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New comment: I've added some 'negativity' to my original review. See the last few paragraphs.
I've been playing GT6 for over a month now, and I am (almost) totally satisfied with it! (I'll get to the 'almost' part later)
The new menu layout is better, a lot of great new cars and tracks. The car's dynamics are more realistic (body sway when braking, turning, accelerating). Some great 'special content'; like the Mario Andretti Hudson, with apparently more to come in the future. A fun and addicting game.
While I was considering writing a review recently, I decided to see what some other people had to say about it. Curiosity just led me to check out the 1 star reviews. Most are unwarranted or just ridiculous; which leads me to have to address some of the following complaints:
'Same old boring tracks, same old cars': Not true, lots of great new tracks, and lots of new cars. And what was wrong with the old tracks anyway? Trial Mountain, Cape Ring, Eiger Norwand for examples, would be greatly missed if they were omitted. ( And hey Sony, speaking of old omitted tracks, how about bringing back El Capitan and the Seattle course from GT4??)
'No Amazon Pre-Order package as promised': I got mine. All you have do to is follow the instructions from Amazon, check your email for the code, Then go to the PSN store and use the code to download the 5 cars and the 1 million points. Easy.
'Can't carry over the cars you had in GT5; have to start over': How lazy can you be? In most video games you must start from the beginning. It is not difficult, as it was suggested, to get some good cars early on in the game. Play some of the seasonal and special events, and you get to own some great cars as a reward.
'Too difficult to earn credits to purchase new cars': While a lot of the first races in the regular categories do start with lower earnings, again all you have to do is try out some of the seasonal events, some of them pay off big time for 1st to 3rd place. And sign in to PSN every day and in a few days you're making 200% on your earnings.
'Using real world money to buy credits': Yes, you can buy credits. Seems like a money-grabbing scheme by Sony, but you don't have to go that route. I did spend $20 in the beginning, and was kicking myself later when I realized it wasn't that hard to rack up the credits just by having fun racing.
'Having to download updates right away': Yes, there were some updates early on. Didn't take long, though.
'Poor graphics': I don't understand that complaint; the graphics are great.
And for some of the most bizarre comments:
'Winning stars instead of trophies?': Yes, your progress is tracked by the number of stars you earn, but you still get trophies for every race you win. But virtual trophies are about as useless and virtual racing jackets and helmets, so I don't understand the complaint.
'The Go Carts are impossible': No, they're not. (They ARE difficult, though, and not my favorite!)
'Not in 3D': I agree that 3D would be cool... maybe someday.
'Can't drive tanks and helicopters!!!': You can't shoot people either, but I don't expect any of those things in a racing game.
The bottom line is that you can't please everybody. I do feel that most people will enjoy GT6. I personally am looking forward to the promised track editor. I loved it in GT5, but it was limited.
If I must complain, here is a list of improvements I would like to see:
More (and better diversity of) American classics: They've covered the muscle cars fairly well, but how about the likes of, say, a 55 Chevy, 34 Ford, or 63 Impala? And wouldn't it be cool to be able to customize them a bit?
A city street environment: Not just a course through a city, with blocked-off side streets. But something along the lines of a 'Grand Theft Auto' cityscape, although on a smaller scale. In 2-player Arcade mode, it would be a blast to chase your buddy around town. Oh, yeah, and add a cop car.
A 'Bullitt' chase scene Re-enactment: The mustang and charger are already in the game. Or, since we've got the Trans Am now, why not 'Smokey and the Bandit"? Or a 'Dukes of Hazzard' backwoods chase between the 'General Lee' and a 70's era police car? Complete with a jump over the river?
OK, I'm done now. Great game.
UPDATE ON MY ORIGINAL REVIEW: Still love the game after about 4 months now, but have some complaints: The new game seems to be more serious, and less fun than GT5. One example: in GT5, the 'racing soft' tires were more 'grippy', which turned some of the 60's muscle cars into super-responsive drivers, taking corners on 2 wheels. Not good for winning races, but good for a laugh sometimes. In GT6, the same tires feel not much different than the others. But here's the thing that really got me: One of the new tracks, Willow Springs, seemed to answer my main complaint about GT5, which was that the game always confined you to the track and you could never stray off into the surrounding landscape. I know the intent is to stay on the track and race, but once in a while it would be fun to just go 4-wheeling across the countryside. And Willow Springs was just that: I played online with some people who had some great 'tag' games going on, bouncing around the terrain and just having fun. But then an update killed that, and now going off the track just bogs you down to about 1 MPH. Fun gone. I know this isn't GTA, but I don't understand how the serious racing aspect was compromised by letting the cars actually move when they're off the pavement. I still love GT6, but find myself going back to GT5 often now.
Also, while GT6's time trial seasonal events are great, I'd like to see some actual new races included once in a while, as in GT5. I'm also highly anticipating the promised track editor, but am now worried that the 'no-fun-allowed' developers are going to tame it too much. I guess we'll see.
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