Only thing I have to say is.. We have been watching videos of GT5 now for what, 3 years? More? If it takes 2 years to produce a demo of the game (which is unreal that people had to pay up to €40 for), why does it take another 2 years to produce the real game? Would they not have been better for scraping the Prologue and concentrating on the real thing possibly having it released this year?
Also, no release date given. Speculation aside, I wouldn't imagine this game coming out anytime short of another year and a half possibly 2 years. Just don't see it happening. Remember GT4? What was it, about 6 months or more delayed? I remembered asking in GameStop years ago when I was young eagerly about GranTursimo 4, and everytime I got a new, further delayed release date. Truth is, they didn't know when it was coming out. PD themselves don't even know.. Not to the say the game doesn't look amazing, because it does, but theres no reason what so ever to suggest that isn't some PC driven video created on some high spec computer with a similar engine bumped up to a much much higher and flashy standard than the real game will be.. Think about it.. No matter what most developers say, we are nearing the climax of the capabilities of this consoles somewhat. If that were to be carbon copied onto the PS3 I would be very very surprised.. Can only imagine that quality with the result of a bad frame rate.. (sorry but 50 or 60 fps is the way to go).
I remember playing both Call of Duty 4 on an Xbox 360 and PS3, and the game ran so much much better on the Xbox 360, better framerate, better loading times, less slow down and lag. I found this to be the same with Need for Speed ProStreet, and Assassins Creed (which is very graphically demanding).. Surely the console can't handle graphics of a much higher caliber than those games with suffering from more and more lag? Or have the likes of EA and Ubisoft, known to put out some of the most graphically intense games, been lazy? Somewhat unlikely I think.
Just my two cents. Tired and tired (as an avid GranTurismo fan since Gran Turismo 2) of PD rambling on about how great their game is going to be, the features, what they PLAN to do, coming to every big gaming event with a even better video..
Yet no gameplay. Simple as that. Where's my gameplay? A Prologue 2 years before actually release? Sounds like their more interested in the money than the game to me. Tell me about how bloody brilliant it will be all you want.. None of it matters until you let me play it, so stop getting our hopes up.
Remember the online they promised for GT4 and many other features? Funny how after months of delay, they never made it into the game. Just before you believe everything you read, Sony alongside PD talk an awful lot, yet display none of it.. Disappointing really, and probably reflected on their sales in comparison to the Wii and Xbox 360.. Even though price drops may have helped..
IF this game does to turn to be like the video, WRC, damage, realistic physics (and I mean not an arcade racer I mean simulator like they call it, GT4 certainly IS NOT).. then I'm sold on a PS3.. that quality of racing game alone is enough to make me buy into the system, anything short, and I'll save a few quite and buy a new graphics card instead and play rFactor some more
