Next Gen NSX Makes its Way to GT5
Did all of you catch Acura's triple whammy yesterday? The RDX gets a cleaner design and ditches its turbo for a V6, the Civic matures into the all new ILX, and the 2nd generation NSX was announced. No one ever expected Honda/Acura to pull such an impressive 180 after such shortfalls of killing off the Integra/RSX, letting the RL stagnate for what seems like decades, and shoe horning a carrot peeler onto every Acura nose. Granted the NSX will feature a hybrid powertrain, but if "Earth Dreams" is as good as Honda has led on then we can expect a decent competitor to Nissan's GT-R or Lexus' LF-A. We can only look back and be somewhat relieved we didn't get the front engine, RWD, V10 batmobile. This concept keeps the mid engine, low slung look we all expect out of the NSX without compromising too much to price/packaging. Even more surprising is that Acura is confident in its Ohio team to develop and produce this car within the next 3 years. That's quite impressive and shows Honda/Acura means business with this NSX - tailored for us by us. So until we get to sit in one of these and dream of a exotic sports car lifestyle at an affordable budget, let's watch it virtually spin around the tracks of GT5! Pretty....
GT5 Pre-Order Bonus Round
Gran Turismo 5 is slated to hit the PS3 on November 2nd and you thought you had it easy with putting up some hard earned cash for the Standard Edition or a little more on the Collector's Edition chock full of GT5 goodness. Well if it were only that simple: the major stores out there are out to get your hard earned cash by offering bonus DLC for your GT5 garage. There is always the possibility that these cars will become available to everyone later on, but if you can't wait to get your hands on Joey Logano's NASCAR you might want to pay attention where you are pre-ordering!
GAMESTOP - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: McLaren F1 Stealth & Joey Logano's #20 NASCAR
BEST BUY - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: Nissan GT-R GT500 Stealth
AMAZON - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: Mercedes SLS AMG Stealth. Bonus: $1o Amazon Gift Card.
WALMART - Standard Edition. DLC Extra: Honda NSX GT500 Stealth. Bonus: $10 Walmart Gift Card.
TRU - Standard Edition. DLC Extra: ???
TARGET - Standard Editon. DLC Extra: ???
So 4 out of the 6 stealth models are being offered as pre-order DLC in America. Does that leave Target and TRU to fight over the Mazda 787B and the Audi R10 TDI? One can only hope.
GT5…Dated…Pigs Fly.
After what seemed like an eternity, Gran Turismo has finally gotten it's release date: November 2nd. Announced at Sony's Press Conference at E3 2010, this will be just in time for my birthday 
*hint hint* I'll be expecting the collector's edition pre-order which includes the game, a 1:43 scale diecast of the 2009 Nissan GT-R Spec V, a 300+ page car guide, a keychain, and 5 DLC cars with special GT livery.
Video Games. Don’t Bother Me.
Its been a busy week with things outside of Import Junkiez and hopefully as things start winding down with real life, we can get back to the regularly scheduled posts. Boss Lady came into town for a friend's wedding and that pretty much took up a lot of last week into today. So as I try to recover lets take a look at this clip from Game Trailers.
Oh God of War...did you come out today? I think its time to put Import Junkiez back on hiatus.
Make.Believe You Can Be a Real Race Car Driver
Dear Sony - Why isn't this ad on TV? Awesome clip - way better than what Sony's pushing out right now.
If you are not sure who Lucas Ordonez is: Back in 2008, Nissan and Sony held a competition across Europe to create a race car driver out of video gamers called the "GT Academy." The task? Beat 25,000 other gamers to the fastest lap in GT5 Prologue for the PS3. Twenty-two gamers had the fastest laps and were then given physical, mental, and driving challenges. The winner of these trials was Lucas Ordonez. He did pretty good in his debut at the Dubai 24hr 2009 by finishing 45th and 9th in class. He then went on to take 2nd place in his 2009 campaign in the Euro GT4 Championship. Impressive.
GT5 + NASCAR = zOMG! Want Now!
So, another trailer dropped for Gran Turismo 5 and this time it features the newest race series to the GT franchise: NASCAR. Are you excited for some left-turn racing? I am…unless I’m stuck simulating a 500 lap series just to get a license to move to the next level. Then I wouldn’t be happy - just dizzy from all that turning. Regardless though, this game needs to come out now…Dirt2 and NFS:Shift can only hold me over for so long.
GT5 Box Art Revealed
GT5 vs. Reality
Devastating weekend for the Trojans indeed...other than that it was a dead weekend for me. I've been pulling mad OT to the point when I get home I'm just sleeping. Maybe in two weeks things will get back to normal...I HOPE.
So how good are Gran Turismo's graphics? Well photo-realistic good! Now, granted some of the shots in this quiz are quite obvious, especially if you sit and breath GT5 trailers whenever Sony releases them. So take the quiz...and maybe consider picking up a PS3 for this game. I am. Although, you might want to wait for the rumored price drop to $399.
>>> CLICK HERE FOR THE QUIZ <<<
GT5 Prologue by End of Year
Dude it's freakin' hot right now. It's 945 at night and my room is a freakin' sauna. I think I'd rather steal my neighbor's A/C than internet at this point. Summer may be over in a couple days, but it'll only just get hotter from here until October =(... Just thought I toss that in there before gettin' into what I really wanted to post:
It looks like Sony will be throwing the handful of PS3-owning GT fans out there a bone: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released sometime before the end of this year. Exactly when, who knows, but it's sooner than the release date for the actual GT5, which is next year. What can we expect from this downloadable demo (also available on disc)? 40 cars, 16 player online, a dedicated PSN channel, and graphics that'll send Forza 2 crying...lol.
*sigh* Can't wait for this one to come out...cause you know I've been waiting for GT4 Mobile on the PSP for I don't know how long now...3 years? >=(
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Wangan Midnight
Based off the manga, which had a couple OVAs and was recently turned into a tv show this past summer, Wangan has had a stream of video games, that were especially popular in the arcades. Like I said a few posts back about the Initial D arcade game, I had the pleasure of getting my ass handed to me in a Segaland in Okinawa by some dude driving that damn S30 Z. Anyhow, last week it made it's debut on the PS3, hitting the Japan game charts at number 22. *sigh* Compared to Forza 2 sales in Japan that's kind of dissapointing. Add on to the fact the 360 doesn't even sell, is a slap in the face. OK, I guess it wasn't that popular, but I liked the series nonetheless and the arcade games were palm sweating good. I might just have to pick up a PS3 if this game ever comes to the US and master that devil Z.