Gran Turismo 5 – the elephant in the gaming room…

What is going on with Sony’s flagship racing game, Gran Turismo 5?

Originally the idea that spawned the games console itself, GT5 is – was – the driving game to beat all driving games, needing a much more powerful console to render itself on and therefore being probably the only reason to invent a whole new games console, the PlayStation 3.

Indeed, when the PS3 was launched it originally came with a teaser game, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, just to whet your appetite and get you excited about the prospect of spending fifty quid on an upgrade of your favourite driving game.

But, since it’s launch in 2007, nothing else has come of the game itself.

Sony keep releasing online trailers, teasers and, just before Christmas, a Nissan-based competition game just to keep fans excited about the three-year wait for the game.

But gamers are getting bored and now Sony have released information that the game, which had been delayed again until March 2010, will now be postponed “indefinitely”.

The company are citing production related difficulties behind the ongoing delays, but I’ve got another idea: perhaps they’re just scared by the level of competition out there now and maybe GT5 isn’t going to be as good as all the hype has promised. 

I’m beginning to think I should jack the PS3 in, get an XBox and play Forza Motorsport instead…