Gran Turismo 5 Demo Playable at Best Buy in Oregon (Confirmed)

Gran Turismo 5 Videos September 2nd, 2010 by Jordan

The playable GT5 demo which was first spotted last night at a Best Buy in Oregon has now been confirmed by multiple sources. GTPlanet reader Jeramy has also grabbed video of the new demo, walking us through all of the available cars, tracks, and features. Vermontster of the PS Forums has also shared his conversation with the Best Buy employees (thanks, calvins48), which you’ll see below. We do, indeed, owe a lot of thanks to Oldschool27 for his discovery!

The demo should be coming to more (and hopefully all) Best Buy stores over the coming weeks. For now, if you’re in the Clackamas, Oregon area (outside of Portland), you can get an early taste of GT5 right now. Click here for the exact location and directions to the store – tell them GTPlanet sent you!

We all owe a big THANK YOU to Oldschool27 for this find.

He was in fact correct. The Best Buy in Clackamas, OR has a working, PLAYABLE demo. It has 2 modes. Time trial or Arcade mode, arcade mode has 3 levels of difficulty- A ,B, C

5 tracks are available

1. Rome

2. Toscano

3. Indy Super Speedway

4. The RING Nordscheif (sp)

5. Tokoyo R 246

11 cars are available.

1. Merceds Benz SLS AMG

2. Corvette Stingray ’69

3. Enzo Ferrari

4. GT Citroen

5. Ferrari 458 Italia

6. Lambo Gallardo

7. Audi R8

8. #24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Chevy

9. Nissan Motul Autech GTR (super GT)

The last 2 cars are available to use in rally

10. Nissan GTR V Spec

11. Citroen C4 WRC

I had a lengthy conversation with the stores manager. He said Sony sent it to them and they just set it up. I think I may have really scared the guy. He left me to go search to see if he was under any gag order. He was not fond of the idea of hundreds of people comming in just to play a demo. I told him to stock up on steering wheels and enjoy the next 2 months. :)

I am down loading the 3 pictures I was able to take. The manager was very addament about not filming in his store. They are of the TT screen, the arcade screen and home screen.

The physics are going to be familiar to those who did the Indy time trials. They are a step up in difficulty for sure. The graphics are nothing short of spectacular. The demo was set up for controller use and the left stick didn’t work so I was forced into using the D-pad.

I’m not sure if my photo’s will be any better than Oldschool were. All I have are those 3 photo’s and a half an hour playing the demo as proof of its existance. I also met Oldschool at Bst Buy. He walked me through the demo then let me at it.

Thank you Oldschool. This was a great find.

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September 5th, 2010 at 12:47 pm - #

Rocker

I checked the Best Buy in my area and they do not have it. Lets start a list on the regular forums?
September 4th, 2010 at 7:48 pm - #

Craigles

But in a way i supose i am a retard for asking that. I cant help it. Im ginger you see
September 4th, 2010 at 7:44 pm - #

Craigles

@ukgtfan And you care about my question why?
September 4th, 2010 at 7:22 pm - #

phantomzm

[IMG]http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z130/phantomz_2007/563867717_1999181939_0.jpg[/IMG]

Bestbuy Binghamton NY
September 4th, 2010 at 6:05 pm - #

tommy

Damn, I was just in best buy about an hour ago in Glen Burnie Maryland. Completely forgot to check for it, I walked out started my car and thought to myself “am i forgetting something?”….now I know what it was.
September 4th, 2010 at 4:29 pm - #

nintandrew

Best Buy in Maple Grove, MN has it. That Corvette is sweet.
September 4th, 2010 at 12:49 am - #

afireinside13

I played it at a target in Denver, Co. So dont just check Best Buy.
- September 4th, 2010 at 11:36 pm - #
  
  James_Hunt
  
  Which Target in Denver?
- September 4th, 2010 at 11:43 pm - #
  
  afireinside13
  
  I played it at the Target in the Stapleton Shopping Center. Or as people better know it at “the Target next to Bass Pro Shop)
- September 4th, 2010 at 11:48 pm - #
  
  afireinside13
  
  Its nice to see there are some people from denver around this site. hit me up on PSN im Shakezula069
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:38 pm - #

tyv2448

Just played the demo for about an hour at a Best Buy in Sarasota, FL.
All around it was pretty awesome. The physics were good, similar to the TT like everyone else said. I loved the rally racing a lot, and the Tuscana track was pretty damn fun with the Citroen. I did a few intentional demolition runs with the SLS and Gallardo to see how the damage worked. It looks very good, I ended up with the bumper on the SLS hanging of by a thread. The time limit of a little more than 2 minutes was kind of annoying, but you can just restart right away. I do wish I could’ve gotten further than just a few miles down the ‘ring though.
In all very fun. We can only hope to get some version of this on PSN before Nov 2nd, but thats doubtful.
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:22 pm - #

yanfloist

I got to try the demo at my local best buy in Minnesota.
I drove the enzo on the rome track. all aids off. first thing i notice was the handling of the car. i could actually feel the car’s weight when making a turn. so its a lot harder to turn very fast. i slammed into a viper and the viper was knock completely off the ground but it didn’t flip over. it looked sort of funny. I kept slamming into the walls and the damage started to show a lot on the front of the car. I like the visual damage, it does looks like its done in real time and not pre-programed. the tire smoke is also very nice and comes off light or heavy depending on how hard you break or spin out. sometimes the sparks come on very easily..like just slightly bumping into another car and sparks fly. but when you slide on the walls and sparks fly..it looks very nice. the AI is also better. when i crashed into the wall and backed up into the street, instead of crashing into me, the cars actually slowed down and went around me.
next i played the nissan gtr race car on the nurburgring, but there was a glitch. all of a sudden the entire road disappeared and i could see only the grass beneath it. but what i could tell is that PD actually did the track in layers. The sound of the gtr sound very similar to the tuned nissan 270z from the gt academy time trail demo. i could hear the gear whining very well. and that’s only coming from a TV speaker. so i’m assuming that if you hook up your ps3 with a good sound system…the cars are going to sound GREAT!!
i’m going back today to play again!!!
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:10 pm - #

