Customer Reviews
Bad physics - By: Jonny Melbourne, 13 May 2008 
Any one who enjoys car racing games will probably concede that they by far & large falll into two groups.
1. Arcade racing (IE burnout, motorstorm)
2. driving simulator (gran turismo, forza)
GT5p is touted as a driving simulator, in fact i think the game goes further to claim the most realistic simulator to date.
This is where i take exception, gt has some of the most inconsistent physics i have yet seen in a racing game, even compared to parts of burnout paradise this game falll short.
An example of this dodgy physics is the car acceleration, when driving the same car as the AI their acceleration seems far in excess of my own, there have been other examples but i have not committed them to memory as i have not played it in a long while.
Another things i can't stand is how the cars seem like they are floating, i can't explain it any better but they just don't look connected to the road.
Collisions are ridiculous, showing more signs of inconsistent behavior.
All in alll i love the idea of a driving simulator as opposed to an arcade style racer.
HOWEVER! IF you are going to do this then the physics/handling need to be absolutely 100% perfect, GT5P fails in this area.
So from my perspective i am left with an arcade racer in a driving simulators clothing, only lacking 70% of the fun of a game like Burnout Paradise.
The only other game i have played which is similar to GT5P is the game forza 2 on the 360, personallly i found this far more realistic & a good deal more fun.
Of course though it's GT so it will blindly attract buyers who are either oblivious to its few faults or simply forgive it the moon because of the name, Personallly i think it's been well over hyped & doesn't deserve alll the accolade it has received.
IMO ;)
Absolutely Brilliant - By: M. Rathor, 11 May 2008 
I was not a big fan of racing sims, preferred fun racers like burnout paradise. After playing this, however, I have become a big fan. The game has amazing graphics & the best, most realistic driving experience I have come across. When playing this, I forgot I was playing a game, I honestly felt like I was actuallly driving the car. Just buy this game, a must for ps3 owners. All these rumours about this being a demo are baseless & have been started by x-box fanboys, do not believe them.
Very dissapointed - By: badger, 08 May 2008 
Having never played any of the Gran Turismo series before I was reallly looking forward to Prologue but what a let down! Yes the graphics are very pretty but that's alll about you can say about the game, the game play is tedious at best - I won the first race I took part in & got up to A class races in no time at alll. The car feels like its hardly moving & those who say its realistic can never have driven an actual car before because it is not even close to the real thing.
Weather would be nice as would car damage & some atmosphere. No way will I be buying the full game for 40 or 50 quid, what a rip off.
It's a preview - buy it, play it, enjoy it, then wait for the full game. - By: Mr. J. Mortimer, 07 May 2008 
OK, I've been reading some of the negative comments here about this game, most of them seem to forget that it's only a preview - they should look up the meaning of the word 'Prologue' in a dictionary. The game is still in development & should be much better than this offering. The downloadable GT5 Concept looks pale by comparison to Prologue, & I thought that was one of the best things I'd seen yet on the PS3 (until I got Prologue!) Just imagine how good GT5 will be once it's finallly released, & if there are any problems then I'm sure Sony will be quick to release a download patch. The online mode needs the most work, the current penalty system just isn't fair & the frequent ghosting & erratic movement of cars makes realistic racing impossible, but despite this it's still a good laugh! I don't know if these problems are to do with Prologue or the servers, but it's likely one or the other & should (hopefully) be fixed for the final release.
My advice: buy it, play it, sell it. Or keep it. But don't complain that it costs too much, you're almost guaranteed to get 3/4 of your money back if you re-sell before the full game is released.
Volkswagen did'nt make the bugs in this game! - By: L. D. Styles, 05 May 2008 Being a bit of a motorsport fan & having a 360 with PGR3 + 4 & Forza Motor Sport 2 to play on I was reallly looking forward to this game. When I had got past the stunning looks (car models & in car views are breathtaking)it alll starts to falll apart. In single player it is only an average game, it does nothing better than alll the other racing games, infact compared to Forza Motorsport 2 it does not compare gameplay wise & feels very shalllow.
The multiplayer part is a joke. On the box it says upto 16 players online but it is always capped at 12. Most games are more laggy while playing GT5:P compared to FM2 & PGR3/4 using the same broadband connection. While out of control cars go to a ghost car which means you can drive through them but sometimes they change back to solid again so you are never sure if you will make contact with them. Then there are the reallly stupid penalties for shortcuts, hitting the barrier etc.. Sometimes you can get pushed into a barrier buy another car & receive a 4 second penalty (you can not accelerate), how fair is that?. The reason these penalties exist is the complete lack of physics while a car is off the track or in a barrier, most games manage to slow the cars down so there is no advantage to cutting corners or using a barrier to take you around the corner. GT5:P can not do this. I think the fact there was two patches for this complete mess of a game within the first couple of weeks says alot about the state it was released in.
In summary I would say that this is not an expensive demo as some people say instead I would say it is an expensive beta version.
