Gran Turismo HD Concept Demo

[Nick]

You lucky PS3 owners can get access to one of the PS3's most hotly anticipated games, Gran Turismo HD, as a free download demo over the holiday period.

The demo has one track, two racing styles and a decent selection of cars... and it plays like a dream!

Check out this Headline for more info.

[GeorgeTuk]

Is this the demo that people assumed was the full game with downloadable content?

[Nick]

Aye, I reckon.

It took me about 20 minutes to unlock everything though it became much easier once ASM was switched off...

I still can't drift for toffee though...

[yamangman]

lol HD this and HD that these days, a cunning ploy it seems to sucker the less technically knowledgeable. I've had HD for well over a decade .

Distinctly unimpressed by those screenshots. With people claiming the PS3 is 'just about graphics' it appears this preview dosn't even have that.

[Nick]

Last I heard, GT HD was canned and they're concentrating on GT5, which will be in HD but comes with around 30 cars and just two tracks.. you download the rest...

Can you say 'nickel and diming'?

[kempez]

Looks pretty nice to me. Great backgrounds with people looking like real people and nice looking cars.

I'll be interested to see this when I get to see it in the flesh

[Odc]

They seem to be overusing motion blur a bit in some of those pics. All the detail is gone apart from on the cars . Looks pretty good though.

[MadduckUK]

doesnt look good? hmm







i think it looks fantastic. on a different level than anything else

[sawyen]

Its pretty good actually, but unless they come up with GTR2 level driving physics.. you can only marvel at the graphics for so long IMO...

I hope the drifting mechanics isnt as watered down as Gran Turismo Concept. Turn off ASM and TCS, enter a turn, brake hard, turn, floor the gas and you drift..

what ever happened to, enter a turn, moderate braking, heel-toe down, turn moderately with LLB (with tapping for non-ABS older cars), feel the whiplash from traction loss, whip 1 wheel turn around, moderate gas with countersteer and exit....

[MadduckUK]

havent you just described how you actually DO start an inertia drift?

[Nick Smith]

in the 2nd picture of the integra's i think the in game shot looks better than the real integra shot, looks great and as kempez said...people that look like people!

[leeglf]

i was adamant that i was not going to get a ps3, but after looking at these pics i have just said to the missus i think i will get one!

[sawyen]

havent you just described how you actually DO start an inertia drift?

if you're referring to the one on the bottom, then yes.. thats how you start an inertia drift..

[SmileyUK]

i think it looks fantastic. on a different level than anything else

but that looks a lot different to

[yamangman]

Looks like SEGA GT on the XBOX. Or to put it another way, seen better graphics on the PC months ago.

[sawyen]

Well, lets hope for the best on GT5.. and hopefully with support for Logitech's new wheel and clutch system..