GT5 Pro 1080i compatible?

[HUFN8OR]

Does anyone know if the new Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is 1080i compatible? I hate buying a PS3 game only to get home and find out it downconverts to 480p.

Thanks,

[GoatMother]

I'll most likely be picking it up tonight. So if I just uncheck 1080p and it displays at 1080i that works for you?

[Crankbait]

It needs to support either 1080P or needs to specifically support 1080i natively. If it only supports 720P it will downscale to 480p on his set.

Unfortunately some game boxes (COD3 I believe is one) state 1080i and in fact do not support it.

[Jon Liu]

On the back of the box it says 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p.

So it looks like it does, so hopefully it actually does!

[GoatMother]

I disabled 720p and 1080p in the PS3 display and sure enough 1080i works fine.



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Seems like playing online earns credits faster than doing events. Car models are absolutely gorgeous and the London track is absolutely amazing!

I've had some good and some bad races online so far, some people seem to just want to bump around during races. It is pretty funny when 8 or so cars are doing a sharp turn at once, smoke all over the place.

[HUFN8OR]

Great! Thanks for the info, I'll run by BB tonight and try to pick one up. Any good?

[Jon Liu]

I'm having a blast with it. I played for about 2 hours last night and really am digging it. I had previously played the Japanese import, but this one seems more polished in every aspect (Good news for us here in the states!).

[GoatMother]

I do hope they add the ability to invite friends for online matches.. Right now it just matches you up based on whatever criteria they have.

Yeah, I'm still having a blast. Much more than I expected as I wasn't too much into sims in the past. Never played much of the previous GT games. I can't get over how real the cars look. Tracks don't quite match up except for London.

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, what's even more amazing than the realistic look of the car is how they drive!!!

My brother actually owns a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR and comparing the real car to the virtual car we are both amazed at how realistically it drives in the game! Nose dips and weight displacement feel proportional. The sense of speed is great, too! As you drive faster, the wind resistance starts to become a lot more audible which adds to the realism.

[GoatMother]

Definitely. I'm really digging the feel of the cars. The detailed rumble adds a lot to the feel of it as well.

I have 4 cars so far, coming from memory so I might have the names and numbers off a little.. The Citreon C4, Integra(RSX in us) Type R, Lotus Elise1113 and the Suzuki Cappuccino.

I still need to do 1 of 2 more class C events. I did notice that it lets you do events on the dealership screens as well. For example I bought the Lotus and raced in London against other Lotus's but I got my ass kicked.

[Jon Liu]

N00B! Nah, some of the races are actually pretty tough!

I am really tempted to get the racing wheel for it. I've gotten one for the last several iterations of this game, so I am wondering if it might be worthwhile for me to get one for this game.

Actually if I did get one, I'd want the Logitech G25 racing wheel. Although, it's twice as much, so I dunno about that one.

[GoatMother]

Yeah, I'm sure they'd be cool to have an more immersive. Problem for me is while more fun I don't race nearly as well with the wheel back when I tried it on GT3. I'd probably have even a harder time passing events.

I just read that eventually they will have private rooms, etc for online racing. Sooner the better.

[Jon Liu]

Yeah, the sooner the better.

I actually found that I did better. It is a lot longer of a learning curve, I definitely admit. But, especially in Forza2 I found myself doing a lot more consistently than I did with a controller.