Gran Turismo 5

Gran Turismo 5 is a racing simulator developed by Polyphony Digital and released for the PlayStation 3 on November 24, 2010. It is the first game in the series to be released on the PS3.

Much like the previous game, Gran Turismo 5 had a special demo version, known as Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, which was released in December of 2007 in Japan, along with a worldwide release in spring of 2008, nearly 3 years before the release of the full game in 2010.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Beautiful detail on the premium cars.
 * 2) 1000+ vehicles in the game.
 * 3) Stunning environments for the PS3.
 * 4) Damage modelling is in the series for the first time.
 * 5) The inclusion of WRC, NASCAR and Super GT vehicles is a nice addition to the game.
 * 6) Karts are fun to drive, and provide a decent challenge.
 * 7) It had one of the most fun online modes, with a great fanbase doing cool stuff like drag races, car shows, and more.
 * 8) Although you cannot accelerate the time speed when using B-Spec mode like in Gran Turismo 4, you can suspend an Endurance Race in case you tired or you want to play another game without starting from the beginning of the race (after Spec 2.0).
 * 9) Players who start the game with the 2.02 update installed will receive a Toyota 86 GT '12 as a starter car which is very good advantage to the Career/A-Spec mode. However, if you have the Racing Car Pack, you can get a even far better car mentioned below in (WIR #15)
 * 10) Revamped customization. You can change the front and rear bumpers, diffusers, and a lot more!
 * 11) Whenever you buy or win a car with a color name, you have a paint chip from the color you picked meaning that you can use this to paint this color. You can even paint on rims too.
 * 12) Introduced several new features to the series such as car rollovers, rain surfaces, usable windshield wipers (only works on premium cars), and dynamic day/night transitions.
 * 13) Amazing soundtrack with memorable songs, such as My Chemical Romance's Planetary (GO!).
 * 14) The Academy Edition has a download code which can give you DLC only cars. One of them is a level 40 premium Formula-like car, the Red Bull X2011 Prototype, that has a whopping 1556 HP, making it one of the fastest cars in the entire car collection, and the second most powerful turbocharged car in the entire franchise (behind the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo). What's better is that you can even use this car at the very start of the game making it ideal for speedrunners.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Very long initial installation time ranging from 30 minutes to well over an hour, and that install is only for making the loading times shorter. Yet another hour long install is required to actually put in all the main game data (e.g. the events, races, and cars) or else an "installing" message will be seen when trying to load these. The update install time is even worse and can go on for several hours!
 * 2) The damage model is primitive compared to Forza Motorsport's, with major crashes causing only minor dents or scratches to the vehicle you're driving. However, some cars like the 2008 rally cars (Subaru IMPREZA WRC 2008 '08, Citroën C4 WRC '08, Ford Focus RS WRC 07 '08 and the Suzuki SX4 WRC '08) and the Blitz Dunlop ER34 '07 can make the doors fall off of the vehicle which can obtain the "Watch Out for Falling Objects" trophy.
 * 3) There's a small amount of screen tearing when making turns on certain races.
 * 4) The standard cars are just ported from Gran Turismo 4, with no interior modelling. Adding insult to injury, these make up 80% of the roster!
 * 5) Some PSN trophies are extremely difficult to get such as Gold Standard in which you must win gold in all races, special events and licenses. The infamous trophy GT-R Official Record is also much worse than the said trophy in that the objective to do is achieve 7'29.03 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a Nissan GT-R '07 with hard sports tires or less. The platinum trophy can also no longer be obtained due to the server shutdown (see below).
 * 6) As for May 31, 2014, the servers shut down, meaning that you can't access the Museum, Gran Turismo TV (except for the intro video and the two endings), and online multiplayer. This also made the platinum trophy unobtainable as 2 trophies require sharing photos and tracks online. Players with a modded PS3 can use the Master Mod which brings back online, although you still cannot access the seasonal events, museum, and the online car dealership.
 * 7) There are several difficult races such as the infamous Daytona International Super Speedway in the NASCAR Series, and Cóte D'Azur in the Historic Racing Cup event.
 * 8) Sometimes when you exit a race, the game will crash on the race menu, forcing you to exit and restart it.
 * 9) You cannot win exaggerated amounts of money like in previous Gran Turismo games. The money limit is capped at 20,000,000 unless you use hacks. However, winning money by selling cars or winning races will make it go back to the original limit.
 * 10) Specially colored cars have been removed from the game. This is due to the inclusion of paint chips.
 * 11) Some of the cars engine sounds are recycled and doesn't sound natural at all (such as the Saleen S7 having a NASCAR engine noise).

Trivia

 * There are cut parts that if you use hacks to get those parts and you install those parts to your cars after the 2.12 update, the horsepower and weight values are reverted to the original parts of your car if you go to the race, to GT Auto or show your car in your garage. Those parts vary from Stage 4 and 5 of Turbo, Engine, and Nitro that its horsepower increases into +10.000HP.