We’ve known karting would feature in Gran Turismo 5 for some time now. Whether or not you think the addition is a bit batty, you have to admit that it’s at least admirable how Polyphony are apparently trying to cover every known form of racing ever created in an effort to be the biggest racing game in the universe.
Hell – something has to justify that protracted development time. Check out the footage below. ModNation Racers this ain’t.
Thanks Gideon MW Jones
baggyg
That actually looks really fun. The handling looks spot on as well. Cant wait – oh wait I have been for years now!
DJ-Katy
Precisely as expected. They took a low-range car and skinned it into a bunch of carts. No lift, no spins, no speed, and a completely uninspired track – looks totally sterile.
Amphlett
Spot on there. I thought the karting may add some fun and mayhem in to the series but, as you note, it all looks like a low end car model stripped down and skinned to be a kart.
Talking of sterile, did anyone spot the number of position changes for the AI drivers, excluding those bumped by the human? I counted a sterile 0.
bunimomike
Agreed. They have unwittingly managed to highlight the problem many of us share with the franchise and exaggerate it to a new level. The lack of acceleration, grip, camera movement in first person, etc, makes it all look like it’s being done on ice.
Bugger.
Jumping Monks
This is very much GT. Sterile, and devoid of life. Don’t get me wrong, I love the GT franchise, and have had this on pre-order for months and months. But they need to ‘dirty-it-up’ a little and add that something that it’s lacking.
Even so, a lovely little addition to the game, and I’ll no doubt enjoy it endlessly. Even if karting in my mind requires power-ups and speed pads etc…
BIGAL-1992
Karting is usually chaotic, fun and requires you to be in the seat to know what to do. This is devoid of all three.
gazzagb
Im not really bothered about the Karting, for me, its just a nice addition to the game and adds some variety. I don’t care if the handling is 100% spot-on, as long as its fun (which it does look), Im happy.
E8_BALL_
its a free bouns add-on
no satisfying some
DJ-Katy
It’s not free. The money could have been used to produce another game.
heedbaw
just spotted on kotaku, track creation info
http://kotaku.com/5615638/gran-turismo-5-adds-course-creation-kart-racing
sorry if link isn’t a link
heedbaw
ah, linky works.
looks like it’ll be a random generator that lets you adjust variables, and tweak some parts once done
Kennykazey
Nah… I’ll be buying GT5 to drive Lambo’s and Aston’s.
If I wanna play a kart-game then I’d much rather play MNR. So I see this as unnecessary. Give me F1 instead!
arodmell
Looks amazing. Graphics are top notch too
Grey_Ghost13
Epic, I don’t think I can wan’t this game any more. Confirmed for Nov 3rd for Europe, can’t wait.
hazelam
karting?
where are the shells and powerups?
a poor excuse for karting if you ask me.
stonyk
Exactly. Imagine mario kart without the powerups. It’d be pants. I wonder if this will include 1 minute penalty when driving dangerously with 2 black flags = disqualification or whether you just bounce of each other in typical GT style.