Brunno Senna, professional Ferrari race car driver says: " It's a good game but the biggest misrepresentation in GT HD is the Ferrari 599. It's overly difficult to drive, even if you put racing tyres on. It's almost as if the car has far more power than it does in real life." So if anyone knows and understands what it's like to take the wheel of a real Ferrari, it's this dude.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer checked in with Sony to see if the company had any comment on how Halo 3 would shape the competitive landscape this holiday season. Here's the full statement that Sony sent in response:

"We've never been dependent on any one game -- PlayStation has always offered a very diverse portfolio of gaming experiences and this year is no different. We're offering more than 10 exclusive PS3 titles in North America this holiday season across multiple genres and demographics. And in early to mid 2008 we'll continue to add innovative and diverse games like Gran Turismo 5, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4."

Shane Kim, Microsoft Game Studios corporate vice president, sees things differently, of course: "Sony has no answer to Halo 3," he said in an interview. Kim also cited other upcoming Xbox 360 games, including Mass Effect, which he expects to be high in the sales rankings.
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will apparently be a free download on the PlayStation Network when it is released. According to Yamauchi in a Gamespot Hands on, the game will be released as a free experience on the PSN later this year.
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Aug 22, 2007 You heard it, the latest word from the East is that the new Dual Shock 3 Controller is expected to be compatible with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. With the DS3's major new feature over the Sixaxis is that it's rumble-enabled, we figure you'll be able to feel those engines turning over through your fingertips. And the crunch of metal when we inevitably get rather excited by that sensation and pile into the walls. Dual Shock 3 hasn't even been officially announced yet, and we're ... » Read More

"Think GT5 is still awhiles off? Quit your thinking, it's not good for you. Stick to listening. Listen to Kazunori Yamauchi, for example, who reckons the game will be out in Japan by next summer. Around July-ish. Which if precedent is anything to go by (and it normally is, that's why they call it precedent), we can expect an American release by next Christmas and a PAL release in...what, 2009? And that's if everything goes according to plan. Which, it being Gran Turismo, it probably won't.
Gran Turismo 5 next July"
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The "Best Car" magazine had an interview with Kazunori Yamauchi. The main points were posted on GameFront.de

- GT5 prologue will appear in Japan before the Tokyo Engine Show which begins on October 26 2007.

- GT5 will release in Japan on July 2008.

- GT mobile will be published after GT5 is released.

- Yamauchi would like to work on a F1 game.
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Following speculation on a number of different gaming sites about the number of cars that will feature in GT5, Three Speech contacted SCEE directly, to get some comment / confirmation from them.

"Despite news articles claiming that 'SCEI/Polyphony Digital' have made an official announcement with regards to GT5 featuring 1000 vehicles, we can confirm that this is pure speculation. It would appear that the list is a mixture of vehicles that were included in previous GT titles, coupled with somebody's own fantasy garage.

Further details about GT5 will be announced in due course, but for the moment at least, we can confirm that the current car list/speculation, does not come from SCE."
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As we found out last week, Sony is prepping a taster edition of Gran Turismo 5 - Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. But, wait. How long has it been since we had a proper GT? What is it exactly that developer Polyphony Digital gets up to? This on-site footage gives you an idea of the lengths that Polyphony goes to, in order to tie down the slippery fish of realism, and give Gran Turismo gamers the true Real Driving Simulator. It's all seriously dedicated stuff, and they do it all from scratch for every ... » Read More

Last week, Sony revealed that Gran Turismo 5: Prologue would be out this year. And now, series developer Polyphony has quickly followed up confirming it'll release in October - in Japan at least. Sony was unavailable for comment on a US or UK release date at the time of writing, but keep those driving fingers crossed for its appearance before we bid farewell to 2007. It was confirmed at E3 last week that GT 5: Prologue, which will be downloadable via PSN, will feature online play. And ... » Read More

Sony's annual E3 press conference opened with what could have been the biggest reveal of the entire show if it hadn't been leaked last week: the new $499 price of the PS3, as well as the introduction of a new $599 model that comes with an 80GB hard drive and a copy of online-enabled dirt racer Motorstorm. This left biggy-wig Jack Tretton (who began the event speaking through his character in the PS3 virtual world Home) to launch right into the publisher's game-centric, four-part ... » Read More

PS3 Attitude liveblogs the Sony keynote speech at E3 2007 to bring all the details of every Sony PS3-related announcement.
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The release of the highly-anticipated Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 could be pushed back as far as late 2008 says director Kaunori Yamauchi, who wants the game to be absolutely perfect before it's released.
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Here are some Excerpts from the latest edition of Car and Drive issue magazine in which they give more details about the next GT5 game.

Read on.
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French gaming mega-site PlayFrance has posted a list of Sony titles coming out in Europe between now and this October and they've revealed a bunch of unheard of titles. Not only do they confirm that both Loco Roco PSN and GT 5 Prologue are coming out in the next couple months, they also listed three previously unheard of games:

EyeToy Play Factory 1
EyeToy Play Factory 2
Chills
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Late last year, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi told fans that the next installment in his popular driving simulation series would reflect a change in the franchise's core principles and become "a fully realized online car life simulation."
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In an exclusive interview with 'JoyPad' (Jeu Video's official magazine), Kazinori Yamauchi of the Polyphony team releases some new information about Gran Turismo 5; all confirmed by the creator himself. These include online between 12-20 players, 4 driving views, all Ferrai and F1 cars; and more....
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Reader derrickgott007 had a little PM conversation with one of the GT devs (skebe) over at the official PlayStation Forums.

It went something like this:

derrickgott007: People are already exploting the no damage to ruin the leaderboards¿.There are videos on Youtube on how to get 1.07min lap times by fence riding and going full speed into the turns to riccoceht off the fence¿.Please put in damage to stop these people.

skebe: Sorry for not being able to respond earlier¿ didn't know until today that this forum had a PM feature

Although we're not ready to implement damage until they can be shown in a truly authentic way (which is extremely hard work if you think about it), we are doing our best to avoid these kind of 'cheating' to take place.
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Sony Europe just keeps sending in more and more press releases, dealing with the upcoming PlayStation 3 launch in PAL territories on March 23. But unlike last week's despicable announcement that the PS3 would be less compatible with PS2 games in Europe, today we finally have a good news speculation for those of you planning to buy the console, and living in Europe, Australia or other PAL territories.
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Jalopnik.com has an interesting article which looks at the process involved in getting real life cars into virtual assets on Gran Turismo 5. It seems as if it takes more hours to produce a digital Corvette for GT, than it did to actually create the car physically!
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