A week ago, I posted a first story about the Gran Turismo 5 demo that is playable at the Mercedes-Benz museum, allowing players to complete a full lap on the 16-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Now, first quality footage of that demo has surfaced as we get to check out a full lap around the green hell in the Mercedes SLS AMG. Adding to the good video quality is the fact that someone with normal skills is driving, resulting in a pretty clean lap instead of the crashing and banging that can be seen in many other Gran Turismo preview videos.
Gran Turismo 5 will be bringing 1000 cars and over 60 tracks to the Playstation 3, including new features such as damage, weather and day/night effects. There’s no date for either the release of the Japanese or the International versions yet.
Via GTPlanet
MartyParty
February 6th, 2010 at 14:36
“Adding to the good video quality is the fact that someone with normal skills is driving, resulting in a pretty clean lap instead of the crashing and banging that can be seen in many other Gran Turismo preview videos.”
+1
DrumStick
February 6th, 2010 at 14:39
Arcade mode? I hope it is. He/She was driving through the grass without brake + hit other cars, but did’t spin.
rainking
February 6th, 2010 at 15:04
I can’t believe even GT fanboys aren’t sick of Nordschleife previews. Surely the game will include at least another track…
Jos
February 6th, 2010 at 16:07
physics looked pretty shitty, probably because it was on standard physcis with aids on, you can see light go on every time he takes a corner.
FabianBonora
February 6th, 2010 at 17:21
Thumb position? I really think they should be inside not just layed onto the wheel.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think its just a smell step forwards physics-wise.
I really cant see any flow in the physics. I mean at Pflanzgarten, thats just not correct, you cant jump a bit over the hill and then brake while sliding into the corner.
But the light-effects are simply mind-blowing and I think it still remains a must-buy
RockStar
February 6th, 2010 at 19:18
nice arcade
TheSTIG
February 6th, 2010 at 19:40
Looks quite easy to handle and very hard to lock the wheels and crash. The car always returns to where he points it to (reminds me of dirt 2). Sure the merc is great but i doubt it is immune to the laws of physics. I hope this is due to the aids and/or arcade mode or whatever..
max1492
February 6th, 2010 at 20:10
Lots of negativity. I’m no GT5 fanboy, but I get a sense that many see this as a threat.
sosman
February 6th, 2010 at 23:27
whats with the car swerving into him on 1:13?…detail looks pretty good!..
No way I’m moving from PC to console thou.I like the extra that come with the PC & from the community’s
sdimm
February 6th, 2010 at 23:48
It´s sad that the physics looks so bad indeed. I think that whenever this game comes out….It won´t be as nice to drive as say older grand turismo was..
It´s such a shame…
f0xx
February 7th, 2010 at 00:35
Looks nice though.
DeadStar
February 7th, 2010 at 03:55
At least it looks nice, can’t say the same about the arcade physics.
Sensekhmet
February 7th, 2010 at 09:27
About the thumb position… it’s possible it’s some fad inspired by Best Motoring or some other Japanese tuning vid: one other thing is a totally peculiar method of shifting H shifter forward… like European truck and bus drivers did in the sixties
Sensekhmet
February 7th, 2010 at 09:30
Can’t edit? Forgot to add that shifting method is in the Besto Motoring videon, NOT in the game (or if it is I don’t know about it).
ChadSmith2
February 7th, 2010 at 12:52
I’m just throwing my 2 cents in here. I’m not attacking anything, I’m just stating what I see. As if I’m an expert… lol
It looks goods. I don’t know what kind of assists you can have, but it definitely looks like the drive has some on.
What I do like about GT and Forza is, they are both getting closer and closer to simulations. I think they have some kind of plan to get arcade racers to evolve into sim racers.
I don’t think anyone can argue about the difference between arcade racers, such as GT and Forza, and sims, such as iRacing and rFactor, especially if you have driven both types.
JAGUAR1977
February 7th, 2010 at 14:58
Why make assumptions based on a fuzzy video that uses driving aids, try the GT5TT demo for yourself, afterall it’s been out for over a month.
If you do you’ll see first hand the physics are every bit as good as the best on offer from rFactor and GTR2.
stabiz
February 7th, 2010 at 21:08
Uh, no. We all know you like Gran Turismo, but there is no need for outright lies.
dale223223
February 8th, 2010 at 20:08
Looks like a nice children’s racing game.
mikem
February 10th, 2010 at 22:39
A much better video of GT5’s Nordschleife without the cockpit view. The car is a tuned 370Z using a R1 tires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPnHgeC4mE