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CVG: Gran Turismo PSP Review

CVG writes: "If Gran Turismo PSP was a race car, it'd have go-faster stripes, a fat exhaust and an engine that roars like it wants to take off. But it'd spring an oil leak off the start line, bellow smoke all over the place and fart its way over the finish line.

This is Gran Turismo. The big boy. The game that should define PSP. It's been in development for absolutely yonks. Now we've played it extensively we find ourselves wondering what Polyphony has been doing with it since 2004 because this is not at all the game we expected..."
6.7 / 10
Wriggy - contributor
Published: 76 days 12 hours ago | Review | Sony PSP
 
 

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tatotiburon - 76 days 12 hours ago
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"we find ourselves wondering what Polyphony has been doing with it since 2004"....that's a very good question
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resistance100 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Working on Gran Turismo 5 and Prologue?
1.2 tatotiburon | 76 days 12 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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54percent - 76 days 12 hours ago
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well... 10 years of Too Human can back you up.
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ultimolu - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Do something called growing up okay. If that's the best you can do, then I truly feel sorry for you.

Desperation at it's finest. Operation 'ATTACK THE PSP GAME BECAUSE WE CAN'T ATTACK PS3 GAMES ANYMORE', lol.
1.5 twoface | 76 days 12 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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Gabe EatsWell - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.6 - @tatotiburon
Go to the Open Zone. Seriously.
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FlipMode - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.8 - lol More 360 Trolls
But what funny is I just laugh about it, not cry about it.
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Nitrowolf2 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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54percent - 10 minutes ago

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well... 10 years of Too Human can back you up.

P-W-N-E-D
btw i didn't know the psp version was being worked on since 04? tbh i thought it was something they could easily make in a year or 2, not that long. Regardless this is a must buy for me, sales/reviews do not matter to me what so ever for GT series.
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2Spock - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.10 - @Gabe EatsWell
Man you are in every comments section, Logout for a bit. You have been on here solid since you joined 4 days ago, and that doesn't include the other accounts you log in with. Take a break go outside or something.
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soxfan2005 - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.11 - @flipmode
You're such a hypocrite.

I don't recall you having any issues with PS3 fanboys invading EVERY Forza article claiming "PSP GT will be better because it has 800 cars".

I guess PS3 fans are allowed to troll all they want without being called out by you, but if a 360 fan trolls, suddenly it's outrageous.
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Cold 2000 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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All this is pretty weird, I swear on N4G they told me it would be better than Forza 3...

Wonder why they were wrong.
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Brutallyhonest - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.13 - As usual hypocrisy runs wild on N4G
Case in point tatotiburon.

Funny how you bring up Associate Contents (a site mind you that has printed it's share of negative PS3 articles) review of Halo ODST.
The even funnier thing is fans of the series saying so what it will still sell bucket loads. Is that all people care about anymore is reviews, sales and PR spin this generation?

Seriously do you honestly think, like Halo ODST, regardless of how it (GT5) is reviewed it wont sell bucket loads (Not GTPSP but the PS3 version)?Just look at ho GTP sold and it was labeled a glorified demo.

That is what I mean by hypocrisy. Fanboys without question are the biggest hypocrites I have ever run into. You b!tch about the things you yourselves are guilty of.

The only review I care about is my own.
The only comparison I care about is my own.
The only sales I care about is the number 1. The 1 I purchase and play myself. I play video games and not sales or reviews. <--Sorry but THAT game is played out.
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Gabe EatsWell - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.14 - @2Spock -
This is my only account. I have one other account thats been dead for months. And yes, I do go outside. It's just I'm on my vacation. I'll be EXTREMELY busy with work two months from now. Hope that clear things up about me.
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Shadow Flare - 76 days 12 hours ago
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I'll put it this way: find me a better driving simulator on a handheld. Because as far as im aware, GT PSP is the only one. And the career mode was the only real gripe people are having with it.

And to answer the question from #1, polyphony have been working on GT5. GT PSP was originally GT4 mobile. Most of the coding was just taken from gt4. I doubt they've spent 5 solid years just on this psp version
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FlipMode - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.16 - @Sox
Not really

I just find It funny that the 360 camp claims PS3 fans troll so much.

But yet look in the GTPSP reviews and what do you see? 360 trolls.

