Gran Turismo 6

 PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Dec 6, 2013
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  1. Danceswithsheep
    Dec 6, 2013
    4
    Micro transactions kill this latest entry into the genre dead and with such slow progression in the career you can see how they want to milk you for more than the premium cost of this game. On a positive note the circuits I have seen are fantastic, shame it sounds like you are driving a toy car around them.
  2. Sky123
    Feb 19, 2017
    0
    Very Expensive Vehicles & Upgrades As Compared To Race Earnings, There is No Visible Effect After Any Kind Of Performance Upgrade, Some Upgrades Cost Ridiculously Like Nitrous Upgrade Cost 100,000.
    Extremely Slow, Boring & Dull Progression In Career Mode And Forced Races To Unlock & Further Progress.
  3. UgottaSissyName
    Feb 11, 2014
    2
    Been playing this turd for about twenty hours and I'm wondering when does the racing start? All I've been doing is chasing cars around the track on crappy tires. Boring. Many cars, many tracks, zero fun. Go back to Gran Turismo 3 and start over. In what racing world is it always rolling start, always in last place? I've played EVERY Gran Turismo and this one is by far the least fun. IBeen playing this turd for about twenty hours and I'm wondering when does the racing start? All I've been doing is chasing cars around the track on crappy tires. Boring. Many cars, many tracks, zero fun. Go back to Gran Turismo 3 and start over. In what racing world is it always rolling start, always in last place? I've played EVERY Gran Turismo and this one is by far the least fun. I thought GT5 was bad, but I'm NEVER wasting my time or money on another GT game like this again.… Expand
  4. 23dutch45man
    Jul 3, 2014
    4
    Gran Turismo 6 is more like an upgrade of Gran Turismo 5 rather than a new game. I made this review after playing more than thirthy hours. Some things have been improved, others have turned out to be worse. Things that have been improved are graphics in overall, there is a new UI (not per se better than before) and the handling of the cars feels better with a steering wheel withGran Turismo 6 is more like an upgrade of Gran Turismo 5 rather than a new game. I made this review after playing more than thirthy hours. Some things have been improved, others have turned out to be worse. Things that have been improved are graphics in overall, there is a new UI (not per se better than before) and the handling of the cars feels better with a steering wheel with gas/acceleration pedals. There some new things, such as Vision GT, in which real car manufacturers design concept cars which you can drive in the game. There some new events, such driving on the moon, coffee breaks and the Goodwood Festival of Speed. There a lot more tracks and older ones are looking better. There are 1200 cars, but only 300-400 are detailed and you there are like 30 Mazda Miata's with little to no difference in between them. But this compensated by the fact you have a few more options of changing the exterior of a car. There a quite lot of things which are worse than before. You can buy credits with real cash, but you need like 150 euro's to buy one car which cost 20 million credits, if you buy 7million credits for 50 euro's. Otherwise, its much more expensive. B-Spec, in which you are team manager leading a race with driver AI's, has been removed. Although the feature wasn't fantastic, it offered variation and way to earn credits while doing something else. The online events are now only drifting events and time attacks and the reward in credits have been severely reduced, probably to persuade you to buy credits with real credits. The carreer mode is quite blant, most races you have a rolling start and you must drive from the back of the pack to pole position within 2-5 laps, with only a few night races, fewer rally events and some coffee breaks. There are also some issues which shouldn't be in a racing game / driving simulator, such as: The AI drivers are too easy and there is no way to increase difficulty, expect by choosing a car which performs worse. You can be much faster than the AI in the same car. The headlights and tail lights don't function well in while driving in the dark, you can barely see the road ahead, and the rear of the cars are dark while driving 0-10m behind them. Headlights of the car behind you are barely visible. Crashing does not affect the performance of your car, you only lose some time. The cars don't sound like real cars or like the car in real life. They are also quite awful to listen at and sometimes you can't hear when you need to change gear. In cockpit view, you are sometimes blinded by the sun and forced to change your viewing point. Some interiors, especially of some new cars, are a lot darker than they should be. In overall, this game gets 4 from me and I recommend you to buy it when it's cheap, or when they release a version with all dlc added to it, but that should take a some time.… Expand
  5. biggles3309
    Feb 19, 2014
    0
    Biggest disappointment of the GT series and a blatant move to ripping the users off with in game purchases of game money. The seasonal events that were good sources of income to buy your dream car are now all time trials so one off rewards and not that good. GT6 top prizes £250K vs GT5 prizes of £1M. I find "free" apps annoying enough when you can't get anywhere without having to buy aBiggest disappointment of the GT series and a blatant move to ripping the users off with in game purchases of game money. The seasonal events that were good sources of income to buy your dream car are now all time trials so one off rewards and not that good. GT6 top prizes £250K vs GT5 prizes of £1M. I find "free" apps annoying enough when you can't get anywhere without having to buy a pack of something, but when you have paid £50+ for a game you don't expect the developer to be pulling the same stunts, especially when there is nothing new or innovative in this version and it doesn't even run on a PS4 so the improved graphics don't really shine.

