Re: GT PSP Review: Where’s the rest of my racing game?

majornewbie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:37:13 -0000

You say GT fans will be disappointed, but then bemoan nearly everything about the game that's a staple of the GT series. The challenges are a critical part of the series and I actually found golds were a lot easier to obtain on the PSP title than any of the console titles (failure for leaving the track is also a GT oldie). In fact, the whole game is more accessible from top to bottom, which you'd expect being a portable title. Licences are replaced with attaining levels per track, the AI is challenging at the A and S levels, yet the ability to increase lap numbers to enchance the payouts means lesser skilled drivers playing at the D level are also able to rapidly pad their wallet. The lack of infrastructure mode is quickly sorted via a download from the JP PSN store.

Sure, the daily manufacturer thing is awkward, but with bundles of cash from races and the challenges it is pretty much all that stops you buying every car in your first few hours of gameplay. Besides, you can always select a race and back out to advance the calendar and quickly cycle the dealers.

I'm a huge GT fan and I love the fact GT PSP isn't just a direct port, it offers an entirely new way to play prefering bite sized racing to GT's traditionally grueling and punishing 'career' mode. Though I do have to agree, the lack of upgrades and tuning of cars beyond brake/suspension balance is borderline criminal for a GT title.

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