Looks nice. I don't have the game just yet. How was it? I played GT5 too death and I loved it.
To be brutally honest, it's more like GT5.1 than it is a GT6. It's the game GT5 should have been. Menus have vastly improved (read: they're actually user-friendly now), the Paint Shop has had a massive overhaul (actually works properly now and they've addressed all the user complaints with GT5's system), Tuning is much more user-friendly, Online Lobbies and custom race settings much improved (and netcode seems more solid too), graphics are on par with GT5 (they've fixed smoke and particle effects on wet/dirt/snow circuits, but it's at the cost of shadows and such) but there's also some stuttering and framerate dips that are quite unwelcome on a number of tracks. Most people say the load times are better, but the load times are about the same IMO (it loads you straight into the track now, very quickly, but you then have to wait for 30+ seconds while all the opponent cars load in). The sound is just as mediocre as GT5 and the A.I. is my biggest complaint - it's the worst it's been in the series (they dart all around the track; drive off-line only to side-slam you when you try to pass, they switch between off-line and apex in the middle of corners, they weave on straights - presumably to stop you drafting, but they don't lose any speed either and there's some evident rubber-banding this time too)..
They're doing some good things with special events. Goodwood inclusion, Moon missions, The new Vettel 2014 challenge, but there's no new hypercars; no Lambo Veneno, no La Ferrari, no McLaren P1, no Veyron Supersport.. the list goes on.
GT6 is also waaaaaaay easier than GT5. I've lost maybe 3 races in GT6
total. And they've all been kart races. Everything else, including license tests are super easy now. I'll be 3 seconds clear of the Gold time on my first run in license tests. Even the recently released SebVet X2014 series, I beat Seb on my first go - with a shabby lap I definitely wasn't proud of - for the Gold time. If you played GT5 you'll remember the SebVet challenges; they took me probably a
hundred tries to Gold. The challenge has definitely gone in GT6.
One of my ongoing complaints with GT as a series is the lack of racing liveries. We still can't add so much as a racing stripe to our cars, let alone proper custom trims - but that's not a complaint of GT6 directly, more of the series as a whole.
I know I sound negative, but GT6 is an improvement on GT5 in a lot of areas. I put probably 500+ hours into GT5 and eventually got Platinum. I've put maybe 40 hours into GT6 so far and I'm almost at completion.
The driving physics are the massive improvement though. They're the best they have ever been. They are sublime actually. And thankfully, I prefer the Time Trials and Seasonals in GT games anyway, so I've been enjoying it for those.
Sorry for the long rant haha.. It's a worthy buy, it really is. It just doesn't do anything ground-breaking over GT5.
I'm looking forward to GT7 on PS4 - hopefully we see a proper overhaul that the series needs.