    We were left hanging for the full release of GT with the prologue release keeping us hooked and the wait was worthwhile. I never left my racing seat for month when it came out. GT6 has barely been touched. I've kept my PS3 specifically for GT6 so I guess it will now be going on Ebay to pay for the PS4 games.    … Expand
  6. Voided
    Dec 10, 2014
    4
    Having Played 5, It's just... like there's less here.

    There's no track generator, so no more epic rally stages of awesomeness to conquer, no more twisting ribbons of treachery to admire/despise/redo/perfect . Enjoy like... 5 stages of rally, and a few roundabout courses that have been in numerous GT's before now. Joy. The car sounds, are Depressing. the chevy corvette sounds    Having Played 5, It's just... like there's less here.

    There's no track generator, so no more epic rally stages of awesomeness to conquer, no more twisting ribbons of treachery to admire/despise/redo/perfect . Enjoy like... 5 stages of rally, and a few roundabout courses that have been in numerous GT's before now. Joy.

    The car sounds, are Depressing. the chevy corvette sounds so uninspiring that it literally made me regret buying the C6R as good as it is. I am constantly rolling my eyes when I buy a new car, because it sounds like the last car with a Very tiny twist.

    There are these icon cars for 20,000,000 credits that poly must think people are going to spend honest money to own. Who are they kidding?

    Yes as always... there's some new tracks.
    Yes there's more hi def cars (I guess. Having to sort through 10 skylines that I would find preferable with their respective PP values, I find myself owning the ONE skyline because it doesn't look like **** for example. sooo...)

    But there's no more used cars either!

    The PP Ratings for races are always stupid high, resulting in 450-600 horsepower cars and nearly limitless viciousness to GT's AI speedup/slowdown technique of trying to manage difficulty. (Which is terrible in and of itself, as far as I am concerned, but that comes later.)

    There should be beater series races with 400 max PP and comfort hard tires at the short courses! THIS is the sunday/clubman, not this, realize I can run this 250 horsepower hot hatch PD just HAPPENED TO HAVE GIVEN ME for getting all golds, which is eye rollingly easy compared with say, GT3/4 in the low pp series against cars that are just marginally faster than Kei cars.

    There are no more grid starts! officially, what gives! and it's not even a rolling start. it's an arcade start with just running down AI crippled cars until just after you pass them!

    online play is so very sparse. You can't ever seem to really find what you're after, in my case. I guess I should be snooping forums for series, instead of using the GT's engine. But it's just disapointing.

    The physics are improved, but it's still not on par with Forza's techniques. the rubber-band effect of steering a slide is awful, and just uncatchable. It's frustrating, It's not enjoyable, and it doesn't lend realism or credibility to the "sim".

    That being said, I like seeing the stance of the car change with every suspension move I make in setup, I like the new paintbooth setup A LOT.

    GT Needs a legitimate tire simulation. One needs only look at the ten year old Live For Speed project in youtube, to see what I mean. real simulation of tire deformation, load, heating inside middle and outside, and it all affects how it grips and deforms visually and physics wise. Bonus points for watching slow motion vids. you will understand after that.

    I like how quickly it loads, I really like the large grids, but we need MUCH closer starts, and tighter rules/regs.

    It just feels like a cash grab more than an iteration of the series, and it's disapointing from that standpoint. I want my track generator, advanced grid starts from multi, in single player, furthermore I want qualifying rounds from the original gran turismos to make a comeback. Honestly. If one wants to market something as simulation, take it on. as it is, it's still a poser.    … Expand
  7. fat_funny_freak
    Jan 2, 2015
    0
    In this review I will be expressing my experiences within the game after approximately 6 hours of having it run on my ps3.

