PSP Review – Gran Turismo
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After many years of waiting, Polyphony Digital’s ultimate racing simulation franchise Gran Turismo has finally graced the PSP. We’ve taken it for an extensive test drive, and are ready to wave the checkered flag on our review. Is Gran Tursimo the must-have racer for the PSP, just like it’s console counterparts? Or should you just race on past to another PSP game? Find out inside our Gran Turismo for PSP review.
Having big shoes to fill since it bears the Gran Turismo name (the GT franchise has sold over 52 million copies to date), Polyphony Digital was sure to pack the PSP’s GT full of content. Boasting an outstanding 800 vehicle models, and over 30 tracks with 60 plus variations, Gran Turismo for the PlayStation Portable is a full featured title from start to finish. Racing onto the PSP at 60 frames per second, you are in for quite a smooth ride.
Gran Turismo doesn’t really offer much of a single player “career mode”. But it does feature plenty of other single player modes to keep you interested long after your first race. In fact Gran Turismo for the PSP isn’t a game you can “finish”, as you will always be able to “best” your own times with every available track. For the larger portion of the game you will find yourself playing the single race mode. Here is where you can earn the most credits to purchase new vehicles for your driving pleasure. The amount of credits you win is determined by what track you choose, and how many laps you’ll be racing on your chosen track. Bored with the 30+ tracks? You can race them in reverse which offers up a whole new challenge.
Along with the single race mode, there is the mandatory Time Trial mode, where you race against a ghost version of your previous best time on a particular track. Also making it’s return is Drift mode, where you earn credits for smoothly drifting around corners and turns. On the multiplayer side you have a few different modes, none of which aren’t much in the way of innovation, but do offer a good time when friends are around. Unfortunately, your friends will have to be very close by, since multiplayer is available via Ad-hoc only.
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September 29th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Wow no career mode is very upsetting. This will make me think a little harder about buying it since that was always my favorite part.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:28 PM
They will probably make career mode a downloadable content for about $20.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I’m getting it, but I wonder how much I’ll get out of it since the main draw of playing the PS3 versions (GT HD Concept, GT Prologue and GT5) is using my Logitech Driving Force wheel…
September 29th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
not to mention the big draw of sitting in front of a HD monitor, with a nice audio setup or high end open ear headphones.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:31 PM
@Odium_Generis: If you had purchased a PSPGo and a bluetooth wheel maybe they have a way to use that.
09/29/2009 at 1:36 PM
That is likely possible considering you CAN pair a Dualshock 3 with the PSPgo and play using that.
To further the experience you can hook up your PSPgo to your HDTV.
September 29th, 2009 at 4:07 PM
@ SPD55 I forgot about that.
September 29th, 2009 at 4:10 PM
@ Sev’s comment
you truly know your stuff!
September 29th, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Career mode is also my favourite part of the tv-console versions, but this game serves more as a pick up and play game, so I think this games suits the PSP as good as it can. Looking forward to see what car brands are available at any given date.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Great Review as always Sev.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:21 PM
What a shame. I was hoping this game would be great.
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:18 AM
I have recently bought a PSP-3000 and think this might go on the list of games to get… I was hoping for a demo from PSN first…
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:14 PM
[...] Gran Turismo was released for the PSP both on UMD and as a digital download from the PlayStation Store to [...]
October 6th, 2009 at 8:33 PM
I’m really interested in buying this GT installment but I think I’ll wait until it’s released for the PS3.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:48 PM
[...] that Gran Turismo PSP has hit store shelves, it’s time for fans of the portable racing simulator to start unlocking [...]
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Ive been spoiled to much from my HD PS3 graphics its hard going to SD resolution
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 PM
if you buy a PSP this should be on your list of “must buy” control handles well.
November 4th, 2009 at 5:59 AM
pass, i want gt5
November 6th, 2009 at 7:23 PM
[...] at the moment), so I imagine a lot of this will sound incredible! On my PSP, I’ll be playing Gran Turismo (UMD) and some Sonic’s Genesis Collection (Downloaded). Those are nice for when I have a few [...]
November 28th, 2009 at 2:57 AM
when do you think they’ll release the next generation of psp’s? I mean yeah the pspgo is an improvement i suppose, but the hardware might as well be exactly the same… I feel like gran turismo psp would have done well on more powerful psp
December 10th, 2009 at 6:59 PM
woooooooooow it nice game car