And calling out trolls on my side? I've done it once or twice before actually but I am not their father I don't make a habit out of it.
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FlipMode - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.17 - @Cold2000
Hmmmm Your here again.............in another Sony article. Your such a bad hypocrite. lol I'll laugh my ass off If I see you complain about SOny trolls again :)

*Looks Below- haha this day is hilarious.
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Soda Popinsky - 76 days 12 hours ago
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"we find ourselves wondering what Polyphony has been doing with it since 2004"

Trying to hide outdated gameplay with shiny graphics.
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Cold 2000 - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.19 - @Flipmode
I have a PSP so Im concerned. This game sucks according to the reviews. Now that I say that this game sucks, which is only the truth Im trolling ?? LOL

Second, the game is getting 6's across the board from REAL gaming sites not fake sites run by fanboys like the one that reviewed ODST (well the at least the reviewer is a fanboy)

How is saying that this game sucks is trolling ?

If it had got good scores ok then yeah saying the game sucks is trolling.

So saying a sh*tty game is sh*t = trolling ???

Someone who says Too Human is sh*t isnt trolling, he's simply saying the truth.

Or are u saying that just because its a Sony game ?
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soxfan2005 - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.20 - @flipmode
"But yet look in the GTPSP reviews and what do you see? 360 trolls."

Switch "GTPSP" with "Halo ODST", and "360" with "PS3", and you end up proving another point as well.
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FlipMode - 76 days 12 hours ago
1.21 - @Cold
Its funny how your definition of trolling always works in your favor.
So you still don't troll right?

@Soxfan- I'm glad we agree, So no more complaining?
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Cold 2000 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Hey dude if u disagree with my post 1.19, tell me why with some arguments or whatever.

Beacuse u can call me a troll all day if u wanna it wont change anything.
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Greywulf - 76 days 11 hours ago
1.23 - I dont get it. PD said this was a party game. With no career mode since day one. That its a "pick up and play while you're on a train" etc...
How do reviewers miss that, and review it as if its a full single player game?

They've known it wasn't going to have a career mode day one. So why review it for not having one?

At all the expos you knew:

- No career mode.
- No Story mode.
- No upgrading
etc,

yet at the review you compare it to GT4?
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FlipMode - 76 days 11 hours ago
1.24 - Calling a game sh*t is not trolling?
But if ODST gets a bad review people who say Halo is sh*t are trolling right?

"Beacuse u can call me a troll all day if u wanna it wont change anything. "

So just so we are clear, you don't troll, right?
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raztad - 76 days 11 hours ago
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I knew CVG and other sites wont spare this chance to slam a Sony exclusive as GT. LOL, it's very funny.

I feel many are forgeting that GT psp is just GT on the go. If you are a race enthusiast and have a PSP, GT should be on your library not other portable game offers a similar experience. It doesnt have a career mode but who cares, the real deal is GT5, isn't it?

@cdogno bellow

Most probably they didnt because GT psp was designed that way. Party game (it will sell huge in Japan) and a quick GT fix on the go.

I find laughable, some xbox fans are all over this as this game is somehow representative of GT5. Talk about delusional.
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cgoodno - 76 days 11 hours ago
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I am wondering at the reason they would put a game on the PSP without career mode. Was this something 'encouraged' by Sony to increase PSP sales but was rushed to meet the PSPGo release date?
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Megan Fox - 76 days 11 hours ago
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OUCH!!!! Hopefully this is not a indication of how GT5 is going to be.
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testerg35 - 76 days 10 hours ago
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Ultimolu, why don't I ever see you say the same thing to PS3 fans on the 360 articles?
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kharma45 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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I was hoping GT PSP would be the definitive PSP racing title, bit crap that it's not, Polyphony had a long time to get this game right, even if it was a straight port of GT3 it'd still be awesome, it is a shame that they haven't. I know this is only the first review, but from what they've said, I'm not expecting much from the others.

Just gotta pin my hopes on Motorstorm now, hopefully it'll rock!
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MariusElijah - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Major Ouch
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TheBand1t - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Shame. This would have been the 1 title to bring me back into the portable gaming world.

Ah well, there's always GT5.
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THE MAX SPEED 21 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Hopefuly this wont reflect how GT5 will perform
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TheBand1t - 76 days 12 hours ago
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I very much doubt that GT5 will be getting 6.8/10s.
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Pennywise - 76 days 12 hours ago
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Well, things could be worse. This could be the real game from Poly we all are waiting for.
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va_bank - 76 days 12 hours ago
7 - OK, no need to get all butthurt.
Plenty of games didn't live up to the expectations, on all systems. Halo 2 and 3, SOCOM: Confrontation, Too Human, Haze etc., It happens, let's just move along. I bet it's not the last surprise of this kind this season.

I realize there are millions of GT fans and that's why probably so many are disappointed - but come on, people are acting like it's the only game out there. If you bought a PSP just for GT, I can tell you you've wasted your money even if this game got 10/10.

Once again, we are victims of hype. This game flopped and now it's the end of the world. This same site gives 9/10 to Motorstorm:Arctic Edge and no one cares, the news only reaches 10 degrees on N4G.

http://n4g.com/psp/News-394...

