Gran Turismo 5 Receives UK Date Of November 27
See Full ImageOkay, everyone just calm down and take it easy. Let's not lose our heads over this...even if it's easy to do so.
We still don't have an official release date for Gran Turismo 5, but most analysts and industry insiders are relatively convinced it won't make it this year. Realistically speaking, most believe that Q1 2010 is the earliest date one can hope for...and yet, as noted by TheSixthAxis, European website Play has the game listed with a November 27, 2009 release date. Now, a few things to bear in mind: firstly, series creator Kazunori Yamauchi did say GT5 is at a point where Sony can release it "any time" they want. Yamauchi is a perfectionist, though, so he intends to get the product as close to perfect as humanly possible. Secondly, November 27 doesn't appear to be a place-holder date, as those are typically random like December 31 or November 1, or something like that. Thirdly and lastly...well, there is no third. This is all we know. If GT5 does somehow manage to come out this year - and you can bet on a worldwide simultaneous launch - the PS3 is gonna get a huge boost, and that's an understatement.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, MAG, and Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time are just a few of the exclusives scheduled for 2009, and let's not forget God of War III in March. But if GT5 comes at the end of November, everything's gonna explode...
Related Game(s): Gran Turismo 5
6/19/2009 Ben Dutka
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Tim Speed24
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:20:32 AM
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MornelitheVT
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:30:46 AM
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Morne
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0_o
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:31:32 AM
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WolfCrimson
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 2:01:18 PM
Last edited by WolfCrimson on 6/19/2009 2:01:43 PM
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MornelitheVT
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:34:38 AM
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Morne
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englishgolfer
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:35:27 AM
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MornelitheVT
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:43:01 AM
That's the golden pony Sony needs.
Morne
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Natalisrubbish
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:44:31 AM
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Cheers!
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HOODGE
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:44:29 PM
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Nynja
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:52:09 PM
Yeah, can you picture big B chasing a bunch of kiddies with a broom waving over his head while mumbling "damn kids"?
That's the image that I got, and for some reason he was wearing a maid's outfit... don't ask.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:09:54 PM
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The_Benny
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:49:03 AM
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crump602
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:04:12 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:06:19 PM
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Arvis
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:25:20 PM
However, I am hopeful for a number into four digits. That would be lovely. :)
-Arvis
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:41:08 PM
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mexgeo86
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:14:42 PM
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Catastrophe
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:15:53 PM
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HOODGE
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:48:02 PM
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Catastrophe
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:12:44 PM
Last edited by Catastrophe on 6/19/2009 1:14:33 PM
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vicious54
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 12:54:19 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:08:45 PM
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SerichA
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:07:43 PM
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Catastrophe
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:22:02 PM
just imagine... 15xx cars, >60 tracks + variations...
Last edited by Catastrophe on 6/19/2009 1:23:38 PM
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SerichA
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:41:57 PM
But a dual-layered BD disc wouldn't be good-the load times would take a huge hit, which are my biggest gripe of this series. They can easily stay below the 25GB line.
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LegendaryWolfeh
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:09:13 PM
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(maybe a free car from the game?! LOL)
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Arvis
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:26:39 PM
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Make.
This.
Happen.
-Arvis
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killzone100
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:46:26 PM
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jlch777
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:47:41 PM
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I want to pre-order it already!
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HOODGE
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 1:49:07 PM
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Now I'm not here to bash Forza 3, it will be a good arcade/sim racer as they are really making it to look that way and I know that FM2 followed that path, but if you ever get a chance Ben/Arnold and all the others members here, please go to forzacentral.com where at the beginning of the page you will see 2 FM3 demonstration videos that took place at the time of the 24 hrs of LeMans. I believe Dan Greenawalt and that Che Chou made a special trip to France to attend the 24 hr race and to promote FM3.
The first video is a one lap demonstration on the Circuit De Lasarthe track in which Dan Greenawalt gives a super hyped speech intro first and sounding super confident about his almighty racer.
He mentions how amazingly gorgous the LMP1 LeMans cars look and how gorgous the track and draw distances look in the game. His cocky sounding voice and attitude really blend in well with the presentation. He then goes on to brag that he had the LMP1 Peugot team drivers each have a go on the circuit with their actual car and commented on how one of them said to him that finally someone has truly captured the look and feel of LeMans in a video game for the first time (I'm sure none of them have not had the opportunity to get their hands on PD's GT5 yet).
