Maybe we’ll have to add a seventh flame to our rating system. The gameplay of GT 5 Prologue is just incredible and it’s a shame I don’t get to spend 5 hours playing it every day.
The visuals are simply the best you could ever imagine in a game (as of March 09 that is). Racing against a field of pitiable but awesome looking Audis, Jaguars, Ferraris (and so on) through the mountain course of Eiger Nordwand, feeling the car slide through curves, the nose dipping down when you slam on the brakes, hearing the wind noise drown out the engine at 120 mph in the tunnel and flying, literally, over the finish line is so much fun, it’s ridiculous.
Of course the experience is only really complete with a steering wheel like the one my wonderful wife gave me for my birthday, the Logitech Driving Force GT. Very solid grip, adjustable steering feedback, shifting paddles, anything the racer heart, and hand, desires.
Just make sure you have a sturdy table to screw it on tightly. The courses on GT 5 prologue from Eiger Nordwand to the London city track take quite a strong hand to keep your Auto from bouncing into the Leitplanke. Speaking of bouncing: The absence of car damage might be the only non-realistic thing about GT 5. Apparently car engineers are even using the game to compare their products with the competition.