The lesson? Hype is bad - but we all knew this.
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THE MAX SPEED 21 - 76 days 12 hours ago
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yep.very true
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raztad - 76 days 11 hours ago
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@van

I dont agree about "flopped".

You fail to see that PD designed GT psp as a different game, it's not meant to be a full GT game, just an unique sim racer on the go

"It's easily the most realistic handling we've seen in a PSP driving game, and all this is done at a silky smooth 60 frames per second which, on the little screen, looks lush. That's why screenshots and trailers had us all excited. But great handling and a smooth frame rate aren't the only important factors of a racing game, and GT PSP falls short in almost every other area."

Above quote describes exactly why GT psp is worthy if you are a car enthusiast/gt fan.

You are on the go, play GT unlock a car and then when you arrive home make the car available on GT5, play GT5. Sounds good to me.

BTW, I'm a bit disappointed on my fellow PS3 owners. I guess they had a lot of expectations for GT psp, that doesnt make sense. Save your hopes for GT5.

@bellow

I dont think any career mode will be added later. Why is so hard to understand GT psp is just GT Mobile, on the go?

It wont be a commercial flop cause in Japan alone it will sell a lot.
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va_bank - 76 days 11 hours ago
7.3 - ^ Maybe I need to clarify:
I didn't say it was a bad game, I said it flopped. By that I meant it got bad reviews. And because of reviews it won't sell as well as it could have. A good game can still be a flop - it's just a word. Some like to use "underrated" instead of flop. But GT series was always held to a VERY high standard, which it set istself. This game should have been nothing short of PERFECT. Everyone can argue about physics, models, damage, customization and you'll see the difference of opinions. When a career mode is missing - it's a fact of a glaring oversight that makes people (reviewers and fans) wonder why a common feature (that has been around since consoles learned how to save files) is missing from a flagship title.

My personal guess, is that the missing feature will be added later, possibly for additional cost. But from all the reviews I've seen today, this game does not give off an impression of a huge success. And first impressions are sometimes very important.
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Arsenal4Ever - 76 days 12 hours ago
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shame, seems like the game turned out horrible. gt5 will be much better though.
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2Negativecool - 76 days 11 hours ago
9 - 6.7? No...just no.
I get the sense while reading this tard's review that he completely missed what Polyphony has been saying about what kind of racing game PSP's GT is supposed to be.

It's a handheld! Handhelds aren't bound to living rooms where you can do a 24 hour endurance race or a championship run. Thus Polyphony altered their purpose with THIS particular GT to cater to people on the go with a finite battery life and established a game more for fun and quick bouts of racing than a fully fleshed out racing sim.

It seemed every negative comment he had about the game in some way relates to this ignorance.
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SickNote - 75 days 19 hours ago
9.1 - "full-scale GT experience"
But the reviewer quoted exactly what Polyphony has been saying. Or didn't you read it all? PD called it a "full-scale GT experience".

And, quite clearly, it isn't is it?
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111111 - 76 days 11 hours ago
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>"It's easily the most realistic handling we've seen in a PSP driving game, and all this is done at a silky smooth 60 frames per second"
Thats where i stopped reading...seriously i do not ask for more from a racer. who the fack needs a career mode anyway. Thats for silly noobs.
I happily get that game when it comes out.
And i am a sony hater even :p ..shhhhh
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Socomer 1979 - 76 days 11 hours ago
11 - Wait!
So how does reviewers know if career mode isn't a cross link feature with gt5?
Sony is gonna make em feel really stupid.
I see re-writes & apologies incoming.
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showtimefolks - 75 days 22 hours ago
12 - let me waite
ign
gamespot
gametrailers
giantbomb
gameinformer
xplay
gamepro

so let's waite this game from what i understand is awsome

its not a ps3 title even tought most people will compare

forz3 3 on psp won't be sae will it be?
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showtimefolks - 75 days 22 hours ago
13 - content
over 800 cars
a lot of tracks
60fps

what else do we need on psp
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Citizen_King - 75 days 21 hours ago
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Socomer 1979

If you unlock cars in the PSP version you get to use them in GT5.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

So that means that you aren't suppose to have the career experience in the PSP version. Just play it on the go then use the cars gained in GT5.
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taliesin - 75 days 18 hours ago
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Wasn't this just supposed to be a pick up and play game? Quick blast on the tube or bus? Fun, uncomplicated and simple with lush graphics etc.

Have they not achieved than in spades with this?
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taliesin - 75 days 18 hours ago
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Wasn't this just supposed to be a pick up and play game? Quick blast on the tube or bus? Fun, uncomplicated and simple with lush graphics etc.

Have they not achieved than in spades with this?`
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