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Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
The ultimate version of the best-selling Gran Turismo® 5, with the full original version of the game, improved features and functionality from all downloadable game updates through Spec 2.0 included on the disc, as well as a voucher for more than $20 of bonus downloadable content including new cars and tracks.
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15 out of 1883%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Review 1 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
DON'T BUY
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Posted on:4/9/13
BLACKOPS1234567890
Location: U.S.A.
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I bought this racing game because I wanted a racing game and for the price this was the one. I was disappointed when first it takes a hour to install. Then when it was finally ready it doesn't show you how to play. With the weird Chinese music and slippery tracks it's a dumb game.
GET NEED FOR SPEED; MOST WANTED, SO MUCH BETTER.
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Review 2 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Scary realistic
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Review 3 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Bad steering
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Review 4 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Amazing!
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Review 5 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
The realistic and best game for PS3...
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Posted on:11/29/12
AndreePRO34
Location: Calexico, California
This game is perfect for: party gamers
I like this game because is an experience of real racing and i liked so much. Like you can put your own music from the PS3 menu, and i really recommend to racing gamers. And if you are bored for the same cars and tracks you can buy DLC packs.
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Review 6 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
gt5xl
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Review 7 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
It doesn't get more real than this
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Review 8 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Amazing
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Review 9 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
What the game does
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Review 10 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
great driving looks realistic
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Review 11 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
A great game could have been better...
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Posted on:8/12/12
Mathison029
Location: Butler, PA
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
I've always loved Gran Turismo ever since I first played GT2. I did like the graphics and sounds and I did like having the Top Gear Teat Track and the 260 preminum cars. But there was a few things I didn't like about it was lack of career events, not all cars are preminum they were just ported from GT4, once you get past LV32 it takes forever to reach LV40, handleing for cars when there fully upgraded. Its still a great game but not as good as GT1,GT2,GT4. I'd stiil prefer Forza 3-4, Shift 1-2.
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Review 12 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Great fun game.
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Review 13 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
It's more like Gran Turismo 4.5
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Posted on:3/30/12
PaulieBoy
Location: Houston
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
I have been hooked on Gran Turismo ever since the first license tests on GT1 on the PS1. I have spent countless hours of my life playing the Gran Turismo games. Each time a new one came out, there were major improvements over the others. For Gran Turismo 5 I feel this wasn't the case even with it coming out on a new and more powerful system. In my opinion, GT 5 is just a shy better than GT 4. The graphics are a little smoother and the tracks seem more realistic. A few tracks do really shine out with beautiful mountain views. The cars are ok. Some are beautifully done but mostly, they look as if they were ported right over from the PS2. The really shows between the "premium" cars and the "standard" ones. Just don't look for the major "WOW" factor. One cool thing is that in the Premium cars, the cockpit views are very well done. And if you have an eye toy, there is a little secret in store for you. Explains in the book.
Sound is where this game stands out. The motor and exhaust sounds are not as similar to each other anymore. The high pitched cry from the tuners to the roar of the V-8 and V-12 mosters are very nicely done. If you play this in 5.1 surround you will really hear the difference. The music is pretty good but I will tell you....MOST of the music in this game is from groups I and many of my friends have never heard of. Doesn't mean its bad but it's not recognizable. If you don't like the music....here is your answer.....YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN PERSONAL MP3 PLAYLIST!!!! Thank you Polyphony Digital.
Everything else GT has offered before is still here such as engine upgrades, car wash, and oil changes. They also brought back adding spoilers too. Another feature brought back is the ability to add racing modifications to cars. But with all good things comes the bad. Racing mods can only be done to about 15 cars out of the 1045 or so in the game. Bummer.....
With the XL Edition you get a lot of bonuses that you didn't get from previous versions. That's why I waited so long to play GT 5 because I heard about this about a year and a half ago so I waited. The "download voucher" you get with a NEW copy of the game is really nice. You don't have to start with an empty garage and you get some extra tracks and paint chips (needed to repaint your cars). One thing I do want to let you know about. Don't expect to get rich in this game very quickly. I have been playing for over a month and have 187 cars but only 5 million credits. MOST of the cars CANNOT be sold. Why PD did this is beyond me.
All in all, I love the game but I am a little disappointed that with the time that Polyphony Digital has had to work on this since GT 4 and the power of the PS3 that this was the finished product. Especially since Prologue has been out for years as a tester game that more could have been done. They could have left out the "go"Karting and Nascar circuits and put more into everything else. If you have been a GT fan, I would say buy this one (XL Edition). You will love it but won't be blown away.
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Review 14 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Gran Turismo 5 is the best Gran Turismo yet!
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Posted on:3/29/12
Jellyfish99
Location: Pollock Pines, CA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
I don't know why so many people complain about this game. I have played most of the Gran Turismo games and I have to say that Gran Tursimo 5 is the best one yet. The gameplay is amazing in my opinion, as well as the graphics, sound, and overall experience. There is a career mode with lots of things to do and lots of cars to collect. The online play is also great, and seems to be very active as well. Sure, there are a few minor downsides, but I still think Gran Turismo 5 is the best Gran Turismo yet!
