Gran Turismo 5 Demo Playable at Best Buy in Oregon (Confirmed)
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 3rd, 2010 at 3:15 am - #RT*// WNDWLCKR3000
I am the only one who thinks that the smoke effect/dust clouds
are so ridiculous when running over grass?PD must redefine/differentiate that for real!
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September 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 am - #Magic Ayrton
The second video is a true demonstration of a “messed up” professional driving :D
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:29 am - #Zuel
Tanner won the Battle. You’ll have to watch it on tv or the web site to see what happened.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:24 am - #ferhound
why do you guys always choose hard mode? Is it to show how b.a.d. Are you?
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:23 am - #gamer28
Anyone Know if they have one in Chicago already?….thanks :)
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:04 am - #Zuel
Outstanding NEWS on the GT5 DEMO, I’ll look in my local area of Best Buys. Wish we could have got a cockpit view if there was one at all. Wonder if the On-line Battle works, and if there’s a cost for the demo. And what do you know Battle Of the Super Cars on Speed TV has the Ferrari 458 Italia. With Tanner Foust and Paul Tracy, I’ll let you know who wins.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 am - #Skymeat
It’s up in Eugene…
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:41 am - #terminator363
Jeeze, it could be nice if Leutenant Best Buy could drive, jk
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:45 am - #terminator363
btw, the reviews for this store are A PLUS
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September 2nd, 2010 at 10:59 pm - #ralph89
someone need to steal the PS3 hard drive and torrent the GT5 demo file. :)
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September 2nd, 2010 at 11:43 pm - #minihulkster
That would be illegal dude. Simmer down.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:37 am - #terminator363
Let’s get some one in on that, lmao
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September 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 am - #minihulkster
Even if it did happen, no one would be able to play it unless they are in the .01% of ps3 owners who bought a PSjailbreak.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 10:13 pm - #heyathera
wow, very cool!! i cannot wait to get my hands on this!!!
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September 2nd, 2010 at 9:39 pm - #minihulkster
Maybe he would have been able to turn left if he had chosen the Nascar car. Ha just joking. Too bad there are no Best Buys in the immediate area. I like everyone really hope to see this on the psn store, but I doubt it will happen(I always expect the worst and can never be disappointed)
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September 2nd, 2010 at 10:39 pm - #Askanishkillo
hahahahahaha, that Nascar joke made me laugh a lot
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September 2nd, 2010 at 9:35 pm - #TokyoDrift
……. I live in oregon. I guess im going to play this demo for an hour
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September 3rd, 2010 at 11:45 am - #Liam
Tokyo…I wouldn’t of said that If I were you hahahah.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 9:03 pm - #myr12006
god i visited my local Bestbuy store and… nothing yet, man you guy in Oregon are lucky… but soon just soon.. : )
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 pm - #smoky427
aaaaah i’m gonna die
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:33 pm - #ferhound id
So much I would like to be able to play that demo here in Argentina…
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:24 pm - #Bankai123
The demo is available in NYC. To those who live in the area i went to the Best Buy in “Union Square” and the one in “Chelsea”(23rd And 6th Ave). Both Stores are in Manhattan and my best guess is that all stores in the NYC area have the demo but i could be wrong. Enjoy it!!!
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 pm - #GT-R_EMOKID
It’s in orange,california as well…
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm - #John
Asif they would publish the above demo to the PSN, there is no way they would give people access to 5 tracks.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 8:04 pm - #Static X
Hmmm im in Bend,Oregon ill have to check to see if we’ve got one on display
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Very nice, although just like before any major release I am interested in, the last thing I’ll be doing is going to play an unfinished demo.
I’ve played enough previous versions already, and with all this news and footage, that’s good enough for me. I want the first time I see it properly to be in a finished state and on my own TV.