    All that has been happening is the game has been updating and installing. Then the PS3 auto turned itself off so I had to start the whole install process again. Thankfully atleast all the updates were installed so I didn't have to go through that process again.    In this review I will be expressing my experiences within the game after approximately 6 hours of having it run on my ps3.

    All that has been happening is the game has been updating and installing. Then the PS3 auto turned itself off so I had to start the whole install process again. Thankfully atleast all the updates were installed so I didn't have to go through that process again.

    The game developers can not justify making us wait 6 hours to play there game after putting it into the system.
    The developers treat this game as if its a PC game where they can through out massive 2gb+ patches into the game. Current gen consoles are not designed for this. 100mb- patches should be the max per update for this system.

    So I have not played the game therefore cannot review that game, just my personal experiences.    … Expand
  8. moralitis
    Dec 7, 2013
    4
    Gt6 is ok, but I get the feeling that I would have been just as well deleting my gt5 save and starting that again.
    One thing I find very bad about the game though is that you cant install most of the data onto your harddrive like you could with gt5, makes for slow initial loading of races/tracks
  9. Nuitari007
    Dec 26, 2013
    1
    Looks great but the controls are terrible. Had to change almost everything to make it playable. Every vehicle I tried handled like I was driving a school bus while drunk. Sounds were about on par with PS1. The menu system was also needlessly convoluted. This is a terrible showing next to games like Forza 3 and that game is several years old.
  10. nascent
    Dec 27, 2013
    3
    Just received Gran Turismo 6. So far am very disappointed.
    Graphically identical to GT5, and still tons of non-premium graphic cars.
    No 3D support despite GT5 having 3D support...
    Chucked straight into races with no ability to change controls, so stuck using X instead of trigger to accelerate...

