Comments on: Really Rather Smashing

By: Clicky

Clicky — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:25:17 +0000

I loathe racing games that I can’t play on my keyboard, but the graphics sure look purdy. But these screens:
http://www.ufxcomic.com/EverybodySucks/2008/03/18/gran-turismo-5-prologue-vs-reality/
made me really wish for a PS3

By: Rich Tysoe

Rich Tysoe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:21:28 +0000

>> The last 2 games didn’t have an ounce of touring car racing in them!

er, DTM? V8 Supercars? both were touring car championships, just not the BTCC. but yes, the TOCA name was increasingly inappropriate so it’s been dropped.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:53:14 +0000

GRID is multiplatform. It’s coming out on the 360 and PS3.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:07:27 +0000

Don’t forget that this is a pc only game (last time I checked), so it won’t have been hobbled by console development. DiRT was multiplatform, causing 2 of the versions to be ported (I assume). This is better than NFS and Burnout. This is racing, rather than pretending to be some gangster. I hate that whole vibe, just give me cars and tracks, and something to compare GT5 to, thats looking sweet aswell.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:06:23 +0000

To be honest, i’m glad they dumped the TOCA name… The last 2 games didn’t have an ounce of touring car racing in them!

By: Duoae

Duoae — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:52:39 +0000

I just don’t want another American-ised McRae game… CM2 was the best IMO…. this… this is just treading on traditional NFS and Burnout territory and those are the two franchises i thought of when watching this.

By: yxxxx

yxxxx — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:41:22 +0000

Drools. Thats looking good! wish they had kept the toca thought :(

By: Ben Abraham

Ben Abraham — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:40:41 +0000

I agree with Chutn3y, the frame-rate makes it seem eye-bleedingly fast, not to mention smooth. I wonder if it will keep it up that high throughout…

By: John O'Kane

John O'Kane — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:18:45 +0000

Don’t underestimate the power of good camera direction.

By: Caiman

Caiman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:07:49 +0000

Yes until the real world starts to drop frames and thrash its hard drive, PC games will never achieve true realism.

By: Chutn3y

Chutn3y — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:00:40 +0000

This isn’t so much about the graphics, but the blinding framerate. I’ve never seen a game run as lickety-split as that, and that’s where the sense of realism comes from. I want this, but I have performance anxiety…

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:53:34 +0000

Cars are clearly Easy Mode for graphics technologists.