IT'S... SO... AWESOME!
So I got this game early and have barely been able to put it down. This game is a masterpiece.
first of all, there isn't a career mode ala GT4, but that doesn't matter really since there is basically a mini career mode for every track in the game. You start out every track in level D, and as you race on the track, the level becomes higher and higher till you hit S, and the higher your rank on said track, the more prize money you earn, it's really fun.
YOu earn a lot of money in this game very quickly, within a few hours I already had a million, I feel that the focus of this game is on collecting cars. This brings me to the dealership. I thought it would be horrible that only 4 dealers would show up at a time per day, but after having played it, I like it, it just feels really good, and this way, it encourages you to buy cars and collect them... strange. It's actually really exciting to save up a barrel full of money in anticipation for your dealership of choice to pop up.
The game looks amazing, it basically looks on par with GT4. Now the car models differ a LOT in quality. I started out with a mazda RX-7 and the car model is as you would expect, GT3.5 quality, I wasn't very surprised. But then when the Chevrolet dealer showed up, I decided to buy the ZR1 to see what all the fuss is about, and HOLY CRAP, the car model for the ZR1 literally looks like a downgraded GT5 model, it looks SOOOO good both while playing and in replays, it looks way better than any GT4 car model I've seen, the same is with the GTR. I haven't seen too many other cars, but I would guess that all the new cars like the Ferraris and Lambos that they added after GT4 would be these Awesome models while the old cars carried over from GT4 would be low quality models, just a guess. But trust me on this, the awesome car models look AMAZING, PD has used black magic surely.
After you beat the B section in the challenges, you unlock custom soundtracks, I was very surprised when Jay Leno was like "Kay, so now you can play your MP3s doing races lol" I did not know this would be in the game and it's REALLY awesome! Speaking of which, the sound in this game is great, the new GTR sounds just like a real GTR I hear all the time, that low rumbling turned into a loud roar (there is a Nissan dealership near me), and the ZR1 sounds really rugged and raw, I think the sound is better than GT4. Also, the tire squeal has also been changed to be less monotonous, it now varies based on how much grip you have.
So far from the 3 hours I've played of this game, I've also found out that there is cockpit view, although it's far from the GT5 cockpit, this one is just a dark outline more of less, but it still looks cool, the professional physics feels very good, it's on par with GT5P I'd say.
Basically, the game is very simplified in a good way, you just choose a course, choose how many laps you want to run (you get more money the more you run) and choose your car, and drive, it's very suited to the portable experience, I love it! I wonder what other secret features I can unlock if I keep doing the challenges... there are 9 challenge clusters and I've only done 2.
So I got this game early and have barely been able to put it down. This game is a masterpiece.
first of all, there isn't a career mode ala GT4, but that doesn't matter really since there is basically a mini career mode for every track in the game. You start out every track in level D, and as you race on the track, the level becomes higher and higher till you hit S, and the higher your rank on said track, the more prize money you earn, it's really fun.
YOu earn a lot of money in this game very quickly, within a few hours I already had a million, I feel that the focus of this game is on collecting cars. This brings me to the dealership. I thought it would be horrible that only 4 dealers would show up at a time per day, but after having played it, I like it, it just feels really good, and this way, it encourages you to buy cars and collect them... strange. It's actually really exciting to save up a barrel full of money in anticipation for your dealership of choice to pop up.
The game looks amazing, it basically looks on par with GT4. Now the car models differ a LOT in quality. I started out with a mazda RX-7 and the car model is as you would expect, GT3.5 quality, I wasn't very surprised. But then when the Chevrolet dealer showed up, I decided to buy the ZR1 to see what all the fuss is about, and HOLY CRAP, the car model for the ZR1 literally looks like a downgraded GT5 model, it looks SOOOO good both while playing and in replays, it looks way better than any GT4 car model I've seen, the same is with the GTR. I haven't seen too many other cars, but I would guess that all the new cars like the Ferraris and Lambos that they added after GT4 would be these Awesome models while the old cars carried over from GT4 would be low quality models, just a guess. But trust me on this, the awesome car models look AMAZING, PD has used black magic surely.
After you beat the B section in the challenges, you unlock custom soundtracks, I was very surprised when Jay Leno was like "Kay, so now you can play your MP3s doing races lol" I did not know this would be in the game and it's REALLY awesome! Speaking of which, the sound in this game is great, the new GTR sounds just like a real GTR I hear all the time, that low rumbling turned into a loud roar (there is a Nissan dealership near me), and the ZR1 sounds really rugged and raw, I think the sound is better than GT4. Also, the tire squeal has also been changed to be less monotonous, it now varies based on how much grip you have.
So far from the 3 hours I've played of this game, I've also found out that there is cockpit view, although it's far from the GT5 cockpit, this one is just a dark outline more of less, but it still looks cool, the professional physics feels very good, it's on par with GT5P I'd say.
Basically, the game is very simplified in a good way, you just choose a course, choose how many laps you want to run (you get more money the more you run) and choose your car, and drive, it's very suited to the portable experience, I love it! I wonder what other secret features I can unlock if I keep doing the challenges... there are 9 challenge clusters and I've only done 2.
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I leveled up the tokyo track to rank S and now everytime I do a 4 lap race I get 100 000... lol
damn play.com to hell >.<
