Gran Turismo 5: Prologue on PS3

Posted by Irfan

April 1, 2008

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is one of the most sophisticated racing games ever released for a console.

Yes, it may only have 71 cars (compared to 721 in Gran Turismo 4), and yes it may only include a stingy six tracks, but it also includes a ground-breaking graphics and handling system that simply blows away the competition.

While the cars in Gran Turismo 4 were made up of around 4,000 polygons, the motors in this epic are made up from an astonishing 200,000 polygons. What’s more, they glide as smooth as silk as you race round corners at a full 60 frames per second with little slowdown and a mouthwatering 1080p resolution.

Little visual nuances impress you at every turn, from the way the sunshine realistically moves its way across the car’s body to the awesome shadow system that even shows up inside the vehicle’s interior.

A new in-car viewpoint provides racers with a unique, and very welcome, perspective of the race and, cleverly, each car has its very own individually-designed dashboard to admire. From an eye-candy point-of-view, Sony has really gone to town here.

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is Sony’s way of appeasing those gamers waiting for the full-blown Gran Turismo 5. It’s essentially a demo of what’s to come, but, unlike a demo, it’s also a game in its own right with fully playable features, cars and tracks all included.

A total of 30 race events are split across three classes, as you start off racing low-end cars from Suzuki and Honda around three laps. If you manage to outperform the eight to twelve opponents in a race, you’ll pick up some prize money allowing you to splash out on faster, more powerful cars.

Read full article @ digitalspy.co.uk

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