The Landscapes & Architecture of Gran Turismo 5

Gran Turismo 5 Screenshots May 18th, 2011 by Jordan

While the cars are usually the stars in Gran Turismo 5 (and rightfully so), some of GTPlanet’s users have turned their cameras away from the track to get a closer look at the exquisite detail found in many of the buildings and landscapes in the game. Here’s a few of my favorite images that highlight so many little details that often go unnoticed (don’t miss Polyphony Digital’s photographers in this shot). If you get inspired, head on over to our GT5 Photomode forums and share your own!

Thanks to all of the following users for sharing their images in the forums:

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  1. May 21st, 2011 at 7:00 am - #
    Supermelon

    Thanks Jordan for featuring my shots.

    It is my honor to have my pictures featured here.

    Didn’t realize my pictures were included until I saw this one that looked exactly the same as one I took before. =]

  2. May 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm - #
    thebigmacmoomin

    Thanks for featuring my picture, mines the map.

    Some of these pics are amazing, they dont look like a game at all.

  3. May 19th, 2011 at 9:28 pm - #
    Grand Prix

    Thank you Jordan for including my three shots of the Monza Banking, Toscana straw bales and the house on the hill!

  4. May 19th, 2011 at 1:36 pm - #
    Freezer445

    Man some pictures look like they were taken in real life…
    It really is astonishing…

  5. May 19th, 2011 at 6:58 am - #
    Crushed

    Gt5 needs some work on the trees though

    • May 19th, 2011 at 9:29 am - #
      Scrat

      They look like cardboard, which is a shame as some of the rest of the game looks amazing. When you see these photos you can see why it took so long to make….

  6. May 19th, 2011 at 12:53 am - #
    gast1976

    Nice pics !!!

  7. May 19th, 2011 at 12:12 am - #
    ChicoMaloXD

    I think GT5 needs an in-game filter to make everything look a bit more natural and realistic. (like what the photomode’s “miniature” filter does but without the blur edges)

    Nice pics, GTP has a very talented community.

  8. May 19th, 2011 at 12:02 am - #
    mjay_123

    Man!!! They work HARD!!!

  9. May 19th, 2011 at 12:01 am - #
    Skot Free

    Despite what novices say GT5 is very detailed. I have a picture in my album of when I ran my car on The grass and you can see individual blades of grass kicking up. Does Forza do that?

  10. May 18th, 2011 at 11:16 pm - #
    Vitzio

    I’ve already done this stuf before, never bothered posting them because I thought people just wanted to show off their cars. I guess I might as well post my old and nice pictures of.. Buildings! How exciting! (sarcasm for the slow people)

  11. May 18th, 2011 at 6:06 pm - #
    trangurismo

    Thanks for featuring my shot. :)

  12. May 18th, 2011 at 5:41 pm - #
    Sier_Pinski

    The Tsukuba Circuit has a built-in Dairy Queen? Now I can do a 9-hr race, AND have some of that chicken strip basket!

  13. May 18th, 2011 at 4:38 pm - #
    Gamer GT5

    GT5 always had beautiful visuals. Awesome work PD!

  14. May 18th, 2011 at 4:08 pm - #
    Skiddy

    Are you kidding me!? This is better than some shooters currently being developed. Respect PD..

    • May 18th, 2011 at 5:19 pm - #
      occasionalracer

      ..and let’s not begin to compare it to that Flopza game.

  15. May 18th, 2011 at 3:33 pm - #
    DEEZ-FAM_STARZ

    GT5 is the real deal!! :D

  16. May 18th, 2011 at 3:26 pm - #
    Heh

    Great pics!

  17. May 18th, 2011 at 2:59 pm - #
    Lambob

    I was about to ask which track is that rally dirt from, at the bottom? Then I discovered it was the cork screw tarmac at the Laguna Seca. Great shots!

  18. May 18th, 2011 at 2:52 pm - #
    TVR&Ferrari_Fan

    Here are some of mine, from a couple months ago:

    http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=5238026&postcount=701
    http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4799790&postcount=420
    http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4344206&postcount=155

    Also the first update in post 155, was one of the first scenery updates to be posted up. That was before it went mainstream of course.

  19. May 18th, 2011 at 1:21 pm - #
    GTracerRens

    I’m still amazed by this game. Lovely shots too!

  20. May 18th, 2011 at 1:00 pm - #
    Tr3x

    Wow! Beautiful shots! Pity you hardly see the details while racing..