Funny how fast some people turn on their fellow gamer for having an opinion. Wait, funny? I ment sad.

Personally I'm not a racing fan, but I did download the demo to try it out. Wasn't bad. But wasn't anything that would get me into the genre. I do know one thing though, Turn 10 really overhyped their game which makes a great game look so much worse burried under all the mountains of hype. It's very rare for a game to overcome an obstacle like that though.

damn good post. i couldnt have sait it better myself

Coming from a guy that doesn't care for race games, this will be the first I purchase all based on my imprssions from the demo. Maybe big race sim fans aren't as impressed because the competition is really good too.

people are jumping all over this guy because he mad an opinion about a game when he played the demo? thats sad.

I'm absolutely loving this game and it's my first true racing sim. I have almost all the assists turned off at this point. So in terms of gameplay I am extremely satisfied by what I am experiencing.

Damage on the other hand has been disappointing. Maybe it's cause we've gotten used to games like Burnout and Grid but I expected more than just scratches on the paint when I slam into a wall. The mechanical damage is there but the visual damage is almost non existent. Maybe racing fans only care about mechanical damage but for me I would have liked to see actual deformations to the car. For what it's worth I think that GT5 is going to disappoint when it comes to damage as well, based off the videos I've seen.

On a side note anyone know where I could buy a cheap racing wheel? I feel like playing with a controller really takes away from the experience of the game.

Umm...

"Expect Perfection." - Kazunori Yamauchi

Which is a stupid thing to say because no game has ever been and never will be perfect. If that is your mindset going into GT5 your going to be very disappointed. Besides I'm basing this off the damage videos released so if you think those videos represent perfection when it comes to damage modelling then me and you have a very different definition for the word perfect.

Perhaps I did but my otherwise well written post was referencing people other than the OP too.  That sentence really wasn't needed though in fairness so I can take the criticism.  My point still stands you're harshly judging a game on a demo that is very very unrepresentative of the final game though.  I assume you'll at least rent it if the good reviews start piling in though so I guess not all hope is lost for you.

To others in here asking why people are questioning somebodies opinion I'll state the bleeding obvious once more.  This demo is absolutely not representative of the final product, if you're disappointed then fine but stop trying to read too much from a tiny gameplay portion. 

This doesn't really affect me any but just to let you know, the community manager himself said that this demo is a representation of exactly what your going to get come the end of the month. The game's not going to play any differently, which I mean come on, that's why you play games. Sure your going to get more content but playing the demo you know exactly how the final product is going to play and you can very well make an opinion from that. What do you think a demo is for? It's trying to intice people to buy the product. No one here is trying to write an official review of the final game for ign from a demo. I've only seen people say that the demo wasn't very good in there opinion and because of that he's come to the conclusion of not getting the game until a price drop. 

That's exactly what it is.