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thatguy22
Rochester, MN
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I know why people don't like it.
Posted 5/4/12
People don't like it because everybody is excited for gran turismo 6 and because right now forza 4 is just amazing. Everybody was hoping that this was going to be the sixth gran turismo but instead they got this.
Review 15 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Such a disappointment
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Posted on:2/20/12
Carolina14
This game is perfect for: kid gamers
I recently switched from xbox to playstation because my friends kept begging me to and I decided to pick this up because I love racing games. I was used to the extreme detail and realisticness of Forza and wow was I disappointed. I would have thought this game was made in the early 2000s certainly not only a few years ago. Cars look good but not great and its no where close to realistic racing. Need for Speed Shift 2 is a much better simulation than this and the graphics are even better for half the price! Sure the cars may not handle perfectly realistic on shift, but at least the cars sound and look amazing. In my opinion they focused on getting a wide variety into the game such as rally racing, go karts, nascar etc., instead of just focusing on a smaller quantity with much greater detail like Forza. I knew there would be a gap between GT5 and Forza, I just didnt think it would be a mile wide.
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Marc2k6
MW3 Dome right now!
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You are right!
Posted 2/23/12
The bad thing is that the developers spent around 5 years making this new GT5! I'm not sure what they were developing but I think they missed! I like Forza and the game play but I am not going to buy an Xbox. NFS Shift was a good game and I do not think they spent 5 years to make it!
Review 16 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Great Game
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Posted on:1/30/12
WPR43
Location: Richmond, Va
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
Just like past Gran Turismo games, the graphics are excellent and there are plenty of cars to choose from. Also, the physics are very realistic. One problem is that well over half the cars in the game are Japanese. That is probably because the producers are from Japan, but still. Also, nearly half the events in single player are for Japanese cars only. The in-car cameras are very detailed, but are sadly only for the premium cars. GT5 is able to compete with any other racing simulator on the market today.
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Review 17 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Good but compared too...
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Posted on:1/23/12
thatguy22
Location: Rochester, MN
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
The game is pretty good. I was hoping for a bit more though.
I find the menu's a bit confusing. Nothing is really straight forward. It also frustrates me that I have enough credits for a car but it is level locked. What's up with that?
The premium cars are great but then the 800 other cars suck. Same thing with the tracks. I also find it wierd that 60% of the cars are Japenese. I do not have anything against Japenese cars but that is just ridiculous. They only have 4 lamborghinis but they have 60+ nissans.
The sound also is not very good. Every car sounds the same. You can be driving an old camaro or a lamborghini gallardo and they will sound the same.
The driving is absolutly amazing! It feels real and even more so if you have a Driving force GT. But honostly I am jealous of Forza Motorsport 4. I want that game so bad.
The DLC that this edition comes with is great. Definetly worth it.
If you only have a PS3 and a wheel get gran turismo 5. But I would not get it if you do not have a wheel. I know it looks like I hate gran turismo but I don't. I gave it a seven which I think is an honost review. But I think at this moment Forza 4 is much better.
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Review 18 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
great game if you dont already have gt5
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Posted on:1/22/12
Frogger
Location: Seattle,WA
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
I couldnt get this game for a while but when I did I realized that the exclusive content was just the first dlc ccomplete pack. One thing you should know is that its the same gt5 disc but it comes with a voucher w/ a redeem code for the dlc. I would say that it well worth it for people who dont have gt5. If you have the plain disc then you should just get the dlc by itself. Now I have two of the same complete packs.
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Review 19 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
The miles continue!!!
Posted on:1/10/12
Frogger
Location: Seattle,WA
I preordered GT5 when it came out, and it was/ is the most realistic racing game I ever had! It only got better the more updates it had. I've been playing almost scince the series came out. It's always been the most realistic game and accurate game with handling, acceleration, shape of the car, and capturing the whole experience of actually driving.(especially when you have a steering wheel with g-force)! It sounds like this is going to be well worth the money because of all the new features. I was wondering however if I would be able to use the cars I have on GT5, because I got them legitly.
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PSDXCURSION
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Release date changed?
Posted 1/17/12
Previously you had the release date as 1/17/2012 now you say its 1/31/2012. I have checked sony and other websites which haven't changed their date. Confused....
Review 20 for Gran Turismo 5: XL Edition
Can't Wait
Posted on:1/10/12
TheLOL1
Location: Keller.Tx
I have the original Gran Turismo 5 and I have just preordered this one. I have the oldest copy of it currently, so it isn't as good as the new ones. Its save file corrupted and errors on start. I wanted to restart anyway. You will love it! If you wish you could play this but have an Xbox: Check out forza motorsport 4. Great game.
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TheAmazingRyet
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FREEZE ISSUES
Posted 7/18/12
GT5 is a good game i got it a little late and on first install started running into freezing problems. So i uninstalled the update and still the same issue. Now i have to return the game and re-install after doing it over 10. If the new disc doesn't work then this games a bust.