Ikke overraskende kan Sony nu fejre, at Gran Turismo 5 er strøget direkte ind på en førsteplads på den britiske top 40 liste over de bedst sælgende spil (27. november). Derved må Call of Duty: Black Ops (for en stund) tage til takke med en andenplads. Nintendo bør måske være en smule bekymrede. Deres Epic Mickey (vi er klar med en anmeldelse snart) er slet ikke at finde på listen. Noget kunne også tyde, at gamerne generelt er ved at være lidt trætte af Micael Jackson. Ubisofts Michael Jackson: The Experience debuterede som nummer 32 i sidste uge. Der er forøvrigt lige blevet sluppet en 1.02 patch løs på Gran Turismo 5, som primært øger server-kapaciteten for de mere online-glade bilister. De mere teknisk interessere bør også læse Eurogamers’ Digitalfoundry-afdelings analyse af spillet. Noget overraskende, er der faktisk flere områder, hvor forgængeren (Gran Turismo 4) gør det bedre:
However, also note that the modelling of the environments has changed significantly, perhaps for technical as well as artistic reasons. In terms of the actual make-up of the scenes, there are areas where the PS2 game actually features more environmental objects, though of course detail is much more simplistic compared to the new game.
That said, frame-rates on GT4 are undoubtedly higher and tearing, although present, is nowhere near as pronounced as it is in GT5. Crowds seem to be denser in places on PS2; the lower resolution meaning that the models could be far more basic. Additionally, it’s worth remembering that the PS2 architecture is a bit of a monster when it comes to fill-rate, plus of course the PS3, operating in 1080p mode, has a pixel count almost 400 per cent higher than its predecessor.

























