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makingmusic476 on 14 December 2010
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I appreciate this review.  Plenty of the other reviews I've seen did one of the following:

  • Pointed out that the game is a top of the line simulator, then penalized the game significantly for other, minor faults (GUI issues).
  • Completely ignored numerous features that set the game apart from other racing sims (gifting/trading/sharing cars with friends, b-spec mode, kart racing, rally, NASCAR, day/night cycles, etc.), while focusing on the game's minor faults (*clunky* online - entirely a GUI related issue).
  • Claimed the game is excellent, but knocked its scores since we all knew it was going to be excellent beforehand.

Complaining about the online mode gets me the most.  I've seen people malign the game for not having things like matchmaking, when its possible for people to prefer making their own lobbies (PC gaming community says hello).  And usually they only comment on the GUI issues of the online mode, while ignoring the wealth of community features to be found in the game, like gifting/sharing cars and making online photo albums.

Some examples of reviews (imo) not giving the game a fair shake:

Joystiq - 80

If you're one of those car nuts I mentioned earlier, here's your game. Have fun, we'll see you in a year when you finally leave the house. If you're not in that group -- you like, even love racing games, but care less about tuning and more about the thrill of the race -- GT5 is like walking in on a group of physicists discussing string theory and asking who wants to go toss around a ball for a bit. You're looking to have fun; they're only interested in studying the math behind how it bounces.

What'd you expect from a racing simulator?  This isn't Burnout.

GamePlanet - 80

The game is a triumph for pure racing aficionados, and is without doubt the best racing simulator available on the PS3. The only real disappointment is that we knew it would be, and hoped that the wealth of new features long touted by Polyphony would be produced with the same level of dedication and perfection shown in the heart of the game.

So it's disappointing that we knew it'd be this good?