GT5 Prologue for PSN/Blu-ray

By Tom Bramwell Published 29 August, 2007

Sony clarifies details.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released on Blu-ray disc as well as PlayStation Network at the end of 2007, Sony said today. We also got some swanky new screenshots.

Gran Turismo 5 will then follow in 2008, the release adds.

GT5 Prologue's retail/PSN release will feature more than 40 cars, tracks including Eiger Nordwand (from the currently available version), the London City Track and Suzuka, reverse and alternative-route versions of each and 16-player online racing with global online rankings.

Sony and developer Polyphony Digital are also preparing "Gran Turismo TV" - an online channel on PSN packed with "some of the greatest content that motorsport, car manufacturers and TV has to offer".

Today's announcement also says to expect 1080p races at 60 frames per second, although it adds that replays will only run at 30fps.

The exact dates when the Blu-ray and PSN versions will launch aren't specified, but in taking a view it might be worth considering the fate of WarHawk - another Blu-ray and PSN release - which arrives on PSN tomorrow, 30th August, to be followed by Blu-ray edition (with game manual and other sundries) on 21st September.

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Comments (39) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Ryze #1 5 years ago

    Where the fuck is prologue for the PSP?

    Dicks.

  • Ryze #2 5 years ago

    Demo?

    Any fucking thing after the lies?

  • tonynibbles #3 5 years ago

    Looking forward to 16 player online. This game should be stunning.

  • andyk #4 5 years ago

    It pisses me off how this forum is a just a place for a winge...

    @Ryze
    There already is a demo. Even the article says it includes the same track.

  • Steroyd #5 5 years ago

    Realism does not equal fun. If it did then we would be playing school and work simulators.

    Bully aka Canis Canem Edit disagrees. :p

  • Dr.Mott #6 5 years ago

    Cost?

  • LOLLERS #7 5 years ago

    "Realism does not equal fun."

    Clearly, to the millions of people who buy Forza and GT games, it is.


    "If it did then we would be playing school and work simulators. "

    Your argument is flawed.

  • Ryze #8 5 years ago

    So, post a link to this PSP demo then, tosser.

    andyk = Illiterrati

  • kangarootoo #9 5 years ago

    @Ryze

    Someone needs a glass of milk and a snooze break.


    @NickyJoe

    "Realism does not equal fun"

    Well clearly that depends on what you consider to be fun. Millions of flight sim and train sim fans would disagree with you.

  • Moz #10 5 years ago

    "If it did then we would be playing school and work simulators. "

    Sim City
    &
    The Sims

    What did don't understand is how all this is going to working considering that didn't they say the PSN release was going to be FREE?
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/07 @ 10:43

  • Steroyd #11 5 years ago

    No the media is assuming the GT Prologue is free Eurogamer even joked about it ages ago about that's the way the internet works.

    Previous GT: Prologues cost half as much as a game I don't see this changing, although i would prefer everything to be free.
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/07 @ 10:49

  • Ryze #12 5 years ago

    I'm cool, me. Love my gaming!

    Just not interested in companies lying so you'll invest in them.

    These companies lose in the long term.

    I didn't buy GT4 because they lied about online play.

    I'm not buying a PS3 due to the lies. etc.

    I didn't buy a Dreamcast because Sega messed up 3 times previous with their lack of support for their systems.

    I didn't buy a Gamecube because Nintendo said that online is uninportant.

    So unimportant that they didn't want up to £1000 of my money!!!

    I'll be happy with my Wii once the games appear.

    With my 360 once they fix and quieten the hardware.

    PS3 - once it's 2010, £199 at retail or a smackhead sells one for £100

    256MB ram = not enough to be so much better than its competitor for a long while.

  • Artemis_Matsas #13 5 years ago

    I wish that it's free, but i'm afraid that it won't be. I wish that Sony clarifies this soon.

  • JediMasterMalik #14 5 years ago

    Good god Ryze grow up.

  • kangarootoo #15 5 years ago

    @Ryze

    You seem to avoid games more than you play them ;) Each to their own I guess. On a related note, I make a distinction between lies and marketing speak. By your definition, almost every company on the planet is lying. I just apply my own judgement and try not to have any strong feelings about these things.

  • Zuiyo #16 5 years ago

    Very excited. Would buy a PS3 to play this game. Until then, Tetris DS is fine, thanks.

  • belziah #17 5 years ago

    @Ryze

    The nurse will be along with your Ritalin, soon.

    Try to hold on, wont be long now.
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/07 @ 11:13

  • Steroyd #18 5 years ago

    Just not interested in companies lying so you'll invest in them.

    Do you live in a box where you grow your own food on a farm, because that's the only way i can imagine anyone avoiding comapnies who "lie"

  • Freek #19 5 years ago

    If the experience of working was the same as driving a Ferrari through a corner at 100 KPH, I would LOOOOVVVEEE a work simulator. Preferably a next gen version ofcourse. ;)

  • RexRunti #20 5 years ago

    I'm sure Sam Fisher and the guys from Ghost Recon get paid, as do Football Managers, Ace Combat pilots, racing drivers, and medevil knights. It's just their work is more exciting than our work.