    Really regretting buying this.
  11. LazyProgramming
    Jan 2, 2014
    4
    Let's start with positive aspects: New cars and tracks are always a plus. This includes some fictional cars designed by Polyphony and real-world manufacturers. Also, previously pre-order only cars from GT5 are also here. The garage now includes a stockyard for cars you don't intend to use, so it's easier to avoid changing into a car you keep as a collector's item. Customisation is slightlyLet's start with positive aspects: New cars and tracks are always a plus. This includes some fictional cars designed by Polyphony and real-world manufacturers. Also, previously pre-order only cars from GT5 are also here. The garage now includes a stockyard for cars you don't intend to use, so it's easier to avoid changing into a car you keep as a collector's item. Customisation is slightly enhanced; you can buy racing brakes and skip stages in engine tuning and weight reduction, among others. There's a greater selection of rims and aerodynamic parts, if you choose to alter the look of your ride. You can buy any of the cars from the new dealership in any colour available with no mileage, meaning you don't have to wait hundreds of in-game days for one you need in the used car lot (Though, retaining the used car lot may have been useful in obtaining a car cheaper, but with previous mileage). Some of the cars are also cheaper than in 5. There is now visible statistic tracking (If there were any in 5, I never found them). Paint chips have returned but are now infinite-use; you just need to pay use them. If this is your kind of thing, you can also buy racing suits and helmets to customise your driver. Loads times are significantly shorter and your cursor freezing while it loads is almost gone. You can choose what colour you get whenever you win a car. Leveling up is gone completely; now you just have to complete races to advance in career mode. Better than 5 overall.
    Neutral aspects your mileage may vary: Downforce no longer affects Performance Points (PP). There is now nitro injection you can install to boost acceleration, though mostly not needed. Microtransactions are in effect, but they are unneeded if you play the game often; they're only for buying credits.
    Mildly annoying aspects: Remember how after winning each group if races, get get a reward car? Well, now it's reduced to getting one whenever you finish half or one of the sections (b, a, ib, etc.). They don't even tell you what reward to expect, aside from credits. Paint chips are harder to come by; you don't get any with the login bonus anymore. The "default" button on some of the tuning parts is gone completely, meaning if you messed up a tune, you can't reset it. They only tell you three of the "typical opponents" in each race, giving you less of an idea what to expect. They don't even tell you what PP they're set at, but instead the make (because THAT'S useful information)! Credit rewards in career mode still low; the cars they make you buy (plus any tuning) often cost more than what you win in total for the specific races you use them in. Tuning parts have increased in price. All this designed probably to encourage aforementioned microtransactions. Whereas in Gran Turismo 5 had everything available (to view) from the beginning (albeit unlocked), here, you must pass licence tests to unlock new races and modes. Also, more tire screeches can get tiresome. They tell you what car to buy first.
    Terrible aspects that should revoke your programming licence: You're not allowed to view or tune a car you are not currently using, meaning that in order to even look at one of your cars, you must change it to be your current one. Your headlights are as useful as a candle. On some tracks they work nicely, but on others, the fact that they're on changes visibility by zero. NASCAR and kart races should NOT have been in this game. At all. The primary problem with these is that you must use a car on equal power to your opponents, which is fine. But that means since you start at the rear of the pack, it's too hard to catch up and maintain the lead with the limited laps given. Also, PP and tire limits in career races? With a 70% power limit in NASCAR. Why!?
    My top three grievances (in no particular order): 1) The times you are expected to finish in the time trials are ridiculous. The earlier ones are pretty lenient, but there are some that are impossible unless you do everything pixel perfectly. This is exacerbated by the mission races that have opponents on the track that do nothing but serve as obstacles on the narrowest parts of the road. 2) The AI They cheat. A lot. They almost never spin out, but they can use the PIT manouevre on you all they want, which is extremely prevalent in NASCAR races. If you rear-end them, you get a penalty (disqualified in time trials or reduced speed in S races). But they rear-end you? YOU spin out and THEY go on their merry way. Or YOU get a penalty for THEIR crummy driving. Or both. Also, why are there shortcut penalties in career? In online games, I understand, but who the hell cares if a shortcut is taken against cheating AIs!? 3) The physics Pressing left on my control stick should NOT make the car go right and vice versa (no, it's not a problem with my controller). Or straight. Cars 100 cm tall should NOT flip over when they hit bump on the road 2.5 cm high. Cars should NOT be magnetically attracted to grass/dirt and walls.    … Expand
  12. XJS40
    Jun 27, 2014
    2
    I have had every Grand Turismo Game from the very first one all the way back since the late 90s all have been great games realistic & graphically superior to most driving sims, by far the best out of the bunch is Grand Turismo 5 ,Grand Turismo 6 is lacking a lot it feels incomplete, were do I start ? Soundtrack is abysmal the worst ever for the series, the menu set up looks straight fromI have had every Grand Turismo Game from the very first one all the way back since the late 90s all have been great games realistic & graphically superior to most driving sims, by far the best out of the bunch is Grand Turismo 5 ,Grand Turismo 6 is lacking a lot it feels incomplete, were do I start ? Soundtrack is abysmal the worst ever for the series, the menu set up looks straight from PS1,driving performance is poor getting rid of the Bspec mode bad move, Prizes seemed to limited especially when completing the Career mode challenges and what’s with the stars total rubbish! This game is a cheaped up arcadey version rushed to the shelves id never thought I’d say this simply the worst Gran Turismo ever by far Grand Turismo 5 is the best driving sim ever this one completely sucks utter garbage and a waste of money a total disappointment.… Expand
  13. Trainzfan333
    Dec 18, 2015
    4
    I don't get the good reviews. Good graphics? Heck no! The graphics are good for the PS3, but come on, Polyphony!!!! The graphics are crap. It's impossible not to imagine how amazing the game would have looked on PS4. The sound design? Just, no. The cars sound like lawnmowers running underwater!!!!

    And the car list.The car list is all right, it is the only thing preventing me from giving    I don't get the good reviews. Good graphics? Heck no! The graphics are good for the PS3, but come on, Polyphony!!!! The graphics are crap. It's impossible not to imagine how amazing the game would have looked on PS4. The sound design? Just, no. The cars sound like lawnmowers running underwater!!!!

    And the car list.The car list is all right, it is the only thing preventing me from giving this game a zero. It is really neat, but dated, and is very, very, VERY quantity over quality.

