GT started a revolution in racing games IMO and remember towards the end of school when I was the only one to have it having got a USA copy a month before it came out in the days when chipping was a lot rarer. Was one of the best games I've ever played and was stunned when I first switched it on with its realistic car graphics, garage and tuning ideas. The sequels were also good and I'm sure this one will be too but times have changed and its no longer that special anymore, so many good racing games out there now and now being an XBOX owner I have to say the GT5 talk bores me to death, gone on way too long, its just one game.
Back then its was so much more advanced than Need for speed, F1 and the like but now its just another racing game. Will still have to take a peak though but certainly won't be buying a PS3 just for it. Still I'll never forget my shitty Honda prelude I started with on the first one and tuned up, thought it was the bollocks, going round all the top tracks blasting out the TV and Fat of the land out the Hifi, then my old man comes home early at 2:30pm and I'm in my tracky bottoms playing it. Ooops.