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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Preview

Posted on December 10th, 2007 at 12:03 EDT

(continued from previous page) .../> Besides the updates in the physics department of the game, the graphics portion has also received an equally impressive upgrade. Cars in Gran Turismo 4 were composed of an average of 4000 polygons. In GT5: Prologue, cars will be composed of an average of 200,000 polygons. The 50-fold increase in resolution shows, as cars in GT5: Prologue appear to have the best models of a car game to date. Polyphony also spent a considerable amount of time ensuring each car was exactly as the manufacture wanted them to be recreated, right down the to pit crew's uniforms. This may seem a petty detail, but it helps serve to even further immense gamers into the races.

The game's AI has also received significant improvements in order to keep racers on their toes. However, as the series has had a reputation of being difficult, the game will include two difficulties, standard and professional. Both are designed to make the game challenging, but standard should allow beginners to the series some breathing space.



Albeit not the final incarnation of Gran Turismo 5, Prologue should serve as a welcome and fine addition to the Gran Turismo line of games. On the heels of the announcement of the Dual Shock 3 controller, the racer will also support full rumble to help feel gamers like they are in the cockpit themselves. The game is currently set to release on December 13 in Japan, with no definite US or EU release. However, the popularity of the series should hopefully help carry the game from Japanese shores.

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posted 12:07pm EST - December 10th, 2007
1

Cool

posted 12:21pm EST - December 10th, 2007
2

car damage? omg are sure this is new? ill need new underwear is this is real.

please someone confirm car damage will be on prologue.

posted 12:37pm EST - December 10th, 2007
3

When talking about the graphic you mention "pixels" . Don't you mean "polygons"?

posted 12:37pm EST - December 10th, 2007
4

Wow, 200,000 pixels.  I presume they've finally moved away from 3D and gone 2D?

posted 12:39pm EST - December 10th, 2007
5

I'd like to see pictures of some of the car damage. But yea i'm completely enthrwalled by this entire thing. GT5:P demo rocks my socks

 

@Buzzlightyear

200,000 - POLYGONS not pixels LOL.

posted 12:51pm EST - December 10th, 2007
6

no wen it might be out in uk?

posted 12:57pm EST - December 10th, 2007
7

GT5 is one of the reasons I bought a PS3, and if these guys can pull off a great game at 1080P/60FPS then that will be awesome!  It will then be believeable that other developers could make games at that same resolution and frame rate. 

I can't wait to BUY the demo, but I just hope that it isn't priced near a full game.

posted 1:19pm EST - December 10th, 2007
8

wow, just wow, they really poured a lot of effort in this game...and their effort has to be appreciated come release day. i'm glad they included damage, these are great changes to the GT franchise, defo a 1st day purchase. the greatest has actualy become greater

posted 1:27pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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Any mention of Downloadable content off the PSN. I hope one can download more cars becasue I feel that the car list is a little small for a GT game.

 

posted 2:21pm EST - December 10th, 2007
10

What about sixaxis support? I read somewhere that it's not gonna be used during the actual driving. I don't care too much about rumble. For me it would be more immersive to play this game using the sixaxis instead of the analog.

posted 2:24pm EST - December 10th, 2007
11

Some sites suggest that it may be released Dec. 24th in the US!!!

God that would be a great Christmas present, or should I say Jesus, LOL

posted 2:31pm EST - December 10th, 2007
12
wow, if this is just for prologue i can't even imagine the final GT5. can't wait.
posted 2:33pm EST - December 10th, 2007
13

CAR DAMAGE YES!!!!! This quote is evidence that every other racer that has been made or will be made for at least a year will be OWNED by GT:P.

posted 2:38pm EST - December 10th, 2007
14

Gran Turismo 5 & Metal Gear are THE only reasons why I bought a PS3. I hope they won't disappoint everyone.

posted 3:00pm EST - December 10th, 2007
15

No more bumper car simulator? This is awesome news then. It was the only dissappoiting part of the Prologue demo.

posted 3:35pm EST - December 10th, 2007
16

Paul Coroneos-

I cannot believe that you would misinform everyone by stating GT5 Prologue has car damage.  Do you have any idea how stupid you are?  That information is HUGE and will bring a lot of peoples' hopes up, when it has been stated repeatedly bey every blogging site, and the devs themselves, that it will NOT have car damage.     

Not only that, but you don't know the difference between a "pixel" and a "polygon" nor did you know that the opponent AI has and always has been a weak point in the GT series.