    There is a reason it is so cheap on PSN. Buy an Xbox One and play Forza Motorsport 6. Not this piece of crap.    … Expand
  14. Nuteboy100
    Mar 9, 2017
    0
    The pointless A.I. and rolling start make playing your track on single and multi-player races impossible, due to the fact that half the time, your car will end up circling, going backwards, forwards, ram a car, and it goes on repeat, until you go to the pits...where the cycle begins once and it will never end after it hits the pits.
  15. Broyax
    Oct 17, 2017
    3
    Après un GT5 très perfectible pour ne pas dire moyen voire carrément médiocre, ce GT6 ne progresse pas vraiment mais stagne toujours par endroits, les mêmes endroits, les mêmes problèmes endémiques. Les effets sonores par exemple et quel exemple ! ils sont toujours aussi mauvais, les pires bruits de moteurs jamais entendus, ce qui pour une simulation automobile constitue déjà un motifAprès un GT5 très perfectible pour ne pas dire moyen voire carrément médiocre, ce GT6 ne progresse pas vraiment mais stagne toujours par endroits, les mêmes endroits, les mêmes problèmes endémiques. Les effets sonores par exemple et quel exemple ! ils sont toujours aussi mauvais, les pires bruits de moteurs jamais entendus, ce qui pour une simulation automobile constitue déjà un motif légitime de disqualification...

    Signalons aussi les ralentissements éhontés ici et là, un défaut récurrent toujours pas corrigé malgré les innombrables patchs. Signalons également la gestion du sous-virage perfectible (comme dans Assetto Corsa) et la non-gestion de l'autobloquant, ce qui induit une non-gestion du survirage de puissance, la voiture pivotant toujours aussi bêtement autour de son axe. Et mentionnons l'intelligence artificielle qui brille toujours... par son absence.

    Toutefois, certains problèmes ont tout de même été corrigés comme le freinage qui se comporte correctement quand l'ABS est désactivé, enfin ! Le pilotage -surtout avec un volant- n'en est pas désagréable pour autant : les transferts de masse et l'inertie sont restitués et les différences -bien qu'exagérées- entre les nombreux types de pneus s'avèrent appréciables.

    A côté de tout cela, on doit considérer avec bienveillance l'interface et ses menus, clairs et agréables, ainsi que les ralentis de type télévisuel qui ont toujours été un point fort de la série, malgré l'absence d'un "super ralenti" (slow motion).

    Quant au nombre de bagnoles, c'est comme d'habitude de l'esbrouffe et du remplissage quand on ne propose que 200 "premiums" et qu'on meuble avec 800 copiés-collés de l'ère précédente avec un cache noir en guise d'habitacle (!)...

    Polyphony doit tout remettre à plat et se ressaisir : déjà, ils avaient marqué le pas au temps de la PS2 avec des produits trop médiocres et l'ère PS1 où ils caracolaient seuls en tête est terminée depuis bien longtemps... Enfin, on est tout de même au 6ème GT et comme déjà mentionné au début de cette critique, on a toujours pas de bruits de moteur corrects à l'horizon : les lave-vaisselles et les aspirateurs, ça commence à bien faire.    … Expand
  16. ohdenny88
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    In total I’ve probably spend 30 hours attempting to install and play this game. First time was digital and second physical. Impossible to install with both versions, I’ve never seen past the install/update/installation failed screen.

    Complete unplayable crap which I’ve never been able to do a single race in. Officially the worst game I’ve ever seen (obviously couldn’t play it) Utter ****    In total I’ve probably spend 30 hours attempting to install and play this game. First time was digital and second physical. Impossible to install with both versions, I’ve never seen past the install/update/installation failed screen.

