OK I bought a PS3 because of GT, was hoping for more racing games coming out in time, but that really didn't workout well... By the time GT3 was released I already had tons of good racing games on PS2 and actually was a bit disapponted when GT3 arrived so early, because I couldn't really play thru the others.
As for 360 and F3 it's almost the same story, bought it to play F3 and was hoping for some other cool games on that platform. What can I say, I've been testing them games a lot and wasn't exactly impressed, not disappointed tho as I didn't really expect that much from a HD console using DVDs to begin with.
PGR4: What could be a fun arcade racer gets totally destroyed by the sound... no matter what I did in the settings, sounds are clipping all the time like on a 80's game, fail. Check.
Race Pro: Yeah, well cars feel weightless, no sense of speed, AI seems arcadish, I see if you are purely after racing, this could be your game, but for me it's not enough, also final straw it has horrible Vsync issues, every turn you take. I hate that, my eyes can't take it!
Ace Combat: Being a big fan of the series, this one's really disappointing, hard to explain the feeling, but the ground textures are a joke, you can't judge what's your height is and thus crash a lot. Never had this problem in previous Ace Combats, no I rather crashed on purpouse sometimes, because the textures and general graphics where so outstanding. Fail. Check.
Tekken 6: Oh, I love Tekken, but the PS3 version looks and plays better, especially in story mode and online was even less impressive on 360.
If you only have a 360, still a very good game tho. 👍
Dirt2: just got the demo, but I say, again, the PS3 version looks much better (sharper). If you only have a 360, it's an ok game...
V8 The Next Challenge(?): played the demo, graphics and handling seemed pretty cool, but horrible view from outside the car, which is extremely disappointing and waste of resources as you can actually adjust the cam freely as you wishes, but as soon you go back into the game it resets to one of the default views.
Maybe I just didn't find the right options yet, but eww, that does have a bad taste for sure. Still if there will be more options in the final game, like custom HUD and that kind of stuff, it might become a solid racing game, as the core seems very good, also sounds are nice. Fail? Yet to be seen.
I also tried two RPGs, but that's, unless it's FinalFantasy, not my thing. Too boring lol.
Finally (trying to come to an end of this post
I really was testing a lot...) I noticed most, if not all, of the racing games don't give you a option for custom controls, aka button mapping, you can set it generally on the dashboard for all games, but there's nothing remotely how I'd want it. Seriously, can it be so hard to program that?! Especially for racing games it's a shame really, seems so easy, but yet so important...
However, enjoying F3 and it's pretty stunning what they are able to get out that thing, graphically too, even compared to GT.
So, is it worth it? If F4 comes out before GT5, hell yes!
If not, I'm not sure, really.
