Gran Turismo 5 PS3

t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 29 Nov 2010, 6:03 pm

#814832

Hi all,

Just thought i'd spread the word about the game that many of us have been waiting for for years. It is out, and it is pretty good.

It has a few classic Vee Dubs, including a 52 Samba that you can race around the Top Gear test track and eventually own and race on any circuit.

There are also 6v and 12v beetles I believe, as well as many modern water cooled dubs available for purchase.

It is the most realistic driving simulator available, and as an added bonus, the splitty is a prestige car (Meaning you get a cockpit view while driving) with immaculate attention to detail.

It is only available on Playstation 3, so all of you that do not have a real games console miss out 😂

1966 Bug

1973 L Bug

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 29 Nov 2010, 7:58 pm

#814853

I love this game (I have B-Spec going on in the background right now). I have the split window beetle too 😉

jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber

323 posts · joined Mar 2008 · 30 Nov 2010, 12:21 am

#814880

we just got a PS2 that someone threw away
🙁

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 30 Nov 2010, 7:46 am

#814891

console are for kids real man use pc's 😀
on a side note the next NFS looks good

sgetty Fahrvergnugen

994 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 30 Nov 2010, 9:01 am

#814899

i need something new so i can play fifa11

🙂

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Nov 2010, 9:58 am

#814901

Might be worth upgrading after the Xmas season is over and the sales are on. Can PS3s play PS2 and PS1 games? I still want to play the old ones.

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 30 Nov 2010, 11:46 am

#814909

sgetty wrote:i need something new so i can play fifa11

you need to fix your dam dub!
and you suck at fifa anyways 😀

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 30 Nov 2010, 11:50 am

#814910

Phil74Camper wrote:Might be worth upgrading after the Xmas season is over and the sales are on. Can PS3s play PS2 and PS1 games? I still want to play the old ones.

the first 60 gb ps3 would run most ps2 games then they made them a lot cheap and the 40's wouldn't run ps2 not sure about the new gen but why bother everyone who has a ps2 games has there old ps2 or they are cheap S/H
pritty sure the chips are out for ps3 so that the only way i would buy one 360 chips have been around for over 3 years but why to many probs

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Dec 2010, 7:44 am

#815039

Hi

I've been putting off buying a PS3 until this game came out, it will have to be good to beat Forza on X Box.

On second thought the last thing I need now is a distraction from building my real car.

Steve

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 1 Dec 2010, 2:32 pm

#815101

Forza 3 was unreal on 360!

I'm pretty tempted to buy a ps3 just for GT5!

I herd though that there is no brake upgrades available in the modifying section 🙁 Nor can you swap engines. However this is an unconfirmed report so who knows!

Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 1 Dec 2010, 3:08 pm

#815106

There's no brake upgrades available at the moment. There wasn't enough space for it apparently. However, they're releasing loads of updates in the near future.

t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 1 Dec 2010, 3:39 pm

#815108

You can upgrade just about everything else though, with the exception of engine swaps or sub woofers.

And no, the current PS3s can't play PS2 or PS1 games. Bit of a shame, but a problem easily solved - don't throw away your old consoles! For those PS2 owners, GT4 was quite good. It had a split window bug in it (Upgradable to 40 odd angry horses from memory)

Pollywaffle, what did you do to get the split beetle? I have not come across it yet. I've only played it for about an hour so far.

Forgot to mention, you can also purchase a schwimmwagon and a kubelwagon from the VW dealership in the game. Don't think there are any water courses in the game, but here's hoping!

1966 Bug

1973 L Bug

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 1 Dec 2010, 5:05 pm

#815117

Hmm, I won the split window but I can't remember for what event. I also won the kubelwagon too and I can't remember where. I've been playing for about 4 hours a night since the release and it's all a blur 😂

t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 23 Jan 2012, 4:22 pm

#882835

GT5 has released two new car packs as Down loadable content at $7 a pop.

One pack has a 1966 beetle in addition to less exciting stuff like a Lamborghini Aventador

http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-5-car-pack-3-speed-test-dlc-packs-available-in-na/

They also released Car pack 2 which has the Scirocco and Golf VI R

http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-5-car-pack-2-dlc-now-available/

One thing that I have found fun about it is that you can buy a massive turbo upgrade for the 66 bug punching it up to 202 hp with the rest of the upgrades.

There are also other download packs that change the game in different ways, but it made my day to race a digital version of the exact year model of my bug in the same colour around the nurburgring.

You can also make it a cal looker by changing the aero parts, or fit a huge wing off a 930(?).

1966 Bug

1973 L Bug