As Cool As A Lamborghini, And About As Practical.
HIGH The online championship has the potential to truly be something special
LOW Pretty much everything else for anyone not interested in it.
WTF Seeing a screen reminding me how Windows gained massive popularity in 1995.
Welcome to This Is Not A Review Yet, not to be confused with This Is Not A Review. In this new, crazy digital age of early access titles and huge chunks of games being tied directly to ever-changing online modes and events, it’s making less and less sense to review certain […]
Even without a side-by-side comparison to Mario Kart 64, Gran Turismo 5 just makes kart racing look boring.
I always enjoy it when I'm able to learn something about myself when playing a game. It can be something as simple as, "Gee, throwing people through windows sure is fun," or as complex as "in a post-Cold War world, I'm more than a little uncomfortable playing a game where I shoot Russian soldiers." If Gran Turismo 4 taught me one thing, it's that I'd be quite a good driver if it wasn't for all those corners.
According to ESRB, this game contains: Absolutely nothing objectionable. Parents should be absolutely fine with their children playing this game. While too hard for younger children, it's a straight driving game with no objectionable material of any kind. Car Fanatics will look upon this game as the holy book of […]
Parents should have no qualms with the content; the cars do not become damaged and any language in the soundtrack has been censored. As racing simulators go, this is a fantastic value. Racing fans, both the casual and the hardcore, should definitely give it a try. Gran Turismo veterans, however, […]
It wasnt until after playing Gran Turismo 3 (GT3) for several more weeks did I finally "get it." I finally figured out that whether or not one will enjoy GT3 boils down to essentially one thing: the "feel" of the driving physics. You either accept it or reject it. You either love it or you hate it.
Gran Turismo 3: A-spec (GT3) is arguably the epitome of racing simulators. In it, vehicles can be customized and upgraded; cars mimic the physics of their real-life counterparts (if the term physics is too abstract, perhaps a more suitable term would be feel); and graphics and sound are as lifelike as current technology will allow. Why, you can even take your car for a wash and an oil change!
I know that the very sight of my mediocre rating for such a highly touted game as Gran Turismo 2 will bring down the wrath of hundreds of fans crying "blasphemy." But before anyone ignites a torch or hurls a stone, please read through my review and try to understand my perspective first.
Gran Turismo 2 is like a Holiday Inn—it gives you more, and more is better. It succeeds in making the original PlayStation mega hit, Gran Turismo look obsolete, when in fact the difference between the two is marginal. No drastic changes have been made to the game's basic structure, there's just more of everything: more cars, more tracks, more options, more involved gameplay, more sounds and more music. Gran Turismo 2 succeeds because it's the complete package—a more comprehensive and ultimately more satisfying racing simulation than its predecessor.
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