Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Hola gamers! Uncle Grant’s back to look at half a game. I speak of none other than Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which is available for your PlayStation 3. So finish painting those flames on the side of your mom’s mini-van and take a seat… it’s go time.
Now to say the Gran Turismo series sets the bar for visuals in a driving game is a little like saying the ocean’s kind of big or mimes are slightly irritating. That’s no headline. But trust me when I say the visuals on this edition of the game are going to make you crap your pants. Twice if you’re a driving enthusiast or just incontinent. Three times if you’re me.
The reason I call Prologue half a game is because… well, it is. The reason this game is called GT5 Prologue is because it’s a big ol’ over glorified demo of the full version of GT5, which apparently is going to hit next year. So what’s missing? Well, a bunch of tracks, a crap load of single-player content, and as always the ability to really jack your car up by crashing into walls. The agreements with licensed car manufacturers means they really don’t want you ruining their wheels, so don’t expect a lot of Burnout-style crashes.
That said, for realistic car handling and a great online component, this game does to Forza what you do to toilet paper. The visuals can scale up to 1080p with up to 60 frames a second of racing goodness… and for those of you that don’t know what that means, just suffice it to say that means mo’ betta’ gameplay. And it’s relatively value priced at around 40 bones, so for a great racing experience you can’t get cheaper.
Anyway, that’s my time… and my name is Grant. Want to see more of my reviews? Drop by GYG dot com. That’s Gamez with a Z.
Later racers.