  • rhinoxious #21 5 years ago

    If sony keep this up they'll antagonise their retial partners with all these joint releases.

    Not a good idea when you haven't yet got a decent user base of consoles.

    Don't cross Game, or you'll find yourself shat on when xmas comes around and mummy and daddy go to town to buy johnny a console.

  • moggsy #22 5 years ago

    Today's announcement also says to expect 1080p races at 60 frames per second, although it adds that replays will only run at 30fps.

    Isn't this the wrong way around? If anything wouldn't you expect the replays to look better than the game?

  • el_pollo_diablo #23 5 years ago

    Hooray! The most boring game ever is nearly ready for release.

  • ruttyboy #24 5 years ago

    They will look better, that's why it can only render them at 30fps. As in effects will be used in the replays that aren't when you're actually playing.

  • kangarootoo #25 5 years ago

    @rhinoxious

    The high street stores don't hold the sway that they used to, and they know it.

  • JediMasterMalik #26 5 years ago

    I think the replays just add more AA, not much else other than camera angles and framerate are different.

  • Les #27 5 years ago

    "Do you live in a box where you grow your own food on a farm, because that's the only way i can imagine anyone avoiding comapnies who "lie" "

    Apparently (judging on his post), Ryze only has an issue with lies while the PS3 is at its current price point... So much for principles...

  • slickster #28 5 years ago

    its bin comfirmed to be...FREE...

  • Stormflood #29 5 years ago

    I thought it has also been confirmed that the BR version will include damage?

  • chronom4n #30 5 years ago

    @ryze, why the hell are you into gaming then? how many companies are guilty of lying, fraud, employee abuse yet you still buy into them. You say you are going to wait until 2010, then my stupid friend while we will be enjoying ourselves you will be sitting in the corner waiting for your train to come by and anyway you could be dead by then!

  • Ryze #31 5 years ago

    Nah m8. I've probably got and played many, many more games than you.

    My 360s on its way as soon as (read above). Assassin's Creed getting 9/10 will make me splash out earlier than the h/w is fixed.

    Wii is waiting for an impulse purchase. The right game would help.

    I've got several consoles and PCs and hundreds of games to tide me over.

    I actually like Gran Turismo. I'm just not a zombie sheep, blindly following hype.

    If I own a 360, why would I need a PS3 before 2010? I didn't need an Xbox after getting a PS2 in 2001 - but I now have one.

    For me, it's all about the games.
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/07 @ 16:48

  • Ryze #32 5 years ago

    Am I right in saying that games smaller than 9Gb are shipped on DVD discs encoded with the Blu-Ray file format?

    How huge should it really be? It'll stream to a certain extent, but how much HDD will they want to use if it's massive?

    There's only so much you can page in and out of RAM in the time it takes to race one lap, and obviously all of the cars on the track must fit in RAM - so the size of the game will depend on how many cars and tracks come bundled with the game, and how much storage the presentation takes up.

    If it's only a few Gb, then any video can obviously be either chopped, omitted, or at least compressed more heavily, as can other content.

    The full game will use loads of space on the Blu-ray, as it'll contain loads of tracks, cars and presentation.

    A little bit of logic, for those not logically minded.

    There's no magic involved, kids - honestly.

  • Ryze #33 5 years ago

    @moggsy

    It's like in Virtua Tennis 3 (& Virtua Fighter), I think.

    There's more detail in the replays, and more close-ups, so more work for Hal - I mean CellRSX to do.

  • Ryze #34 5 years ago

    @Les

    Exactly. If it had 1Gb RAM and a 160Gb HDD, with a faster Blu-Ray drive, then I'd pay £425.

    The games would also come thick and fast, and would load quicker. They wouldn't have to be installed like VF5, as the game could load off the BD, then dump the mem on the HDD while you're playing.

    This is less efficient with 256Mb to play with.

    Sony can subsidise the Blu-ray player, as I don't need it yet.

    Neither does this game, it seems.

    Bear in mind, children, that I use my PSP daily and my PS2 weekly.

    Calm down and take your mouths off Sony's dick.

    I enjoy VALUE FOR MONEY.

    Your priorities might change in the future when you grow up. Or maybe when you move out of your mum's and get laid.

    *edit: spelling
    Edited by 1 at 30/08/07 @ 08:16

  • Hypnopedia #35 5 years ago

    If it runs as good as it looks then I'll be one very envious 360 owner - gorgeous..

  • JediMasterMalik #36 5 years ago

    Since this is indeed coming in a boxed version, I just realised how big of a boost it could be to in store sales. People may just see GT and buy regardless. Especially since it'll be cheaper than most other games.

  • Ryze #37 5 years ago

    er, no.

  • MrMagoo #38 5 years ago

    http://ww w.jolt.co.uk/index.php?articlei...

  • Ryze #39 5 years ago

    Oooooomph!

    I may just play this game regularly - just to cane some of the kids on here online.

    Why? because I know how to DRIVE. Very well.

    I'll put the PS3's £500+ into my next car. I'm after a Golf TDi

    I expect the GT Force Pro will work well with this. If it doesn't - then just can the project, Polyphony.

    In fact, with the PSP getting TV out, they should really be allowing optional PS2 controller and peripheral support thru the USB.

    Wake up, Sony.