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Gran Turismo HD Concept Impressions

Sony has put a mini-preview version of the next Gran Turismo online for free download. Wow!

Gran Turismo HD Concept

My personal wish is solid steering wheel support. Most major PS2 steering wheels work such as Logitech’s Driving Force Pro and the newer G25. However, apparently, force feedback is not currently supported. I’m sure they will fix this, but I hope this happens sooner rather than later.

Overall, this sounds great: A widespread variety of improvements including lots of graphical improvements, interface improvements, physics, sound, and gameplay improvements. I can’t wait to try this out personally.

The final Gran Turismo 5 isn’t scheduled for release until 2008. That’s a long ways away, but I’m sure they will use that time to build a very polished product. I’m glad they gave us this preview to hold us over.

I’ve posted links to impressions of this preview on two sites: IGN and a long time Gran Turismo fanatic website:

GTPlanet Impressions
IGN Impressions

luxvelocity Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 12:20 am

Will there be more cars available for download? I want an M5 to blast around the track. or better yet and m6 ….

yodaddy Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 1:15 pm

what about more than 1 $%^$# track ?

Sporty Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 4:57 pm

Ironic that people still complain about free content.

yodaddy Says:
December 28th, 2006 at 8:47 pm

YES … i WANT MY CAKE AND EAT IT TOO !

AmishGramish Says:
December 29th, 2006 at 3:38 am

I have to get this demo, but I can’t afford a PS3 because I don’t have a job.
But the graphics are completely amazing!

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Blackstaffer : Cool!
Pc : @Blackstaffer and anybody else who wants to know....I have those trigger attachments for both of my controllers and they work great! It feels weird playing without them now.
Trev : can't say my fingers have ever slipped off the shoulder buttons but i have read about people liking them.
Emrah : Another Sony screw-up. With the new interface, you cannot create a sub-account for people over 18. This is stupid. In the license agreement, it says you can, but sub-account choices are not displayed at all if you pick an over 18 age. Please advise..
Tosh Hatch : I would like to get some myself.
Tosh Hatch : I've heard they are really good actually.
Blackstaffer : Does anybody use these trigger thingys? Are they good? «link»
Tosh Hatch : You just beat the single player campaign. And FYI they are working on more DLC already for the game.
Pc : or does it have to be just single player campaign ?
Pc : Hey, does anybody know if you can unlock the zombie mode in COD: WAW while playing the co-op campaign?
fleakitten : Anyone plan on picking up Valkyria Chronicles? It's pretty good and an exclusive from Sega.
Trev : can't wait for WaW. its in the post on the way to me as i speak.
Tosh Hatch : Feb 09 is a long wait. I'm not sure LBP can keep me entertained until then or not, lol.
Burten : Hang on, Blackie, its just a couple of hours. I´m waiting for KZ2, and thats not out before feb 09 .. Now that is a loong wait
Blackstaffer : I has CoD:WaW! But I'm at work and can't play it until tonight when the children are in bed!
Blackstaffer : So who else is looking forward to CoD:WaW ?
Trev : anyone want to try the gta trophy flying the coop? here's what it entails «link»
Pc : PSN ID = niceNcrispy
Tosh Hatch : Ok, I will Sigh, the remote play wake up on lan isn't working. Now my work day will be long, lol.
Burten : Tosh : Check your PSN messages
Blackstaffer : Don't forget that if you're looking for friends to add your list, there's a bunch of people here: «link»
Tosh Hatch : Well I looked around that website and signed my name to the beta begging list in the forum, lol.
ehandlr : its been a while i know
ehandlr : the offficial killzone website iirc
Tosh Hatch : I'm a PS Underground member since .. 03 I think. And which website do you sign up ?
ehandlr : Killzone beta is still only with underground members and people who signed up at the website
Tosh Hatch : @ Burten - I haven't heard of a public Killzone 2 Beta yet .. I hope they do one soon
Rjcc : same here, I'm glad for a demo so I cna give it a try, cuz I didn't like the previous mgs games, so I wouldn't just buy right off
Glitch : As strange as it might seem, MGS4 isn't that high on my list at the moment. I'm downloading the demo as we type, but I'm not sure if I want to play it. Because I will play the whole game at some point and don't really want to ruin any surprises.
Burten : in that case, start downloading, dude! (or just buy the game, it IS really good)
Glitch : Not for me, since I actually haven't played MGS4 yet.
Burten : @ Tosh : Aint the Killzone beta going public these days..? Have a look around. But for the MGS demo.. Isn´t that kinda few months late?
Glitch : The Metal Gear Solid demo is on the European store as well. So you can get it there.
Rjcc : is the mgs4 demo on the japan store in english at all? I'd like to try it out
Tosh Hatch : I would love to get into the Killzone2 beta!