I dont know.. I think the official GT wheel, the GT27 (or 25) is probably better.

TBH, The price i just paid for that Racing set was well worth it Sinn. I'm now waiting for the guy to send me dimensions so i can build an aluminium frame for it.

One thing about this game, you don't really need to buy cars, you win most of what you need. I'm only lvl 17 now, but so far, i've only needed to buy 2 cars, I've got over 50 in my garage already and from what I can see, I've got most cars I need for the professional races. Loving this game so far.

Buying cars comes down to personal preference... like I wanted to do a race in a lexus so I bout one but yeah, you can pretty much go the entire campaign just by using the winnable cars.

I really want to buy a Ferrari 458, but I'm trying not to buy cars, so that when i do need to buy a car for which ever race, I can buy a top class car and do any mods I need without worrying about cash. i'm sure once i start racing online, I'll need to start buying faster cars, online vs AI is a BIG difference...

If you buy a 458 it will get you through the whole game if it is allowed in that race, it's one of the best cars in the game, great handling and top speed especially with upgrades and tweaks to the gear ratio. I pretty much used that car for hundreds of races.

@ DP - That's good to know, I've always been a Ferrari Fanboy Although the Pagani Zonda is pretty impressive as well as the Lamborghini LP560, it's just not a Ferrari, and the 458 is the best looking car as well. I'll still hold off a bit on buying it, once I've finished all my Professional races, I'll def buy it...gotta own a Ferrari 458 For now, my Stealth Cars are doing the "faster" races pretty well.

We all know GT6 is somewhere in development.
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ps3site.pl%2Fgran-turismo-6-jest-w-produkcji%2F119744

This guy pretty much says so as well... will be interesting.

If it's like GT5 I won't be buying it.

I think what GT5 is lacking is that sort of 'fun factor'
personally i just want ai racers if offline mode. How hard can taht be. Downgrade the graphics, I dont care... nno one plays split-screen fpr graphics anyways.


Exciting news: GT5 Academy Edition
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/07/25/new-version-of-gran-turismo-5-coming-soon/

Includes the following DLC:
Car Pack
Car Pack 2
Car Pack 3
Course Pack
Course Pack 2
Special Paint Pack
Racing Gear Pack
The Nissan GTR driven in this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour race by Kazunori Yamauchi.

All for 20 pounds.

SUCCESSFUL ‘GAMER-TO-RACER’ GT ACADEMY PROGRAMME LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA

* A Series of Gran Turismo-based challenges will start the process on the 15th October *

Johannesburg 8th October, 2012: Nissan and PlayStation® have joined forces again to expand the innovative GT Academy virtual-to-reality racing competition, which has previously enjoyed great success in Europe and America. The four previous GT Academy graduates continue to compete in top-level race series, whilst the programme that set them on their path to motor sport fame will now incorporate a competition covering South Africa and the Middle East for the first time.

Over 2.3 million hopefuls have tried out for GT Academy since 2008, and graduates of the virtual-to-reality programme have so far netted a second place finish at the legendry Le Mans 24 Hour race, a championship win in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and most recently a podium finish in the World Endurance Championship. In January of this year an all-gamer line-up made history when they finished on the podium of the Dubai 24 hour race.

An exclusive, free to download gaming format will go live on 15th October, 2012 and remain open until 10th December. An eight-step qualification programme, that can be played online by anyone with a PlayStation®3 (PS3), will use the best-selling Gran Turismo®5 as a base, but has been specially developed by the game’s legendary creator, Kazunori Yamauchi.

The fastest PlayStation gamers from South Africa will join winners from a number of live events to compete in a thrilling national final in January. The action will then make the transition from the virtual world of PS3 to real Nissan sports cars when the winners of the National competition are invited to take part in the international Race Camp competition along with the finalists from the Middle East competition at Silverstone Circuit in March.

The ultimate winner of the GT Academy competitions from Race Camp will then be put through an incredibly intensive and thorough Driver Development Programme to prepare them for the chance to take part in the challenging Silverstone 24 Hours in 2013 – the ultimate competition prize.

GT Academy is now established as a potential route into top-level motor sport. Lucas Ordoñez (Spain, winner in 2008) took second place at the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hour race. Lucas also contested the full European Le Mans Series in the Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan LMP2 car. Jordan Tresson (France, winner in 2010) is racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours in the Signatech Nissan LMP2 car. Jann Mardenborough (UK, winner in 2011) has just completed a successful season in the British GT Championship racing a Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, nearly clinching the championship in his first season of racing. His American counterpart, Bryan Heitkotter, has been successfully competing in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series in the top GS (Grand Sport) class.

“Being able to use our GT Academy graduates in our ever-growing range of top-level motor sport activities is another example of Nissan’s innovative approach to everything we do,” explains Darren Cox, General Manager Nissan in Europe. “If we didn’t believe in the drivers they wouldn’t be in those seats, but GT Academy has exceeded our original expectations and each year has provided us with some outstanding driving talent. As our drivers continue to impress on a world stage, GT Academy continues to expand. I would urge anyone that feels they have the talent to get involved and give it a go. GT Academy is a real, credible and exciting route into motor sport that will not cost you anything thanks to our partnership with PlayStation®.”

Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital, adds: “It makes me very proud to see the graduates of GT Academy racing around the world with Nissan. This year we are aiming to make GT Academy bigger and better than ever before and so I am creating a new series of driving challenges open to anyone with a PS3 . You don’t have to be an expert to have a go. Added to that, each country will host live GT Academy entry events to ensure that as many people as possible can enter the 2012 GT Academy”.

Details of how to enter GT Academy can be found on various platforms including: www.facebook.com/GTAcademy, http://www.gran-turismo.com and www.gtacademy.nissan.co.za



So I know what all my gaming time is going to over the next while...

Wow that is very cool!

Ya I think so! Already organised myself a G25 racing wheel for it Cant wait to see what the actual events are... Logged on yesterday for the first time in a while and got the free GT86. Damn that car is fun!

nice, how is the driving going Warlander?

http://www.polyphony.co.jp/english/list.html

GT5 at 9 million sales.
Gt5P pushes it to 14 million sales.

The Corvette C7 Prototype has made its way to GT5 for FREE.

GT6 rumoured to be heading to PS3
http://www.gtplanet.net/sony-wont-clarify-executives-comments-on-gran-turismo-6-coming-to-playstation-3/

After a Sony executive let it slip that the PS3 was going to be getting GT6 this year, seems like Sony has confirmed that the game has been in development since 2010, but wont comment on what platform it is arriving on.

Hopefully this one is a racing game and not an rpg.

^^ Overstatement of note but not entirely unfounded

Still need to dig into GT5, had my G27 for over a year now and still havent used it properly

I agree with DP...GT5 was more an RPG racer than anything else.

Sorry guys but to suggest that RPG elements played more of a roll than actual racing is false.
Appears to be more of an agenda driven opinion than an objective one.
Next thing your gonna tell me that WOW is more of a social network than an actual MMO!?

As I said, an overstatement of note, not unfounded but not entirely true either.

Pulls out the GT flameshield !bm