    Complete unplayable crap which I’ve never been able to do a single race in. Officially the worst game I’ve ever seen (obviously couldn’t play it) Utter ****
  17. Copeito
    May 2, 2021
    0
    An absolute buggy mess. I bought this game a few weeks ago an it was impossible to install updates and it freezes multiple times making some circuits unplayable
  18. UPRC
    Jan 31, 2020
    4
    Two years later, and there are still things that are NOT in the game that advertised on the back of the game's case. Many cars are still "standard" (meaning imported and upscaled from the PS2). Lazy, lazy, LAZY game. Gran Turismo is not the innovator it used to be. Polyphony Digital is just phoning it in these days.
  19. FRG2
    Jun 6, 2015
    4
    GT5 was a fun game, not perfect, but the cars you could choice like the F1 cars make me bought the game, and was the main reason i buyed the PS3 over the 360. But this game is a letdown, the only interesting cars are the Le Mans Series cars, and even those aren't as good as the F1 cars, in my opinion, and still no Porsche. The most insulting part about this is that they ommited aGT5 was a fun game, not perfect, but the cars you could choice like the F1 cars make me bought the game, and was the main reason i buyed the PS3 over the 360. But this game is a letdown, the only interesting cars are the Le Mans Series cars, and even those aren't as good as the F1 cars, in my opinion, and still no Porsche. The most insulting part about this is that they ommited a prototype, most specifically the R15. That one may have make me change my mind but no!! We are going to ommit that. Aside from that the game can be fun, but it feels a bit too similar to GT5, and in some cases i still prefer GT5, which will remain in my shell alongside GT3 and GT4. GT6 will be selled and there goes my care about Gran Turismo games ever again. Thanks you Sony.… Expand
  20. cheeftnx97
    Feb 25, 2014
    1
    The game itself is O.K but the graphics are ordinary and the difficulty is highly contrasted. The play-through is terrible and it should have kept the old engine sounds. I understand that there will be updates to improve the game and i'm sure they will, but I still regret ever getting it. It is underwhelming as a game and it gets me very angry because it only takes a millisecond forThe game itself is O.K but the graphics are ordinary and the difficulty is highly contrasted. The play-through is terrible and it should have kept the old engine sounds. I understand that there will be updates to improve the game and i'm sure they will, but I still regret ever getting it. It is underwhelming as a game and it gets me very angry because it only takes a millisecond for everything to go completely down the drain. So yes, I am giving it a 1, because it is awful. Polyphony digital, i expected better than this. Do better next time.… Expand
  21. atakdog
    Aug 28, 2014
    1
    An enormous disappointment, because the sixth installment of what was once the world's premier console racing game not only has fallen far behind the industry leaders, it's actually slipped relative to its predecessors. Poll after poll shows that the most popular (and in this reviewer's opinion, most fun) game of the Gran Turismo series was GT4, which came out at the end of 2004; sinceAn enormous disappointment, because the sixth installment of what was once the world's premier console racing game not only has fallen far behind the industry leaders, it's actually slipped relative to its predecessors. Poll after poll shows that the most popular (and in this reviewer's opinion, most fun) game of the Gran Turismo series was GT4, which came out at the end of 2004; since then the game's graphics have been improved (though not enough to keep up with the industry leaders) but Polyphony Digital has managed to suck almost all of the enjoyment out of playing the game.

    Specifically what's wrong? I'm not talking about the issues the series has always had, such as the designers' frustrating (to non-Japanese players) obsession with Japanese cars, which still make up a disproportionate number of those available (though the balance has improved greatly and the selection really isn't too bad any more). Nor do I mean the oft-talked-about "standard" cars, those whose graphics models haven't been updated since the PS2 days and that therefore look primitive (and lack interior views completely). The former issue is something every Gran Turismo fan has learned to live with; the latter isn't really a problem considering how many premium cars (i.e., those whose graphics are reasonably in keeping with the hardware) there are.

    No, what brings me to type this review isn't so much the stuff that PD has never gotten right, it's the things they had done well and that have now gotten worse. The most obvious of these is the events and features that are missing completely. Did you enjoy rally events in GT4 or 5? Too bad — they're completely gone. (But the shop still sells dirt tires...) Did you like the endurance races? They're gone too. Did you enjoy getting prize cars after winning a series or a long endurance race? Those have been largely eliminated, unless you want to play online (a feature that I am not commenting extensively on, as it isn't available to everyone as part of the game itself, but I'll note in passing that nearly every aficionado of online play finds PD's system nearly unusable...). And the simple interface of GT4, with everything in view at once? Gone, replaced by an ugly set of menus that aren't so much nonfunctional as... well, just bad.

    Oh, there's one thing that they've added (back), after it disappeared with GT5: license tests. Yes, no matter how many racing games (including Gran Turismo) you've played, GT thinks that you shouldn't be allowed to race a fast car until you've shown, repeatedly, that you know how to find a braking point, an apex, and so on. I've never met anyone who thinks the license tests are in any way a positive addition to the game, but Kaz (Kazunori Yamauchi, the game's lead designer) is obsessed with the technical aspects of racing, so licenses are back, whether you (or anyone else) likes them or not.

