Gt6 is out tomorrow and still no reviews anywhere? Makes me a bit suspicious.

Staring into my crystal ball I see that Edge and Eurogamer will put the boot in over poor sounds/ai/general sterility and go with 6s.... maybe.

Hmm, might have been holding the crystal ball upside down. Mad rustiness all up in my soothsaying skillz.

I'd like it to be great too, so I can buy the fuck out of it and get my drive on over Christmas.

Well tomorrow should prove to be interesting at least. Looking forward to seeing what kind of reception it gets following the mixed one that Gt5 recieved.

Had about an hour with it so far and it's certainly a big improvement over 5 in terms of both handling and AI. The AI has a little more spacial awareness and will try to close the door on you in corners, hound you if they're in the faster car behind, but it's still a little timid at times in career mode.

Was a little unhappy at being forced to buy the first car the game wanted me to buy. No choice in your starter vehicle is a big no-no in a game like this, but luckily it became a decent ride with a few minor upgrades.
Still has that fairly ordinary track order in the beginning though, recycling familiar locales instead of showing off the new additions - with the exception of Brands Hatch, which is nice.

Visually it's not exactly a massive leap up from GT5 but the cars do have a bit more detail and the tracks themselves look a bit nicer (except for one or two shockingly low res textures, though they're rare), I think more effort has been put into the handling/suspension/weightiness than anywhere else.

The menus are much better though. No more load times between every little menu, Arcade mode is built into the main career menu and the tuning is more streamlined, allowing for much quicker upgrading between races. The multiplayer was locked for now, so can't comment on that unfortunately.

Lastly, be ready for a 1.2gb update before you jump in.

Impressive Escape...most impressive. You've got some balls taking the Leguna seca corkscrew at that pace.

I'd imagine there was much carnage in the making of those videos.

So Eurogamer are in and it's a 9 people. Day one MP patch is functional but bare, the old cars can still look decidedly PS2 at times, the damage is just not a thing, the audio is a joke and it's probably only a third of the content that is promised or due. A big January patch may flesh it out, may just fix it up a bit. As expected really but great news all the same.. it's feckin huge and might just be fun too. Been a while GT, been a while.

The review is all kinds of reassuring with the talk of Brands sounding particularly promising. Will set the weekend project as making the sofa into a convertible race seat (keep it quiet eh?) so will need a wheel  lap bridge thing to mount the Force feedback to and a pedal holder doodab. No more nails or a hammer? Gin will answer the questions. 
Looks like it might actually get the PS3 some TV time back. 
Work today and bastard party season so not much of a chance to get immediately involved. Someone else can get in early, decipher the online mode and setup a lobby or two. 

Will make sure there's a few gig free in anticipation. Brrrrm Brrrrm! Parp parp!

Edit: Giantbomb have a hour of quick look up too.

Looks like I'm getting a free copy is this too! Yas!

Looking forward to a pleasant Sunday evening drive with this!

GAME are shit and have been for ages, honestly they only still exist because people keep going against their better judgement and continue to use them.

Chief wrote:

Wasn't gonna get this due to buying an Xbox One this week, but was given a freebie by our Sony rep! I also happen to have the next two days off...

Sony reps are awesome

Also, GT6 is cracking, the star system, whilst not original in anyway, adds something approaching a narrative/progression to the game that has been sorely lacking, it actually wants to be a game again instead of a car showroom!

JMW wrote:

GAME are shit and have been for ages, honestly they only still exist because people keep going against their better judgement and continue to use them.

Wouldn't bother me as much if they hadn't nabbed the exclusive deal on the Anniversary deal and now can't even deliver on it. Their online chat customer service is completely broken and nobody has e-mailed me yet. I feel like being annoying and getting trading standards involved.

Not a fan of Goodwood, far too sensitive when it comes to DQs on such a narrow piece of road. The lunar driving is weird but strangely addictive and far more challenging than expected.

The online is still completely unstructured, but at least the code has improved and it's smooth as silk. Hoping for some good forum races at some point, though you have to pass the National A license to unlock MP.

Yeah, getting golds on Goodwood will be tough. Looking forward to whatever turns up in the Vision GT thing. Just had a go with the Mercedes in the seasonal event. Lovely stuff.

Metacritic average is 80 though. User average is 72 because it seems to have been invaded by pathetic fanboys giving it 0/10 and using capitals to tell us how much better Forza 5 is.

With growling engines and R11 I'd jump at it, but I'm not sure if I want this.

The tuning options and car library are still class-leading, but it's a shame about everything else. The GPS could be amazing, and it's arguably the greatest feature ever included in a driving game, but I don't think it'll be sufficiently effective to please many of us.

Hopefully it's something the next game will really flesh out.

I'd have to agree. The Matterhorn tracks are fantastic.