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What's inside the Gran Turismo 5 reviewer's kit?


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Gallery: We just got the shiny new Reviewer's Kit for Gran Turismo 5. Are we excited? We-eeell...

Listening to some people, you could be forgiven for thinking that the release of Gran Turismo 5 is akin to the second coming of Christ himself.

But, the truth is... we've not met a GT game that hasn't made us go 'meh' yet.

(Warning: honest personal opinion ahead)

Sure - it's shiny, and the graphics are really impressive, and it may well be the greatest driving sim ever and... OH GOD GIVE IT A BREAK! If I want to play a sim I'll look for a combat flight sim, or a good strategy sim. Hell, even Zoo Tycoon has more bloody appeal than Gran Turismo.

Why?

Because I don't drive - I live in Inner City Sydney just so I don't have to worry about cars. If I want to vicariously work out what atrophied driving fantasies I have left over from a western suburbs adolescence, I'll watch Top Gear.

At least things blow up every now and then.

But this level of driving game is lost on us. But if you are a fan, don't worry - we've passed on the game to someone who does dig on the series for our actual review. And speaking of the review, here's the kit we just received for review purposes. Even us non-fans can agree it's pretty shiny - but let's just see what's inside...

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19 Comments

sUpEr gEEk Dec 1, 2010 3:58 PM	Hey Hawkeye I think you meant "Because I don't drive - I "live" in Inner City Sydney just so I don't have to worry about cars.
Hawkeye Dec 1, 2010 4:23 PM	I love there too...
Mademan Dec 1, 2010 4:39 PM	I thought you were giving us a size comparison against a familiar object, until I read the caption. And then I loled.
sUpEr gEEk Dec 1, 2010 5:00 PM	Let me guess you gave Ben the review disks as everyone know how much he love car sims
2SHY Dec 1, 2010 5:03 PM	Hmmm....sounds like an opinion piece if anything. If you are done with it, send it my way :)
Hawkeye Dec 1, 2010 5:13 PM	Is there really an issue with opinion pieces? Anyhoo, it's with DesignerDave - he too is a big fan :)
sUpEr gEEk Dec 1, 2010 5:14 PM	Ben must be really dissapointed :)
Nchalada Dec 1, 2010 5:36 PM	Gorgeous Box though
Meowkitty Dec 1, 2010 5:42 PM	Serenity Now. I must say, for a review of the reviewer kit, it reads more like a rant about something you should not be caring enough about to rant. but that's just my review of the review of the reviewers kit.
Hawkeye Dec 1, 2010 5:46 PM	Ooh... meta! Though, it's more of an opinion of the game we're featuring the reviewers' kit of. If that makes sense :) But good idea - I could handle another viewing of Serenity!
Krispy89 Dec 1, 2010 7:22 PM	It is a massive waste of space, not to mention the case that it came in. Fingerprint magnet alert!! They could have sent more than that but chose not to. It's like ordering a printer cartridge online, and when it arrives, it comes in a box that could rival a shipping container!
Bundy 2.0 Dec 1, 2010 7:36 PM	I thought it was a pretty funny piece. I can relate to his feeling about the game too, I feel that way about a few other games I can appreciate what's good about them but they totally don't appeal to what I wan't out of a game, Eve Online is one and Skate series is another for example I praise them for what they do but I could't stand playing them out of personal choice..
CloAkEd Dec 2, 2010 9:31 AM	Wow. I realise you were trying to be somewhat comical and you made a point of telling us you have passed on the game. But in one fell swoop you have managed to destroy my respect for this publication with this "News" and I use that term loosely. Seriously what was the point of this, surely the contents could have covered in the full review? And before anyone starts, I am not a fan boy, hell I don't even own a PS3.
Mademan Dec 2, 2010 9:45 AM	I didn't know Atomic reviewed exclusive console games? I think the point of this article was to simply illustrate, that the amount of wank, produced by the fanboys of the GT series, is only matched by the amount of wank produced by Sony themselves. Sending a reviewer's kit of a console game to a computer magazine seems mildly pretentious to me, as if they would review it simply because it's GT5. I'm sure they sent one to Home & Garden magazine as well.
Hawkeye Dec 2, 2010 9:49 AM	This article - living proof that you can't please all the people... :)
bnew Dec 2, 2010 10:06 AM	Internet- Serious Business. lol I don't own a PS3 and I enjoyed this 'news' article.
jdog Dec 2, 2010 11:52 AM	so shiny.. i wonder if the review will have a comparosion between this and forza 3. i love racing games but ive always found the GT series to be to meh' bring on a PC only hardcore racing sim! great article,as usual hawkeye,
Rage09 Dec 2, 2010 11:35 PM	Surprised the box didn't include a microfiber cloth to keep the box clean :P
Antraman Dec 3, 2010 2:55 AM	Hmm, my Sig Edition tin has some different stuff in it to the reviewers kit. There was also a wallet with a GT log stamp, and a 4GB USB stick with same logo, and also a 200+ page book on driving technique for dummies, and scale model of the Mercedes SLS, as well as the code for entering the competition to win an actual SLS...Plus the game was in a plastic box, not loose in the foam like that. So meh to the review...

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