Have you even played a GT game you dumbass?

posted 3:41pm EST - December 10th, 2007
17

wow so car damage is in it. i was under the impresstion that it might be in the final game but not in prologue

posted 4:23pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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car damage on Prologue??? are you sure????, please confirm, please.

posted 4:28pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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uhhh did he say theres gonna be car damage, why did they say theres not gonna be any car damage the whole time, even the president said no damage cause he wants damage to be real

posted 4:28pm EST - December 10th, 2007
20

nicz!! never actually bought a gt game b4 but this is gonna be a definite buy

posted 4:31pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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this is all old but true news so don't worry
posted 5:49pm EST - December 10th, 2007
22

Leeman, where are you? Where are you leeman? Don't have anything to say to this? MMM reality's a bich, isn't it buddy?

posted 5:50pm EST - December 10th, 2007
23

i want source please!!! or someone contact Sony so we can be sure damage will be on gt5p.

so far officially they havent said anything about dmg.

posted 7:22pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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good, finally it will appeal to more people

posted 8:19pm EST - December 10th, 2007
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/gc07/gran-turismo-5-prologue-to-feature-car-damage-improved-ai-better-physics-293208.php

posted 8:46pm EST - December 10th, 2007
26

For the lazy...

 

"

Also at the behest of fans is a working damage model, one of unspecified depth. We didn't see Kaz run into anything during our session, so it was hard to tell if the game features the system in place yet. When asked about the new built-from-the-ground-up AI code and the option for car damage, Yamauchi indicated that CPU controlled drivers are aware of the new penalties for playing "bumper cars." With up to sixteen cars on the track, they need to be aware of each and the danger of spinning out when one comes in contact with another.

Yamauchi says these changes will lead to fewer cars lining up as they had in previous Gran Turismo games."

posted 8:56pm EST - December 10th, 2007
27

God the legendary series is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 8:58pm EST - December 10th, 2007
28

Pixels? Really?

 

Maybe PSU should just keep copy/pasting all their articles. At least they'll get things right.

posted 9:49pm EST - December 10th, 2007
29

Any proof(pictures) of this damage model that you speak of? How can you make such claims without any evidences? Now lets see teh rampage once GT5P ships w/o car damage.

posted 9:54pm EST - December 10th, 2007
30

Paul Cornball where the bleep do u get your damn facts moron, was any research done at all for this article ??

posted 11:24pm EST - December 10th, 2007
31

OMG.... CAR DAMAGE !!! I was losing hope of having damage !! Cant Wait !!

posted 11:33pm EST - December 10th, 2007
32

pixels =/= polygons

posted 11:56pm EST - December 10th, 2007
33

I think someone needs to edit the article(polygons not pixels).BTW what's the proof of car damage,i know GT5 will have it,but Yamuichi(don't know if i spelt it right) said that they won't be shipping with car damage,and rather they would release a patch when it is ready.

posted 3:03am EST - December 11th, 2007
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Car damage?! CAR DAMAGE?! SIMULATED CAR DAMAGE?!!! Oh my this game is gonna rock sooooo much!!! This IS a must have! OMG I can't wait!!!

posted 3:24am EST - December 11th, 2007
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When is the game dropping I know its this week for Japan but when for US ??.....A real GT fan would careless about car damage the game will be great no matter what...NO driving sim compares to the GT series point blank

posted 8:50am EST - December 11th, 2007
36

1080p at 60fps? wow. Impressive...

posted 9:51am EST - December 11th, 2007
37
I have just registered with this site purely to ask you why you insist on printing these lies about gt5 havin damage,when it is common knowledge that every one involved with the game has stated for a fact that damage will not be a part of the game ?!?!?!?! so, "w h y ! ? ! ? ! ?"
posted 2:53pm EST - December 11th, 2007
38

LOL i read the article ealier .. now i go through it again and i cant help but notice that youve changed the part with "car damaged is in the game" till "car damage has yet to be implanted" n1 :p .. you might wanna add to the end of the article that its been edited.

posted 3:41pm EST - December 11th, 2007
39

Yes, in earlier interviews they implied car damage, but it appears the article was edited to be more in tune with the recent demo

posted 6:52pm EST - December 11th, 2007
40

STEALTH EDIT FTW!! what a joke

posted 2:10am EST - December 12th, 2007
41

http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-92153.aspx

posted 6:16am EST - January 8th, 2008
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i have the demo and the game is amazing ..... everything from the cars to the road looks very realistic ..... and now its been announced that the game is only 40 bucks.... a great buy for the PS3 .... can't wait !! BD 4 LIFE
posted 11:58am EST - February 5th, 2008
43

I'm still up in the air... not knowing if there is damage. I will be getting GTP this spring... but would love some damage.

posted 6:05am EST - February 15th, 2008
44

Wait for gt5 ... This is very small.On the day when the bought came to an end.

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