GRAN TURISMO PSP Eurogamer Review -- 7/10 (FALL from grace for GT)?!

[darthdevidem01]

CGI-Quality said:

dbot said:

Arstechnica seemed to like it.  http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/09/gran-turismo-psp-review-portable-racing-grows-up.ars

 

To put it very simply: this is the best portable racing game you can buy at the moment. At times it feels almost like a magic trick; Polyphony has done some amazing things with the hardware. It's very real, however, and in a few weeks it will be here. Save some money in the ol' gaming budget, whether you buy a PSP Go or not, you'll want to pick this game up.

The Good

• Absolutely stunning, 60FPS graphics
• The ability to listen to your own music will playing
• Wide variety of tracks and cars
• Detailed information and history of cars
• Races are simple to set up, can be finished in minutes, although longer tracks are available
• Strong multiplayer, with the ability to both share and trade cars with your friends
• Zippy loading times when installed to memory stick, UMD release includes the install option

 

The Bad

• No online infrastructure mode
• Cockpit view is just the black shape of the windshield
• Only four cars in races, in both single and multiplayer
• A small selection of cars available to buy at the dealership, making it hard to browse all the available vehicles
• No damage to the cars
• AI can feel rather artificial and sterile
• Finding your saved replays is a pain in the ass, because there is no way to simply browse what you've saved; they're arranged by track

 

The Ugly

• People who traded in their PSP systems sheepishly buying another unit to play this

Well now, it aint THAT bad after all huh......

please these guys liked LAIR too