Gran Turismo 5. Just say it folks. Savour those words. It’s actually here. With a development period of more than half a decade, Gran Turismo 5 was perilously close to becoming video gaming’s equivalent of Guns and Roses’ Chinese Democracy in the “painful delay” stakes. After much anticipation and hype, the latest installment in Polyphony Digital’s “Real Racing Simulator” series has finally hit the PS3, but does it have what it takes to shake off the competition? Read our Gran Turismo 5 review to find out.
Gran Turismo’s Sony PS3 developers, Polyphony Digital, paid a back-handed compliment to its rivals on the Forza 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 developer team at Turn 10. Turn 10′s official company blog reveals that at E3, Gran Turismo’s creators: “came by to personally get hands-on with Forza 3, all the while taking careful notes, examining our user-interface, shooting photos, and asking us some pretty interesting questions.” Turn 10′s blog continues to return, well it’s not exactly a compliment…