thing and Kaz says another, I say the answer is somewhere in the middle.
Its been hinted mid to late Dec of 2009 release and shortly after the GT PSP game is released.
Kaz has continually stated GT5 will come out SHORTLY AFTER GT PSP, he just didn't say exactly WHEN...
VP 9:04AM (9/29/2009)
They have NASCAR in this version of GT 5?
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mbslrm 9:24AM (9/29/2009)
Yes, this is the first instalment to have it as well.
F117Nghthawk 9:24AM (9/29/2009)
Yes they have NASCAR in GT5. GT5 is probably gonna be the most anticipated game in playstation history. Right up there with MGS4 and most likely surpassing it.
DiRF 9:25AM (9/29/2009)
EA Sports finally let their exclusive Nascar license lapse, so, yeah.
I imagine it'll finally be a technically-accurate version of that style of racing (let me stress FINALLY)... but if the screenshot is of any evidence, they may not go as "deep" in terms of paint-job accuracy or depth-of-driver-roster... (Come on, THREE Jeff Gordons in three different-colored Dupont cars?!)
ytilanigiroon 11:20AM (9/29/2009)
Why are there people who care about how 'real' turning left for three hours feels? Unless you're just going to have someone else play and just drink beer and cheer for the wrecks...
All kidding aside, I really don't get the addition of NASCAR in GT5. I know it takes some skill to pilot one of those things, but c'mon, did they add the COT in there just so they could add to their 'cars in the game' total? They should all be counted as one car since they're all the same body and essentially the same frame/engine/suspension, just different liveries...
Alex C. 3:08PM (9/30/2009)
ytilanigiroon, I'm wondering if maybe it's one car in the showroom with a huge list of paint options, each one being a different driver and livery. That would make a lot more sense.
mk15 9:06AM (9/29/2009)
I'll believe it when I see it. For now, I'll contend with Forza 3 when it comes out.
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