Gran Turismo 5 Online Multiplayer Details Emerge
One of, if not the most anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive is speeding towards its November release date. The racers’ multiplayer will play a key role in the game and now some new details regarding the online features in Gran Turismo 5 has been revealed.
The following details have been revealed via PlayStation The Official Magazine:
My Lounge is GT5′s hub from which you’ll access all of GT5′s new online features. Hit the Community tab and you’ll pull up a bulletin board filled with your latest stats and your recent mail from friends and other players.
You can browse through your friends’ bulletin boards and check their progress on and offline, and sent out mail and challenges. My Lounge supports voice chat for up to 32 players and lets you host 16-player online races or spectate on races in progress, as well as watch the GT-TV VOD service and race replays.
Now this is just some basic information, but it does show that they have learned a lot from the rather lack luster online offering that was in Gran Turismo: Prologue. We will surely see more information in the upcoming months as we get closer and closer to its November release.
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4 Responses to “Gran Turismo 5 Online Multiplayer Details Emerge”
The one thing I want is private races, where ONLY you and your friends can race.
The biggest problem in Prologue is that you can only race with randoms, and many of them seem intent on running you off at the corners, or ramming you down the pit lane to make you lose time. It turns what should be an enjoyable game into little more than arcade-style farce.
@Paranoimia
Well, private races is obviously included If anybody can HOST a game, it also means the host can invite his/her friends to join his races/tournaments, etc.
This sounds promising but I hope they don’t screw it up.
I wouldn’t call the multiplayer aspect of Prologue “lackluster.” It’s more than I would have expected from a preview.