Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is coming soon on the PS3 in North America. Japan already has the game and Europe will be getting it very soon. To prepare, check out this gameplay footage from the London track. It’s damn pretty. And from all the play time we’ve had with the game, this should be on the top of every PS3 owner’s buy list.
Japan has been playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for a while now, and soon US gamers will get a chance to tear up the track. The game is being released on April 17th as both a download from the PlayStation Store and available at retail. Both versions will run you $39.99
The retail version will ship with a bonus HD making of video, if you’re into that sort of thing or are running short of hard drive space on your PS3. We’ve played Prologue a few times here at Loot Ninja and think it’s definitely one of if not the best driving games that you’ll play this year.
For more info on what we thought of the game, check out our Hands-On Preview.
One of the last games we checked out at Sony’s Media Day was Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Running at 1080p at 60fps, the game is absolutely stunning. From the car models to the tracks to the background environments, every aspect of the game looks utterly amazing. The game is set to be released in Spring 2008 on both Blu-Ray disc and as a download from the PlayStation Store. No pricing has been set for North America just yet.
When the game ships, it will include approximately 70 cars and 5 reversible tracks, including Daytona. Like all Gran Turismo games, you’ll have to progress through the races to unlock most of the cars. There won’t be any license tests in Prologue, but will make it into GT5 when the full game is released. There will be more car tuning than what’s found in Gran Turismo HD, but nowhere near the amount you’ll find in the full GT5. There will be no damage modeling in Prologue, as Polyphony Digital didn’t have enough time to dedicate to making it work perfectly.
We all knew that Japan was getting Gran Turismo 5 Prologue this month. But we didn’t know when we’d see it over here in the US. Until now.
Amazon has revealed the release date on their website as February 19th here in the States. The game will be available both at retail and as a download from the PlayStation Store.
Get ready for some racing fun come February.
Japan will see a downloadable demo of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on the PS3 on October 20th (which happens to be this editor’s birthday). No word on the rest of the world, but I’d expect it to hit the US and Europe a few weeks later, as that’s the standard we’ve seen previously.
Translated from the latest edition of Famitsu:
Sounds good to me. Hopefully we see the demo and final release close to the same time Japan does.
Rumors had been circulating over the intarwebs the past few weeks that Gran Turismo 5 Prologue would be a free download on the PlayStation Network. Unfortunately, those rumors aren’t true. IGN in the UK has confirmed with Sony that the title would be released simultaneously on both Blu-Ray and the PlayStation Network.
While Prologue is heading to PSN, it won’t be free like the previously released Gran Turismo demo and doesn’t include damage modelling – unlike the Blu-ray version. However, both versions do include more than 40 cars, as well as offering the chance to go head-to-head with fellow speed freaks in 16-player online races.
So be warned: there is a definite bonus to getting the Blu-Ray version for GT5 Prologue. If you really could care less about damage modelling, then grab the PSN download.
Polyphony Digital showed a new trailer for GT5 Prologue at Leipzig, and damn is she pretty.
The game is scheduled to be released later this year on the PlayStation Network. I’m going to have to grab this one.
Here’s your HD goodness.
Rumors were flying around the intarweb yesterday about Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3 featuring well over 1000 cars in it’s arsenal. Today Sony shot those rumors down with some heavy artillery.
Three Speech, the semi-official Sony blog, contacted the company directly to find out what’s the deal.
“Despite news articles claiming that ‘SCEI/Polyphony Digital’ have made an official announcement with regards to GT5 featuring 1000 vehicles, we can confirm that this is pure speculation. It would appear that the list is a mixture of vehicles that were included in previous GT titles, coupled with somebody’s own fantasy garage.
Further details about GT5 will be announced in due course, but for the moment at least, we can confirm that the current car list/speculation, does not come from SCE.”
As further evidence, the website that posted the list has announced it’s fake and wasn’t sent to them by Sony or Polyphany Digital.
Oh well, I guess we have to go back to speculating what kind of cool cars will make the cut in the next PS3 racing simulation.
We showed you some pictures before comparing the titles, now we bring you some video footage to compare Forza 2 and Gran Turismo HD.
Personally, I think Gran Turismo HD looks slightly better.
Here’s your HD goodness.
All three of these games look beautiful. There’s no denying that. But how do they stack up head to head? A user sent us this image to show the differences between these 3 games with cars they have in common.
Personally, I think GT HD has better car detail than both of the others. What do you think?
Full image after the jump.
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