Gran Turismo 5 demo races to PSN on December 17

by Andrew Yoon on Dec 3rd 2009 2:15PM

2004: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy comes to an end (winning 11 Academy Awards in the process), John Kerry runs for US President and whales explode. Oh, and Gran Turismo 4 releases on PS2.

Five years later, the public is finally able to get their hands on Gran Turismo 5 with the first non-Prologue demo. The downloadable demo will be available on both the European and American PSN on December 17th.

In Europe, the demo will allow players to enter the "GT Academy Time Trial" contest, in which the top 20 players from select countries will be eligible for a chance to enter the GT Academy. The GT Academy training program will prepare the ultimate GT fan to compete in the European GT4 Cup in a real race-spec Nissan 370Z. In America and Canada, the winner of the time trial will get a trip to the Indianapolis 500. Sure, these are tantalizing grand prizes -- but we're more excited to see that GT5 is becoming a real game. Now, how about a release date?

Gran Turismo 5

Source - GT Academy 2010 Launches December 17th - PlayStation.Blog.Europe
Source - PlayStation.com - GT5 Time Trial Rules
Source - Gran Turismo 5 Time Trial Challenge Announced

Tags: demo, gran-turismo, gran-turismo-5, gt-academy, polyphony-digital, psn, racing, simulator

Reader Comments (86)

Will there be damage????

Shit why do I care, its fucking GT5!

Yes there is damage in GT5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8CQxM_LFo

Not sure if its just visual though

Its both visual and mechanical

Specifically will the demo have damage...

But like I said it doesn't matter.

And apparently also interior damage to some cars. Although I guess we'll have to wait till GT6:omgthatsnasty edition to see driver damage.

from what i've read damage is only available on certain models. WRC and NASCAR, maybe a handful others. Not every car. Is my information incorrect?

I'm not sure why they wouldnt put damage in the demo, seeing as its one of the major additions to the game, would make sense to show it off.

I guess you could call it a demo - looks like it's just a time trial and will only be for a limited time.

http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/gt5/

Didn't they already release a demo?

Yes they did ... It released towards the end of October and is called Forza 3.

lol best ownage i seen in a while

What...? I thought Prologue was the demo.

That was the theory, when the game was supposed to come out in autumn 2008.

How much does this one cost?

Assuming I'm a post-pubescent male, wouldn't that be a good thing?

If we're just slinging lame nonsensical insults at one another though, they'll have to get it back from your dad. See how stupid we both sound?

If we're going by Sophomore insults here, then I shall now call you a gaybo, because you just implied you had sexual intercourse with the previous poster's father.

March 31,2010 amazon pre-order release date.

I love how Futureshop up here in Canada still sais Dec 31st

took long enough eh?

Took long enough indeed.

I saw this and almost passed The F*#! out.

Most cromulent

So whens the demo getting delayed, place your bets. :P

I'd bet it gets delayed because all the bandwidth used to download the demo will crash the PSN content servers.

awesome. its inching ever closer.

That's what she said!

haha, but that's what i said to her.

Erectile dysfunction

The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy technically won 17 Academy Awards in the Process.

Regardless of the car details, Forza and GT render thier replays and vids at a higher res than during a race -- giving the vehicles and environments a more realistic look in photos and during replay vids. Racing games have been doing that for years now, so this isn't some secret practice.

The proof is in the replays -- both drop to 30 FPS instead of the normal 60 to accomodate the added detail.

Oops. Dammit, Joystiq.

Are those real screen shots? Some of them look way too good to be rendered real-time.

i've been saying that since prologue. it does look that good.

Yes those are real screenshots

It's like Forza 3. The replay/picture/video modes render higher-res textures, effects and an overall better image than the 'in-race' car models. Still looks amazing, mind you, just not as good as some of the replay shots my lead you to believe.

While the car models of both games are similar, GT's lighting engine is a league above Forza's -- giving GT the edge.

I read that they used a whopping 6 months designing each individual car. So either they work incredibly slow or it must be more detailed than Forza.

^ That comment wins "most idiodic post of the day" for me.

Go to cockpit view and look behind you in either game. You'll notice GT has the whole interior of their cars modeled and Forza has just the dash.

Finally!

I can finally find out if my PC MOMO Logitech wheel is compatible with GT5.

Avatar source? :)

...and cue the pathetic "how much is this/wasn't there a demo already" brigade.

Nobody was forced to buy Prologue were they.

You're late.

Gran Tursmio 5: Prologue has BEEN on the store...

anyone said it yet??

The definitive racing game of this generation!

PixelJunk Shooter next week, GT5 demo the week after...sweet!

GT3 came out one year into the PS2's life... I don't get your point, but I thought I'd add that.

In my view Gran Turismo 5 has already been eclipsed by Forza 3.

I have serious doubts that GT5 can approach Forza in terms of gameplay, ease of use, community and multiplayer support.

GT5 Prologue was a glimpse into the masochistic future of the series, which requires interminable, repetitive play to get anywhere. Just like your favorite 1980s arcade game that relied on you popping coins to turn a profit. Why that style of play has continued through to the PS3 I'll never know.

It may look better, though.

GT5 will have more content than FM3. As good as Forza is it's still not Gran Turismo and it will never be GT. For some people that's a good thing as the GT series is made for the hardest of the hardcore racing fans. I'm currently building up my garage in GT:PSP in anticipation of the release. Basically there isn't a game in the world that will give you more content for $60 than GT will. NASCAR, WRC, GT and everything in between with nearly 1,000 cars (I believe) and physics based damage makes this the definitive racing game of all time.

I had Forza 2 and it was a solid game but to me it felt more arcade like (ala burnout or MC) than GT or even the underrated NFS: Shift.

This isn't a game for people who want to paint cars ... It's for people who want to tune every aspect of their car to get the most performance and suit their preferences. It's a gear heads dream come true.

Ok, then perhaps it's a totally different market.
Your hardcore is probably what I would term masochism ;-)

But for Gameplay and general ease of use I've found Forza to be better than GT5.

I will give you the number of cars (but how many of them do you really want? Do you really want a minivan for example), the graphics so far look better than what I see in Forza 3, the driving physics feel about equal to me from Prologue.

So you're left with the multiplayer, the general gameplay flow, features etc.

These things we won't know for certain until GT5 is eventually released, but judging from Prologue I'd give the nod to Forza :-)

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