Anyways he takes the control pad (no wheel used by Dan Greenawalt - Figures), and proceeds to get the Peugot piloting down the track and does an absolutely horrible job of driving, bashing into the rear ends of the cars ahead of him and also mentioning how every car can flip and roll like it's the first to ever be done in a race game (and ever much so is the most arcadey/unrealistic damage rollovers I must confess seeing).
As he's flying down the first long straightaway, I notice the same sort of unintelligent AI much the same of FM2 where even tho a couple cars do spread out on both lanes, these seem content to follow the usual train track pattern and not acknowledge what is going on around them, as when Dan comes up on them down the straight, they seem oblivious to his presence. Seeing that was the first indication to me that his so called DEFINATIVE RACING GAME didn't seem to be as such.
Then he proceeds to rocket towards the first chicane pushing through cars and taking one into the sand with himself (which if done in real life like that would of spelled an amazing destructive crash scenario) marking the arcade race experience FM3 appears to look like. He does this so he can demonstrate his GRID like rewind feature so as to back up the race and attempt a cleaner run towards the chicane. He elaborates the rewind feature as excellent for drivers of all abilities and that it is useful in learning corners on tracks (funny the real drivers don't learn in real life that way - wow!! thats sim like).
He then lets the computer driver take over from him and finish the lap at the same time about bragging about his so called suggested line feature is something they created. Wrong. The GT series had that way before him.
While watching the remaining drive through the lap you can see at times some horrible pop up and nagging frame rate drops quite often which to me almost made me dizzy to look at. I'm sure they may iron some of that out, but not a good way to brag and promote your product as the definative racing game when it chugs along like the 360 may be working to hard and may blow up on you.
Then the 2nd video shows Peugots top driver Stephan Sarrazin having a go on the game with a Fanatec steering wheel and looking like he was majorly struggling to keep the car on the track. If it is a definative simulator, why can't Puegots best driver drive it like the real car? He was shaking his head from side to side like so as to say inside that this isn't how my real car drives. Lol's got a kick out of that. He even had the suggested driving line assist on..Hmmm makes you wonder what these guys think about Dan Greenawalts definative racing game doesn't it? I know that many racers use and praise GT simulators for practice and claim they are the best.
So all I can say is go to Forzacentral.com and check it out for yourselves. You'll get a better sense of why GT5 and Kaznori Yamauchi have nothing to worry about and how it will still and always remain the REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR. Great news if it comes out this November as Ben mentions in his article. PS3 is going to go over the top!!
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fluffer nutter
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 3:45:49 PM
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HOODGE
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 4:43:43 PM
Check out the EDIT 2 category. Their are 3 videos in that section. Check out the first one on the Forza Motorsport 3 press conference where Dan Greenawalt spends time on the floor discussing the history of the Forza franchise and how FM3 is the definative racing game. He also goes into great depths to explain simulation physics and how Forza 1,2, and 3 have all had the best cutting edge physics. You will find this quite amuzing.
Ben and Arnold would love to hear a article from the both of you on Dan Greenawalt and your thoughts of these so called videos, and his immense so called knowledge of real car physics. Would make a very interesting article.
Seems this Dan Greenawalt guy thinks he is the father of the racing simulator. Check it out. Hope to hear some articles on this.
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 8:43:21 PM
I think by now Greenawalt has embarrassed himself enough. LOL ;)
Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 6/19/2009 8:43:33 PM
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Banky A
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 10:11:37 PM
Wow o_O
At least they got millions of people to have complete faith that this is what a driving game should be. Some of those people could've started loving racing because of the series.
But still lol
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Banky A
Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 6:59:59 PM
Since that's how some fans roll.
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Scarecrow
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 2:26:18 PM
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I won't be happy 'till it's official
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HeXeN
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 2:32:39 PM
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Arvis
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 3:36:43 PM
-Arvis
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Victor321
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 2:39:41 PM
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What?!?! Who the hell are you!?!?? And why are you in here!?!??!
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556pineapple
Sunday, June 21, 2009 @ 10:33:13 AM
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NonProphet
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 2:44:11 PM
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Highlander
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 3:26:33 PM
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Believe in the power of 3 this November....
;-)
Oh, and GT5 will be a pre-order guaranteed. If PD want to they can do a collectors edition, and I'll buy it, along with about half a million other gamers.
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Banky A
Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 10:12:33 PM
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This better be true.
Or the real date better be approx. December.
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karneli lll
Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 3:44:27 AM
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questing222
Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ 4:44:28 AM
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Play.com are notorious for guessing dates.
They are completely untrustworthy.
I wouldn't get my hopes up.
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pavlovic
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Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 11:12:54 AM