    Ah, but the racing — that's where it's at, right? GT has always been the premier racing game, so there's where it should shine... except this is actually where it falls flattest. For one thing, most of your early forays into racing will be in dull, slow cars — from the beginning you are forced to race PD's idea of what is best for a brand new driver (whether you are one or not). I guess there are joys to be had racing 80 horsepower front-drive econoboxes... and you'll get to experience them, a lot, of you want to graduate to anything faster. Woo hoo.

    Once you're actually racing something worthwhile, the disappointments will become even more acute. I didn't think it was possible for an AI to be worse that that of previous GT games, but PD managed it — the opposing cars drive on rails, rubberband at times, and commit random inexplicable errors that mean that any competent driver should blow them a way in a "fair" race. Except that qualifying is also gone, so that race starts with you far behind the leaders. Oh, and be careful as you pass everyone (as you will if you don't completely stink at this), because they also like to knock you off the track without warning, even on straightaways.

    So much else is missing too. There's no car damage (well, technically there are minor visual indications of damage, but they have no effect on the driving). Nothing to keep you from wall-riding and cutting corners. No rewinding. No trading cars among users. Ridiculous restrictions on what color you can paint your cars. Sounds that, without exception as far as I can tell, do not at all resemble those of the cars in question. Questionable tuning dynamics. And on and on.

    We're told, repeatedly, that many of these issues will be fixed in updates that are coming "soon". Well, even if they were coming tomorrow this review is of the game that you can buy today, and that game stinks. Further, GT6 has been out a year and almost no significant flaw has been rectified; none of us is holding his breath.

    Gran Turismo was once both a fine simulator and a fun game. It's no longer either.    … Expand
  22. arostislavna
    Mar 9, 2019
    4
    Average driving sim on underpowered hardware, graphical glitches sometimes, horrible story mode where you always start last no matter what, so difficulty jumps mean your chances of achieving a 1st play are almost non-existent in later levels.

    Lastly, they abandoned the vision program for this game to work on GT Sport. I felt betrayed with that move and will never buy another one of    Average driving sim on underpowered hardware, graphical glitches sometimes, horrible story mode where you always start last no matter what, so difficulty jumps mean your chances of achieving a 1st play are almost non-existent in later levels.

    Lastly, they abandoned the vision program for this game to work on GT Sport.

    I felt betrayed with that move and will never buy another one of their games.    … Expand
  23. Forbidden51
    Jan 3, 2018
    1
    Sony shutting down this games servers at end of this month is quite annoying.

    I love this game I love all GT games on PS and play them lots. Other GT game I play lots than GT6 is GT2 my all time favorite. What is worse now paying for the online infrastructure for PS4 and Sony doesn't have money to keep servers running or even port GT6 to PS4? I think in the coming years I will be    Sony shutting down this games servers at end of this month is quite annoying.

    I love this game I love all GT games on PS and play them lots. Other GT game I play lots than GT6 is GT2 my all time favorite.

    What is worse now paying for the online infrastructure for PS4 and Sony doesn't have money to keep servers running or even port GT6 to PS4? I think in the coming years I will be done with PS permanently and switch to PC.

    Sony better port their GT games to PC if they will want to ever get mah money ever gain. Sony can still earn money from selling their funded games on PC. Not sure why Sony is being so stubborn bout not getting their games on PC.

    Release them on Steam. I can't keep up with all these things that cost money paying monthly for my internet and paying for PS4s online.

    Switching to PC will be a burden lifted from me and I'm sad to say this because I love PS.    … Expand
  24. AGCR
    Jun 22, 2023
    4
    The worst Gran Turismo in my opinion but still more enjoyable than a FM5, 8/10

Awards & Rankings

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#30 Best PS3 Game of 2013
15
#15 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2013
7
#7 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2013

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 81
  3. Negative: 0 out of 81
  1. TotalPlayStation
    Mar 4, 2014
    85
    In some ways GT6 feels like a robust expansion pack, but there are enough general improvements and additions that you'll find this release makes GT5 obsolete. A fine return to form at the tail end of the generation.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 3, 2014
    80
    Without a doubt the best GT in the series thus far, but held back by aging game design and time-delayed DLC features. [January 2014, p70]
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    Feb 13, 2014
    85
    Gran Turismo 6 continues the familiar path, not taking any risks but delivering solid, fun driving experience. Standard cars still really need a major update though. [Jan 2014]
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