LoneWanderer

I need to check the one in Niles, Ohio. I hope it’s there and if it is, I’m also expecting a gigantic line.
September 3rd, 2010 at 1:46 pm - #

JH

ukgtfan- you should be uniting with your fellow UK citizen, not insulting. Now go enjoy some tea and crumpets while you wait for GT5!
- September 3rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm - #
  
  ukgtfan
  
  It’s a bit late for tea and crumpets, usually have those in the morning if ive time before work. wasn’t insulting, just found it a bizzare and ridiculous question. Think i’ll pop to Tescos, see if they are getting a demo anytime soon…
September 3rd, 2010 at 1:14 pm - #

JH

The demo is only available at the store for play, you can’t buy it or take it home.
September 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm - #

Craigles

Does best buy have any online stores with the demo in it, and if so is it availible to ship to the uk
- September 3rd, 2010 at 1:23 pm - #
  
  ukgtfan
  
  Thats one of the most ridiculous questions ive ever read!. online stores with a demo in it, ship it to the uk?? are you mad??.lmao. sorry.
September 3rd, 2010 at 10:56 am - #

infamousDee

“Toscana, Super Speedway – Indy, NOOBergring…” XD
- September 3rd, 2010 at 4:45 pm - #
  
  Alex p.
  
  LOL. nice one!^^
September 3rd, 2010 at 10:22 am - #

fade

I don’t get it. And I’m very worried about damage now, amongst other things.

While us fan-boys wait with bated breath for the full game, with all it’s features and content and beautiful cars, it’s another matter for GT5 to appeal to more casual gamers.

What exactly is this demo going to achieve for poly when it has…

-no skid-marks
-no damage

2 things which are confirmed as in the final game.

It’s not showing GT to it’s fullest and will probably do very little to enhance the reputation of GT, while at the same time putting some some casual people off it because they will assume skid-marks and damage aren’t in GT as usual.

I understand it’s not finished code, but they shouldn’t be showing unfinished code in best buy. When I play something on a demo stand in a shop like that, I assume I’m playing something that represents the full game. In fact it’s so close to release I’m wondering if these features are actually getting cut. I’m racking my brain here to think of a demo of a product which has significant technical problems/limitations compared to the full game.

I know some casual gamers who already don’t like what they have seen from GT5. Prologue has already put them off the full game, it’s not even on their radar. It doesn’t matter that the physics and car models are amazing – there is no damage, there are no skid-marks, and the game doesn’t feel visceral to them. They have played Dirt 2 and need for speed shift. I have different priorities but in some ways they have a point about immersion.

Skid-marks and damage are 2 things which help win over the people who aren’t enthusiasts obsessing over the excellent grip physics. Not having them in a demo is risky from a sales perspective.
- September 3rd, 2010 at 11:41 am - #
  
  GTracerRens
  
  I think GT5 will sell very well, wether it’s got damage or not, this game is going to be awesome!! :D
- September 3rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm - #
  
  JH
  
  Fade,
  
  Relax, the demo has damage, I played it last night. The vehicles I drove had cock pit views as well. Not sure why you are so concerned. There is always going to be other PS3 racers out there to choose from. None have a thousand cars, none have so many tracks. Nobody goes and buys a game so they can make skid marks. We can all do that in real life.
  
  I played the demo last night, thanks for the scoop about the Clackamas demo! The screen was tiny and was a POS. GT5 still looked good though! Physics felt like the TT demo. They need to put it on a real screen and attach a wheel to it for people to play with!
- September 3rd, 2010 at 4:11 pm - #
  
  HugoStiglitz_420
  
  I agree but I just really wanna play it. But what I think has already & will be scaring off most people that are new to gt5 is the fact that after 5 years 80% of the cars aren’t finished. I’m happy to see alot of cars from gt4 but they really shot themselves in the foot by not just cutting down to 500
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 am - #

GTracerRens

Woaah!! I really really love this car. The Lambo LP 560-4 Gallardo. I hope you can also choose black rims in the full game, but this is already very very good!! I hope we can expect this demo in the PLaystation store, but I’m afraid that a demo as extensive as this won’t be available for everyone. It’s almost as big as the Prologue itself. :) Thanks for filming this. And for everyone who is going to visit a BestBuy store, make sure you upload some gameplay trailers. You can also earn some money on youtube if you add advertisements, i think.. ;)
September 3rd, 2010 at 8:26 am - #

Bolg

Put this on Playstation Store damn it!
September 3rd, 2010 at 6:40 am - #

N155AN

looks like the playstation beta rooms demo, nice!
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:42 am - #

Gulyo

Gonna be for the whole world available DEMO than ???
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:50 am - #

DrTrouserPlank

Anyone else notice the blades of grass being thrown up in the dust as he goes off the track at 0.38?

That’s a really nice touch.