VideoGamer: Gran Turismo PSP Review

VideoGamer.com writes: "Make no mistake, this is Gran Turismo as you remember it but on a handheld, and done in a way that betters what I imagined was possible. It looks great, plays superbly and has an absolute ton of content to work through. It's impossible not to feel more than a little let down by what's missing, though. A more structured career mode would have been great, online leaderboards and ghosts simply should have been included, and the lack of online play is bitterly disappointing. Who knows what will be added to the game post release, but as it stands we've got the ultimate handheld driving game with a fairly bare bones feature list. Buy it, spend hours earning credits and buying cars, and try to overlook the glaring omissions without shedding a small tear."

[Peter North]

AAA

[Gabe EatsWell]

So many reviews. I'll just play it then I'll judge it myself.

[Sarcasm]

Same here. Being a car enthusiast first and a gamer second, I'm still getting this game. Like I said, it's still better than other racing games on the PSP thus far. And If I can take a Subaru around nurburgring anywhere I want, then so be it.

[cRaZyLeGs 93]

Highest scoring review atm, odd. No career mode makes my highest 8.
"GT on PSP features around 200 cars" WTF?

[Panthers]

I dont know. IGN was saying that there is no 'story' or 'career' mode which means you race just to race. That sounds boring to me. Ill wait for GT5

[The Great Melon]

To me that is what a racing game is. I play it to race. In all honesty, I do not know what the career mode is that everyone speaks of. I may not be a big racing fan, but when I do play those kind of games I play it for the race.

[callahan09]

See there, people? Someone loves it. You can't spell ignorant without IGN. They gave it a 6.8 because it has beautiful graphics, great sound, smooth racing, huge variety, but... not a deep enough console-sim style career to make it seem like your races are more important than just providing the thrill of a race? Come on. This is a portable game, be fair to it, like this Videogamer review.

[Feral Gamer]

I happen to trust IGN reviews. Hell their review was worse than Eurogamer. Face it, GT PSP isn't a very good effort. Well, maybe effort isn't the correct word, but that mode should be there.

[Sarcasm]

It's not that it isn't a good effort, it's just because it's missing a huge game mode that everyone expects.

[raztad]

The lack of career mode it's obviously disappointing for anyone expecting a full Single Player experience, so makes sense GT it's getting not so good reviews.

GT psp is aimed to race sim fans on the go :D, ie, someone that just want a quick race for the fun of it when outdoors. Furthermore adhoc 4 players races make GT an incredible proposition in the Japanese market.

All the above make sense: amazing game for a quick race on the go, amazing as a party game but it's NOT a substitute of the real deal GT5.

[ultimolu]

I'm trying it for myself.

[MGRogue2017]

"If you were worried about the car count due to the limited storage space on UMD, think again. GT on PSP features around 200 cars, each meticulously modelled and specced on their real life counterparts. "

Hold up.. Only 200 cars?

I could have sworn there were supposed to be 800 .. Hmm.. Please! Please! ... Please tell me this ain't true!

Let's hope it's a typo mistake or something. :(

[Feral Gamer]

Does it really matter? How many of those cars would you actually use? Maybe a dozen?

[resistance100]

Its a typo, theres 800 cars in the game

[Killjoy3000]

This is a true testament that backs the fact that reviews are only based off one person's opinion. Try the game for yourselves. I'm sick of everybody not being able to formulate their own consensus on a product they are interested in. If I did that, I gues I wouldn't have gotten Heavenly Sword, which is one of my favorite PS3 games.

[Socomer 1979]

NO!
Only GT PSP.
Dont be fooled on this invigorating experience.
No career mode. So what. Race your friends and shut up till gt5 gets here duh.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

i usually considered GT PSP as an extension to GT5.

[bujasem_89]

ok this is it i mean if it were just one or 2 site that were u knoe home made or something gave it a good score then id say probably yeah ,

but these sites are alot honestly there was something wrong with IGN ,

so far all reviews ive read were 8.0 or 9.0 which are pretty damn good if u tell me ill just wait for gametrailers and ill just have to play it and judge for myself.